My trip to the Portland Antiques Expo….made four incredible finds!

[Vintagecatcher]

I wonder if a Harvard alum is enjoying his Yale print that they won in Hunt's auction. Comparing the two items, it looks as if the Hunt print has been "downsized" to fit in it's original frame.

O for 3 by my scoring.


Patrick

[jthorn]

"The Critic" of March 14, 1891 has this notice:
"An exhibition of seventy water-colors by Mr. W. C. Bauer closed at Klackner's on March 11. Most were of Long Island landscapes. 'Near Sundown, Winter,' on a snow-covered road leading to a distant village; ' The Causeway, East Hampton, L. I.'; ' After the Storm,' a river view in winter; and ' Woodland at Evening,'were among the more attractive. Mr. Klackner has just published a large and well finished photogravure of Mr. A. C. Howland's picture ' The Yale Fence,' with portraits of many well-known college men."

There appears to have been a limited edition numbered to 90, as this notice appeared in an auction in 2005:

210. (2) PRINTS OF YALE COLLEGE: ETCHING "YALE CAMPUS" W/ NEW HAVEN GREEN & YALE FENCE BY ELLEN OAKFORD-'88, FRAMED (12" X 15 3/4"), ALONG W/ ENGRAVING "THE YALE FENCE" BY A.C. HOWLAND #89/90, COPYRIGHT BY C. KLACKNER-1891 NY, SEPARATED FROM FRAME (19" X 32 1/2")

Last, this ad appeared in The University Magazine in 1891:

"Fac-simile in photogravure from the original painting by A.C. Howlan, N.A.

"Size of plate 20 x 33-1/2 inches. Printed on paper 33 x 45 inches. Signed Artist's Proofs (limited to 100 impressions) $20. Prints on India paper, $10.

"Published by C. Klackner, 5 E. 17th Street, New York."



john thorn

[CarltonHendricks]

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words, glad you enjoyed it.

Rhys, Would have been a pleasure to see you again, I think last was a couple Nationals ago...I look forward to next year...Hey let's see those finds!

John Thorn, Thanks very much for your posts...very informative, great to know all that, wow even the original prices...good dig'n

In the 19th century the Yale fence was a meet up gathering place for students that apparently was so popular or highly regarded that it took on institution status. Recently I did a feature on a 1888 cabinet photo of Yale baseball team mates Amos Alonzo Stagg and Jesse Chase Dann which you can read here. The photo was shot in a studio but they are sitting and leaning on a fence. Apparently the Yale fence was so popular the photographer Pach Brothers made a facsimile in their studio and incorporated it into photos.





Chapter two of the 1895 book “Yale Yarns” is probably the best available source of information on the Yale fence. The fence was taken down in 1888 to make room for improvements to the campus, and the impact wasn’t taken lightly. Below are some excerpts, from chapter 2 titled “The Old Fence. Thanks to the internet you can read the entire Yale Yarns book on line in this link. Also above is a poster that advertised the book and as you can see the fence is front and center in the illustration. Below the poster is a large print of the same illustration which I saw at the 2005 National in the Hunt Auctions booth, which you can read about at the bottom of the page in this link

THE OLD FENCE.
Up to the time when the march of improvement began, which has ended with the beautiful Vanderbilt Hall and the complete enclosure of the campus, the fence, from the path near the corner on College Street around the corner of Chapel and up to South College, was the one great institution of Yale. Tradition fades quickly in college, and the student of to-day is inclined to smile at the expression of regret for the fence's loss to which the old grad. is apt to give vent on returning to New Haven….

The dear old fence !

On it men crammed for recitation ; read the newspapers ; interchanged stories ; gossiped ; talked athletics ; got acquainted ; sung songs; flirted with passing girls; lived. The fence over in front of Durfee is something like it in a feeble sort of way, but it 's not quite the same thing. There was always some wandering musician who played, or a boot-black who shone for five cents, or an influx of grads. up from New York, or the passing of a pretty girl, to create a diversion on the old fence. It was the centre of the good-hearted, manly, democratic Yale, and when it was taken away there were many forebodings by the grads.

[CarltonHendricks]

http://sportsantiques.com/portlandpg1_7_10.htm
Please know I have posted the complete story on my site SportAntiques.com about my trip to the Portland Expo antiques show in Portland Oregon July 9th-11th 2010. See link above. Although the story takes in all areas of antiques not just sports...you'll see what I saw as the hunt was on...I made a total of four finds over the whole trip, at antiques stores along the way and at the show.

The story is a three part series of my Sports Antique of the Week feature, and will be posted over three weeks on the following dates:

Sept. 25th Part 1
Oct 2nd Part 2
Oct 9th Part 3

The story encompasses my whole experience of the trip....going to, during, and coming back from the show. Along with the written account I posted 280 photos of the show alone...plus a ton more of stuff I saw along the way.

I took a breather from the National this year, so this is probably my biggie story of the year....and I did enjoy writing it. Hope you enjoy! -Carlton

[Leon]

Carlton, that is some great stuff. Congratulations on your finds. Thanks for sharing it with the Net54baseball.com crowd too. Very well written.

[Rickyy]

Wow nice find! I have to make it up there. It's one of the last great antique shows out here on the west coast.

[CarltonHendricks]

http://sportsantiques.com/portlandpg3.htm
Please know Part 2 is posted, link above. With some variation Part 2 is mostly the same story I started this thread with, that is, the bagging of "The Yale Fence" print...plus a little overview of the the whole show at the begining. Part 3 next week will be uncharted with a bang up ending.

Leon, Thanks for the kind words, and letting me post.

Rickyy, thanks...yeah it's a pretty good show.