Bertoia’s August Sale Features Rare Bausch Collection Items

Bertoia’s August Automobilia Sale Features Rare Bausch
VINELAND, NJ – A hand-painted polychrome bronze sculpture by Stanley Wanlass (American, b. 1941–), depicting an early touring car overtaking a man on horseback, sold for $34,800, and a handsome 1929 Franklin Series 11 sedan automobile chugged off for $13,200 at Bertoia’s August 28 Automobilia Sale. The auction featured automobilia items from the celebrated David Bausch collection, an exceptional assemblage encompassing more than a century of automotive history, advertising and design.Longtime car and automobilia enthusiast David Bausch’s collection is so massive that many of his treasures have been featured in seven auctions conducted by Bertoia’s. About half the items entered in the August sale were from his collection, all automobilia. They included posters, prints, enameled gas and oil signs, statuary, early automotive-themed objets de vertu and gentlemen’s dresser items, Roseville dishware, and more. Fine-quality pieces from other consignors were also offered in the 550-lot sale.

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