The Collection of Mort and Millie Goldsholl - Treadway Gallery

The following 64 lots are part of an important glass collection accumulated by a Chicago couple from 1950 to 1970. She was a graduate of the ArtInstitute of Chicago with a well-trained eye and he was a medical physician with a passion for art and a desire to learn and understand the technique,skill and craftsmanship necessary to create beautiful glass. They were introduced to the art of glass by close friends and quickly learned to distinguishthe best from the rest. Their children remember how their mother had a “strong skill for making quick decisions that led the way to creating a beautiful,sophisticated art collection.”Following World War II, these children of immigrants had newly found financial success and began frequenting auctions and galleries with friendswith whom they shared a passion for collecting. They had taste and understanding of the objects but also were fortunate to be buying at a time whenimportant decorative arts came to market in their city. Turn-of-the century decorative arts were not valued by existing collectors or their heirs at thattime. Auction houses in 1950’s Chicago were selling estates from the original wealthy Chicago families that helped rebuild the City after the GreatChicago Fire. Post-fire Chicago had become one of the most prosperous cities in the world at a time when Europe and America were experiencing arevolution in decorative arts. Much of that great art was sold to clients in this progressive city that Louis Sullivan, George Washington Maher, FrankLloyd Wright and other modernists were bringing to the national forefront.There are great stories about auctions in those times from other local collectors. Wilbert and Marylyn Hasbrouck of Prairie Avenue Bookstore famerecount how they bought a Frank Lloyd Wright copper urn from the 1901 Waller House at auction by outbidding a scrap dealer. That urn recently soldfor $772,000. The Hasbroucks told us “We still think about those halcyon days when one could find a great Tiffany lamp on an Arts & Crafts table in asmall antique shop with a price tag of $145 and an exquisite Daum Nancy lamp next to it for half that. The price of the table was negotiable”. Thosedays may be gone, but some of the special treasures from that time are available in this amazing collection that has remained with the family untilcoming to auction today.458. Monumental Daum vase, large andattractive tulip shape in mottledfrosted, pink and orange glasswith beautifully detailed enameledflowering vines, cameo signature,7.5”w x 25”h, a large and impressiveexample with fine detail 4000-5000Reference: A similar vase ispictured in Daum dans les Muséesde Nancy, by Pétry, p. 64459. Exceptional Daum vase, large and very unusual three corner shape with a cameo design of a seascape with sailboats in purple hues silhouetted againsta mottled pink, purple and yellow background, cameo signature, 8”w x 12”h, this shape is very rare and adds a lot to the rarity of the vase 2500-350081 www.treadwaygallery.com