Angry Birds!
This week we would like to highlight Lot 272, a charming example of the work of Wilhelm Schimmel, a German immigrant who came to the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania in the 1860s. As he travelled around the valley, Schimmel repaid the hospitality of families who provided him with food and lodging by carving and painting pine animals as gifts. This glaring eaglet retains its original polychrome decorated surface, stands at only five inches high, and is estimated between 4,000 and 6,000 dollars. Wilhelm Schimmel’s eaglet will cross the auction block on October 7th at our highly anticipated Americana and International sale.
