WHIPPLE, OHIO — Meander Auctions’ 291-lot Summer Antiques and Art auction on July 20 featured items from the collections of Ellen and Bert Denker, Dr Judith Kemp, Dr James and Mrs Emily Kemp and items sold to benefit a Midwestern institution and a Midwestern county museum. Beating its estimate of $800-$1,200 to earn $8,850 from a trade buyer, bidding on the phone, was a pair of pencil and chalk portraits by Francis Sallas (Ohio, active circa 1830). Cataloged as “by tradition, the couple has been identified as Samuel and Margaret Smith,” the 9-by-7-inch renderings were signed and dated 1830 and had been published in the August 2007 issue of The Magazine ANTIQUES. More highlights from this auction will be featured in an upcoming issue.