SOUTHAMPTON, PA.- It was standing room only for both days of Stephenson’s Auctioneers’ first antiques and fine art sale of the year, held Jan. 1 and 2 at the company’s suburban Philadelphia gallery. Bidding was consistently strong throughout both sessions, which included decorative art and “smalls” on day one, and furniture and paintings on day two. The 714-lot auction cashed out with a robust total of just under $300,000. All prices quoted in this report include a 15% buyer’s premium. Two items in the sale achieved an individual selling price of $19,555, resulting in a tie at the top-lot position of prices realized. One of the blue-ribbon lots was a William Mason Brown (American, 1828-1898) Hudson River Valley oil-on-canvas landscape that had come from a residence in Bucks County, Pa. “Usually this artist’s still lifes bring more