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Hector Aguilar Sterling Silver Auctioned at Leland Little

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:57:30 +0000

A beautiful 72-piece sterling silver service (circa 1948-1955) by the renowned Mexican silversmith Hector Aguilar, in the “Aztec” motif, sold for $41,400 at a two-day, four-session multi-estate sale, dubbed the “Historic Hillsborough Auction,” by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The sale was held at the firm’s spacious showroom, located at 246 South Nash Street.

To learn more about the company and its calendar of upcoming auctions, you may visit them online at www.LLauctions.com.

Skinner 20th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts Auction

admin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:55:52 +0000

Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses, will host an auction of 20th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts in its Boston gallery on December 20th at 10 a.m. The sale will feature more than 750 lots of furniture and decorative and utilitarian objects from the Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, Mid-Century and Post Modern periods (1880-contemporary time). This sale promises to offer interesting products of good design and quality material.

Previews & catalog information?Previews for the auction will be held from 12 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec 18th, 12 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec 19th, and from 8 to 9 a.m. on Saturday, December 20th. Illustrated catalogue #2439 is available by mail for $35 ($42 for foreign requests) from the subscription department at 978-779-6241 x240. It is also available at the gallery for $29. Prices realized will be available at HYPERLINK “http://www.skinnerinc.com/” www.skinnerinc.com during and after the sales. For more information on the auctions, auction preview times, and the gallery walk, visit Skinner’s website at HYPERLINK “http://www.skinnerinc.com/” www.skinnerinc.com. Skinner’s site also allows users to view all lots in the auctions, leave bids, and order catalogs online.

iGavel Jewelry and Watch Auction

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:46:11 +0000

Gavel and several of its associates are hosting a three week online jewelry auction on its site. As we are now in a buyer’s market, iGavel has worked with many of its consigners to lower estimates and reserves in order to have a successful auction. Therefore, this is a great time to purchase jewelry at prices that are more reasonable than have been seen in years.

The auction includes a varied selection of vintage and designer jewelry. Highlights include a 3 carat sapphire and diamond ring, estimated at $1,200-$1,800 with a starting bid of $800; a Diamond, Gold and Pearl Convertible Brooch or Pendant, estimated at $2,500-$3,500, with a starting bid of $1,800; and an Antique 14K White Gold, Emerald and Diamond Pierced Work Horizontal Brooch, with the emerald under 2 carats, and diamonds totaling close to four carats. This piece is estimated at $3,000-$5,000, with a starting bid of $1,995.

The watches included in the iGavel auction are unique. Highlights include a Bovet, Fleurier, Enamel and Gold Open Face Keywind Watch for the Chinese Market, 19th Century, estimated at $500-$700, with a starting bid of $250; a Gold and Enamel Keywind Watch, Just & Son, London, 19th Century, Estimated at $800-$1,200, with a starting bid of $500. Also included is a Gold Cartier Ladies Watch, Paris, late 20th century, from a private South American collector. This piece is estimated at $2,000-$3,000, with a starting bid of only $900.

Charity Auction of Clocks

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:56:39 +0000

The Second Chance to Benefit G-CAPP’s Second Chance Homes Online Auction is NOW OPEN! The IKEA “It’s About Time” event to benefit G-CAPP’s Second Chance Homes was a huge success last month. So many people wanted to donate clocks, art and other items for this cause that we created a special Second Chance online auction to you a Second Chance to support G-CAPP and the successful Second Chance Homes program. The Auction is running until November 17th.

These clocks are specially designed by Atlanta artists to benefit the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy prevention (www.gcapp.org).

London Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Auction

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:23:39 +0000

On 5 November 2008, Sotheby’s London will offer for sale an important range of sculpture, ceramics and works of art in its autumn sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. The auction will include many works from the early archaic period to the Qing Dynasty, displaying the wide variety of styles and media for which Chinese works of art are well renowned. The sale will also feature many pieces produced for the European export market, and it will also include the second London offering of part of the collection of the white, green and black wares that was formerly owned by the Swedish industrialist Dr Carl Kempe.

Lushpad.com online vintage website launched

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:21:36 +0000

Lushpad is a unique online home for lovers of mid-century Modern furniture, accessories and related objects sought by vintage collectors and anyone else interested in contemporary design and art. In the spirit of democratizing good design, Lushpad is a resource for everyone, where buyers and sellers can connect at every price point. If you have an authentic original, licensed original, reproduction or contemporary artwork to sell, or if you are in the market for furniture, art and/or information, this is where you belong.

Lushpad.com

Country Joe’s Antiques Auction Nov 8

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:03:51 +0000

Country Joe’s last auction sale of the year will be held on Saturday November 8th 2008 at the American Legion Hall, 2 Meadowbrook Lane New Egypt, New Jersey 08533.
Auction starts at 4pm, preview is at 2pm.

A general mix of several hundred lots including antiques, collectibles, decorative items, Christmas decorations, costume and other jewelry, lots of assorted glassware, china, pottery and porcelain. advertising collectibles, vintage paper and old postcards; country and kitchen collectibles; loads of small collectibles; toys, pictures, prints; lamps, assorted furniture, household items, old tools, books, odd & unique items, loads of nice tray lots of all types of goodies. Loads of other neat stuff and undiscovered treasures. Most consignments come in on day of sale. Please stop back later for updates. You never know what might show up here. Box lots sold starting at 4 pm.

Consignments will be accepted 8am - 2pm day of sale.
There is a 10% Buyers Premium - All items are sold as is. Items need to be removed on day of sale.

For info please call (732) 730-2219. Day of sale only (609)758-8131.

Auction info http://216.92.229.44/auction.html

Clarke Fifth Annual Fine Art Auction

admin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:09:42 +0000

As Clarke prepares to open for previews of its Fifth Annual Fine Art Auction, it becomes clear that this is destined to be the ten-year old company’s best assemblage of art.

Two strong Orientalist works by Fabio Fabbi and A.T. Millar lead the list of lots gathering the most attention. The Fabbi oil on canvas is a c.1890 depiction of two dancing girls with a packed backdrop of Arab musicians, oriental carpets, inlaid furniture, and Islamic architecture. The Millar oil is probably the painting that last appeared in public in 1982, titled “At the Door of the Mosque”, depicting a highly decorative mosque with traders, Arabian horses, and palm trees. A later work of interest to collectors might be a watercolor of the Alhambra by the British artist Wayne Apperley.

African-American art finds Clarke uncovering several rare pieces. A 1929 charcoal portrait of a young woman by Beauford Delaney is believed to be the earliest piece dating from Delaney’s arrival in New York that same year. The same estate provided a radically different Delaney - a monumental oil dated 1950 with Delaney’s classic motif of abstracted city streets. An early work of Al Loving Jr in ink and and watercolor reflects the influence of Hans Hoffman. Two WPA-era gouaches by R Lindsey of African-American families and an oil on board by Purvis Young are also to be sold October 27th.

New York School paintings include a 68″ x 50″ oil by Larry Rivers. The painting is a provocative portrait of Rivers intimate Richard Astor joined by Rivers’ mother-in-law Berdie and is dated 1951. The same theatrical estate also produced two Jane Freilicher’s from the same early 1950’s. A Jose Guerrero oil titled “Black Cross” with a Betty Parson label and an original price of $100 is believed to date from the same period.

A single owner collection of New York Ashcan prints includes rare images from Martin Lewis, John Sloan, Yasuo Kunioshi and Raphael Soyer. The same consignor also provided pastels by Soyer and period oils by Jacques Zucker and Lindholtz. A set of 5 New York City pastels by Leon Dolice is also available.

Modern art includes signed lithographs from Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, James Rosenquist, Nancy Graves and Brett Whiteley; oils and monotypes by Susan Hall; rare drawings by Alexander Calder, Theodore Roszak, and Fritz Bultman, midcentury sculpture from the same estate including signed and unsigned pieces.

International art includes a large and mysterious oil by the contemporary Spanish artist Cristobal Toral; a red chalk by Aristide Maillol, Italian paintings from F. Rontini, C. Innocenti, an 1856 Italian oil, possibly of a Sicilian or North African beauty; an oversized 19th C. watercolor of Sligo by the Irish John Faulkner; and a signed 1925 lithograph of a nude odalisique by Henri Matisse. A Komar and Melamid papier mache bust of Stalin is also drawing a lot of attention.

American art includes a c.1910 Max Weber and works by Charles Gruppe the elder, Sydney Mortimer Laurence, John Folinsbee, Darrel Austin, William Edmondson, Josephine Paddock, Gladys Bates, Ralph D Miller, Benjamin Brown, Abraham Chanin, John Costigan, a mixed media by American impressionist Theodore Robinson, and a drawing by Mary Cassatt.

Clarke Auction offers four full days of previews Friday October 24th through day-of-auction, Monday October 27th. Please visit their website at www.ClarkeNY.com or www.liveauctioneers.com for further details and the full inventory.

Russian Art Auction Nov 5

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:29:18 +0000

Gene Shapiro Auctions LLC has announced an important auction of Russian, European, and Latin American art, to take place on November 5, 2008 in New York. The catalog for the auction has now been posted online at http://www.geneshapiro.com, and the printed full color catalog is available for purchase.

Raymond A. Whyte Collection Auction

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:36:53 +0000

Burchard Galleries owner Jeff Burchard was confident well ahead of his August 24 sale that this would be a signature event. He was featuring over 45 works of art and personal artifacts of portrait and surrealist painter Raymond A. Whyte (American 1923-2002). While Whyte’s work is on display in many major collections, they are seldom offered for sale and this presented a rare opportunity for art collectors. In addition to the Whyte works over 450 lots of art, furniture, silver and jewelry were to cross the block.

Auction info www.burchardgalleries.com