Sale Description:
Friday, September 14th at 6:30 pm
September’s evening sale features numerous attractive Decorative Objects beginning with a beautiful Enameled Porcelain Three Piece Clock & Garniture Set by L. Marti & Cie., a pair of Art Nouveau Gilt Candelabra, and Coalport Enameled Porcelain “Salopian” Flasks, c. 1870 to 1880. An interesting variety of Fine Art can be found on Friday evening from a collection of WWI & WWII Recruitment and Propaganda Posters, including images by Howard Chandler Christy (American, 1873-1952), to a gorgeous Oil on Board titled “Skyline Highlands” by Arthur Hill Gilbert (American, 1894-1970). A variety of rugs and carpets are being offered, which is highlighted by an Alaskan Grizzly Bear Full Skin Rug from the late 20th century, as well as over 100 lots of Fine and Costume jewelry.
Saturday, September 15th at 11:00 am
The Saturday auction opens with a lovely selection of antique French glass and bronze decorative arts, highlights of which include a Daum cameo glass syrup pitcher with silver mounts, a Galle cameo vase, quaint boxes, and a pair of champlevé tazze by Ferdinand Barbedienne. The sale continues with a Georgian silver six-piece tea service with impressive eagle adornment, a Gorham tray presented to J. Edward Lundy of Ford Motor Co., and other services by Reed & Barton and Gorham; antique carved marble sculptures and lamps, including those by Emil Rizec, Rudolf Kaesbach, and Pietro Bazzanti; a Sevres Marie Antoinette portrait urn with bronze mounts; English and French furnishings such as an inlaid bombe desk, marble-top commodes, vitrines and settees, as well as a circa 1800 Chinese lacquer sewing table, and English telescope by Broadhurst, Clarkson & Co.; Gorham ‘Chantilly’ and International ‘Royal Danish’ sterling flatware sets; Steuben glass and Baccarat crystal; fine jewelry, including a vintage Vacheron & Constantin 18kt gold gentleman’s wristwatch and a Tiffany & Co. diamond and platinum wedding set; as well as a variety of oriental rugs from semi antique to modern.
Sunday, September 16th at Noon
A major group of well over 200 paintings, watercolors, drawings, sculptures and graphics from old master to contemporary and American to European and Japanese await our bidders in the Sunday session. A partial list of artists include: Adolfo Bacci, Giuseppe Magni, Joseph Malachy Kavavagh, Thomas Benjamin Kennington, Albert Bierstadt, Edmund Henry Osthaus, Grafton Tyler Brown, William R.C. Watson, Arthur John Elsley, Milton Avery, Albert Raudnitz, Harry Bertoia, John Bageris, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Sam Francis, Romare Bearden, Georges Rouault, Hans Gustav Burkhardt, Robert Hopkin and George Gregory. Furniture highlights include: an Irish Georgian style banquet table, Chinese Chippendale style dining chairs, a Georgian breakfront, L 147”, French black lacquer dining set, a Baldwin grand piano, Renaissance Revival bookcase, H 11’ 7”, a 95” long mahogany and burl walnut marquetry bar and a Louis Phillipe 19th c. buffet. A pair of Venetian glass mirrors fitted with sconces, Venetian glass 8 arm chandelier, a Murano glass floor lamp, over 50 selections of fine jewelry, Oriental rugs, Lalique and Waterford crystal and more round out the Sunday offerings.
September Exhibition Hours are as follows:
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Friday, September 7th, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
Saturday, September 8th, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
Tuesday, September 11th, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
Wednesday, September 12th, 9:30 am to 8:30 pm
Thursday, September 13th, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
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Friday, September 14th, Auction begins at 6:30 pm
Saturday, September 15th, Auction begins at 11:00 am
Sunday, September 16th, Auction begins at Noon.