WASHINGTON, D.C. – Excitement was in the air at Weschler’s Feb. 12 auction of European & American Furniture and Decorations including Asian Works of Art when a Russian silver gilt cloisonne and en-plein enamel casket went on the auction block.
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Les and Sue Fox, professional art brokers with West Highland Art Brokers, have developed a method of partnering with consigners to sell art, which touts benefits of both selling directly and consigning with an auction house: the husband and wife team will buy original paintings by listed artists, then partner with the art’s owners to sell at auction and, get this, split the profits.
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Ceramics buyers invested heavily in a variety of vessels at a March 11-12 Ohio auction. With more than 800 lots offered in two sessions, the top lot of the sale was a $17,625 Cochiti effigy figure dating to the late 19th – early 20th century. The figure came from the collection of Charles Shanafelt, who purchased most of the items between 1900 and 1915. Placed in the "relic room" of an Ohio county courthouse, the collection remained there until later in the 20th century when transferred to an Ohio historical institution which sold it to use the proceeds to further its core mission.
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The single-owner lifetime collection of Bill and Sue (Carolyn) Frick of Missouri – comprising over 500 lots of quality art glass and more – will be sold on Saturday, April 30, 2011. Tiffany pieces will include a rare 18-inch unmarked jack-in-the-pulpit vase with white, green and gold iridescent pulled feather design and 8 3/4-inch diameter face; and an 8 1/4-inch decorated art glass vase with green background and gold heart and vine décor.
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Vintage clocks including a fine mahogany tall case clock signed by David Weatherly, an enamel moon disk dial attributed to Patton and Jones and an early 19th century mahogany tall case clock with a heroic painted dial signed by Abraham Cassell of Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) are just three of the lots auctioneer Gordon Converse says are generating tremendous buzz for his April 23, 2011 auction in Malvern, Pa.
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A discovery auction coming April 8-10, 2011 features 1,000 unreserved lots of stylish and practical property from traditional through the 21st century. Tucked inside the sale are several sleeper lots of famous 20th century design including pieces by George Nakashima, Mies Van Der Rohe and Charles & Ray Eames. Many more lots include furniture, rugs, pottery, metal, lighting, fine art, Asian, sports memorabilia and more. An unmarked, walnut art deco side table, standing 23 1/2 inches high by 24 inches in diameter, is expected to bring $700 to $900.
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With young shoppers feeling as if they can’t trust government, Wall Street or big business, antiques dealers are seeing nostalgic antique furniture and smaller, less cluttered living spaces evoking memories of better times.
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A selection of unusual Chinese antiques found during an episode of "Storage Wars" will cross the block March 5-6 at at Don Presley’s gallery in Orange, Calif. Presley, who has conducted on-air appraisals for Storage Wars, received the Asian consignment from David Hester, whom he jokingly describes as the "villain" among the regulars appearing on A&E’s popular Wednesday night show. Hester’s storage-locker find includes an extensive selection of Chinese ivory necklaces, bracelets, earrings and pendants; rhino- and buffalo-horn pendants, and a pair of foo dogs. Collectively, their value is estimated to be as much as $10,000. Read More +
A recently discovered diary/sketchbook from counterculture cartoonist Robert Crumb is just one of hundreds of quality, fresh-to-the-market lots in a rainbow of categories will cross the block the weekend of Mar. 4-6. The sale also feature a group of a dozen original Star Wars figures and a nice collection of cast-iron still banks and toys including Arcade, Hubley and Kenton.
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More than 400 cataloged lots of coins, rare antiques and fine collectibles from two estates are expected to result in a banner sale for the James Peterson Co. of Edina, Minn. Among the discoveries include French gilt bronze clocks, a leather bound edition of Adolf Hitler’s "Mein Kampf," an 1802 Liberty gold coin, an Italian carved marble bust, diamond rings and a rare $1,000 greenback.
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