Auction Highlights
In 333 Auctions’ Nov. 18 sale of the Kenneth L. Freed collection, 89 lots sold online for a total of $258,720. A duo of artworks created in 1993 by Luigi Ontani (Italian, b. 1943), was one of the day’s top performers, selling through LiveAuctioneers for $31,850 against an estimate of $2,000-$3,000. Shown here is one of the artworks, a glazed-ceramic nude on a carpet.
A timeless design, this circa-1911 Lalique clear and frosted vase with sepia patina titled Quatre Masques and engraved R. Lalique France attracted a winning online bid of $22,050 in Rago/Dawes 7th Annual Lalique & Perfume Presentations sale, held Nov. 17
Online bidders contributed $406,176 to the bottom line in Bertoia Auctions’ spectacular Nov. 17-19 Off the Shelves sale. A LiveAuctioneers bidder paid $11,400 (estimate $4,000-$6,000) for a circa-1880 Phalibois tightrope-walker automaton.
Estimates were smashed in Cordier’s Nov. 12 Fall Antique & Fine Art auction as LiveAuctioneers bidders scooped up 187 lots. Among the Internet winnings was a 20th-century red carved cinnabar lacquer box on wood stand with provenance through the Estate of Mary Landis of Newport, Pa. It had been estimated at a modest $100-200, but was keenly pursued to $6,325.
In Sloans & Kenyons’ Nov. 10-12 Important Estate Catalog auction, Internet bidders added $184,591 to the sale’s total. Day one, which featured Asian antiques, saw 122 lots hammered to the ’net, with a 15-inch Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) bronze figure of Guanyin achieving above-estimate money at $9,075.
The Belgian name “Boch Freres” worked its magic in Cincinnati Art Galleries’ Nov. 4-5 Holiday Sale 2006, which chalked up $192,156 in online sales. A 19 1/8 inch Gres Keramis vase with a three-color depiction of highly stylized flowers, designed by Charles Catteau and stamped Boch Freres La Louviere, ignored its $3,000-4,000 estimate to sell online to a LiveAuctioneers bidder for $16,900.
