Alderfer Auction

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Alderfer Auction’s September Fine Art and Mid-Century Modern Auction features a collection of art, luxury Swiss timepieces, jewelry, sterling silver, and mid-century and period furniture. Collectors of fine watches will find an exceptional group of Swiss timepieces, including a Patek Philippe 18K Yellow Gold Gondolo Ref. 5009, Franck Muller Casablanca Ref. 2852, Chronoswiss Opus, Breitling, and a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso. The jewelry section includes diamond, emerald, sapphire, ruby, tanzanite, pearl, coral, and topaz jewelry in platinum, 18K gold, and 14K gold. The silver category offers an extensive selection of sterling flatware and hollowware from leading American makers, including Gorham, Reed & Barton, International Silver, Wallace, Dominick & Haff, Durgin, Alvin, Stieff, and Watson, with numerous complete flatware services, tea services, candelabra, chargers, and serving pieces. Standout decor includes Rosenthal - Versace porcelain and crystal, Murano and Iitala glass, Bernard Leach pottery, and bronze sculptures by Robert MacDonald and Antonio Salemme. Furniture highlights include a George Nakashima Frenchman's Cove II dining table, an important R.J. Horner & Co. Atlas Figural dining room suite consisting of the extension dining table, sideboard, china cabinet, server, and lion's head dining chairs, as well as an R.J. Horner & Co. for Tiffany & Co. tall case chime clock, JWS Studios and Chiparus Art Deco Revival lamps, and MCM pieces by Warren Platner, Isamu Noguchi, Lane, and John Stuart. The fine art section features works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Walter Emerson Baum, John Fulton Folinsbee, Walter Elmer Schofield, Sterling Strauser, Arthur Meltzer, Antoine Blanchard, Antonio Martino, Salvatore Pinto, Richard Blossom Farley, Charles William Ward, Louis Tavelli, John Brock Lear Jr., Ray Hendershot, Benton Spruance, Erté, Elyse Ashe Lord, Ranulph Bye, Joseph Barrett, Richard Crist, Joseph Meierhans, Frank F. English, Harold Hopkinson, Vira McIlrath Scheibner, and Christopher G. Willett. The sale is rounded out by a selection of fine wine and spirits such as Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1982, Chateau Pavie 1982, Midleton Very Rare Vintage Blended Irish Whiskey 2016, and Old Rip Van Winkle 10-Year-Old Kentucky Bourbon 2017.