Oct 02, 2024Uniques and Antiques, Inc.Pair Primitive Japanese Bentwood Armchair, Showa period, Simplistic Design and Construction, Painted$150(1 bid)
Gold ring with carnelian intaglio carved by Nathaniel Merchant leads our five auction highlightsGold Ring with Carnelian Intaglio Carved by Nathaniel Merchant, $74,135 TORONTO — This gold-mounted carnelian intaglio ring depicting classical profiles of Cupid and Psyche embracing is signed in mirror image capitals for Nathaniel Marchant (1739-1816). Prolific in both Italy and England, he was probably the most famous gem engraver of the late 18th and early […]
William Edmondson: the man compelled to carveNEW YORK – Like several other famed self-taught artists, William Edmondson (1874-1951) came to art late in life after having a spiritual calling. The Nashville-born man, a son of freed slaves, first worked as a manual laborer on farms, the railroad, and in a hospital. He began his career as a sculptor in 1932 after […]
Antique toy collection of Curtis and Linda Smith heads to Bertoia March 16VINELAND, N.J. – Antique toy collectors who dream of time-traveling to the 1970s and ’80s when now-legendary toy shows and auctions took place have an opportunity to bid on items originally collected then. The breathtaking collection of Linda Smith and her late husband Curtis Smith will be offered in a single-owner auction (the first of […]
Paintings by women are the focus at Eldred’s March 13EAST DENNIS, Mass. — More than 150 paintings by women artists head to market as part of Eldred’s Women In The Arts sale scheduled for Wednesday, March 13. The complete catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers. Theresa Ferber Bernstein (1890-2002) lived a remarkable — and remarkably long — life, creating paintings alongside her […]