Done
Bedford, NY, United States
Auction Details
Important Estates | Session One | March 30th
Over 1,000 lots sold in two sessions:
Session I: Fine Art | Autographs | Asian Art | Decorative Arts | & Furniture (lots 1-499)
Saturday, March 30, 1pm EST
Session II: Jewelry | Silver | Fine Art II | Decorative Art II | & Furniture II (lots 500-1,022)
Sunday, March 31, 12pm EST
| FEATURING |
The Estate of John F. Ball (95 lots) Former film & television executive, Greenwich CT. Mr. Ball's estate features important Luminist Paintings (lots 18, 21, 22), a fine collection of Chinese Jades (lots 115-125), and an extensive collection of 18th Century French Porcelain (lots 140-199). He was the son-in-law to Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897-1990), whom Christie's had called "the last of a generation of great post-war collectors" in their catalog for her 1991 estate auction. Many of the items to be offered were formerly part of her collection.
The Estate of J.D. McClatchy (64 lots) American poet, librettist, literary critic, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry and former president of The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Stonington CT. The estate features Mr. McClatchy's extensive collection of Literary & Musical Autographs & Manuscripts (lots 60-103) which not only reflects his tastes as a collector, but as a major American artist and "one of the country's foremost men of letters" (The New York Times). The estate also features a fine collection of Japanese Prints (lots 239-251) gifted to Mr. McClatchy from his close friend, the seminal American poet and Merrill-Lynch heir James Merrill.
Also Featuring: • The estate of James Delihas, Pound Ridge, NY, former associate of Barry Tracy and American Wing curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art • The estate of Sue Wong, Darien, CT • The estate of Anita Behnken, Norwalk, CT, volunteer and creator of the Norwalk Symphony Endowment Fund
Session I: Fine Art | Autographs | Asian Art | Decorative Arts | & Furniture (lots 1-499)
Saturday, March 30, 1pm EST
Session II: Jewelry | Silver | Fine Art II | Decorative Art II | & Furniture II (lots 500-1,022)
Sunday, March 31, 12pm EST
| FEATURING |
The Estate of John F. Ball (95 lots) Former film & television executive, Greenwich CT. Mr. Ball's estate features important Luminist Paintings (lots 18, 21, 22), a fine collection of Chinese Jades (lots 115-125), and an extensive collection of 18th Century French Porcelain (lots 140-199). He was the son-in-law to Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897-1990), whom Christie's had called "the last of a generation of great post-war collectors" in their catalog for her 1991 estate auction. Many of the items to be offered were formerly part of her collection.
The Estate of J.D. McClatchy (64 lots) American poet, librettist, literary critic, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry and former president of The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Stonington CT. The estate features Mr. McClatchy's extensive collection of Literary & Musical Autographs & Manuscripts (lots 60-103) which not only reflects his tastes as a collector, but as a major American artist and "one of the country's foremost men of letters" (The New York Times). The estate also features a fine collection of Japanese Prints (lots 239-251) gifted to Mr. McClatchy from his close friend, the seminal American poet and Merrill-Lynch heir James Merrill.
Also Featuring: • The estate of James Delihas, Pound Ridge, NY, former associate of Barry Tracy and American Wing curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art • The estate of Sue Wong, Darien, CT • The estate of Anita Behnken, Norwalk, CT, volunteer and creator of the Norwalk Symphony Endowment Fund
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![PHILIPPE STARCK JOE SHIP DINETTE TABLE: circa 1980s, enameled metal with a round glass top h. 28-1/2 dia. 46 in. (glass) with enamel loss to the bottoms of the legs and at the top of one support; minor scuffs in glass [IN SITU] Preview by](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/522/138135/70072876_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1552433947)




![RALPH WALDO EMERSON (American, 1803-1882): Autograph letter, signed 'R.W. Emerson', 1 page, 8vo, on lined paper, Concord [Massachusetts], April 10, 1874, asking his publisher to grant permission to J.R. Osgood & Co. to print 150 copies of his](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/522/138135/70072881_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1552433947)
![TWO LOCKS OF EMILY DICKINSON'S [?] HAIR: two locks of hair purportedly belonging to Emily Dickinson framed together, one of auburn color, the other a brownish-blonde. It appears that the only known locks of hair belonging to Emily](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/522/138135/70072882_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1552433947)

![WALLACE STEVENS (American, 1879-1955): Typed letter, signed 'Wallace Stevens', 1 page, 8vo, Hartford Accident & Ind. Co., Hartford, Connecticut, n.d. [circa January 1934], a delightful response to a local reader who has written Stevens](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/522/138135/70072884_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1552433947)

![(3pc) W. H. AUDEN (American, 1907-1973): Including an autograph letter, signed 'W. H. Auden', 1 page, 4to, 77 St. Mark's Place, New York City, February 17th [postmarked 1970], to Mr. Roger Rosenblatt of Cambridge Mass., asking the recipient](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/522/138135/70072886_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1552433947)
![(3pc) [AMERICAN MODERNIST FEMALE POETS]: including: MARIANNE MOORE (American, 1887-1972), typed letter, signed 'Marianne Moore', 1 page, 8vo, 260 Cumberland Street, Brooklyn, New York, January 30, 1958, to Llewellyn Jones, thanking Jones](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/522/138135/70072887_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1552433947)
![JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (German, 1749-1832): Autograph receipt, with Goethe's signature ('JW Goethe') to the left of the recipient's signature, 1 page, oblong leaf, Jena [Germany], August 3, 1810, in the hand of the recipient, reading [rough](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/522/138135/70072888_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1552433947)



