CHESTER, N.Y. –  On Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009, William Jenack Auctioneers will offer an important ensemble of 19th and 20th-century drawings and paintings; Tiffany Favrile glass, 18th- to 20th-century furnishings, American, European and Russian silver/sterling; and Asian art in an auction that will begin at 11:00 a.m. EST. The Fine Art sale will include on-line bidding through LiveAuctioneers (www.liveauctioneers.com).

Highlights are led by a signed Wilfredo Lam oil on canvas titled Abstract Figures, also signed on verso Wilfredo Lam France ’63 ($30,000/$50,000). An estimate of $15,000/20,000 accompanies an Auguste Hyacinth Debay 19th-century marble sculpture Le Berceau Primifif: Eve et Ses Deux Enfants.

An important Isamu Noguchi brush ink on paper (sheet size 48 inches by 36 inches) from a Tallahassee, Fla., collection is signed and dated 1930 ($10,000/$15,000).

A signed George Herbert McCord, oil on canvas, possibly his largest work (20 inches x 40 inches) titled Ruins of Castle Laugharne at Twilight, is dated 1875 and estimated at $8,000/$12,000.

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PHOENIX – RM Auctions announces two private collections will be joining their “Automobiles of Arizona” auction event, Jan. 16, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona. RM’s 10th anniversary auction will include approximately 125 magnificent vintage motor cars, including a selection from the esteemed Dr. Barbara Atwood Collection, and a second important private collection that contains early brass-era cars and luxury classics from the late 1920s and early 1930s.

The Atwood Collection is the result of a lifetime of discerning collecting by the late Dr. Barbara Mae Atwood. Throughout her life Dr. Atwood shared two passions – caring for animals and collecting automobiles. In the latter, she is renowned as the premier female collector of her time. Twenty-four of her most treasured automobiles will join RM’s Arizona auction lineup in January. Each representing some of the finest examples of their time, highlights of the offering include: a one-off 1929 Graham-Paige Model 837 LeBaron Dual-Cowl Phaeton, built for the 1929 New York Auto Show and specially commissioned by Joseph Graham’s daughters; an award-winning 1932 Stutz DV-32 Super Bearcat by Weymann, regarded as the final and fastest iteration of the famous Bearcat; a 1937 Lincoln Model K Brunn Cabriolet, ordered and specially customized for Boston socialite and tennis star Eleanora Sears; and a 1933 Marmon Sixteen Convertible Sedan, among the last of the Marmons and reportedly Mrs. Marmon’s personal car.

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THOMASTON, Maine –  Thomaston Place Auction Galleries will present large selections of fine art paintings and sculpture, beautifully crafted jewelry, Native-American artifacts, and rare coins at their first sale of 2009, on Saturday and Sunday, January 31 and February 1. Another important highlight will be a collection of nine pieces of art pottery created by Brother Thomas Bezanson (Vt./Pa., 1929-2007).

Thomaston Place owner and auctioneer Kaja Veilleux said, “We have been working hard to pull together an exciting catalog for our customers. The array of fine art, including works by Jack Lorimer Grey, William Louis Sonntag, Sr., Romain de Tirtoff Erte and Thomas Gainsborough, is truly amazing. And we are thrilled to be able to offer nine Brother Thomas Bezanson art pottery pieces in this auction, as even single pieces of his work rarely come up for sale. We also have a great collection of fresh-to-the-market Native-American artifacts that have been stored under a bed for many years.”

Featured paintings will include: Jack Lorimer Gray’s (N.Y., 1927-1981) oil-on-canvas work, Two Fishermen Pulling Herring Net into Dory on the Outer Banks (est.: $40,000-60,000); an Adirondack valley landscape by William Louis Sonntag, Sr. (Ohio, N.Y., 1822-1900) (est.: $25,000-35,000); an oil on canvas by Aurelio Tiratelli (Italian, 1842-1900) of an Italian  scene with a woman feeding geese under a grape arbor in alley (est.$20,000-30,000); an oil-on-copper painting set on cradled panel titled Dutch Still Life with Flowers, from the circle of Jan van Kessel (est.: $10,000-12,000); Fleurs Rouges, a portrait of a lady by Emilio Grau-Sala (Spanish/French, 1911-1975) (est.: $9,000-12,000); and two important paintings by Charles Warren Eaton (N.Y./N.J., 1857-1937).

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