NAPLES, Fla. – Once again, the doors to some of southwest Florida’s finest estates have opened to Auctions Neapolitan in preparation for their Sept. 18 Collector’s Delight Auction, commencing at 12 noon Eastern Time. In addition to estate material, the auction is enhanced by several select, privately consigned pieces.
The much-anticipated sale of fine and decorative art, Asian antiques, jewelry and other quality items will take place on Saturday, Sept. 18, commencing at 12 noon Eastern Time. Internet live bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com.
The general categories include: fine art, sterling silver, porcelain, jewelry and Asian decoratives. Additional categories are art pottery, art glass, figurines and jewelry.
A wonderful variety is seen in the fine art section, led by a James E. Buttersworth (English, 1817-1894) marine painting titled Yacht Vixen & U.S. S. Constitution off Staten Island. Artist-signed at lower right, the 9 5/8-inch by 12¼-inch oil on panel comes with provenance from the Quester Gallery in Rowayton, Connecticut. An accomplished work presented in a handsome gilt frame, it is estimated at $35,000-$45,000.
Six Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) etchings from the Aristophanes, Lysistrata Limited Editions Club, New York, 1934, are offered in an artist-signed bound edition with an estimate of $3,000-$4,000; while individual, framed Picasso etchings from Lysistrata, printed by Lacouriere Paris, are artist-signed and numbered by Picasso and are expected to make $3,000-$4,000 each.
Other key lots within the fine art include a framed Margaretha Roosenboom (Dutch, 1843-1896) floral still life oil on canvas ($3,000-$5,000), and Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena’s (French 1807-1876) canine artwork Chiens Dans la Foret. Dated ’66 and measuring 21 inches by 25¼ inches, the charming depiction of a boy reclining against a tree in the woods, with his four dogs nearby, could realize $2,800-$3,800 on auction day.
Additional fine art highlights include an Umberto Cacciarelli Orientalist watercolor, A. Achenbach’s Squally Bay at Antwerp, Eberto Escobedo Lazo’s portrait of a young Madonna, and Johann Berthelsen’s The Plaza at 58th Street (In winter). Several good Japanese woodblock prints will be auctioned, as well.
The sale also features English, American, French and Mexican sterling silver; an eight-piece Robert W. Irwin Royal Furniture bedroom suite, and an array of carpets.
Within the wide range of ceramics to cross the auction block are: fine Japanese Satsuma, a large and impressive Japanese 19th-century Kutani porcelain figure, Qing famille rose porcelain, English Staffordshire figures, collectibles by Hummel, Royal Doulton and Lladro; and many sets of fine dinnerware and stemware.
For questions on any item in the auction, call Kathleen Pica at Auctions Neapolitan at 239-262-7333 or e-mail sales@auctionsN.com.
View the fully illustrated catalog and sign up to bid absentee or live via the Internet at www.LiveAuctioneers.com.
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James E. Buttersworth (English, 1817-1894) painting on artist’s panel titled yacht Vixen & U.S.S. Constitution, estimate $35,000-$45,000. Auctions Neapolitan image. Pair of fine Chinese Qing rose medallion vases, hand painted, 16½ inches tall, estimate $800-$1,200. Auctions Neapolitan image. Pair of sterling silver three-arm candelabra, estimate $900-$1,200. Auctions Neapolitan image. A. Achenbach oil-on-board painting Squally Bay at Antwerp, estimate $2,500-$3,500. Auctions Neapolitan image. Robert W. Irwin Royal Furniture 8-piece bedroom suite, estimate $6,000-$9,000. Auctions Neapolitan image. Umberto Cacciarelli Orientalist watercolor painting, estimate $900-$1,100. Auctions Neapolitan image. 19th-century Staffordshire figurine titled The Rival, 12 inches high, estimate $150-$250. Auctions Neapolitan image. English sterling silver presentation spoons, estimate $250-$350. Auctions Neapolitan image.
Georg Jensen sterling pitcher with ebony handle and ovoid body, engraved Christmas 1928. Image courtesy of Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales Ltd.
HILSBOROUGH, N.C. – A two-session estates sale dedicated to Fine Wine on Friday, Sept. 17, and Fine & Decorative Arts on Saturday, Sept. 18, will be held by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales Ltd. The Fine Wine session will begin at 6 p.m. Eastern. The Fine & Decorative Arts session will begin at 9 a.m. Online bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com.
“We have over 100 lots of very high grade wines, and we want to show them off right away,” said Leland Little of Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd.
Much of the wine in the sale was taken from the cellar of an avid collector and retired restaurateur. Most of his rare and vintage bottles were purchased on first release and all have been kept in temperature-controlled storage.
The Saturday session will be no less impressive. Offered will be 550 quality, fresh-to-market lots from local estates and collections. Included will be original art, period furniture, works on paper, silver, antique clocks, decorative accessories, pottery and more.
“Estate jewelry, watches and Asian arts in particular will be outstanding,” Mr. Little said.
A lecture will precede the Friday session, as Clifford Chieffo will give a talk on portrait miniatures at 3 p.m. That will be followed by a reception preview at 4 p.m. Wine and light hors d’oeuvres will be served. Previews will be held on Saturday, Sept. 11, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and Thursday and Friday, Sept. 16-17, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Asian arts will feature items such as a rare Chinese Export porcelain hunt bowl with the exterior decorated with mounted huntsmen and their hounds, circa 1785, but there will also be spectacular antiquities, too, that date back thousands of years. These will include Chinese Trade jewelry, Longquan dishes, a Ch’ing-pai lidded ewer, and numerous vessels, ceramics and boxes.
Estate jewelry promises to dazzle the assembled throngs. Two lots expected to do particularly well are a diamond solitaire ring simply set with one beautiful round brilliant cut diamond weighing 5.56 carats, prong set and mounted in platinum, and an Art Deco diamond and sapphire bracelet made in the 1930s, with one round diamond and 16 baguette cut sapphires.
American artwork will feature a watercolor on ivory portrait miniature of Dr. Alexander Landson Baron (1810-1842) by Charles Fraser (South Carolina, 1782-1860); an oil painting by Louis Jambor (1884-1955), titled Boating Beauties and depicting two women on a lake; and paintings by New York artists Frank O’Cain (20th century), Henry Boese (1824-1863) and Alice Hirsch (1888-1935).
Continental art will also cross the block. Star lots include two oil on canvas portraits by Scottish painter Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) depicting James Lockhart and Sir James Sinclair-Lockhart; and a pair of Dutch Romanticism works by Willem Bodemann (Dutch, 1806-1880), one of ice skaters on a frozen pond with figures, the other of skaters and a woman in a red cape.
Bronzes will feature a nude statue by Raoul Larche (French, 1860-1912), titled Vingt Ans (Twenty Years Old), signed and numbered ‘7850’; a late 19th-century Barbedienne Foundry Borghese gladiator, modeled after the Hellenistic original in the Louvre in Paris; and a bronze sculpture with deep brown patina by Emmanuel Villanis (French, 1858-1914), titled L’Eclipse.
Continental silver is sure to wow the crowd, with lots like a Georg Jensen sterling pitcher with ebony handle, engraved Christmas 1928; two Georg Jensen sterling compotes with applied grape design, engraved Christmas 1928; and a George III sterling basket by Vere & Lutwyche (London, 1763). American silver will feature a Gorham Chantilly-Duchess six-piece service.
American furniture will include a late 18th-century New England Puritan chest on chest, walnut with pine secondary; a two-part form cherry corner cupboard, circa 1830-40, probably Pennsylvania; an 1820s New York Classical sideboard, mahogany with white pine secondary; and a Classical stencil decorated center table, circa 1820s, mahogany and mahogany veneers.
Continental furniture and decorative accessories will feature an early 19th-century Georgian triple pedestal mahogany dining table; a pair of 19th-century French carved eagle console tables, carved gilt wood and gesso; a boxed set of plaster mold Intaglios after Pietro Bracci, 19th century; and a 19th-century bisque figure of the work Barberini Faun by Volpato.
Americana will include a rare, small size 19th-century Virginia leather key basket, oblong form; an oil on panel painting of Alexander Hamilton by William J. Weaver (1759-1817), unsigned; a Sargent (Boston) family register historic sampler of silk and linen; an autographed letter by Patrick Henry (1773); and ship’s papers signed by then-President James Madison, 1809.
American pottery pieces will feature a 19th-century Mid-Atlantic salt-glazed stoneware harvest jug with elaborate cobalt decorations to both spout and handle; an E.A. Fulcher presentation stoneware jar, probably Baltimore, circa 1850; an alkaline glazed stoneware jug from the Collins Rhodes Factory, Edgefield, S.C, circa 1840s; and a Charles B. Masten glazed Auman pottery salt-glazed stoneware vase, circa 1930.
Art glass will include a signed Daum Nancy French art glass low vase with forest scene; and three Tiffany pieces: a Favrile glass three-handled vase, early 20th century, organic baluster form; a decorated Favrile glass vase baluster form with light ribbing and etched signature; and a Favrile glass lava vase, numbered 322D and signed “Tiffany” on the base.
Vintage timepieces will strike a chord with bidders. Examples include a small English lantern clock made for the Turkish market in the early 18th century by William Kipling of London; a Federal Eli Terry pillar and scroll mantel clock, Plymouth, Conn., circa early 19th century; and a circa 1890 Waltham 8-day ship’s chronometer with mahogany and brass case.
From the modern furniture and sculpture category, two lots are worth noting. One is a set of four beautiful Gaetano Descalzo Chiavari side chairs, Italy, circa 1850s, cherry wood with woven cane seats. The other is a bulbous form bottle vase with tapered neck by Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002). The vase boasts a rust colored glaze adorning a gray and green speckled field.
The militaria portion of the sale will have many rare and important Confederate items from the Civil War. These will include Confederate soldiers’ letters, currency and bonds, a military pass and philatelic items, to include Confederate 5-cent stamps, turned covers, paid stampless covers, official government postal items, POW covers and adversity covers.
The Sept. 17 session dedicated entirely to fine and vintage wines will feature many desirable lots. Just a few include seven bottles of 1996 Chateau Mouton Rothschild (France, Pauillac); six bottles of 1997 Opus One (Napa Valley, Calif.); three bottles of 1982 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion (France, Graves); and three bottles of 1985 Chateau Margaux (France, Margaux).
For details contact Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales Ltd. by e-mail info@LLAuctions.com or call 919-644-1243.
Art Deco diamond and sapphire bracelet with 16 baguette cut sapphires. Image courtesy of Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales Ltd. One of two oil on canvas portraits by Henry Raeburn (Dutch, 1806-1880), both nicely framed. Image courtesy of Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales Ltd. Original oil on canvas painting by Louis Jambour (American, 1884-1955), titled ‘Boating Beauties.’ Image courtesy of Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales Ltd. Rare Chinese Export porcelain hunt bowl, circa 1785, showing huntsmen and their hounds. Image courtesy of Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales Ltd. Watercolor on ivory portrait miniature of Dr. Alexander Baron by Charles Fraser (South Carolina, 1782-1860). Image courtesy of Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales Ltd.
Barbara Hepworth, ‘Oval with Two Forms,’ 1971, United Kingdom, 1972, cast bronze, 13 inches high by 15 1/2 inches wide, signed, dated and numbered to base ‘Barbara Hepworth 1971 1/9,’ no. 1 from the edition of 9, est. $100,000-$150,000. Image courtesy of Wright. CHICAGO – Wright will kick off its fall 2010 auction season Sept. 14 with a sale of Postwar and Contemporary Art. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding for the auction, which will begin at noon Central.
Composed of more than 300 lots, this exceptional sale features artworks – paintings, sculptures, videos, photography, installations as well as works on paper – by some of the most notable artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Sale highlights include sculptures by Barbara Hepworth, Jim Dine, William Turnbull and a rare and extraordinary work by Alberto Burri. Karel Appel’s Woman’s Gypsy Head, Luis Tomasello’s Atmosphere Chromoplastique No. 250, Richard Pettibone’s Up M1002 and Hiraqla #3, abstract collages by Conrad Marca-Relli and works by graffiti artist Futura 2000 also feature prominently in this auction.
Of further note, nearly a third of this auction is formed from the outstanding collection of Themistocles and Dare Michos, Bay Area collectors and supporters of conceptual and installation based artworks. From digital files by assume vivid astro focus and digital video loops by Michael Bell-Smith, to multimedia installation pieces by John Bock and Franz West, plus works by Cady Noland, Robert Gober, Atelier van Lieshout and Mel Bochner, a unique brilliant contemporary aesthetic vision is brought to market.
Wright is open for previews daily through Sept. 13.
The gallery is located at 1440 W. Hubbard St. in Chicago. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and by appointment on Sunday.
For additional information about this auction, please contact press@wright20.com or call 312 563 0020.
Alberto Burri, untitled, Italy, 1959, can mounted on basswood, 6 inches high by 6 1/4 inches wide, est. $50,000-$70,000. Image courtesy of Wright. Karel Appel, ‘Woman’s Gypsy Head,’ Netherlands, 1963, oil on canvas, 39 1/4 inches high by 32 inches wide, signed lower left ‘Appel,’ est. $120,000-$180,000. Image courtesy of Wright. William Turnbull ‘Metamorphic Venus I,’ United Kingdom, 1982, bronze mounted on sandstone, 23 1/2 inches high by 14 inches wide, signed with artist’s cipher, dated and numbered to verso ‘5/6 82,’ est. $50,000-$70.000. Image courtesy of Wright. Jim Dine, ‘Venus with Tools and Shell,’ USA, 1983, cast bronze, 62 1/2 inches high by 32 inches wide, no. 3 from the edition of 6, est. $50,000-$70,000. Image courtesy of Wright.
Sino-Tibetan bronze figure of Buddha, Qianlong seven-character mark and of the period (1736-1795), approximately 12 1/2 inches high, est. $80,000-$100,000. Image courtesy of Time & Again Auction Galleries.
LINDEN, N.J. – What was Time & Again Auction Galleries doing on summer vacation? Working overtime.
First, after two years in a temporary location they have officially moved into their newly refurbished, air-conditioned gallery. They are located in the same building complex on East Lindon Avenue, but in a new suite at the end of the building with ample parking for customers.
What else did they do on summer vacation? They accumulated over 1,200 lots of exceptionally varied estate properties. Next they divided the properties into two outstanding sales. Session I, on Sept. 14, will feature over 500 lots of Asian works of art. Session II, on Sept. 16, will offer over 700 outstanding estate lots. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding at both auctions.
Customers are invited to Time & Again Auction Galleries’ grand reopening preview party Sept. 14 at 3 p.m. until sale time at 6 p.m. Eastern.
The Far Eastern Art & Antiques sale on Tuesday will be the first of its kind for Time & Again Auction Galleries. Over 500 lots to be sold – most without reserves. Highlights include a Sino-Tibetan parcel gilt bronze figure of Buddha seated on a raised double-lotus base, a rare Chinese gilt bronze and cloisonné enamel vase, a jadite carved “Cabbage with Grasshopper” on rosewood inlaid silver stand, an 18th- or 19th-century white jade footed bowl with dragon ears, an antique blue and white porcelain bowl, a 600-year-old gold mounted Chinese stone vessel, a19th-century matched pair of Chinese jardinières, scrolls and estate rugs. The contents of the Chinese importer’s warehouse are valued at $500,000. Inventory includes furniture and carved decorations, including root carvings and monumental soapstone sculptures.
Session II, titled Important Estate Properties & Privately Owned Collections, will begin Thursday, Sept. 16, at 6 p.m. Featured will be the lifetime collection of fine art and antiques owned by a Long Island antiques dealer. Highlights from her home and shop include alabaster statues, inlaid French bedroom suite, Sevres urn, Teplitz bust, 19th-century oil paintings, marble and bronze candelabrum, bronze balustrades, Vienna bronzes, Roseville pottery, Hummel figurines and more. The collection is valued at $250,000.
Properties from other prominent Long Island estates include Minton dinnerware, Victorian and English furniture, fine artwork, silver and clocks.
The contents of Helen Cleary’s home in Rutherford, N.J., will be sold. She is 103 years old and is reportedly downsizing.
Fine pieces from the Nowack estate of East 62nd Street in New York City, bronze sculpture from a collector in Fort Lee, N.J., will also be sold.
There is also an outstanding collection of jewelry by Tiffany and Cartier, gemstone jewelry set in gold and silver, South Sea pearls and costume jewelry.
For more information e-mail Time & Again Auction Galleries at timeandagainauctions@yahoo.com or call 800 290-5401.
Rare Chinese gilt bronze and cloisonné enamel vase with Quianlong four character mark, approximately 14 1/2 inches high, est. $50,000-$70,000. Image courtesy of Time & Again Auction Galleries. Chinese gilt bronze and cloisonné enamel box with cover, Qianlong four character mark, approximately, 10 1/2 inches long, est. $30,000-$40,000. Image courtesy of Time & Again Auction Galleries. Cloisonné enamel covered bowl and stand depicting ‘Dragon and Phoenix,’ Qianlong four-character mark, approximately 9 inches in diameter by 5 1/2 inches high, est. $20,000-$25,000. Image courtesy of Time & Again Auction Galleries. Chinese gilt bronze and cloisonné enamel vase, Tianqiuping incised Jingtai four-character mark, approximately 12 1/2 inches high, est. $20,000-$30,000. Image courtesy of Time & Again Auction Galleries.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indianapolis Museum of Art will present the work of two Puerto Rico-based artists at the International Art Exhibition at the 2011 Venice Biennale in Italy.
Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla are known for their art which is a mixture of sculpture, photography, video, sound and performance.
Allora, born in Philadelphia, earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Richmond (Va.) and her master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Calzadilla, a native of Puerto Rico, earned his bachelor’s degree from the Escuela de Artest Plasticas in San Juan and his master’s degree from Bard College in New York City. The artists met while studying abroad in Florence, Italy.
Their works is often characterized as simultaneously critical and playful, thought provoking and politically incisive. The artists were finalists for the Hugo Boss Prize in 1005. Their works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Centre Georges Pompidou, among others.
The museum says the new commissions by the pair will explore social issues such as national identity, democracy, militarism and freedom.
The works will be on view at the U.S. Pavilion at the exhibition from June 4 through Nov. 27, 2011.
The museum also plans a variety of related programs, including a forum on art and global dialogue for teens in Indianapolis, Puerto Rico and Venice.
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ESCALANTE, Utah (AP) – Archaeologists are unearthing what some researchers say might be the one of the oldest inhabited places in present-day Utah at a site west of Escalante.
Brigham Young University teams have been digging since 2003 at the North Creek Shelter site, and are now about 12 feet down at the Paleoarchaic period.
That dates back to at least 9,000 B.C.
Retired emeritus BYU archaeologist Joel Janetski tells the Salt Lake Tribune that bones and charcoal from the site have been radiocarbon dated to several different prehistoric eras.
Janetski says inhabitants used grinding stones made pottery and established agriculture, and hunted big game including deer, elk and bighorn sheep.
He says vegetation and the types of animal bones also shows the climate changed about 10,000 years ago.
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The top lot of the sale was this late 17th- or early 18th-century tapestry in fine condition. It sold for $4,884. Image courtesy of Specialists of the South Inc. MARIANNA, Fla. – A late 17th- or early 18th-century wool tapestry measuring 71 inches by 103 inches and depicting a hunter with his bugle, dog and sword in a woodland setting was the surprise top lot at an auction conducted Aug. 28 by Specialists of the South Inc. of Panama City. The tapestry’s vivid colors and fine condition earned it a top bid of $4,884.
“We knew that tapestry was an old and unusual piece, but when the bidding got spirited between a gentleman on the phone and two online bidders, we knew we had something special,” said Logan Adams of Specialists of the South Inc. “We never did learn for sure whether it was made in England, as we believed, or its exact age, but that didn’t deter people from wanting it.”
In the end, the online bidder took the prize (via LiveAuctioneers.com). The auction was held at a home once belonging to Floye E. Brewton, who restored numerous historic residential properties in the area prior to his death in March. The sale featured about 150 items from the estate of Mr. Brewton.
The auction also featured a storage unit consignment composed of Continental antiques and other items that had been kept in a climate-controlled storage facility for the past five years. While Brewton was the event’s headliner, the stars of the day were the treasures in that storage unit. The tapestry was one such treasure, and most of the top lots came from the facility.
In all, 310 lots changed hands. Only one offering – a diamond ring – failed to meet the reserve. There were around 70 people in the room, and the sale attracted 161 registered online bidders – who accounted for a 25.2 percent sell-through. Telephone and absentee bids were also taken. Adams said any fears she may have had about the sale’s success were quickly quelled.
“As soon as the auction started, it was obvious that the interest was there and the bidding was there,” she said. “Our regulars later on were so complimentary about the quality of the merchandise and the professionalism of the staff. Our team really brought it’s ‘A game’ to that beautifully restored little home in Marianna. Mr. Brewton would have been very, very pleased.” Following are additional highlights from the sale. All prices quoted include an 11 percent buyer’s premium.
The second top lot was a Gothic refectory table with eight chairs (two with arms) and a buffet, which sold for $2,387. Taking third place was a Tibetan Mahakala Thanka painting in ink and gouache on cloth, 31 inches tall by 21 inches wide, which made $1,887. One other lot topped the $1,000 mark. It was a bronze scalloped Vide-Poche depicting sea gods at a large shell, signed G. Michel, which hit $1,055.
A beautiful 19th-century inlaid fall-front desk with bookcase top coasted to $833; a nice Limoges porcelain hand-painted floral cachepot trimmed in gold, 12 1/2 inches tall, commanded $777; and a mahogany inlaid Hepplewhite-style hunt board with two center drawers flanked by a narrow door on the right and a false front drawer opening to the back on the left made $666.
A 19th-century girandole mirror in a gilt wood and gesso frame featuring a convex mirror surmounted by a carved spread wing eagle, 42 inches tall by 26 inches wide, achieved $605; a 20th-century Karastan floral Kerman rug, 16 feet by 11 feet 5 inches, fetched $555; and a Biggs Federal-style corner cabinet with string inlay, about 26 inches wide, crossed the block for $500.
A statue signed “T. Cartier” and titled Fighting Wildcats, stamped with a fabrication seal, Paris, France, copyright by E.G., measuring 20 inches wide by 19 1/2 inches tall, soared to $472; a pair of elaborate, heavy brass four-arm electric candelabra with marble bases and ornate acanthus leaf motifs rose to $444; and an oil on board portrait of a woman in a period dress breezed to $416.
A late 19th-century Chinese stand with scalloped bead edge and marble inlay, boasting heavy carving and measuring 25 inches in diameter and 24 1/2 inches tall, sold for $444. Also selling for $444 apiece were a mahogany game table with burl apron and vase standard with large ribbed body and large paw feet and a late 19th-century Southern Chinese marriage cabinet in red and black lacquer with gilded carved inserts featuring figural motifs.
An ornately carved Oriental table with finial where the stretchers meet, 21 inches square by 20 inches tall, made $333; a pair of brass leaf and glass grapes accent wall art, 18 inches wide by 20 inches tall, hammered for $222; a Victorian Revival style aluminum garden bench made in Mexico rose to $250; and a Victorian three-drawer chest with marble top, circa 1875-1885, hit $278.
Specialists of the South Inc. has been serving the Panama City community for over 30 years. The firm specializes in a broad range of services, to include estate auctions, furniture refurbishing, interior decoration, property appraisals and business liquidation services. The company has been awarded the Small Business of the Month by the Bay County Chamber of Commerce.
To contact Specialists of the South Inc. e-mail specialists@knology.net or call (850) 785-2577. The company’s Web sites are www.SpecialistsoftheSouth.com and www.PanamaCityAuctions.com.
This Gothic Revival buffet was part of a group that included a refectory table and eight chairs. The set sold for $2,387. Image courtesy of Specialists of the South Inc. Tibetan Mahakala Thanka painting in ink and gouache on cloth, 31 inches tall by 21 inches wide, $1,887. Image courtesy of Specialists of the South Inc. Beautiful inlaid 19th-century fall-front desk with bookcase top, $833. Image courtesy of Specialists of the South Inc. Bronze Vide-Poche depicting sea gods at a large shell, signed G. Michel, 10 1/2 inches tall, $1,055. Image courtesy of Specialists of the South Inc. Limoges porcelain hand-painted floral cachepot trimmed in gold, 12 1/2 inches tall, $777. Image courtesy of Specialists of the South Inc.
