NEW ORLEANS – Neal Auction Co. will present property from the estate of Lee B. Anderson (1918-2010) within its Important Estates Auction Sept 15-16 – rescheduled from Sept. 8-9 because of Hurricane Isaac. LiveAuctoineers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

The Anderson Collection is a rich and densely layered treasure trove of 19th century furniture, paintings and decorative arts removed from Anderson’s historic 1855 Manhattan townhouse.

Neal Auction Co.’s two-day Important Estates Auction features two single-owner sequences of Anderson property, which begin each day’s auction – Saturday, Sept. 15, lots 1 through 222 and Sunday, Sept. 16, lots 781 through 998. Each sequence features important decorative objects and examples of American Gothic furniture, many of which were exhibited in the landmark 1976 exhibition, “The Gothic Revival Style in America, 1830-1870,” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as well as illustrated in Dubrow, American Furniture of the 19th Century; Calloway, Obsessions: Collectors and Their Passion; Sherrill, “Living with Antiques,” The Magazine Antiques, May, 1976; and Lebow, “A Gothic Tale,” House and Garden, May, 1987.

Called the American Gothic furniture éminence grise, Anderson was widely considered one of the foremost collectors of Gothic Revival in America. In 1976 seminal work on the subject, The Gothic Revival Style in America, 1830-1870, Katherine Howe and David Warren begin their acknowledgments: “Lee B. Anderson, who probably knows more about America’s Gothic Revival than anyone else, has shared both his knowledge and his collection with us.”

In her 1987 New York Times article “Evocative Gothic: Revival Amid the Gloom,” Patricia Leigh Brown writes that Anderson began his collection of Gothic furniture in the early 1970s, finding it “tranquil and restful” and being attracted to its “sculptural quality.” In obsession: collectors and their passions, Stephen Callaway describes Anderson as having “a great eye, even better judgment, and an amount of daring, buying works just before they became fashionable.”

Property from the Estate of Lee B. Anderson is being sold for the benefit of the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Trust.

Neal Auction Co. will also present lots 614 to 760, a fine selection of important Chinese furniture and decorative objects within its September Important Estates Auction. The collections offered include ceramics, porcelain, jade and glass acquired during the 1920s and descended in the New Orleans family of New York socialite Madelyn Cohn Cahn Conne Kiam Kreisler (1890-1975); a fine selection of ivory and coral carvings from a West Coast antiquarian; as well as rare and impressive examples of zitan and huanghuali furniture from the Aixinjueluo (Aisin Gioro) Collection.

Visit www.liveauctioneers.com to view lots from the Sept. 15 and 16 Important Estates Auction online.

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WOODBURY, Conn. – On Sunday, Sept.16, over 500 lots of fine and decorative arts from estates and consignors from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts will cross the block at Woodbury Auction. The sale is being held at 11 a.m. EDT. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

Among the highlights of the auction is an original sterling silver brooch by Alexander Calder, whose workshop was in Roxbury, Conn. The brooch, never before offered for sale, was given by the artist in the 1960s to Winifred McCulloch, noted New York scholar and educator, and was bequeathed by McCulloch to the consignor. According to Thomas Schwenke, owner/auctioneer, the item – fashioned in the form of Winifred McCulloch’s initials – was consigned after the firm’s successful marketing of two original Calder sterling silver jewelry pieces in the June 17 annual Spring Fine Estates Auction.

Several bronzes are on offer in the sale, including two notable works from a Connecticut private collection, one attributed to Elie Nadelman (Poland 1882-1946), a bronze draped female figure, semi-nude with arms raised, 22 1/2 inches high, set on an oval base inscribed “JNO Williams Inc. – Bronze Foundry, N.Y.” and an abstract mythological bronze Leda and the Swan,” 11 1/2 inches high, by Rubin Nakian (American 1897-1986), on a rectangular base, inscribed “RBW Inc.,” foundry mark for Roman Bronze Works Inc., New York.

Among the rarest lots in the sale is a framed toile fabric section from original English yard goods in red and white, titled The Apotheosis of Franklin showing Gen. George Washington driving a leopard-drawn chariot with an allegorical figure of America holding a plaque inscribed “American Independence 1776.”

Local Woodbury history buffs will find delight in William Cothren’s personal bound collection of Civil War era sheet music, comprising 102 pieces of music for piano and voice, including an extremely scarce copy of the Stephen Foster’s work Maggie by My Side together with other patriotic songs of the era, many with pictorial covers and signed, overall 300 pages, together with a hand written index.

Also on offer is a signed limited 10th Anniversary edition of Atlas Shrugged, numbered 1,000 of only 2,000 copies, signed by Ayn Rand on the limitation page, published by New York: Random House, 1967, in original blue cloth and original slipcase.

Nantucket interest is represented by a Jose Formosa Reyes Nantucket lightship basket purse, the lid with ivory whale on an ebony plaque.

Fine sterling silver lots to be sold include a Schofield Co. boxed sterling silver partial flatware service in the Elizabeth Tudor – Hammered pattern, comprising 97 pieces total, 108.85 ounces weighable silver; a Schofield Co. round footed bowl in the Balto-Rose pattern, 16.54 troy ounces; a Tiffany & Co. sterling silver fruit serving bowl with foliate edge in the Clover pattern, engraved “New England Pony Club – Perpetual Challenge Trophy – High Score Pony Award,” weighing 25.38 troy ounces; and several fine pieces of Mexican sterling silver hollowware.

Other noteworthy lots include a large group of British campaign furniture and a collection of vintage leather automobile cases and picnic cases from the Adolph estate. Adolph was a co-owner of British Country Antiques in Woodbury for many years, and was a noted Bentley motorcar enthusiast. The sale also features numerous lots of Bentley memorabilia, catalogs, books, tools and automobile parts and paraphernalia from the extensive Adolph collection.

Among the many fine pieces of period furniture in the sale are an 18th century paint decorated Scandinavian dome top secretary with applied molded decoration in original untouched condition, previously in storage for many years, and a vigorously figured tiger maple miniature American chest.

The sale also features fine antique porcelain, including a Meissen porcelain monkey figure, a pair of Meissen covered vegetable dishes, a pair of reticulated Paris porcelain pots, a pair of Rosenthal “paper bag” vases, and several Staffordshire figures. Asian porcelains include a pair of large enameled urns on stands, a rare Asian pierced porcelain lantern, a large early Chinese porcelain vase, and several Imari porcelain chargers.

The sale will be broadcast live through LiveAuctioneers. For details call Woodbury Auction at 203-266-0323.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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BOSTON – Skinner Inc. will auction prints, photographs, paintings and sculpture on Friday, Sept. 7, in two sessions at its Boston gallery. The prints and photography portion of the sale will begin at noon EDT, the painting and sculpture portion will begin at 4 p.m. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

The Skinner Fine Prints department offers a broad array of fine prints, photography and multiples spanning the 17th to 21st centuries. The September sale will feature an excellent assortment of works and is highlighted by Spanish artist Joan Miró’s La Fronde (lot 147, estimated between $20,000 and $30,000). Works by Roy Lichtenstein are also well represented. Highlights include Pyramids (lot 124, $7,000 to $9,000), commissioned for the Print Collectors of the Friends of Art, Kansas City, Mo. – a group associated with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Shipboard Girl from 1965 (lot 122, $7,000 to $9,000), and the quintessential Lichtenstein cartoon pop-art piece titled . . . Huh? (lot 125, $7,000 to $9,000).

Ansel Adams’s photograph Dawn, Autumn, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee from 1948 (lot 211, $8,000 to $12,000) is one of an impressive group of works by the artist to be featured. Others include Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Monument from 1942 (lot 210, $4,000 to $6,000), and Dead Tree, Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona from 1947 (lot 213, $3,000 to $5,000). Adams is recognized for his magnificent use of burning and dodging techniques to create the rich look of his iconic landscapes.

Four works by Henri Cartier-Bresson will be offered, including Abruzzo, Aquila from 1951 (lot 221, $8,000 to $10,000) and Bougival, Yvelines, France from 1956 (lot 222, $7,000 to $9,000). Cartier-Bresson sought the spontaneous and unscripted moments in life, and did so without any sort of manipulation of his images. He refused to use filters and rarely even cropped his compositions once he had taken the picture.

An interesting collection of surreal images by Jerry Uelsmann acquired from a private estate will be offered. The two untitled works include one depicting a double-spired stump (lot 252, $1,000 to $1,500) and another of a “floating tree” (lot 250, $1,000 to $1,500).

Fine paintings in the sale range from old masters to contemporary artists. The cover lot, Nude (Giverny) by Frederick Carl Frieseke (lot 614, $60,000 to $80,000), was painted during the artist’s first years in Giverny and demonstrates the influence of Impressionism, and, specifically, Renoir and Monet. Frieseke was a key figure of the Giverny Group, a cadre of American artists working in France in the early 20th century.

Willem Claesz Heda’s Still Life with Tazza, Peeled Lemon, and Roemer (lot 300, $30,000 to $50,000) is a fine example of the Dutch master’s skill at introducing a hint of disorder into the otherwise characteristically serene still life. Heda is known for keenly observed compositions rendered in delicate gray and silver tones, set against gray-green backgrounds. His works brilliantly capture the depth of textures and surfaces.

A number of beautiful American still lifes, including fine examples from the Fall River School, will also be featured. Highlights include William Mason Brown’s Fruit Still Life En Plein Air (lot 438, $40,000 to $60,000), Robert Spear Dunning’s Tabletop Still Life with Fruit (lot 439, $30,000 to $50,000) and Still Life with Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plum, Orange and Grapes by Bryant Chapin (lot 440, $6,000 to $8,000).

The sale features a strong set of marine paintings from an important Cincinnati collection. Highlights include Queen of the Seas by William Bradford (lot 416, $120,000 to $180,000), USS Pennsylvania by Thomas Birch (lot 415, $20,000 to $30,000), and New Bedford Harbor at Sunset by Charles Henry Gifford (lot 414, $15,000 to $20,000).

Walasse Ting’s Milky Way (lot 712, $30,000 to $40,000) leads offerings of contemporary works. Ting was committed to Abstract Expressionism well beyond its heyday; however, his interpretation is uniquely lighthearted. Ting’s work makes use of Day-Glo colors and luscious subject matter. His joyful, life-affirming approach presents a more innocent view of the world than those of his close friends Karel Appel and Pierre Alechinsky. Ting’s world is filled with simple pleasures and natural themes: a summer rainstorm, a field of flowers or constellations in the sky.

A notable pencil drawing by the visionary outsider artist Martin Ramirez, Untitled, depicts a deer (lot 718, $120,000 to $140,000). After living as a poor farmer in Mexico, Ramirez immigrated to California where he worked on railroads and mines. Institutionalized and diagnosed as manic-depressive, Ramirez was a self-taught artist who often drew pictures to send to his family back in Mexico.

Sculpture offerings are highlighted by an impressive grouping by Frenchman Antoine-Louis Barye. One example, Lion au serpent (lot 357, $10,000 to $15,000) demonstrates Barye’s abilities as a keen observer of animals and is illustrative of his mastery of detail.

Other noteworthy sculptures include Harriet Whitney Frishmuth’s bronze Play Days (lot 612, $12,000 to $18,000) and Paul Howard Manship’s Young Minerva (lot 613, $30,000 to $50,000). In 1911, Manship was immersed in three years of study at the American Academy in Rome, having been awarded the American Prix de Rome in 1909. He returned to New York in the fall of 1912. In February 1913 the American Academy in Rome presented an exhibition of works by Manship and two other Fellows at the Architectural League in New York, where Manship showed 10 pieces done in Rome, including Young Minerva, to critical acclaim.

For details call 508-970-3240

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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