BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski Auctions will present an important collection of ocean liner artifacts and ephemera amassed over a 30-year period. This outstanding collection along with other nautical themed additions will be presented at auction on Sunday, Oct. 21, starting at 10 a.m. EDT. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

Full of colorful reminders of the golden days of ocean travel from the 1880s to the present day, these important pieces of ocean history are directly connected to the passenger and immigrant ships that visited the many historic docks along America’s coasts.

Never offered at auction before, this important single-owner collection includes, vintage full-size life rings from such ships as RMS Queen Mary, RMS Mauretania, SS Leonardo Da Vinci, SS France, SS America, Caronia, SS Leviathan, SS President Cleveland, MV Noordam and many others.

The collection also includes historic life jackets from the RMS Queen Mary, SS United States, SS Normandie and the last voyage of the ill-fated Morro Castle, which caught fire off the coast of New Jersey in 1934.

Several hundred individual pieces, many one-of-a-kind and extremely scarce, representing 120 different ships comprise the collectable items in the sale. Ephemera include documents autographed by ship captains, vintage deck plans, period photographs, enameled souvenir spoons and knives, ship pins, pennants, hat ribbons, framed lithographs and numerous examples of on-board stationary.

Famous ocean liners such as the Lusitania, Titanic, her sister ship, Olympic, and the Andrea Doria are well represented in the collection.

All of these items are fully vetted by Gary Robinson, a collector and researcher of maritime memorabilia. “It is rare to find such a variety of important items in one offering. The breadth and depth of the ocean liner collection is virtually unparalleled in the maritime field,” Robinson said.

For details call 978-927-2223.

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SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. – On Oct. 19 at 10 a.m., suburban Philadelphia’s Stephenson’s Auctioneers will open the doors to a virtual antique toyshop in their Bucks County gallery. The 400-lot auction offering of toys, dolls and trains is headlined by highly desirable Marklin, Lionel and American Flyer trains and accessories; and 50 lots of premier aviation toys from the GR Webster collection. Dolls of every imaginable variety also grace the lineup.

The toy, train and doll session will feature all forms of bidding, including live via the Internet through LiveAuctioneers.com.

The auction will open with approximately 150 lots of dolls, ranging from antique European bisques to pincushion, Kewpie and postwar plastic dolls. The earliest dolls include an 1894 Armand Marseille and other bisque-head dolls; a German china-head doll and a Gebruder Heubach bisque-head composition “winker” doll. A sizable selection of hard plastic dolls includes examples by Mary Hoyer and several appealing “strung” Vogue Ginny dolls from the 1950s. The list of fresh-to-the-market dolls continues with Madame Alexander Cissette portrait dolls and bent-knee walkers; Molly E cloth country dolls, American Girl and Gotz dolls. Cinema sweetheart Shirley Temple will even make an appearance in the form of boomer-era vinyl productions from Ideal.

Coming from a home in Rydal, Pa., is an all-original “Girl in Victorian Chair” cast-iron mechanical bank. Attributed to J. & E. Stevens, the circa-1880 bank is designed so that the dog on the little girl’s lap pivots to a forward position when a coin is deposited.

Fifty lots of exceptional airplanes and other aviation-related toys from the famed Capt. Geoffrey “GR” Webster collection will follow. A highly decorated Vietnam War aviator, Webster’s interest in 20th-century aircraft evolved into an internationally acclaimed collection of aviation toys and models built over several decades and showcased in two popular reference books he authored.

“Captain Webster always focused on condition and rarity. There are some beautiful pieces in our auction, including boxed gift sets, which collectors love,” said Cindy Stephenson, owner of Stephenson’s Auctioneers.

An excellent Pilen S.A. (Spanish) store display set with 20 colorful metal airplanes, all intact in their proper board positions, is among the top lots to emerge from the Webster “hangar.” Additionally, there are Bachmann mini-planes in original boxes, Dinky Toy cast-iron airplanes including a Giro Plane and Lucky Boy plane; and a 999 DH Comet Airliner in original box with landscape design.

Several coveted Edison productions will be offered, including H.F. “Le Ali Degli Eroi” and H.F. “Cielo Tricolore” boxed gift sets, each with four die-cast aircraft models. There are also nine boxed Russian aircraft models and 14 boxed Polistil (Italian) airplanes made in 1976.

The Webster collection continues with Aero mini planes, a boxed French Roto-Gyre gyroscope, Siku airport accessories, Solido helicopters and a boxed Corgi British Airways Concorde. French-made toys include a Boeing 707 and Caravelle, both boxed. Rounding out the selection are Northrop Transport die-cast aircraft, Aero mini planes and a boxed French Roto-Gyre gyroscope.

Next up will be a menagerie of postwar Steiff and artist teddy bears, and a large selection of Christmas ornaments, including Italian designs of hand-blown glass and figural ornaments depicting small dolls.

Vintage toy trains from a Montgomery County (suburban Philadelphia) residence will be whistling through Stephenson’s gallery. A fine collection of German Marklin HO gauge, Lionel and American Flyer trains, many boxed and in like-new condition, will be auctioned. The Marklins include an HO No. 7028 roundhouse and No. 7186 turntable, track, accessories and transformers with original boxes and 1964 receipt. There are Marklin trains composed of locomotives and cars from multiple sets, such as the set that includes locomotive No. 3066 with boxed cars from 4605, 4607, 4621 and 4618. The second Marklin set includes loco/tender G800 with (mostly boxed) cars from the following sets: RSM800, 348/1, 348/4, 346/2 and 346/3J. Two other consignors added to the host of Marklin treasures with a quantity of track and many very good, boxed Marklin accessories, e.g., station lamps, control plates, switch panels and Z-gauge buildings.

Lionel highlights include an HO Texas Special passenger set, postwar O gauge freight set including No. 2026 steam locomotive and tender; Lionel postwar O gauge freight set including No. 2035 steam locomotive and tender, No. 3520 operating searchlight car, No. 154 automatic road crossing signal, No. 111 trestle set, and No. 1034 trainmaster. There is also a like-new Lionel No. 31960 Polar Express set in original box, plus N gauge and O gauge trains. Boxed American Flyer lots include a No.1219 passenger train set and a No. 4901-T set in original box.

Stephenson’s Friday, Oct. 19 Fall Dolls, Toys and Trains auction will commence at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. For additional information, call Cindy Stephenson at 215-322-6182 or e-mail info@stephensonsauction.com.

View the fully illustrated catalog and bid absentee or live via the Internet at www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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RICHMOND HILL, Ontario – Ten items from the Ng Collection of Asian arts and antiques will be sold at 888 Auctions on Thursday, Oct. 11, beginning at 2 p.m. EDT. Internet live bidding at 888 Auctions’ monthly Asian Antiques & Fine Art sale will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com.

The 544-lot auction features several rare items headlined by a fine Chinese watercolor silk scroll painting by Pu Yi (1906-1967) at Lot 16A. The Chinese watercolor painting is mounted on silk scroll and features a landscape by the last emperor of China, Pu Yi. The painting was signed by the artist and presumed to be painted in Taiwan. It was in a possession of a private collector, Ng, who purchased the painting in Hong Kong 30 years ago. The painting is expected to surpass its high estimate of $6,500.

Other items from the same collection can be found at Lot 16, a small Chinese watercolor scene book by Gu Yun; Lot 78, a set of two Chinese smoky agate carved snuff bottles; Lot 79, a Chinese double smoky agate carved snuff bottle; Lot 80, a Chinese double smoky agate lotus snuff bottle; Lot 81, a set of two Chinese smoky agate snuff bottles; Lot 179, a Chinese yellow and red jade figure; Lot 216, an archaistic Chinese carved jade pendant; Lot 322, a Chinese Tang gilt figure of a lion; and Lot 41, a Chinese Famille Rose double gourd vase, Qianlong.

Ten items from the Ng collection, Toronto, will be on sale in this auction. 
More items from the Ng collection will be featured in the November auction.

For details please call the auctioneers at 905-763-7201.

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BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski Auctions presents its fall 20th Century Decorative Arts sale on Saturday, Oct. 20. The auction, which begins at 10 a.m. EDT, features exceptional mid-century art, art glass and Danish modern furniture from the collection of Lorraine Graham Morss, significant 20th century fine art from a recently unsealed 40 years in-the-making private Boston collection, and a range of exciting objects from the last quarter of the 20th century from various private California collections.

Liveauctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding on the more than 360 lots.

Lorraine Graham Morss and her first husband, Dr. Kenneth M. Graham, furnished their homes in the early 1960s with an assortment of high quality Danish modern furniture, which will be included in the sale: 12 Hans Wegner Wishbone armchairs and matching table, a fine Arne Jacobsen Swan leather chair, a Paul Mc Cobb low chest, as well as a half dozen other high quality Danish case pieces, including a fine pair of finger-jointed shelving units by Soborg Mobler.

The Grahams also purchased many original modernist artworks, which will be featured in the sale. Standouts include works by Laurence Sisson, Manubu Mabe and Robert Bliss. Also included from her collection are exceptional examples of art glass, including a wide assortment of Stueben figurals and three lots of Venini art glass.

Sculpture highlights from other consignors include two large mid-century mixed metal sculptures by Irving Lehman, a striking large bronze plaque by Aubrey Schwartz and a spectacular large-scale bronze by David Aronson. There is also a bronze sculpture by Nicolaus Friedrich (German, 1865-1914), Amazon Fastening Her Sandal, bronze sculpture, signed, 1909, standing 13 1/4 inches high, and an exceptional modern Lucite zebra sculpture, both estimated at $4,000-$6,000.

Art glass highlights include a number of fine large-scale Murano table lamps, Murano Aquarium blocks, Barbini art glass, and three lots of significant Blenko one-of-a kind experimental designer art glass. These include a group of three Swedish design crystal vases by Wayne Husted from the early 1960s, the holy grail of Blenko.

Interior designers and modern furniture collectors will appreciate the Vladimir Kagan red upholstered serpentine sofa on offer estimated at $10,000-$15,000.

Kagan came to the United States in 1938, studied architecture at Columbia and became one of the most important furniture designers of the 20th century. With a career spanning over 60 years his furniture creations have become icons of modern design.

Two Dennis Akervik Coehlo (American, b. 1968), paintings lots 4428 and 4429, one untitled and the other Sunset Over Provincetown valued at $10,000-$18,000 and $6,000-$12,000 respectively, lead off the fine art entries in the sale and an important Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994), Trietto #6, abstract, aquatint, valued at $10,000-$15,000.

There is also an Emile Nolde (French, 1867-1956), watercolor of tulips, signed “Nolde,” with various labels verso including Sotheby’s PB84 estimated at $5,000-$8,000.

South American and Mexican artists include Manabu Mabe (Brazil/Japan, 1924-1997), an abstract oil on canvas; Byron Galves (Mexican, 1941-2009), three abstracted female figures, oil on canvas; Saturnino Herran (Mexican, 1887-1918), Caballero Aguila, ink and watercolor, signed and dated 1918; and Gerardo Chavez Lopez (Peruvian, b. 1937), Mobimiento en Azul, an oil on canvas.

Other important entries in the sale include a two-piece table by Mexican artist Feliciano Bejar, Rookwood and Marblehead pottery, sterling silver Arts and Crafts hollowware by Wallace and a Laura Ann Jacobs (American, b. 1960), Blue Over You, glass over painted resin sculpture, an early piece, with a copy of her book. Laura Ann Jacobs’ work was recently featured in the New York Times, April 11, 2012 in an article by Penelope Green.

For more information call 978-927-2223.

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CHICAGO – Wright’s Modern Design auction on Thursday, Oct. 18, features an incomparable selection of works by the best-known designers of the 20th century. Exceptional pieces from modern greats such as Harry Bertoia, Walter Lamb, George Nelson & Associates, Jean Prouvé and Carlo Scarpa figure prominently in the auction, which will begin at noon CDT. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

The auction also has number of pieces by Pierre Jeanneret including a Kangourou lounge chair and two pairs of Senat armchairs, which are expected to be popular among bidders.

Several pieces designed by George Nakashima including important Minguren I and II coffee tables, a set of four Conoid chairs and a Conoid dining table also rank among the highlights of the auction.

Highly anticipated among the lots is a collection of furniture designed by architect Frank Gehry from his Easy Edges (1969-73) and Experimental Edges (1979-82) series. In the tradition of modern masters such as Charles and Ray Eames, Gehry elevates a humble material, cardboard, to build masterworks of design. Gehry is direct and honest in his engagement with the material – unpainted and unvarnished. Gehry takes full advantage of the warmth of the cardboard’s tone and the honeycombed texture to create beautiful, functional forms from an unconventional material. The earlier Easy Edges pieces are distinctively sculptural with sharp, clean profiles. These designs later evolved into the Experimental Edges line, for which Gehry uses multiple layers of cardboard to create pieces of furniture that appear solid and visually dense with soft edges. Designed and manufactured early in his career, these exceptional furniture forms are harbingers of the radical innovation to come from Gehry’s studio.

Other noteworthy decorative objects include a remarkable teapot by Harry Bertoia, a Gorham Silver Co. cocktail shaker of artillery shell and a major circa ’70s coffee service by Donald Colflesh. A selection of Italian glass by Scarpa, Venini, Gambone, Buzzi and Fratelli Toso also join the ranks of remarkable modern decorative objects.

This auction features approximately 250 lots of exceptional modern design.

For additional information about this sale, phone Wright at 312-563-0020.

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MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Skinner Inc. will host a Discovery auction on Oct. 10 and 11 featuring an excellent assortment of toys and dolls, ephemera and collectibles, furniture, artwork, and decorative objects. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding.

The Discovery auction features a fine collection of cloth dolls including an Izannah Walker (lot 29, estimated between $8,000 and $12,000), a Maggie Bessie (lot 20, $8,000 to $10,000), an early Kathe Kruse, (lot 99, $1,500 to $2,500), and a Martha Wellington (lot 65, $6,000 to $8,000). A Tynietoy mansion (lot 100, $8,000 to $10,000) and a Tynietoy garden (lot 101, $800 to $1,200) will also be offered. French Bebe and lady dolls round out the extensive selection.

For toy collectors, a Moxie Horsemobile pull toy (lot 86, $2,000 to $3,000) will be offered along with wooden picture puzzles, Steiff animals, train sets, and various Marx tin toys.

The sale features a varied selection of World War I, movie and rock ’n’ roll posters, notably one depicting the band The Doors, circa 1969 (lot 221, $600-$800) and another advertising a performance of the Supremes at the Lincoln Center (lot 240, $500-$700). Jim Morrison’s 1970 book, An American Prayer (lot 220, $1,000-$1,500) and a Neil Armstrong autographed portrait print (lot 175, $1,000-$1,500) will also be featured. Armstrong’s autograph is part of a collection of mid-’60s NASA astronaut autographs and ephemera that will be available at the sale.

Magazine highlights include a collection of Playboy magazines dating from 1953-1990s, including the 1953 debut issue featuring Marilyn Monroe (lot 230, $1,500-$2,000).

An early 20th century roulette wheel, sports collectibles, comic books and early photography will also be offered.

Furniture offerings include a Joseph Gerte Co. Georgian-style inlaid burl veneer and carved mahogany demilune server (lot 771, $400-$600), and a Victorian Renaissance Revival carved oak server with paw feet (lot 665, $300-$500). Decorative objects include a large collection of Royal Doulton character jugs, as well as a French gilt-brass and beveled glass mantel clock (lot 631, $300-$500), three German stoneware steins and a sterling silver lidded porcelain stein (lot 504, $250-$350), and a pair of Venetian colorless blown and gold fleck art glass ewers with dragon-form handles (lot 551, $200 to $300).

Artwork includes an untitled abstract done in gouache and tempera on paper by American Hazel Finck (lot 911, $700-$900) and two oil on Masonite figural works by Yuli (Feiga Blumberg-Kopman) Blumberg (lot 1039, $600-$800).

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