Antiquities Saleroom reprises Discovery Sale, July 31

Luristan bronze finial, ex-Arthur M. Sackler, ca. 1000 B.C. (Lot #43). Antiquities Saleroom image.

Luristan bronze finial, ex-Arthur M. Sackler, ca. 1000 B.C. (Lot #43). Antiquities Saleroom image.

Luristan bronze finial, ex-Arthur M. Sackler, ca. 1000 B.C. (Lot #43). Antiquities Saleroom image.

BOULDER, Colo. – Antiquities Saleroom unveils their second Ancient/Ethnographic Art Discovery Sale auction of the year, slated for Wednesday, July 31. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

The sale will be patterned after their successful April Discovery auction, which was conceived as a “house-cleaning” auction for their sister company, Artemis Gallery. The starting price for each lot will be under $500, making it an ideal auction for dealers and collectors who want to enhance their collections on a budget.

“When we started our Discovery auctions we never expected the kind of excitement that they have generated, and this latest auction is off the charts,” said Bob Dodge, co-owner of Antiquities Saleroom.

The auction will begin with an impressive array of Indus valley pottery and Sumerian cuneiform tablets (Lot #1-13). Other notable pieces in this auction include a pair of Luristan bronze ibex stamps (Lot #42) and a Luristan bronze ibex finial (Lot #43), all formerly belonging to Arthur M. Sackler a prominent collector and famous scholar of the arts and the namesake for the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University. A group of important stone artifacts, papered by William Jackson of Jackson Galleries, include a woodland “Popeye” birdstone in speckled granite from Jefferson County, Ohio, ca. 3500 B.C.–Middle Archaic Period (Lot #16).

Ancient pottery of all shapes, sizes and cultures will delight collectors of South Italic, pre-Columbian, Roman, Greek, Near-Eastern and Asian art. A magnificent North African 11-wick oil lamp with an animal scene impressed in the center is a must-have for lovers of Imperial Roman pottery (Lot #132). Colorful Egyptian ushabtis, alabaster cosmetic jars and faience Wedjat eyes can be had for a song, including a set of three gorgeous faience ushabtis in sky blue, green, and yellow (Lot 45). Charming Chinese jades and snuff bottles add Asian interest. A wide variety of stunning pre-Columbian art includes a wonderful Maya polychrome cylinder decorated with a seated lord, large animal pelt panel, and a glyph band, ex-Robert Sonin (Lot # 189). A series of impressive Native American pieces, impeccably provenanced and fully legal to sell, will also be featured. This marvelous collection includes a rare pre-historic Anasazi Kiva jar with a black-on-white snowflake painted design (Lot #266) and is crowned by a dazzling display of Navajo rugs (Lot # 307-314).

“There are so many exceptional bargains in this sale that there literally is something to excite every level of collector,” said Dodge.

Antiquities Saleroom’s Ancient / Ethnographic Art Discovery Sale will start at 9 a.m. Mountain, 11 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. For additional information about the auction, please call Teresa Dodge directly at 720-502-5289, or send her an email at antiquitiessaleroom@gmail.com. Internet live bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com.

 

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

 

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

Luristan bronze finial, ex-Arthur M. Sackler, ca. 1000 B.C. (Lot #43). Antiquities Saleroom image.

Luristan bronze finial, ex-Arthur M. Sackler, ca. 1000 B.C. (Lot #43). Antiquities Saleroom image.

Mayan polychrome cylinder, ex-Robert Sonin, ca. 500-800 (Lot # 189). Antiquities Saleroom image.

Mayan polychrome cylinder, ex-Robert Sonin, ca. 500-800 (Lot # 189). Antiquities Saleroom image.

Set of three Egyptian faience ushabtis, ca. 1000-500 B.C (Lot #45). Antiquities Saleroom image. 

Set of three Egyptian faience ushabtis, ca. 1000-500 B.C (Lot #45). Antiquities Saleroom image. 

Roman North African multiwick oil lamp, ca. second century (Lot #132). Antiquities Saleroom image.

Roman North African multiwick oil lamp, ca. second century (Lot #132). Antiquities Saleroom image.

Old Navajo Storm Pattern Two Grey Hills regional rug, ca. 1900 (Lot #312). Antiquities Saleroom image.

Old Navajo Storm Pattern Two Grey Hills regional rug, ca. 1900 (Lot #312). Antiquities Saleroom image.

New Mexico to auction gold, coins, other unclaimed property

A 250kg gold bar, the world's largest, photographed in Japan's Toi gold mine. Photo by PHGCOM, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
A 250kg gold bar, the world's largest, photographed in Japan's Toi gold mine. Photo by PHGCOM, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
A 250kg gold bar, the world’s largest, photographed in Japan’s Toi gold mine. Photo by PHGCOM, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Gold bars and coins are among the valuables and other objects that the state of New Mexico plans to auction.

Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday plans to announce the date for the Taxation and Revenue Department’s unclaimed property auction.

According to the governor’s office, that auction will feature 8,800 lots of items.

Those items include a 7-pound gold bar, more than 220 U.S. and foreign gold coins, nearly 1,900 U.S. silver dollars and 400 pieces of American Indian art.

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A 250kg gold bar, the world's largest, photographed in Japan's Toi gold mine. Photo by PHGCOM, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
A 250kg gold bar, the world’s largest, photographed in Japan’s Toi gold mine. Photo by PHGCOM, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Russian icon, Old Masters excel at Kaminski auction

Circle of Trevisani, ‘Madonna with Child and St. John the Baptist,’ oil on canvas. Kaminski image.

Circle of Trevisani, ‘Madonna with Child and St. John the Baptist,’ oil on canvas. Kaminski image.
Circle of Trevisani, ‘Madonna with Child and St. John the Baptist,’ oil on canvas. Kaminski image.
BEVERLY, Mass. – Notable Russian antiques and European fine art performed well at Kaminski’s July 13 Summer Continental Estate Auction. Among the top lots of the day Russian silver items, several Old Master paintings and one exceptional Russian icon. LiveAuctioneers.com provide Internet live bidding.

At $19,800, Lot 3205, an 18th century Russian icon of the Vladimir Mother of God took the top spot in the auction. It arrived at Kaminski as one of a number of pieces belonging to Peter Denisevich, who grew his collection while stationed as a U.S. military attache in Moscow in 1946. The Vladimir Mother of God icon was the oldest piece in Denisevich’s collection, which included two newer, though still beautiful, icons as well. A gilded silver oklad covers the icon, chased with foliage that surrounds the ornately arranged pearls embellishing both the garments of Mother and Child. The beauty and age captured the interest of numerous online and phone bidders who drove the final price well above the original estimate of $5,000- $8,000.

The success of the icon carried over onto the other Russian items in the auction, including a green guilloche enameled card case. The small sterling case was originally made in St. Petersburg between 1908 and 1917, and was marked with the Kokoshnik mark. Kaminski appraisers estimated the case at $2,000-$4,000. It ultimately sold for $6,600.

Denisevich’s collection also included an interesting adjustable candlestick, with two lights arranged to backlight a lithophane of a St. Petersburg scene. The decorative candlestick sold above estimate for $4,560.

Veritable and impressive age was a theme among the highest selling lots of the day. A suite of Old Master paintings spiked many bidders’ interest. The two highest grossing of the collection where Jan Josef Horemans the Younger’s Abraham and the Three Angels and Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, from the circle of Trevisani, or Francesco de Mura. Both elegant paintings sold for $4,305.

John Mogford’s Shipwreck, proved the best selling painting of the sale. The painting showcases Mogford’s signature soft light that illuminates the vast cliffs and small wrecked ship pictured in the painting. Originally estimated at $3,000-$5,000, the Mogford painted was finally hammered down at $7,800. Paul Renard’s Paris Street Scene, also attracted bidding interest. The painting met its high estimate and sold for $3,600.

A photograph by Annie Leibovitz of the Olympic diver Greg Louganis sold for above its original estimate for $2,400. Also much anticipated was a sterling silver and ivory golf trophy that also sold above estimate for $1,353.

A selection of Continental decorative pieces and paintings rounded out the sale. Among the highlights were a set of two Bohemian decanters and 12 glasses, with exquisitely painted gold surface decoration and ruby colored glass inserts. A phone bidder took home the lot for $3,960, above the $1,800-$2,500 estimate.

Also popular was a 17th or 18th century Turkish Iznik charger, originally estimated at only $300 to $500. Iznik was renowned from the 15th to the 17th centuries for its distinctive decorated pottery. The charger presented at Kaminski exhibited the colors and designs that characterized Iznik pottery at the end of the production era, and fetched $2,829.

Click here to view the fully illustrated catalog for this sale, complete with prices realized.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

Circle of Trevisani, ‘Madonna with Child and St. John the Baptist,’ oil on canvas. Kaminski image.
Circle of Trevisani, ‘Madonna with Child and St. John the Baptist,’ oil on canvas. Kaminski image.
Russian guilloche enameled card case. Kaminski image.
Russian guilloche enameled card case. Kaminski image.
Mogford, ‘Shipwreck,’ oil on canvas. Kaminski image.
Mogford, ‘Shipwreck,’ oil on canvas. Kaminski image.
Bronze candlestick with lithophane. Kaminski image.
Bronze candlestick with lithophane. Kaminski image.
Pair of 19th century Bohemian decanters with 12 glasses. Kaminski image.
Pair of 19th century Bohemian decanters with 12 glasses. Kaminski image.
Horemans the Younger, ‘Abraham and the Three Angels,’ oil on canvas. Kaminski image.
Horemans the Younger, ‘Abraham and the Three Angels,’ oil on canvas. Kaminski image.

$10M settlement filed in Honolulu over Marcos art

Water Lilies (or Nymphéas) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926). The paintings depict Monet's flower garden at Giverny and were the main focus of Monet's artistic production during the last 30 years of his life. Pictured here, Monet's 'Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond,' circa 1920, is from the Water Lilies series and is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. This artwork has no connection to the Marcos case and is used for illustrative purposes only. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. Copyright 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo by Trish Mayo, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license.

Water Lilies (or Nymphéas) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926). The paintings depict Monet's flower garden at Giverny and were the main focus of Monet's artistic production during the last 30 years of his life. Pictured here, Monet's 'Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond,' circa 1920, is from the Water Lilies series and is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. This artwork has no connection to the Marcos case and is used for illustrative purposes only. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. Copyright 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo by Trish Mayo, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license.
Water Lilies (or Nymphéas) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926). The paintings depict Monet’s flower garden at Giverny and were the main focus of Monet’s artistic production during the last 30 years of his life. Pictured here, Monet’s ‘Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond,’ circa 1920, is from the Water Lilies series and is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. This artwork has no connection to the Marcos case and is used for illustrative purposes only. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. Copyright 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo by Trish Mayo, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license.
HONOLULU (AP) – A $10 million settlement has been filed in federal court in Honolulu over valuable artwork that disappeared from Imelda Marcos’ Manhattan townhome during the collapse of her husband’s regime in the Philippines.

A foreign art collector who purchased the piece by Claude Monet agreed to pay $10 million to more than 9,000 Filipinos who successfully sued for human rights abuses under Ferdinand Marcos’ rule, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Wednesday.

The settlement was filed last week under seal. Names of the buyer and the art gallery that sold the painting, the purchase price and other details are confidential. In exchange for the settlement, plaintiffs agree to relinquish claims to the painting and not sue the gallery. Lawyers for the class-action plaintiffs hope final approval of the settlement will be granted in September.

In 1995, a federal judge in Honolulu awarded the plaintiffs nearly $2 billion against Marcos’ estate.

Imelda Marcos’ former secretary was charged in New York with conspiracy to sell the artwork. Prosecutors said she used false paperwork to sell a work from Monet’s “Water Lilies” series for $32 million.

Vilma Bautista, 74, was indicted on charges of conspiracy, tax fraud and offering a false instrument for filing. Two of her nephews also were charged. The indictment says that during the Marcos presidency his wife used state assets to acquire a vast collection of artwork and other valuables. Prosecutors said some of the art ended up in Bautista’s possession after the Marcoses were ousted in a citizen revolt in 1986.

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Information from: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, http://www.staradvertiser.com

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Water Lilies (or Nymphéas) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926). The paintings depict Monet's flower garden at Giverny and were the main focus of Monet's artistic production during the last 30 years of his life. Pictured here, Monet's 'Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond,' circa 1920, is from the Water Lilies series and is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. This artwork has no connection to the Marcos case and is used for illustrative purposes only. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. Copyright 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo by Trish Mayo, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license.
Water Lilies (or Nymphéas) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926). The paintings depict Monet’s flower garden at Giverny and were the main focus of Monet’s artistic production during the last 30 years of his life. Pictured here, Monet’s ‘Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond,’ circa 1920, is from the Water Lilies series and is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. This artwork has no connection to the Marcos case and is used for illustrative purposes only. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. Copyright 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo by Trish Mayo, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license.

Reading the Streets: Aiko and the Younity Collective

Aiko at Williamsburg Music Center, New York City. Photo by Ilana Novick

Aiko at Williamsburg Music Center, New York City. Photo by Ilana Novick
Aiko at Williamsburg Music Center, New York City. Photo by Ilana Novick
NEW YORK – I first spotted the woman with the saxophone after walking the Williamsburg Bridge. She had curly hot pink hair and an off the shoulder pastel blue dress, and the joy she took in playing the sax was palpable from a block away, though unfortunately I couldn’t hear anything, as she’s a stencil that exists only on a mural outside of the Williamsburg Music Center on S. Fifth Street.

She’s playing the saxophone on a bed of black and white flowers, with matching butterflies and yellow stars floating out of the saxophone, as if her music could conjure life. The stencil is in shades of blue, pink and yellow pastels, balanced with black and white outlines that forced me to rethink my perceptions of these shades as the wallflower of colors.

The woman was created by street artist Aiko and is her biggest stencil yet. She collaborated with the Younity Collective, an all-female street art collective to create the mural as a gift to the community living next to the Williamsburg Bridge.

Aiko’s stencil pays tribute to the Williamsburg Music Center, a studio and live music venue that frequently hosts jazz.

The mural also includes pieces by other Younity Collective members including former Reading the Streets subject Toofly (she of the woman with the electric green hair at Rooftop Legends). The neighborhood and the WMC are lucky to have all of them.

 

ADDITIONAL IMAGES OF NOTE

Aiko at Williamsburg Music Center, New York City. Photo by Ilana Novick
Aiko at Williamsburg Music Center, New York City. Photo by Ilana Novick
Gimme a Job at Williamsburg Music Center, New York City. Photo by Ilana Novick
Gimme a Job at Williamsburg Music Center, New York City. Photo by Ilana Novick
Aiko at Williamsburg Music Center, New York City. Photo by Ilana Novick
Aiko at Williamsburg Music Center, New York City. Photo by Ilana Novick
Toofly at Williamsburg Music Center, New York City. Photo by Ilana Novick
Toofly at Williamsburg Music Center, New York City. Photo by Ilana Novick