ST. CHARLES, Mo. – More than 650 lots in a wide range of collecting categories—art glass, French cameo, Royal Bayreuth and quality antiques—will come up for bid on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9, at the St. Charles Convention Center. The sale will be conducted by Woody Auction of Douglass, Kan. The firm often uses this venue for its major auctions.

LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

“This will be a great two-day auction that begins on Friday evening at 5 p.m. Central with the finest Royal Bayreuth collection we’ve ever offered,” said Jason Woody of Woody Auction. “That will be followed on Saturday, at 9:30 in the morning, with an art glass auction featuring 24 Daum Nancy French cameo salt dips and fabulous collections of Royal Worcester and marbles.”

Over 240 lots of Royal Bayreuth pieces will be offered on Friday evening. These will include a staggering 14 figural Santas, as well as rare, large-size pitchers of snake, turtle, rabbit, mouse, squirrel and butterfly figures. The Saturday session will boast Victorian brides’ baskets, pickle casters, sterling silver, Burmese and Galle pieces, pieces from Tiffany Studios and more.

Friday night’s Royal Bayreuth session is expected to be heavily attended. The figural Santa pieces will include a 7 1/2-inch unmarked Santa chamberstick, brown jacket, impressed “Deponiert”; a 5 1/2-inch unmarked Santa wall match holder, red jacket, impressed “Deponiert” and with the original leather hanging strap; and a 7 1/4-inch Santa lemonade pitcher, blue mark #9, red jacket, with a unique “Deponiert” stamp mark. All of the Santa Clauses are considered rare.

Royal Bayreuth water pitchers will be offered in abundance. They include a figural rabbit pitcher in brown tones, 7 1/2 inches tall, with impressed “Registered” mark; an extra nice 6 1/4-inch figural snake pitcher in brown and yellow tones; a rare 8-inch unmarked figural gray squirrel; and an unmarked 7 1/2-inch figural gray mouse pitcher with just minor touch-up work on one ear.

Royal Bayreuth demitasse sets and creamers will feature a figural Devil demitasse cup and saucer set, blue mark #9, hard to find with the saucer included; a very colorful 4 3/4-inch by 6 1/2-inch unmarked figural Chinese pheasant creamer; a 3-inch figural leopard creamer, blue mark #15; and a nice 5-inch figural kangaroo creamer, blue mark #15, in gray and brown tones.

Other noteworthy Royal Bayreuth lots will include a rare 8 1/2-inch bulbous vase with polar bear scenic décor, blue mark #9; an equally scarce 4 1/2-inch by 8 1/2-inch figural turtle lemonade pitcher, blue mark #9, in an outstanding size; and a 3-inch by 8-inch figural turtle covered box, blue mark #9, the largest Royal Bayreuth turtle box Woody Auction has ever sold.

The Saturday session will be much more diverse, with lots ranging from an American brilliant cut glass covered wassail bowl and ladle with a hobstar and fan motif and 800 mark silver finial to a 66-inch 19th century Italian marble sculpture of a young maiden on a pedestal to an artist signed and marked KPM porcelain plaque with a beautiful portrait of the “Chocolatier.”

Bride’s baskets will feature an apricot satin diamond quilted mother of pearl melon ribbed bowl with pink interior, set on an ornate Meriden silver-plated cherub stand and showing three cherubs at blacksmith stands; and a Victorian pair of yellow cased melon ribbed herringbone pattern bowls with enamel floral décor and pink interiors on a Pairpoint frame.

Daum Nancy French cameo pieces will include a 16-inch signed art glass vase having a yellow background with floral cut back design; a four-piece salt cellar set depicting the four seasons, with original display case; an individual salt cellar having a lavender/yellow background with branches, leaf and berry décor; another salt cellar, this one with tortoise shell background colors and green pin needle and yellow berry décor; a 12 3/4-inch art glass pedestal vase with orange and yellow background with black silhouette cut back tree décor; and a pretty 4 3/4-inch five-color art glass square vase with a cherry blossom scenic décor and beautiful color.

Fans of Royal Worcester will not be disappointed. Two star lots include a 6 1/2-inch Royal Worcester bulbous jar, mold #1312, in cream tones, with wisteria décor, reticulated lid and gold trim highlights; and a 13 1/2-inch Royal Worcester two-handled vase, mold #784, also in cream tones with owl, crow and branch décor with gold trim. Both of these pieces are considerably rare.

Pickle casters are a hit with collectors. Examples in this sale include a 10 1/4-inch pickle caster with Rubina art glass insert having a coralene floral décor, set on a basket-shaped Meriden silver-plateed frame; an 8 1/2-inch pickle caster with Bluerina art glass insert, set on a Middletown silver-plated frame, with an enamel cherry branch décor; and a nice 10-inch pickle castwr having a blue art glass egg-shaped insert with enamel floral décor, set on a lovely Tufts silver-plated frame.

Also to be sold Saturday will be a 10-inch marked beehive demitasse pot having a cream-colored background with pink and gold trim and double-sided scenes of a nymph with butterfly wings; a 12-place setting of Towle Old Master pattern sterling silver flatware, 75 pieces totaling over 100 troy ounces, all in the original wooden case; and a 7 1/2-inch signed Galle four-color French cameo art glass vase in pink, white, green and lavender tones with floral cut back design.

Woody Auction is accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign an item, estate or a collection phone 316-747-2694 or send an e-mail to info@woodyauction.com.

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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NEW YORK – Keno Auctions will conduct its fall sale of fine and decorative Arts on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 127 E. 69 St. beginning at noon Eastern. A total of 81 lots will be offered, featuring works drawn from a cross section of styles and genres, from the 17th to 20th centuries.

Internet live bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com.

“Sometimes, the best things come in small packages,” says Leigh Keno, of the eponymous full-service auction house, referring to his 81-lot sale, which will take place in the intimate gallery setting of his late 19th century Upper East Side townhouse. “We are offering a remarkably wide range of fine and decorative arts which span many centuries and styles. The vast majority of the paintings, drawings, and decorative arts lots in the auction have never-before been offered for sale. Freshness to the marketplace, as well as conservative estimates, we strongly feel, are vital to a sale’s success.”

Some of the items to be sold have been deaccessioned items from the Frederic Remington Museum.

Here is a sampling of several top lots:

– Daniel Garber (American 1880-1958) Red Barn, 1948-1951, oil on canvas, 30 x 28 inches, signed lower left of center: Daniel Garber (estimate: $350,000-$550,000). The Red Barn is an icon of Garber’s mature style, with brilliant color, a complex composition, and his typical highly patterned, tapestry-like painting technique. The fence is a vehicle that leads the viewer into the composition, then shimmering color and changes in decorative brushwork weave the view through the composition. The play of light and shadow on the barn was the impetus for Garber’s creation of this painting. In 1951, Garber wrote to the first owner of the picture: “What interested me most in painting it was the relation in values of the cedar tree against the old weather-beaten barn—and the dark shadows of the cedar tree.”

“We are proud to offer this work, fresh to the market, having descended in the family of the original owner and beautifully framed in its original signed Badura frame,” said Keno.

– Willem de Kooning (Dutch/American, 1904-1997), Untitled, c. 1989, oil on canvas, 22 x 28 1/2 inches (estimate: $80,000-$120,000). Hidden from sight since it was painted a quarter century ago, this dazzling abstract work by Willem De Kooning was painted for Grace Tafe, the nurse’s aide who cared for him from 1988 to 1996. Photographs taken by Tafe of the artist painting the work for her in 1989 accompany the lot.

– E. Howard & Co. astronomical No. 46 walnut regulator clock, Boston, circa 1870 Top 29 1/2 x 19 x 13 1/2 inches, case 40 1/2 x 21 1/2 x h. 97 inches, pendulum 8 x 1 1/2 x 38 inches, dial: diameter 18 inches (estimate: $100,000-$150,000). E. Howard & Co. astronomical regulator clocks are one of the rarest and most sought after clocks in the world. The ornate Renaissance Revival walnut case retains its original finish. It is thought that only seven of the no. 46 astronomical clocks were produced.

– Third phase Navajo chief’s blanket, late 19th century, red, white, black and blue design wool, 68 1/2 x 56 inches (estimate: $25,000-$45,000). This striking third phase Navaho chief’s blanket, typical of third phase blankets with nine diamond shapes, is composed of raveled natural dyed cochineal red yarns, natural churro indigo blue and white and brown stripes.

– Evgeny Lanceray (Russian, 1848-1886), a Russian bronze group: Zaporezh Cossack After the Battle, bronze, 1874, inscribed with signature and Chopin foundry mark, 18 1/4 inches without spear (estimate: $15,000-$25,000).

– Theodore Baur (French, 1835-1898), The Buffalo Hunt, c. 1876-86, silver electrotype, metal, reddish brown patina, 22 x 32 x 20 inches (estimate $12,000-$18,000). Baur was an extremely talented sculptor based in New York—in a studio in Washington Square—in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As one of his most popular sculptures, The Buffalo Hunt was originally commissioned for the Philadelphia Centennial of 1876 and was widely exhibited thereafter.

– Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942), Corn, c. 1935, pencil on paper on Grant Wood’s stationary, 4 1/2 x 3 inches (image), 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (paper size) (estimate: $35,000-$55,000)

– Esteban Vicente (Spanish, 1903-2001), Untitled, 1993, oil on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed verso: “Esteban Vicente / oil on canvas / 50” x 42” / 1993,” 50 x 41 1/2 inches, purchased directly from the artist by the present owner (estimate $25,000-$45,000).

– Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002), Dai Petali Agli Stam, 1991, pastel and oil on buff colored paper, signed with initials, lower right 47 x 59 inches (estimate: $25,000-$45,000).

– Wharton Esherick (American 1887-1970), sheet music stand, 1962, cherry wood, signed and dated, incised “W.E. 1962,” h. 44 inches, w. 17 1/2 inches, (estimate $15,000-$25,000). Wharton Esherick is a pioneer of the Studio Craft Movement. Famous for his sensitively crafted handcrafted furniture, his hand-carved pieces exude a sensuous fluidity. The original model for this music stand was produced in 1951 for a cellist friend, and it is said that Esherick thoughtfully included a shelf to hold her drink. The design was later replicated with the help of a studio assistant. Twenty-four were produced, of which this is one. This form remains the most iconic and sought-after of Esherick’s works.

For details phone 212-734-2381.

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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