The highest price achieved in the Ruttenberg Collection was this large Cibachrome print titled ‘Revenge of the Goldfish’ (1981) by Sandy Skoglund, which fetched $20,230. Clars Auction Gallery image.
OAKLAND, Calif. – On Jan. 15-16 Clars Auction Gallery hosted their first sale of 2014 with impressive results across the board realizing over $1.2 million, the largest January sale in the firm’s history. All departments soared with sell-through rates over 96 percent. LiveAuctioneers.com provided Internet live bidding.
The spotlight of this sale was the important photography and prints collection of David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg of Chicago. Prices realized on the works offered soared past estimates and set new world records. Numerous collectors and dealers from both coasts aggressively participated in the bidding making this one of the most successful photography auctions in a decade.
Rick Unruh, vice president and director of fine art at Clars, commented, “The timing was right for this auction. Everyone who collects or sells photography was in on this sale either in person, by phone or on the Internet. We sold close to 98 percent of the lots offered – all well above their estimates.” This spectacular collection was the passion of Mr. Ruttenberg which he carefully amassed for the latter half of the 20th century.” Unruh went on to say, “This truly was a very special collection in which both the artists and dealers knew Mr. Ruttenberg personally. You can’t ask for better provenance that that.”
Over 300 lots of photographs were offered at Clars on Jan. 16 featuring numerous works by the foremost names in photography. While almost all of these lots sold at, or substantially above, their estimates, the highest price achieved on the day from the Ruttenberg Collection was a large Cibachrome print titled Revenge of the Goldfish (1981) by Sandy Skoglund, which fetched $20,230. Berenice Abbott’s portfolio of photographs titled The Science Pictures soared past its $3,000-$5,000 estimate to land at $7,735. With an estimate of $1,000-$2,000, Danny Lyon’s dramatic work Cell Block Table (1968), reached a new world record price of $3,867. As a whole, the six photographs by Wright Morris all exceeded expectation with one in particular, Gano Grain Elevator (1940), selling at $3,867, well beyond its $800 to $1,200 estimate.
Due to the enormous size of the Ruttenberg Collection (2,000 art items), additional photographs, portfolios, prints and sculpture are scheduled to be sold at Clars in upcoming auctions.
Decoratives arts and furnishings also had an exciting sale with one new world record set. Art glass opened the event achieving over $100,000 in the first hour. An Alfredo Barbini for Pauly Murano glass “Aquarium Block,” circa 1955, was expected to reach a high of $600. Extremely aggressive bidding quickly escalated the final selling price to a new world record for Barbini of $11,900, nearly doubling his previous high of $5,800.
The top seller in this category was a lot of 12 German hand-painted porcelain cabinet plates, late 19th century, from the Franz Xavier Tallmaier Studio. Expected to achieve a high of $6,000, this set sold for nearly four times high estimate at $22,610.
Also selling for almost twice its high estimate was a Georg Jensen sterling flatware service for 12 in the Acorn pattern. Designed by Johan Rodhe, 1915, this set sold for $11,900.
Weighing in at approximately 150 to 200 pounds, a large collection of silver bullion including United States Morgan Dollars, Peace Dollars, Franklin and Kennedy half-dollars and pre-1964 coins was offered toward the end of the sale with the entire collection earning an impressive $75,000.
Asian art and antiques produced the top seller of the auction with a pot of Chinese hardstone Narcissus flowers from the late Qing/early Republic period achieving an astounding $35,700.
In jades, the top seller was a pair of Qing dynasty jade belt hooks with meandering chilong which sold for $10,115. Scholars’ items also had great results including a gourd-form cricket cage that hammered at $4,250.
Jade performed exceptionally well in the fine jewelry offerings. A man’s large jadeite (24.7 x 17mm) and 18K gold ring sold for $15,470. A rare Rolex stainless steel chronograph wristwatch, ref. 3858, circa 1947, achieved a solid $10,115.
Overall, the jewelry department experienced one of their strongest sell-through rates in the company’s history.
For complete information and prices realized regarding Clars’ Jan. 15-16 fine art and antiques sale, call 510-428-0100 or email info@clars.com.
Click here to view the fully illustrated catalog for this sale, complete with prices realized.
The highest price achieved in the Ruttenberg Collection was this large Cibachrome print titled ‘Revenge of the Goldfish’ (1981) by Sandy Skoglund, which fetched $20,230. Clars Auction Gallery image.This pot of Chinese hardstone narcissus flowers, late Qing/early Republic period, was this highest sale of the day achieving an astounding $35,700. Clars Auction Gallery image.Setting a new world record for Danny Lyon was this dramatic shot titled ‘Cell Block Table’ (1968), which sold for $3,867. Clars Auction Gallery image.This lot of 12 German hand-painted porcelain cabinet plates, late 19th century, from the Franz Xavier Tallmaier Studio sold for an impressive $22,610. Clars Auction Gallery image.This man’s jadeite ring and 18K gold ring sold for an impressive $15,470. Clars Auction Gallery image.
A new world record was set for Alfredo Barbini with his ‘Aquarium Block’ for Pauly Murano, which achieved $11,900. Clars Auction Gallery image.
Tiffany Studios Poinsettia chandelier. Sold for $306,800 in May. Michaan’s Auctions image. ALAMEDA, Calif. – The 2013 sales year was a triumph for Michaan’s Auctions, raking in the company’s highest annual gross to date at over $20 million. Strength in Asian antiques contributed significantly to the impressive figure.
The first Fine Asian Works of Art auction of the year was held on June 23 to phenomenal sales results. Totaling over $4.5 million, it commanded the highest single auction figure ever achieved at Michaan’s. The total was due in large part to another phenomenon in its own right, listed as lot 3080 in the sale. A rare and important soapstone figural carving, centering Imperial porcelain kiln supervisor Tang Ying, was by far the star of the auction. Expectations ran high for the work of art, as it was the highest estimated lot of the sale at $100,000-$150,000. Competition ran wild for the rendition of Tang Ying, with online bidding activity pouring in from around the world. The piece sold for $2,235,000, becoming the highest selling Asian soapstone carving ever auctioned outside of Asia as well as Michaan’s highest single selling lot to date.
The list of successes marched on in the June Asian auction, with yet another record set by Li Yin’s Mountainous Dwellings (lot 3217, $25,000-$35,000). The hanging scroll realized a world record-breaking price of $112,100, becoming the highest figure ever achieved at auction for a Li Yin work.
Finely carved jades also dazzled bidders, with a steady stream of monumental prices. Two jade double gourd-form pendants performed amazingly well, as they sold for over 53 times the high estimate for $106,200 (lot 3027, $1,500-$2,000). The pair of pendants topped a lengthy list of 15 additional carved jade lots to sell from over five to 33 times projected high values.
The follow-up sale of famed Tiffany masterworks from Japan’s Garden Museum Collection was Michaan’s second highest grossing auction of the year at over $3.7 million. More than half of the May 18 auction lots exceeded high estimates, with many important works contributing to the handsome figure. A dozen Tiffany Studios lots sold within the hundreds of thousands, with top sellers seen in a Poinsettia chandelier (lot 2054, $220,000-$250,000 sold for $306,800), a Wisteria table lamp commissioned for Mrs. Curtis Freschel (lot 2013, $175,000-$250,000, sold for $283,200), a Laburnum lamp shade (lot 2036, $160,000-$200,000, sold for $236,000) and a Poppy table lamp (lot 2021, $170,000-$200,000, sold for $212,400).
Allen Michaan, president and co-owner of Michaan’s Auctions, expressed gratitude in bringing the Garden Museum Collection to the world marketplace yet again. “It has been a great privilege to present these masterworks at Michaan’s Auctions. My admiration for the disciplines of Tiffany Studios is both a personal and professional passion, making this auction a very special honor. We also produced another significant reference work in the form of our auction catalog; a viable reference tool for years to come,” he said.
Asian works of art continued to rise as another fine sale closed Michaan’s 2013 auction schedule with a bang. The Dec. 15 sale grossed $1.95 million with an approximate 78 percent sell-through. The star lot, a Qi Baishi painting titled Rabbits Under Osmanthus Tree (Tian Xiang), soared to $383,500 (lot 5243, $50,000-70,000).
“Qi Baishi remains one of the most highly regarded names in the Asian antiquities marketplace; a definitive artist preferred by many collectors,” said Michaan’s Asian art specialist Harry Huang. “The quality of the painting as well as a distinguished provenance from Mr. and Mrs. Lt. Gen. Yu Pingtung made it an absolutely stellar piece at auction.”
A Ruth Asawa tied wire sculpture sold in the December fine art, furniture, decorative arts and jewelry auction accounted for Michaan’s third record of the year. The sculpture became the highest selling Asawa wire wreath form sold at U.S. auction, realizing a price of $102,660 (lot 1059, $80,000-$90,000). Greg Favors, Michaan’s 20th century design specialist, was instrumental in bringing the piece to sale from its debut at a Michaan’s Auctions appraisal event. “It has been a wonderful experience for me to be a part of securing such a quality piece for auction, from its original appraisal to the final sale at Michaan’s. Ruth Asawa has not only become a San Francisco legend, but a 20th century design icon in her own right,” said Favors.
Jewelry remained a strong and consistent earner for yet another year at Michaan’s. The department’s sales figures generally fell among the top three performers at auction throughout the year, highlighted by a banner sale in Michaan’s fine auction held on June 7. A substantial emerald, diamond, platinum and gold necklace brought the highest bid of the day after a lengthy bidding rally. The necklace of an approximate 14.75-carat emerald was estimated at $60,000-$80,000 and came to command $141,600 (lot 2594).
The year was also one of steady growth for Michaan’s auction lineup as new sale categories were introduced. The fine and collectible knives auction premiered on Sept. the 6, showcasing 19th to 20th century English exhibition knives, American knives, dress pieces, World War II to Vietnam-era knives, KA-BAR knives and a plethora of antique folding knives.
Michaan’s first dedicated Asian decorative arts auction Oct. 7 achieved 89 percent sell-through of its 307 offered lots. February ushered in the partnership of specialist Lee Jester and Michaan’s to form the first Arts and Crafts Department for the auction house. The Arts and Crafts auction on Oct. 11 followed, presenting pieces of uncompromised quality. An Arthur Mathews music sheet cabinet garnered global attention, selling for $212,400 (lot 3079, $180,000-$220,000).
Midway through 2013, Allen Michaan announced that long-standing Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Scott Bradley would become a shareholder in the company. The move toward shared ownership was due to Bradley’s pivotal role and substantial contributions in building and establishing the auction house since its inception. Spectacular sales results, a marked increase in consignments and a broadened company exposure have all occurred during Bradley’s consistent leadership, helping to further Michaan’s Auctions’ overall reach and revenue.
Michaan’s Auctions continued its community involvement in 2013 in both sales and program participation. Annie Li was an Enterprise for High School Students program participant placed at Michaan’s in 2013. She assisted numerous departments with administrative tasks and used her Chinese language skills to aide clients as well. Enterprise for High School Students is a not-for-profit organization whose programs are open to all San Francisco high school students. Enterprise aims to prepare participants in need who may face barriers in their path to workplace success.
The October estate auction of 2013 saw successful charitable sales benefitting three worthwhile organizations. A group of 71 lots spanning various collecting categories were sold to benefit HIP Housing based in San Mateo, Calif. Two Duilio Barnabe contemporary paintings upon glass (lot 074, $500-$700, sold for $2,950) and a pair of Southeast Asian Art Nouveau white marble jardinieres (lot 064, $400-$600, sold for $1,534) were among successful lots sold to benefit the charity. HIP Housing provides housing resource referrals to an average of 3,000 people each year. Due to their assistance, over 1,400 low income clients find safe, clean and affordable homes annually.
Also of note was the sale of two carved coral bead, cultured pearl and 14K gold necklaces to benefit the Lace Museum in Sunnyvale, Calif., (lot 318, $500-$700). The necklaces sold for an astonishing price of $16,520. The Lace Museum and Guild is one of only two museums devoted primarily to lace in the western United States, relying heavily on volunteers and donations. Michaan’s also continued its relationship with the Alameda County Foodbank throughout the year, raising $18,565 for the organization.
Michaan’s Auctions invites the public in 2014 to exceptional sales offerings including fine art, jewelry, Asian works of art, furniture, decorative arts, modern design, stamps and coins.
For more information phone Michaan’s Auctions at 510-740-0220 or email info@michaans.com.
Nicolas de Largillière (French,1656-1746), portrait of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, ca. 1714-1715. Oil on canvas. 57 1/2 x 45 1/2 inches (146 x 116 cm). The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; 54-35.KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As excitement builds for the release of the Sony film The Monuments Men, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art applauds six real-life Monuments Men who either worked in or closely with the museum. Monuments men and women, commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, were tasked with the protection, recovery and preservation of millions of Europe’s masterpieces during the Nazi occupation.
“The men and women involved in this selfless effort to keep art objects safe during a dangerous time in history showed immense courage,” said Julián Zugazagoitia, CEO & Director of the Nelson-Atkins. “We are deeply in their debt for preserving these treasures for humanity.”
A display of archival materials will be on view in Bloch Lobby that includes postcards, manuscripts, newspaper clippings and biographies of the Nelson-Atkins’ Monuments Men.
“My research has shown that these six men brought to their military duties the same passion for art and culture that made them so valuable to the Nelson-Atkins,” said MacKenzie Mallon, a researcher in the European Painting & Sculpture Department who has been working on this project for many months. “They took their responsibilities as protectors of these monuments very seriously.”
The museum employed four of the Monuments Men and maintained strong ties with two others. Paul Gardner, the first director of the Nelson-Atkins, served as Director of the Fine Arts Section of the Allied Military Government in Italy. Another former director, Laurence Sickman, was assigned to General Douglas MacArthur’s Tokyo headquarters after the Japanese surrender and served as a technical advisor on collections and monuments, making trips to China and Korea to assess the level of damage to monuments in those countries. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his war services.
The first curator of European Art at the museum, Patrick J. Kelleher, served as the head of the Greater Hesse Division of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives section. Otto Wittmann, Jr., the first curator of Prints for the museum, was part of the OSS Art Looting and Investigation Unit (ALIU). Langdon Warner served as the Asian art advisor to the Trustees of the Nelson-Atkins in 1930, and was a close colleague of Sickman. He helped found the American Defense – Harvard Group, a precursor of the Roberts Commission, Roosevelt’s task force. James A. Reeds served with the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives section in France in 1944. He taught linguistics at University of Missouri at Kansas City and served as a docent for the Nelson-Atkins.
One of the finest examples of 18th century portraiture at the Nelson-Atkins, Nicolas de Largillière’s Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, was found by the Monuments Men in a bomb-rigged salt mine in Alt Aussee, Austria, and returned to Clarice de Rothschild, whose family owned the painting. It was purchased by the Nelson-Atkins in 1954 after Rothschild sold it to an art dealer in New York.
During World War II, the Nelson-Atkins also served as a safe house for more than 150 paintings and tapestries from collections on the East and West coasts.
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt from Missouri recently introduced a bipartisan bill that would award Congressional Gold Medals to all 350 of the men and women referred to as Monuments Men.
“The Nelson-Atkins has a rich history which is only enhanced by the individuals who have worked there,” said Senator Blunt. “These Monuments Men protected historical artifacts from destruction and saved these treasures for future generations. I am proud to introduce legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the men and women who fought to preserve this priceless history.”
The Monuments Men, starring George Clooney and Matt Damon, will be released nationally on February 7. For more information on the film, visit epk.org. The film is based on the book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel, who continued his investigation into the soldiers who rescued cultural treasures in Saving Italy. The latter book discusses the heroism of former Nelson-Atkins director Paul Gardner. Edsel has created the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, which honors the legacy of the Monuments Men. For more information, visit www.monumentsmenfoundation.org.
Eight brass and copper brass appliques, with lampshade. Stilnovo. Estimates: €3,000-€3,500. Nova Ars Auction image. ASTI, Italy – Nova Ars Auction will sell an important Italian private estate on Tuesday, Feb. 4, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Central European Time, 9:30 a.m. Pacific. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.
Antiques and design will be predominant with many ceramics, lamps, chandeliers and glass works, and furniture from the last three centuries being offered. The collection presents Italian but also international items from France to England and from China to India and Japan.
Nova Ars Auction, which specializes in objects of contemporary art, modernism and design made in Italy in the 20th century, claims this diverse sale should not be missed.
For details email e.art.auctions@gmail.com or phone +39 328 9667353.
George Frederic Watts by George Frederick Watts, circa 1860. Copyright National Portrait Gallery, London. LONDON – The National Portrait Gallery has completed a major online catalog of the personal and professional correspondence of the renowned 19th-century British artist George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), enabling, for the first time, worldwide access to the stories behind his remarkable life and career.
The nine-month project has included the transcription of 1,446 letters and notes written to, or received by, Watts. The collection reveals the professional and personal relationships of one of Britain’s most significant artists, providing an invaluable source of material for researchers, students and those with an interest in British art in the 19th century.
Watts is celebrated for his portraits of eminent Victorians, known as his “Hall of Fame” series, and the letters in the collection, held in the Gallery’s Heinz Archive and Library, reflect the impressive artistic, political, academic and social circles in which he moved. From his London residence, Little Holland House, where he lived with the bohemian Prinsep family, Watts corresponded with the Victorian elite and counted many “celebrities” of the time his close friends, including William Ewart Gladstone, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Alfred Tennyson, John Everett Millais, Cecil Rhodes, Cardinal Manning, Julia Margaret Cameron and James Martineau.
Other highlights of the collection include letters revealing the ideas behind his magnificent symbolist paintings; hundreds of letters between Watts and his art supplier, Winsor and Newton, detailing the secrets of his artistic practice and unusual techniques; and correspondence regarding his exhibitions, including one of over 200 of his works in 1881-82, which was the first ever retrospective of any living British artist, and another in New York in 1884-85. Other letters of interest record appointments for sittings, social engagements and his physical health.
The letters were compiled by Watts’s second wife Mary Seton Watts (1849-1938) following her husband’s death, in preparation for her biography of him, published in 1912.
The Heinz Archive and Library of the National Portrait Gallery, London, documents the history of the institution and its activities, and is the leading center for research in the field of British portraiture. It also includes archive collections acquired from external sources, including the papers of key portrait artists and art historians. The Watts Collection is one of the most significant of these collections.
George Frederic Watts is considered one of the greatest artists of his age, internationally renowned and celebrated in his own lifetime. He pursued an individual approach to painting and sculpture and pushed the boundaries of Victorian art. As well as his portraits of his distinguished contemporaries in Victorian society, Watts was known for his large allegorical works of art with strong moral messages to educate and improve society. In artistic terms he is significant not only because of the works he produced, but because of his determined innovation in developing an artistic practice which was not tied to a larger artistic movement.
The online catalogue of Watts’s correspondence is available at http://archivecatalogue.npg.org.uk/. An online resource detailing Watts’s life and art, accompanied by extracts from the catalog, has also been created. Please visit www.npg.org.uk/research/archive/archive-journeys.
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George Frederic Watts by George Frederick Watts, circa 1860. Copyright National Portrait Gallery, London.
Detail of stained glass window created by Louis Comfort Tiffany in Boston’s Arlington Street Church depicting John the Baptist. Photo by John Stephen Dwyer. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. CONNERSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – Evidence of some flaking coming from a more than a century-old stained-glass window at Central Christian Church has resulted in a major project to protect the brilliance and beauty for another century.
Bovard Studio from Iowa has been at the church for nearly two weeks, installing aluminum framing for a protective covering on the big window to the south and fixing some of the smaller stained-glass windows as well, the Connersville News-Examiner reported.
Jim Powell, president of the church board, said there is no mention of the stained-glass windows in the church history materials, and no one knows the cost or why the designs were chosen. No plaques were placed on the window frames.
“We were discussing replacing windows in the secretary’s and minister’s offices and were ready to sign a contract last spring when Howard Price, chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, happened to look up at the big south window and he saw white flakes at the bottom,” Powell recalled. “It turns out that was glazing so at that point we decided to back off the office windows.”
The windows had some renovation 19 years ago, he said.
The board then interviewed three companies and Bovard was chosen for the project. Bovard received a contract in September and they had hoped to do it in the fall but could not make it.
The congregation was very generous with donations to a fundraiser to repair the windows, he added. They are behind the project, which has made it go smoothly.
Project supervisor Chris Dieter said the project had been scheduled to start Jan. 6, which was the day of snow and sub-zero temperatures, so the team did not come until Jan. 8. The three-man crew was to leave over the weekend and have a week at home before returning to complete the job, which is the cycle of work – two weeks on the road and one week at home.
Bovard Studio in Fairfield, Iowa, is one of a handful of companies in the country that can do a project the size of the Central Church windows, he said. The company not only can repair frames and install protective coverings on site, it can dismantle and reassemble stained-glass windows or build new stained-glass windows.
Dieter believed the stained-glass for the church was likely made at a facility in Kokomo, Ind.,which makes stained-glass for other companies to assemble. Artists then paint the designs on the glass for more intricate works.
In Connersville, the project includes new protective coverings, similar to storm windows, on the big south window, along with three smaller windows under that large window in addition to the small windows under the other two large stained-glass windows.
“There was some bulging on the big one so I’m going to check the others for bulging,” Dieter said. “I found wood rot in the one we’re on. It was not original wood so someone has done repairs to it. That has been replaced.”
The protective covering that had covered the large window had been inset, but the new protective covering will be outset beyond the wood frame so no water will touch the frame, he explained.
Most churches have their stained-glass and then another layer on the exterior, he said. The Central Christian job uses a quarter-inch plate glass as the covering, but other churches can choose laminated glass or Lexan plastic that provides more strength but is prone to fade over time.
When protective coverings are placed over the stained-glass windows, they have found that without ventilation, it sets up an environment for moisture to build up. That allows bacteria to grow, that breaks down the lead in the stained-glass windows, faster than without any protective covering at all, he said.
The frame for the protective covering is a patented aluminum that allows for ventilation to remove the moisture, he said. Many churches are also replacing the wood frames at the same time as replacing the protective covering for little extra cost.
A normal stained-glass window has a life of about 100 years at which point, the lead may need to be replaced.
The company has done a lot of work in Indiana but has also worked all over the country.
“When I drove through Liberty (Ind.) last Sunday it looked familiar but I can’t remember working there,” Dieter said. “We have done jobs in Muncie and Fort Wayne, and were doing a job there until it got too cold.”
An examination of the west and north stained-glass windows will determine if work is needed to secure them for the future, Powell said.
The window on the north, depicting Jesus and the woman at the well as described in John 4, is an unusual design.
Dieter said there are several churches with Christ knocking on the door, Christ in the temple, holding a lamb or at the nativity, but not with the woman.
“That woman at the well is not a typical design,” he said. “You see other parts of his life but why that? One woman suggested that it might be this church believed woman could be pastors.”
“We take it for granted,” Powell said. “I was baptized here at maybe 8 or 9 years old and I’ve taken it for granted but come to find out from someone that works with churches every day, it’s quite unique.”
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Detail of stained glass window created by Louis Comfort Tiffany in Boston’s Arlington Street Church depicting John the Baptist. Photo by John Stephen Dwyer. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
DENVER – Discriminating collectors have long found the Mile High City a source for premium-quality European and American antiques. Bruhns Auction Gallery’s estates auction on Sunday, Jan. 26, is a fine example, as its contents rival anything found in the finest Continental showrooms.
Internet live bidding will be provide by LiveAuctioneers.com. The auction begins at 11 a.m. Mountain time, 10 a.m. Pacific.
Several fine estates from Denver will be featured in this auction. The nearly 350 lots include a fine antique clock collection; French and English art glass such as Galle, Stevens & Williams, Moser and Tiffany; crystal including Waterford, Steuben and Lalique; several carved marble busts and statues; and 18K gold estate jewelry.
One of clocks certain to command attention is a World War II-era RAF operations room wall clock signed Elliot.
Original oil paintings and watercolors are included in the offerings of fine art.
Fine antique furniture will include elegant French vitrines, matching Verne Martin cabinets, a Renaissance walnut bookcase, early French armoires, a rosewood parlor chair, Renaissance walnut cylinder-roll desk, an unusual oak Romweber desk with matching side pieces, and an elegant French 15-piece Louis XV-style inlaid dining room set.
For additional information on any item in the auction, call 303-744-6505 or email bruhnsauction@aol.com.
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