Fontainebleau Hotel founder’s treasures in Roland Auctions’ July 29 sale

Nineteenth-century Vernet French bronze cherub mantel clock. Estimate: $3,500-$4,500. Roland Auctions image

 

NEW YORK – Roland Auctions NY will conduct their July 2017 Estate Auction Part II on Saturday, July 29. Among the many notable items included in this auction are objects and ephemera from the Miami Beach estate of hotel and resort developer Ben Novack Sr., founder of the iconic Fontainebleau Hotel, as well as items belonging to his late son, Ben Novack Jr. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Key to art in the garden is correct placement

Walter Sinz (1881-1966), ‘Water Boy’ fountain, cast Fiberglas, signed and dated 1935. After the 1936/7 Great Lakes Exposition plaster, 61 3/4 in. x 72 in. x 26 in. Hammer price: $3,500 in 2012. Image courtesy LiveAuctioneers archive and Gray’s Auctioneers.

 

NEW YORK – For many landscape designers and homeowners, a garden isn’t complete without the right art. But how do you find the right spot for a piece of outdoor art and choose the plants to complement it?

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John W. Coker to auction 3-generation collection of rare glass bottles Aug. 3

Aqua Fislerville Glassworks Jenny Lind bottle. John W. Coker Ltd. image

 

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – A distinguished eastern Tennessee family’s three-generation collection of antique American glass bottles and flasks will be auctioned with no reserve on Thursday, Aug. 3, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Auctioneer John W. Coker has chosen the Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel as the venue for his auction of the Frank M. Hodges Jr. and Hodges family collection as a convenience to the many antique bottle collectors who will be in the area that day.

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