Kamelot Auctions cites many standouts in June 14-15 sale

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PHILADELPHIA – Buyers at Kamelot Auctions’ two-day Town & Country Estate Sale on June 14 and 15 competed for treasures of 20th century and antique designer furniture, lighting, garden antiques, Orientalia, and quality fine art and decorative art. LiveAuctioneers.com provided Internet live bidding.

Friday’s portion of the sale included decorative arts, fine art and Orientalia and saw a strong opening with a carved Asian antique ivory goddess, circa 1900, that brought $3,600 (lot 1) and a set of four signed watercolors of koi that brought $11,000 (lot 17). Other highlight’s of Friday’s sale include a collection of Herend porcelain Rothschild Bird dinner service that grossed over $14,000 (lots 230, 231, 232, 234), a Rene-Paul Marquet ivory and gilt bronze figure that earned $6,000 (lot 141) and an oil painting by Guatemalan-born artist Rodolfo Mishaan titled La Bandera Serie Quetzel that brought $3,800 (lot 299).

Saturday continued with strong sales with a diverse array of antique and mid-century furniture, lighting and garden antiques. Lot 501, a Pedro Friedeberg carved hand-form chair, circa 1970, grossed an impressive $9,000 along with a rare pair of Murano teardrop floor lamps circa 1940 that brought $7,500 (lot 633). Other highlights include a pair of Syrian mother of pearl settees that earned $6,000 (lot 750), a pair of Napoleon III Turkish style club chairs circa 1880 that brought $7,200 (lot 726) and a labeled J.W. Fiske cast-iron fountain with three tiers that grossed $6,300 (lot 937).

The June sale at Philadelphia’s Kamelot Auctions exhibited many such successful results throughout the two-day run of over 1,000 lots. The next three sales at Kamelot Auctions will take place in September, October and November. For more information, visit kamelotauctions.com or call 215-438-6990.