LONE JACK, Mo. – Session II of the lifetime collection of Joseph Earl Candioto – a Kansas City fixture for more than two decades as the owner of Joseph’s Jewelry in the city’s Georgian Village Shops – will be held on Friday, July 8, at 10:30 a.m. Central time, by Dirk Soulis Auctions.
This is actually the sixth – and – final) sale dedicated all or in part to Candioto’s vast collection. Session I was a live auction like Session II will be. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com. Session I was held in March, and there were four additional online-only auctions.
“I think it’s safe to say we saved the best for last with Session II,” said Dirk Soulis of Dirk Soulis Auctions. “The items are superb.”
Candioto’s collections were extensive, encompassing not just fine jewelry items but any and all things French – especially pieces in the French Egyptian Revival style, or “Retour d’Egypte,” Napoleonic objects, Sevres porcelain, marble sculpture, fine bronzes and more. His home in Leawood, Kansas, had French Empire upstairs and Chinese antiques down – a veritable museum.
A strong candidate for top lot of the auction promises to be a 17th century Brussels wool and silk mythological tapestry (above), depicting figures in armor and two ladies, all in a wooded landscape. The 111-inch by 136-inch tapestry is estimated to bring $7,000-$12,000. It was gifted to Candioto by Muriel Kauffman, the wife of Ewing Kauffman, the late owner of the Kansas City Royals.
The name Sevres will be chanted often throughout the day. A circa 1900 Napoleon III-style gilded wood center table (below) with ormolu mounts and Sevres-style porcelain plaques should realize $5,000-$7,500; while an early 20th century baluster form Sevres type covered vase, regal at 40 inches tall and boasting a cobalt blue neck and hand-painted figures, should bring $3,000-$5,000.
The many bronze offerings will include a fine grouping by Pierre Emile-Hebert (1828-1893), of Oedipus and the Sphinx of mythology, with the head and breast of a woman on the body of a lion with eagle’s wings; and a pair of cast bronze standing figures in Egyptian attire by Emile Picault (1833-1915), turned into electric table lamps (below). Both lots are estimated to sell for $4,000-$6,000.
A pair of 19th century French bronze candelabra with gemstones, each with a circular acanthus adorned foot supporting four cast juvenile figures playing musical instruments, should hammer for $3,000-$5,000; and a George III-style bronze mirror attributed to Edward F. Caldwell (1851-1914), with female sphinx figures and ram head urn finial, should hit $2,000-$3,000.
Two very different oil on canvas portrait paintings carry estimates of $2,000-$4,000. One is a 17th or 18th century portrait, most likely of England’s King Charles I, a full-length rendering in a hunting pose, 80 1/2 inches by 40 inches. The other is a 19th century painting of Cleopatra Testing Poison on Condemned Prisoners, after the 1887 original by Alexander Cabanel (1823-1889).
For details contact Dirk Soulis Auctions by phone at 816-697-3830 or email Dirk@DirkSoulisAuctions.com.