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Pencil signed at the lower right, this Joan Miro aquatint measures 40 1/2 inches by 26 inches. It has a $15,000-$20,000 estimate. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles.

DuMouchelles to sell 1,500-plus lots at 3-day auction, Dec. 11-12-13

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Pencil signed at the lower right, this Joan Miro aquatint measures 40 1/2 inches by 26 inches. It has a $15,000-$20,000 estimate. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles.
Pencil signed at the lower right, this Joan Miro aquatint measures 40 1/2 inches by 26 inches. It has a $15,000-$20,000 estimate. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles.

DETROIT – DuMouchelles will be selling more than 1,500 lots of fine art, antiques and estate jewelry at their three-day auction beginning Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding.

Friday’s session will start off, however, with the sale of a 1985 Mercedes 500SEL stretch limousine having approximately 50,000 miles. It is expected to sell for $7,000-$9,000.

Nearly as big is a Baker breakfront china cabinet measuring 90 inches high, 93 inches wide and 15 inches deep. It has four glass doors with a moiré back panel, framed glass shelves, three trays beneath the upper cabinet with brass pulls. The base has four doors. This classic Baker breakfront has an estimate of $12,000-$15,000.

Saturday’s session will commence at 11 a.m. Eastern with the sale of a Minton slip-painted moon flasks in brilliant turquoise color, painted on both sides in color slip. The 12 1/2-inch tall flasks are cipher dated 1882 and 1883. The pair has a $2,500-$3,500 estimate.

Also selling Saturday is a bronze bull by French sculptor Isidore Jules Bonheur (1827-1901). The standing bull is 14 inches high, 24 inches long and 8ight inches deep.

The auction will wrap up Sunday with more than 200 works of 19th- and 20th-century oils, watercolors, drawings and graphics. An Andre Lhote (French, 1885-1962) oil on canvas of a woman titled Farrow is 21 1/4 inches by 24 3/4 inches and has a $25.000-$35,000 estimate. Sunday’s auction will begin at noon Eastern.

A bold John Miro aquatint, 40 1/2 inches by 26 inches, an artist proof from an edition of 75, carries a $15,000-$20,000 estimate.

For details phone 313-963-6255.

 

View the fully illustrated catalog and sign up to bid absentee or live via the Internet during the sale at www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

Click here to view DuMouchelles’ complete catalog.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

A photo certificate of authenticity from the artist’s nephew is included with this Andre Lhote oil on canvas, which carries a $25,000-$35,000 estimate. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles.
A photo certificate of authenticity from the artist’s nephew is included with this Andre Lhote oil on canvas, which carries a $25,000-$35,000 estimate. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles.

Colorful birds on blossoming branches are painted in slip on this pair of Minton moon flasks, shape no. 1348. The pair is estimated at $2,500-$3,500. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles.
Colorful birds on blossoming branches are painted in slip on this pair of Minton moon flasks, shape no. 1348. The pair is estimated at $2,500-$3,500. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles.

Isidore Jules Bonheur is known for his bulls as well as bears. This the 24-inch-long bronze has a $5,000-$7,000 estimate. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles.
Isidore Jules Bonheur is known for his bulls as well as bears. This the 24-inch-long bronze has a $5,000-$7,000 estimate. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles.

Baker Furniture likely made this massive breakfront china cabinet when the company was still located in Michigan. It has a $12,000-$15,000 estimate. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles.
Baker Furniture likely made this massive breakfront china cabinet when the company was still located in Michigan. It has a $12,000-$15,000 estimate. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles.