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Vernis Martin-style vitrine, with cartouche top over a continuously painted landscape frieze, 60 inches high x 29 wide x 16 inches deep. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.

Eclectic antiques at Michaan’s estates auction May 1

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Vernis Martin-style vitrine, with cartouche top over a continuously painted landscape frieze, 60 inches high x 29 wide x 16 inches deep. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Vernis Martin-style vitrine, with cartouche top over a continuously painted landscape frieze, 60 inches high x 29 wide x 16 inches deep. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.

ALAMEDA, Calif. – Michaan’s May Estate Auction will be offering a wide range of property from estates, private collections and institutions throughout the United States. Jewelry will be highlighting antique and period pieces, wristwatches, natural jadeite jade and fine diamonds.

LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding at the 868-lot auction. The sale will begin at 10 a.m. Pacific

Of special interest is Lot 105, an antique sapphire, diamond, sterling silver gilt pendant necklace, which is estimated at $2,500-$3,500.

Asian art will be showcasing a number of fine ivory and jade carvings, porcelains, bronzes, glassware, scrolls and textiles. Highlights include lot 364, a 19th century cloisonné enameled box (est. $500-$700), and lot 351, a lapis lazuli qilin, shown striding while holding a stack of books upon a bed of swirling clouds (est. $500-$700).

The furniture and decorative arts portion offers silver, rugs and carpets, glassware, porcelains, figurines and American and European furniture. Lot 484, a Vernis Martin-style vitrine with cartouche top over a painted landscape frieze, has a $1,000-$2,000 estimate.

Included is an array of fine art with a selection of paintings, sculptures, photographs and graphics. Among the many lots is a piece from the Collecton of author Warren Cheney by Abraham Walkowitz (Russian/American, 1878-1965), one of America’s first modernist artists. Lot 772 is Walkowitz’s Isadora Duncan Dancing, ink wash on paper in three pieces (est. $800-$1,000).

The sale closes with auction lots of books, coins, pottery and collectibles including tribal and Indian art.

For details call 510-740-0220 or e-mail info@michaans.com.

 

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

Antique sapphire, diamond, gilt pendant-necklace on 16-inch sterling silver chain. Estimate: $2,500-$3,500. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Antique sapphire, diamond, gilt pendant-necklace on 16-inch sterling silver chain. Estimate: $2,500-$3,500. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Cloisonné enameled box, 19th century, decorated with a flower and butterfly theme, diameter: 4 3/4 inches. Estimate: $500-$700. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Cloisonné enameled box, 19th century, decorated with a flower and butterfly theme, diameter: 4 3/4 inches. Estimate: $500-$700. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Lapis lazuli qilin with books, 8 inches long. Estimate: $500-$700. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Lapis lazuli qilin with books, 8 inches long. Estimate: $500-$700. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Abraham Walkowitz (Russian/American, 1878-1965) ‘Isadora Duncan Dancing,’ three works, ink wash on paper, 14 x 8 1/2 inches. $800-$1,000. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Abraham Walkowitz (Russian/American, 1878-1965) ‘Isadora Duncan Dancing,’ three works, ink wash on paper, 14 x 8 1/2 inches. $800-$1,000. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.