NEW YORK – On Sunday, Jan. 3, Auctions at Showplace will present items from the Estate of Martin Bregman, the acclaimed producer of Scarface, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and many other iconic movies. Paintings, furniture and decorative arts from his Sister Parish and Albert Hadley decorated Park Avenue apartment are being offered at auction exclusively at Showplace. The auction is rounded out by complementary objects from New York City and New York metropolitan area estates. View the fully illustrated catalog and bid on LiveAuctioneers.
A highlight of the sale is a Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907) sancai glazed earthenware pottery sculpture of a standing horse with saddle and later hair tail. Featured fine paintings include an equestrian portrait of a horse standing next to a house by Charles Towne (English, 1763-1840) and a still life depicting a bouquet of flowers on a ledge by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (French-Flemish, 1636-1699).
Featured lots continue with a monumental pair of George III Chinese Chippendale-style giltwood mirrors. The ornately carved mirrors, made in the manner of Matthias Lock and based on a design by Thomas Chippendale, are decorated with chinoiserie elements including bell-hung pagoda crests, rocaille c-scrolls and Fenghuang ho ho birds on each side of the oval frames.
The sale spotlights a pair of English George III Wedgwood and gilt bronze girandole candelabras attributed to Parker & Perry, ornamented in crystal swags and drops, each with four arms over four-sided bases inset with jasperware plaques and raised on ball feet. This girandole design was patented by famed chandelier maker Sir William Parker in 1781. A similar pair is located in the king’s bed chamber at Windsor Castle.
Also featured is an early 20th century Louis XV-style gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock with chinoiserie motifs. The piece includes two figures holding parasols and sitting atop a cushion above a bamboo howdah housing a white clock dial with Roman and Arabic numerals. The piece is after a model by Henri-Charles Balthazar (French, 18th century), based on the original design by Ismail al-Jazari (1136-1206).
Additional important lots include a Rolex 18K yellow gold Day-Date wristwatch (serial number marked on case reverse: 7436145 and reference number marked on case reverse: 19018) and a French three-piece silvered bronze figural garniture set cast by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, signed “Carrier” and mounted on an onyx plinth with clock signed to dial “Lemerle-Charpentier Bronzier Paris Rue Charlot 8.” The central sculpture depicts Hebe and the eagle of Jupiter. The piece is accompanied by a pair of Neoclassical- style figural candelabra torchieres, circa 1859. Additional interesting lots include an antique Spanish replica life-size suit of armor and an ornately decorated antique English Victorian silver-plate serving trolley with a domed lid.
The sale includes additional lots of fine painting and sculpture highlighted by an 18th century British School oil on canvas in the manner of Sir William Beechey RA (1753-1839) depicting a portrait of a military officer with a white dog and an antique British School equestrian painting depicting a portrait of a horse standing in a field. Featured bronzes include a sculpture depicting a female figural with a mask and flat stick by Henri Allouard (French, 1844-1929).
Fine furniture selections on Jan. 3 include a Steinway Model M baby grand piano (serial number: 465609) manufactured in 1979. The walnut case is made in the Chippendale style with cabriole legs terminating in ball-and-claw feet. The sale includes a late 19th century ornate French Rococo Revival giltwood settee or canape with a triple c-scroll framed backrest surmounted by carved Chinoiserie fantasy figures.
Furniture continues with a two lots of 19th century Regency style carved mahogany console table each with acanthus and dart motif carved edges and curved reeded supports. One features two classical landscape scenes and the other a central scene of a pastoral landscape both done in reverse-painted glass in the French verre églomisé style. Next is a late 18th century Louis XVI marquise, attributed to Jean Avisse (French, 1723-after 1796, maître 1745). The bergère armchair has a carved and paint-decorated beechwood frame around the needlepoint upholstery secured with brass nailheads and passementerie trim. “Needlepoint pieces were a signature for Sister Parish making this chair from Bregman’s Park Avenue apartment extra special,” said Showplace owner Amos Balaish.
A unique collection of lighting is featured on Jan. 3 including a late 19th century French belle epoque bronze and crystal eight-arm chandelier with ram’s heads at the top over decorative crystal strands. Lighting continues with a pair of Louis XVI French Neoclassical monumental giltwood wall sconces, carved with trophies and musical instrument motifs and each with five scrolling arms radiating from the acanthus leaf base. Next is a late 19th century Louis XV-style gilt bronze mounted white marble urn, mounted as a lamp, with scrolling acanthus and laurel leaf details and swags of berry garlands above a square pedestal and inscribed on base edge “Eug. Bazart, Paris.”
Silver seekers will find a lot of interesting lots including a 211-piece Gorham King Albert pattern sterling silver flatware, a Loring Andrews Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio) sterling silver centerpiece bowl and a group of 16 assorted serving pieces in the Gorham “King Albert” pattern.
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