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Diamond and gold bangle bracelet depicting two elephants, features 12 rose-cut diamonds, weighing a total of approximately 1.75 carats, accented by numerous smaller rose-cut diamonds weighing approximately 10.00 carats, pave set in silver topped 14-karat yellow gold, estimate: $3,500-$4,500. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.

Fine jewelry, watches open Michaan’s estates auction Oct. 3

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Diamond and gold bangle bracelet depicting two elephants, features 12 rose-cut diamonds, weighing a total of approximately 1.75 carats, accented by numerous smaller rose-cut diamonds weighing approximately 10.00 carats, pave set in silver topped 14-karat yellow gold, estimate: $3,500-$4,500. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Diamond and gold bangle bracelet depicting two elephants, features 12 rose-cut diamonds, weighing a total of approximately 1.75 carats, accented by numerous smaller rose-cut diamonds weighing approximately 10.00 carats, pave set in silver topped 14-karat yellow gold, estimate: $3,500-$4,500. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
ALAMEDA, Calif. – More than 800 lots from estates, private collectors and galleries will comprise Michaan’s sale Sunday, Oct. 3. Featured will be fine jewelry including women’s and men’s wristwatches and pocket watches, natural jades and a collection of jewelry suites from Mings of Honolulu. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding.

Also in the lineup are Chinese and Japanese art including porcelains, ivory, jade, bronzes and paintings; Renaissance Revival and Baroque furniture; Mettlach steins, porcelain and bronze figures and fine sterling.

Tiffany, Daum, Lalique, Loetz and Steuben glass will be offered, as will fine American and European paintings and works on paper. Southwest Pueblo pottery items, Acoma pots and Cochiti storyteller figures will round out the sale.

Fine jewelry will include a diamond and silver topped 14-karat gold elephant bangle bracelet (est. $3,500-$4,500); a micro mosaic yellow gold pendant locket (est. $800-$1,200); diamond and emerald 18-karat white gold ring (est. $400-$600); and a diamond, platinum ring (est. $800-$1,200).

Foremost among the Asian antiques are a pair of Famille Rose enameled porcelain sleeve vases (est. $1,200-$1,800); four hardstone carvings of birds (est. $300-$400); a green hardstone and amber glass bead court necklace (est. $300-$500); a pair of ivory Fu lions (est. $600-$800); and a group of three metal water droppers, Meiji Period (est. $400-$500).

Nell Walker Warner (1891-1970), Still Life of Yellow Flowers, watercolor on paper (est. $700-$900); Richard Kruger (German/American b. 1880) Landscape With Trees (est. $600-$800); and Tom Hughes (American, b. 1965) Summer at the Lake, oil on board, (est. $1,000-$1,500) are examples of paintings that will be available.

The auction will begin at 10 a.m. Pacific.

For details visit www.michaans.com or call 510 740 0220.

 

 

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

Tom Hughes (American, b. 1965) ‘Summer at the Lake,’ oil on board, 20 x 16 inches, signed lower right, framed, estimate: $1,000-$1,500. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Tom Hughes (American, b. 1965) ‘Summer at the Lake,’ oil on board, 20 x 16 inches, signed lower right, framed, estimate: $1,000-$1,500. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Pair of elaborately carved Renaissance Revival black marble-top walnut sideboards, 34 1/2 x 44 x 21 inches and 36 x 75 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches, estimate: $800-$1,200. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Pair of elaborately carved Renaissance Revival black marble-top walnut sideboards, 34 1/2 x 44 x 21 inches and 36 x 75 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches, estimate: $800-$1,200. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Pallme Konig pinched ruffle rim vase, 6 3/8 inches high, estimate: $700-$900. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Pallme Konig pinched ruffle rim vase, 6 3/8 inches high, estimate: $700-$900. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Demi-hunting case, 18-karat gold, enamel pocket watch, jeweled movement, estimate: $400-$600. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Demi-hunting case, 18-karat gold, enamel pocket watch, jeweled movement, estimate: $400-$600. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Diamond, platinum ring, approximately 0.85 carat, accented by 16 single-cut diamonds, weighing a total of approximately 0.16 carat, eight caliber-cut green stones, estimate: $800-$1,200. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Diamond, platinum ring, approximately 0.85 carat, accented by 16 single-cut diamonds, weighing a total of approximately 0.16 carat, eight caliber-cut green stones, estimate: $800-$1,200. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.