THOMASTON, Maine – On Friday, February 24, Saturday, February 25 and Sunday, February 26, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries will present a beguiling collection of rarities and fresh-to-the-market finds. The sale will include excellent selections of paintings and sculpture, estate jewelry, antique and modern furniture, folk art, fine collectibles, Asian artifacts, and decorative accessories. Each of the three sessions will begin at 11 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
There will be a substantial group of Old Master paintings, including an oil on canvas depicting a view in southern France by Claude Lorrain (French, 1600-1682), estimated at $3,000-$4,000, as well as a painting titled The Carnival by Jean-Baptiste Pater (French, 1695-1736), and two unsigned late 17th-century harbor scenes focusing on Dutch warships.
Leading contemporary paintings will include a watercolor and graphite work titled Study for Island Geese by Jamie Wyeth (American, b. 1946-), estimated at $25,000-$35,000, and a 1956 oil on Masonite work by Gertrude Abercrombie (American and German, 1909-1977) depicting a leaf and chaise lounge and estimated at $20,000-$30,000.
A signed 1965 offset lithograph in four colors titled Shipboard Girl by Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) will be offered with an estimate of $30,000-$40,000, along with an Andy Warhol (American, 1929-1987) Campbell’s Soup (Cream of Mushroom) 1968 limited edition serigraph.
A large carved and polychrome painted rooster by itinerant artist Wilhelm Schimmel (American and German, 1817-1890), estimated at $20,000-$30,000, will lead the folk art offerings, as will a carved fish design tete-a-tete chair by Stephen Huneck (American, 1948-2010), which has an estimate of $3,000-$5,000. The sale lineup will also feature three weathervanes, five ship models and 13 works of scrimshaw.
The 196-lot estate jewelry and watch collection will include a vintage platinum and gold ring center set with a 4.55-carat Old European cut diamond, estimated at $25,000-$35,000; an Elwood Van Clief platinum ring set with a 4.49-carat natural emerald flanked by trillion cut diamonds; and a Cartier 18K gold woven choker-form necklace in its original box.
Featured among the large selection of Asian artifacts will be a Chinese Ming dynasty period gilt bronze seated Guanyin figure with an estimate of $10,000-$15,000; a pair of Chinese Imperial yellow square porcelain vases with a four-character Qianlong mark; and a Japanese Meiji period Cracked Ice pattern maki lacquer tansu box.
The incredibly diverse furniture collection will include an 18th-century French Provincial blue painted armoire, estimated at $2,500-$3,500; a Heywood Wakefield Topaz blonde-finish dining set, estimated at $1,000-$2,000; two pietra dura marble octagonal top tables; and a Pilgrim century mushroom arm slat-back armchair.
The sale will also present art pottery by Grueby, Rookwood and Harrison McIntosh (American, 1914-2016), who is represented by a bulbous form blue vase estimated at $1,000-$1,500. In addition, there will be fine glass pieces by Tiffany Studios, Loetz and Steuben.
Other items of interest will include a 2007 Toyota Tundra pick-up truck that has a $7,000-$9,000 estimate; a handcrafted canoe from Sebec, Maine; Judith Lieber evening bags; and a Bally Amigo pinball machine. On Friday, February 25, collections of luxury pens, inkwells, Mettlach steins, tea caddies, early toys and World War II war bond posters will be presented.
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