NEWTOWN, Conn. – Fairfield Auction will conduct its next estate auction on Saturday, July 17, starting at 6 p.m. Eastern Time and featuring Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com. The evening sale will include some 300 lots of American and European furniture, fine art, jewelry, silver, carpets and accessories, with a special highlight being a Tiffany Studios leaded-glass Dragonfly lamp screen.

A virtually identical example of the Tiffany design is pictured in Alistair Duncan’s reference titled Tiffany Lamps and Metalware. Lamp screens were among the fancy goods offered for sale with Tiffany lamps. They were attached to a large lamp’s finial by chain and suspended below the shade.

Other 20th-century items to be auctioned include an L. & J.G. Stickley oak Morris chair, a collection of Maxfield Parrish prints, including large-folio Stars; vintage travel posters and a silver and bronze desk Art Deco desk clock by Eterna. A Hans Olsen breakfast set and Oscar Bach telephone stand will also be sold.

A large group of jewelry includes items from abandoned safety deposit boxes consigned by The Bank of New York, Mellon. Additionally, a group of silver dollars includes the rare 1893-S Morgan, estimated at $3,000-$5,000.

Furnishings are led by an excellent George III mahogany chest on chest with ogee feet. Additionally, a Regency mahogany dumbwaiter and a pristine Victorian papier-mache tilt table and side chair will be sold. A Louis Phillipe Lit d’Alcove, an impressive cast-iron hall rack and a French rosewood marquetry cylinder desk will also cross the auction block.

Artworks to be sold include three works by Ben Benn, including a large oil titled Bathers. Works by Gerrit Hondius, William Walls, Helen Hyde, Lawrence Mazzanovich and Karel Heymans, as well as signed prints by Norman Rockwell and Fairfield Porter will be offered, as well. An original illustration of Elvis Presley by C. Michael Dudash for T.V. Guide includes a copy of the published cover.

Other items of interest include a Remington rolling block carbine, a group of contemporary Kachina dolls including one by Shona Hah, more than 20 lots of estate silver, a 15-inch carved Maori figure and a group of vintage baseballs with signatures of famous Dodgers Duke Snider, Sandy Koufax, Gil Hodges, Jim Gilliam and more.

For additional information on any lot in the sale, call Fairfield Auctions at 203-364-1555 or e-mail jack@fairfieldauction.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.

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NORTHBROOK, Ill. – A collection of more than 400 pop art posters and other artworks will be auctioned by Universal Live on Thursday, July 15, commencing at 3 p.m. Central Time. The auction is being conducted on behalf Rare Posters Inc., and will feature Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com.

The auction features many signed items by top-caliber artists including Christo, Edwards, Cutrone, O’Keeffe and Le Corbusier. Additionally, the sale includes works by Warhol, Miro, Lichtenstein, Jim Dine, Butero, Fontana and many others.

Universal Live’s auctioneer, Martin Shape, believes pop art is seeing a revival.

“This generation is collecting the posters and art that was popular in the 1960s and ’70s.  It has a broad-based appeal that spans several generations,” Shape said. “In our sales we have many bidders from France, Spain, Germany and other European countries. I am sure that the current rate of exchange, which favors the euro against the weaker U.S. dollar, has much to do with the amount of bidding from overseas.”

Universal Live makes every effort to ensure the artworks in its sales are accessible to as many bidders as possible.

“More than 200 lots in this auction have a starting bid of $50 to $100,” Shape said. “It will be an excellent opportunity for bidders to enter the competition and vie for some great pop art.”

For additional information on any lot in the sale, call Martin Shape at 847-412-1802 or email sales@universallive.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.

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CLEVELAND – Laying a proper foundation is the key to a successful room design, and that means starting with a carpet or rug that creates a complementary environment for the furniture, paintings and decorative art to follow. Without question, fine examples of antique and vintage floor coverings may be found at auction – specifically, this Thursday, July 15 at Gray’s Auctioneers. Internet live bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com.

Gray’s will be offering 125 lots of antique Persian, Turkish, Chinese and Navajo rugs, carpets and runners in a variety of sizes, materials and styles.

Notable lots include Lot No. 41, an antique Persian Mahal wool rug measuring 12’9” by 9’ and estimated at $5,000–$7,000; Lot No. 122, an early 20^th-century Navajo Indian wool Rug measuring 7’11” by 6’ 3” and estimated conservatively at $300-$500; and Lot No. 101, an Antique Tibetan wool saddlebag measuring 2’2” x 4’2” and estimated at $800–$1,200. Lot 104 is an unusual antique Chaberd Kazak Caucasian wool rug on a blue background, measuring 5’3” by 9’3” and estimated at $4,000–$4,500.

Lot 82, an antique Turkoman Yumod bordered wool rug measuring 7 ft. by 11 ft. features a criss-cross diamond-shape pattern utilizing an attractive palette of reds with accents of blue, tan, black and off white. It is estimated at $4,000-$4,500.

The auction also features several antique silk pictorial rugs that would have been hung rather than laid on the floor, as well as several magnificent runners ranging in length from 6 to 16 feet. One example is Lot No. 99, an antique Northwest Persian camel hair runner that measures 13’10” by 3’1” and is estimated at $4,000-$4,500.

Also to be auctioned are several Turkish and Persian prayer rugs, with an important lot being a family-size antique Turkish Ghiordes wool prayer rug, 5’11 by 4’ and estimated at $2,000-$2,500.

This is the second such auction held by Gray’s, who expect to hold four specialty auctions per year featuring antique rugs, runners and carpets. Each of Gray’s auctions is publicized extensively and features online bidding through LiveAuctioneers.

For additional information on any lot in the July 15 auction, contact Serena Harragin at 216-458-7695, ext. 101.

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.

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CHICAGO – More than 300 lots of choice dolls, including French bebes and German characters will be sold by Frasher’s Doll Auctions at their July 17 sale titled Mademoiselles & Mignonettes. The auction will be conducted in the Rosemont Convention Center Hotel at Chicago O’Hare Airport beginning at 10:30 a.m. Central.

LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding.

The auction features the private collections of two longtime United Federation of Doll Clubs members whose individual interests spanned the eras from 1850 to the heyday of the 1950s Barbie icon.

One of the starlets of the auction is a rare Simon & Halbig character doll from the doll maker’s Roman Numeral Series. The doll is marked “Simon & Halbig S & H I. 16.” It has a bisque socket head with blue sleep eyes and painted lashes and a closed mouth. In excellent condition with its factory dress and underclothing and original wig, the doll is expected to sell for $12,000-$15,000.

An early Jumeau Premiere Bebe with pale bisque and delicate facial decoration, in excellent original condition, is estimated at $5,000-$6,000.

An all-original Mattel Barbie no. 2 complete with striped swimsuit, black high heels, earrings, eye glasses, circular stand, Barbie booklet and a trademark box labeled “850 Brunette” is in excellent condition. This 1959 doll has a $4,000-$5,000 estimate.

Also selling will be googlies, all-bisque dolls, rare china dolls, Parians, papier-mâché and cloth dolls, Vogue Ginny, Alexanders, Shirley Temples and Dionne quints.

The auction will be held on the eve of the UFDC national convention, which will be held at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown Chicago, July 18-23.

Frasher’s will provide a shuttle between the convention site and the auction site the day of the sale. Shuttle buses will leave the Hyatt at 8 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. and return at 4 p.m. and 4:45 p.m.

For details contact Barbara Frasher at 816-625-3786 or e-mail frasher@aol.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.

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NEW ORLEANS – Neal Auction Co. will present more than 1,000 lots of 18th and 19th century fine art and antiques from several prominent estates on July 17-18. LiveAuctionees will provide Internet live bidding.

Heading the list of period furniture is a rare American Gothic  half tester bed. Likely crafted in Philadelphia circa 1840, the carved oak bed stands 98 1/2 inches high and has massive pineapple finials on the foot post. It is estimated at $8,000-$12,000.

Decorative arts are led by a French gilt bronze of Jeanne d’Arc à Cheval, after Emmanuel Frémiet (French, 1824-1910). The statuette, which depicts Joan of Arc in armor astride a horse, is 29 inches high, 15 inches long and 7 1/2 inches wide. It has a $4,000-$8,000 estimate.

Pictured on the cover of the Neal Auction Co. brochure for the July auction is a painting by Andres Molinary (Gibraltar/New Orleans, 1847-1915) titled Le Chemin des Chapitoulas. The oil on canvas landscape pictures a couple walking along a path beside a rural canal. In a period frame, the 18-inch by 30-inch painting is expected to sell for $25,000-$40,000.

The sale will also include a fine selection of Southern regional art, including works by Ida Kohlmeyer, Enrique Alferez, Marion Souchon, Millie Wohl, Clyde Connell and many others.

Among a select group of English and Continental paintings are two large watercolors by Francesco Ballesio (Italian, 1860-1923). Lot 115, Preparing for the Dance, depicts a vivacious and beautiful young woman. Lot 116, titled At Rest, pictures a similar subject, castanet in hand, reclining on a divan. Each of the paintings is in a gessoed and giltwood frame and has a $12,000-$18,000 estimate.

A unique item in the sale is a Sherbro stone figure acquired 1883-1885 in Sierra Leone by missionaries the Rev. J.M. Lesher and his wife. The finely carved male figure in a seated position with large facial features is 4 1/4 inches high and has a $1,500-$2,500 estimate.

The auction will disperse two long-established collections of Asian art. The Babin collection of Japanese Arita, Imari and Satsuma porcelain and pottery, and Chinese porcelain and jades was collected over a lifetime. The Horkowitz collection of Chinese snuff bottles, antique jades, early pottery, Ming and Qing porcelain and antique bronzes was gathered in Asia during the 1960s and early ’70s.

Sunday’s auction will begin with approximately 80 lots of vintage Mardi Gras memorabilia including early Comus, Rex, Proteus and Falstaffians invitations.

For details visit the Web site www.nealauction.com or contact Neal Auction Co. at 800-467-5329.

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.

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OGUNQUIT, Maine – John McInnis Auctioneers will be heading to beautiful Ogunquit, Maine and the “World Famous Cliff House” to conduct an important Summer Estates Auction Extravaganza on Friday, July 16 and Saturday, July 17. Internet live bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com.

The Friday session commencing at 1 p.m. will feature silver, jewelry, canes, Asian and other fine art. The Saturday session, beginning at 11 a.m., consists of a wide array of antiques, Americana, Continental items, clocks, bronzes and political memorabilia. Over the two-day period, more than 800 fresh estate lots will be offered, with consignments coming from all along the East Coast, including an estate in Newburyport, Mass., and an additional selection from the White Mountains town of North Conway, New Hampshire.

Session-one highlights begin with a painting by Park Sookeun (Korean, 1914-1965) titled A Seated Woman. It is signed in Hangul, is dated 1956 on verso, and retains its original paper label. The painting previously was a gift to Bernard and Alva Gimbel, humanitarians who worked with Howard K. Rusk, founder of the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in New York. This painting has been consigned from a family member and has never been out of the family since it was acquired in the 1950s. It is expected to make $200,000-$300,000.

Also featured is an oil on canvas signed by Frank Henry Shapleigh, (American, 1842-1906) and titled The Slave Market St. Augustine Florida. The artwork depicts a rare Florida scene, painted by a prominent 19^th-century New England artist – estimate $15,000-$25,000. Other important works of art include Carmen Laffon, William Aiken Walker, Fairfield Porter and Russian artist Konstantin Korovin.

Additional lots in the opening session include 100 lots of early Asian pieces, such as carved ivories and jades, along with porcelain, scrolls, artwork and bronzes. A featured lot is the extremely rare and masterfully carved spinach jade faux rhinoceros horn libation cup on a beautiful base inlaid with cloisonné-like wirework. It is estimated at $3,000-$5,000. Other inclusions among the Asian art include a rare and unusual 18^th-century Chinese earthenware bowl. The session will also feature a fine selection of jewelry, silver and a cane collection from a North Shore Boston collector.

Session-two highlights begin with an 18^th-century North Shore Boston knuckle-arm Windsor chair, a 19^th-century three-dimensional Masonic weathervane from the Main Street Congregational Church, Amesbury, Mass.; a New Hampshire tiger maple Queen Anne fan-carved highboy attributed to Dunlap, a wonderful Aesthetic Period mahogany and marquetry desk attributed to Herter, and an important Federal Period tall-case clock by James Cary, Brunswick, Maine; plus other important clocks.

Also in the Saturday lineup are several paintings, including a still life by Pennsylvania folk artist Louis Mader; a Native-American gold-tone photograph by important American photographer Edward S. Curtis; a 19^th-century folk art portrait by J.B. Gregory,  a 19^th-century portrait of Ashbel Welch, a noted civil engineer who resided in Lambertville, N.J.; an oil on canvas by William P. Stubbs, and a portrait of George Washington. Other pieces of interest include fire memorabilia, political campaign buttons, a Civil War flag, bronzes, Meissen, Lalique, tiger maple Chippendale furniture, and many other fine pieces.

For additional information on any item in the sale, call John McInnis Auctioneers tollfree at 800-822-1417.

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.

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OAKLAND, Calif – Clars’ July 10 and 11 fine estate sale will offer more than 2,000 lots of the finest antique and estate furnishings and decoratives, fine art, pottery and jewelry offered at auction. LiveAuctioneers will provide live Internet bidding.

Three men’s Rolex wristwatches will be offered as well as a lady’s Rolex Yachtmaster wristwatch. In addition, there will be a gentlemen’s Cartier Tank wristwatch and a lovely lady’s diamond Baume & Mercier wristwatch mounted in 18K white gold. Sapphires and diamonds will have their place in both a stunning 14K yellow gold bracelet and neck chain with a 5.15-carat purple-blue sapphire surrounded by diamonds.

Turning to the fine art category, both exceptional American and European artists will be represented. From Europe, a framed oil on canvas showing two riders hunting with several dogs by German artist Hugo Ungewitter (1869-1944) is expected to earn $10,000-$15,000. A portrait of Sir James Henry Attwood by Sir Henry Raeburn (British, 1756-1823) is estimated at $8,000-$10,000, as is the framed oil on canvas titled The Start by Edward Seago (British, 1910-1974). A framed etching by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) is titled Reflexion du peintre sur la vie and estimated at $4,000-$6,000.

Among works to be offered from American artists will be Turquoise Sea, a framed and signed oil on canvas by California painter Mary DeNeale Morgan (1868-1948). This work carries an estimate of $10,000-$15,000. Another California artist of note, Xavier Martinez (1869-1943), will be represented by an oil painting with a stand of eucalyptus trees against a summer sky, which is expected to bring $4,000-$6,000. From New York, Roy Lichtenstein’s (1923-1997) framed color silkscreen Best Buddies comes to the block with the same estimate.

Clars’ July sale will feature the first installment in a series of eight sales that will offer one of the most extensive collections of American pottery ever to come to auction. For almost 40 years Naomi Murdach amassed what is likely the world’s largest collection of American-made pottery from the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s. The collection has been featured in his famous – or perhaps “infamous” – shop in San Francisco. With pottery stocked from floor to ceiling in showcases, the store is a virtual museum with more than 15,000 pieces of Bauer alone, not to mention the 300 pieces of Pacific Pottery, and countless numbers of Roseville, Hall, Red Wing and Iroquois pieces. Coming up for sale at Clars’ July event will be several hundred of Naomi’s fine mid-century pieces including works by Newcomb College, Catalina Island, Roseville, Hall and Bauer. Items will be offered both individually and in groups.

In the decorative category, Americana will be represented by a selection of 19th-century duck decoys and an impressive American molded sheet copper weather vane, circa 1880.

International selections will be highlighted by a collection of African wood and bronze sculptures, pots and currency, a collection of Chinese decorative scholar’s items and a Japanese patinated bronze figural group by Hidemitsu.

Fine antique furniture, particularly of the 19th century, will include a Regency mahogany inlaid chest of drawers, an early country pine corner cabinet, and an elegant Continental dining-room suite with hand-painted table, seven chairs, china cabinet and a satinwood marble-top console table.

On the modern side, a Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller aluminum group slate table will no doubt see spirited bidding.

Clars’ July Fine Estate Auction will begin at 10 a.m. Pacific both Saturday and Sunday. A preview will be held Friday, July 9, from 1-6 p.m.

Clars Auction Gallery is located at 5644 Telegraph Ave.

For details contact Clars Auction Gallery at (888) 339-7600, visit their website at www.clars.com or email: info@clars.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.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Treasures large and small will be presented by Affiliated Auctions & Realty LLC at a two-day auction, July 10-11. The items will be made available to Internet bidders by LiveAuctioneers. Among the latter will be an 1857-s Double Eagle gold coin, a relic from the ill-fated S.S. Central America, which sank off the coast of North Carolina in a hurricane in September 1857.

The coin, one of 2,300 newly minted Double Eagles aboard the doomed ship returning from California, is graded PCGS MS-65. The shipwreck was discoverd on Sept. 11, 1987. Set to sell Sunday, the coin has a $14,000-$16,000 estimate.

On a grand scale is an official mosaic made for the grand opening of Nazi Germany’s Winter Help Work Program. About 4 feet by 5 feet, the mosaic is composed of approximately 20,000 individual mostly gold-colored tiles. Made by the firm of August Wagner in Berlin-Treptow, the piece weighs in excess of 50 pounds. The Winter Help Eagle is in full detail with the swastika wreathed in green and tan leaves. This notorious piece of Nazi propaganda has a $15,000-$20,000 estimate.

The two-day sale will feature antique firearms, uniforms, headgear, flags, edged weapons and insignia from conflicts spanning the globe and predating the American Civil War to current. Included is a musket belonging to Iroquois Indian Chief Red Jacket, who was a Washington Peace Medal recipient. Selling Saturday, the flintlock is expected to sell for $30,000-$40,000.

Saturday’s auction will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern

“On Sunday, July 11, we return with our Coin, Collectible and Fine Antique Auction starting at noon EST. Some of the exquisite offerings for this sale include a fully beaded Sioux vest dating from the 1880s and there is a leaded lampshade made by Tiffany master Basil Eugene Friend in grand Tiffany style,” said Affiliate Auctions’ Stephen H. Pike.

One of the most beautiful Art Deco period platinum and diamond bracelets Pike has ever seen will also sell Sunday. The bracelet is composed of more than 16 carats of diamonds and weighs in at a staggering 82.6 grams. It has been appraised for $32,000.

For details call Affiliated Auctions at 850-445-3212.

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.

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NEW YORK – For more than 25 years, Bailey House has been providing housing and support services to homeless men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS in New York City. Major fund-raisers for the organization are its auctions, which sell works donated by some of the city’s finest artists.

One such event will be the Bailey House Summer On-line Art and Photography Auction to be conducted Thursday, July 8, beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern. LiveAuctioneers will facilitate Internet live bidding.

The 28 lots that comprise the auction have estimates ranging from $500 to $4,500.

One of the stars of the auction pictures a New York favorite, Bette Midler. Robert Maxwell’s Bette Midler, 2008, a digital chromgenic print, has a $4,000-$4,500 estimate. The 16-inch by 20-inch print is from an open edition. Maxwell known for his photography of celebrities as well as for 19th century-style ambrotype photos.

A black and white print photograph titled Face I by rising superstar photographer Dusan Reljin is anther auction highlight. The 16-inch by 20-inch print has a $3,900-$4,000 estimate. Reljin’s work can be seen in leading magazines and advertising.

Blooming Under the Fire is a mixed media work by Roseline Koener, a West Hampton, N.Y., painter and educator by way of Belgium. The 34-inch by 17-inch work, composed of layered fabric and paper, has a $3,400-$3,500 estimate.

Every winning bid is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law and directly helps Bailey House expand and enhance services for formerly homeless men, women, and children living with HIV/AIDS.

For details call Bailey House at 212-633-2500 ext. 458.

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.

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NORTHBROOK, Ill. – A signed lithograph of his son by Pierre-August Renoir (French 1841-1919) is one of two Renoirs that will cross the block when Universal LiveAuctioneers hosts an online high-end fine art auction on Friday, July 9 at 3 p.m. Central Time. The sale will include 275 lots of original paintings, signed lithographs, sculptures and statues representing some of the best known names in the art world. Also to be offered is an extensive selection of antique and vintage posters.

Martin Shape, president of Universal Live, described the auction as, “far and away one of Universal’s most prestigious in its 15-year history of conducting thousands of auctions. Opening bids have been kept competitive, and there is the potential for outstanding value in this sale.”

Included in the inventory is a second Renoir signed lithograph, an oil on canvas by Alfred Manessier (French 1911-1993), five Peter Max renderings (one original), signed Warhols, a signed nude and others by Wessleman, and works by Rauschenburg, Jim Dine, Chagall, Miro and Dali; as well as Rockwell sculptures and Pescara statues.

Shape said he believes that less than 50 final full-color renderings of Renoir’s L’Enfant au Biscuit (Child with Biscuit) were produced in 1899. “Renoir outdid himself and produced what is unquestionably the artist’s finest print. The colors have a pastel tonality and a delightful matte finish. Many trials must have been made before Renoir was satisfied,” Shape said. “Some proofs exist of the drawing alone in grey-black; others have a light pink for the face. Unfinished versions were also produced in varying degrees of color. We know of only three final color stone lithographs, and this is one of those few.”

The other Renoir is Le petit garcon au porte-plume (Little Boy with Quill Pen). In it, Renoir skillfully used background shading in order to centralize the focus and the impact of his son within the composition. This intriguing portrait study of Renoir’s young son, Claude, is shown here, deep in childish thought, as he writes (or draws) with his quill pen. His gaze is that of a child’s. The overall portrait is a study in concentration, beautifully rendered with thoughtful lines and form.

Just as important is the Alfred Manessier original rare, early oil on canvas Sea. The scene portrays rough waters at sea, with seagulls catching the wind above. The artist also later worked in stained glass, and a hint of that can be seen in the pattern of the waves catching the light. His last work for auction was sold for $54,000 in 2007. Today, Manessier’s art is found in some of the world’s most prestigious private collections and museums.

Representing the pop art genre is one of the better-known artists, James Rizzi, with his artwork titled It’s Time to Buy a New TV. Rizzi captures the excitement of shopping for a new television in this fantastic three-dimensional artwork. It consists of many individual cut-out pieces that were pasted on the background at varying heights, making the vibrant scene really “pop out.” The artist deviated from his usual small renderings and produced a 26- by 36-inch image size. According to Shape it is rare to find a large Rizzi.

For additional information on any lot in the sale, call Martin Shape at 847-412-1802 or email sales@universallive.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.

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