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From a private collection in Philadelphia, this Tiffany Favrile glass and bonze Moorish chandelier is 34 inches high. It carries a $30,000-$50,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.

Perfection: Tiffany light, Larsen’s gem to star at Fuller’s sale Dec. 4

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

From a private collection in Philadelphia, this Tiffany Favrile glass and bonze Moorish chandelier is 34 inches high. It carries a $30,000-$50,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.
From a private collection in Philadelphia, this Tiffany Favrile glass and bonze Moorish chandelier is 34 inches high. It carries a $30,000-$50,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.
PHILADELPHIA – Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions will conduct its next auction on Saturday, Dec. 4, beginning at noon Eastern. In addition to impressive paintings and prints, the auction will feature a collection of rare coins, antique jewelry and one-of-a-kind baseball memorabilia.

LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet bidding.

One of the highlights is a stunning Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile glass and bronze eight-light Moorish chandelier dating from 1899-1920, which has a $30,000-50,000 estimate.

Among the many paintings up for auction will be Musicians by the renowned Ukrainian artist Emmanuel Mané-Katz (est. $60,000-$80,000), as well as a floral still life painting by the Philadelphian James Longacre Wood (est. $3,000-$5,000), and Silent as a Fish, a 1955 painting by David Burliuk (est. $6,000-$9,000).

Prints will include a Joan Miró aquatint in colors titled Le Dandy from 1969 (est. $10,000-$12,000); Eduard Wiiralt’s 1930 copper etching and engraving, Porgu (Hell) (est. $3,000-$5,000); and a series of five woodcuts by T.C. Cannon titled Portraits of the Brave Heart People from 1975-79 (est. $7,000-$9,000).

Photographs by Ray Metzker, Jock Sturges and Edward Weston will also be auctioned.

The auction will also feature news correspondent Tony Galli’s New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers World Series Game 5 score sheet, Oct. 8, 1956, autographed by Don Larsen. The score sheet is accompanied by a copy of the Oct. 22, 1956 Life magazine featuring “The Rewards of Pitching the Perfect Game.” The article includes a photo of the press mob with Tony Galli hovering with pad and pencil over Don Larsen to record his answers to their questions. Also included is Galli’s ongoing teletype reports of this historic baseball game as it progressed and was transmitted by him to newspapers and radio-TV stations across the country for INS (International New Service, the predecessor of UPI). This is Galli’s score sheet for the only perfect game ever pitched in a World Series, signed on that day “To Tony / Don Larsen” (est. $8,000-$10,000).

In addition is Galli’s official American League baseball that he had autographed by major leaguers including Red Schoendienst, Walter Alston, Yogi Berra, Jack McKeon, Dick Williams, Ralph Houk and Billy Martin (est. $800-$1,200).

Prospective bidders may preview the sale in person at Fuller’s West Mount Airy location from Saturday, Nov. 27, through Friday, Dec. 3, from noon to 5 p.m. daily.

On the day of sale the doors open at 9 a.m. The auction begins at noon.

Fuller’s will accept telephone line requests and absentee bids until noon on Friday, Dec. 3. Real-time online bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.com beginning at noon on Saturday, Dec. 4. Advance registration is required. The buyer’s premium is 18 percent. Principal auctioneer is Jeffrey P. Fuller, director of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions, president of Jeffrey Fuller Fine Art Ltd. since 1979, and an Accredited Senior Appraiser of the American Society of Appraisers since 1984.

For more information e-mail Info@FullersLLC.com or call (215) 991-0100.

For live and absentee Internet bidding, go to LiveAuctioneers at www.liveauctioneers.com. A full auction catalog is also online at www.FullersLLC.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

Dick Williams and Billy Martin, who met in the 1953 World Series, are among the signers of this Official American League baseball. It has an $800-$1,200 estimate. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.
Dick Williams and Billy Martin, who met in the 1953 World Series, are among the signers of this Official American League baseball. It has an $800-$1,200 estimate. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.
News correspondent Tony Galli's score sheet recording Don Larsen’s perfect game is the centerpiece of this lot of 1956 World Series memorabilia. The New York Yankees’ pitcher autographed the score sheet. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.
News correspondent Tony Galli’s score sheet recording Don Larsen’s perfect game is the centerpiece of this lot of 1956 World Series memorabilia. The New York Yankees’ pitcher autographed the score sheet. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.
Eduard Wiiralt (Estonian, 1898-1954), ‘Porgu,’(Hell), 1930, copper etching and engraving, 15 1/4 x 18 inches (plate), 20 x 24 3/4 inches (sheet), inscribed, dated and signed in pencil. Estimate: $3,000-$5,000. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.
Eduard Wiiralt (Estonian, 1898-1954), ‘Porgu,’(Hell), 1930, copper etching and engraving, 15 1/4 x 18 inches (plate), 20 x 24 3/4 inches (sheet), inscribed, dated and signed in pencil. Estimate: $3,000-$5,000. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983) ‘Le Dandy,’ 1969, aquatint, etching, and carborundum in colors, HC, 16 1/4 x 17-1/8 inches (plate), 22 x 21 1/2 inches (sight), 29-1/8 x 23-1/8 inches (sheet), numbered and signed in pencil by the artist. Estimate: $10,000-$12,000. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983) ‘Le Dandy,’ 1969, aquatint, etching, and carborundum in colors, HC, 16 1/4 x 17-1/8 inches (plate), 22 x 21 1/2 inches (sight), 29-1/8 x 23-1/8 inches (sheet), numbered and signed in pencil by the artist. Estimate: $10,000-$12,000. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.
Emmanuel Mané-Katz (French/Ukrainian, 1894-1962) ‘Musicians,’ circa 1947, oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 28 1/4 inches (stretcher), signed lower center recto ‘Mané-Katz.’ Estimate: $60,000-$80,000. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.
Emmanuel Mané-Katz (French/Ukrainian, 1894-1962) ‘Musicians,’ circa 1947, oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 28 1/4 inches (stretcher), signed lower center recto ‘Mané-Katz.’ Estimate: $60,000-$80,000. Image courtesy of Fuller’s Fine Art Auctions.