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Sarasota Estate Auction tees up more than 1,500 compelling lots, Aug. 5-6

Sheila Gibson Stoodley
Sheila Gibson Stoodley
Cushman Parker illustration of a golfer, estimated at $5,000-$7,000. Image courtesy of Sarasota Estate Auction
Cushman Parker illustration of a golfer, estimated at $5,000-$7,000. Image courtesy of Sarasota Estate Auction

SARASOTA, Fla. — Sarasota Estate Auction will hold a two-day sale on Saturday, August 5 and Sunday, August 6. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. Headlining this more than 1,500-lot auction will be a Wang Yeting porcelain plaque and a Georg Jensen tea set, along with works from many noteworthy artists. It also features a lifetime collection of 17th- to 19th-century Chinese Export snuff bottles and a lifetime collection of early American pottery.

The Wang Yeting porcelain plaque, estimated at $30,000-$60,000, will be the first lot on day two of the auction. The Famille Rose porcelain painting has an inscription in the top left corner that reads, “Sailing Along a Distant River.” The artist’s signature appears in the phrase “Painted by Wang Ping Yeting of Mt. Zhushan” and the name seal “Elder Ping” is present in carving script.

Wang Yeting porcelain plaque, estimated at $30,000-$60,000. Image courtesy of Sarasota Estate Auction
Wang Yeting porcelain plaque, estimated at $30,000-$60,000. Image courtesy of Sarasota Estate Auction

Cushman Parker (1881-1940) was an American artist known for painting and illustrations. Featured in the sale is his depiction of a golfer assessing his next shot, estimated at $5,000-$7,000. It has a Phoenix, Arizona label on the verso, which might point to a completion date in the 1960s.

Georg Jensen three-piece tea set, estimated at $2,000-$3,000. Image courtesy of Sarasota Estate Auction
Georg Jensen three-piece tea set, estimated at $2,000-$3,000. Image courtesy of Sarasota Estate Auction

Headlining day one of the early August auction weekend is a Georg Jensen sterling tea set, estimated at $2,000-$3,000. Weighing in at 40 troy ounces, this three-piece blossom tea set with tray is sterling silver with bone handles and marked Georg Jensen & Wendel on the underside.

Camille Pissarro, ‘Le Reassemblement (The Reassembly),’ estimated at $8,000-$16,000. Image courtesy of Sarasota Estate Auction
Camille Pissarro, ‘Le Reassemblement (The Reassembly),’ estimated at $8,000-$16,000. Courtesy Sarasota Estate Auction

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was a French artist known for his Impressionist urban and rural scene painting. On offer from him is a circa-1886 pastel and black chalk on paper titled Le Reassemblement (The Reassembly). The sketch, estimated at $8,000-$16,000, shows a crowd in the center of a town, and the back of this framed mixed media on paper has an appraisal from 2018 from Art Avenue Gallery Appraisals.

First edition French book signed by Victor Hugo to George Sand and in a Ruban binding, estimated at $4,000-$6,000. Image courtesy of Sarasota Estate Auction
First edition French book signed by Victor Hugo to George Sand and in a Ruban binding, estimated at $4,000-$6,000. Image courtesy of Sarasota Estate Auction

There are multiple important books and ephemera featured on the first day of the auction. Leading off the group will be a book signed by Victor Hugo to George Sand and estimated at $4,000-$6,000. Actes et Paroles is a first edition in the original French that was written and signed by Victor Hugo. The book comes in a gold medal award-winning binding by Petrus Ruban from the World’s Fair held at the Brussels International Exposition in 1897. Accompanying the book is an original letter that was written and signed by Petrus Ruban.

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