OAKLAND, Calif. – On Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31, Clars will host their Fine Art, Decorative Art, Furniture, Jewelry/Timepieces and Asian Art Auction. Property from significant collections will be offered including the Hirschhorn Museum (Washington D.C.), the Richard Mellon Scaife Estate, the Lillian Kornbluth Estate and 18th and 19th century antiques from legendary Trotter’s Antiques of Pacific Grove, Calif. Overall, the importance of the offerings will attract worldwide attention and is anticipated to be one the firm’s largest sales in their history.
LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding.
Clars’ auction on May 31 will have some of the finest paintings, prints and sculpture ever offered in the company’s history.
For well over 40 years, Lillian Kornbluth had been an established art dealer in the New York metropolitan area. Clars will offering the Lillian Kornbluth Estate at the May 31 auction. Several important works by Wolf Kahn will be featured, but the most vibrant painting of the group is In Praise of Revelyne Red (1993). Estimated at $25,000-30,000, this painting is a quintessential example of Kahn’s ability to synthesize the spontaneity of color with the realistic qualities of formal landscape painting.
Clars will feature important sculpture by an array of artists on May 31. One of which is a monumental work (standing 50 inches in height) by Richard MacDonald (American, b. 1946) titled, Joie de Vivre, will be offered at $30,000-50,000.
The highlight furniture lot comes from the Richard Mellon Scaife Estate of Ligonier, Pa., an early 19th century museum-quality Regency ormolu mounted rosewood, and parcel gilt side cabinet, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, was purchased by Scaife from the world famous Jeremy Ltd. Antiques, London. The cabinet will be offered for $30,000-$40,000.
Important Trotter Antiques offerings include a rare Bent Glass Novelty Co. New York, oil lamp estimated at $10,000-$15,000.
This yellow diamond and near-colorless diamond ring features a rectangular brilliant cut diamond weighing 7.52 cts and is being offered for $80,000 to $100,000.
The sales will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time on Saturday and Sunday. For more information, email: info@clars.com.
