BEACHWOOD, Ohio – The outstanding single-owner collection of diversified Moser glass from Carol and Leslie Gould will be sold online, without reserves, by Neue Auctions on Saturday, July 30, starting at 10 am Eastern time. The collection spans Moser output from the late 19th to the early 20th century. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
“Carol and Leslie Gould lived and worked in New York City when they met, she as an insurance executive and he a piano tuner and entrepreneur,” said Bridget McWilliams of Neue Auctions. “He had come to tune her baby grand piano. They married soon after meeting and learning they had a shared love of pianos, antiques and rescue pets, then bought a horse ranch in New Jersey.”
The couple came to know all of the top glass dealers as their collection grew, and it wasn’t limited to just Moser. They acquired pieces by other glass names as well, including Libbey Nash, Tiffany, Steuben and Charles Lotton. Upon Leslie’s death, Carol retired to Cleveland, to be nearer to her family. On July 30, her entire collection will be offered.
A strong candidate for the top lot of the auction is the circa-1930 Moser cranberry glass enameled lamp. It sports a domed shade enameled in gilding and applied with sculpted enamel flowers, raised on a baluster-form glass base with sculpted enamel floral wreaths and swags, and Art Nouveau-style cast white metal fittings. It is estimated at $4,000-$6,000.
A circa-1890-1900 Moser vase, engraved with a tropical landscape of palm trees centered by a high relief sculpted enamel figure of a striding tiger and a parrot in flight, carries an estimate of $1,200-$1,800; while a gorgeous 16 ½in-tall vase of bulbous cylindrical form in clear glass, engraved with a floral design and marquetry inset with a marquetry carved flower on a slender stem, has an estimate of $1,000-$2,000.
A set of six Moser enameled glass wines with applied decoration in ruby glass, faceted bowls on shaped stems and applied with relief molded grapes and leaves on the vine, is estimated at $2,000-$4,000. Also, a group of three Moser (or Bohemian) wine stems – a Moser fern leaf pattern goblet, an oak leaf pattern and a third decorated with enamel and gilded floral scrolls – is estimated at $200-$400.
A circa-1890 Moser gilded and enameled pitcher in pale olive-green glass, with an applied scroll handle in the form of a salamander or lizard and a later base similar in pattern but not original to the piece, is estimated at $800-$1,200. Also, a pair of Moser shaped tumblers with applied acorns has an estimate of $400-$600.
A Moser Karlsbader Secession decanter and two wines, which were limited-production pieces in a pattern that was first exhibited at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, are together estimated at $1,000-$1,200. In addition, an 1880s Moser enameled glass strawberry stand in pale blue translucent glass, molded in the form of a scallop shell and fitted with a cream jug and covered sugar dish, has an estimate of $800-$1,200.
A Moser acid-etched Animor vase, designed by Rudolf Wels in 1926 and cameo carved and gilded with a mother and baby elephant in an African landscape under palm trees and birds in flight, is estimated at $500-$800; while a circa-1890s enameled glass vase in cylindrical form on a circular foot, applied with a lizard or salamander in red and blue and gilding with white enamel dots, its body enameled with a floral scroll, is estimated at $300-$500.
To learn more about Neue Auctions, please visit www.neueauctions.com. Cynthia Maciejewksi and Bridget McWilliams can be reached by phone at 216-245-6707 or by email at cynthia@neueauctions.com or bridget@neueauctions.com.
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