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Neue Auctions previews April 10 online-only fine estates sale

Wyatt Barrett

Wyatt Barrett

Life-size wood tack shop horse figure, early 20th century, $2,000-$4,000
Life-size wood tack shop horse figure, early 20th century, $2,000-$4,000

BEACHWOOD, Ohio — Neue Auctions has announced an online-only fine estates auction featuring 432 lots of merchandise from the homes of celebrated interior designers. The sale begins at 10 a.m. Eastern on Saturday, April 10. Absentee and live online bidding are provided by LiveAuctioneers.

Two gorgeous oval paintings, both nicely framed, are expected to attract keen bidder interest. One is an 18th century French School oil on canvas portrait of a gentleman, relined, with a canvas size of 28½ by 23in ($4,000-$6,000). The other is a 19th century Hudson River School oil painting of a mountainous river landscape with a river, fishermen and a sailboat, in very good condition with some craquelure, 21 by 26in  (3,000-$5,000).

18th century French School portrait of a gentleman, oil on oval canvas, framed, $4,000-$6,000
18th-century French School portrait of a gentleman, oil on oval canvas, framed, $4,000-$6,000

A realistically modeled, life-size wood tack shop horse figure made in the early 20th century of wood and gesso, 82in tall, painted white, with natural horsehair tail, leather ears, glass eyes and a moveable mouth, has an estimate of $2,000-$4,000; while another equestrian-themed item, a late 19th century plaster sculpture Lady of the Belle Epoque on a Dappled Gray Horse by Henri (Comte) Geoffrey de Ruille (French, 1842-1922), 21in tall, should gavel for $1,500-$2,500.

Decorative accessories will feature a pair of American gray painted pine columnar capitals carved in the Corinthian style, originally made around 1900 for a building in the state of Maine, but never used, 21in tall each ($3,000-$5,000); and a 19th century Scottish mahogany fire screen, framed and carved with an ivy and berry pattern enclosing a petit-point needlework picture of a grandfather leading his granddaughter on a pony, plus two dogs ($400-$600).

Pair of American carved pine columnar capitals, circa 1900, Corinthian style, $3,000-$5,000
Pair of American carved pine columnar capitals, circa 1900, Corinthian style, $3,000-$5,000

Several pieces of beautiful 18th century American Chippendale furniture will be offered, to include the following:

  • A mahogany pie-crust tilt-top candlestand, circa 1775, on a fluted tapering columnar pedestal and cabriole legs carved at the knees with flower heads, all on pad feet, 35in tall when tilted up and the top being 15¼in diameter ($2,000-$4,000).
  • A circa 1780 cherry and birch wood chest of drawers having a rectangular top over four graduated long drawers, raised on a bracket case centered by a carved pinwheel, refinished, with replaced brasses, 32 inches tall by 35½in wide ($1,000-$2,000).
  • A mahogany chest of drawers with a rectangular top over four graduated long drawers with reeded quarter columns flanking, raised on an ogee bracket base, showing old shrinkage cracks and an old finish ($1,000-$2,000).

Other furniture pieces expected to get paddles wagging include a 19th century Dutch marquetry corner cabinet in two parts, the scroll carved pediment over a hinged glazed floral and stained marquetry framed door ($1,200-$1,800); and a 19th century Chinese Export writing cabinet in black lacquer on a stand, decorated all over the form with garden and pavilion scenes, the lower hinged doors opening to a velvet inset writing surface ($1,000-$2,000).

Dutch marquetry corner cabinet, 19th century, $1,200-$1,800
Dutch marquetry corner cabinet, 19th century, $1,200-$1,800

English Wedgwood is hugely popular with collectors. A circa 1978 Wedgwood black basalt canopic jar and cover, in black jasper with applied terra cotta hieroglyphics and symbols of the zodiac, the cover in the form of an Egyptian head, is estimated at $1,000-$2,000; while the same estimate has been applied to a pair of mid-20th century Wedgwood dark blue jasper dip covered Campana form urns with applied handles and classical muses of the arts.

Wedgwood black basalt canopic jar and cover, 20th century, $1,000-$2,000
Wedgwood black basalt canopic jar and cover, 20th century, $1,000-$2,000

From Asia, a lovely circa-1800 Chinese hand-painted wallpaper five-panel screen, hand-decorated with a flower and bamboo garden with birds and insects on a pale blue ground, is expected to fetch $3,000-$5,000; and a pair of Chinese 19th century elmwood framed polychrome porcelain plaques, each plaque depicting figures in various pursuits, should reach $1,500-$2,500.

Neue Auctions’ sale begins at 10 a.m. Eastern on Saturday, April 10. Bid absentee or live online at LiveAuctioneers.

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