Art Deco, Art Nouveau as well as figurative ceramics featured at Quittenbaum Nov. 14-15

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MUNICH — A trio of sales held across two days is planned for Quittenbaum, with a two-part Art Deco and Art Nouveau sale spanning Tuesday, November 14 and Wednesday, November 15, and a third session featuring 1920s Weimar-era figurative ceramics from KPM Meissen and Goldscheider on the 15th. All three catalogs are now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers (Session 1, Session 2, Session 3).

French Art Nouveau titan Émile Gallé (1846-1904) is considered a father of the movement’s glass and furniture, and Quittenbaum’s sale features an astounding 47 lots representing his work. The top-estimated lot is a Nancy Soufflé Rhododendron table light, created in the 1925-36 timeframe, well after his death. The cased glass is opalescent, colorless, yellow and violet, and blown using the so-called “soufflé” technique. The lamp is estimated at €80,000-€90,000 ($84,896-$95,508).

The first session is similarly heavy with a fine range of Lalique. Vases, figurals and paperweights are all well-represented and include this René Lalique Ronces vase dated 1921 but likely produced before 1947 at either Combs-la-Ville or Wingen-sur-Moder. It is estimated at €3,500-€4,500 ($3,714-$4,775).

Fans of Gabriel Argy-Rousseau (1885-1953), a master of pâte de verre (glass paste), have 11 lots from which to choose. His 1925 Floréal table light features his trademark pâte de verre technique and is estimated at €20,000-€24,000 ($21,224-$25,468).

The second session leads with a bronze by Alexander Kéléty (circa-1874-1940) whose Art Deco sculptures were widely exhibited between the two world wars throughout Europe. Archer is dated 1930, from the peak of his career, features a dark brown and greenish patina and carries the manufacturer’s mark ETLING Paris. It’s estimated at €30,000-€40,000 ($31,836-$42,448).

The third session, titled Mythological Beauties. Figurative Ceramics, is packed with 155 lots, dominated by KPM Meissen porcelain figurals from the Weimar period. Leading this session is a KPM Meissen execution of Arthur Lange’s Night from 1901, but thought to have been produced before 1924. The 17in figure is estimated at €6,000-€8,000 ($6,367-$8,489).
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Émille Gallé, Nancy Soufflé Rhododendron table light, estimated at €80,000-€90,000 ($84,896-$95,508) at Quittenbaum.
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René Lalique Ronces vase, estimated at €3,500-€4,500 ($3,714-$4,775) at Quittenbaum.
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Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, Floréal table light, estimated at €20,000-€24,000 ($21,224-$25,468) at Quittenbaum.
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Alexander Kéléty, ‘Archer,’ estimated at €30,000-€40,000 ($31,836-$42,448) at Quittenbaum.
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Raymond Templier cigarette case, estimated at €25,000-€30,000 ($26,530-$31,836) at Quittenbaum.
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KPM Meissen and Arthur Lange, ‘Night,’ estimated at €6,000-€8,000 ($6,367-$8,489) at Quittenbaum.
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Stephan Dakon, ‘Turtle Doves,’ estimated at €2,500-€3,500 ($2,653-3,714) at Quittenbaum.
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Stars say Tiffany zodiac-theme mosaics will excel at Heritage, Sept. 28

 

Set of six zodiac-themed mosaics created by Tiffany Studios for a restaurant inside the Marshall Field & Company department store in Chicago, est. $50,000-$70,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Six zodiac-themed mosaics created by Tiffany Studios for a restaurant inside the Marshall Field & Company department store in Chicago, est. $50,000-$70,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS – A set of six zodiac-themed mosaic panels created by Tiffany Studios will headline the Pursuit of Beauty: Art Nouveau, Art Deco & Art Glass Signature® Auction, a sale taking place at Heritage Auctions on Wednesday, September 28. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Rough Riders archive leads charge at John Moran, Sept. 20

Rough Riders historical memorabilia from the collection of James Robb Church, M.D., assistant surgeon assigned to 1st Volunteer Regiment, est. $3,000-5,000

 

Rough Riders historical memorabilia from the collection of James Robb Church, M.D., assistant surgeon assigned to 1st Volunteer Regiment, est. $3,000-5,000
Rough Riders historical memorabilia from the collection of James Robb Church, M.D., assistant surgeon assigned to the 1st Volunteer Regiment, est. $3,000-5,000

LOS ANGELES — John Moran Auctioneers will hold a Traditional Collector auction on Tuesday, September 20, beginning at noon Pacific time. With more than 300 lots, the sale has everything from 18th-century English and Neoclassical fine and decorative art to French Country and Colonial antique furniture. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Sam Gilliam abstract work topped offerings at Neue’s Modern sale

Sam Gilliam, ‘Pantheon #5,’ $67,650
Sam Gilliam, ‘Pantheon #5,’ $67,650
Sam Gilliam, ‘Pantheon #5,’ $67,650

BEACHWOOD, Ohio – An abstract work by African American artist Sam Gilliam (b. 1933-) sold for $67,650 in an online-only May Modern auction held May 28 by Neue Auctions.

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Sam Gilliam mixed-media artwork at forefront of Neue’s May 28 auction

Sam Gilliam, ‘Pantheon #5,’ est. $50,000-$80,000
Sam Gilliam, ‘Pantheon #5,’ est. $50,000-$80,000
Sam Gilliam, ‘Pantheon #5,’ est. $50,000-$80,000

BEACHWOOD, Ohio – An abstract acrylic-on-canvas collage and enamel-on-aluminum work by African American artist Sam Gilliam (b. 1933-) is the expected headliner in an online-only May Modern auction scheduled for Saturday, May 28 at Neue Auctions, starting at 10 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Gallery Report: 1867 Winslow Homer painting tops $900K

ATLANTA – At the beginning of every month, ACN columnist Ken Hall delivers top auction highlights from around the United States and the world at large. Here’s his December 2021 edition of Gallery Report. All prices include the buyer’s premium, except where noted.

Winslow Homer painting, $936,000, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries

An oil on canvas painting by Winslow Homer, titled Coming through the Rye, painted in France and inscribed “Homer/Paris 1867,” sold for $936,000 at a sale held November 12-14 by Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine. Also, an 18th-century Chinese flambe glazed moon flask with Qianlong seal mark made $180,000, and a Tiffany Dragonfly table lamp brought $99,450.

Burchfield watercolor, $375,000, Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers

A watercolor on two joined sheets of paper by Charles Burchfield, created between 1948 and 1957 and titled January Sun, sold for $375,000 in an online Fall Fine Art Auction held October 28 by Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers in Milford, Connecticut. Also, a 1943 oil on board by Thomas Hart Benton, titled Study for Sugar Cane, finished at $275,000; and a 1901 oil painting by Susan Watkins, titled Woman Playing a Guitar, hit $106,250.

Kikuo Saito abstract art, $14,760, Neue Auctions

An abstract oil painting by Japanese-American artist Kikuo Saito, titled Summer Ghost (1997), sold for $14,760 in an online-only Fine Art & Antiques auction held October 30 by Neue Auctions in Beachwood, Ohio. Also, a colorful Parisian street scene by Constantin Kluge, titled Place de la Madeleine, realized $9,840, and a large Milpa stoneware vessel by Claude Conover finished at $8,610.

1871 Union Pacific Railroad pass, $5,125, Holabird Western Americana Collections

A Union Pacific Railroad complimentary pass (#1), issued to General A. W. Marley on Dec. 31, 1871, sold for $5,125 at an Autumn Splendor Western Americana Auction held Oct. 28-Nov. 1 by Holabird Western Americana Collections in Reno, Nevada. Also, a 1947 50-peso Mexican gold coin with 14-carat bezel reached $3,125, and a group of six vintage gaming chips for Harrah’s and other Nevada casinos went for $3,875.

Galle cameo glass vase, $6,600, Woody Auction

A blown mold French cameo glass vase signed Galle and featuring a cameo carved vine and blossom decor sold for $6,600 at the sale of the Jochimsen collection held October 23 by Woody Auction in Douglass, Kansas. Also, a Fenton mosaic art glass pedestal also knocked down for $6,600; a Galle French cameo art glass vase with blown mold cherry branch decor realized $4,750; and an unmarked Royal Flemish by Mt. Washington vase with griffin and dragon enamel decor changed hands for $3,000.

B. Prabha painting, $38,750, Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers

A painting by B. Prabha, titled Indian Women Painting, sold for $38,750 in an online-only Estate Fine Art & Antique Auction held November 15 by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers in Cranston, Rhode Island. Also, a Cubist figural watercolor by Maqbool Fida Husain, of a couple on horseback, achieved $10,625; and a mixed media mounted to canvas portrait painting by the infamous forger Han Van Meegeren brought $5,938.

Captain America shield, $259,540, Hake’s Auctions

A Captain America hero-prop shield created by Marvel Studios senior prop master Russell Bobbitt and used by Chris Evans for close-up shots in the 2019 film Avengers: Endgame sold for $259,540 in an online Premier Entertainment & Historical Memorabilia Auction held November 2-3 by Hake’s Auctions in York, Pennsylvania. Also, a copy of Fantastic Four #1 comic (Nov. 1961), CGC-graded 6.0 Fine, featuring the debut of Marvel’s first superhero team, knocked down for $37,269.

1980 Nobel Prize, $275,000, Nate D. Sanders

The 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded to George D. Snell, sold for $275,000 at an auction held October 30 by Nate D. Sanders in Los Angeles. Snell won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of MHC, the genetic foundation of a body’s immunological response to tissue and organ transplants, determining whether it accepts an organ or rejects it. The first successful organ transplant occurred in 1954, when one identical twin donated a kidney to his sibling.

Apollo 17 cuff checklist, $744,000, RR Auction

Astronaut Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 cuff checklist, which provided instructions for man’s last moonwalk and held handwritten notes for the last words spoken from the surface of the Moon, sold for $744,000 in an auction held Sept. 26-Oct. 21 by RR Auction in Boston. Also, Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11-flown Lunar Module checklist hit $143,750; Aldrin’s Apollo 11-flown flight form page reached $129,693; and an Apollo 11 First on the Moon book, signed by its crew members, made $41,721.

Amy Winehouse dress, $243,200, Julien’s Auctions

The dress worn by the late British singer Amy Winehouse at her final stage performance in 2011 sold for $243,200 at an auction titled Property from the Life and Career of Amy Winehouse, held November 6-7 by Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles. Also, the Moschino custom-made red leather heart-shaped purse she brought to the 2007 Brit Awards made $204,800; a floral gold lame D&G stage-worn dress realized $150,000; and a Temperly London tan and black jumpsuit worn by her in 2008 brought $121,600.

The Light and Heavy Chest, $156,000, Potter & Potter Auctions

The Light and Heavy Chest, a magic trick apparatus made in France in 1844 and owned and used by Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin, achieved $156,000 at Part 1 of The Klosterman Collection, a sale held October 30 by Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago. The hardwood box became light as a feather or immovable, depending on the magician’s command. Also, Karl Germain’s Blooming Rose Bush illusion made $132,000, and Harry Houdini’s Upside Down in the Water Torture Cell poster brought $108,000.

Hopi Indian pottery bowl, $9,000, Pook & Pook, Inc.

A Hopi Sikyatki revival pottery bowl, likely made by the celebrated potter Nampeyo, sold for a little more than $9,000 at a Native American Indian Sale held October 27 by Pook & Pook, Inc. in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Also, an authentic Navajo coin silver squash blossom necklace earned $8,064; a group of three Hopi kachinas realized $4,221; an Algonquin style miniature birch bark canoe model with moose and deer designs made $3,024; and a child-size Navajo rug achieved $3,906.

Paul Revere engraving, $429,000, Doyle New York

Paul Revere’s iconic 1770 hand-colored engraving of the famous Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770, titled The Bloody Massacre, sold for $429,000 – a new auction record for the print – at an American Paintings & Prints auction held November 2 by Doyle in New York City. Also, a landscape by Fidelia Bridges titled Small Bird with Flowering Ironweed rose to $93,750, setting a record for the artist, and a marine painting by William Bradford also hit $93,750.

Claude Conover vessel, $87,500, Wright

A chalky, engobe-decorated Oltah vessel by Claude Conover sold for $87,500 at an auction titled Shaping Stoneware: The Ceramic Forms of Claude Conover held October 28 by Wright in Chicago. It was the most ever paid for a work by Conover, eclipsing the $53,125 realized by a Uilku vessel at Rago Auctions in 2015. Another piece shattered that record in the October auction: a Uchben vessel that brought $75,000. Overall, the sale grossed $1.229 million.

Early Apple-1 computer, $500,000, John Moran Auctioneers

A vintage Apple-1 computer, known as the Chaffey College Apple-1 as it was originally purchased in 1977 by an electronics professor at the school (who sold it the following year to a student for $650) sold for $500,000 at a Postwar & Contemporary Art + Design sale held Nov. 9 by John Moran Auctioneers in Monrovia, California. Also, a painting by Ariana Papademetropoulos earned $162,500, and a color lithograph by Alexander Calder brought $8,125.

Chippendale chest, $25,200, Nadeau’s Auction Gallery

A circa-1780 diminutive chest from Massachusetts sold for $25,200 at an annual Fall Americana and Chinese Auction held October 30 by Nadeau’s Auction Gallery in Windsor, Connecticut. Also, an elegant blue and white Chinese urn changed hands for $20,480; a portrait of a nobleman done in the manner of Jean de Court finished at $15,600; and a pair of cylindrical polychromed Majolica vessels realized $12,500.

Set of two Lalanne Moutons, $705,600, Freeman’s

A suite of playful Moutons (Sheep) de Pierre by Francois-Xavier Lalanne sold for $705,600 at a Modern and Contemporary Art auction held November 17 by Freeman’s in Philadelphia. Also, a bold canvas by Russian Expressionist Chaim Soutine, titled Le Viaduc Rouge Pres de Vence, achieved $302,400; an Untitled (Study for Fiery Circle) sculpture by Harry Bertoia hit $107,100; and Vietnamese artist Vu Cao Dam’s painting titled Divinite rose to $40,950.

 

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Woody Auction hosts art glass bonanza Oct. 23

Signed Galle French cameo art glass vase, est. $4,000-$8,000
Signed Galle French cameo art glass vase, est. $4,000-$8,000
Signed Galle French cameo art glass vase with green cameo carved vine and blossom decor, est. $4,000-$8,000

DOUGLASS, Kan. – The outstanding private collection of Dr. Peter and Grace Jochimsen – a bountiful selection of some of the best Wave Crest and French cameo pieces available, plus other fine items – will be sold without reserve on Saturday, October 23 by Woody Auction, starting at 9 am Central time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Galle glass adds lush beauty to Neue Auctions Sept. 25 sale

Galle Plums cameo glass blown out vase, est. $3,000-$5,000
Galle Plums cameo glass blown out vase, est. $3,000-$5,000
Galle Plums cameo glass blown out vase, est. $3,000-$5,000

BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Neue Auctions’ online-only Art & Antiques auction on Saturday, September 25 at 10 am Eastern time, is an exciting offering of more than 400 lots that include undiscovered finds in many categories. Most were acquired from regional estates and longtime collectors. Paintings, works on paper, glass and Asian ceramics will all come under the gavel. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Lyon & Turnbull presents Design Since 1860 sale, April 21-22

Emile Galle Corolla lamp, estimated at £10,000-£15,000
Emile Galle Corolla lamp, estimated at £10,000-£15,000

EDINBURGH, U.K.- Lyon & Turnbull‘s two-day Design Since 1860 sale will showcase almost 600 lots of furniture, fittings, artworks, and objects from leading artisans, studios, and manufacturers. It will take place April 21-22, with absentee and Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers.

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