Mint Norman Rockwell Tom Sawyer portfolio tops La Belle Epoque’s Aug. 19 sale

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NEW YORK – A complete copy of Norman Rockwell’s Tom Sawyer portfolio comes for sale at La Belle Epoque’s Multi-Estates Summer Auction on Saturday, August 19. Number 30 from an edition of 200 issued in 1977 and features eight original artist-signed lithographs with an estimate of $4,000-$6,000. Bidding is available via LiveAuctioneers.

Many of the sets have since been split but a complete portfolio – number 30/200 of the edition– appears in the La Belle Epoque auction. The portfolio includes familiar images such as Schoolmaster and Whitewashing the Fence.

In the early 1970s, as Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978) reached his 80th year and national treasure status, he agreed to the creation of a series of limited-edition lithographs of his best-known works. Printed on Arches paper by both Atelier Mourlot in Paris and Arthur Jaffe Heliochrome Co. in Vienna, each was signed by the artist at the family home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

The Tom Sawyer portfolio, which dates to 1973, is among the most highly prized. It includes prints of classic images that had been created in Rockwell’s inter-war peak to accompany the Heritage Press edition of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Eight of the 16 classic paintings Rockwell had done in 1935-36 were printed in a numbered edition of 200 in 1973 and released on March 20, 1977, the year Rockwell was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Gerald Ford.
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Norman Rockwell ‘Tom Sawyer’ portfolio suite, estimated at $4,000-$6,000.
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Norman Rockwell ‘Tom Sawyer’ portfolio suite, estimated at $4,000-$6,000.
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Norman Rockwell ‘Tom Sawyer’ portfolio suite, estimated at $4,000-$6,000.
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‘Still Life’ by Tom Wesselmann, estimated at $8,000-$12,000.
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Broken jaw X-ray autographed by Ken Norton and Muhammad Ali, estimated at $2,000-$4,000.
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Waylande Gregory mermaid vase, estimated at $1,500-$2,000.
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Royal Doulton jester figurine, estimated at $100-$200.
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19th-century English coachman flintlock, estimated at $800-$1,000.
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La Belle Epoque returns in fine form with first auction following renovations

Mid-century Modern Charles Eames-style reclining lounge chair and ottoman for Herman Miller, $832
Mid-century Modern Charles Eames-style reclining lounge chair and ottoman for Herman Miller, $832
Mid-century Modern Charles Eames-style reclining lounge chair and ottoman for Herman Miller, $832

NEW YORK – The grand reopening of La Belle Epoque Auction House kicked off with a Multi-Estates Auction on March 18, marking the house’s first auction since shutting down for 10 months of renovations due to severe water damage in their 7,000 square-foot space.

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Hockney lithograph achieves $20K at La Belle Epoque

David Hockney, ‘Four Flowers in a Still Life,’ $20,480
David Hockney, ‘Four Flowers in a Still Life,’ $20,480

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Flood damages La Belle Epoque’s poster inventory; July sale still on

One of several vintage posters from La Belle Epoque Vintage Posters’ inventory. The bulk of its holdings was irreparably damaged in an early May flooding incident. Image courtesy of La Belle Epoque Auction
Interior of La Belle Epoque Vintage Posters, a gallery affiliated with La Belle Epoque Auction. Much of the poster inventory was irreparably damaged in an early May flooding incident. Image courtesy of La Belle Epoque Auction
Interior of La Belle Epoque Vintage Posters, a gallery affiliated with La Belle Epoque Auction. Much of the poster inventory was irreparably damaged in an early May flooding incident. Image courtesy of La Belle Epoque Auction

NEW YORK – Boutique auction house La Belle Epoque announces it is staying open after suffering extreme water damage in early May. The water damage was caused by a small fire in the space above La Belle Epoque, which set off sprinkler systems for an extended period of time, causing major flooding in the space below, with portions of the ceiling literally caving in.

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