Stephenson’s welcomes New Year with Jan. 1 auction of antiques, art and jewelry

SOUTHAMPTON, Penn. – Collectors of fine art, antiques and collectibles always look forward to January 1st because it brings with it a time-honored Philadelphia tradition: Stephenson’s New Year’s Day Auction. The catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

“We’re always excited to welcome both regular bidders and new friends to our New Year’s Day auction and feel privileged that they choose to spend their first day of the year with us,” said Cindy Stephenson.

The sale’s top lot is a striking watercolor on paper by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). Originally a native of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, which is now part of Pittsburgh, Cassatt later rose to become a highly respected Impressionist at a time when the field was dominated by men. She remains one of the finest portrait artists America has ever produced. The watercolor in Stephenson’s New Year’s sale depicts a seated woman in a relaxed pose, wearing a wide-brimmed flowered hat. Her head is turned modestly to one side, away from the artist. The estimate has been set at $15,000-$25,000.

Next is a painting by Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951), who began his career painting portraits of distinguished individuals as well as murals for the Library of Congress. It shows a deserted street with the prominent shadow of a building in the foreground, set against a blue sky decked with clouds. The loose brushwork and strong, contrasting colors of his work are characteristic of American Impressionist art. It is estimated at $5,000-$9,000.

Jewelry has always been one of Stephenson’s strong suits. A Pandora 14K gold charm bracelet densely packed with beautiful charms is the top category lot in the sale. Some charms are enameled, while others are adorned with semiprecious stones. The piece displays a distinctive ‘cabled’ (as opposed to linked) style and is estimated at $3,000-$5,000.

Several fine watches will cross the auction block, including an elegant and highly desirable ladies’ two-tone Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust wristwatch with a white dial. It is estimated at $2,000-$3,000.

Mid-century modern furniture remains very strong in the marketplace, and one the most sought-after names in that category is Paul Evans (1931-1987). A solid sale highlight is a circa-1973 Paul Evans for Directional glass-topped coffee table with a Brutalist sculpted-bronze base. It is from a desirable series that was inspired by the Manhattan skyline. The base consists of wood blocks that were cold-sprayed with bronze resin, then further sculpted by hand. The eye-catching table will cross the auction block with a $4,000-$6,000 estimate.

Classic guitars aren’t just collector’s items to be displayed and admired; they’re also meant to be played. As any guitarist will testify, vintage guitars only grow better with age. No shortage of interest is expected in a Rickenbacker 360/12 FG cherry sunburst 12-string electric guitar with a three-piece maple neck and a skunk stripe. This model, with its iconic jangly sound, was made famous in the 1960s by the Beatles’ George Harrison. Every rocker wants a ‘Rick’ in their collection, and the one offered by Stephenson’s, together with its fitted case, will be up for grabs with an estimate of $1,800-$2,500.

Mary Cassatt, portrait of a woman, estimated at $15,000-$25,000 at Stephenson's.

Mary Cassatt, portrait of a woman, estimated at $15,000-$25,000 at Stephenson's.

Frank Weston Benson oil-on-canvas Impressionist painting, estimated at $5,000-$9,000 at Stephenson's.

Frank Weston Benson oil-on-canvas Impressionist painting, estimated at $5,000-$9,000 at Stephenson's.

Rolex ladies’ two-tone Oyster Perpetual Datejust wristwatch, estimated at $2,000-$3,000 at Stephenson's.

Rolex ladies’ two-tone Oyster Perpetual Datejust wristwatch, estimated at $2,000-$3,000 at Stephenson's.

Rolex ladies’ two-tone Oyster Perpetual Datejust wristwatch, estimated at $2,000-$3,000 at Stephenson's.

Rolex ladies’ two-tone Oyster Perpetual Datejust wristwatch, estimated at $2,000-$3,000 at Stephenson's.

Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte has worked in editorial, design and the toy and auction industries for more than 30 years. He co-founded Auction Central News in 2007.

Formidable assembly of American art comes to Freeman’s Dec. 3

Mary Cassatt, Mrs. Harris Whittemore and Baby Helen, $300,000-$500,000 at Freeman's.

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PHILADELPHIA — Though it consists of only 98 lots in all, Freeman’s has assembled an amazing lineup of fine American and Pennsylvania Impressionist art for its auction on Sunday, December 3. The catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

Leading all estimates is a classic mother-and-child portrait by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). In Mrs. Harris Whittemore and Baby Helen, the infant places her hand on her mother’s face and looks out, while the mother gazes lovingly. These parent-child themes recur in Cassatt’s body of work and are highly favored by collectors. Painted in 1898, the work comes from a productive and successful period in Cassatt’s life, where she was receiving recognition and many requests for work. The painting is estimated at $300,000-$500,000.

Although executed in 1978, The Station by Henry Koerner (1915-1991) would not be exhibited until 1983 at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. A colorful and reflective study of human nature in the mundane location of a commuter passenger train platform, the work remained in the artist’s possession for years until it was placed at ACA Gallery in New York, from where it was purchased by the consignor. At 61 by 50in, this is an impressive painting that carries an estimate of $250,000-$400,000.

New Hope art colony Impressionist Edward Willis Redfield (1869-1965) is also represented classically with Winter Holiday, a snow-filled winter scene of children sledding. The work is estimated at $100,000-$150,000.

American Realist Bo Bartlett (b. 1955-) offers rare insight into Fear of Division, a 1989 painted recollection of the moment he and his brother saw their first jet aircraft contrail in 1963, soon after the Cuban Missile Crisis: “My brother told me that the jet stream was the bomb, and that’s the moment I tried to capture in the painting, he is yelling, ‘Hit the Dirt, It’s the End of the World!’ I am crying on the ground. He kept it up, and I kept on crying.” He went on to say, “At the time, I was having petite-mal seizures and I was completely confounded with the concept of division in second grade — addition, multiplication, and subtraction, I could grasp, but division was the beginning of my dysfunctional relationship with math.” One of two Bartlett paintings in the sale, Fear of Division is estimated at $40,000-$60,000.
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Mary Cassatt, ‘Mrs. Harris Whittemore and Baby Helen,’ estimated at $300,000-$500,000 at Freeman’s.
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Henry Koerner, ‘The Station,’ estimated at $250,000-$400,000 at Freeman’s.
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Edward Willis Redfield, ‘Winter Holiday,’ estimated at $100,000-$150,000 at Freeman’s.
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Bo Bartlett, ‘Fear of Division,’ estimated at $40,000-$60,000 at Freeman’s.
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Guy Pène Du Bois, ‘Teddy at the Typewriter,’ estimated at $50,000-$80,000 at Freeman’s.
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Early Norman Rockwell, Mary Cassatt counterproofs key lots in Hindman’s American Art sale Oct. 17

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CHICAGO — An early work by Norman Rockwell leads the lineup of Hindman’s 86-lot American Art auction on Tuesday, October 17. One More Week of School and Then… was painted in 1919, when the artist was just 25 years old, but it made the June 14th cover of Country Gentleman magazine.

The paintings Rockwell did for Country Gentleman from 1917 to 1922 were centered around the adventures and misadventures of Cousin Reginald Claude Fitzhugh, a brown-nosing, know-it-all city boy, and his country cousins, Chuck Peterskin and the spirited Doolittle brothers. The characters were first introduced in August 1917, with Cousin Reginald (seen here carrying a bouquet for Teacher) usually the butt of his cousins’ practical jokes. The 21in square oil on canvas laid to board, which features in the catalog of the artist’s work, was consigned from the estate of former media executive Joe Sample (1921-2022), who lived in Billings, Montana. It is estimated at $300,000-$500,000.

The property of a private Midwesterner, a cast of The Puritan by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) has an estimate of $50,000-$70,000.

Saint-Gaudens, the preeminent sculptor of the Beaux Art style, was commissioned to create a statue for Stearns Square in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1886. It was paid for by Chester W. Chapin to pay homage to his ancestor, Deacon Samuel Chapin, a founding member of the city.

The original sculpture, unveiled on Thanksgiving Day 1887, found many admirers and in 1894 Saint-Gaudens elected to make a series of 2ft 6in reductions for private sale. The present work, marked with the Roman numbers MDCCCXCIX (1899), is one around 40 documented examples, although for each sculpture, Saint-Gaudens made minor alterations to the figure, including varying the angles of the hat and the walking stick, as well as changes to the applied patina.

There are nine works on paper by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) from the private collection of New York dealer Miroslav Klabal (MK Fine Arts). All are pastel counterproofs made by applying a damp sheet of paper to the surface of a work in pastel before running it through a press to create a near-mirror image. Degas, Cassatt’s close friend and another champion of pastel, produced them too.

A substantial number of Cassatt’s counterproofs are believed to be the only remaining trace of the original pastel. Among the nine counterproofs offered here, only two are known pastels. All formed part of the exhibition Art in a Mirror: The Counterproofs of Mary Cassatt held at New York’s Adelson Galleries in 2004-2005.

They range in price from Nude Baby Standing Beside Mother, dating to circa 1898-1899 and estimated at $6,000-$8,000, to Mother Jeanne Nursing Her child (Profile Left) (No. 3), from circa 1908 and estimated at $20,000-$30,000.
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Norman Rockwell, ‘One More Week of School and Then…,’ estimated at $300,000-$500,000 at Hindman.
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens, ‘The Puritan,’ estimated at $50,000-$70,000 at Hindman.
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Mary Cassatt, ‘Mother Jeanne Nursing Her Child (Profile Left) (No. 3),’ estimated at $20,000-$30,000 at Hindman.
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Mary Cassatt, ‘Nude Baby Standing Beside Mother,’ estimated at $6,000-$8,000 at Hindman.
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Crowell decoys everything they’re quacked up to be at Guyette & Deeter, Aug. 8-9

Detail of rigmate pair of red-breasted mergansers by Elmer Crowell, estimated at $80,000-$120,000. Image courtesy of Guyette & Deeter, Inc.
Rigmate pair of red-breasted mergansers by Elmer Crowell, estimated at $80,000-$120,000. Image courtesy of Guyette & Deeter, Inc.
Rigmate pair of red-breasted merganser decoys by Elmer Crowell, estimated at $80,000-$120,000. Image courtesy of Guyette & Deeter, Inc.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – On Tuesday, August 8 and Wednesday, August 9, Guyette and Deeter, Inc. will hold its annual Summer Auction at the Venue at Portwalk Place, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The sale is headlined by the decoy collection of Russ and Karen Goldberger of Rye, New Hampshire. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Important Hiram Powers sculpture, 11 Renoir prints headline Neue’s June 24 sale

Marble Bust of the Greek Slave by the renowned American sculptor Hiram Powers (1805-1873), a full-length nude bust, 24 inches tall including socle, artist signed (est. $50,000-$80,000).

BEACHWOOD, Ohio – A marble Bust of the Greek Slave by the renowned American sculptor Hiram Powers (1805-1873), plus three classic Chevrolet Corvette cars from the collection of Charlie Oakes – a 1957, a 1960 and a best-in-show 1962 winner – will headline an online-only Fine Art & Antiques auction on Saturday, June 24 by Neue Auctions, starting at 10 am Eastern time. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.

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Bruce Museum receives gift of American and European art

Mary Stevenson Cassatt, ‘Two Little Sisters,’ circa 1901-02. Image courtesy of the Bruce Museum
Mary Stevenson Cassatt, ‘Two Little Sisters,’ circa 1901-02. Image courtesy of the Bruce Museum
Mary Stevenson Cassatt, ‘Two Little Sisters,’ circa 1901-02. Image courtesy of the Bruce Museum

GREENWICH, Conn. – The Bruce Museum announces the promised gift of a major collection of European and American art — ranging from French and American Impressionism to the works of Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Alberto Giacometti, Henry Moore, Andrew Wyeth and others — which will come as a bequest from an anonymous Greenwich couple. The private collection of 70 works, encompassing paintings, sculpture, watercolors, drawings, prints and photographs, will be the largest gift of art in the Bruce Museum’s 112-year history.

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Cassatt, Homer art among pieces donated to Boston College

Winslow Homer, 1836–1910, ‘Grace Hoops,’ 1872 oil on canvas, 22in by 15in. Image courtesy of the McMullen Museum of Art
Winslow Homer, 1836–1910, ‘Grace Hoops,’ 1872 oil on canvas, 22in by 15in. Image courtesy of the McMullen Museum of Art
Winslow Homer, 1836–1910, ‘Grace Hoops,’ 1872 oil on canvas, 22in by 15in. Image courtesy of the McMullen Museum of Art

BOSTON (AP) – Works by Pablo Picasso, Mary Cassatt and Winslow Homer are among 30 pieces of art worth more than $20 million that alumnus and legendary investment manager Peter Lynch is donating to Boston College’s art museum, the university announced December 7. The works – 27 paintings and three drawings – were collected by Lynch and his late wife Carolyn.

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Swann May 6 sale features Old Master through modern prints

Frances Gearhart, ‘In the Sun’, estimated at $3,000-$5,000.

Frances Gearhart, ‘In the Sun,’ estimated at $3,000-$5,000

NEW YORK — Old Master Through Modern Prints are at auction May 6 at Swann Galleries. Prints from Northern Renaissance and Golden Age icons Durer and Rembrandt feature in the sale, as well as Impressionist collaborations, European Modernists, and American printmakers. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Mary Cassatt: mothers and children

Mary Cassatt, ‘Simone Seated on the Grass Next to Her,’ realized $900,000 + the buyer’s premium in September 2010. Photo courtesy of John Coker Ltd. and LiveAuctioneers

NEW YORK – Renowned painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt never married or had children of her own but she excelled at creating a body of work painting mothers and children with a tenderness and intimacy few other artists have achieved.

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