Tag Archive for: Quinn’s Auction Galleries
Quinn’s offers Burmese art, Lalanne bronze, fine silver and more, Jan. 14
Oil-on-canvas painting by U San Win (Burmese, 1905-1981), titled ‘View of Shwedagon Pagoda,’ 1975, signed and dated, 15½in x 20½in. Estimate: $7,000-$9,000. Image courtesy of Quinn’s Auction Galleries
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – On Saturday, January 14, Northern Virginia’s Quinn’s Auction Galleries will present an online-only Fine and Decorative Arts auction brimming with 400+ lots of beautiful Asian, American, European and Modern artworks. The auction will commence at 10am Eastern time, and absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
Distinguished ecologist’s library featured Nov. 29 at Quinn’s Rare Books auction
Five-volume set of ‘The Christmas Books’ by Charles Dickens (1844-1848), handsomely bound in modern ¾ red Morocco gilt over marbled boards, estimated at $1,200-$1,600. Image courtesy of Quinn’s Auction Galleries
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – On Tuesday, November 29, Northern Virginia’s Quinn’s Auction Galleries will present a Rare Books, Prints and Autographs auction loaded with more than 450 lots of rare books, antique maps and Americana. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. The auction will begin at noon Eastern time.
Quinn’s presents scholarly array of Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic Art, Nov. 3
Two Nayarit (Mexico) seated musician figures with instruments, reddish ceramic with pigments and manganese, 200 BCE to 200 CE. Sizes: Larger figure 15¼in x 8in, smaller figure 15in x 10in. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Quinn’s Auction Galleries of northern Virginia is proud to present a November 3rd Pre-Columbian and Ethnographic Arts Auction featuring a fine array of Pre-Columbian ceramics from Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica; as well as African figures, masks, paintings, and utilitarian objects.
Lalique, Tiffany and other design greats headline at Quinn’s, June 4
Left, Rene Lalique Borromee blue molded glass vase, est. $10,000-$15,000; Right, Tiffany Studios Curtain Border floor lamp, est. $40,000-$60,000. Images courtesy of Quinn’s Auction Galleries
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – On Saturday, June 4, Quinn’s Auction Galleries will conduct a Fine & Decorative Arts sale featuring early 20th-century Tiffany Studios lamps, a Rene Lalique (French, 1860-1945) Borromee vase, Asian antiques and a large selection of modern chairs, many of them associated with mid-20th-century design luminaries. More than 500 lots will be offered. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Stephen Silvia appointed director of jewelry department at Quinn’s Auction Galleries
Stephen M Silvia, newly appointed director of the jewelry department at Quinn’s Auction Galleries, Falls Church, Va. Image courtesy of Quinn’s
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The executive team at Quinn’s Auction Galleries takes great pleasure in announcing the appointment of Stephen M Silvia as director of the company’s jewelry department. With a distinguished 40-year career in retail fine jewelry, Silvia is a highly skilled professional, both at the technical and business levels of the trade.
Quinn’s showcases the Arts of the Americas Nov. 4
Diquis/Chiriqui 22K gold pendant, est. $7,000-$8,000
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – On Thursday, Nov. 4, Quinn’s Auction Galleries will conduct an Arts of the Americas auction from its popular Collector Series. The 145-lot specialty event features a collection of Pre-Columbian, Native American and Central American objects that include pottery, sculpture, gold, textiles, baskets, paintings and Guatemalan folk santos. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Quinn’s Sr VP Matthew Quinn says ‘People first, then things’
Pictured at home in front of a Merton Simpson artwork, Matt Quinn says by focusing on the needs of his clients as people, not mere owners of ‘stuff,’ he helps them through what can be a difficult time while also maximizing their profits.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Matthew Quinn is quick to say he does not view himself primarily as an auctioneer. While firmly ensconced as senior vice president in his family’s auction business, Matt says when he goes on a house call, he is not as focused on “stuff” as he is on people and assessing the most expeditious way to assist them. It’s an approach that has served him well and helped transform Quinn’s Auction Galleries in Falls Church, Va., from a small auction company into a large, full-service antiques and fine art auction firm. Today, Quinn’s can sell everything in a home, get the house cleared and ready to list, and even sell it. Matt helmed the development of Quinn’s Realty & Estate Services division, which was established to help senior citizens with the downsizing process. He spoke with Auction Central News about auctions and finding joy in helping people through the process.
Winsome winter scene headlines Quinn’s June 12 auction
Dale William Nichols, ‘Heavy Heavy Hangs Over,’ estimated at $30,000-$50,000
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – A colorful and beautifully rendered oil on canvas winter scene by Dale William Nichols (American, 1905-1995) is the expected top lot in Quinn’s Auction Galleries’ Fine & Decorative Arts auction slated for June 12. The 536-lot sale consists primarily of consignments from prominent estates and collections in the northern Virginia region. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
