Country and Estate Auction Day 1

Painter Hugh Bolton Jones was known for his landscapes of New England. Initially a Hudson River School painter, it was the influence of Alexander Harrison that led Jones to adopt a Tonalist style. The upcoming auction, presented by Duane Merrill & Company, features one of the artist’s oil landscape paintings. The piece, titled The Edge of the Woods, evokes the lush green woods near the artist’s summer home in Great Barrington. Also offered is a piece titled Mountain Landscape by Western artist Edgar Alwin Payne. Many of Payne’s works captured his love for the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Alps.

A GIA-certified, 1.82-carat diamond engagement ring and a mother of pearl, onyx, amethyst, and diamond Asch Grosbardt ring will be featured jewelry lots in this sale. The first volume of An Essay on Human Understanding, written by English physician and philosopher John Locke, is another highlight. The book contains the signature of George Mason, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Mason was one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution at that time. Furniture collectibles, vintage automobiles, silverware, Persian carpets, U.S. coins, and revolvers are also available in the auction. Interested collectors can explore the full listings and register to bid online on Invaluable.