Turner Auctions + Appraisals Presents The Gladyne K. Mitchell Estate On July 19
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 7, 2025 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is very pleased to present the Gladyne K. Mitchell Estate on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at 10:30 am PDT. Featuring items mostly from the 17th-20th centuries, the auction features a wide array of fine art; decorative arts; silver; furniture; ancient Greek
and Roman coins; vintage collectibles and toys; and more from the personal collection and residence of the
well-known San Francisco philanthropist and socialite. A few lots from other estates round out the auction.
Gladyne K. Mitchell’s collection of artworks in various media such as oil, watercolor, and gouache includes works by Margaret Keane, Mark Stork, Adrienne Sherman, Rembrandt Van Rijn, Abel Dominique Boye, and other noted artists. The extensive selection of decorative arts is diverse, with religious and devotional items, painted miniatures, Native American and tribal works, boxes of various types, vintage textiles, Asian arts, Murano figures and vases, Royal Doulton jugs, Majolica pieces, and candlesticks and prickets. Among the many silver items, most of them sterling, are tableware, serving ware, and silverware. Furniture lots include small tables, a mirror, slipper chairs, and a child’s rocking chair. Groupings of vintage lots offer cameras, liquors, games, toys, dolls, books, and cookie jars. Some vintage watches, buckles, and jewelry complete the sale.
About Gladyne K. Mitchell
Born and bred in San Francisco, Gladyne Kenderdine Mitchell (1940-2024) was the daughter of Mitchel and Emma Mitchell, a hardworking, industrious, and successful family whose efforts have contributed meaningfully to the betterment of San Francisco and beyond. Educated in the United States, Switzerland, and Italy, Gladyne graduated with degrees in art history and music. Returning to the U.S., she taught kindergarten for several years. Subsequently, following in her family’s real estate footsteps, she worked for her father in property management, then managed her properties after her parents’ deaths.
Gladyne enjoyed traveling and learning other languages, fine dining and wine, and helping others. Well-known in San Francisco society, she was a patron of the arts and a generous benefactor of many charities and organizations, saying “I give to things that I love.” Among those in San Francisco who were recipients of her largesse were the symphony, opera, museums, hospitals, historical preservation, educating underprivileged children, and feeding the hungry in San Francisco.
According to her devoted family and friends, Gladyne was a “class act” who loved art, jewelry, antiques, and beautiful things; these included sumptuous fine jewelry, refined clothing, and chic accessories, many by celebrated designers. The upcoming July 19 sale now opens the doors to her gracious San Francisco home, and invites others to view, acquire, and enjoy her tasteful possessions.
Here below are some highlights of the upcoming online sale (please see lot details in the online catalog):
Lot 137: Artist: Margaret (Hawkins) Keane (1927-2022). Title/Description: “Quiet Redhead.” Signature: Signed lower right. Date: 2004. Medium: Mixed media on board: oils, graphite, possibly pastels. Size: 10 1/4″ x 8 1/4″ (frame 13 3/4″ x 11 3/4″). Good condition. Estimate $3,000-$5,000.
Lot 246: Icon of Christ Pantocrator, Cloisonne Enamel Silver Oklad. Russia, circa late 19th Century. The icon of Christ Pantocrator with ornate cloisonné and champlevé enamel silver oklad, gilt to the inner border and repoussé garment; marked 88 silver; AK (for Antip Kuzmichev, Moscow, circa 1847-1898). Approx. 10″ x 8″. In a church-form giltwood kiot/shadowbox frame (approx. 32″ x 6 1/2″). Appears to be in good condition (not examined out of frame). Estimate $3,000-$5,000.
Lot 143: Artist: Margaret (Hawkins) Keane (1927-2022). Title/Description: Curly-haired woman with a rose. Signature: Signed and dated lower right. Date: 1979. Medium: Oil on canvas. Size: 36″ x 24″ (frame 41″ x 26″). Good condition. Estimate $6,000-$8,000.
Lot 250: Artist: Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669). Title/Description: The blind hurdy-gurdy player and family receiving alms. Signature: Signed in the plate, lower right. Date: 1648. Medium: Etching (Third State). Size:
7″ x 5 3/8″. Condition: light spotting; dampstain lower right margin; slight edge/margin creasing. Estimate $2,000-$3,000.
Lot 92: German Singing Bird Gilt Enamel Music Box. Early 20th Century. The gilt and enamel metal automaton singing bird music box is decorated with 18th-century style figures and castle landscapes. Stamped on base EB, and Made in Germany. 1 3/4″ x 4″ x 2 1/2″. Estimate $1,000-$2,000.
Lot 257: Artist: School of Ignacio de Ries (1602-1665). Title/Description: Saint Margaret of Antioch as a shepherdess. Medium: Oil on canvas. Size: 70″ x 38 3/4″; carved wood frame 79″ x 48 1/4″. Condition: Relined, with allover old restorations. Estimate $2,000-$4,000.
Lot 139: Artist: Mark Stock (1951-2014). Title: “The Butler’s In Love [#83].” Signature: Signed and dated verso. Date Created: 1998. Medium: Oil on canvas. Size: 30″ x 24″ (frame 32 3/4″ x 26 3/4″). Condition good. Provenance: Modernism, San Francisco, gallery label. Estimate $2,000-$3,000.
Lot 222: Set of Capodimonte Porcelain Tableware, 19th Century. The Italian hand-painted porcelains with Capodimonte marks; the pieces with relief decoration of classical and mythological figures. The set includes 10 demitasse cups and saucers, with a lidded sugar bowl; 12 gilt scalloped rim dessert plates with assorted central armorial crests (diam. 8 3/8″); a tureen with horned Bacchus head handles (6 3/4″ x 12 1/2″ x 8 1/2″); and a pair of putti candlesticks (9 3/4″). Together with an associated cavorting putti compote, marked Italy (4 1/8″ x 5 5/8″). Condition: overall very good; several of the cups with tiny rim/surface chips. Estimate $800-$1,200.
Lot 260: Artist: Fausto Giusto (1867 – 1941). Title/Description: Venice Canal scene. Signature: Signed lower left; and on second stretcher. Medium: Oil on canvas. Size: 13 1/2″ x 29″ (frame 27″ 43″). Good condition. Estimate $800-$1,200.
Lot 14: Georgian Irish Sterling Floral Teapot. Hallmarks for Stephen Bergin, Dublin, 1828. The large ornate floral repousse teapot with scrolling handle, and flower finial hinged lid. A cartouche with a worn device/Latin text. Approx. 8 3/4″ tall x 12 1/2″ wide (spout to handle). Approx. 1086 grams. Estimate $700-$900.
Lot 152: Chinese Export Gilt Lacquer Tea Caddy, 19th Century. The rectangular canted-corner tea caddy with intricate gilt decoration of palace and garden scenes, the lid with a central border of dragons, the sides with ornate geometric floral decoration; with brass handles and gilt-metal feet, and chased pewter lidded inserts. 6 1/2″ x 11 1/2″ x 9″. Condition: overall good; wear to gilt (mostly to lid); some corner cracks to lacquer inside lid. Estimate $400-$600.
Lot 256: Artist: Louis Pisani (18th/19th Century) Grand Tour art, After Carlo Dolci (1616-1686). Title/Subject: The Poetry (Allegory). Inscribed verso: “The Poetry by Carlo Dolci, a copy made by Louis Pisani, Louis Pisani’s Picture Gallery, Borgo Ognissanti Second Floor, Florence.” Medium: Oil on canvas. Size: 22″ x 17″; four surrounding portraits on frame 4 1/2″ (frame 41 3/4″ x 36 1/2″). Condition: losses to frame. Provenance: (Label verso) Golden Gate Park Memorial Museum, San Francisco; Louis Pisani after Carlo Dolci; Owner C. P. Huntington, Date of Gift April 20, 1897. Estimate $600-$800.
Lot 205: A Group of Cultured Pearl, Silver and 14k Gold Jewelry. With blue baroque and mabe cultured pearls, including 14k white gold stud earrings, and silver necklaces, earrings and a ring; gross weight approximately 126.09 grams. Estimate $300-$500.
Lot 300: Vintage German Schuco Windup Donald Duck with Box. An original Schuco, Western Germany, windup painted metal Donald Duck with felt coat and hat; with box. Copyright Walt Disney Productions. 6″ tall. Estimate $150-$250.
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