The upcoming series of auctions held during Finarte’s Jewelry Week will include jewels, watches, silver, and high-quality coins. The first session of this series is dedicated to jewelry. Pieces embellished with diamonds, precious gemstones, and micromosaics will be on offer, including necklaces, rings, brooches, and lapels. Available at the event is an 18-karat yellow gold ring by Chaumet. This piece has a blue vitreous aquamarine stone at the center surrounded by diamonds. Chaumet, a historical jewelry brand from Paris, was founded by Marie-Étienne Nitot in 1780 and has since been known for its tiaras and luxury items. Nitot was said to be a favorite of Napoleon Bonaparte and a personal jeweler to his first wife.
Another lot on offer is a pair of 18-karat white gold earrings studded with brilliant-cut diamonds. Items from several luxury brands, such as Tiffany & Co., Vhernier, Damiani, and Weingrill, will be presented as well. Browse the entire catalog and register to bid online on Bidsquare.
The upcoming Summer World Treasures Auction will offer 1,002 lots over two days, including decorated glass vases, fine art, and porcelain. Several Mary Gregory vases are featured on the first day of this sale, which will be presented by Jackson’s International Auctioneers and Appraisers. Imitating popular English cameo glass, Gregory produced decorated glass products near the end of the 19th century. On a pair of her matching black vases, Gregory shows a young girl peeking at a bird’s nest. A winged child looks back from inside the nest.
The second day of the auction brings an oil painting on a wood panel by Ivan Pavlovich. After his exile to Belgium, Pavlovich became a noted post-Impressionist painter. In the following years, Pavlovich spent most of his time touring France and Russia and working on his miniature landscapes. He was known for painting tiny representations of human figures in fields, gardens, and Parisian street scenes. The highlighted lot shows the city of Rue Port-Neuve, with people wandering about in the snow. View the complete catalog on the Jackson’s International Auctioneers and Appraisers website.
Born in Italy, Umberto Brunelleschi moved to Paris in 1900. He soon found work as an illustrator with Le Rire, a renowned French fashion magazine. He soon established himself as a painter, illustrator, and costume designer. One of Brunelleschi’s paintings will be offered in the upcoming Face Time: People in Art through the Ages Auction, presented by Christie’s. The piece shows a puppet and a mask beside the artist’s self-portrait.
Over 50 lots will be offered in this auction. Featured is an oil painting from Jacob Ferdinand Voet depicting a lady of the Colonna family in a dove-grey gown and pink silk wrap. Voet’s recurring subjects included women dressed in lace and French dresses. During the late 17th century, the Flemish portrait painter was acclaimed among aristocratic European society. The auction also offers an oil painting from Jean François Raffaëlli and a nude painting from André Lhote. Find these items and view the complete catalog on Christie’s.
An American fashion photographer and director, Herbert “Herb” Ritts Jr. (1952 – 2002) was best known for his black and white photography that emphasized the human figure. A gelatin silver print of his Fred With Tires piece is one of the highlights in the upcoming Online Only Decorative Arts auction, presented by Pook & Pook, Inc. The photograph shows a muscular young man wearing only a pair of slightly sagging jeans. This piece quickly shot to fame and changed the course of fashion for years to come. Another lot of interest in the auction is an R.J. Horner mahogany center table designed with four carved female figures on the columnar base.
The sale also showcases a mid-19th century Gerhard Sohlke parlor suite of mahogany dollhouse furniture, with elaborate ormolu mounts and cabriole legs. The set includes a sofa, a table with six chairs, a desk, and a hall mirror. Another key lot is a French bisque socket head doll from the early 20th century with blue jewel eyes, a smiling mouth, and a knit suit. The doll comes with its original wicker basket filled with period clothes and accessories. To view the complete catalog and register to bid online, visit Bidsquare.
In 1866, Jacob Dreicer and his wife, Gittel, immigrated to New York from Russia. Two years later, the couple opened Dreicer & Co. They were the first American jewelers to introduce the latest diamond cuts from Paris, often creating pieces equalling the better-known Parisian houses. Dreicer & Co. was liquidated in 1926. Months later, The New York Times described the company: “Many of the famous strings and ropes of pearls and collections of jewels owned by persons prominent in the modern social and business world were assembled by Dreicer & Co.” The upcoming Important Jewelry sale, presented by Skinner, highlights an old European-cut diamond pendant drop set in platinum from the 1910s by Dreicer & Co.
Also known as “blue velvet” gems, Kashmir sapphires were first discovered in the early 1880s. The Maharaja of Kashmir purchased a sapphire mine that remained active for five years before the supply stopped. An antique Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring is among the key lots of the auction. The 5.93-carat sapphire is surrounded by old European-cut diamonds. Several pieces of Baroque, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco jewelry are also featured. To view the entire catalog and to place a bid, visit Bidsquare.
Throughout history, jewelry has conveyed status, wealth, and power. In the second auction of Finarte‘s upcoming Jewelry Week, several pieces from Chaumet, Gavello, Damiani, and Cartier can be found. Created by Marie-Étienne Nitot in Paris, France, the House of Chaumet has been making luxury jewelry since 1780. Featured in this sale is an 18-karat yellow gold, tourmaline, and diamond bangle. Gavello Jewelry is also represented. The company was formed by Rinaldo Gavello and his wife Martha in Milan, Italy in the late 1970s. Gavello’s 18-karat two-color gold and black diamond ring, shaped like a curled snake, will be highlighted.
Another key piece is a white gold, diamond, and onyx bracelet from Damiani, an Italian luxury jeweler founded in 1924. A pair of freshwater natural pearl earrings, as well as a platinum and diamond bracelet, round out the auction. To view the entire collection and register to bid, visit Bidsquare.
In an interview with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, contemporary artist Deborah Butterfield connected her work with her passion for karate and horseback riding: “Each day, whether it’s in the studio or with your horse or in the dojo, you hope that you come to some point of harmony and satisfaction.” One of Butterfield’s signature horse sculptures, a 2002 work titled Isabel, will be available in Rago’s upcoming Post War + Contemporary Art auction. It is made of cast bronze treated to resemble natural wood. An untitled steel wire sculpture from Ruth Asawa, executed in the early 1950s, also stands out among the listings.
Andy Warhol’s 1971 Cow screenprint is available as well. Warhol began his Cow series of bovine heads while still exploring printmaking as his favored medium. The example on offer is an unlimited edition from Bill Miller’s Wallpaper Studio, Inc. in New York. Ten spin paintings from Damien Hirst also appear in this sale, all acrylic on paper works with such shapes as hearts, butterflies, houses, and skulls. Visit Bidsquare to explore the full auction catalog and register to bid.
Adelaide Robineau was an American ceramicist popular in the early 20th century. Robineau initially learned her craft from the American Impressionist artist William Merritt Chase. She learned to make high fire porcelain after spending just a few weeks in pottery school and reading various Sévres porcelain articles. The upcoming auction, presented by Rago, features a centerpiece by Robineau. The 1926 work is coated in her self-developed glaze and decorated with hand-carved frogs.
Also showcased is a Teco pottery vase designed by ceramist Fritz Albert. The Teco Green glaze on the vase provides a smooth matte finish. Its organic design was influenced by architects of the Prairie School movement, including George Grant Elmslie, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Louis Sullivan. This American Art Pottery Auction also offers pre-war ceramics by artists such as George E. Ohr, Taxile Doat, and Arthur Baggs. Interested collectors can explore the full listings and register to bid online on Bidsquare.
Kuntz Park Brewery, formerly known as Spring Brewery, was founded in 1844 by David Kuntz and his son, Louis Kuntz. A pioneer brewer, the elder Kuntz helped establish Waterloo as a center for quality beer making. By 1910, the company became Ontario’s second-largest brewery. The upcoming Toys, Advertising, & Historic Objects sale, presented by Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd., will feature a beer tray from Kuntz. This lithograph tin tray features a Saint Bernard dog behind a bottle of Kuntz’s Special Export Lager.
Another highlight of the auction is a Coca-Cola policeman sign that was first produced in the 1950s for school crossings. The Coke Cop sign features a smiling crossing guard with one hand raised and the other hand holding a yellow shield sign reading “Slow School Zone.” Also available in the sale is a toy “Pumper No. 7” steel fire truck. Made in the 1930s, the Pumper No. 7 was modeled after a 1927 LaFrance fire truck. View these items and register to bid online on Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd.
Don Lorenzo Zambrano was a Mexican engineer, businessman, and book enthusiast. His library included over 40,000 titles on a variety of subjects. The upcoming 251-lot auction of items from Zambrano’s collection, presented by Morton Subastas, is a sampling of the depth and breadth of his tastes. Included are several installments from the James Bond saga by Ian Fleming, including a lot pairing first edition copies of The Man with the Golden Gun and You Only Live Twice. The former work is the first British edition with a gun stamped in gold on the cover, of which only 1,000 copies were produced for export.
Other rare books include titles from the Limited Editions Club, which are illustrated and bound in leather. Some of the Limited Editions Club books on offer include Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. There are also many works of science fiction, as well as non-fiction titles about performing arts, sports, economics, and more. Find any of these lots and register to bid on Bidsquare.
