The first day of the Sporting & Adirondack Auction, offered by Duane Merrill & Company, includes antique and modern firearms, Native American items, Northeastern taxidermy, Lake Champlain decoys, sporting art, gold coins, and more. Featured in this auction is a Winchester Repeating Arms rifle from 1886. This piece was engraved by Conrad or John Ulrich, two of the makers and engravers at Winchester Repeating Arms during the late 1800s. The engravings show scenes of bears, moose, and whitetail deer along with a pinwheel design. The auction house notes that the antique firearm remains in excellent condition.
Also up for bid is a Gustav Stickley #624 mission oak hexagonal library table. Stickley was a prominent designer of the American Arts and Crafts movement. His line of furniture was manufactured by Craftsman Workshops, which he founded. Other featured lots under the gavel include an Inuit carved wolf mask, an 1888 Auratone photo of “Jocko” Flynn (who played for the pennant-winning Chicago White Stockings), and a Civil War-era surgeon’s kit. View any of these lots and register to bid on LiveAuctioneers.
Austin Auction Gallery offers a selection of English and French antiques during the first session of the upcoming two-day auction. A highlight of this first day is a jumper carousel horse by Charles Carmel, who was among the most prolific carvers of the era. Carmel carousel animals were highly decorated with fish scale blankets, tassels, armor, and intricate manes. The available lot features a peek-a-boo swirling mane, intricately carved trappings, and a natural horsehair tail.
Diminutive furniture like Georgian and Spanish style trunks and drawers will also be presented in this sale. Among the notable furniture lots is a 17th century Spanish console table with a single board top above three-paneled frieze drawers. Beyond furniture, various bronze sculptures are available, including one portraying Atlas holding a sundial. Also on offer is a wide array of carved grandfather clocks, bronze candelabras, fine art, and more. Explore the full listings and register to bid online at Austin Auction Gallery.
In 1927, Ambroise Vollard was in search of an artist who could illustrate La Fontaine’s fables, a key facet of French culture. The search led him to Russian-French artist Marc Chagall. Many criticized Vollard’s decision to ask a Russian artist with a Romantic style to portray the French culture. He justified his choice: “…simply because his aesthetic seems somewhat similar to that of La Fontaine, both solid and delicate, realistic and fantastic.” A piece from Marc Chagall’s series of La Fontaine’s fables will be presented in the upcoming Graphic Work & Photography Auction, offered by Morton Subastas.
In January, over 200 lots of posters, prints, fine art, and multiples will be presented. A leading lot of this auction, a set of three paintings titled Familia Jugando, is an example of Rufino Tamayo’s work. Tamayo, a celebrated figure in Mexican art for more than 60 years, combined Mexican folk themes with a modern European painting style. Vibrant colors and textured surfaces are often seen in his works. Also available in this auction is an expressive painting by Alejandro Santiago and a Pop Art poster from Roy Lichtenstein. View the complete listings and register to bid on Bidsquare.
The upcoming Sporting Arms and Accoutrements auction, offered by Cowan’s Auctions, presents a variety of classic firearms and other weapons. Included in the sale is a Colt .44 caliber Army model revolver from 1860, which was the most widely carried revolver during the American Civil War. Though little information is available about the history of this particular lot, the Army model was issued to cavalry, infantry, artillery, and naval personnel alike. Military and non-military firearms up for bid include pieces from Winchester, Smith and Wesson, Ruger, Springfield, Remington, and Glock.
Several blades and swords will also be available, including a Japanese Kai-Gunto, which is signed by Ota Yasutsugu. Originally from Okayama, Yasutsugu was on the List of Gendai Swordsmiths as a “Maegashira” or top-ranked smith. The Gunto is the style of sword produced for the Japanese military after the samurai era.
Other items offered in this sale include a pair of Mexican wolf chaps, a pair of boots with a silver inlay and spurs, Japanese arrowheads, a British fife lighthouse helmet, and late 19th-century saddlebags. View any of these lots and register to bid on Cowan’s Auctions.
Serapi rugs entered the market in the early 19th century. Known for their strength and durability, Serapi rugs were weaved with silky wool that gave them a smooth, alluring texture. These rugs typically focus on details: floral patterns, diamonds, curvilinear lines, and medallions are common patterns. An antique Persian Serapi rug is featured in the upcoming Oriental Rugs from American Estates auction, presented by Material Culture. The rug has a dark red color with one large border of alternating red and blue flowers.
Several other types of rugs are also highlighted in the sale, including an antique Heriz rug. Slightly more coarse than Serapi rugs, Heriz rugs have similar floral patterns. The presented lot has a light blue base color with a dark blue border. Among the featured lots is a large Chinese blue and pink Peking rug featuring a central medallion design and an outer band of naturalist patterns. An antique Oushak rug with subtle shading in salmon, pink, and blue and an oversized Bakhtiari rug will be on offer as well. Antique Kerman, Indo-Chinese, and Moroccan rugs are also included in the sale. Explore the full listings and register to bid online on Invaluable.
As its name implies, the upcoming Akiba Antiques event brings to auction disparate lots from numerous categories and countries of origin. Two oil paintings by Colombian artist Nestor Romero Arevalo are featured in this upcoming Eclectic Collection of Estates Worldwide sale. Both pieces combine religious iconography, such as angel wings and a crown of thorns, with male sexuality.
From Romanian sculptor Demetre Chiparus comes a piece titled Russian Dancers. The two dancers stand mid-movement side by side on top of a marble plinth base. Chiparus’ work regularly combines ivory and bronze to contrast the skin tone of his subjects with their outfits. Sculpture collectors will also find a bronze piece by German artist Otto Poertzel among the highlighted lots. In the sculpture, a woman’s hair, sleeves, and dress flow as she walks her dogs.
Beyond fine and decorative art, a Chanel quilted shoulder bag is also featured in the event. A gold “CC” lock opens to reveal burgundy leather in the interior. Those interested in this or any other piece can register to bid on Bidsquare.
The upcoming Liquidation Auction, offered by Morton Subastas, will feature paintings, books, and furniture. A key highlight is an untitled acrylic painting by José Castro Leñero, the winner of the Rufino Tamayo sixth and eighth biennial artistic competitions. Known for his hyperrealistic paintings, the available piece depicts a scene of Mexico City in dark colors.
Another lot of interest in the sale is an 1815 edict on the prohibition of insurgent texts by Manuel de Flores. Other notable lots include six photographs by Pedro Meyer that pay tribute to the beauty hidden in the depths of the ocean, a golden brass microscope by E. Leitz Wetzlar with nine interchangeable lenses, and a Collard & Collard vertical piano made in England. A ceiling light from Italy, an acrylic and paper piece by Iván Villaseñor, and a pair of Bukhara style rugs from Pakistan will be offered as well. The latter is made of wool and cotton and is weaved in salmon, beige, and red colors. Explore the full listings and register to bid online on Bidsquare.
Reign marks on Chinese items record the name of the ruler and the period when the work of art was commissioned. Some of the key lots featured in the upcoming Washington DC Asian Antique & Jewelry auction, presented by Capitoline Auction Gallery, bear examples of these reign marks. The sixth Emperor of the Qing dynasty was known not only as an illustrious military leader but also as an ardent art connoisseur. A patron and preserver of Manchu and Confucian cultures, the Emperor acquired major private collections and incorporated them into his imperial collection.
A colorful Tibetan vase in the famille rose style with a Qianlong mark is especially featured in this sale of over 900 lots. Famille rose porcelain wares are painted in opaque overglaze shades of pink and carmine. The style enjoyed popularity through the 18th and 19th centuries. This auction will also include bronze sculptures, stone and coral jewelry, woodblock prints, and ink painted articles. Many lots are sourced from the collections of former diplomats and statesmen. To view the complete catalog and register to bid online, visit Bidsquare.
The upcoming Single Owner Sale: The Betty Seeler Collection offered by Millea Bros will present a selection of English and American furniture, decorative art, and fine art. Sourced from the estate of Richard and Elizabeth “Betty” Seeler, the auction features the work of artists such as Hannah Fairfield, Francis Sartorius, and William Matthew Prior. In the category of furniture, one key lot is an American Queen Anne highboy dresser made of cherrywood.
Among the standout items of this sale is a double portrait from 1839 of Lucy Adams Tracy and Ellen Nichols Tracy. The paintings are the work of Hannah Fairfield, a New York-based artist from the 19th century. Whinigig, The Winner of the 1769 Jubilee Cup, an oil painting by Francis Sartorius, is also available for bidding. Sartorius was an English painter who specialized in paintings of horses, horse racing, and hunting scenes. To find more information on the above items and more, visit Bidsquare.
Born in Virginia, Ralph Wolfe Cowan was an American portrait artist whose work spanned 70 years. He is well known for having painted monarchs and statesmen over the course of his career. The subjects of these portraits included the Sultan of Brunei, King Hassan II, King Fahd, Shaikh Zayed of the United Arab Emirates, and Mikhail Gorbachev. The upcoming Pre-Valentines Day Sale presented by Joshua Kodner features one of Cowan’s oil paintings. The available lot was part of the artist’s The Age of Innocence series. Another key lot of the sale is a Coke Bottle acrylic on paper painting by Steve Penley.
Many of the jewelry lots are featured, particularly emerald, sapphire, tanzanite, and diamond finger rings, earrings, pendants, and necklaces. The auction will offer over 550 items, including a variety of Chinese export bone urns, figurines, and sculptures; collectible art glass rose bowls; bronze and stone carved items; and crystal stemware. To view the complete catalog and register to bid online, visit Bidsquare.
