A finely curated auction of fine art dating from the late 15th century through the early 20th century.

On Wednesday, February 27, Freeman’s will hold European Art & Old Masters: 500 Years, a finely curated auction of fine art dating from the late 15^th century through the early part of the 20^th. With 44 lots in all, the auction offers a refined selection of portraits, Venetian vedute, horse pictures, allegorical and religious scenes by prominent artist such as Fréderic Soulacroix, Federico del Campo, Sir Alfred Munnings, Cornelis Saftleven, among others.

A rare depiction of Madonna and Child by the Master of the Embroidered Foliage is among the sale’s highlights. “Nursing Madonna” (Lot 5, estimate: $150,000-200,000), depicts the Virgin Mary breastfeeding the Infant Jesus, and is one of 10 works attributed to the Master; most are held in important museum collections such as the Louvre, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Minneapolis Institute of Art. The name “Master of the Embroidered Foliage” was coined in 1926 by German art historian Max Jakob Friedländer, who likened the artist’s renderings of foliage to the repeated pattern of stitches in embroidery. The composition of the present lot is based on the comparable figures of Rogier van der Weyden’s “Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin,” completed between 1435-1440 and now at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. The present lot was widely exhibited, and during the 1920s belonged in the collections of Sir Francis Beaufort Palmer and Calouste Gulenkian. Ruth Farkas, who served as President Nixon’s Ambassador to Luxembourg, gifted the painting to New York University.

Two quintessential works by Sir Alfred James Munnings (British, 1878-1959) will also take center stage. Lot 39, “Irish Ponies in a Grassy Lane” (estimate: $300,000-500,000) and Lot 40, “Two of Them” (estimate: $200,000-300,000) both come from a local private collection, and were exhibited at the Brandywine River Museum within the last decade. Munnings was an enthusiastic horseman, and his sporting scenes are among the greatest of the 20^th century. “Irish Ponies in a Grassy Lane” was painted at Ringland Hills, Norwich, in 1907, and depicts George Curzon, the artist’s groom during his years at Swainsthorpe. The unique level of detail displayed in the work, combined its early date in Munnings’ Ringland series, makes the lot especially remarkable. Both paintings will travel to London between February 4 and 6 for a preview exhibition in advance of the auction.

“Death, The Reaper” by Cornelis Saftleven (Dutch, 1607-1681) opens the sale (Lot 1, estimate: $8,000-12,000) and comes directly from the Virginia Museum of Arts. Born into an important family of Dutch artists in Gorinchem in 1607, Saftleven’s images of Hell and his satires of Dutch society are considered his most important contributions to Dutch painting. Lot 4, a triptych attributed to the Circle of Jacob de Backer (Flemish, c. 1540-before 1600) is an impressive and monumental depiction of the Madonna and Child with the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Assumption of the Virgin on the wings (estimate: $20,000-30,000).

Additional highlights include “Baigneuses” by Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904), from a series of imaginative mythological compositions which were among the first works by the artist to enter French public collections at the turn of the 20th century (Lot 29, estimate: $20,000-30,000). Lot 14, “The Blacksmith’s Courtyard” (estimate: $25,000-40,000) by Alberto Pasini (Italian, 1826-1899) features four gentlemen caring for their horses at the blacksmith’s shop in Constantinople (modern Istanbul). Throughout his career, Pasini made many journeys to Turkey and Egypt, and his dazzling depictions of bazaars, market places and mosques earned him several honors. “Fin Octobre, Bois de Boulogne” (Lot 30, estimate: $50,000-70,000) by Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé (Russian, 1877-1932), displays the artist’s distinguished ability to render light and texture. The present lot is a quintessential representation of Choultsé’s oeuvre.

SANDRO BOTTICELLI’S RENAISSANCE MASTERPIECE
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN HOLDING A ROUNDEL
SELLS FOR RECORD $92.2 MILLION
AT SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK

The Highest Ever Price Achieved for an Old Master at Sotheby’s

Shatters Previous Botticelli Auction Record By 9 Times

One of the Greatest Renaissance Paintings Ever to Come to the Market

Last Purchased at Auction for $1.3 Million in 1982

Marquee Livestreamed Sale – Still in Progress –

NEW YORK, 28 January 2021 – One of the finest portraits ever painted by Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli sold just now at Sotheby’s for a record $92.2 million. In a sale, still underway, that marks the first major auction event of 2021, Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel saw transatlantic bidding between Sotheby’s representatives in New York and London, with the ultimate under-bidder bidding on behalf of an Asian collector. Just one of three portraits left in private hands by this leading artist of the Italian Renaissance, known to many for his famous Primavera and Birth of Venus, the painting had attracted pre-sale interest from institutional and private buyers alike. The price achieved today makes it not only one of the most valuable portraits of any era ever sold, but also the second most valuable Old Master painting ever sold auction*. [For more on the painting, see pre-sale press release here]

Christopher Apostle, Head of Sotheby’s Old Masters Painting Department, New York, said: “This is not only an exceptional painting, it is also the epitome of beauty, and of a moment when so much of our Western civilization began. Today’s result is a fitting tribute, both to the painting itself and all that it represents.”

George Wachter, Sotheby’s Co-Chairman of Old Master Paintings Worldwide, added: “As fresh today as when he was painted 550 years ago, Botticelli’s Young Man has cast his spell over everyone who has seen him. While the price achieved is the second highest ever for an Old Master Painting, this is a work that transcends time and categories. Now we really do know the price of beauty.”

Ahead of today’s auction Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel had taken a world tour, having been exhibited in London, Dubai, LA and New York, and attracting hundreds of admirers at every stop. (In just one day, some 300 people came to admire him in Sotheby’s gallery in Dubai, while in London, people formed an orderly, guideline-observant queue along New Bond Street). Similarly, while in the course of his life he has graced the walls of many illustrious private houses and public museums*, more recently, thanks to a specially-developed Augmented Reality Instagram filter made in partnership with Poplar Studio, he has also made his way into over 4,000 homes around the world.

The Botticelli now stands alongside Francis Bacon’s Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus as the second work to have surpassed $80m at auction since Sotheby’s pioneered the new live-streamed auction format some seven months ago. Today’s sale also saw among the highest number of participants ever seen in a Sotheby’s live-streamed auction, with 66% having registered online. This echoes the pattern of 2020, which also saw many new buyers enter the field (c.30% of buyers in these sales were new to Sotheby’s, and a similar proportion of buyers in the category were under 40). Collectors of Old Masters also quickly embraced both livestream and online auction formats, with the category witnessing record online activity last year, with double the number of online sales compared to 2019 and more than four times the aggregate online sales total.

Today’s sale is still in progress and can be followed live here. Full results will be available at the end of the sale, but for any enquiries in the meantime, please email [email protected] and [email protected]

* Second only to the much-discussed Salvator Mundi, sold in 2017.

**In the past 50 years, the painting has spent extended periods on loan at the National Gallery, London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. It has also featured prominently in major exhibitions at the Royal Academy, the National Gallery of Art, Washington and the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.

***Francis Bacon’s Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus achieved $84.6 million in Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening auction in June 2020.

IMAGE CAPTIONS:
Sotheby’s Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I
28 January 2021

Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli
Young Man Holding a Roundel
tempera on poplar panel
Estimate in excess of $80 million
Sold for $92.2 million
RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION
RECORD FOR AN OLD MASTER PAINTING SOLD AT SOTHEBY’S

*previous auction record for Sandro Botticelli: The Rockefeller Madonna: Madonna and Child with Young Saint John the Baptist sold for $10,442,500 at Christie’s New York in 2013.

New York — Christie’s online auction Old Master & British Drawings including property from The Cornelia Bessie Estate achieved a total of $3,803,875 and was 83% sold by lot, 100% sold by value and 137% hammer above low estimate. The top lot of the sale was a red-chalk figure study Young woman dozing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard from the Cornelia Bessie collection which sold for $1,110,000, exceeding its estimate of $300,000-500,000. Additional top lots which sold above their high estimates include Jean-Étienne Liotard’s pastel Portrait of Philibert, which totaled $810,000, and a large drawing Binding of Isaac by Laurent de La Hyre, which realized $200,000.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 26, 2021 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present Fine Art, Russian Silver, and Jewelry on Saturday, February 13, 2021, at 10:30 am PST. Among the many artworks are paintings, etchings, lithographs and mixed media by noted artists from the 18th to 21st centuries, including Charles Paul Gruppé, Alson Skinner Clark, William Keith, Mary DeNeale Morgan, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Charles L. A. Smith – plus several religious and colonial paintings from the 18th century. A selection of bronzes is also on offer, after Frederick Remington, Auguste Rodin, and Dimitri Haralamb Chiparus. A highlight among the artworks is a bas-relief sculpture by Pierre Auguste Renoir, posthumously cast from the original terra-cotta piece.

The sale also features an inviting array of Russian enamel silver, including a desk set, tea service, beakers, box, goblet, kovsh, dishes, candlesticks, multiple eggs, and more. Jewelry includes necklaces, pendants, earrings, bracelets, and rings. Most feature gold or silver and precious or semi-precious stones, such as diamonds, rubies, emeralds, jade, blue topaz, sapphires, pearls, jade, citrine, tourmaline, lapis lazuli, onyx or others. Watches and numerous groupings of vintage or costume jewelry are also available. Completing the sale are several pieces of Italian art glass.

Additional Highlights

Turner Auctions + Appraisals begins its online auction on Saturday, February 13, 2021, at 10:30 am PST; sale items are available for preview and bidding now. The auction will be featured live, online through Bidsquare.

You may have seen some incredible auction prices for sapphires from the fabled Kashmir mines in recent years. Could that sapphire ring in your jewelry box possibly be one? First, a bit of a background on these sought-after stones. In 1881 in the Zanskar Range of the Himalayas, a landslide revealed a remarkable deposit of sapphires. These sapphires had a unique velvety cornflower blue appearance and were brighter than other stones. Mining began in 1882 and continued until 1887 when the mine was depleted. There have been sporadic attempts at finding new mines, with extremely limited success. This means that most Kashmir sapphires were mined during that very brief five-year period, which makes them the rarest sapphires in the world.

Most of the Kashmir sapphires that we have sold at auction are from consignors that had no idea what these stones are and how valuable they can be. In fact, they are often the last piece in a group appraisal (often included as an afterthought!). As everyone besides gem experts frequently overlooks them, it is still possible to discover Kashmir sapphires languishing unrecognized in private collections.

While the only way to definitively tell if you have a Kashmir sapphire is to send it to a reputable gemological lab, several clues can tell you if there is a possibility that your sapphire may be one of the rare examples.

Look at the mounting

Is the sapphire set in a piece of jewelry? This a good place to start your examination. As Kashmir sapphires were mined in the 1880s, most of the stones were originally set in jewelry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Don’t discount sapphires that are not in antique jewelry though! People often reset stones to keep up with changing fashions, and we sometimes find old stones removed from their original settings.

Color

You will often hear the term “cornflower blue” to describe a Kashmir sapphire. For those of us without a horticultural background, this means a vivid blue color with a hint of purple. It helps to slowly rock the stone in your hand and look for the flashes of color reflected.

Optical effects

“Sleepy,” “Velvety,” “Milky,” “Fuzzy,” and “Soft” are all terms used to convey the famous effect of a Kashmir sapphire. Many tiny inclusions within the sapphire that resemble dust in a shaft of sunlight diffract and reflect light. As you look at the stone, these inclusions impart the soft, velvety appearance that Kashmir sapphire collectors prize. The inclusions also give the sapphires a distinctive glow.

If you think you may have a Kashmir sapphire, what are your next steps? Our experts in the Skinner jewelry department are always happy to review sapphires that you may want to sell at auction. After an examination in our office, we can advise you on the next steps and help guide you through the process of identifying the sapphire, establishing its value, and attaining the highest price possible in this very strong market.

Modern, Contemporary & Latin American Art26 Jan – 4 Feb 2021Online, New York

NEW YORK – Eleven works by three leading artists from the Cuban collective known as Los Diez Pintores Concretos (the Ten Concrete Painters) lead Bonhams Modern, Contemporary & Latin American Art Online Sale which runs from January 26 – February 4, 2021. The 150-lot auction offers a curated selection of work, not only by the most recognized and coveted artists of Modern, Contemporary, and Latin American art, but also by its rising stars.

Andrew Huber, Bonhams specialist in Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York said: “At Bonhams, we continually strive to feature the finest work created by sought-after artists from all backgrounds. Los Diez Pintores Concretos have been monumental in reshaping the narrative of art history worldwide; they are finally getting the well-deserved – and in my view long overdue – attention to their exceptional work. This reexamination has pulled back the curtain on other previously underrepresented artists from Latin America.”

Los Diez Pintores Concretos was an avant-garde Cuban artist collective. It thrived from 1957 through 1961, focusing on Concretism or Concrete art, a movement within geometric abstraction that began in Latin America in the 1930s and came to prominence in the 1940s. The movement has recently gained international recognition; The Ten Concrete Painters were the subject of an exhibition at David Zwirner, in both the London and New York galleries.

Among the eleven works is Sin titulo by multidisciplinary Cuban artist Loló Soldevilla (Estimate: US$ 18,000 – 25,000) a founding member of the collective. Her work has been shown at some of the most prestigious galleries throughout Latin America and globally, including the recent and highly celebrated exhibition at Sean Kelly Gallery, New York.

Other highlights include five works from the internationally proclaimed and self-taught artist René Portocarrero, as well as works by Amelia Pelaez, Carlos Enriquez and Fidelio Ponce de León, members of modernist group La Vanguardía. During the first half of the 20th century, these artists introduced modernism to Cuba, while also emphasizing an idealized vision of patria. Emotional and enigmatic, vivid and vivacious, their works emphasize the universal themes of change, transformation, and death through a distinctive Cuban lens.

On February 4, 2021, Swann will offer the auction: The Artists of the WPA. The multi-departmental sale will feature paintings, prints, photographs, posters, books and related ephemera by artists whose careers were sustained by the Works Progress Administration. Below we share an essay reflecting on the impact of artists of that era.

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FDR’s New Deal

In October of 1929, America suffered a severe economic shockwave with the crash of the stock market. Our financial systems had few structures in place to help weather such a blow. In the presidential election of 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory. FDR’s vision of a New Deal to usher in changes was set in motion, with goals of strengthening our financial systems, and programs designed to employ the masses and develop infrastructure.

The New Deal had a wide array of work programs, some better planned and executed than others. Five specific programs were created with a focus on artists and artisans: 

• Public Works of Art Project, PWAP, December 1933 – June 1934
• Section of Painting and Sculpture, October 1934 – 1943
• Treasury Relief Art Project, TRAP, July 1935 – 1939
• The Farm Security Administration (succeeding the Resettlement Administration), 1935 – 1944
• The Work Project Administration’s Federal Art Project, WPA/FAP, August 1935 – June 1943

The latter of these programs, the WPA, employed the easel painters and printmakers that make up a large portion of this auction. The artists employed came from diverse backgrounds, working in a wide range of styles and subject matters. The dominant theme you will see, and the major focus of artists in those challenging years, was social realism.

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Related Reading: Etched in History: Printmakers of the Federal Art Project

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Photographers also played an important role in documenting and disseminating the realities of rural poverty across the United States. The FSA employed eleven photographers, many of whom are represented in this sale. Their humanist, narrative-driven imagery created what is perhaps the most indelible visual record of the Great Depression.

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Related Reading: Beyond Migrant Mother: Five FSA Photographers to Know

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In addition to the stock market crash of 1929, the nation faced a severe drought, lasting from 1930 until 1936, which rendered barren croplands throughout Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. A 100-year flood of the Ohio River in 1937 left a path of devastation and loss of life and livelihood. The artists who chose this subject matter present these subjects not to dwell on hardship, but to lift our spirits and inspire us to come together and resolve our challenges. 

Beyond their artistic legacy, the programs provided much-needed employment to artists during that challenging era. The WPA employed and helped develop the careers of numerous African American and women artists, creating opportunities where few had previously existed and creative training to the artists that would shape midcentury American art movements. African American artists made significant contributions during the WPA era particularly within mural projects, print-shops and the community art centers of New York, Chicago, Cleveland and Philadelphia. Oft maligned politically and overlooked by subsequent generations, the works of the WPA have left behind an indelible visual record of a society and country at the crossroads of great change. They stand as a tribute to the transformative power of art.

— Harold Porcher, Director, Modern & Post-War Art, with contributions by Nigel Freeman, Deborah Rogal & Nicholas D. Lowry

Dawn of Spring: Chinese Paintings Online (22 January – 5 February)

As the Lunar New Year approaches, Christie’s Hong Kong is proud to present Dawn of Spring – Chinese Paintings Online from 22 January to 5 February 2021, offering a selection of paintings and calligraphy with auspicious and festive meaning to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Ox. Collectors will be captivated by the offering of these exquisite works, presented at a range of attractive estimates, appealing to buyers who are either looking to enrich their existing collections, or to start building one.”

Meticulously put together for art collectors and enthusiasts, the online auction will feature global collections including the Wang Hsin-heng Family Collection, and the Family Collection of Ma Shun Ying, a student of Ding Yanyong. In addition, the sale also brings together fine works by renowned artists such as Feng Zikai, Zhao Shao’ang, Yang Shanshen, Tai Jingnong; and contemporary artists such as Tung Chiao, Tang Wai Hung, Chua Lam, Wilson Shieh and Koon Wai Bong, to name a few. With exquisite works of wide-ranging themes and remarkable appeal, the Dawn of Spring – Chinese Paintings Online is not to be missed.

Christie’s Hong Kong wishes everyone a marvelous Spring Festival!

Notes To Editor

Preview: (By Appointment ONLY)

Location: Christie’s Gallery, 22/F. Alexandra House, 18 Chater Street, Central, Hong Kong
Date      : 22 January – 5 February (CLOSED on Sunday)
Time      : 10:00am to 5:30pm

Auction:

Date: 22 January – 5 February 2021

Did your New Year’s resolutions include buying more antiques? Pook & Pook’s upcoming two-day auction in Downingtown, Pennsylvania on January 28th & 29th will have items cross the auction block from material originating from all over the world. From Ohio to Maryland, from Massachusetts to Virginia, from Delaware to Minnesota, this sale is an important one with select items sure to pique your interest and make you start desperately creating room to add these pieces to your treasures. This is the one auction that you cannot possibly afford to pass up. The sessions begin at 10AM on both days. Bidding for this auction is available online via Bidsquare.

The sale will kick off with the continuation of the sale of a truly fantastic selection of mocha coming from a collection so big, it couldn’t all fit in a single sale…or even two…or even three! Astute bidders will remember Pook & Pook’s previous two Americana auctions featured some superb examples of mocha, and the items coming across the block first thing on Thursday evening are from the same collection. Probably the most impressive collection of mocha around, every piece is special in its own right. But the prized piece among them on Thursday, January 28th will be a large mocha bowl ($3,000-4,000) with beautiful twig decoration.

Session One will continue with a half dozen lots of Liverpool Herculaneum pitchers before diving into the fine art section of the sale. A number of nautical paintings will cross the block, but the crown jewel of them is a John Stobart oil on canvas of the packet ship Margaret Evans ($20,000-30,000). Another wonderful piece of art slated for session one is a George “Frolic” Weymouth tempera on board landscape ($20,000-30,000) of Big Bend in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Big Bend was Weymouth’s home on the Brandywine River where he spent his life painting, entertaining, and organizing his prolific philanthropic pursuits. Another painting of note to be sold is a Charles Morris Young oil on canvas ($12,000-15,000) of a fox hunting scene at the Marshall Estate in Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania. This wonderful piece is displayed in its original carved and gilded Harer frame. From across the pond we have a James Pollard oil on canvas ($12,000-15,000) of the Manchester Independent mail carriage. Arthur Meltzer’s painting “Melting Snow” will also cross the block on Thursday with an estimate of $15,000-$20,000. Peppered amongst these artistic treasures are dozens of beautiful etchings, still lifes, sculptures, landscapes, seascapes and more.

An exceptional piece set to sell on day one is a Soap Hollow, Somerset County, Pennsylvania painted poplar chest of drawers, dated 1864 is expected to bring $10,000-15,000 with its original stenciled floral and bird decoration. One of the more interesting lots in session one is a Newton terrestrial pocket globe with shagreen case lined with a celestial map ($2,000-3,000). From an incredible collection of stoneware out of Maryland comes a historically important New York stoneware presentation jug whose history can be discovered on Pook & Pook’s website. This piece attributed to Moses Tyler of Albany New York with its well-executed incised cobalt bird is estimated to bring $25,000-$35,000. The first day also includes redware, samplers, stoneware, tall chests, hooked rugs, quilts, theorems, tall case clocks, hanging cupboards, bracket clocks, portraits, carvings, corner cupboards, art, chests of drawers, slant front desks, folk art, Dutch cupboards, and so much more. 

The rest of day one is filled with American antiques, art, and decorative accessories mostly originating in the Mid-Atlantic area. A Lancaster, Pennsylvania cherry tall case clock with a broken arch bonnet with carved rosettes and potted flower inlay enclosing an eight-day works is estimated at $4,000-7,000. An early 19th century redware bowl from Hagerstown, Maryland ($6,000-9,000) is attributed to artist Henry Adam. Its dreamy cream and green wavy bands run around the circumference encircling an inner band of dripped manganese and cream slip. An exquisitely sewn silk on linen sampler dated “1812” from Burlington County, New Jersey depicts an embroidered starry sky and view of the Westtown school in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

The first session will end with a lovely collection of furniture and folk art from a Massachusetts Collection. Included in this grouping are fraktur, trade signs, baskets, quilts, samplers, stoneware, redware, portraits, Santas, and more. A swell bodied copper pig weathervane carries a portly estimate of $1,500-2,500. A rare Pennsylvania painted two-part Dutch cupboard with its old blue surface is sure to capture several bidders’ attentions ($4,000-6,000). A set of six Chippendale mahogany dining chairs with shell carved crest and knees are expected to bring $5,000-10,000. Always popular at Pook & Pook’s auctions is the apothecary cupboard, and this collection has an incredible example with twenty-seven drawers ($3,000-5,000). Another important piece from this collection is an Ohio walnut pie safe with punched tin panels picturing a horse and rider in a wooded landscape ($5,000-10,000).

Session two on Friday morning begins with a rare pair of Philadelphia combback Windsor armchairs, ca. 1765 ($40,000-50,000). A selection of wonderful old maps will cross the block on day two, including a Sebastian Munster colored woodcut map of the Western Hemisphere ($1,500-2,000). Shortly into the second session bidders will find the contents of a Minnesota Estate, which includes a nice selection of pewter, decorative accessories, and New England furniture. More New England material follows including a New York Federal mahogany tall case clock, ca. 1790, estimated at ($10,000-12,000). Stoneware, chests of drawers, clocks, tea tables, portraits, samplers, tall case clocks, and more from the north eastern United States pepper day two. A whole cloth quilt with a blue paisley design is estimated to bring ($4,000-6,000).

Next up in the auction is a lovely collection of silver. An assembled Tiffany & Co. sterling silver Persian pattern flatware service is expected to bring ($10,000-15,000). Additional tea services, flatware, carving sets, shoe buckles, and more can be found. A delightful Gorham coin silver five piece tea and coffee service with fantastic butterfly finials is expected to bring $2,200-2,600.

The next collection coming across the block comes from a Richmond, Virginia collector. A lovely Southern Chippendale walnut two-part bookcase, probably from Virginia, is estimated to bring $8,000-12,000. A well-executed set of four Boston Queen Anne maple and birch dining chairs from the mid 18th century is expected to bring $6,000-9,000. Another stunning example of southern furniture is a North Carolina walnut pewter cupboard with an open top and scalloped sides ($5,000-8,000).

The sale ends with a selection of material from overseas. An important pair of English delft bowls is expected to bring $3,000-4,000. The bowls each sport a portrait of Admiral Horatio Nelson and the reverse with mourning barges. An interesting group of Russian silver enamel from the Estate of Georgia Langenfelder Linthicum is included in the international section of the sale rounding out day two. Mark B. Letzer, the President and CEO of the Maryland Center for History and Culture in Baltimore, Maryland writes, “Georgia Langenfelder Linthicum was an inveterate collector. Over the many years I knew her and enjoyed her company and collections she taught me about building a collection based on love of an object and passion for its acquisition. Whether it was a piece of Chinese export porcelain, a print of her beloved Baltimore or a rare book, Mrs. “L” as we called her in my family never stood still.” The auction will conclude with a selection of carpets, including Serapi, Heriz, and Bidjar examples.

Interested bidders are encouraged to visit Pook & Pook’s website at www.pookandpook.com for additional information about the upcoming auction. For questions regarding condition, additional photograph requests, online, in-house, phone or absentee bidder registration, or to purchase a printed catalog for the sale ($40), customers can email [email protected] or call (610) 269-4040. Gallery exhibition attendance for the Americana and International sale is by appointment only. Please call (610) 269-4040 to schedule.

AUCTION EVALUATION DAY | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

See what hidden treasures our experts may be able to reveal

We invite you to join us online for our Virtual First Tuesday on February 2. Submit your items anytime before the 2nd and Skinner specialists from all departments will be on hand on Tuesday to evaluate items and respond by email.

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