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Rare 1934 Popeye Pocket Watch and Reed & Barton Silverware Set Come to Auction
SJ Auctioneers will feature a variety of silverware, antique toys, collectibles, and more in the upcoming Winter Watch for Wanted Collectibles event. Particularly highlighted is a Francis 1st 60-piece sterling silver flatware set. This set by American silversmith manufacturer Reed & Barton includes forks, knives, and spoons that bear the maker’s…
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Reed & Barton Silverware Set and Edward Hald Orrefors Fish Graal Lead SJ Auctioneers’ Upcoming Sale
The well-known American silverware maker Reed & Barton introduced Francis to the first, sterling silver tableware pattern in 1906. Designed by Ernest Meyer, a French silversmith, this pattern is distinctive compared to usual flatware designs. Francis the first comprises 15 fruit and flower clusters with detailed designs. A Reed &…
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Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver, Dodie Thayer Lettuce Ware Showcased in Doyle’s Entertaining with Style Auction
Doyle’s upcoming Entertaining with Style auction will showcase several patterns by flatware firms such as Tiffany & Co. and Reed & Barton, a collection of Dodie Thayer’s lettuce-inspired serving pieces, and more. Recognized globally for its luxury jewelry, Tiffany & Co. is also an important player in the silver industry.…
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Rare Hand-Painted Herend Figurines and Vintage Toy Train Collectibles Highlight SJ Auctioneers’ Upcoming Sale
A small town in Hungary, Herend is best known for its porcelain craft traditions. In the mid-19th century, a Herend-based painter was so intrigued by a Chinese porcelain plate with a fish scale pattern that he painted a similar design on a rooster figurine. The fishnet décor went on to…
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Gio Ponti “Diamond” Flatware and Antique Furniture at Willow Auction House
Known as one of the greatest and most famous Italian designers of the 20th century, Gio Ponti brought Italian design philosophies to the forefront of Modernism. His finest work ranged in size and scope from the 32-storey Pirelli Tower in Milan to the Superleggera (“super-lightweight”) chair. Ponti also dabbled in…
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Antique Gorham Cinderella Sterling Silver Tray and Vintage See & Play Walt Disney Castle Set at SJ Auctioneers
Connecticut-based designer Adolph H. Reimherr originally designed the “Cinderella” pattern round plate in sterling silver for Whiting Manufacturing Company. After Gorham Company acquired Whiting in 1924, it launched the Cinderella silverware under its brand name in 1925. An antique tray by the American manufacturer leads the upcoming sale from SJ…
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Showplace’s First Sale of 2022 Highlights Notable Antonín Chittussi Painting
After being expelled from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague for being the ringleader of a protest, Czech artist Antonín Chittussi supported himself by making illustrations for magazines such as The Czech Bee (Česká včela). He was soon after influenced by the work of the Barbizon School and became…
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American Scenes by Dox Thrash Featured in Upcoming Kodner Galleries Auction
Dox Thrash was a prolific painter and printmaker famous for his social realism artworks and his contributions to the Carborundum printmaking technique. In his early years, Thrash worked as an elevator operator and later went on to study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During the Great…
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Decorative Art and Jewelry Will Lead Alex Cooper Auctioneers Sale
In the upcoming Fine Jewelry, Sterling Silver & Platinum, Coins, & Historical Documents sale, Alex Cooper Auctioneers will focus on decorative art and jewelry pieces. One of the noted lots is a sterling silver flatware set from Reed & Barton. An American silversmith manufacturer, Reed & Barton was founded in…
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Oil paintings by George Rodrigue and Clementine Hunter will be part of Crescent City's estates auction, Sept. 11-12-13
The three-day weekend event is packed with 975 quality lots in a variety of collecting categories, including designer purses and other fine couture items. Original oil on canvas painting by George Rodrigue (Louisiana, 1944-2013) from the artist’s famous Blue Dog series, titled Flames of Hope (1992), signed and titled (est.…
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Online Only Decorative Arts
A collotype print of Andrew Wyeth’s The Reefer is one of the highlighted lots in the upcoming Luxe Boutique Auction, presented by Pook & Pook, Inc. In the piece, a man wearing a reefer jacket walks down the stairs. In front of the figure, the viewer can observe rays of…
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Two-Day Summer Fine Art, Antique, and Jewelry Auction – Day 2
Silversmiths in 18th-century France revolutionized the dining table, and many of their innovations are still in use today. The period following the French Revolution saw the individualization of dining, which required fewer shared dishes. Emerging from this was the epergne, a dining table centerpiece with branching arms that held hanging…
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Frank Helsley, the founder of Republic Guitars, was a teenager when he first heard Johnny Winter playing a resonator. Helsley became obsessed with music and guitars after that. Failing to find affordable options, Helsley founded his own guitar company. In 2009, he designed a travel-sized guitar, the Highway 61, which…
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Three-Day Auction Session III
The third session of Charlton Hall Auctioneers’ upcoming Three-Day Auction features Vienna porcelain, silver flatware and dinnerware, vintage furniture, figural lamps, and more. The sale will also offer Asian art and antiques, including hardwood sculptures and Chinese jade. At the top of the listings is a carved hardwood sculpture of…
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Studio Decorative Art Auction & Studio Fine Art Auction
Nikolay Milioti was a key figure in the Russian ‘Blue Rose’ group. He drew his inspiration from the mystical imagery of Mikhail Vrubel. A 19th-century floral still life by the Russian artist is a key lot in the upcoming two-session Studio Decorative Art Auction and Studio Fine Art Auction, offered…
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September Estates Auction Day 2
Witness an incredible selection of antiques, fine art, jewelry and more from local estates in the upcoming two days September Estates Auction by Austin Auction Gallery. The second day will put forth the finest finds by the auction house. The highlight of the auction is Back to the Future II,…