Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present the Fine Art & Estate Sale on Saturday, November 30, 2024. Featuring 225 lots, this wide-ranging auction offers a distinctive array of fine art, decorative arts, timepieces, Native American and Asian items, lots of gold and silver, and much more. Artworks span the 16th-21st centuries in diverse media: oil, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, engravings, serigraphs, lithographs, drawings, mixed media – plus several sculptures. Acclaimed artists include Andy Warhol, Helen Frankenthaler, Ira Yeager, Sir John Lavery, Jean Cocteau, Louis Icart, William Russell Flint, Nathan Oliveira, Gustave Baumann, Francois Burney, and others. From the 16th and 17th centuries are works attributed to Joachim Von Sandrart, Augustin Hirschvogel, Guido Reni, Samuel Van Hoogstraaten, and Lorenzo Lotto. There is also a selection of vintage French and American posters related to World War I and World War II.
Timepieces include both men’s watches and clocks. Notable manufacturers of watches are Breguet, Ebel, Baume & Mercier, Bulova, and Gubelin -- highlighted by two 18K yellow-gold day-date Rolexes. Among the mantel and table clocks are ones by Jaeger-LeCoultre/Atmos and Tiffany & Co./ Samuel Monti. Lots of precious metals are two Mexican 50 pesos gold pieces; and sterling silver vanity and travel sets, a cigarette case, candlesticks, and spoons.
Edwardian clothing includes bodices and skirts, a corset, coats, and a mourning gown. There are also two contemporary handbags by Prada and Roberta di Camerino. Signed lots are a letter from Diana, Princess of Wales, a Christmas card from Charles Schulz, and a Catherine the Great signature from 1790.
Several nations and cultures are also in the auction. From the U.S. are Native American baskets and/or jars from Papago, Haida, Attu, Washo-Paiute, Pima, Salish, Quinault, Inuit, Navajo, Hopi and Jemez – plus several Blackware dishes, including by San Ildefonso artist Maria Martinez. Asia is represented as well: from Japan are inro and netsuke, a bronze Samurai figure, a man’s silk kimono, and an incense box; from China are a gilt lacquer box, scroll paintings, a landscape drawing, and more; from Thailand is an illuminated manuscript leaf; and a small Asian bronze Buddha.
There are also a wide selection of decorative arts: a 19th-century neoclassical pier mirror, Tiffany pine needle items, a 16th-century map of Russia, several pairs of plaques, Nigerian masks, figurines by Bjorn Wiinblad and Talfourd Toys, a Salviati for Tiffany vase, blown glass whimseys, Victorian Nailsea glass bells, polychrome wood religious figures, santos, and an extensive array of Lalique items. Several military items are 19th-century engraved plates, several shields, armor, and a sword. There is also a selection of 19th-century English tea caddies.
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