Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present a Carmel Estate Auction on Saturday, July 13, 2024. The sale features a diverse and eclectic array of artworks, decorative arts, militaria, sterling and silver items, pens, furniture, Native American pottery, Asian items, and more, primarily from the 19th-21st centuries. Most are from a single estate in Carmel, California; other collections and estates from California are also represented in the auction.
Among the artworks are oil and watercolor paintings, etchings, woodblocks, lithographs, prints, architectural plates, Eastern European icons, and sculptures. Noted artists include Ira Yeager, Leroy Neiman, Michael Stidham, Yoshiko Yamamoto, Patrick (Hinds) Swazo, Dino Paravano, Kent Ullberg, and Keith Christie. Decorative arts come from several traditions and cultures: from the U.S. are Charles Lotton and Van Briggle vases, plus an extensive selection of Native American pottery and sand paintings from the Navajo, Hopi, Santa Clara, Zuni, and Jemez. From China are dishes, bowls, vases, carved coral figures, snuff bottles, scroll paintings, and a Miao headdress. From Japan are Imari platters, a kimono, enamel vases, dolls and figures, boxes, screens, prayer beads, a 1920s coronation costume, calligraphy, blue and white porcelain, and more. There are also several groupings of Asian ceramics.
Ballpoint and fountain pens come from Parker, Waterman, Tiffany, Cartier, and Cross. Sterling and silver items include a tea set, figures, flatware, tableware, and serving ware from France, Germany, England, and Russia. There is a diverse selection of militaria: U.S. Navy commissions, collections of commendation medals and navy cap ship ribbons, dress swords, a World War II bicorn hat and naval dress set, several books, and antique armor. Among the furniture lots are small tables, chairs, wooden chests, clocks, and boxes. Rounding out the sale are candlesticks and candelabra, duck decoys, large fish replicas, painted masks, and an antique carousel horse.
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