: Sloans & Kenyon Auctioneers and Appraisers' February 3-5
auction grossed $1.34 million dollars and marked the debut of the
firm's online auction research tool which provides bidders with
multiple-view images of auction lots. Lots sold online in the
February Connoisseurs' Auction increased by more than seven
percent. Sloans & Kenyon's director of operations, Matthew
Stuart, observed that "multiple-view lot images in our online
catalog empower collectors; having this additional information at
their fingertips allows Sloans & Kenyon bidders to judge lots
thoroughly."
The February auction included property from the estates of
Suzette Derzavis, Florence Fan and Janet B. Ross as well as
property sold to benefit the United States Holocaust Museum and
the Victorian Society in America in Washington, D.C.; Landon
School, Bethesda, Md.; and the United Negro College Fund.
Tiffany Studios leaded glass and bronze Acorn table lamp
brought $14,455.
In the Asian specialty session held on February 3, 373 of the
508 lots offered grossed $355,663. Buyers from the United States,
Canada, Europe and Asia totaled 158, and 152 lots were sold to 67
buyers who participated in the Friday session through online
bidding, which accounted for $120,880 of the first day's hammer
price.
"Collectors' interest in Chinese porcelain, jade, scholars'
objects and Buddhist art is extremely strong and we obtained
marvelous results," said Asian department director Alexandra
Grais.
Some of the top lots in this diverse sale included an American
Chippendale carved mahogany side chair, Eighteenth Century,
purported to be one from a set loaned to a Boston family and used
by George Washington when he conducted the siege of Boston that
sold for $51,920. All prices given include the buyer's premium
charged.
A Juan Pablo Salinas (Spanish, 1871-1946), oil on canvas, "The
Invited Guests," signed upper right, sold for $20,060, and a
French oil on panel also sold within estimate. Edouard Henri Leon
Cortes (French, 1882-1969), "Le sud de la France," brought
$17,700. Philip Alexius de Laszlo (Hungarian British, 1869-1937),
"Portrait of Prince Boris of Bulgaria (1894-1948) with Roses,"
doubled its high estimate, selling for $12,390.
Gandharan gray schist figure of Bodhisattva, circa Second/Third
Century made $11,800.
Sculpture was sought after with a Chryselephantine sculpture
of "Innocence," circa 1920, selling for $11,800 and a circa Second
or Third Century Ganharan gray schist figure of Bodhisattva going
for the same figure.
A circa 1840, American School painting, "Two Children with Dog
and Hoop," brought $10,030. Other American artists' paintings
that sold well included Frank Stella's "Polar Co-Ordinates III"
going for $8,850; John Leone's "African American Man Leading the
Bay" and Mark Lindquist's "Will's Song," walnut, 1985-86, both
sold for $7,670.
Another top lot was a Turkish silk rug with dragon and phoenix
motifs that had an estimate of $2/3,000 but went out for $9,440.
Sloans & Kenyon's next estate catalog auction will be April
7-9, with an exhibition, April 1-6 at Sloans & Kenyon's
gallery at 7034 Wisconsin Avenue. For information,
www.sloansandkenyon.com or 301-634-2330.
