By Greg Smith

The autumn is here and the sales are flying. We’ve brought you a sweet mix of lots from upcoming sales that would catch the eye of any discerned buyer, including a Punch figure with excellent paint from Morphy’s Las Vegas to a Rene Lalique Champagne vase in a rare iridescent glass at Uniques and Antiques. Take a good look through these catalogs, they’re full of gold.

MORPHY AUCTIONS

Sale Date: October 15-16, 2016
Lot 513
Wm. Demuth & Co. Manufacturers Punch Advertising Figure
Metal cigar store figure for Wm. Demuth & Co. Manufacturers. Features a punch figure with a cigar in his mouth, one hand extended holding a bundle of cigars, and the other pointed towards his face. Has original fuel inlet in rear of statue. Maintains a great original patina and shows wonderfully. Circa late Nineteenth Century. One of few known examples. Believed to be the best original example.
Estimate: $100/200,000

RSL AUCTIONS

Sale Date: October 14, 2016
Lot 500
Saddle Horse on Wheeled Platform
Probably by Ives, Blakeslee Company Bridgeport, Connecticut, circa 1890s. This sleek and elegant saddle horse represents the rarest and most beautiful cast iron still bank to ever come to market. The bank is designed with a level of detail that is simply unmatched. It is imbued with the characteristics of extreme quality that we have come to associate with the production output of Ives, Blakeslee. Helen Smith took one short look at this bank and instantly recognized its beauty and significance. She turned to Scudder and advised him to sell everything else and buy this one bank.
Estimate: $25/35,000

AHLERS & OGLETREE

Sale Date: October 14-16, 2016
Lot 150
Fine Moser Gilt Enamel Ruby Glass Casket Box
Moser (Bohemian, founded 1857), Nineteenth Century. A very fine sugar casket, trinket or dresser box of ruby glass and decorated all over in heavy gold gilding and hand painted raised enamel, the top, sides, front and back with cartouches enclosing colorful birds. Box is mounted at the side with decorative bail and scroll handles and rests on stylized scrolls terminating on ball feet. Interior glass lid has gold etched “15” as does the interior top back of glass panel.
Estimate: $800/1,200

JEFFREY S. EVANS

Sale Date: October 15, 2016
Lot 56
Michel Delacroix (French, b. 1933)
Oil on canvas, signed l.r., signed and titled on reverse of canvas.
Estimate: $8/12,000

POOK & POOK INC.

Sale Date: October 7-8, 2016
Lot 487
Octagonal Redware Plate
Nineteenth Century, with yellow slip dot in diamond decoration and green splashes, 6 1/8” diameter.
Estimate: $8/12,000

SOUTH BAY AUCTIONS, INC.

Sale Date: October 1, 2016
Lot 249
Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952)
‘The Rush Gatherer’,’ orotone photograph, signed in plate lower right, bears original Curtis studio label to verso.
Estimate: $3/5,000

UNIQUES & ANTIQUES

Sale Date: October 4, 2016
Lot 57
Rene Lalique French Crystal Art Deco Champagne Vase
Antique iridescent vase with cone form raised elements. Engraved R Lalique France.
Estimate: $6/900

CORDIER AUCTIONS

Sale Date: October 2, 2016
Lot 90
Boris O’Klein (French, 1887-1983)
Print entitled “Le Chien Frileux!” or The Chilly Dog. Signed to lower right corner. “Copyright Ch. Ducher et cie 35, de l’Opera Paris. No 556”. Framed with single mat. Informational label verso.
Estimate: $1/200

WHITE’S AUCTIONS

Sale Date: October 2, 2016
Lot 6
Elmer Crowell Carved Duck Working Decoy
Carved black duck decoy. Original paint. Measures 17 ¾” long, glass eyes. Signed with branded mark.
Estimate: $1,5/2,500

HERITAGE AUCTIONS

Sale Date: October 18, 2016
A Fabergé Silver and Gem-Set Razorback Pig Bell Push
With marks for workmaster Julius Rappoport, St. Petersburg, Russia, circa 1899-1908, 15.4 troy ounces. The razorback pig presented as seated on hind legs, finely detailed body simulating fur, curled tail above bell pull string, upward gaze with mouth slightly agape, red garnet cabochon push to snout.
Estimate: $30/50,000