By Greg Smith
The cheapest low estimate on this list is $1,000, and boy does it go up from there. The October sales have brought with them a collection of fine works from collections throughout the United States, ranging from a masterful 1871 painting by Gaetano Chierici to an important New York stoneware jug that has just about all the provenance you need, and, of course, everything in between.
BARRIDOFF GALLERIES
Sale Date: October 28, 2016
Lot 18
Gaetano Chierici (Italian, 1838–1920)
“The Mask,” signed and dated “Chierici Gaetano [sic] 1871” l.l. Oil on canvas, Height 31 by Width 41 inches. Property of the Estate of William F. Herman
Estimate: $75/125,000
MORPHY’S AUCTION
Sale Date: October 29, 2016
Lot 167
Ice Cream & Fancy Cake Advertising Trade Sign
This is an important, early tin sign with a Smaltz surface and wood backing. The sign is a great example of early, handmade advertising. It is amazing it has survived this long. The gold lettering is very strong and most likely was freshened up while in use. There is a bend line running through the center of the words “Ice Cream” which has caused minor paint loss and slight darkening. The rest of the sign is in very good condition with only some minor scrapes and rubs. Signs like this rarely come up for sale, especially with this much appeal and great subject matter.
Estimate: $20/40,000
JEFFREY S. EVANS & ASSOC.
Sale Date: October 15, 2016
Lot 81
HENRI JACQUES EVENEPOEL (BELGIAN, 1872-1899)
Watercolor on paper, a powerful, stylized depiction of a man, possibly a fisherman, standing on a beach, blank reserve beside him, his gaze turned away from the viewer toward a pier which extends into the ocean in the distance, vivid coloration, stamped artist’s monogram lower right, possibly a drawing/study made in preparation for a poster advertisement, the artist having secured several commissions for such work in 1894. Retains several old inscriptions and collection stickers attached to backing board verso, including notations for “Rene Loost Collection” and an authentication label from “Charles de May” describing work as “Pecheur sur la Plage”. Matted and housed under glass in a Nineteenth Century figured maple frame with gilt liner. Circa 1894.
Estimate: $3/5,000
TREMONT AUCTIONS
Sale Date: October 16, 2016
Lot 59
Namikawa Cloisonne Cup and Saucer
Cloisonne cup and saucer. Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912). Signed Namikawa Yasuyuki on the handle. Fine gold and silver wire decoration of butterflies and flowers.
Estimate: $8/10,000
BRIGGS AUCTION, INC.
Sale Date: October 21, 2016
Lot 348
Pair of Baccarat Crystal Candelabras
A matched pair of Baccarat crystal three-light candelabras with etched hurricane shades and crystal drops. Each hurricane and base is marked.
Estimate: $1,500/3,000
STRAWSER AUCTION WITH NICOLAUS BOSTON
Sale Date: October 29, 2016
Lot 0165A
A Very Rare George Jones Majolica Blackamoor Calling Card Table
Circa 1875, modeled as a kneeling blackamoor dressed in a turquoise blue gown and elegant red slippers, beneath a small circular green and brown mottled tray, all supported on a mottled green and brown rocky ground with green leaves and red berries.
Estimate: $6/9,000
POSTER AUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Sale Date: October 30, 2016
Lot 76
Bugatti, 1924
ROGER SOUBIE (1898-1984) Size: 47 x 62 1/4 in./119.4 x 158 cm Imp. des Usines E. Bugatti, Molsheim The most successful of all the Bugatti racing models, the Type 35 won over 1,000 races while in production. It was first introduced on August 3, 1924, at the Grand Prix of Lyon. This poster was printed around that time and, while it is heavily reproduced, this is the first time an original has come to auction. Even the Bugatti catalogue raisonné relies on a reproduction!
Estimate: $40/50,000
ROYAL ANTIQUES
Sale Date: October 16, 2016
Lot 200
Magnificent Pair of Meissen Snowball Vases
Nineteenth Century, Height 14.5”
Estimate: $15/25,000
ELDRED’S
Sale Date: October 15, 2016
Lot 27
Extremely Rare Whaleman-Made Birdcage
Mid-Nineteenth Century Whalebone framework comprised of square supports and cylindrical dowels. Arched roof. Single door with metal hinges. Interior fitted with hanging perch and free-standing exercise ladder.
Note: Mittler indicated to Nina Hellman this was his favorite piece in his collection. Provenance: Barbara Johnson Collection. Exhibited: Museum of American Folk Art, 1967. Note: Illustrated in American Folk Sculpture by Robert Bishop (N.Y.: E.P. Dutton, 1974), figure 114. Illustrated in Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders, Whales and Whalemenby E. Norman Flayderman (New Milford, Conn.: N. Flayderman & Co., 1971), figure 143. Figure 176 in Through the Eyes of a Collector by Nina Hellman (2015). Provenance: The Thomas Mittler Scrimshaw Collection.
Estimate: $15/25,000
CROCKER FARM
Sale Date: October 22, 2016
Lot 1
Exceptional and Important Four-Gallon Presentation Stoneware Jug with Exuberant Cobalt Decoration of a Leaping Frog
Inscribed “Frank Prouty”, stamped “NEW YORK STONEWARE CO. / FORT EDWARD, N.Y.”, circa 1875, cylindrical jug with tooled spout, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a leaping, swell-bodied frog with raised front legs and heavily-striped body, the scene accented with a stylized riverbank below.
Estimated: $30/50,000
