Showplace – Backstage Auction
February 12 at 11 am
36-01 35th Street Astoria, NY
www.nyshowplace.com
auctions@nyshowplace.com
212-633-6063 ext.808
ASTORIA, N.Y. — On February 12, Auctions at Showplace will present the next Backstage, Astoria NY auction with 460 lots of treasures from New York metropolitan area estates and collections. These auctions are conducted from Showplace’s warehouse facility in Astoria.
Fine art highlights open with an ink and watercolor on paper depicting a knight riding a horse by Horace Robbins Burdick and a Cubist still life oil on canvas depicting two bottles, wine glasses and a pothos plant by Nicholas Takis titled “Transparencies.” The collection continues with two abstract pastel and graphite on paper drawings by Richards Rubens.
Prints and multiples on offer include a printer proof, circa 1950, of “Woman and Landscape” by Leonard Baskin. The woodcut print on Asian rice paper depicts a standing woman from behind and is listed 085 in Fern-O’Sullivan’s catalogue raisonné. One copy can be found in the collection of the Boston Museum of Art. Also on offer are two colorful abstract etchings with aquatint by Barry Nelson and a 1966 lithograph of female figures in tutus by Chaim Gross.
Sculpture includes a bronzed ceramic bust of musician and composer Franz Listz (Hungarian, 1811-1886) mounted on a bronze and metal pedestal inscribed “Mr A.D. Volpe From Members of Volpe S.S. 1909,” signed to reverse.
Asian arts will open with a Chinese tianqiuping cobalt gourd-patterned vase with a turquoise ground, Yongzheng marked. Next is a pair of Chinese porcelain jardinieres with a floral motif and carved brass bases and handles and an antique Chinese black chempleve enamel gu-form vase lamp, enameled with gilded scrolling patterns on a dark metal base, Nineteenth Century or later. Also of note is a Chinese relief wall plaque of composite material, depicting a goddess dancing on the demons.
Furniture on offer appeals to tastes ranging from Victorian to Renaissance Revival and Art Deco to midcentury modern.
Midcentury offerings open with an American Modernist walnut extending dining table raised on four tapered legs and an ebonized wood credenza sideboard raised on tapered geometric metal legs. A Paul McCobb for St John Seating Corporation origami swivel office chair with a white acrylic reinforced fiberglass seat raised on an atomic metal pedestal base continues the sale. Also of note is an Art Deco round mahogany low table with scrolling skirt in the taste of James Mont.
Traditional offerings include a Neoclassical Theodore Alexander Louis XVI-style small cabinet with a D-shaped galleried top with a stained trellis pattern surface, above two short drawers and two cabinet doors. Next is an Art Deco round mahogany low table with a scrolling skirt in the taste of James Mont and a late Nineteenth Century Louis XVI-style carved giltwood armchair raised on turned tapered legs ready to be given a new life. Also on offer is a Neoclassical-style painted wood end table cabinet having column shape with a carrara marble top.
Backstage at Showplace is full of glitz and glamor. Jewelry lovers will find a vintage 14K yellow gold wide band ring, a pair of Lilly Barrack sterling silver and 14K yellow gold “Herkimer Diamond” rock crystal quartz post earrings and a rare vintage 14K yellow gold Walt Disney Mickey Mouse motif open filigree black and cream colored enamel pin, marked.
The sale includes a collection of vintage Hermè scarves, including a scarf in the Cheval Turc pattern by Christiane Vauzelles, a square pink silk twill scarf in the Feux d’Artifice pattern by Michael Duchene and a square silk twill scarf in the Farandole pattern by Caty Latham, among others.
Decorative objects from around the globe will also be offered. Decorative arts highlights include a pair of Nineteenth Century floral textiles with a pattern of hydrangeas and roses in a gilt-silver frame. Next is a pair of Nineteenth Century rococo-style gilt-metal mounted alabaster candelabras, each with five candlesticks enhanced with cut crystal pendant. Also of note are a collection of colorful Frederick Carder (English, 1863-1963) for Steuben glassware and a collection of Bing & Grondahl Kjobenhaven Danish porcelain individual place setting bud vases, circa 1966-69, each centering a bisque medallion after Bertel Thorvaldsen’s (Danish, 1770-1844) bas reliefs “Day,” “Night” and “Winter.”
Entertainers will delight at a German 800 silver Neoclassical-style pattern part dinner service for six, each struck “WTB” for Wilhelm T. Binder of Schwäbisch Gmünd and “800” with the Reichsmark moon and crown, and comprising six dinner forks, one luncheon fork, and seven dinner knives. Next is a set of vintage Soviet silver-gilt and niello vodka cups and tray, each struck with Soviet hallmarks for 875 silver and “5 SCh” for 1965 and the Leningrad assay inspection mark. It is followed by a set of 12 Art Deco pewter cups with a concentric circle design.
Preview is available Monday-Friday by appointment. Showplace Astoria is at 36-01 35th Street. For further information, www.nyshowplace.com or 212-633-6063.
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