Michaan’s Modern Auction: Monday,June 19; 1Oam
Gallery Showroom: 2751 Todd Street. Alameda, CA 94501
www.michaans.com

Preview: Thursday, June 15; noon – 5pm Friday.June 16; 9am – 5 pm, Monday, June 19, 9 am – end of auction
Heinrichs for Cowell & Hubbard Hammered Copper Cup. Estimate: $800/1,200
Otto Heino Two Studio Pottery Items. Estimate: $400/600
Pair of Hanne & Torben Valeur for Ole Palsby Pine Daybeds. Estimate: $6,000/8,000
CHAIM GROSS (American, 1904-1991) Horse with Three Acrobatic Riders Estimate: $1,000/2,000
George Nakashima for Widdicomb Rosewood Origins Dresser. Estimate: $2,500/3,500
Maria and Julian Martinez San Ildefonso Pueblo Blackware Vessel Estimate: $4,000/6,000

ALAMEDA, CALIF. — In June, Michaan’s will conduct four auctions. Starting the month off with its Annex Auction from June 12-14, followed by a gallery auction on Friday, June 16. Monday, June 19, starts the firm’s Modern auction at 10 a.m. featuring sought-after names like Motherwell, Mapplethorpe, Eames, Knoll and Nakashima. This auction will be followed by an Asian Art Auction highlighting a horizontal landscape hand scroll, attributed to Jing Hao, Ninth Century (born 850) “Autumn Evening on Mount Chu,” “Shiqu Baoji” seal mark.

June is featuring “Ira Yeager | Town & Country” properties from the artist’s homes and studio. This is a unique and eclectic collection that will be included in the June 16 gallery auction and the June 12-14 Annex auction. The collection includes pieces of furniture at that are adorned with paintings and signed by Ira Yeager. One is a French-style side table with a tea pot painted on top that bears his signature. There is also a pedestal table with a portrait of George Washington painted on top that is signed Ira Yeager. Yeager wrote, “Painting is my life (life blood and life force) — for me an everlasting quest in exploration of the various levels of my consciousness and creativity.”

Michaan’s gallery auction starts off with the furniture and decorative arts section, which will also feature Cambodian .800-.900 silver hollowware articles; a Louis XVI-style boulle bureau mazarin; and an ethnographic section featuring an Ifugao Bulul mounted human trophy skull.

The fine arts section has a showing of American artists, including Tomi D. Kobara, Raphael Lillywhite, Irwin Luckman and Maurice Braun. The American artist Alexander Archipenko (born in Ukraine, 1921) has exhibited his sculptures in many galleries and museums as well as having one of his in the permanent collection at the Met. Michaan’s will offer one of his sculptures in the June gallery auction, “Female Figure,” made of marble and inscribed.

Michaan’s will also offer a group of pocket watches in the jewelry section. Pocket watches are a timeless collectible that are always highly sought out. This grouping features a C.H. Meylon & Co. diamond, 14K gold pocket watch with a bloodstone, 9K gold watch chain. Also being offered in the jewelry section is an Art Deco diamond, enamel, white gold locket brooch, Mikimoto cultured pearl necklace and a diamond ring that is more than 2.5 carats.

The Asian art section of the gallery auction features a wide variety of ceramic vessels, including a yellow glazed altar vessel, a pink monochrome vase, a large blue and white underglaze red “deer and pine trees” vase and a blue and white moon flask vase. As well, there will be as a Chinese painting depicting birds and flowers that is attributed to Xing Yifeng.

In the Monday, June 19, Modern auction, the furniture and decorative arts section boasts chairs by Hans Wegner, a George Nakashima “Origins” tall dresser for Widdicomb and daybeds by Bruno/Karl Mathson and Torben and Hanne Valeur. Decorative items have a wide range, from Maria and Julian Martinez San Ildefonso Pueblo blackware vessel to Heinrichs for Cowell & Copper Cup. To round out the auction there is a throw by Claudy Jongstra. The fine art surges with a sculpture by Chaim Gross, “Horse with Three Acrobatic Riders.” Studio pottery has pieces by Otto Heino, Russell Wright and Van Poriggle.

This auction will be followed by Asian art. In addition to horizontal landscape hand scroll there are many lots to admire like a Chinese jade embellished magnifier and a hand mirror. A Chinese silk embroidered Dragon robe and skirt have impeccable stitching. There are two carved guanyins, one in the Tang style.

Michaan’s Auctions is at 2751 Todd Street. For additional information, www.michaans.com or 510-227-2505

Michaan’s Annex Auction: June 12, 13, & 14
Featuring: Ira Yeager Town and Country properties from the
artist’s homes and studio.
IRA YEAGER (American, 1938-2022) Portrait of George Washington, 1805 Estimate: $500/700
IRA YEAGER (American, 1938-2022) “Tea” Yellow Tea Pot, 1840. Estimate: $500/700

Michaan’s Gallery Auction: June 16
Preview: Thursday, June 15; noon – 5pm Friday.June 16; 9am – end of auction
Tompion Silver Pair-Cased Pocket Watch. Estimate: $800/1,200
Diamond, Platinum, 14k Yellow Gold Ring. Estimate: $5,000/7,000
Regina Music Box with Discs. Estimate: $1,200/1,800
Louis XIV Style Boulle Bureau Mazarin. Estimate: $800/1,200
Edward Prior Tortoise, Sterling Silver Triple-Cased PocketWatch. Estimate: $1,000/1,500
Large Chinese Blue and White Underglaze Red ‘Deers and Pine Trees’Vase. Estimate: $500/800

Fine Asian Art Auction: Monday,June 19; 1pm
Preview: Thursday, June 15; noon – 5pm Friday.June 16; 9am – 5 pm, Monday, June 19, 9 am – end of auction
Attributed to the Studio ofTINGQUA (Chinese, 1809-1870)
Asian Garden Scene. Estimate: $7,000/10,000
A Chinese Carved Celadon Jade ‘Gu’ Vase on Carved Wooden Stand. Estimate: $1,000/1,500
A Chinese Red Ground Famille Rose Plum Blossom Yuhuchunping Vase. Estimate: $500/800
Attributed to Zhou Li (active late I 9th-20th century) Pair of Chinese Bamboo Brush Holders. Estimate: $3,000/5,000
A Chinese Tiger Silk Rank Badge. Depicting a fourth military rank badge. Estimate: $3,000/5,000
Chinese Jade Embellished Magnifier and Hand Mirror. Estimate: $4,000/6,000

Annex Showroom: 2701 Monarch Street.Alameda, CA 94501
(800) 380-9822 • (510) 740-0220