SJ Auctioneers – Online Auction
December 15 6:00pm EST
www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/310036_silverware-toys-decor-glass-art
sjauctioneers@gmail.com – 646-450-7553

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — With the holidays fast approaching, SJ Auctioneers is the place to find that perfect gift for that special someone, young and old alike. The firm will host an online-only auction on Friday, December 15, starting at 6 pm Eastern time.

The catalog features a selection of jewelry, silverware, trains, toys, décor and art glass and collectibles from artists, designers and silversmiths like Cartier, Tiffany & Co., Dominick & Haff, Jose Hess, Emile Delaire, Gorham, Movito, Reed & Barton, Watson, Wallace, Wm B. Kerr, Sackermann Hessenberg & Co, Vetreria, Murano, Arte, American Flyer, Lionel, Nintendo, Tootsie Toy, Buddy L, Matchbox and Lesney — in all, 227 lots will be sold.

Half of the top 24 lots in the sale involve silver. Leading the pack is a Tiffany sterling silver Wave Edge flatware set for 12, complete with case. The set includes 60 pieces of flatware, with no monograms, stamped “Tiffany & Co. Sterling” ($3,5/5,000).

A pair of Martin Hall & Co. candlesticks, 17 inches tall, with dramatic foliate decoration and with impressed marks along the base, 216.12 troy ounces, should sell for $3,5/5,000; and there’s a Gorham Y50 sterling silver copper jardiniere vase with applied 3-D strawberry plant and spider, Gorham date mark for 1911, ($2,5/5,000).

A sterling silver owl cruet set by Richard Comyns (London, 1967) is expected to command $2,5/3,500; as are a pair of Dutch silver novelty owl peppers by Schoonhoven, stamped “Holl Land” and having the date letter for 1911. Also offered will be a Cartier sterling Trinity set of four tumblers, each one 1½ inches tall ($2/4,500).

The jewelry category will be led by a Buccellati signed 18K Macri ring band featuring six white gold stations atop an engraved lace motif, each centering a round brilliant cut diamond weighing 0.18 carat ($4/6,000); and a Bvlgari Serpenti “Forever” bangle bracelet crafted in light gold-plated brass with precious black galuchat skin inserts, and featuring two irresistible contraire iconic snakeheads with hypnotic-colored scales ($750-$1,500).

Also sold will be a pair of 18K yellow gold, diamond and cultured pearl earrings, containing two round, white cultured pearls (11.30 mm each) and 28 full-cut diamonds weighing approximately 2.10 carats ($1,5/5,000); and an 18K white gold Tahitian pearl diamond enhancer necklace with 14K white gold chain, 16 inches long, the pearl size about 10-11mm, with three round brilliant natural diamonds having a total weight of 0.24 carats ($1/2,000).

For the wee folk on your holiday shopping list (or for serious collectors of vintage toys), the auction has a Walt Disney Ingersoll US Time Mickey Mouse watch from 1940 in the original box ($750-$2,500); and a Marx Blue and Grey Civil War playset in the original box with paperwork and even a 33-1/3rpm record ($1,5/2,500).

Vintage vehicles will include a long Tippco tin firefighter truck ladder with four firefighters in the cabin, with the key missing ($500-$1,000); a pre-war #815 tin litho wind-up 0-gauge freight train set by Karl Bub ($500-$1,000); and a pair of German-made Georg Fisher tin penny toy vehicles, one probably based on the VW van ($500-$1,000).

Also up for bid is a Tootsie Toy four-vehicle Fire Department set of die-cast metal toys, with box ($500/750); an American Flyer 20535 S Pony Express passenger set, including a diesel and two passenger cars ending number 37 and 38 and featuring metal trucks, metal wheels and knuckler couplers, with each car lighted ($450/750); and a collection of 34 hand-painted Marx Disneykins figurines from the 1960s, in the original box ($350/750).

Pieces by Herend, the Hungarian porcelain manufacturer founded in 1826, will feature an extra-large pair of rust fishnet roosters, each one signed and measuring 7¼ inches tall ($1,5/3,000); and a signed tall pair of cranes, 5190, each one about 9 inches tall ($1,8/2,500); a signed raspberry fishnet hand-painted angel fish with 24K accents, 4 inches in height ($750-$1,800); and a hand-painted dog figure in green fishnet pattern ($500-$1,500).

Decorative accessories will include a Daum crystal green and pink roses vase, #03507, handmade in France and signed, 7 by 5 inches ($500-$3,500); a set of two Versace Le Roi porcelain charger service plates with box, made in Germany, each plate 12¼ inches in diameter ($1,5/3,000); and a Maitland Smith mother-of-pearl seashell caviar bowl with stand, on a silver metal pedestal with embossed seashells ($1,5/2,500).

Bidding is available now online. Pre-bidding is also available, meaning for those who are unable to attend the online auction, they can still leave their bids now.

For information, 646-450-7553 or www.sjauctioneers.com.