ACES Gallery – Spring Estates Auction
Wednesday, May 8 11:00 AM EST
Stamford, CT
ACES.net

STAMFORD, CONN. — A collection of jewelry from a Scarsdale, N.Y., lady led by a festoon necklace; an unusual folk art polychrome carved box discovered in a Chappaqua, N.Y., home; and two paintings by the American abstract artist Robert Moskowitz will headline an online-only spring estates auction slated for Wednesday, May 8, by ACES Gallery.

The catalog is loaded with more than 170 lots of fine art, jewelry, Chinese and Asian art, antique and midcentury furniture, dolls and collectibles, art glass, ceramics, rugs and more, beginning at 11 am Eastern time. There is no live in-gallery bidding, but internet bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Absentee and telephone bids will also be accepted.

“We’re excited to bring a curated sampling of materials from our clients to the May auction,” said Alex Fonarow, appraiser and auctioneer of ACES Gallery. “Our gallery auctions are designed to present the very best materials we uncover while working on ACES more broadly focused projects,” he added, “effectively trying to separate the wheat from the chaff. More than two dozen estates are represented in the current auction.”

With an estimate of $12/18,000, the antique diamond festoon necklace is a candidate for top lot of the auction. It’s designed as a continuous line of baguette channel-set diamonds and prong-set full cut diamonds suspending nine graduated pear brilliant cut diamonds.

Two vibrant, colorful paintings by Robert Moskowitz (American, 1935-2024) are on offer. Both are untitled, oil on canvas, signed lower left, with estimates of $1/2,000. One has a frame size of 19½ by 16½ inches, the other 16½ by 15¾ inches. Moskowitz worked at the intersection of Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism and Pop Art.

The unusual folk art polychrome carved box found in a Chappaqua home is from the late Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century. It’s heavily carved with Incan devices and faces in relief, painted in green over yellow with silver highlights. It measures 6½ by 4½ inches ($200/400).

A dazzling lady’s Panthere de Cartier 18K gold wristwatch features a white dial with Roman numerals, a stylized rectangular border and a sapphire crown, on a matching 18K gold five-row maillon panthere link bracelet with quartz movement. The case and bracelet are signed “Cartier” and impressed with Swiss hallmarks ($2/4,000).

A bronze sculpture on a conforming plinth, signed “L. Gregoire” for Jean-Louis Gregoire (French, 1840-1890), titled “Flute players,” 24 by 19 inches, should find a new home for $2/3,000. Gregoire was known for allegorical figure sculpture and mythology.

An oil on board by Samuel Henry Gordon Alken (British, 1810-1894), titled “Winter,” depicts riders in a carriage in a snowy landscape before a sunset. One of two Alken paintings on offer, the work is signed lower left and housed in a frame of 38 by 26¼ inches ($1/2,000).

Previews will be conducted, by appointment only, on Monday, May 6, and Tuesday, May 7, from 10 am to 5 pm Eastern at ACES Gallery at 85 Old Long Ridge Road (#A7). For information, www.aces.net or 475-500-7118.

View the Catalog at ACES.NET | Preview by Appointment Online, Phone, & Absentee Bidding Available gallery@aces.net | (914) 222-8686
Mitchell (20th Century) “Fala”F.D.R’s Dog $1,500-2,500
Robert Moskowitz (American, b. 1935) $1,000-2,000
Albert Henselmann (American, 1890-1974) $500-700
Stefan Lokos (1913-1994) $800-1,200
Jean-Leon Gregoire (1840-1890) $2,000-3,000
Tiffany Studios Pine Needle Overlay Box $200-400
19th Century Folk Art Carved Polychrome Box $200-400
Blue Painted Apothecary Cabinet $200-400
Tale Of Genji Screen $400-600
Chinese Carved Jade Censer $300-500
First Edition | Mark Twain Innocents Abroad $300-500
Turkish Tribal Rug $300-500
Diamond Festoon Necklace (22 Cttw) $12,000-18,000
Cartier Panthere 18k Gold Lady’s Wristwatch $2,000-4,000
Amber Tourmaline Bracelet $600-800
Antique Enameled Pendant (St. George) $300-500