Showplace – Live Estate Auction
October 23 at Noon
40 West 25th Street, NYC
www.nyshowplace.com
auctions@nyshowplace.com
212-633-6063 ext. 808

NEW YORK CITY — On October 23, Auctions at Showplace will present 280 lots of fine and decorative arts directly from New York City metropolitan area estates.

Highlights open with a pair of Franz Hagenauer Art Deco silver-tone chromed brass metal masks, one stylized female face struck with “Hagenaeur Wien / Made In Austria” and “WHW” maker’s mark to reverse, the other a stylized male face signed “Franz” with the same marks to reverse. Next is a Rene Lalique “Courlis” vase (designed 1931), model number 1085, in emerald glass with white patina in recesses, the underside signed with etched “R Lalique / France.” It is followed by a 14K yellow gold solitaire diamond ring featuring a round brilliant cut diamond, weighing 1.70 carats, accompanied by a GIA diamond grading report. Also featured is an English George III sterling silver large bread basket hallmarked London 1781 by John Wakelin & William Taylor. The circular basket has openwork sides formed as reeded lattice, with a rope band upper rim and a rope twist swing handle,

Featured objects in the decorative arts category include a pair of antique monumental Grand Tour Jaune de Sienne marble covered urn vases with turned bodies and lids, upon octagonal bases. Also of note is a French Nineteenth Century Grand Tour large heavy cast metal sculpture of the “Borghese Gladiator,” depicting a swordsman during a fight. The piece is a cast version of the famed marble original at the Louvre museum in Paris, created by Agasios around 100 BCE. Next is a pair of Grand Tour patinated bronze Albani urn vases, after the antique, cast with bacchanalian masques and two twisted vine form handles, mounted on marble bases followed by a Grand Tour large French bronze reduction or scale model of a high Gothic church or cathedral transept spire pinnacle. Next is a pair of antique European baroque carved, polychromed and parcel gilt angel figures with spread wings, likely altar elements used in ecclesiastic decor. Also of note is a French Empire large Neoclassical ormolu bronze and marble candlestick with acanthus form stem, surmounting three ram heads above a column with friezes of cherubs upon three sphinx form details, mounted on a green marble base.

Showplace will present an eclectic collection of furnishings ranging from traditional to modern. Featured items include a pair of antique Italian baroque tall carved painted and giltwood girandole-type standing mirrors on wooden bases with metal structural elements to back, foliate carved motif with acanthus leaves, originally likely girandoles or reliquaries used in ecclesiastical context. Next is a Stephane Bourdin for Maison Jansen French Neoclassical revival heavy glass top cocktail or coffee table with four Louis XV manner gilt-bronze acanthus leaf cabriole legs, circa 1960. It is followed by an Art Deco banded walnut and walnut burlwood-veneered cabinet credenza of stepped rounded rectangular form. The piece includes inlaid marquetry and is elaborately patterned in contrasting veneered walnut in stripes and fan shapes. Next is a pair of 1980s Karl Springer chrome demilune pedestals likely originally conceived as a table base. A set of four Richard Schultz for Knoll Studio “Topiary” indoor / outdoor arm chairs (designed 1993) in the form of a densely cropped hedge and a pair of Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen Midcentury Modern pair of “Swan” swivel lounge chairs or armchairs in red upholstery are available for bidding.

Lighting of note includes a pair of modern clear quartz rock crystal table lamps with the mineral specimens cut into faceted geometric shapes and spaced by gilt wood fittings; a Lalique-attributed French Art Deco frosted art glass pendant chandelier with seven floral motif roundels interspersed with foliate decoration and gilt metal chains and stem with ornate rams heads and a Verrerie des Hanots French Art Deco gilt-bronze five-light flush mount, circa 1930, with frosted glass sphere shades around the frame and motifs of clouds and flowers. Also of note is a pair of French Art Deco pair of table lamps with nickel plated bases with abstract geometric motif and molded satin glass shades.

Entertainers will find a Maison Boin-Taburet, Paris French Regence-style vermeil 950 silver tea and coffee service, circa 1900, and a Gorham sterling silver part dinner service in the Melrose pattern.

The sale features a collection of Art Deco and Edwardian jewelry along with a 14K yellow gold pendant decorated with a Bacchus-inspired mask design by the surrealist artist Eric deKolb and a Tiffany & Co. bar pin/brooch made of 18K yellow gold featuring 15 channel-set round brilliant cut diamonds. Watches on offer include a vintage Omega Speedmaster Professional Mark II, a vintage Omega Constellation wristwatch and a vintage Hamilton wristwatch with a case and bracelet made of 14K white gold and featuring a diamond set dial with 20 bead and bezel set single cut diamonds.

Next are a Louis Vuitton covered leather hard-sided trunk suitcase with central red and green stripe detail and a vintage Louis Vuitton hard sided hatbox or train case in signature gold-tone “LV” monogram on brown leather. The sale also incudes a collection of Montblanc pens.

Auctions can be previewed at Showplace 40 West 25th Street in Manhattan 10 days prior to each sale and are all immediately available for online preview and bidding at www.auctions.nyshowplace.com.

For additional information, Auctions at Showplace can be reached by telephone at 212-633-6063.

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Oscar Bach Attr. Iron Rose Motif Table Lamp
Allan Clark Attr. Woman Walking Gouache on Canvas
Franz Hagenauer Art Deco Chromed Metal Masks, Pair
After Tempesta “Nero Augustus” Oil on Canvas
Grand Tour French Bronze Gothic Transept Spire
Louis Pierre Rigal Art Deco Oil on Canvas
French Empire Ormolu & Marble Candlestick
14K Yellow Gold Solitaire Diamond Ring
Paul Dachsel Turn Teplitz Art Nouveau Blossom Vase
Boin-Taburet Regence Style Vermeil Tea Service, 5
After Palma Vecchio The Virgin and Child Oil
Victor Salmones Bronze Figural Sculpture
French Large Grand Tour Borghese Gladiator Bronze
Maison Jansen Gilt Bronze Acanthus Leaf Low Table
Art Deco Walnut and Walnut Burlwood Credenza
Arne Jacobsen Mid-Century Modern Swan Chairs, Pr
Monumental Antique Grand Tour Marble Urns, Pr