What do Carl Hofer, Abe Lincoln and Charles Courtney Curran have in common? They all made it into this week’s picks, along with a stunning cane settee, a Belanciaga dress ensemble from the 1960s and more art than you can fit on your wall.
GROGAN & COMPANY
Sale Date: October 23, 2016
Lot 93
Carl Hofer (German, 1878-1955)
“BROT & WEIN,” 1936, oil on canvas, initialed and dated CH ’36, sight 40 x 30 inches
Estimate: $100/150,000
STAIR GALLERIES
Sale Date: October 29-30, 2016
Lot 611
William IV Carved Mahogany and Caned Settee
With a reeded top rail above the four-chair backrest carved with a panel of neo-gothic arches, the molded down-swept armrest raised on a gadrooned tapered support with neo-gothic and quatrefoil carved sides, above the caned seat, raised on gadrooned legs on casters.
Estimate: $2/3,000
ROBERT SLAWINSKI AUCTIONEERS
Sale Date: October 23, 2016
Lot 2045
Jean Mannheim (1863-1945)
Oil on board, landscape with Indian Scout. Sight: 20 x 23 ¾ inches.
Estimate: $6/9,000
CONCIERGE ESTATE SALE SERVICES, LLC
Sale Date: November 15, 2016
Lot 54
Fernando Amorsolo (1892-1972)
Portrait of Sonia Lim, 1958, signed and dated lower right, oil on Canvas, 76 x 31 1/2 inches
Estimate: $30/50,000
GREENWICH AUCTION
Sale Date: October 23, 2016
Lot 142
Early American Nineteenth Century Portrait Painting of Twins
Twin girls in matching red dresses. Oil on board, housed in an antique gold leaf frame. This painting has been in the same Connecticut family since the early 1950s when it was purchased at an estate auction in Millerton, New York in Dutchess County. Research and comparison to known works has suggested this painting could be the work of Ammi Phillips (April 24, 1788 – July 11, 1865) who was very active in the area, having lived in the Dutchess County town of Rhinebeck, New York.
Estimate: $10/15,000
CHARLES A. WHITAKER AUCTION COMPANY
Sale Date: October 28-29, 2016
Lot 857
Balenciaga Couture Silk Evening Ensemble
Circa 1962 -1963, changeable juniper green taffeta, the dress having sleeveless bodice with tulle overlay covered allover in translucent iridescent sequins, tiny clear beads and meandering metallic gold threads, the bateau neckline and scoop back decorated with collared prong-set green cabochons and faceted deep pink and amethyst colored stones, full skirt gathered into waist, interior boned midriff corset with stiff hip-length underskirt. B-35, W-26, L-57. Matching coat having cropped jacket with elbow-length sleeve beneath long cape with stand collar and graduated ruffle curving from front waist to back hem. B-37, W-26, L 15-62. Coat label: Balenciaga 10. Avenue George V. Paris, numbered tape 78608. The same dress was exhibited in 1961 Musee Galleria de la Mode de la Ville de Paris.
Estimate: $8/12,000
SKINNER
Sale Date: October 30, 2016
Lot 42
A Collection of Eight Signed Letters, Some Men of Fame Autograph Collection, Various Dates
Eight signed and autographed documents and letters bound in full green morocco, custom binding and interior pages. Letters are by George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Dickens, Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson and John Wesley.
Estimate $35,000-40,000
RICHARD OPFER AUCTIONEERING
Sale Date: October 27, 2016
Lot 125
Attributed to William Charles Anthony Frerichs
North Carolina mountains painting, oil on canvas, relined, ornate gilt frame, 17 x 22 inches.
Estimate: $2/4,000
WILLIAM J. JENACK AUCTIONEERS
Sale Date: October 23, 2016
Lot 341
Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965)
Watercolor, untitled, signed. Sight 9 ½ x 12 inches.
Estimate: $3/5,000
SHANNON’S FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
Sale Date: October 27, 2016
Lot 54
Charles Courtney Curran (American, 1861-1942)
“Blue and Gold,” oil on canvas mounted on board, signed, titled and dated “1929” lower right, signed, titled, numbered “232-3 C.C.C.” on the reverse. 30 x 40 inches.
Estimate: $40/60,000
