If improving your writing is on your to-do list, then buying an ornate writing desk should be your first step. True beauty speaks for itself, and such is the case with this spectacular Spanish Colonial Silver-Clad Vargueno. It joins the ranks of works by Calder, Charles Hawthorne, Jennifer Bartlett, original Queen Anne furniture and others in this weeks picks.
CRN AUCTIONS, INC.
Sale Date: November 6, 2016
Lot 80
Exceptional Spanish Colonial Silver-Clad Vargueno
Circa 1750-1760, Bolivia, the latch with two clear marks: one the mark of Sequeiro, the other a crowned CG; outstanding silverwork depicting hunt scenes with Spanish and indigenous hunters; interior fitted with drawers and compartments with figural marquetry and bird and floral bone inlay (taracea) to the drawers and fall-front writing surface; on original silver-clad stand; overall on stand 51″ height.
Estimate: $10/20,000
BRUNEAU & CO. AUCTIONEERS
Sale Date: October 29, 2016
Lot 5
Charles Hawthorne (American, 1872-1930) Impressionist Nude Painting
A fine oil on canvas Impressionist painting of a seated female nude by famed American artist Charles Webster Hawthorne. The work depicts a nude female seated on a pillow top stool wrapped in diaphanous drapery in front of an oval mirror. The room is accented by a vase of red and pink flowers. The work shows significant influence from Impressionist master Edgar Degas, in that Hawthorne depicts the reverse of the subject not revealing her face.
Estimate: $5/7,000
DOYLE
Sale Date: November 1, 2016
Lot 136
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
Bracelet, circa 1955, silver wire
Estimate: $50/70,000
ALEX COOPER
Sale Date: November 3-5, 2016
Lot 1323
Important Kirk “Repousse” Coin Silver Ewer
Massive size, baluster form with bold high relief flower and foliate decoration overall, scroll side lift handle with shell form spout, square footed vermiculated base, height 17 inches, 70.20 ozt.
Estimate: $8/12,000
MILLEA BROS
Sale Date: November 3-5
Lot 2200
Jennifer Bartlett (American, b. 1941)
“At Sand Point (no. 26), 1983, oil on canvas, 48″l x 60″w (canvas), strip frame
Estimate: $5/7,000
NADEAU’S AUCTION GALLERY
Sale Date: October 29, 2016
Lot 111
Gary Fifer (1955)
Oil on canvas, “Sunlite Valley,” signed lower right: G. Fifer, 24″ x 28″
Estimate: $4/800
COTTONE AUCTIONS
Sale Date: November 11-12
Fine Ithaca #1 Wall Regulator
Patent 1865, carved walnut case in old (possibly original) finish. Original painted paper dials. 8 day time only weight driven brass calendar movement with weep second hand.
Estimate: $10/15,000
ELDER’S FINE ART & ANTIQUES
Sale Date: November 4, 2016
Lot 4417774
Pair of Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Sang de Boeuf Vases
Pair of sang de boeuf glazed porcelain globular bottle vases. Unmarked.
Estimate: $4/5,000
STANTON AUCTIONS
Sale Date: October 29, 2016
Lot 180
Important And Rare Queen Anne Card Table
Circa 1735-1755, Boston or Salem, Mass., carved Santo Domingo mahogany turreted top, clam shell edge, in completely original condition throughout. Singular features include integrated reverse thumb molded upper & lower top edge, original brass scissor hinges hidden with end grain mahogany carved to conform to thumb mold surrounds, felt lined playing surface, original casters & original drawer with scratch inscription that reads “Buffington sold 1831” – believed to have descended in the Buffington family of the first minister of the Unitarian Church of Salem.
Estimate: $55/75,000
SWANN GALLERIES
Sale Date: November 3, 2016
Lot 36
ALBRECHT DÜRER
“Ulrich Varnbüler,” Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in ochre, brown and black on cream laid paper, 1522. A superb, well-inked Meder IIIa impression with strong colors. Crescent watermark (Meder 258).
Estimate: $40/60,000
