Richard Schultz is an American treasure. His celebrated designs for Knoll have placed him in the pantheon of Twentieth Century designers whose work transcends time with its quirkiness and beautiful reserve. From the personal collection of Richard Schultz himself, Wright brings to sale a collection of models, prototypes and early editions made throughout the renowned designer’s career that have never been seen before. They join Chinese porcelain vases, Seventeenth Century paintings, rare porcelain gas signs and more in this week’s picks.
WRIGHT
February 16, 2017
Lot 106
Richard Schultz
Models for the “Petal” table base, set of six. USA, circa 1965, enameled steel.
Estimate: $2/3,000
SLOANS & KENYON
February 11–12, 2017
Lot 150
Pair of Chinese Wucai Porcelain Baluster Covered Vases
Jiajing six-character underglazed blue mark, painted to depict a court scene, height 14 inches.
Estimate: $5/6,000
DUMOUCHELLES
February 10-12, 2017
Lot 22021
Circle of Gheerhardt David of Bruges
Gouache on paper, circa 1680–90, “The Birth of Christ,” depicting Mary, Joseph and Jesus with the three wise men in the manger, unsigned. Framed under glass in a velvet lined shadowbox, height 9 inches.
Estimate: $55/75,000
PEGASUS AUCTIONS
February 12, 2017
Early New York City Catholic Diocese Silver Presentation Chalice
For Richard Luke Concanen, the first bishop of the Diocese of New York from 1808 to 1810. With Latin inscription.
Estimate: $100/100,000
SOTHEBY’S
February 16, 2017
Lot 22
An Exceptional Carved Mahogany Bed
French, second half Nineteenth Century, in the form of a shell-shaped vessel upon which a two-tailed figure of mermaid, carved in the round, is seated, her right arm upraised; the shell with ribbed mouldings and carved with scrolls and stylized shells, two swans guiding the boat on each side. By repute, commissioned by the Marquise de Païva (1819–1884), but never delivered.
Estimate: $634,000–$1 million
MORPHY AUCTIONS
February 12, 2017
Lot 51
Musgo Gasoline Michigan’s Mile Maker Porcelain Sign
Double-sided porcelain sign, diameter 48 inches.
Estimate: $100/150,000
GUYETTE & DEETER, INC
February 18, 2017
Lot 157A
Exceedingly Rare Elmer Crowell Pre-Stamp Widgeon Hen
East Harwich, Mass., last quarter Nineteenth Century. Carved, crossed wingtips and fluted tail. Gouge feather carving on back, as well as ice dip. Slightly turned head. Exceptional wet on wet paint blending with good patina, branded.
Estimate: $25/35,000
APPLEBROOK AUCTIONS
February 9, 2017
Lot 28
Tom Thumb’s Wedding Album
Tom Thumb with his wife and child, Commodore Nutt, Minnie Warren, Commodore Foote and sister, Henriette Moretz, Mellis Read, Nelly Keeler, Waino and Plutano and General Cardenas.
Estimate: $300/600
CHRISTIE’S
February 22, 2017
Lot 143
A Large Haji Jalili Tabriz Carpet
Northwest Persia, circa 1880, 21½ by 14½ feet.
Estimate: $10/12,000
