Nye & Company Auctioneers’ online Chic and Antique Estate Treasures auction slated for Wednesday, April 13th, features nearly 500 lots, a carefully curated mix of fine and decorative arts spanning the 18th century to the present day, including an exceptionally rare group of American photography. The auction will begin promptly at 10 am Eastern time.

The group of historical American photography includes what is believed to be one of less than a half dozen known sets of pictures documenting the Liberty Bell’s transcontinental 1915 tour of the United States. This symbol of our nation’s freedom was an incredibly popular attraction at the turn of the 20th century. In fact, it was estimated that nearly 5 million people saw the bell on its trip by train out West and an equal number saw it on its return trip back to Philadelphia. Its popularity had no bounds and this rare set of photographs is an exceptional historical archive.

There is also a circa 1910 collection of glass slides, negatives and magic lantern slides depicting various scenes in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the images appear in Benjamin W. Mitchell’s book Trail Life in the Canadian Rockies. The sale also features a large group of albumen prints of New York City and its environs from about circa 1885. Many of the images and views have never been seen before and offer a rare glimpse into our past and the grandeur of the gilded age.

Not to be out done, there is a nice selection of 20th century negatives depicting two of America’s most beloved celebrities: the legendary movie star Marilyn Monroe, from photos taken on the set of the 1954 film River of No Return, plus negatives of the king of rock ‘n’ roll, Elvis Presley.

The depth and breadth of the fine art in this auction comprises works from the 18th century right up through the 20th century. Highlights include a wonderfully framed and expansive oil painting depicting a home on the Great Bay of Portsmouth, New Hampshire by Frank Henry Shapleigh. This work captures the grandness of the coast of New Hampshire during the late 19th century.

Walt Kuhn and Bernard Cathelin created beautiful floral still lifes, both perfect reminders of spring. Charles Camoin is represented by a Fauvist cityscape. Giovanni Boldini is also featured with his oil titled The Music Lesson. There is also a superb watercolor by Juluisz Kossak of General Kosciuszko, the Polish-Lithuanian military leader who helped the U.S. colonists win the Revolutionary War.

For those who prefer more contemporary works, there are a couple street signs by the famed street artist “Banksy,” plus a gem of a drawing by Keith Haring. Continuing on the heels of our success with Haring untitled subway drawings, there are two being offered in this sale. The self-taught/outsider artist, Purvis Young is also represented in this sale with a few paintings being deaccessioned from the NAMITS Collection.

Decorative arts also make up a strong component of the auction. Similar to the fine arts, the furniture and objets d’art range from works created in the 18th century through the 21st century. Highlights include an early set of twelve German Rococo carved mahogany dining chairs, once in the collection of Esmond Bradley Martin, the great-grandson of steel magnate Henry Phipps.

For those who prefer American furniture, there is set of five New York Chippendale dining chairs descended in the family of Cornelia Haring Jones (1741-1821) and Samuel Jones (1734-1819) of New York City and Oyster Bay, Long Island. The sixth chair of this set resides in the Yale University Art Gallery. There are also a couple pieces of Samuel Yellin wrought-iron, which come directly from the family of one of the foremen of the Yellin Metalworks.

Coming out of a New Jersey collection are a pair of Classical mahogany swivel-top card tables attributed to Isaac Vose and Son of Boston. English furniture is also well represented with a bookcase marked Gillow & Co., and a mahogany wardrobe marked Osborne Cottage, 1872, the home of Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Beatrice.

If you prefer the Belle Epoque period of the late 19th /early 20th century, this sale will not disappoint. There are a number of pieces coming from a New Jersey collection that include a superb selection of ormolu mounted Paris porcelains, French bronzes and Lalique glass objects. Complementing this material nicely is a fine selection of silver from well-known makers and firms coming from a Mid-Western collection.

Real time Internet bidding and absentee bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com, Bidsquare.com and the Nye & Company website: www.nyeandcompany.com. Telephone bidding will also be available on a limited basis.

People can bid in absentia and online. An online preview is being held from March 30th thru April 13th at www.nyeandcompany.com, www.liveauctioneers.com, www.bidsquare.com and www.invaluable.com. Anyone looking for additional images, condition reports or info about an object is invited to visit the Nye & Company website or email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For more information about Nye & Company Auctioneers and the online Chic and Antique Estate Treasures auction slated for Wednesday, April 13th, visit www.nyeandcompany.com.

Beachwood, OH, USA, March 5, 2022 -- A bronze coffee table by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, titled Eternal Forest, sold for $27,060, and a Soriana leather furniture seating group by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Cassina brought $15,990 in an online Winter Fine Antiques & Art auction held February 19th by Neue Auctions. They were the two top earners of the more than 300 lots that came up for bid.

The LaVerne coffee table, 47 ½ inches in diameter, was cast with an allover tree pattern patinated in silver, and had a brass and green patina. It was raised on a shaped base and signed by LaVerne, the Mid-Century Modern designers. The Scarpa for Cassina furniture seating group comprised two lounge chairs and two side chairs, made from leather with stainless steel details.

“We had a fabulous auction of fine antiques and art, curated from local estates and collections, and many new record prices were hit all day long,” said Cynthia Maciejewski of Neue Auctions.

She added: “Our next big online auction will focus on English Georgian and Regency furniture, French provincial furniture, rustic wares in pewter and ceramics, Asian art, including a selection of Chinese Export porcelain and China Trade paintings, paperweights, paintings and prints and two bronze sculptures by Frederick William MacMonnies. That will be on Saturday, March 26.”

Following are additional highlights from the auction, which was hosted by LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Bidsquare.com. All prices are inclusive of a 23 percent buyer’s premium.

A pair of face-related lots each posted a selling price of $12,300. One was a screenprint in colors by Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004), titled Bedroom Face with Orange Wallpaper (1987), 62 inches by 68 inches as framed and signed, dated and numbered. The other was a double-handled face flask by R. W. Martin and Brothers (British, 1873-1914), made in 1901 and depicting a grinning character face. The obverse was inscribed with a poem regarding a potter.

Two of the more visually dazzling items in the sale were a bronze kinetic sculpture by Bill Keating (American, b. 1932), titled Dancer, 24 ½ inches tall, signed and dated 1990, with the original sale receipt and brochure ($11,685); and a spectacular Albany of England porcelain, bronze and enamel peacock on a stand, 60 inches in height, the bronze bird brightly glazed in turquoise, cobalt blue and lime green, and the tail spread with fully articulated feathers ($5,842).

In addition to the LaVerne coffee table and Scarpa leather seating group, other furniture lots also did well, to include the following:

- A monumental Art Nouveau marquetry display cabinet, possibly Austrian, with a central unit and two side cabinets fitted as one, plus interior shelves throughout ($4,612).

- A 19th or 20th century baroque style refractory table, the rectangular walnut top raised on a trestle base carved in relief, with shield-shaped cartouches flanked by figures ($4,305).

- Two 18th or 19th century South German or Austrian baroque style cabinets with shaped rectangular tops over a conforming case, with two frieze drawers to each side ($4,305).

Original oil paintings featured an oil on canvas by Mark Lancelot Symons (British, 1887-1935), titled Moving Day (circa 1929-1930), artist signed lower right and housed in a 30 inch by 41 inch frame ($11,685); and an oil on canvas by Antoine Blanchard (French, 1910-1988), titled Paris, Point St. Martin, 18 inches by 21 ½ inches (canvas, less frame), artist signed and titled ($6,150).

World-famous artists made an appearance auction day. An aquatint by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), titled Painter and Model Leaning on her Elbow, signed in pencil and numbered (5/50) lower left, 15 ½ inches by 10 ¾ inches (sight), matted and framed, went for $6,765; while a lithograph on paper by Norman Rockwell (American, 1984-1978), titled Boy with Two Dogs (Raleigh Rockwell Travels), after the 1929 original, signed, framed and numbered, hit $3,690.

Artworks of a more statuary variety included a finely carved marble figure of a nude (Italian, late 19th/early 20th century), the figure carved in white Carrara marble, her hands clasped to her neck, on a green marble pedestal, unsigned, 34 ½ inches tall ($4,920); and a waist-up gilt bronze bust of Loie Fuller by Charles Louchet (French, 19th/20th century), depicting the innovative dancer partially clad, manipulating her flowing silk fabric around her body, 9 inches in height ($4,920).

Artworks by the renowned Puerto Rican artist Angel Botello (1913-1986) featured a linocut on Japanese paper, depicting Ann Frank, signed lower right, titled, numbered (49/50) and matted and framed to a size of 31 inches by 22 ½ inches ($5,228); and a 1951 linocut titled Two Figures at the Beach, signed and dated lower right, numbered (5/12) and matted and framed ($4,305).

Several mythological subject oil on canvas paintings by John Hemming Fry (American, 1860-1946), all from the collection of the Canton (Ohio) Art Institute, were sold. The titles were Orpheus & Eurydice, 80 inches by 51 inches as framed ($4,920); The Elemental Drift, 26 inches by 42 ½ inches as framed ($3,567); and The Fates, 39 inches by 30 inches as framed ($3,075).

On Saturday, April 30th, Neue Auctions will hold an online-only Fine Interiors Auction, also at 10 am Eastern. Many antiques, fine paintings and decorative objects will be offered in addition to furniture by such names as Baker and Henredon, beautifully upholstered chairs, ottomans, side, lamp and coffee tables, lighting, mirrors and decorative items from some of the best homes east of the Mississippi, from St. Claire Shores, Michigan and Pepper Pike, Ohio to Naples, Fla.

Then, on Saturday, May 28th, at 10 am Eastern, Neue Auctions will hold what’s become an annual event: their May Modern auction. The firm has been busy collecting modern works of art such as fine printwork, original paintings, pottery, sculpture and classic modern furniture by known designers. They are reviewing and accepting consignments for this auction right now.

To learn more about Neue Auctions, visit https://www.neueauctions.com

The global pandemic has changed the lifestyles of people worldwide in many ways. One of the primary ways has been an increased emphasis on the online and virtual environment, limiting physical activities.

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Andrew Jones Auctions will offer a strong selection of fine art, along with antiques and design from antiquity through the 21st century, in an online-only signature Design for the Home and Garden auction scheduled for Sunday, March 27th, beginning promptly at 10 am Pacific time. Nearly 300 top-quality lots will be offered to the highest bidder.

Significant and varied private collections and estates will provide a rich selection for discerning buyers. A private Hancock Park collection features an extraordinary suite of seven epic allegorical paintings by the acclaimed French trained American muralist Edwin Howland Blashfield (N.Y., 1848-1946) including Hospitality, circa 1915, expected to hit $8,000-$12,000.

Blashfield’s career took off with his work in the dome of the Manufacturer's and Liberal Arts building at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, which elicited commissions from the likes of W. K. Vanderbilt and G. W. C. Drexel for their personal residences. Blashfield is best known for painting the murals on the dome of the Library of Congress Main Reading Room in Washington, D.C.

The Hancock Park collection embodies an Old-World baronial aesthetic with Renaissance and Baroque furniture and objects highlighted by a remarkable Spanish Renaissance oak table casket, late 15th/16th century (est. $1,500-$2,000), antique carpets, and fine silver led by an Irish George III sterling silver two-handled covered cup by James Scott, Dublin, 1809 (est. $2,000-$3,000).

The collection also includes a Gothic altar tryptich depicting St. Andrew, St. Agnes & St. Joseph (est. $10,000-20,000) and engravings after Simone Cantarini and Albrecht Dürer, including the woodcut The Holy Trinity (The Throne of Grace), circa 1511 (est. $8,000-$12,000), as well as Rembrandt and Martin Schongauer. Wonderful decorative arts will also cross the auction block.

Additional highlights from the other end of the artistic spectrum include a dramatic marine scene titled Shipping off Gibraltar, attributed to Thomas Buttersworth (est. $3,000-$5,000) and Henri Manguin’s Petite dormeuse en chemise blanche, dated 1918 (est. $15,000-$25,000), from the collection of the late actor and avid art collector and aficionado Peter Falk, of Columbo fame.

An early example of Pablo Picasso’s work is in the medium of ceramic Joueur de diaule (A.R. 1) conceived in 1947 and executed in an edition of 200 (est. $7,000-$9,000) from the estate of Lou Ann Zellers, Pacific Palisades, and from another collection an abstract tattistone sculpture by Louise Nevelson (est. $2,000-$3,000) as well as works by Richard Buckner, Laura Coombs Hills, Francis Swaine, plus a landscape attributed to Gustave Loiseau (est. $20,000-$30,000).

Also offered will be a charming George I/II burr elm ‘mulberry’ serpentine chest of drawer from the second quarter 18th century (est. $10,000-$15,000) from the collection of John H. Ford IV, Los Angeles. The term ‘mulberry’ described stained burr timbers meant to emulate tortoiseshell.

From a Beverly Hills collector is a magnificent early 19th century Regency giltwood convex girandole mirror (est. $3,000-$5,000). The collection of an English gentleman offers a Louis XVI style walnut and black lacquer side cabinet by Henri Dasson, 1884 (est. $2,000-$3,000) and a Louis XV/XVI transitional style black lacquer side cabinet by François Linke (est. $3,000-$5,000).

Selections of fine silver include a matched set of five Victorian sterling dolphin form master salts by John Samuel Hunt, London, 1839-1842 (est. $3,000-$5,000), an impressive French six-piece tea service by Henri Laparra, Paris, second quarter 20th century (est. $1,500-$2,000), as well as Georgian salvers and dishes, an American silver porringer by Edward Winslow, Boston, circa 1700 (est. $800-$1,200), flatware and more.

Additional highlights include an array of carpets featuring a large Tabriz carpet with inscription panel (est. $8,000-$12,000) and a large Serapi carpet (est. $8,000-$12,000) from a private Beverly Hills collection; fine porcelain and glass highlighted by a large Lalique glass model of a rooster designed by Marc Lalique circa 1953 (est. $2,000-$3,000) and ten more lots by Lalique.

A partial Herend porcelain Rothschild Bird pattern dinner service in ten lots (est. $400-$1,500) will be offered from a private collector in Sedona, Arizona. Also included will be bronzes, clocks, tapestries, works of art, a Medieval sword, 19th century dueling pistols and more.

Online bidding will be facilitated by AndrewJonesAuctions.com, Invaluable.com and LiveAuctioneers.com. Absentee bids will also be accepted. Safe, physically distanced live previews will be held by appointment at the Andrew Jones Auctions gallery prior to the auction.

Plans may change in accordance with Los Angeles County Department of health Covid-19 restrictions. Contact the gallery for details. The gallery is located at 2221 South Main Street in downtown Los Angeles. Absentee bids will also be accepted. To schedule a preview appointment, call (213) 748-8008; or, you can email them at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For more information about Andrew Jones Auctions and the Design for the Home and Garden auction on Sunday, March 27th visit www.andrewjonesauctions.com. Updates are posted often.