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VOL. 42, NO. 46 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2011
Asian & Modern Art Highlight Litchfield County Sale itchfield County period, that sold for $21,000; two for $8,700 after receiving nineteen the past several years. In Auctions’ October 1965 colored lithographs by Andy bids; and a Korean carved and addition, two works on 12th Modernism, Warhol, Flowers and S&H Green painted wood standing Dongja fig- paper by Joan Miro ure, Choson Period, sell- L’Oiseau du Paradis, Asian Art ing for $6,780. and European Antiques 1963, and Homage to In addition to Asian Miro, 1973, sold for sale was an exciting arts, there was also a nice $3,330 and online sale that collection of ancient and $2,280, wrapped up as a great success. Leading the Eames for Herman Miller Laminated line up in the auction Rosewood and Black Leather were Asian Ceramics Lounge Chair and Ottoman and Carvings, followed $3,336. by Modern Art & Prints, and European Decorations. The auction began online on September 28th, and immediately started receiving bids on a number of lots. Within twenty-four respecethnic hours of the sale being tively. Other i t e m s , presented online, it had works in the including several already received bids sale included those lots of ancient on 10 percent of the by such Roman sale. After forty-eight n o t a b l e glass, hours, that number artists as: selling for jumped to 20 percent. David Hockney, Alexander $3,120 and $1,880; a The bids continued to Calder, Doel Reed, Robert Micronesian Argonite flow throughout the Rauschenberg, Salvador and Calcite Rai stone, duration of the sale. Dali, Robert Indiana, which sold for $2,340; Vins Rouge, Cicero Dias, The auction exhibition and tag sale opened on Gerald Coarding, American, 1911-1986, The Warrior, 1954, and a New Guinea “Moka Niki de Saint-Phalle & Kuna” wealth object Jean Tinguely, Ferdnand October 7th, with a flur- oil on canvas - $5,160. ry of customers attendLeger, Pablo Picasso, which ing the opening of the tag sale, Stamps, and others. The top selling lot and also beginning their examina- sold together in a in the European tion of auction items. The lot for $14,400, Antiques & bustling event ended online on after receiving 23 Decorations section was Wednesday, October 12th and bids; and a partial a Steinway & Sons received thousands of bids from service of Tiffany prospective buyers all over the & Company stermahogany grand piano, world. In all, the auction grossed ling silver flatcirca 1905, which sold for in the more than $660,000, including ware, $5,043 after receiving King” twenty-one bids. the tag sale & buyer’s premium. “English Decorative items In another interesting stat from pattern (patented were a popular the sale, eight hundred and seven- 1885) that sold for feature in this ty-two lots were sold in the auc- $9,905. Objects in the tion for a sell-through rate of part of the sale, more than eighty percent. Buyers Asian Art section showcasing hailed from thirty different U.S. of the sale received clocks, mirrors, states, and internationally from a great deal of silver items, and lighting. An Australia, Canada, China, France, interest from bidGermany, Italy, Hong Kong, ders. One star in early 19th-centuSpain, Switzerland, Taiwan and this category was ry George III an 1874 painting Welsh mahogany the United Kingdom. and brassThe top selling lot was a mid- of the Mountain 19th century Chinese carved Spirit with Spotted mounted Jadeite Guanyin. With a pre-sale Cat by San Shin musical tall case clock estimate of $6,000 to $8,000, it ( K o r e a n ) . at sold for sold for $42,240, after receiving Estimated twenty-eight bids. Following that $3,000 to $5,000, $4,147 on receiving prize, the top lots were a pair of after a pre-sale estimate Chinese Famille Rose porcelain thirty bids it finally bottle vases, Hongxian mark & closed at $9,900. Joan Miro, Spanish, 1893-1983, Homage to Miro, 1973, $1,400 to color lithograph - $2,280. $1,800; and a William Other objects, (Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands) & Mary following in that sold for $660, more than dou- floral marThis mid 19th-century order of real- bling its low estimate. quetry tall Chinese carved Jadeite ized price, The Modernism category had a case clock, included a great deal of artwork, furnishings Guanyin had a presale estiChinese carved and decorations. Highlights in this Five vintage oak barrels on mate of $6,000 to $8,000 in p o l y c h r o m e d category included a 20th-century frames forming a side cabinet, Litchfield County Guanyin figure brown leather sofa, which gained Continental, 19th century and seated in royal in popularity as the sale went on, later - $3,721. Auctions’ October 12 e a s e , finally selling for $6,300, after sevModernism, Asian Art Y u a n / M i n g enteen bids were placed. A pair of circa 1690 by John Shaw, sold for Dynasty, which modern brass and leather floor $3,900. Also, an early 18th-century and European Antiques sold for $9,000; lamps sold for $5,412; and an Regency carved and giltwood pier sale, but as the sale a 17th-/18th- Eames for Herman Miller black mirror sold for $4,020; and a continued, it was clear century Chinese leather & rosewood chair & unique 19th-century side cabinet, carved & gilt ottoman sold for $3,336. In the art- formed by five vintage oak barrels that the estimate wood figure of work category, The Warrior by on frames sold for $3,721, after would be shaved Lokapala, pos- Gerald Coarding sold for $5,160 receiving twenty bids. away. When bidding s i b l y after receiving nineteen bids and Litchfield County Auctions is G u a n g z h o u generating a lot of interest through- Connecticut’s premiere estate aucfinally ended, the Province, with out the sale. LCA also handled two tion house, featuring sales of piece had garnered an a pre-sale esti- other works by Coarding in their Modernism, Jewelry and Couture, mate of $4,000 April 2011 sale, in addition to han- Asian and Ethnographic Art, impressive $42,240. to $6,000, sold dling a number of his works over American Paintings, Folk Art,
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Furniture and Decorations, Old Master Paintings and European Antiques and Fine Art. The firm’s 10,000square-foot gallery is located a mile south of The Green in Litchfield. Sales are held every couple of months, and feature fresh-to-the-market property from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and afar. Litchfield County Auctions is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. Currently, they are seeking items for their upcoming February 2012 sale which will feature American Furniture, Folk Art, Decorations and Paintings, European Furniture, Decorations and Paintings. Their next auction, will be held over Thanksgiving weekend. Featured will be Jewelry, Couture, Clothing and Accessories, together with Books, Maps and H i s t o r i c a l Documents. The auction will be o n l i n e November 1 6 t h through 30th, and the exhibition and tag sale will o p e n F r i d a y, November 25th. To consign an
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