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Moran’s Announces Fall Jewelry Spectacular |
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Pasadena, CA-John Moran Auctioneers is delighted to announce that their November 30th Antiques Auction, showcasing fine antique, vintage and signed jewelry and watches, is open for consignments. This will be Moran’s largest and most important jewelry sale of the year, with several hundred pieces gathered from private collections and estates across the country. Items already consigned include a large collection of Art Deco diamond and sapphire earrings, bracelets, watches and pendants, and pieces by Buccellati, Erte and Miriam Haskell.
Moran’s annual fall jewelry auctions are highly anticipated events, internationally marketed and typically attracting hundreds of bidders participating in person, by telephone and online. The jewelry market has thrived in recent years and Moran’s expects prices to remain strong as investors seek a reliably safe haven in precious stones and metals. Moran’s achieved excellent results at their last two sales in which jewelry was offered, in April and December, including the $16,100 realized for a 3.95 carats pear-shaped diamond set in an 18K yellow gold ring (estimate: $5000 – 7000), and the $10,925 realized for a 3.70 carats heart-shaped diamond set in a 14K yellow gold ring (estimate: $5500 – 7500).
Interested consignors should contact Moran’s specialists for a complimentary and discreet auction valuation. Moran’s offers highly competitive commission rates and pays consignors promptly, thirty days following the auction date. In addition to selling property on consignment at auction, Moran’s purchases select pieces outright, enabling a quick sale for even greater convenience. Consignment and cash buyout inquiries should be directed to
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Moran’s Announces September 28th Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction |
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Pasadena, CA-John Moran Auctioneers is pleased to announce their two-session September 28th Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction, offering over 400 lots representing multiple estates and private collections from Southern California and other regions throughout the US.
The catalogued evening session and afternoon “Discovery Sale” will both feature large selections of Native American artifacts and silver, as well as carved English oak furniture, Continental bronzes and porcelain, Persian rugs and European and American fine art.
A selection of early twentieth century American art pottery, glass and lighting will also be divided between the two sessions, with a mammoth collection comprising over 300 pieces of Bauer, Catalina, and California Rainbow pottery in a huge variety of shapes and colors forming the core of the Discovery Sale. The pottery will be divided into group lots and sold with attractive estimates. Highlights of the evening sale include several lots of sterling overlay art pottery, including eight signed Rookwood Gorham pieces (estimates: $300 – 1500), Weller Louwelsa, and Lenox, five signed Polia Pillin vases, lamps by Handel, Steuben and Duffner & Kimberly, and glass by Alvin and Tiffany.
Silver is continuing to sell very well at Moran’s as investors seek a safe investment, and September’s encyclopedic offerings in this category, which include Tiffany, Gorham, Buccellati, Reed & Barton, Wallace and Unger Brothers, are headlined by a stunning 102 oz Gorham Martele fruit bowl made in 1905 by Lars Darlin Monsen (estimate: $5000 – 7000). An assembled sterling silver ten-piece vanity set by Harald Neilsen for Georg Jensen (estimate: $1500 – 2500) leads the modern pieces, and buyers will also find several pieces of 19th century silver, such as a German sterling silver five-light candelabrum by Bruckmann & Sohne, (estimate: $1200 – 1800). A pair of Mexican silver altar candlesticks dating from 1777 is offered for $800 – 1200.
The select Native American artifacts include a Native American Winnebago beaded sash bag (estimate: $1000 – 1500); A San Ildefonso polished blackware bowl by Maria and Santana Martinez (estimate: $1000 – 1500); an early twentieth century Zuni pottery olla (estimate: $1500 – 2500); and several Northern California twining baskets (estimate: $500 – 900).
The Evening session will also feature a grouping of Continental paintings, among them two works attributed to prominent Dutch masters. An elegant portrait of a young man with a dog is attributed to Nicolaes Maes (Dutch 1632 – 1693). Maes earned in his early career a reputation for genre scenes heavily influenced by his teacher, Rembrandt, but was known after 1660 primarily for his flattering yet individualistic portraits in the manner of Van Dyck. The 34'' x 26.75'’ oil on canvas, capturing the sitter with a subtle smile, is offered with an estimate of $3000/5000. An portrait of a bearded old man, attributed to another student of Rembrandt, Govaert Flinck (Dutch 1615 -1660), is an impressive large work offered for $8000 – 12,000. The oil exhibits to some degree Flinck’s absorption of Rembrandt’s expressive style, which was so thorough that his work has sometimes been misattributed to his teacher.
Nineteenth century paintings will be represented by, among others, Alfred Glendening, Jr. (1861 – 1907) and Virgilio Tojetti (1851 – 1901), while early 20th century American and California paintings, a specialty at Moran’s since the house helped establish the auction market in this field decades ago, will provide many excellent opportunities for collectors to acquire attractively estimated works by top artists. The artists include Tillman Goodan, Ralph Holmes, Emil Kosa, Jr., Nell Walker Warner, Marjorie Reed, Christian von Schneidau and Jack Laycox.
In addition to fine and decorative arts, an assemblage of eclectic items from various collections will be offered, including items related to travel and exploration such as: finely detailed model ships; a late nineteenth century French table telescope, made by E. Vion, Paris (estimate: $700 – 900); a 1651 twin-hemisphere map of the world by John Speed (estimate: $2000 – 3000); and a Hawaiian Monarchy period gold (filled) and ivory-mounted koa wood presentation cup (estimate: $2000 – 3000).
Moran’s will post images of sale highlights on their website as property continues to arrive at their offices, and a full catalogue of the evening session, with complete descriptions and multiple images of every item, will be published on their website, www.johnmoran.com, three weeks prior to the sale.
All of Moran’s auctions are held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California. The fully catalogued evening sale is scheduled for 6:30pm and bidding is available from the floor and via telephone, absentee or online at Artfact.com. The afternoon Discovery Sale, an un-catalogued, no-reserve auction open to floor and absentee bidding only, begins at 3:00pm.
For more information about this sale or to consign, please call the offices of John Moran Auctioneers at (626) 793-1833 or visit their website at www.johnmoran.com
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Moran’s July Auction Affirms Buoyant Market for Top Quality Estate Property |
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Pasadena, CA-- In a sale heavily laden with silver and Continental furnishings, John Moran Auctioneers achieved several excellent results for top quality property from a number of private collections and estates. While those categories are perennially good performers for the Southern California firm, the July 20th auction was also punctuated by many instances of intense competition among the over three hundred bidders for an eclectic range of other types of items, and 79% of the 341 lots sold.
The phone lines were fully booked for bidding on a parcel-gilt decorated maple concert harp, manufactured by Lyon & Healy circa 1915. A highly decorative piece in excellent working condition, it doubled its high estimate after a quick succession of bids brought to a final price of $11,500 (all prices include 15% buyer’s premium).
A group of four exquisite Art Deco travel clocks also caught the eye of several collectors, driving prices well beyond the high estimates of $900 each. One, of silver and 14K gold with an agate floriform surround, made in France and marked J.E. Caldwell, realized $1265.00. A Swiss sterling silver and lavender enamel minute repeater, made circa 1925, was the highest earner of the four, bringing $2875, and a Cartier leather-covered minute repeater with a circular pink enamel dial brought $2070.00.
The appeal of Art Deco in this market was demonstrated again when a 6.5-inch Demetre Chiparus gilt bronze, ivory and onyx figure of a woman, "The Squall", circa 1925, realized $6325.00. Moran’s recently had great success with another Chiparus figure, selling the largest-sized version of “Les Amies Toujours” for $31,625 in March, 2010.
Modern art also continues to gather momentum as Moran’s expands its fine art offerings beyond the firm’s traditional emphasis on American Impressionism and pre-20th century European. A sculpture by Man Ray (1890-1976 New York, NY) of an iron with a nail-studded plate, Cadeau, earned $1840.00, well over the high estimate of $1200.
Other sale highlights include:
A St. Petersburg porcelain jardiniere and underplate, decorated with landscapes in the reserves and bearing the mark of Alexander II, 1871: $9775.00 (est: $2000 – 3000)
A carved Carrara marble figure of a fisher boy, signed Bacherini, 1897, Firenze, depicting a boy with hat holding a pole and fish, on a mottled green marble pedestal: $9200.00 (est: $3000 – 5000)
A massive Italian Baroque style walnut sideboard, late 19th century, elaborately carved with a figure of Neptune, mermen, griffins and grotesque masks: $6325.00 (est: $2000/4000)
Moran’s next antiques auction is scheduled for September 28, 2010, and their next California and American Art Auction, the final of three occurring in 2010, is October 19th, 2010. Moran’s is currently taking consignments for both sales. All sales are held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA and full catalogues are posted at www.johnmoran.com 2 -3 weeks prior to each sale. For more information please call 626-793-1833 or email
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July 20, 2010 Evening Antiques & Decorative Arts Sale 6:00 pm |
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July 20th Two-Session Estates Sale
Featuring European & American Decorative & Fine Arts, Silver, Ceramics, Porcelain, Asian and Native American Works of Art & Eclectic Estate Items
Continental Furnishings & Decorative Arts:
Demetre Chiparus “The Squall”; Peter Tereszczuk woman removing stocking; French gilt-bronze & glass torchières; Louis XVI style gilt-bronze candelabra (Henri Picard), ormolu vitrine & gilt-metal & cut-glass twelve-light chandelier; Italian Baroque style giltwood wall brackets & walnut sideboard; Lalique 'Ganymede' cooler; Venetian glass goblets; large Bohemian majolica figure; Bottega del Vasari equestrian figures; Bacherini Carrara marble fisher boy
Clocks:
F.L. Hausburg Napoleon III ormolu figural mantel clock; Japy Frères 'Boulle' marquetry mantel clock; French gilt-bronze, champlevé enamel & onyx pedestal clock; Chinese export mother-of-pearl-inlaid tall case clock; Cartier, Art Deco travel clocks
Silver:
Tiffany & Co., Georg Jensen, Gorham, Birks, Claude Doutre Roussel, Durgin, Dobson & Sons, Wallace, Welsh & Brothers, Martin & Hall, S. Kirk & Son; Reed & Barton 'Francis I'; Regency: Daniel Hockley snuff box, Peter & William Bateman goblet; George III: Christopher and Thomas Barker; William IV: Benjamin Smith teapot; Spanish Colonial silver pitcher, Guatemala
American & European Fine Art:
Alson Clark, Frances Gearhart, Rockwell Kent, Ernie Barnes, Karl Yens, Christian Von Schneidau, Harvey Otis Young, Bennett Bradbury, James Colt, Dan Lutz, Robert Rauschenberg, Man Ray, Eduardo Tojetti, James Maubert, Adolphe Monticelli, Jean Carolus, Leopold Loeffler, Raoul Dufy
Asian:
Han Dynasty bronze mirror; Chinese carved jade: foo dogs, cranes, horse, Mongolian jade and enamel sword; Japanese bronze figural group
Native American:
Apache, Washoe, Mono, Pima & Panamint woven basketry olla, bowls & dishes; San Ildefonso blackware: Maria & Julian, Carmelita Dunlap & Juanita Wo-Peen; Santa Clara red fire & blackware: Mida Tafoya & Belen Tapia; Acoma pottery water jar
Eclectic Estate Items:
Lyon & Healy parcel-gilt harp; Persian woven woolen camel bag; rugs: Kirman, Hereke; team-signed baseballs: Brooklyn Dodgers and Cleveland Indians, 1950s; roulette wheel
July 20th, 2010 Discovery Sale 3:00 pm
About 200 Lots OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE
Featuring Jewelry, European & American Decorative & Fine Arts, 20th Century Design, Ceramics, Glass & Porcelain, Silver, Rugs, Native American & Eclectic Estate Items
Silver:
Gorham, Shreve, Clemens Friedell, Reed & Barton, Towle, Wallace; hollowware, miscellaneous flatware, serving pieces & barware, Art Nouveau vanity set, Spanish Colonial table casket
Porcelain, Ceramics, Glass & Metalware:
Heinz copper desk set; LCT favrile bowl; mid-century glass: Murano, Blanko; Continental porcelain figures; Arts & Crafts mushroom lamp
Asian:
Chinese ceramics, porcelain figures, enameled metalware, jade & hardstone carvings & architectural elements
Fine Art:
George Lukacs, Reva Jackman, Joseph Rimini, Luis Amendolla Gasparo, Eliot O’Hara
And much more!
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Seven New World Records Set at John Moran Auctioneers’ June 15th California and American Paintings Auction |
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Pasadena, CA-- John Moran Auctioneers set seven new world auction records for American artists at their June 15th Fine Art Auction, the second of three such sales scheduled for 2010. They also established themselves yet again as the top house for sales of works by Joe Duncan Gleason (1881 – 1959), achieving a new second place record for the marine specialist with the sale of “Ships that Pass” for $115,000 (all prices include the 15% buyer’s premium).
The Gleason arrived fresh to the market, consigned by the descendants of the original owner who had commissioned it directly from the artist in the 1930’s. Principal Auctioneer John Moran and Art Sales Director Katie Halligan were delighted to discover the painting at one of Moran’s monthly walk-in Valuation Days, a free appraisal clinic conducted at the company offices in Southern California. A dynamically composed example of Gleason’s fascination with historical sailing vessels and his obsession with nautically accurate detail, the depiction of two brigantines exchanging salutes went on the block with a pre-sale estimate of $30,000 – 50,000. Mr. Moran brought down the gavel only after a protracted bidding war between a floor bidder and the ultimate winner, an international client who bid via telephone.
John Moran Auctioneers now holds ten out of the top twelve auction records for Gleason, including the world record of $161,000, established in February 2007 with the sale of “Avalon (Catalina Harbor)”. Moran’s also bested their own seventh place record for the artist on the 15th with another of his depictions of historical vessels, “Their Last Port,” showing three schooners as they lay retired in a Seattle dock, circa 1937. This work realized $34,500 (estimate: $20,000 – 30,000).
The new world records set on the 15th are led by the $18,400 realized for a scene of placer miners by William F. Chadwick (1828 - *). Chadwick painted the work detailing mining operations during the height of the California gold rush, producing a rare contemporary document of this pivotal moment in history. Though little is known about Chadwick, the painting’s high quality, along with collectors’ always-strong appetite for gold rush scenes, inspired the spirited bidding that propelled the final bid past four times the pre-sale estimate of $3000 – 4000.
“Redwood Grove at Big Trees, Santa Cruz, CA” set a new record for Lorenzo Latimer (1857 – 1941) when it achieved a final price of $12,650, and has an interesting history of its own. The dramatically lit oil, retaining its original carved frame and offered for $5000 – 7000, was reputedly given to the consignor’s family by Latimer himself in exchange for a set of clothes as he ran through the streets of San Francisco, taking refuge from the destruction of the 1906 earthquake and fire.
John Moran established a new top price for Carl Sammons (1883 – 1968) as well. His 24 x 30 – inch oil landscape of sun-bleached California hills, offered for $6000 – 8000, fetched $11,500. This was one of two exceptional works by Sammons in the sale, the other being a desert landscape with a broad sky, “Desert Clouds”, which also performed well, realizing $8050 (estimate: $6000 – 8000).
Depictions of antique transportation continue to capture collectors’ imaginations. Two such works in the auction established new top records for Wilfrid T. Mills (1912 – 1988) and Raymon A. Price (1901 – 1957). Price, a graduate of Los Angeles’s Chouinard Art Institute, was a commercial artist whose work appeared in magazines such as Sunset and Touring Topics. His watercolor of a New York trolley car in a windy, snow-blanketed street, “Horse-drawn Harlem,” found a buyer at $3450, setting a high bar for the first recorded sale of a work by the artist at auction. Mills had previous auction records, but the work offered at Moran’s on the 15th far exceeded those. His oil of a yellow Los Angeles trolley car (Photo 5) brought $7475, several times the estimate of $1000 – 1500.
John Moran has routinely established auction markets for talented American artists such as Mills and Price, and did so again on the 15th for Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano (1901 – 2001). The Naples, Italy-born sculptor, whose work is held in the collections of the LA County Museum and the De Young Museum, arrived in Los Angeles in 1912 and studied at the Otis Art Institute under Julia Wendt and Tolles Chamberlain. Moran’s realized $1700 for his plaster bust, the head from the original casting of a seven-foot sculpture, of California mission founder Father Junipero Serra, (estimate: $1000 – 1500). The auction also established yet another new top price, for the artist Ruth Alexander, a Laguna Beach painter active from the 1930’s through the 1950’s.
George Spangenberg (1907 – 1964) is another artist whose market John Moran has driven to new heights, currently holding his top two records. They achieved success again on the 15th, selling Spangenberg’s exquisite eucalyptus landscape, “Balboa Park” for $6900 (estimate: $4000 – 6000).
John Moran’s third and final California and American Painting Auction of 2010 is scheduled for October 19th and will also feature Western works, Regionalist and California Style watercolors and California and American Impressionists. Paintings already consigned include a Southern California ranch landscape by Charles Reiffel ($20,000 – 30,000) and a panoramic Bay of Naples view by Herman Herzog ($30,000 – 50,000).br />
John Moran’s next Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction will take place July 20th. This two-session sale promises to be one of the highlights of Moran’s 2010 sale calendar, and includes American and Continental fine art in addition to silver, porcelain, glass, clocks, bronzes and Continental furniture.
All of John Moran’s Auctions are held at the Pasadena Convention Center at 300 E. Green St in Pasadena, CA. Bidding is available from the floor, by telephone, absentee or online at www.Artfact.com. For more information, or to view catalogues, please visit www.johnmoran.com.
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