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For more than a decade, Marketplace auctions have been a staple of the Leslie Hindman Auctioneers experience. Known for eclectic offerings, our Marketplace auctions feature reproduction furniture and accessories and decorative fine art from estates, collectors and institutions, perfect for both the novice and seasoned collector.
Sotheby’s is pleased to present an auction of 19th Century Furniture and Decorative Works of Art on November 16th, including sculpture, ceramics, silver and carpets. The sale features several distinguished collections, including a group of sculptures from the Estate of Everett M. Young by artists such as Antoine-Louis Barye, Alfredo Pina and Jean-Jacques Feuchère. Other highlighted lots in the sale are several works by François Linke, most notably a coiffeuse (lot 279) executed in 1908 for Captain Joseph Raphael De Lamar (one of only two examples ever produced.) A pendule de parquet (lot 131) after the 18th century model by André-Charles Boulle and a micromosaic table top on a revolving stand attributed to Antonio Aguatti (lot 49) are also two of the sale’s most exciting highlights.
Evening Sale Monday 14 November 2011 7PM
Day Sale Tuesday 15 November 2011 11AM
450 Park Avenue, New York
Viewings 450 Park Avenue, New York
10am – 6pm Friday 11 November
10am – 6pm Saturday 12 November
12pm – 6pm Sunday 13 November
10am – 6pm Monday 14 November
Guggenheim Benefit Auction
7 November 2011
Contemporary Art Part I
7 November 2011
Contemporary Art Part II
8 November 2011
SIGNED BY HUSBAND AND WIFE EINSTEIN, ALBERT AND ELSA. Photograph Signed, by both (“Albert Einstein” and “Elsa Einstein”), and dated by Albert, full-length portrait, showing both standing side-by-side on a stone patio. Signed in the image, at lower edge. 4×3 inches; closed tear at lower left corner affecting Elsa’s signature repaired verso with cello tape, minor scattered dings. Np,
This sale features a pristine case of Château Pétrus 1982 from the private collection of a Continental connoisseur that also includes some top Classed Growth Claret. There is a fabulous array of Château Cheval Blanc and its ‘baby brother’, Le Petit Cheval, in young vintages and a variety of formats. Great Sauternes, White and Red Burgundy, Rhône, California and historic German wines direct from members of the Prüm family vie for attention. Extra ‘glitz’ can be found in a Methuselah of Louis Roederer Cristal 2000, 1990 vintage and a bottle of Cognac Hennessy Timeless in a Baccarat crystal decanter.
Gods and Ancestors : this perfectly encapsulates what the magnificent sculptures in this December auction convey. Crafted by talented artists from Africa and Oceania, with a masterful hand and each using their own formal criteria, these pieces express the timeless beauty of the spirits that they embody.
Three exquisite masks in the auction – the Boa mask (lot 68), the black Punu mask (lot 56) and the Kwele mask (lot 55)) were never meant to be exposed to the public gaze; their beauty and strength were only devoted to the spirits and ancestors. These majestic representations of the male and female form, created by anonymous artists, are joined by a small sculpture of a head by the famed ‘Buli Master’ (lot 62), and by two shrine (couple) sculptures, extraordinary in their artistry and rarity, from a supremely talented Yoruba Nago artist (lots 35 and 36)). Both sculptures are devoted to Shango, the deified fourth king of Oyo-Ile, the city that was the centre of the Oyo Empire in the second half of the 18th century.
From Oceania, comes a rare Rarotonga Staff God, Cook Islands (lot 85). One of only sixteen complete Staff Gods documented in museum or private collections, this sculpture pays tribute to Tangaroa, the creator God.
London – Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce Important Nordic Design, an academic exploration into 20th century and contemporary Nordic design and culture curated by acclaimed architect Lee F. Mindel, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and whose firm Shelton, Mindel & Associates is the winner of the 2011 Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Interior Design
We are delighted to announce the forthcoming sale in London of a superb private collection of watercolours by Alexander Benois on 29 November 2011. The collection includes set and costume designs from productions such as Petrushka, The Nightingale and Sleeping Beauty, charming family portraits, rare views of St. Petersburg, Versailles and Venice, which will be offered alongside Benois’ letters and sketchbooks. The artist’s extensive annotations provide an extraordinary insight into the life of one of Russia’s most famous watercolourists and the appearance of this extraordinary collection on the market is an important addition to scholarship on the artist.
Literature is high-lighted in December with significant Raymond Chandler association material including his own copies of all his novels, The Big Sleep inscribed to his wife Cissy and screenplays from his work with Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock. A private collection of artist’s letters with examples from Manet, Renoir and Van Gogh complements modern artist’s work: three of Andy Warhol’s scarce self-published books will be offered including a vibrantly colored example of the rare and fragile Cats. A strong selection of printed broadsides, Washington letters and a lovely Popple Map of North America with original color are only a few of the highlights of the Printed and Manuscript Americana section of the sale.
