Leslie Hindman – Fine Books and Manuscripts
October 26th, 2011 by admin
Auction News
Phillips de Pury – Evening Editions
October 26th, 2011 by adminPhillips de Pury’s Editions department continues to offer the most interesting diversity of artists, materials, mediums and timelines in the auction industry, bringing Editions to the forefront in an evening sale context. The sale will highlight 78 special works taking place the week before the International Fine Print Dealers Association fair at the Park Avenue Armory and the Editions|Artists’ Book Fair in Chelsea, the most dynamic two weeks in the print collecting community worldwide.
Sotheby’s – Explore our New iPad Catalogue: Download Today on the App Store!
October 26th, 2011 by adminWelcome to Sotheby’s new catalogue desk exclusively for the iPad. A selection of complimentary catalogues for our fall 2011 sales are available in this exciting new format. The full selection of our catalogues is accessible using your browser on our website, Sothebys.com.
Sotheby’s – Wine
October 26th, 2011 by adminBordeaux is the backbone of our auction business, so it will come as no surprise that is also the most important category of our retail business. We spend many hours tasting, sourcing and visiting Bordeaux, to make sure that we have an excellent range of wines from good value Petits Châteaux, for every day drinking, through to mature vintages of the First and Second Growths.
Sotheby’s – Regards sur l’Orient – Orientalist Paintings and Islamic Art Paris | 16 November, 2011 Catalogue Now Online
October 25th, 2011 by adminSotheby’s Paris is pleased to announce this next Regards sur l’Orient sale on November 16th.
This sale will offer a group of ten distinguished paintings by Jacques Majorelle: several market scenes, a testimony of the artist journeys in Africa, revealing a taste for acid shades contrasting with dark skin tones. Nudes show the artist’s fascination for African beauties and spectacular crowd scenes in Marrakech complete this nice group.
A brilliant example of Belgian Africanist painting, Fernand Allard-Olivier’s Le fou du chef shows a traditional scene observed in Belgian Congo. A rare and charming Oriental woman, by Frederic Arthur Bridgman with her captivating look and her elegant oufit makes her one of the highlights of this sale. The painting cession also includes major works by Jose Cruz Herrera and Roubtzoff and lovely landscapes by Henri Pontoy, Eugène Deshayes and Delahogue.
The sale will also include a group of modern turkish paintings from French Private collections acquired directly from the artists in the 60’s and 70’s. Amongst this group, we are offering Important works by Orhan Peker, Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu and Fikret Moualla. the last section will be dedicated to ottoman works of art.
Sotheby’s New York – The Elegant John Traina – A Portrait in Style
October 25th, 2011 by adminThis special lifestyle sale offers jeweled dress sets, cufflinks, cigarette cases and objets d’art from the personal collection of John Traina. Mr. Traina was a shipping executive, vintner, collector, author and mainstay of San Francisco society, legendary for his great style. An additional selection of John Traina’s pocket and wrist watches will be featured in the sale of Important Watches & Clocks on 6 December 2011 in New York.
Sotheby’s – Important Watches
October 25th, 2011 by adminSotheby’s autumn sale of Important Watches on Sunday 13 November 2011 will be spearheaded by two Rolex wristwatches that belonged to leaders of the post‐World War II era: the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer and the first President of the Republic of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
Sotheby’s New York – Important Russian Art
October 25th, 2011 by adminThe Important Russian Art auction on 1 November features a selection of exceptional works by some of the most influential artists in Russian history. Highlights include two monumental masterpieces from important American institutions: Nicolai Fechin’s Bearing Away the Bride, 1908, from the collection of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, and Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin’s Pearl Mosque at Delhi, 1876-79, from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Other highlights include Natalia Goncharova’s early and pivotal A Street in Moscow; Boris Kustodiev’s Fireworks. Bronze Horseman, executed circa 1918 to commemorate the first anniversary of the October Revolution; Aristarkh Lentulov’s Faces of a Generation from his exceedingly rare Industrial Period; and twenty other masterworks by such masters as Ivan Shishkin, Ilya Repin, Konstantin Korovin, Mikhail Larionov, Alexander Iacovleff and Boris Grigoriev.
Sotheby’s – Impressionist & Modern Art
October 25th, 2011 by adminWelcome to Sotheby’s new catalogue desk exclusively for the iPad. A selection of complimentary catalogues for our fall 2011 sales are available in this exciting new format. The full selection of our catalogues is accessible using your browser on our website, Sothebys.com.
Morphy’s Nov. 12 auction features antique doll collection of the late Lorraine Schoenthaler, private collection of rare teddy bears
October 25th, 2011 by admin
Steiff apricot center-seam bear, circa 1905, 28 in., excellent original condition. Est. $15,000-$20,000. Morphy Auctions image.
DENVER, Pa. – Fine antique dolls and rare German teddy bears will take center stage in Morphy Auctions’ sleek new saleroom on Nov. 12 in a specialty auction numbering 569 lots. Many of the dolls to be auctioned came from the collection of the late Lorraine Schoenthaler, a well-known collector from New Jersey.
“Mrs. Schoenthaler was known for her Schoenhut dolls. There are more than 50 of them in the sale,” said Morphy’s doll and teddy bear expert Jan Foulke. Within the grouping are molded-bonnet and carved-hair types; character dolls, dolly faces, babies and a mama doll, among others.
The Schoenthaler collection also includes German character dolls, babies and Polly
Beautifully dressed early Jumeau bebe doll, 14 in., French bisque socket head incised ‘Depose E 5 J.’ Est. $6,500-$8,500. Morphy Auctions image.
Heckewelder dolls, which are rag dolls that were made by the Moravian Church Ladies Society in Bethlehem, Pa., as far back as 1872. Foulke said the desirable Pennsylvania folk dolls are still being made from old patterns and that the examples in the Schoenthalter collection range from early productions to later ones.
While the auction summary reveals a broad chronology of doll production, the main focus of the sale is antique dolls. Highlights among the French dolls include an all-original Steiner Gigoteur, an E.J., and a portrait Jumeau.
German bisque character man, 15 in., known as ‘Rembrandt,’ appears to be a Simon & Halbig No. 1308 C. Est. $10,000-$15,000. Morphy Auctions image.
An outstanding array of character dolls has been cataloged. A very unusual 14-inch Simon & Halbig bisque doll depicts a man with long curly hair, a moustache and a large hat. Its owner added a tag that said it was “Rembrandt from Holland,” and that it was a gift. Foulke said the doll appears to be an unmarked Model No. 1308, which is “a very rare number from around 1910.”
Another Simon & Halbig highlight is a No. 153 bisque boy dressed in a pink suit, nicknamed “Little Duke.”
A K*R No. 114 boy doll is unusual in that it has flocked hair and glass eyes. Most dolls with that model number have wigs and painted eyes.
Other character dolls include Kley & Hahn pouties, a Simon & Halbig 1488, Kestner 212, A.M. with intaglio eyes, Just
Kammer & Reinhardt 114 character boy doll, 20 in., bisque socket head incised ‘K*R 114 49.’ Est. $6,500-$9,500. Morphy Auctions image.
Me, SFBJ 226 and 247, and more.
Bisque babies include Tynie Babies, a Century Baby, Newborn Baby, Seigfried, Bye-los, a 2-faced Kley & Hahn doll, and many others.
Many artist dolls will be up for bid. Designers represented in this section of the sale include Martha Thompson, Martha Armstrong Hand and Dewees Cochran. Additionally, the auction inventory features a collection of Hitty dolls.
All-bisque dolls include mignonettes, a Simon & Halbig 886 with black stockings, large babies, and many small dolls. In addition to the aforementioned Polly Heckewelder dolls, the cloth doll offering includes multiple Kamkins and Chase designs.
Blond No. 1 Barbie Doll in box, 1959, near mint. Est. $6,000-$8,000. Morphy Auctions image.
For those who collect America’s favorite teen fashion doll, Barbie, there will be 25 lots of very nicely preserved examples. Highlights include a boxed No. 1 Barbie with blond ponytail, in very fine condition; a No. 4, a No. 5, and group lots.
The auction also features a private collection of irresistible antique and vintage teddy bears, including several rare, expensive productions from Steiff’s early days. In addition, approximately five Steiff dolls will cross the auction block at Morphy’s.
The most highly prized of all bears in the sale is a circa-1904 Steiff 20-inch rod bear. The bear is accompanied by an X-ray that visually confirms its interior rod construction, as well as a Teddy Bear and Friends magazine calendar illustrated with pictures of this particular bear. It is described in Morphy’s auction catalog as being one of the nicest, if not the nicest known example. Estimate $25,000-$50,000.
Other top bears include a circa-1912 Steiff 18-inch black “mourning” bear made to commemorate those who perished
Steiff ‘rod’ bear, circa 1904, 20 in., accompanied by X-ray confirming interior rod construction. Est. $25,000-$50,000. Morphy Auctions image.
on the Titanic, estimate $12,000-$20,000; and a circa-1905 apricot center-seam Steiff bear, 28 inches and in “stunning original condition.” It is estimated at $15,000-$20,000.
Jan Foulke summarized the sale’s contents as being “nice, fresh dolls – most coming from a single consignment – together with rare teddies and an excellent variety of other dolls to please even the most particular collector.”
The auction will take place on Saturday, Nov. 12, commencing at 10 a.m. Eastern time. All forms of bidding will be available, including live at the gallery, by phone or absentee, and live via the Internet through Morphy Live (sign up at www.morphyauctions.com) or LiveAuctioneers.com.
For additional information on any lot in the auction, call Morphy’s at 717-335-3435 or
e-mail serena@morphyauctions.com. View the fully illustrated catalog and all other auction information online at www.morphyauctions.com.