Current Auctions

After Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch 1606-1669)
“The Descent from the Cross”, 19th century
Etching after the 1633 Second Plate, on laid paper, signed and dated in the plate, from the Recueil de Quatre-Vingt-Cinq Estampes Originales as issued by H.L. Basan
23″ x 18″ sight, 41″ x 36″ frame
Provenance: DuMouchelles Auction Gallery, 11/15/2015, Lot 112037 ($3,750)

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Reginald Marsh (American 1898-1954)
Battery (Belles), 1938
Etching and engraving, Whitney Museum edition 72/100 (printed 1969)
Initialed and dated in plate lower right, WM embossed blindstamp lower right margin
9″ x 12″ sight

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Arthur Clifton Goodwin (American 1864-1929)
Looking at Central Park from a Building Nearby
Oil on masonite depicting a tree-lined park in autumn, a roadway in the foreground featuring automobiles and pedestrians, painted in loose Impressionist brushwork.
Signed lower right “A. C. Goodwin”
13″ x 12″
Provenance: Old Kinderhook Auction Company, Valatie, NY, 8/08/2023, Lot 145 ($3,000)

Estimate: $400 - $800

Lockwood de Forest (American 1850-1932)
“Niagara Rapids”, 1871
Oil on masonite
Initialed and dated lower right “L de F 25/71″
11″ x 18″ board, 17″ x 24” frame
Provenance: Shannon’s Auction, Connecticut, 6/23/2022, Lot 48 ($2,857)

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Fanny Flora Bond Palmer (American 1812-1876) for Currier and Ives
“Scenery on the Hudson View Near Anthony’s Nose”
Hand-colored lithograph, published by Currier & Ives depicting a picturesque Hudson River scene with sailboats, sheep grazing on a hillside, and a dramatic mountain view
14 1/2″ x 20″ sight, 21 1/2″ x 26″ frame

Estimate: $150 - $300

After John William Hill (American 1812-1879)
“Rockland Lake, Cutting Ice”, circa 1845
Hand-colored lithograph by G. & W. Endicott, New York, depicting figures harvesting ice on Rockland Lake
12″ x 17 3/4″ image
Provenance: Kennedy Galleries Inc., New York, 2/27/1987

Estimate: $150 - $300

Edward Laning (American 1906-1981)
American Southwest Village Scene
depicting a communal festival, with adobe buildings, folk dancing, musicians, and animated figures engaged in celebration and revelry beneath a dramatic sky.
Ink, black and sepia, gouache on paper
Signed lower right Laning
13 1/2″ x 17″ sight, 22″ x 27″ frame

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Black Joe Jackson (American 1922-1997)
“Fishin’ Hole”
Acrylic on board
African American folk art depicting a stylized figure seated while fishing with rod and line, the caught fish hanging below, rendered in a native folk manner against a textured landscape and sky
Signed along with right edge Black Joe Jackson
15 1/2″ x 11 1/2″
Provenance: From the Estate of Robyn Gebroe, West Orange, NJ

Estimate: $200 - $300

Two Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vases to include
scrolling vine motif Yen Yen vase, extensive repairs, the other in dark blue ground featuring prunus blossoms, 19th century
both heights 16 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Two Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Covered Jars
of baluster form decorated in dense scrolling floral vines and stylized blossoms above a lappet border, height 18 inches, one having landscape motif, each surmounted by domed covers, some repairs

Estimate: $300 - $500

Chinese Meiping Celadon Glaze Dragon Vase
of tapering form depicting five clawed dragon amongst clouds and waves, now wired and mounted as lamp, Meiping style
vase height 14 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Two Chinese Black Ground Porcelain Table Lamps
one of square baluster form and the other of ginger jar form mounted as table lamp, each decorated in flowering prunus branches and perched birds in white and polychrome enamels on a black famille noir ground
heights, 18 1/2 inches, 16 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Four Piece Chinese Famille Rose and Celadon Group
to include a leaf-shaped dish enameled floral sprays and insects, bearing an iron-red Guangxu mark to the base, together with with a rectangular dish decorated peonies, birds, and butterflies amid foliage, all on a celadon glaze ground, along with rose medallion porcelain lidded scholars box
leaf dish length 11 inches
Provenance: Estate of Nina Silberstein, former CEO of David Webb
along with polychrome charger featuring three scholars playing checkers in a landscape

Estimate: $200 - $400

Four Chinese Porcelain Vases and Table Lamp
including a famille verte baluster vase depicting figures in a garden setting, a rectangular cobalt-ground vase featuring famille rose panels of flowers and landscape scenes, a black-ground flowering prunus branches vase, and a similar example mounted as a table lamp having polychrome floral and bird decoration
tallest vase height 15 inches

Estimate: $200 - $400

Group of Early Bronze Chinese “Knife Money”
likely from the Han Dynasty, being sold letter from Miss Lee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
largest 7 inches

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Asian Bronze Teapot
small cast bronze teapot of globular form having upright handle and short spout, fitted domed lid, surface in dark patina and wear consistent with age and use.
likely China or Southeast Asia, 18th century or earlier
height 5 1/4 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Japanese Tetsubin Iron Kettle
having a bronze cover, featuring relief decoration of tree branches and foliage, signed on underside
height 9 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Charger
Qianlong Period, Possibly the Arms of Marchant and Gallard, underglaze blue decorated charger, central European armorial shield depicting a bird standing beneath a leafy branch in elaborate mantling and crest, the cavetto having floral reserves on a diaper ground and the rim in geometric border, small chip to left rim, late 18th century
diameter 12 1/2 inches
Provenance: A collection from Southbury, Connecticut

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Platter
oval platter depicting a landscape scene in patterned border, 18th/19th century
12 1/2″ x 15″

Estimate: $200 - $400

Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Vases
having figural and landscape scenes of women weaving silk, bearing Kangxi marks, both having two wooden covers
height 18 inches

Estimate: $400 - $800

Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Hexagonal Umbrella Stand
tall six-sided porcelain umbrella stand decorated in the famille rose palette flowering branches, peonies, and other blossoms on a turquoise ground, depicting pairs of pheasants and smaller birds on two opposing sides among the foliage. upper and lower yellow-ground borders having floral ornament, underside showing remnants of an old paper label. small chips to the top of gilt rim.
19th century.
height 23 inches

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Charger
Famille rose decorated charger having central flowering plant and insects in an iron-red and gilt scroll border, the rim in alternating reserves of birds and underglaze blue dragons and fish, surmounted by a European armorial crest depicting an eagle and crossed swords above a tower and a row of six roundels, Qianlong Period 18th century
diameter 14 inches
Provenance: A collection from Southbury, Connecticut

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Two Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Covered Jars
one decorated in cherry blossom floral branches, height 9 1/2 inches, the other having mountainous landscape motif, height 8 1/2 inches, both having carved wooden lids, 19th century

Estimate: $300 - $500

Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vase
baluster-form porcelain vase having flared rim, decorated in famille rose enamels of figural court scenes including attendants and dignitaries in architectural settings beneath stylized clouds and landscape elements, the neck featuring additional scholars in conversation
height 16 1/2 inches
Provenance: A collection from Southbury, Connecticut

Estimate: $200 - $400

Regency Style Carved and Polychrome-Painted Wood Wall Clock Case
crest carved as perched polychrome eagle above berry and foliate decoration, circular painted case having carved cabochon ornament centering original painted wood dial single winding aperture (time-only), lower section carved fruit and ribbon-tied motifs, later movement, 19th century
26″ x 22″
Provenance: From the Collection of the General Cigar Company acquired by the Cullman family

Estimate: $2000 - $4000