2025 American Antiques, Chinese, and Continental Spring Auction

Pair of Mottled Blue Flambé Glazed Vases
now wired as lamps, ormolu mounted, elephant form feet, custom shades, 19th century
total height 29 inches
Provenance: David Seidenberg Antiques, New York, 8/22/2000 $9,500 (no receipt available, information came from family database)
from a Park Avenue, New York, estate

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Carved Chinese Jade Urn
having lidded top and floral handles, set on carved wooden base
vase height 11 inches

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Five Piece Sevres Porcelain Egyptian Revival Napoleon Tea Set
comprising of decagon shaped tray having central diamond cartouche depicting a winter battle scene with Napoleon on horseback surrounded by scrolling gilt foliate, green ground, and flanked by two pharaoh bust handles, verso marquée Mre Imple de Sèvres, along with two teacups depicting “Napoleon Chez David” motif with scrolling gilt handle, and two saucers, one “Bataille de Valmy” the other “Passage de la Berezina”
tray 13″ x 19″

Estimate: $1500 - $2000

Margolis Mahogany Center Table
having banded inlaid top over two drawers and two false drawers, set on four downswept reeded members, top made of fiddleback mahogany, signed Margolis with brand mark
height 27 1/2 inches, top 24″ x 40″
Provenance: Property from the Estate of E.T. Krolikowski, III of Laurel Beach in Milford, Connecticut

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Margolis Mahogany Block Front Chest
having brass handles on ends, signed Margolis on verso, and paper label in drawer
height 34 1/2 inches, top 21 1/2″ x 37 1/2″
Provenance: Property from the Estate of E.T. Krolikowski, III of Laurel Beach in Milford, Connecticut

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Federal Mahogany Sideboard
having shaped top on conforming cabinet with center drawer over two doors flanked by doors, all set on square tapered legs
Exhibited: Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
height 40 5/16 inches, width 72 3/16 inches, depth 25 1/8 inches
Provenance: Being sold by the Yale University Art Gallery for the benefit of acquisition funds

Estimate: $1500 - $2500

Two Piece Furniture Lot
to include Margolis mahogany birdcage tip top tea table
having shaped top and small repair to gallery, along with Margolis mahogany piecrust tip and turn tea table having chip to piecrust edge
birdcage table height 29 inches, top 16″ x 23″
Provenance: Property from the Estate of E.T. Krolikowski, III of Laurel Beach in Milford, Connecticut

Estimate: $250 - $450

Two Piece Furniture Lot
to include French Provincial fruitwood children’s armchair having rush seat, along with a George III style mahogany kettle stand having candle slide and pierce carved stretcher, early 19th century
height 24 1/2 inches

Estimate: $200 - $300

Federal Mahogany Sideboard
having shaped front on square tapered legs ending in spade feet, all with line inlays, repaired back leg, American circa 1800
height 36 1/2 inches, top 27 1/2″ x 69 1/2″

Estimate: $800 - $1200

George III Mahogany Tray
having four open handles on base with turned legs, 19th century, circa 1820
height 27 inches, top 18″ x 24″
Provenance: The Estate of John L. Hughes of Southport, Connecticut

Estimate: $300 - $500

Two Louis XV Chairs / Fauteuil
having open arms, one small bergere, fruitwood frames, likely 18th century
Provenance: The Estate of John L. Hughes of Southport, Connecticut

Estimate: $400 - $800

Two Piece Lot Attributed to Margolis Lot
to include custom mahogany drop leaf center table attributed to Margolis shops having two drawers and two false drawers, pedestal base on downswept members ending in brass paw feet
along with a Margolis two drawer Federal style stand, singed in drawer
height 28 1/2 inches, top 13 1/2″ x 19 1/2″

Estimate: $300 - $500

Low Post Small Bedstead
height 32 1/8 inches, length 67 1/2 inches, width 32 5/8 inches
Provenance: Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
Being by the Yale University Art Gallery for the benefit of acquisition funds

Estimate: $100 - $300

Chinese Hardwood Stand
having waving top over scrolled ends, mid 19th century
length 16 3/4 inches

Estimate: $100 - $200

Large Chinese Rose Medallion Dragon Handle Vase
having birds and butterfly motif throughout with cartouches depicting court scenes, gilt dragon form handles
height 24 inches
Provenance: Part of a collection from Essex, Connecticut
Condition: some chips and repairs

Estimate: $200 - $400

Chinese Export Rose Medallion Punch Bowl
having cartouches of court scenes, scholars, and Geishas, flowers, birds, and butterflies, likely late 19th century
height 5 1/2 inches, diameter 13 1/2 inches
Condition: some chipping
Provenance: Collection of a gentleman from Bloomfield, Connecticut

Estimate: $200 - $400

Axel Klinckowstrom (Swedish 1775-1837) engraved by Carl Fredrik Akrell (Swedish 1779-1868)
“NEW YORK’S HAMN OCH REDD: Fran Brooklyn pa Long Island”, circa 1820
Aquatint etching, published in Klinckowstrom’s Atlas, Stockholm, 1824
10 1/2″ x 19 1/4″ sight size
Condition: some creases, paper undulation, framed without glass, some loss upper left

Estimate: $300 - $500

Continental School Madonna and Child
Depicting Mary holding the infant Jesus, both wearing jeweled crowns, and surrounded by golden halos
Oil on canvas
Unsigned
32″ x 25″

Estimate: $300 - $500

John (Jack) Robert Charles Spurling (British 1870-1933)
“Steam Ship Crofton Hall”
Oil on board
Signed lower right “J.R.C. Spurling”
8 x 12
Provenance: Colin Denny Ltd., Specialists in Marine Works of Art

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Clement Drew (American 1806-1889)
“View Near the Bass Rock House Cape Ann (MA)”, 1883 coastal seascape
Oil on masonite
Signed and titled on verso “C. Drew 1883″
9″ x 12”
Provenance: The Sporting Gallery Inc. Middleburg, Virginia

Estimate: $200 - $400

Augustus Edwin John (British 1878-1961)
Portrait study of Madame Suggia
Charcoal on paper
Signed lower right “John”
17 1/2″ x 12″
Exhibited: Royal Academy of Arts, London, Diploma Gallery, Augustus John Exhibition, 1954, number 275
Provenance: The Estate of John L. Hughes of Southport, Connecticut

Estimate: $4000 - $8000

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American 1834-1903)
Chelsea Rags (way22, Chicago 26 only state, Levy 35) 1888
Lithograph on cream laid paper
Monogrammed on plate center right
7 1/4″ x 6 1/4″
Provenance: Kennedy Company Rare Prints, New York
The Estate of John L. Hughes of Southport, Connecticut

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Mortgage Deeds Both Signed by Marilyn Monroe Miller in 1957
also signed by her husband Arthur Miller on December 20, 1957

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Mortgage Deeds Both Signed by Marilyn Monroe Miller in 1957
also signed by her husband Arthur Miller on October 5, 1957

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) Signed Check from First National Bank of Hartford, CT
March 9 1875 to Arnold Constable & CO.signed by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

Estimate: $1000 - $2000