George Jensen Silver Soars at Kaminski's Thanksgiving Auction
BEVERLY, Mass. (PRWEB) December 13, 2017 -- Kaminski Auctions held its Annual Thanksgiving sale over the holiday weekend of November 25, and 26, 2017. The auction featured an outstanding collection of George Jensen silver from a Chicago estate that brought out Jensen and silver collectors from all over the globe.
Saturday, Day One featured a selection of European, American and modern artists with many paintings selling far above their high estimates. The top lot of the day was a Mediterranean coastal view painting by the French Impressionist artist Armand Guillaumin (February 1841 – June 1927) This attractive painting sold to the audience for $42,000. A French winter scene by Jacques Martin-Ferrieres (1893-1972) titled "Le Pont-Marie Sous La Neige, Le Soir" sold ten times above estimate to an Internet bidder for $25,000.
Contemporary artists fared equally as well with a Louise Nevelson work titled "The Dark Ellipse", with a 1974 Pace edition label verso selling for $31,200 to the audience against a determined phone bidder. A signed F. Leger abstract oil on masonite, monogrammed and dated "FL 55 sold for $15,000 well above it’s $2,000-$4,000 estimate.
An entry from the American artist Eliot Candee Clark (American, 1883-1900), titled "Under the Trees" was a sleeper lot. An oil on canvas painting signed L/R, and marked "Third Hallgarten Prize 1912" on an attached plaque was estimated at $500-$800 and eventually sold for $8750.
Italian art in the sale included a capriccio of classical ruins featuring the Maison Carree at Nimes, the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli and the Borghese vase by the “vedutisti” or view painter, Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691 - 1765). It sold to the audience for $18,200.
Two 19th century Italian marble sculptures stirred up quite a bidding war with a 19th-century Italian anatomic sculpture of a man, eighteen inches high with the initials A.F. selling for $27,500 and a 19th-century Italian marble sculpture of a horned demon standing 24 inches high sold for $7,500.
Day Two saw many more bidders in the audience for the Jensen collection and there was spirited bidding on all lots, with most selling for 25% above expectations. The Internet lit up for the featured lot, a silver “Blossom” tea set featuring a sterling silver six-piece No.2 set designed by Georg Jensen in 1908. With lightly hammered finish and approximately 141.2 troy oz. of silver, this exquisite tea set sold for $16,250. A set of twelve Jensen silver chargers sold for $15,000 while a pair of sterling silver two-light candelabra No. 244, designed by Georg Jensen in 1918, with openwork stems of leaves and berries and approximately 96.0 troy oz. of silver brought $12,500.
An attractive “Grape” pattern sterling silver footed bowl with raised foliate bottom No. 197A, circa 1926-1932 sold for $11,875 while a pair of Baccarat preserve pots in cut crystal, with Georg Jensen "Blossom" sterling silver No. 2A covers in his signature lightly hammered finish sold for $5300. A sterling silver kettle on stand No. 49, designed in 1914 and marked 1919 sold for $6250 while a “Grape “ pattern sterling silver pitcher with a lightly hammered finish, No. 407A, designed in 1925 sold for $7,500.
Jensen flatware did equally as well with a “Cactus” pattern flatware set selling to the audience for $10,200.
As always, all things Tiffany bring a premium. A rare early Tiffany & Co. 18k gold round brooch with various precious stones was hotly contested on the phones and Internet and was eventually hammered down at $18,000. A Tiffany gold champagne ring sold well above estimate for $6,500.
Modern art, art glass, and sculpture in Day Two did not disappoint with a Dali signed bronze sculpture titled “Screaming Face” selling for $13,800, a Venini glass bowl of coral, yellow and black murrine glass by Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978), circa 1950 to 1960 sold for $10,000, a Norman Rockwell painting of a boy brought $7,200 and a pair of circa 1950’s hand painted celluloid originals by Walt Disney of Minnie and Mickey Mouse, signed by Walt Disney sold for $6875 to the Internet.
All prices quoted include buyer’s premium. For a full list of prices realized see our website at http://www.kaminskiauctions.com.
Next up is the Kaminski Auctions Annual New Year’s sale to be held Friday, December 29th starting at 4:00 pm EST and Saturday, December 30, 2017, at 10:00 am EST prior to the New Years Eve holiday. For more information go to http://www.kaminskiauctions.com
Diane Riva, Kaminski Auctions, http://www.kaminskiauctions.com, +1 978-927-2223 Ext: 505, [email protected]
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