Air Conditioning + Good Merchandise = Great Night Out at Clarke Auction in Larchmont, NY

    LARCHMONT, NY, August 11, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Fine Art this sale includes works by artists U. Romano, Icart, Miro, E. Lavieille, J. Lueders, P. Dartiquenave, H. Myers, N. Cikovsky, H.Hermann, B. Masson, S, Sobossek; also an unsigned Scottish landscape, an 18th century school of Gainsborough portrait, a Chagall Metropolitan Opera lithograph poster, 2 Calder lithographs, large signed bronzes including Feuchere, Mene, Jacques & Mary Regat, after Carrier, and many smaller bronzes.

Furniture highlights include a large and unusual antique camel form table, a 19th century Anglo Indian flip top game table, an antique downfilled French settee, a Georgian gentleman's chest/vanity, an Art Deco bronze and marble top telephone table and chair, a Victorian Renaissance Revival secretaire abatant, a contemporary black leather sofa, a triple pedestal banded mahogany dining table, and contemporary Stickley bedroom furniture.

Decorative items include bronze chandeliers and sconces, a pair of rock crystal hall chandeliers, a pair of Art Deco gilt bronze gates, a rare 19th century Tiffany Studios gilt bronze postal scale, a signed gilt easel by M. Grieve Co., a modern Sabbath candelabra, a pair of bronze Caldwell figural lamps, and a Art Deco cobalt and clear glass wood framed mirror.

Midcentury offerings include a Judaic sculpture, an unusual bentwood rocker (poss. Hoffman), a Dunbar table and chairs, a pair of possibly Gibbings club chairs, 6 stainless sconces by Pezak, a silver leaf dining set, a pair of Catellani & Smith sconces, 5 piece vintage rattan set, a white conical fireplace, and a pair of biomorphic lamps.

Asian highlights include a framed Tibetan thanka, carved jade and hardstone figures, Chinese scrolls, several large fishbowls, a pair of Japanese cloisonne vases, an antique Chinese silvered bronze teapot, an 8 panel lacquered and gilt decorated screen, porcelains, art and more.

Miscellaneous offerings include an unusual collection of medals and ribbons dedicated to postal letter carriers, 2 original signed Napoleonic framed documents, a working 2-bird automaton, several nice quality leaded glass windows, numerous clock garniture sets, Louis Vuitton, art glass, porcelains, sterling including an unusual silver tray by early London Jewish silversmith Naphtali Hart plus other sterling by Gorham, Tiffany, Wallace and International Sterling.

Clarke's next auction is Monday, August 13th at 5:30 PM. Previews: Saturday and Sunday Agust 11th and 12th from 12 noon - 6 PM and Monday, day-of-sale from 12 noon - 5:30 sale start. Catalog online with over 300 lots at www.ClarkeNY.com. Phone: 914-833-8336. Email: [email protected].

Clarke Auction of Larchmont, Westchester's Premier Auction, conducts monthly catalogued sales featuring distinctive fine and decorative arts, antiques, exceptional furniture, oriental rugs, sterling silver, Asian items, jewelry and mid-century modern. For further information, please contact us at (914)833-8336 or [email protected].

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