Lark Mason Associates Celebrates New Exhibition Gallery with The Art of Dining Now Live on iGavelAuctions.com

To celebrate the launch of the first phase of the build-out of its new auction house, an historic German fachwerk farmhouse, located in New Braunfels, Texas, in the heart of Texas Hill Country, Lark Mason Associates and iGavelAuctions offer up The Art of Dining. This extraordinary sale of 384 lots representing thousands of fine examples of Venetian, German, English, French, American, and Asian table glass and porcelain serving articles, dinner and other services, serving vessels, silver flatware, and related items from the 17th century up to the 20th century.

Says Lark Mason: “We’re excited to present the first of many sales we intend to hold in this historic 19th century farmhouse, which we moved from a remote ranch location to the center of New Braunfels. For anyone looking for a wedding or anniversary gift, or for starting their holiday shopping early, these items are of extremely fine quality and priced to sell with very low reserves and estimates.”

Highlights include an impressive pair of French Neoclassical Style Gilt Metal Eighteen- Light Chandeliers, estimated at $20,000-30,000 and reserved at $5,000; an extensive Georg Jensen Acorn pattern flatware service, estimated at $6,000-9,000; a collection of dining-themed paintings by Robert Hunter Douglas; rare Spanish Colonial silver table wares and vessels; and extensive examples of Gorham, Whiting, Tiffany and other silver serving implements. 

The sale extends through September 11th and is available for viewing on www.igavelauctions.com 

Among the highlights are:

*A Pair of French Neoclassical Style Gilt-Metal Eighteen-Light Chandeliers

(Estimate $20,000-30,000)

*Danish Sterling Silver Acorn Pattern Flatware Service, Georg Jensen (Estimate $6,000-9,000)

*A Robert Douglas Hunter Collection of Dining Related Oils on Canvas (Estimate $800-1200)

*A Cartier Silver Basket (Estimate $300-500)

*A Black Starr and Frost Silver-Gilt Center Bowl and Salts (Estimate $800–1,200)

*Twelve English Castle-Decorated Spode Porcelain Dinner Plates (Estimate $200-300)

*A Large Group of German Baroque Style Enameled Glass Drinking Vessels (Estimate $100-200)

The new offices and gallery in Texas are located at 210 West Mill Street, which is open for the exhibition from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday through September 11th. For more information, visit www.igavelauctions.com

About Lark Mason:

With locations in New Braunfels, Texas and New York City, Lark Mason Associates, the eponymous, auction house specializing in Asian, ethnographic, and ancient works of art, was founded by Lark Mason after many years as an expert at Sotheby’s New York. 

Mason served as a General Appraiser from 1979 until 1985, and as a Senior Vice President and specialist in Chinese art with Sotheby’s Chinese Works of Art Department from 1985-2003.  From 2000-2003 he concurrently was a Director of Online Auctions for Sothebys.com. He also served as a consulting curator at the Trammel and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art in Dallas, Texas from 2003-2009. He is an expert in the field of Chinese furniture, having responsibility for this area during his tenure at Sotheby’s. As an Asian works of art specialist he has valued and advised many private collectors and institutions.

Lark Mason Associates regularly hosts auctions on the iGavel Auctions platform and has an established history of record sales of Chinese and other works of art. Mason, the owner and CEO of iGavel Auctions, is noted for his regular appearances on PBS series, “The Antiques Roadshow.”