Lark Mason, founder and president of Lark Mason Associates, has announced that more than 250 lots of important fine and decorative arts will be up for bidding on iGavel Auctions in a sale that goes live on January 19th through February 9th. The works represent an exemplary selection of European and American works of art from the 17th to 20th centuries.

Consigned by two Texas private collections, the sale includes a large selection of Western subject paintings and prints by artists including Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, James Allen, and Michael Gregory and represent a wide spectrum of subjects and media.

Decorative arts are highlighted by a large selection of works from a New York estate and include a pair of important gilt-bronze and malachite torchères signed by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, the eminent bronze sculptor active in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Rounding out the auction are a large group of European porcelain clocks, gilt-bronze and malachite garnitures, a life-size spelter model of a fortune teller after Louis Hottot, and a library of early printed books from 16th century and later.

Says Mr. Mason, “We are pleased to present our first sale of the year with a diverse array of new-to-the market furniture, sculpture, paintings and clocks, at very accessible estimates.”

Among the sale’s top lots are:

* “The Race”, Thomas Hart Benton, Print, 1942 (Est: $15,000/$20,000)

*“In the Spring,” Grant Wood, Print, 1937 Est: ($3,000/$5,000)

*“Big Loop,” Michael Gregory, Oil on Canvas over Panel, Est: ($5,000/$8,000)

*“Solar System”, Steve Smulka, Oil on Canvas, 2011 (Est: $5,000/$8,000)

*A Pair of French Ormolu and Malachite Torchères, Stamped Thomire Fecit, 19th Century  

(Est: $40,000/60,000)

*After Louis Hottot, Cold Painted Spelter Figure of a Middle Eastern Fortune Teller, Late 19th Century (Est: $5,000/8,000)

*A Large European Malachite and Patinated and Gilt Bronze Figural Clock, ca. 1900 (Est. $4,000/6,000)

*An Italian Rococo Revival Gilt Wood and Onyx-Top Table, 19th Century and Later  

(Est: $5,000/8,000)

*A European Enamel, Gilt Metal, and Green and Pink Hardstone Pedestal Clock, 20th

Century ( Est: $2,500/3,500)

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 a generalist in American and European works of art and paintings, as well as an expert in the field of Chinese art and currently serves as Chairman of Asia Week New York. 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 and holds the record for the highest price achieved for any work of art in an online sale, for a painting sold in May 2014 that realized close to $4.2m. Mason, the owner and CEO of iGavel Auctions, is noted for his regular appearances on PBS series, “The Antiques Roadshow.”

Texas Exhibition

January 29 – 31, 2016

The Barn on Willow Street

887 Cross Street

New Braunfels, Texas 78130

Call for information

830-201-1172

Friday January 29th, 10am – 5pm
Saturday January 30th, 10am – 4pm
Sunday January 31, 1pm – 6pm

New York Exhibition

January 23 – 29, 2016 (closed Sunday)

10am -5pm

227 East 120th street

New York, NY 10035

212-289-5524

Estimates do not include buyer's premium.

To view online catalogue, visit www.igavelauctions.com, when the sale opens.

Phone 212-289-5524

Live Online Sale Dates: January 19th to February 9, 2016