Two-Day Estate Auction
An original Paul Revere silver pitcher with impeccable provenance, a Carl F. Bucherer Manero chronoperpetual limited edition wristwatch, three Charles Schulz Peanuts comic strips and original artworks by Willem de Koonig, Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski, Alex Katz and Ludwig Bemelmans will come up for bid online, January 18th-19th by Weiss Auctions. The two-day estate auction, starting at 10 am both days, will kick off on Wednesday, January 18th, with 300 market fresh items, featuring jewelry, porcelain, stoneware and Indian pottery. The following day, January 19th, over 400 lots, also fresh to the market, will come up for bid, highlighted by fine art, including paintings, posters, illustration art, cartoon art and comic art. The Day 1 star lot is the Paul Revere silver pitcher, 6 ¼ inches tall and identified to Benjamin Russell (1761-1845), an American journalist who established the Columbian Centinel and a founding member of the American Antiquarian Society (est. $60,000-$80,000). The Carl F. Bucherer Manero chronoperpetual wristwatch is #74 of 100 made (est. $30,0000-$40,000). The first day will also feature estate jewelry and coins from the New York County Public Administrator, Native American pottery and paintings (including works by Elton Three Stars, Bemic Nelson Yellowman, Mamie Deschillie, Mateo Romero and others), and lovely bronzes (including pieces by Sir Jacob Epstein, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth and Franz Xaver Bergmann). Day 2 will be dedicated almost entirely to fine art. In addition to the aforementioned artists, others will include Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, Max Vityk, Pablo Picasso, Claire Klarewicz-Okser, Frank Joseph Reilly, Henri-Joseph Harpignies, Kathe Kollwitz, J. Hartung, Walter Biggs, George Braque, Peter Max, Jules Trayer, Steven Dohanos, Ken Davies and Rolph Scarlett. Internet bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. For more informatio, visit www.WeissAuctions.com. Updates are posted often.
- Contact:
- Philip Weiss
- phil@weissauctions.com
- 516-594-0731
