presorted first class U.S. Postage PAID Oakland. Ca. Permit No. 1031 return service requested DATED MATERIAL Please Deliver by February 12, 2013 Clars Auction Gallery 5644 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA 94609 Bond #300898 [email protected]www.clars.com Our 40th Year! 510-428-0100 (ph.) 888-339-7600 (tf.) 510-658-9917(fax) is proud to be a corporate sponsor of KQED’s Antiques Roadshow, Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund, The Oakland Museum of California, and other well-respected non-profit organizations. We encourage you to join us. Sunday Highlights: •American, Californian, and European Fine Art including Paintings, Photography, Works on Paper, Marble and Bronze Sculptures, and Prints •Rare circa 1900 Original Lithograph Billboard Posters •Fine Continental Porcelains, plus Quality Crystal and China •19th and 20th Century European and American Furniture •Sterling Silver Flatware and Hollowware •Single owner collection of fine 18th-early 20th century Continental clocks including mantle, bracket, tall case and carriage clocks •Collection of Chinese/Russian currency, most 1918-1925 •Persian and other Antique and Newer Rugs •Fine Jewelry and Timepieces •Native American Baskets •Californian and European Wine •Chinese Jade and Hardstone Carvings, Furniture, Ceramics, Scholar’s Objects, Metalwork, Chinese Paintings, Japanese Woodblock Prints and Buddhist Works of Art •1993 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, 24,000 miles Saturday Highlights: •Asian Paintings, Ceramics, Jade, Metalwork, Hard stone Carvings, Furniture, and Religious Works of Art •Assorted Silver, Ceramics, Crystal, and other Decoratives •Fine and Costume Jewelry •American and Continental Fine Art •19th and 20th Century European, Asian, and American Furniture •Antiquity, Tribal, and Ethnographic Pieces •Persian and other Rugs •Collectibles, and Books SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16th at 9:30 a.m. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17th at 10:00 a.m. Previews: Friday February 15th 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday & Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. or by appointment the week before the auction Visit us online at www.clars.com Gift Certificates Available No expiration date! You can access our online catalogs through the LIVE auction button on Clars website, www.clars. com. Feel free to email [email protected]for more information. We are now inviting consignments of items for upcoming sales, including our Major May 2013 auction. Many fine pieces have already been consigned including many museum pieces. Please contact our Specialists to consign your fine items [email protected]. Receive our monthly highlights via email! Sign up today at www.clars.com where you can view our online catalog and past prices realized. Please advise us if you no longer wish to get the brochure in the mail. Mar 16-17 Apr 13-14 May 18-19 Jun 15-16 July 13-14 Aug 10-11 Sep 7-8 Oct 5-6 Nov 9-10 Dec 7-8 Upcoming Auction Schedule: FREE Evalution Sessions: Thursdays 91m-12noon (Limit 5 items) Single owner collection of fine 18th, 19th, and early 20th century clocks including tall case, bracket, mantle, and carriage clocks Joseph Henry Sharp (American, 1859-1953), “Does Everything - Crow Chief, Custer and Reno Scout,” 1905, oil on canvas, 18” x 12”
is proud to be a corporate sponsor of KQED’s Antiques Roadshow, Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund, The Oakland Museum of California, and other well-respected non-profit organizations. We encourage you to join us.
Sunday Highlights:•American, Californian, and European Fine Art including Paintings, Photography, Works on Paper, Marble and Bronze Sculptures, and Prints•Rare circa 1900 Original Lithograph Billboard Posters•Fine Continental Porcelains, plus Quality Crystal and China•19th and 20th Century European and American Furniture•Sterling Silver Flatware and Hollowware•Single owner collection of fine 18th-early 20th century Continental clocks including mantle, bracket, tall case and carriage clocks•Collection of Chinese/Russian currency, most 1918-1925•Persian and other Antique and Newer Rugs•Fine Jewelry and Timepieces •Native American Baskets•Californian and European Wine•Chinese Jade and Hardstone Carvings, Furniture, Ceramics, Scholar’s Objects, Metalwork, Chinese Paintings, Japanese Woodblock Prints and Buddhist Works of Art•1993 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, 24,000 miles
Saturday Highlights:•Asian Paintings, Ceramics, Jade, Metalwork, Hard stone Carvings, Furniture, and Religious Works of Art•Assorted Silver, Ceramics, Crystal, and other Decoratives•Fine and Costume Jewelry•American and Continental Fine Art•19th and 20th Century European, Asian, and American Furniture•Antiquity, Tribal, and Ethnographic Pieces•Persian and other Rugs•Collectibles, and Books
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16th at 9:30 a.m.SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17th at 10:00 a.m.Previews: Friday February 15th 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday & Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. or by appointment the week before the auction
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You can access our online catalogs through the LIVE auction button on Clars website, www.clars.com. Feel free to email [email protected] for more information.
We are now inviting consignments of items for upcoming sales, including our Major May 2013 auction. Many fine pieces have already been consigned including many museum pieces. Please contact our Specialists to consign your fine items [email protected].
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Follower of Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641), Portrait of Count Hendrik Graaf van den Bergh (German, 1573-1638), oil on canvas, 40.75 x 32.5”
Thomas Sidney Cooper (British, 1803-1902), Summertime, 1888, oil on panel, 16”h x 12”
William Posey Silva (Californian, 1859-1948), “Golden Gate Park,” oil on canvas (mounted on board), 15”x 11”
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (Californian, 1875-1972), “Rose and Gold,” oil on canvas board, 16” x 20”
Attributed to Margaret Sarah Carpenter (British, 1793-1872), Portrait of a Young Girl with a Rabbit, oil on canvas, 25.75” x 21.25”
Jack Wilkinson Smith (Californian, 1873-1949), “Summit Lake,” oil on canvas, 20”x24”
Charles Schulz (Californian, 1922-2000), Peanuts Sunday Comic Strip (United Feature Syndicate), 1977, ink on board, 16.75”h x 23.5” (one of two to be offered)
Frank Stella (American, b.1936), “Polar Co-Ordinates VIII (from Polar Co-Ordinates for Ronnie Peterson),” 1980, offset lithograph and screenprint in colors, 38.375” x 38”
Richard Misrach (American, b.1949), “Desert Fire #1, Burning Palms (Desert Cantos Series),” 1983, chromogenic print, 18”h x 23”
Val Bertoia (American, b. 1949), “Diverted Sound,” 2001, bronze sculpture, 39”h
Wayne Thiebaud (California, b.1920), “Black Suckers (from “Seven Still Lifes and a Silver Landscape),” 1971, aquatint, 17.5” x 21.7”
Donald Sultan (American, b. 1951) “Mimosa, May 8,” color screenprint on wove paper, 27.5”h x 39.25”
“Sutro Baths, San Francisco,” 1896, color lithograph poster, 72.5” x 82.75”
After Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917), Nude Study of Pierre de Weissant, 1955, bronze sculpture, 25.625”h
Alphonse Mucha (Czechoslo-vakian, 1860-1939), “Slovanska Epopej,” 1928, color lithograph poster, 82.5” x 38.5”
Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972), “Modderplas (Puddle),” 1952, color woodcut, 9.4” x 12.6”
Bernard Cathelin (French, 1919-2004), Au-tumn in Drome, 1960, oil on canvas, 57.5” x 100.75”
Salvador Dali (Spanish/French, 1904-1989) “Destino,” 1945-46, ink drawing on paper with pencil drawing verso, 11.75” x 14.5”
Ila McAfee (American, 1897-1995), “Alert,” oil on canvas, 20.25” x 28.25”
Victorio Edades (Filipino, 1895-1985), Portrait of Woman, oil on canvas, 18” x 14”
Louis Floutier (French, 1882-1936), Village Street Scene, oil on canvas, 29.75” x 21.25”
Squeak Carnwath (Californian, b.1947), “Knees,” 1984, oil and alkyd on canvas, 77” x 55” (one of three to be offered)
Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993), Glen Canyon, Trees, 1959, gelatin silver print, 19” x 15.4” (one of three to be offered)
Mostly 1918-1925 collection from a private family of Russian Imperial and Civil War Notes from the Western Front to Eastern Siberia. Also, a continuing collection of Chinese notes, mostly Northern Provincial banks and private companies. Sales lots consist of single notes and large group lots.
Chinese & Russian Currency
Assortment of Chinese jades, including plaques, toggles and handling pieces
Chinese blanc de chine porcelain figure of Guanyin, marked ‘Mao Sheng Ji zao’, 25”h
Teco glazed earthenware vase, 1900-1904 designed by Harold Hals 13.25” (33.7 cm) high
Pair of Sevres covered urns, early 20th century, 29”h Shreve and
Company sterling silver presentation vase, executed in the Art Nouveau taste circa 1905
Josef Hoffman (Austrian 1870-1956) Weiner Werkstatte hammered brass footed bowl, Vienna early 20th century
Chinese underglaze blue porcelain brush pot, attributed to Wang Bu (Chinese, 1898-1968), 6.5”h
Japanese articulated silver dragon, Myochin School, Meiji/Taisho period, 32”l x 4.5”h
Tiffany & Company “Renaissance “ sterling silver flatware service for eighteen, Provenance: Property from the Estate of N. Lee & B. Herbst-Gruhn, San Francisco, CA
Persian silver tray in the Tabriz manner
Russian Judaic fine silver torah finials and charity box
Native American basketry and monochrome pottery
Fine selection of California and French wine and cognac
14k gold Kings County New York Sheriff badge of Norman S. Dike, 1902
Framed KPM Berlin porcelain plaque sight 12”h x 9.75”w
Important signed histori-cal documents and letters including Thomas Jefferson and General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson
Selection of 19th & early 20th century Russian enamel and fine silver decorative items
Selction of art glass including Orrefors, Loetz, Galle, and Steuben to be offered
Colima hunchback figure, Protoclassic circa 100 B.C- A.D 250, 14”h x 8”w
Collection of Japanese woodblock prints by Hiroshi Yoshida (Japanese, 1876-1950)
1993 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, 24,000 miles
Important Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted kingwood library table executed by François Linke, France circa 1900 29.5”h x 43.5”w x 25.5”d
Russian Imperial Chair from the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, (retains original label, inventory number, and court cabinet makers stamp) 38”h
Arthur Espenet Carpenter game table, Bolinas, CA, circa 1969, 21”h x 32”w x 20”d
Arthur Espenet Carpenter sofa, Bolinas, CA, circa 1969, 30”h x 86”w x 33”d
Moderne sofa executed in tufted leather and aluminum by Ward Bennett for Lehigh Leopold Company, 29.5”h x 74”w x 32”d
Philip & Kelvin LaVerne “Chan” table, 17”h x 18”w
Collection of Tiffany Studios lighting
Pair of Renaissance style bronze figural andirons, designed by Ernest Coxhead for the Herbst residence, Provenance: Property from the Estate of N. Lee & B. Herbst-Gruhn, San Francisco, CA
E. Goyard steamer trunk circa 1910
Flemish scenic tapestry, 16th/17th century, 7’7” x 9’2”
Cased wood carved ship model of the “Flying Cloud”, New York, executed circa 1900, overall 30”h x 41”w x 16”d
Antique Persian Kashan, signed “Kashan Isma’il Taqi’zadah” (translated), 18’10” x 12’, Provenance: Property from the Estate of N. Lee & B. Herbst-Gruhn, San Francisco, CA
Dentzel Carousel Reindeer, from Playland San Francisco, 65”h
Antique Persian part silk Isfahan, last quarter 19th century, 7’ x 4’8”
Selection of Art Deco patinated bronze lighting including Le Verrier and Fayrel
Tiffany Studios, New York Daffodil table lamp, circa 1920
Italian console table, executed in the Neoclassical taste circa 1820, 36’’h x 41’’w x 21’’d
Monumental Continental carved sideboard executed in the Renaissance taste circa 1860, Provenance: Flood Family, Linden Towers, Atherton, CA9’5”h x 8’2”w x 29”d
Edgar Brandt Art Deco table lamp, 17.5”h x 7”w
K.Kawai baby grand piano, model KG-1D, 5’2”l, serial # 1451726P
Gump’s eighteen karat yellow gold and black jade penguin brooch, with a diamond eye accent
Baroque Tahitian black cultured pearl single strand necklace with a fourteen karat yellow gold clasp
Fourteen karat white gold and diamond riviere necklace, total diamond weight 11.61 ct.
Platinum and diamond pendant, center set with an oval cabochon cut black opal weighing 2.50 ct.
Carved turkey, made of tiger’s eye, hawk’s eye, coral, abalone, jasper and labradorite. Having two glass eye accents and fourteen karat yellow gold talons
Fourteen karat yellow gold and diamond accented ring, center set with a 27.71 ct. oval cabochon cut jadeite
