AUCTION PREVIEW SPRING 2013
L E S L I E H I N D M A N A U C T I O N E E R S
Property from an Important Private Collector of Western Art
We are pleased to announce a single-owner auction of Property from an Important Private Collector of Western Art. The auction will feature over 200 lots, including American Western paintings, bronzes, Pueblo pottery, Navajo weavings, rustic and contemporary Western and Adirondack style furniture and decorative arts.
Featured among the American paintings are works by Craig Tennant, Bill Anton, David Wright, William Woodhouse, John Demott, Jim Norton and many more.
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960 ChEROkEE STREET
DENVER, COlORADO
303.825.1855
Property from an Important
Private Collector of Western Art;
John Moyer, Sunset on Taos
Mountains, $20,000-30,000;
Craig Tennant, Lost Again,
$30,000-50,000.
Asian Works of Art
The upcoming March auction will feature Chinese, Japanese, South and Southeast Asian works of art from prominent estates and private collections. Highlights of the sale will include an original painting by renowned contemporary Chinese artist, Zhao Shao’ang, from the collection of
Dr. David D. Buck, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, a fine pair of Chinese carved white jade quail-form boxes, an embroidered silk dragon robe, a pair of Huanghuali horseshoe-back folding armchairs and a Japanese inlaid and carved wood figure of an Oni.
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1338 WEST lAkE STREET
ChICAGO, IllINOIS
312.280.1212
A Pair of White Jade Quail-Form
Boxes, $60,000-80,000; A Pair
of Huanghuali Horseshoe-Back
Folding Armchairs, $10,000-
20,000; A Chinese Blue and
White Porcelain Footed Bowl,
$3,000-5,000; A Chinese Blue
and White Porcelain Rouleau
Vase, $20,000-40,000;
A Chinese Blue and White
Vase, $20,000-40,000.
Fine Jewelry
Our upcoming Fine Jewelry auction will feature several exceptional fancy colored diamonds and colored stones. Highlights will include an impressive 7.85 carat cushion cut diamond ring of Fancy Vivid Yellow color from the Estate of Barbara Archer Thomas, Naples, Florida and a 10.99 carat Fancy Yellow oval brilliant cut diamond ring. Other diamonds in a variety of sizes, including colorless, near colorless and shades of pink and blue, will also be featured.
Fine colored stones will include an 11.97 carat natural untreated Ceylon pink sapphire, a 5.01 carat natural untreated Burmese blue sapphire and an 11.00 carat Colombian emerald. The most unusual of these is an Art Deco ring containing a 5.50 carat alexandrite of superb color change. Both vintage and contemporary works by notable houses such as Cartier, Harry Winston, Tiffany & Co., Oscar Heyman Brothers and others will be included in the sale.
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1338 WEST lAkE STREET
ChICAGO, IllINOIS
312.280.1212
An 18 Karat Yellow Gold, Cultured
Pearl and Diamond Collar
Necklace, $10,000-15,000;
A Platinum and Diamond Ring,
$125,000-175,000; An 18 Karat
Yellow Gold, Fancy Vivid Yellow
Diamond and Diamond Ring,
$150,000-200,000; A Platinum,
Pink Sapphire and Diamond
Ring, Oscar Heyman Brothers,
$25,000-35,000.
Fine Timepieces
Held in conjunction with our Fine Jewelry auction, our highly anticipated Fine Timepieces Spring sale will feature a selection of antique pocket watches, including highly complex minute repeaters, and perpetual calendars in addition to several enamel and hand painted examples. The auction will also include contemporary wristwatches by Patek Philippe, Rolex, Panerai, Hermès and Cartier from private collections across the United States.
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1338 WEST lAkE STREET
ChICAGO, IllINOIS
312.280.1212
An 18 Karat Rose Gold Dressage
Quantieme Annuel Wristwatch,
Hermès, $10,000-15,000;
An 18 Karat Yellow Gold Ref.
5022 Wristwatch, Patek Philippe,
$10,000-15,000; An Art Deco
Platinum, Diamond and Enamel
Open Face Pocket Watch,
Cartier, $3,000-5,000.
Christian Dior, Evening Gown,
$600-800; Bill Blass, Evening
Gown, $200-400; A Norman
Norell Pink Sequin Dress, $1,000-
2,000; An Alaia Teal Nylon Dress,
$200-400; An Hermès Chocolate
Brown Taurillon Clemence Leather
Birkin Bag, $8,000-12,000; An
Hermès Fuschia Ostrich Birkin
Bag, $18,000-22,000; An Hermès
Parchment Taurillon Clemence
Leather Birkin Bag, $8,000-12,000;
An Hermès Chartreuse Togo
Leather Birkin Bag, $8,000-12,000.
We are honored to announce the auction of Property from the Ebony Fashion Fair Collection this March. The much anticipated sale will feature over 700 garments from the world’s largest traveling fashion show, including revered designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Missoni, Emanuel Ungaro, Emilio Pucci, Chloé and many others.
Our upcoming April Vintage Couture and Accessories auction will feature property from various collections including property from a Midwest institution, an extensive collection of Hermès accessories from a lady in Naples, Florida, and a selection of Judith Leiber minaudières from a lady in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Vintage Couture and Accessories
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Fine Books and Manuscripts
Our Spring Fine Books and Manuscripts auction will lead with an exciting selection of manuscript and printed Americana, including autographed letters from George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John James Audubon, and a rare plaster life mask of Abraham Lincoln. Highlights of printed
Americana will include first editions of the journals of Lewis and Clark and Zebulon Pike, as well as an extraordinary early wall-map of the United States by Henry Tanner. Additional highlights include Hartman Schedel’s map of the ancient world from the Nuremburg Chronicle and and Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis.
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1338 WEST lAkE STREET
ChICAGO, IllINOIS
312.280.1212
Washington, George. Letter
signed, July 30, 1782, Newburgh,
3 1/2 pp. Regarding the defense
of the Mohawk Valley, $50,000-
70,000; Schedel, Hartman.
Secunda etas mundi. Woodcut
map from the Nuremberg
Chronicle, 1493, $6,000-8,000;
Pike, Zebulon. An Account of the
Expedition. Philadelphia, 1810.
First edition. $10,000-15,000.
Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts
Our Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts April auction will include Property from the Estates of Henry H. Carey of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Marvin and Margaret Katz of Naples, Florida and Florence Kite of Lincolnwood, Illinois, among other private collections.
Highlights will include a Steinway & Sons Louis XV style giltwood grand piano and a Steinway & Sons marquetry decorated baby grand piano, both from the Estate of Mr. Mark Fritz. Other highlights will include a marble bust of Paris and a Benjamin Witman tall case clock.
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ChICAGO, IllINOIS
312.280.1212
A Pair of French Gilt and
Patinated Bronze Three-Light
Figural Candelabra, $6,000-
8,000; An American Tall
Case Clock, Benjamin Witman,
$10,000-20,000; A Marble
Bust of Paris, after Canova,
$15,000-20,000.
Twentieth Century Decorative Arts
Our Twentieth Century Decorative Arts May auction will feature fine furniture and decorative objects from the late 19th and 20th centuries. Highlights of the auction will include over 800 articles of American pottery by Rookwood, Roseville and Weller from the Estate of Ms. Jacqueline Kuznicki, Chicago, Illinois.
Other highlights will include two Frank Lloyd Wright illustrations on paper, a pair of Edgar Brandt iron candelabra and pottery by Frederick Rhead for Roseville, Newcomb, Teco, Hampshire and Van Briggle, among others. Additionally, glass ranging from Tiffany and Gallé to Chihuly will be offered.
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ChICAGO, IllINOIS
312.280.1212
A Frank Lloyd Wright Ink and
Watercolor Architectural Drawing
on Paper, $8,000-12,000;
A Lacquered Wood and Glass
Low Table, Gio Ponti for Chiesa,
$3,000-5,000; A Collection of
Roseville, Rookwood and Weller
Pottery from the Estate of
Ms. Jacqueline Kuznicki,
Chicago, Illinois; A Chromed
Brass Normandie Pitcher, Peter
Muller-Munk, $3,000-5,000.
American and European Art
Our upcoming American and European Art auction will feature impressive 19th century paintings from the Estate of Marvin and Margaret Katz of Naples, Florida. This collection is highlighted by John William Godward’s Dolce far Niente, William Tylee Ranney’s Haying Time and Stanhope Forbes’ The Farmer’s Pride.
Additionally the sale will include works by American artists such as Ella G. Wise, Boris Izrailovich Anisfeld, Jessie Arms Botke and Edgar Alwin Payne and European artists such as Jean Louis Forain, Bernard Buffet, Otto Mueller and Jean Dufy.
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ChICAGO, IllINOIS
312.280.1212
William Tylee Ranney, Haying
Time, 1856, $200,000-400,000;
Boris Izrailovich Anisfeld,
Melting Snow—Petrograd,
$80,000-120,000; Stanhope
Forbes, The Farmer’s Pride, 1914,
$50,000-70,000; John William
Godward, Dolce far Niente, 1906,
$300,000-500,000;
Modern and Contemporary Art
The May Modern and Contemporary Art auction will feature important modern photographs from Robert Frank’s The Americans, Man Ray’s portfolio Electricité and a rare abstract photograph by Jaromir Funke. Ten etchings from Picasso’s celebrated Suite Vollard and Barnett Newman’s minimalist etching Untitled Etching 2, will lead a very strong session of prints and multiples.
Original contemporary works will include a lyrical abstraction by Iraqi artist Shakir Hassan Al Said and a hyper-realist still life by Italian painter Luciano Ventrone. The sale will also feature works by Robert Mapplethorpe, Amedeo Modigliani, Le Corbusier, Vito Acconci, Alberto Giacometti, Wassily Kandinsky, Ed Paschke and many others.
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ChICAGO, IllINOIS
312.280.1212
Sam Francis, Untitled,
$80,000-120,000; Barnett
Newman, Untitled Etching 2,
1969, $80,000-120,000; Robert
Frank, Trolley, New Orleans,
$70,000-90,000; Pablo Picasso,
Scene Bachique au Minotaure,
1933, $25,000-35,000.
Fine Silver and Objets de Vertu
Our upcoming Fine Silver and Objets de Vertu auction will offer silver hollowware and flatware from renowned silversmiths worldwide, as well as small objects of historical significance crafted from fine materials. Highlights will include a Reed & Barton sterling
silver tea and coffee service in the Francis I pattern and a collection of Mughal gold, enamel and gem inset miniatures. Works from other makers such as Paul Storr, Buccellati, Georg Jensen, Tiffany & Co. and others will complete the auction.
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An American Sterling Silver
Tea and Coffee Service,
Reed & Barton, $25,000-35,000;
A Mughal Gold, Enamel and
Gem Inset Figural Group,
$8,000-12,000; A Swedish Parcel
Gilt Silver Tankard, Petter Ersson
Lund, $8,000-12,000.
Naples
Our Naples office continues to contribute significant property to our Chicago auctions. Property from the Estate of Mr. Ivan Bowen II will be featured in our upcoming Modern and Contemporary Art auction, including an untitled work by Alexander Calder, a rare Pablo Picasso entitled Buste de Femme d’apres Cranach, and an untitled painting by Sam Francis.
Our Naples auction this April will offer paintings and prints, fine silver, Asian works of art, American, English and Continental furniture and decorative arts.
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1300 ThIRD STREET SOUTh,
SUITE 201
NAPlES, FlORIDA
239.643.4448
Pablo Picasso, Buste de Femme
d’apres Cranach, 1958, $100,000-
150,000; A Vintage Platinum,
18 Karat Yellow Gold, Sapphire,
Colored Diamond and Diamond
Ring, Cartier, $20,000-30,000;
A Platinum, Fancy Yellow
Diamond, containing an oval
modified brilliant cut yellow
diamond weighing approximately
10.99 carats, $100,000-150,000.
Palm Beach
Our Palm Beach office has greatly expanded the reach of our firm to serve clients throughout the east coast and continues to ship major consignments to Chicago. Our Spring auctions of Fine Art and Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts will notably include property from the Estate of Anya S. Bagley, Palm Beach, Florida and The David C. Copley Trust, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
The April Fine Jewelry auction will highlight property from the Palm Beach area including an important Art Deco platinum, emerald, diamond and enamel necklace, two magnificent colored stones including a fancy intense blue diamond and an 18 karat rose gold and fancy purple-pink diamond ring.
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SUITE 102
PAlM BEACh, FlORIDA
561.833.8053
An Important Art Deco Platinum,
Emerald, Diamond and Enamel
Necklace, $25,000-35,000;
A Platinum and Cushion Cut
Diamond Ring, Tiffany & Co.,
consisting of a cushion shape
brilliant cut diamond weighing
approximately 2.43 carats,
$20,000-30,000.
Milwaukee
Due to the continued success of our Milwaukee office, we are pleased to announce the opening of a second location in the Historic Third Ward. The new 3,000 square foot space will be used to hold preview exhibitions, host auctions and store the influx of incoming property; our current location will continue to serve as the main client service and business
development office. Judy Rauh, a Milwaukee native with previous leadership experience at the United Way and the United Performing Arts Fund, has recently been appointed to spearhead business development efforts in the area. The Milwaukee Spring auction will take place in the new location, at 525 East Chicago, this April.
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414.220.9200
Robert Koehler, Self Portrait,
1898, $5,000-7,000;
Mark W. Mulhern, Typewriter I,
$700-900; A George Nelson
Brass and Walnut Tall
Case Clock, $1,500-2,500.
Denver
Our Denver office continues to secure noteworthy consignments for our Chicago auctions. A work by Hans Hoffman will be included in the May Modern and Contemporary Art auction, a lacquer and gilt inro and a Chinese spinach jade marriage bowl will be offered in our Asian Works of Art auction, and an 18 Karat yellow gold Golay, Leresch & Fils pocket watch will be featured in our Fine Timepieces auction.
We are delighted to hold a single-owner auction of Property from an Important Private Collector of Western Art in Denver this March.
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303.825.1855
An 18 Karat Yellow Gold Open
Face Minute Repeating Pocket
Watch, Golay Leresche & Fils,
$7,000-9,000; A Pair of 18
Karat Yellow Gold and Sapphire
Earclips, Trabert & Hoeffer-
Mauboussin, $3,000-5,000;
Jim Norton, Winter’s Grip,
2008, $15,000-25,000.
Marketplace
Our Marketplace auctions continue to offer decorators and collectors one-of-a-kind objects and collectibles in virtually every style, from antique to contemporary, at surprisingly reasonable price points. We are delighted to be opening a second Chicago location at 224 North Ada Street in
the West Loop in addition to our current location at 1338 West Lake Street. The newly renovated, neighboring building will serve as our primary facility for our monthly Marketplace auctions; our main office will continue to host our growing calendar of specialized auctions.
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UPCOMING AUCTION SChEDUlE
FINE FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS
JULY 14-16 | CHICAGO | DEADLINE MAY 17
ASIAN MARkETPlACE
JULY 18 | CHICAGO | DEADLINE MAY 23
MIlWAUkEE SUMMER AUCTION
JULY 25 | MILWAUKEE | DEADLINE APRIL 30
FINE BOOkS AND MANUSCRIPTS
AUGUST 7 | CHICAGO | DEADLINE JUNE 12
VINTAGE COUTURE AND ACCESSORIES
AUGUST 20 | CHICAGO | DEADLINE JUNE 21
FINE JEWElRY AND TIMEPIECES
SEPTEMBER 8-9 | CHICAGO | DEADLINE JULY 12
NAPlES FAll AUCTION
SEPTEMBER 12 | NAPLES | DEADLINE JULY 19
ASIAN WORkS OF ART
SEPTEMBER 16-17 | CHICAGO | DEADLINE JULY 22
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN ART
SEPTEMBER 23 | CHICAGO | DEADLINE JULY 29
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
SEPTEMBER 24 | CHICAGO | DEADLINE JULY 29
FINE FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS
OCTOBER 6-7 | CHICAGO | DEADLINE AUGUST 9
20Th CENTURY FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS
OCTOBER 8 | CHICAGO | DEADLINE AUGUST 9
FINE BOOkS AND MANUSCRIPTS
NOVEMBER 6 | CHICAGO | DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 11
FINE SIlVER AND OBJETS DE VERTU
NOVEMBER 19 | CHICAGO | DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 24
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