April’s auction block includes a variety of interesting items including a rare chandelier, unique diamond earrings, Jack Nitzsche-owned guitar and a pair of rare sand bottles.
Doyle
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Gilt-Metal and Glass Sixteen-Light Dahlia
Estimate: $20,000-$30,000
Sold for: $47,250
Property from the estate of a Miami collector, this magnificent chandelier (circa 1950s) includes 16 curved and tapered transparent, olive-green colored petal form shades.
Bonhams
A 1958 Gibson Custom Les Paul Black Beauty Electric Guitar Owned by Arranger, Producer and Film Composer Jack Nitzsche
Sold for: $53,295 (inc. premium)
From the uber cool collection of Jack Nitzsche, slide guitarist and keyboardist on Neil Young’s “Harvest” album, who died in August 2000. The guitar has a mahogany body with black finish, ebony fingerboard with mother of pearl block inlays, gold-played hardware and Grover tuners.
It’s unknown who actually gave Nitzsche this Les Paul Custom guitar.
Christie’s
A White-Glazed Pear-Shaped Vase
Estimate: $3,000-$5,000
Sold for: $176,400
From Christie’s March Arts of Asia online auction, this simple pear-shaped vase is quite possibly from the Song Dynasty (CE 960-1279). It is property from a distinguished private collection.
The Potomack Company
14K White Gold Blue Topaz and Diamond Earrings
Estimate: $300-$500
Sold for: $2,750
These sparkly wonders sold for nearly six times their asking price. Part of one of The Potomack Company’s jewelry auctions, these unique earrings are set with a checkerboard cut oval light blue topaz and are approximately 17 carats each, wrapped with two ribbons of diamonds. The diamonds contain 18 round brilliant cut stones.
Hindman
A Pair of Andrew Clemens (American, 1857-1894) ‘Sweetheart’ Sand Bottles
Estimate: $60,000-$80,000
Sold for: $151,200
Part of Hindman’s American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts auction, this pair of sand bottles are from Charles and Maggie Heye Bremer’s marriage or the birth of their first child in 1883. This pair of “sweetheart” bottles is very rare, with two existing bottle sets surviving, both postdating these two Bremer bottles.
