September 2024 Auction Block
By • September 9, 2024 0 379
September’s auction results are a spectacular blend of furniture, jewelry and artwork. Noteworthy items include a snuff bottle from Bonhams and a gold-and-diamond cigarette box from Weschler’s.
Bonhams
A Ruby Glass ‘Mallow Flower’ Snuff Bottle
Sold for: $4,352
Its glass a striking, ruby red color, this snuff bottle, dated between 1750 and 1820, has a waisted neck and a concave lip. The sides are horizontally lobed, with each face having overlapping petals that spiral outward. At the center is a taiji (yin-yang) symbol.
Doyle
Victorian Faux Bamboo Dressing Table with Mirror
Courtesy Doyle.
Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Sold for: $6,080
Part of a Doyle at Home auction, this bamboo dressing table with mirror came from a private collection on New York’s Upper East Side, together with a matching side chair. The auction featured more than 30 lots of furniture and other objects from an apartment decorated by designer Jason Bell, formerly a partner in the Irvine & Fleming firm.
Freemans | Hindman
Courtesy Freemans | Hindman.
Yellow Gold and Bloodstone Necklace and Bracelet
Estimate: $2,500–$3,500
Sold for: $7,620
This jewelry set by Parisian luxury brand M. Gérard, from the collection of Laura Pels, is made of bloodstone and 18-karat yellow gold links. The necklace is 19 inches long and the bracelet is seven and a quarter inches long.
Christie’s
Photo Courtesy Christies.
Untitled No. 1, from the Yosemite Suite
Estimate: $60,000–$80,000
Sold for: $100,800
This framed piece by British artist David Hockney (b. 1937) is an iPad drawing in colors on wove paper, created in 2010. In very good condition, it is signed and dated in pencil and numbered 22/25.
The Potomack Company
“Samara No. 3, 1978”
Estimate: $10,000-$15,000
Sold for: $14,000
Arist Leon Berkowitz was a fixture in the D.C. arts community since 1945, when he founded the Washington Workshop Center for the Arts. Many of his fellow Washington Color School members like Gene Davis and Morris Louis, taught or studied at the center. This oil on canvas is signed and dated “Leon Berkowitz/78.”
Weschler’s
14-Karat Yellow-Gold and Rose-Cut Diamond Cigarette Box
Estimate: $2,500–$3,500
Sold for: $5,500
This unique cigarette box, with a silver pattern inset with diamonds on its lid, contains an inscription in Russian connected with the arrival of the Russian mission in Constantinople to announce the 1896 coronation of Nicholas II as Tsar.
