Clarke Auction's Hottest Sale? Monday, July 26th 6:00 pm - Antique Furniture, Midcentury Modern, Sterling and Judaica, an Exceptional Steinway...

    LARCHMONT, NY, July 23, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On Monday, July 26th at 6:00 pm, Clarke Auction will sell over 350 lots consigned from estates throughout the Greater New York area.

Midcentury Modern includes a desk and credenza by Jens Risom, a pair of Dorothy Draper bachelor's chests, a Roche Bobois leather and suede sofa; Walnut Stereo Speakers on Saarinen-type Bases; a LaVerne coffee table; a Springer Snakeskin Lamp, unique glass mosaic-topped decorative coffee tables, one signed; a possibly Baughman Burlwood Desk, and other unidentified quality midcentury lots.

Pianos include an exceptional c.1930 Steinway Louis XV Baby Grand in excellent condition, retail value $80,000, auction estimate $8,000-$12,000. In addition to a Knabe Baby Grand, Clarke Auction will also sell a possibly 18th Century Lute.

Antique and Traditional Furniture Highlights start with a French Marble-Topped and Inlaid Rosewood Commode, Paris-stamped; a Stamped c.1930 Company of Master Craftsmen Burlwood Banded and Bone Inlaid Chest, a Diminutive Antique Chest and Dressing Table, a 19th Century Parquetry Fliptop Demilune Table, and a Louis XV-style Leathertop Game Table among two hundred lots of fine furniture.

Decorative Arts include gilt bronze and silverplate candelabra and lamps, a Japanese bronze of a maiden, an 5 foot high carved antique Rouge Marble Fountain, a c.1940 Los Castillo Malachite & Mother of Pearl Inlaid Box, ex-Christies Dresden Urns and Vases, Lalique Bookends, Sevres urns, KPM Plaques and more.

Of special interest may be dress forms from the recently closed salon of the legendary couturier Arnold Scaasi.

Distinct Lighting such as a pairs of Caldwell Sconces, Degue Art Deco Chandeliers, and a Fifth Avenue bronze Delisle Paris Chandelier will also be sold Monday evening.

Fine art features a pair of Old Master oils, a mother and child style of Thomas Sully, a male nude style of Courbet, a cityscape by Stafford Bourne, Polydor Comein Terracotta Sculpture, antique American pastels, a John Checuti Rockport watercolor, and other works still being catalogued.

Silver highlights include a marked Paul Storr bowl with twin serpent handles, an early 19th Century New York Repousse Jug signed Robert Rait, an Acorn pattern International Sterling flatware service and a collection of Judaic Sterling and Silver as well as pieces still arriving or being catalogued at press time

Carpets include a spectacular room-sized Agra c.1850 and an Art Deco Chinese Carpet,

"I'm always surprised by the strength of our summer estate auctions," said Ronan Clarke. "Not only do we get great items, but the hotter it gets, the more fired-up our bidders seem to get."

Clarke will be auctioning these estates Monday July 26th at 6:00 pm. Full onsite previews are available Saturday, Sunday, and Monday July 24-25-26, 12:00 Noon to 6:00 pm. For more details, see its website at www.ClarkeNY.com or call 914-833-8336.

Clarke Auction Larchmont, Westchester's Premier Auction Gallery, conducts catalogued sales monthly featuring distinctive fine and decorative arts, antiques, exceptional furniture, oriental rugs, sterling silver and mid-century modern. For further information, please contact us at (914)833-8336 or [email protected].

Website: http://www.ccauctiongallery.com

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