Results from October 2006 Heritage Decorative Arts Auction!

Over $2.8 Million Sold, After-Auction Sales Still Ongoing

DALLAS, TEXAS: Heritage Auction Galleries' latest Decorative Arts auction, held October 19 & 20 in Dallas, Texas, posted results of $2,873,592 for 863 lots offered, although after-auction sales are still ongoing, and are expected to push the total even higher.

"This well-received auction boasted an abundance of objects from the minute to the monumental," said Michael Wolf, Deputy Managing Director of Fine and Decorative Arts for Heritage. "Nearly a thousand items were drawn from estates and collections of excellent quality and great diversity, with items ranging from the rarest tiny silver nutmeg grater to important grand antique furnishings."

Highlights of the auction included:

A Russian Silver Gilt and Enamel Icon: The Annunciation
Pavel Akimov Ovchinnikov, Moscow, Russia
1896-08
Silver gilt, silver, enamel, oil on board
Marks: (left facing kokoshnik), (Moscow), Ovchinnikov (in Cyrillic) under Imperial Warrant, 84, IAA (in Cyrillic)
12.37 in. high x 10.5 in. wide
REALIZED: $203,150

An Important Pair of Empire Gris Poli Gilt Bronze Mounted Columns
Fabry & Utzschneider, Sarreguemines, France
Circa 1810
Marble, gris polis ceramic and gilt bronze
Marked: impressed Sarguemines
82.75 in. tall
REALIZED: $149,375

A Monumental French Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Marble Center Table
Paul Sormani (1817-1871), Paris, France
Late Nineteenth Century
Gilded wood, breche violet marble
Stamped: P. SORMANI
34.5 in. high x 97 in. wide x 57 in. deep
REALIZED: $131,450

A Russian Silver Presentation Kovsh
Karl Faberge (St. Petersburg, 1846-1920), work master Aleksander Wakeva (1870-1957),
c. 1907
Silver and semi-precious stones
Marks: hallmarked (left facing Kokoshnik), (Imperial warrant), 88, AP, AW, K. Faberge (in Cyrillic), and inscribed Presented to Special Guard to His Majesty, Battalion Captain Alexander Nicolvitch Kolininkinu at Peterhof 1907
13.5 in. long, 37.75 tory ounces
REALIZED: $101,575

An American Bronze Of A Young Woman
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980)
Circa 1929-
Bronze with green patina
Marks: lower back 1929 / Harriet W Frishmuth / Gorham Co Founders QGNY
23.25 in. high
REALIZED: $95,600

An American Leaded Glass and Bronze Floor Lamp
Tiffany Studios, New York, New York
Early Twentieth Century
Leaded glass, patinated bronze
Marks: shade: TIFFANY STUDIOS, NEW YORK; base: TIFFANY STUDIOS, NEW YORK, 7820
78 in. high, 24in. diameter shade
REALIZED: $83,650

A Pair Of Massive Continental White Marble Lions
Italian
Eighteenth Century
White Carrara marble
38 in. x 60 in. (each)
REALIZED: $77,675

A Monumental French Gilt Bronze and Enamel Clock
Unknown maker, Paris, France
Circa 1864
Gilt bronze and enamel
Unmarked
34 in. high x 31 in. wide x 14.5 in. deep
REALIZED: $62,140

A French Art Glass Vase
Emile Galle, Nancy, France
Circa 1900
Blown, molded and marquetry glass
Marks: Galle
11.5 in. tall
REALIZED: $53,775

Heritage Auction Galleries will present their next Decorative Arts Signature Auction on March 22 & 23, 2007 at their headquarters in Dallas, TX.

For more information about Heritage's auctions, and a complete record of prices realized, along with full-color, enlargeable photos of each lot, please visit www.HeritageAuctions.com.

Prospective consignors and sellers of fine and decorative arts are invited to visit www.HeritageAuctions.com and click on the "Sell Now" tab. Or simply email Michael Wolf at MWolf@HeritageAuctions.com.

To reserve your copy of any Heritage auction catalog, please contact Nicole Jewell at 1-800-872-6467, ext. 272, or visit www.HeritageAuctions.com to order by email.