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Art and the love of
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Perfume bottles have always piqued the interest of collectors with
unique shapes and forms. From the time of great pyramids of in
Egypt to the Roman Empire, and on through the ages, collectors have
been drawn to the delicate nature of these luxurious bottles and
their contents of special fragrance and essential oils. The famed
head of The House of Nina Ricci Robert Ricci was once quoted as
saying "A perfume is a work of art, and the object that contains it
must be a masterpiece".
Collecting is a passion that knows no boundaries or limits for
some. Heritage Auction is pleased to present highlights from the
collection of Peggy Kerstner of Long Beach, California. The passion
to collect for Peggy was a lifelong journey that covered the
history of these intricate treasures. She started to collect
perfume bottles and found her passion when she was a very small
child. Her trips to the city of Los Angeles in the 1930's with her
mother were always highlighted with an opportunity to add to her
growing collection. The collection was amassed over an 80 year
period and features examples from early Roman glass, to Islamic
11th century ceramics and right up through the 21st century with a
heavy emphasis on French art glass. Many large factice bottles are
also included which she decorated her home with catching the
beautiful colors of the bottles in the streaming Southern
California sunshine, creating a luminous light from inside and out.
From the smallest miniature examples through the largest oversized
bottles this collection surely has something for everyone
interested in this genre.
The collection was displayed in her charming suburban home where
she and her husband Otto lived for more than 50 years. Otto
Kerstner was a decorated WWII B-29 fighter pilot who encouraged his
wife to follow her passion and built several custom display windows
throughout their home to present and protect the large collection.
Their home reflected a great respect for art and embraced the Mid
Century décor popular after the war. Peggy and Otto became friends
with many artists locally. Some of her unique mid-century property
will be presented in our 20th- 21st century Decorative Arts auction
on May 17th in our Beverly Hills Gallery.
Highlights of the perfume bottle collection include a number of
Rene Lalique perfume bottles, powder boxes and atomizers as well as
many modern post war examples. Each of the items in her collection
was carefully cataloged and photographed for her inventory which
remains a testament of her love of collecting. Unique shapes and
materials have been included in this group including carved cameo
glass, molded crystal, porcelain and many other lovely bottles in
the more than 150 lots which will be presented in a special on line
auction on July 7th.
For more information on the collection please contact Carolyn Mani
at carolynm@ha.com.
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The Fine & Decorative Arts Department is evaluating property for
consignment to next season's Fine & Decorative Arts auctions.
Please email details and images to FineArt@HA.com and
we'll get back to you soon!
- American & European Art
- Modern & Contemporary Art
- Photographs
- Texas Art
- 20th & 21st Century Design
- Decorative Arts
- Tiffany, Lalique & Art Glass
- Silver & Objects of Vertu
- Asian Art
- Nature & Science
- Ethnographic Art
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Record-setting Fine
European Art brings $1.3+ million at Heritage Auctions |
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Le secret
d'amour, a grand scale, turn-of-the-century work by French
Academic painter Guillaume Seignac set a world record for the
artist when it sold for $250,000 to the phone following feverish
bidding in Heritage Auctions' $1.3+ million Fine European Art auction
in Dallas.
First exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1903, Seignac's life-size
composition features an enchanting nymph who fixes the viewer in a
hypnotic gaze while a cherubic Cupid levitates beside her,
whispering love's secrets into her ear. The exceptionally fine
draftsmanship and color harmonies in this painting earned the
artist a Third Class medal at the Salon. Held in a private Dallas
collection for the past 45 years, this masterwork, epitomizing the
powerful influence of William Bouguereau on Seignac's classicizing
style and subject matter, sold for four times its pre-auction
estimate.
"This auction featured many artworks that have not been viewed
outside private collections in decades," said Ariana Hartsock,
Consignment Director of European Art at Heritage. "Our strong
results demonstrate the passion collectors have for fine examples
by important artists, and we are pleased to have clients bidding in
our auctions from all corners of the world."
"Top works by notable nineteenth-century artists fared extremely
well in the auction," said Dr. Marianne Berardi, Senior Fine Art
Expert for Heritage Auctions. "Another case in point is Barend
Cornelis Koekkoek's Winter landscape
with wood gatherers and skaters, 1854 which sold to the
phone for $225,000. The work is a brilliant combination of
Koekkoek's mastery of Dutch 17th-century conventions drawn from the
likes of Cuyp, Ruisdael and Wynants, and the 19th-century penchant
for intensely illuminated skies behind richly articulated natural
forms. This work has been beautifully preserved right down to the
finest touches of snow on the thinnest of tree branches."
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek's Winter landscape
with wood gatherers and skaters, 1854 sold to the phone for
$225,000. B.C. Koekkoek, regarded as the founding father of Dutch
romantic landscape painting and the most celebrated landscapist of
his time, painted this magnificent work in 1854 at the height of
his career.
Au Musée du Louvre -
les Murillo, 1912, an ambitious interior view of a woman
copyist at the easel in the Louvre's Murillo gallery by French
artist Louis Béroud sold for $75,000 (more than twice its
pre-auction estimate). A hotly-contested painting by French
painter-illustrator Gustave Doré, entitled Lorraine of
1869, sold for an impressive $32,500 against an estimate of
$6,000-8,000. Janell Snape, Junior Specialist for European Art at
Heritage notes, "This large-scale work is one of two intensely
nostalgic landscapes the artist painted of his homeland,
Alsace-Lorraine. The related work, Alsace is in the permanent
collection of the Museé d'Art moderne et contemporain,
Strasbourg."
Place de la
Madeleine, circa 1967, a classic Parisian street scene by
Edouard-Léon Cortès sold for $52,500.
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Profile of Aviva
Lehmann, Director of American Art, Heritage Auctions |
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Ethnographic Art:
American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art |
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Heritage Auctions is very pleased to have gathered together six
private collections for our upcoming sale of Ethnographic Art.
Property from A West Coast Collector includes the star of
the American Indian Art section, a Rare and Unusual
Northwest Coast Feast Bowl (lot 70221). The bowl depicts a man
transforming into a hawk. From the same source are two Tlingit baskets
and five Attu
baskets (lots 70226 – 32), all in pristine condition. Another
collection from the West Coast, The William Alberta
Collection includes a wide range of baskets from the Southwest
and California, including Panamint, Yokuts and Mission examples
(lots 70152, 70158, and 70164).
Property from A French-American Family Collection, formed
in the 1960s and 1970s by Dr. Maurice Wolf, makes up the majority
of lots in the Pre-Columbian Art section. Highlights include
four intricate Jaina
Figures (lots 70256 – 59), a Large Vera Cruz
Seated Figure (lot 70277), a charming Nayarit
Matrimonial Pair of Figures (lot 70299) and two Moche Stirrup Spout
Portrait Vessels (lots 70322 – 23).
Property from the Estate of Liz Claiborne and Arthur
Ortenberg includes over 20 lots in the African Art section,
each of them exciting. Two Waja Shoulder Masks (lots 70340 and 70345) are most
impressive, while a Dogon Standing Female
Figure (lot 70330) and a Mbole Standing
Figure (lot 70333) are smaller and exquisite. Property
Deaccessioned from The Brooklyn Museum adds a
number of sculptures to the sale, including an interesting Dogon Female Figure
(lot 70358), carved in a cubistic style.
Finally, ensconced in its own catalog is The Robert V. Berg
Collection of Traditional African Sculpture. Bob Berg is a
well-known Southern California collector of Traditional African
Sculpture and virtually all of his Tribal and Pre-columbian lots
are offered without consignor reserves. This collection is
comprised of over 100 pieces - masks, staffs, benches, pipes,
shields … it’s all here!
The auction will take
place at Heritage Auctions, 1518 Slocum St. in Dallas on July
8th at 10 AM CT, and will also be available for live,
online bidding at HA.com/5254.
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Indy car collectibles get the Green Flag in June Auto
Racing auction in Dallas
Memorabilia from the great names and great days of America's most
famous auto race, The Indy 500, will thrill race collectors and
fans alike on June 30, 2016, at Heritage Auctions as the company
presents its Auto Racing Sports Collectibles
Catalog Auction, featuring the Dr. Harlen Hunter
Collection.
"Hunter's collection is the most extensive of its kind in the
world," said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions at Heritage.
"For years, Dr. Hunter had access to the greatest drivers and race
tracks in the world. In that time he amassed a deep and
far-reaching collection of important race-used material."
Chief among Hunter's treasures that race fans will have access to
is a near-complete run of
Official Indianapolis 500 programs from 1912-2016, expected to
bring $15,000+, missing just the ultra-rare 1911 program. Indy 500
fans will also thrill at the inclusion of a complete run of
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Pit Badges, from 1946-2016,
estimated at $8,000+.
"Little could be more evocative of the Indy 500 than these
historically significant, vintage Indianapolis Motor Speedway
badges," said Ivy. "What gearhead would not want this as a
prize?"
The Hunter Collection, while making up the bulk of the June
30, 2016 auction, is not the only car on the track, as key items
from other collectors offer collectors once-in-a-lifetime changes
to acquire material from some of the most important racers, in some
of their most important races.
Michael Andretti's 1988
race worn and signed Indy Car driving suit is already drawing
collector buzz, with a $3,000+ estimate, while a Rusty Wallace race worn
NASCAR driving suit, from his rookie year of 1984, will draw
fans of this always popular driver. It carries a $4,000+ estimate.
The auction also includes several trophies from driver Jeff Gordon,
the most popular NASCAR driver of his era, including Gordon's 1996 Dover MBNA
500 trophy, which also carries a $4,000+ estimate.
More information about Sports auctions.
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As the fastest growing American-based
auction house, financially rock-solid Heritage Auctions continues
to grow and seek the best talent in the industry. If you are a
specialist or have strong general collectibles knowledge, we want
to hear from you. These specialists will, in some cases, head new
departments and in others will enhance existing department
expertise. We have positions open at our headquarters in Dallas as
well as at our new state-of-the-art galleries in prime locations in
both Midtown Manhattan and Beverly Hills.
Heritage is seeking to hire the world's best specialists in the
following categories:
- Comics and Comic Art Cataloger - Dallas
- Fine Jewelry Specialist - Chicago
- Trust & Estates Specialists
- Payroll & Benefits Specialist
- Public Relations Director
If you are interested and feel you have the qualifications we seek,
please email your resume and salary history to Experts@HA.com.
We are also seeking to fill the following corporate positions:
- Client Services Representative
- Digital Photography Retoucher
- Print Press Assistant
- Shipping Associate
- Wine Warehouse Assistant
If you are interested in applying for one of these Corporate
positions, please
apply here.
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