LARCHMONT, N.Y. — It was a New Year, New Auction for Clarke Auction Gallery on January 14 in a sale that included a number of significant pieces of fine art, sterling and jewelry, Asian, midcentury and decorative arts. Top lot in a sale that, according to Peter Schweller, Clarke’s director of fine art, had several strong results for Old Masters and contemporary works, was an oil on canvas of “Saint Roch with a Dog,” depicting the patron saint of dogs, the sick and invalids. Unsigned but cataloged as Circle of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), the painting was inscribed verso “Brauer Tiepolo.” Dwarfing its $600/900 estimate, the 17-5/8-by-12¾-inch work, stemming from a Ridgefield, Conn., estate, soared to $95,000, including buyer’s premium. There will be additional notable lots from this sale discussed in a follow-on review.