The Benefit Shop Red Carpet Auction
Wednesday, October 20 at 10 am
185 Kisco Avenue, Suite 101,
Mt. Kisco, NY10549
www.thebenefitshop.org
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. — As fall brings cooler temperatures, the action is heating up at the Benefit Shop Foundation. This summer has proved especially fruitful in sourcing fine goods from area estates, and a bounty of choice antiques and art will cross the block at its Red Carpet auction on Wednesday, October 20, at 10 am, featuring a large collection of Asian arts, antiques, jewelry, luxury fashion and decorative arts.
“The auction primarily features choice pickings from a collector who maintained homes in Westchester County and Palm Beach for years and was an avid collector,” said Pam Stone, owner and founder of the Benefit Shop Foundation. “We have a really strong grouping of Asian decorative arts as well as iconic Judith Leiber bags and all the usual collecting categories buyers expect.”
An expected standout is an antique Persian Tabriz oversized handmade wool rug ($10/20,000) having an intricate multi-toned floral, vine and leaf detail, 170 by 124 inches. Several other rugs are on offer, too, with something for every taste and budget, such as a vintage oversized and multi-toned French Aubusson wool pile rug ($400/800) and an ABC Home Morocco Berber rug ($400/800) that is cream toned with multi-toned geometric detail.
Asian arts sourced from a decades-long collector with homes in Westchester, N.Y. and Palm Beach figure prominently into the auction. Standouts include a framed ink and color on silk artwork ($500-$1,000) depicting an older Asian man, an Asian child and tiger sitting under a tree by a waterfall and stream, frame measures 53-1/8 by 59 inches; and a signed ancestral watercolor portrait ($500-$1,000) of a seated couple wearing traditional Asian clothing, 42½ by 65-1/8 inches.
Also on offer in this category will be Asian furniture, chinoiserie, Orientalia, blanc de chine sculptures, ceramics, pottery and much more. Highlights include a grand vintage painted Chinese cabinet ($400/800) with two folding doors and intricately painted detail, 74 by 50 by 20 inches; a pair of signed Asian porcelain urns with stands ($200/800) signed with Asian characters on the underside, each stands about 20 inches; and a lacquered multi-panel room screen with illustrations of rocks, clouds, trees and flowers, 84 by 16 inches ($100/500).
Fine art will be well represented in this auction and an undisputed highlight is sure to be the Victor Salmones (1937-1987) bronze of a female nude titled “Woman in the Wind” ($2/10,000). The 1973 work stands 38 inches tall and was purchased from the artist studio in Mexico. Additional sculptures from this private collection based in Scarsdale will be in future auctions.
Ornate decorative arts will be the mainstay of this sale, with high-end items ranging from an antique Napoleon III ormolu and gilded bronze mantel clock ($2,5/5,000) depicting a seated female embraced by her lover, on a conforming pedestal, 19½ by 15¼ by 6¼ inches, and a pair of antique rococo-style gilt-bronze candelabras ($1/3,500), late Nineteenth Century, having scrolling acanthus leaf detail, 21 inches tall.
Fashionistas will want to take note of a collection of striking Judith Leiber purses that will cross the block, led by a vintage multi-colored crystal-encrusted Chatelaine pouch-style minaudiere ($1/3,000), having Bergdorf Goodman tag, 5 inches long; an abstract multicolored crystal-encrusted purse ($1/2,500) having floral and abstract patterns, 4 by 6 inches; and a crystal-encrusted Lemon Slice minaudiere ($500-$3,000), having costume cabochons and gold-tone hardware, measuring 4 by 6 inches.
Rounding out the auction will be a pair of free-standing, life-size wood candelabras ($500-$1,500) depicting a man blowing air out of a shell with dolphins in Italian-styled carvings at base, measures 19 by 78 inches, and a Louis XV-style French bureau plat desk ($1/2,500) with ornate gold toned brass accents and drawer handles, 41 by 32 by 23 inches,
The auction gallery is at 185 Kisco Avenue, Suite 201. For more information, 914-864-0707 or www.thebenefitshop.org.
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Phone: 914-864-0707
A Registered 501 (c)3 Nonprofit Event
Vntg JUDITH LEIBER
Abstract Crystal Purse, Bag
Vintage Celadon Hand Painted
Vintage CASTILIAN Ceramic Tray Topped End Table Asian Porcelain Vase
VICTOR SALMONES” MEX
1937-1987 Bronze Female Nude
LANVIN PARIS Clam
Pendant Necklace, w box
Floor Sized
Earthenware
Buddha Sculpture Antique Wood Boy on Tricycle
BILL HUEBBE Lot 2 Antique Sphinx Brass Ornate Fireplace Andirons
Monkey in Jacket Candelabras
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