auction preview spring 2013

AUCTION PREVIEW SPRING 2013

L E S L I E H I N D M A N A U C T I O N E E R S

Property from an Important Private Collector of Western Art

We are pleased to announce a single-owner auction of Property from an Important Private Collector of Western Art. The auction will feature over 200 lots, including American Western paintings, bronzes, Pueblo pottery, Navajo weavings, rustic and contemporary Western and Adirondack style furniture and decorative arts.

Featured among the American paintings are works by Craig Tennant, Bill Anton, David Wright, William Woodhouse, John Demott, Jim Norton and many more.

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960 ChEROkEE STREET

DENVER, COlORADO

303.825.1855

Property from an Important

Private Collector of Western Art;

John Moyer, Sunset on Taos

Mountains, $20,000-30,000;

Craig Tennant, Lost Again,

$30,000-50,000.

Asian Works of Art

The upcoming March auction will feature Chinese, Japanese, South and Southeast Asian works of art from prominent estates and private collections. Highlights of the sale will include an original painting by renowned contemporary Chinese artist, Zhao Shao’ang, from the collection of

Dr. David D. Buck, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, a fine pair of Chinese carved white jade quail-form boxes, an embroidered silk dragon robe, a pair of Huanghuali horseshoe-back folding armchairs and a Japanese inlaid and carved wood figure of an Oni.

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1338 WEST lAkE STREET

ChICAGO, IllINOIS

312.280.1212

A Pair of White Jade Quail-Form

Boxes, $60,000-80,000; A Pair

of Huanghuali Horseshoe-Back

Folding Armchairs, $10,000-

20,000; A Chinese Blue and

White Porcelain Footed Bowl,

$3,000-5,000; A Chinese Blue

and White Porcelain Rouleau

Vase, $20,000-40,000;

A Chinese Blue and White

Vase, $20,000-40,000.

Fine Jewelry

Our upcoming Fine Jewelry auction will feature several exceptional fancy colored diamonds and colored stones. Highlights will include an impressive 7.85 carat cushion cut diamond ring of Fancy Vivid Yellow color from the Estate of Barbara Archer Thomas, Naples, Florida and a 10.99 carat Fancy Yellow oval brilliant cut diamond ring. Other diamonds in a variety of sizes, including colorless, near colorless and shades of pink and blue, will also be featured.

Fine colored stones will include an 11.97 carat natural untreated Ceylon pink sapphire, a 5.01 carat natural untreated Burmese blue sapphire and an 11.00 carat Colombian emerald. The most unusual of these is an Art Deco ring containing a 5.50 carat alexandrite of superb color change. Both vintage and contemporary works by notable houses such as Cartier, Harry Winston, Tiffany & Co., Oscar Heyman Brothers and others will be included in the sale.

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ChICAGO, IllINOIS

312.280.1212

An 18 Karat Yellow Gold, Cultured

Pearl and Diamond Collar

Necklace, $10,000-15,000;

A Platinum and Diamond Ring,

$125,000-175,000; An 18 Karat

Yellow Gold, Fancy Vivid Yellow

Diamond and Diamond Ring,

$150,000-200,000; A Platinum,

Pink Sapphire and Diamond

Ring, Oscar Heyman Brothers,

$25,000-35,000.

Fine Timepieces

Held in conjunction with our Fine Jewelry auction, our highly anticipated Fine Timepieces Spring sale will feature a selection of antique pocket watches, including highly complex minute repeaters, and perpetual calendars in addition to several enamel and hand painted examples. The auction will also include contemporary wristwatches by Patek Philippe, Rolex, Panerai, Hermès and Cartier from private collections across the United States.

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ChICAGO, IllINOIS

312.280.1212

An 18 Karat Rose Gold Dressage

Quantieme Annuel Wristwatch,

Hermès, $10,000-15,000;

An 18 Karat Yellow Gold Ref.

5022 Wristwatch, Patek Philippe,

$10,000-15,000; An Art Deco

Platinum, Diamond and Enamel

Open Face Pocket Watch,

Cartier, $3,000-5,000.

Christian Dior, Evening Gown,

$600-800; Bill Blass, Evening

Gown, $200-400; A Norman

Norell Pink Sequin Dress, $1,000-

2,000; An Alaia Teal Nylon Dress,

$200-400; An Hermès Chocolate

Brown Taurillon Clemence Leather

Birkin Bag, $8,000-12,000; An

Hermès Fuschia Ostrich Birkin

Bag, $18,000-22,000; An Hermès

Parchment Taurillon Clemence

Leather Birkin Bag, $8,000-12,000;

An Hermès Chartreuse Togo

Leather Birkin Bag, $8,000-12,000.

We are honored to announce the auction of Property from the Ebony Fashion Fair Collection this March. The much anticipated sale will feature over 700 garments from the world’s largest traveling fashion show, including revered designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Missoni, Emanuel Ungaro, Emilio Pucci, Chloé and many others.

Our upcoming April Vintage Couture and Accessories auction will feature property from various collections including property from a Midwest institution, an extensive collection of Hermès accessories from a lady in Naples, Florida, and a selection of Judith Leiber minaudières from a lady in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Vintage Couture and Accessories

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Fine Books and Manuscripts

Our Spring Fine Books and Manuscripts auction will lead with an exciting selection of manuscript and printed Americana, including autographed letters from George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John James Audubon, and a rare plaster life mask of Abraham Lincoln. Highlights of printed

Americana will include first editions of the journals of Lewis and Clark and Zebulon Pike, as well as an extraordinary early wall-map of the United States by Henry Tanner. Additional highlights include Hartman Schedel’s map of the ancient world from the Nuremburg Chronicle and and Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis.

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ChICAGO, IllINOIS

312.280.1212

Washington, George. Letter

signed, July 30, 1782, Newburgh,

3 1/2 pp. Regarding the defense

of the Mohawk Valley, $50,000-

70,000; Schedel, Hartman.

Secunda etas mundi. Woodcut

map from the Nuremberg

Chronicle, 1493, $6,000-8,000;

Pike, Zebulon. An Account of the

Expedition. Philadelphia, 1810.

First edition. $10,000-15,000.

Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts

Our Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts April auction will include Property from the Estates of Henry H. Carey of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Marvin and Margaret Katz of Naples, Florida and Florence Kite of Lincolnwood, Illinois, among other private collections.

Highlights will include a Steinway & Sons Louis XV style giltwood grand piano and a Steinway & Sons marquetry decorated baby grand piano, both from the Estate of Mr. Mark Fritz. Other highlights will include a marble bust of Paris and a Benjamin Witman tall case clock.

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ChICAGO, IllINOIS

312.280.1212

A Pair of French Gilt and

Patinated Bronze Three-Light

Figural Candelabra, $6,000-

8,000; An American Tall

Case Clock, Benjamin Witman,

$10,000-20,000; A Marble

Bust of Paris, after Canova,

$15,000-20,000.

Twentieth Century Decorative Arts

Our Twentieth Century Decorative Arts May auction will feature fine furniture and decorative objects from the late 19th and 20th centuries. Highlights of the auction will include over 800 articles of American pottery by Rookwood, Roseville and Weller from the Estate of Ms. Jacqueline Kuznicki, Chicago, Illinois.

Other highlights will include two Frank Lloyd Wright illustrations on paper, a pair of Edgar Brandt iron candelabra and pottery by Frederick Rhead for Roseville, Newcomb, Teco, Hampshire and Van Briggle, among others. Additionally, glass ranging from Tiffany and Gallé to Chihuly will be offered.

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ChICAGO, IllINOIS

312.280.1212

A Frank Lloyd Wright Ink and

Watercolor Architectural Drawing

on Paper, $8,000-12,000;

A Lacquered Wood and Glass

Low Table, Gio Ponti for Chiesa,

$3,000-5,000; A Collection of

Roseville, Rookwood and Weller

Pottery from the Estate of

Ms. Jacqueline Kuznicki,

Chicago, Illinois; A Chromed

Brass Normandie Pitcher, Peter

Muller-Munk, $3,000-5,000.

American and European Art

Our upcoming American and European Art auction will feature impressive 19th century paintings from the Estate of Marvin and Margaret Katz of Naples, Florida. This collection is highlighted by John William Godward’s Dolce far Niente, William Tylee Ranney’s Haying Time and Stanhope Forbes’ The Farmer’s Pride.

Additionally the sale will include works by American artists such as Ella G. Wise, Boris Izrailovich Anisfeld, Jessie Arms Botke and Edgar Alwin Payne and European artists such as Jean Louis Forain, Bernard Buffet, Otto Mueller and Jean Dufy.

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ChICAGO, IllINOIS

312.280.1212

William Tylee Ranney, Haying

Time, 1856, $200,000-400,000;

Boris Izrailovich Anisfeld,

Melting Snow—Petrograd,

$80,000-120,000; Stanhope

Forbes, The Farmer’s Pride, 1914,

$50,000-70,000; John William

Godward, Dolce far Niente, 1906,

$300,000-500,000;

Modern and Contemporary Art

The May Modern and Contemporary Art auction will feature important modern photographs from Robert Frank’s The Americans, Man Ray’s portfolio Electricité and a rare abstract photograph by Jaromir Funke. Ten etchings from Picasso’s celebrated Suite Vollard and Barnett Newman’s minimalist etching Untitled Etching 2, will lead a very strong session of prints and multiples.

Original contemporary works will include a lyrical abstraction by Iraqi artist Shakir Hassan Al Said and a hyper-realist still life by Italian painter Luciano Ventrone. The sale will also feature works by Robert Mapplethorpe, Amedeo Modigliani, Le Corbusier, Vito Acconci, Alberto Giacometti, Wassily Kandinsky, Ed Paschke and many others.

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ChICAGO, IllINOIS

312.280.1212

Sam Francis, Untitled,

$80,000-120,000; Barnett

Newman, Untitled Etching 2,

1969, $80,000-120,000; Robert

Frank, Trolley, New Orleans,

$70,000-90,000; Pablo Picasso,

Scene Bachique au Minotaure,

1933, $25,000-35,000.

Fine Silver and Objets de Vertu

Our upcoming Fine Silver and Objets de Vertu auction will offer silver hollowware and flatware from renowned silversmiths worldwide, as well as small objects of historical significance crafted from fine materials. Highlights will include a Reed & Barton sterling

silver tea and coffee service in the Francis I pattern and a collection of Mughal gold, enamel and gem inset miniatures. Works from other makers such as Paul Storr, Buccellati, Georg Jensen, Tiffany & Co. and others will complete the auction.

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ChICAGO, IllINOIS

312.280.1212

An American Sterling Silver

Tea and Coffee Service,

Reed & Barton, $25,000-35,000;

A Mughal Gold, Enamel and

Gem Inset Figural Group,

$8,000-12,000; A Swedish Parcel

Gilt Silver Tankard, Petter Ersson

Lund, $8,000-12,000.

Naples

Our Naples office continues to contribute significant property to our Chicago auctions. Property from the Estate of Mr. Ivan Bowen II will be featured in our upcoming Modern and Contemporary Art auction, including an untitled work by Alexander Calder, a rare Pablo Picasso entitled Buste de Femme d’apres Cranach, and an untitled painting by Sam Francis.

Our Naples auction this April will offer paintings and prints, fine silver, Asian works of art, American, English and Continental furniture and decorative arts.

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1300 ThIRD STREET SOUTh,

SUITE 201

NAPlES, FlORIDA

239.643.4448

Pablo Picasso, Buste de Femme

d’apres Cranach, 1958, $100,000-

150,000; A Vintage Platinum,

18 Karat Yellow Gold, Sapphire,

Colored Diamond and Diamond

Ring, Cartier, $20,000-30,000;

A Platinum, Fancy Yellow

Diamond, containing an oval

modified brilliant cut yellow

diamond weighing approximately

10.99 carats, $100,000-150,000.

Palm Beach

Our Palm Beach office has greatly expanded the reach of our firm to serve clients throughout the east coast and continues to ship major consignments to Chicago. Our Spring auctions of Fine Art and Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts will notably include property from the Estate of Anya S. Bagley, Palm Beach, Florida and The David C. Copley Trust, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

The April Fine Jewelry auction will highlight property from the Palm Beach area including an important Art Deco platinum, emerald, diamond and enamel necklace, two magnificent colored stones including a fancy intense blue diamond and an 18 karat rose gold and fancy purple-pink diamond ring.

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324 ROYAl PAlM WAY

SUITE 102

PAlM BEACh, FlORIDA

561.833.8053

An Important Art Deco Platinum,

Emerald, Diamond and Enamel

Necklace, $25,000-35,000;

A Platinum and Cushion Cut

Diamond Ring, Tiffany & Co.,

consisting of a cushion shape

brilliant cut diamond weighing

approximately 2.43 carats,

$20,000-30,000.

Milwaukee

Due to the continued success of our Milwaukee office, we are pleased to announce the opening of a second location in the Historic Third Ward. The new 3,000 square foot space will be used to hold preview exhibitions, host auctions and store the influx of incoming property; our current location will continue to serve as the main client service and business

development office. Judy Rauh, a Milwaukee native with previous leadership experience at the United Way and the United Performing Arts Fund, has recently been appointed to spearhead business development efforts in the area. The Milwaukee Spring auction will take place in the new location, at 525 East Chicago, this April.

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414 EAST MASON STREET

MIlWAUkEE, WISCONSIN

414.220.9200

Robert Koehler, Self Portrait,

1898, $5,000-7,000;

Mark W. Mulhern, Typewriter I,

$700-900; A George Nelson

Brass and Walnut Tall

Case Clock, $1,500-2,500.

Denver

Our Denver office continues to secure noteworthy consignments for our Chicago auctions. A work by Hans Hoffman will be included in the May Modern and Contemporary Art auction, a lacquer and gilt inro and a Chinese spinach jade marriage bowl will be offered in our Asian Works of Art auction, and an 18 Karat yellow gold Golay, Leresch & Fils pocket watch will be featured in our Fine Timepieces auction.

We are delighted to hold a single-owner auction of Property from an Important Private Collector of Western Art in Denver this March.

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960 ChEROkEE STREET

DENVER, COlORADO

303.825.1855

An 18 Karat Yellow Gold Open

Face Minute Repeating Pocket

Watch, Golay Leresche & Fils,

$7,000-9,000; A Pair of 18

Karat Yellow Gold and Sapphire

Earclips, Trabert & Hoeffer-

Mauboussin, $3,000-5,000;

Jim Norton, Winter’s Grip,

2008, $15,000-25,000.

Marketplace

Our Marketplace auctions continue to offer decorators and collectors one-of-a-kind objects and collectibles in virtually every style, from antique to contemporary, at surprisingly reasonable price points. We are delighted to be opening a second Chicago location at 224 North Ada Street in

the West Loop in addition to our current location at 1338 West Lake Street. The newly renovated, neighboring building will serve as our primary facility for our monthly Marketplace auctions; our main office will continue to host our growing calendar of specialized auctions.

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