GARNET VALLEY, Pa. - Briggs Auction is pleased and proud to offer The Ivo Ispani Estate Collection for auction on Friday, June 18th. This exciting collection includes a vast assortment of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean ceramics, bronzes, works of art, decorative arts, antique furnishings and more.
This extensive collection truly reflects Ispani s love of antiques especially the excellence and crafts of Japan and China that were his lifelong passion. His scholarship and love of research is inherent in the attention to detail every piece in this collection evinces, including his extensive collection of reference books that grew exponentially over the years. This carefully curated auction is a testament to his good taste and love for beautiful crafts and the workmanship of others, and, in a way, it all started with a pair of jeans.
Ispani s love of antiques - especially the excellence and crafts of Japan and China - was his lifelong passion. The auction will get underway at 10 am Eastern.
Fine Art, Decorations and Furniture from Fine Estates across NE Ohio. This auction features a striking oil on canvas titled War Bonnet Maker by JH Sharp one of the founders of the Taos Society of Artists and a leading painter of Native Americans and their culture. Paintings by the Cleveland School artist Clyde Singer, Georg Fischer-Elpons, Francesco Vinea and Alexander Corazzo are also featured. The auction includes Asian decorative arts and jade jewelry, paintings, prints and drawings, and a large selection of carpets, rugs and runners.
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Gray s auction showrooms are located on the west side of Cleveland not far from the bustling Gordon Square arts district. Complete with its own parking lot and dedicated gallery space the auction house offers complimentary auction valuations daily and auctions every month.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. â Original oil on canvas paintings by Lois Dodd (American, b. 1927), Mercedes Carles Matter (American, 1913-2001) and Gillian Ayres (UK, 1930-2018) sold for a combined $150,000, and a beautiful black ebony Bosendorfer grand piano played a sweet tune for $53,125 in a live and online auction held Jan. 16 by Ripley Auctions, based in Indianapolis.
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The Estate Art & Antiques auction was headlined by items from the estate of the legendary British conductor and composer Raymond Leppard (1927-2019), a Grammy-winning recording artist and scholarly revivalist of 16th and 17th century baroque operas. Also offered were fine items pulled from prominent estates and collections in the Indianapolis area â 325 lots in all.
The auction, which grossed $350,000, was headlined by items from the estate of the legendary conductor and composer Raymond Leppard (1927-2019), a Grammy-winning recording artist.