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If you like unusual or unique furniture, try going to online auctions of modern or contemporary furniture.
A pair of art moderne chairs was sold at a Neal auction in New Orleans recently for an overbid of $6,100. They are carved from a block of white marble. A similar set made from black marble also was sold. The chairs are barrel-shaped, 28 inches high, 25 inches wide and 27 inches deep.
The first marble furniture was sold in the 16th century. Many modern pieces of marble furniture were made in the mid-1900s and after. A dining room table with an off-center top made of black marble, a bed, dresser, chest, sofa and many bathtubs and sinks were sold and used in modern homes. They are usually special-order pieces.
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Converse Auctions announces highlights included in the East West Antique Auction
Pair of oil portraits done around 1900 depicting New York surgeon Dr. Stanley Gardiner and his wife, Elizabeth Bennett Gardiner (est. $1,000-$1,500).
PAOLI, PA
.- A beautiful hand-painted Chinese bottle vase, a painting of roses by the French fleuriste Raoul M. De Longpré (1843-1911), and an impressive African Dan Guere mask with cowrie shells and bronze bells are a few expected top lots in Converse Auctions online-only East West Antique Auction slated for Saturday, February 27th, starting at 12 oclock pm Eastern.
While the event is Internet-only, with no in-person gallery bidding, online bidding is available at LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and ConverseAuctions.com. Live previews will be held by appointment only in Converse Auctions gallery at 1 Spring Street in Paoli, Pa., just outside Philadelphia.
The auction will be online-only with previews by appointment only at the gallery in Paoli, Pa. All lots have a $10 starting bid; it’s a tactic designed to encourage people to bid early and bid often.