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FYI, The Philadelphia Inquirer Friday Nov 3 2006 page E9 contains this
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<h1>Auctions | Emerging artists, art glass, and books</h1>
<h5>By David Iams</h5>
<h6>For The Inquirer</h6>
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<p>So much auction activity is promised Nov. 17 and 18, much of it
involving big-ticket items, that it seems wise to begin describing them
now, so you can decide how to splurge.</p>
<p>Let's start with the seventh annual Lalique sale in Lambertville.
More than 400 lots of art glass, almost 300 of them Lalique, will be
offered beginning at noon Nov. 17 at Rago Arts and Auction Center, 333
N. Main St.</p>
<p>Most will be the traditional designs: vases, perfume bottles,
inkwells, ashtrays, letter seals and hood ornaments at prices ranging
from $300 to $500 for a 1922 "Archers" ashtray, up to $30,000 to
$40,000 for a topaz vase made about 1929 in a "Petrarch" design.</p>
<p>One of the more unusual items expected to bring a five-figure price
is a perfume bottle made for Saks Fifth Avenue about 1936 and titled
"Tresor de la Mer" (Treasure of the Sea). It was consigned by a woman
who received it as a gift from her husband in 1939.</p>
<p>It was not cheap back then by Lalique standards, $50 compared with
$10 or less for most perfume bottles. But the oyster-shell-form box and
the pearl-form bottle containing the fragrance was a limited edition,
and the one to be sold Nov. 17 has a label identifying it as No. 72 of
100. It is expected to sell for $25,000 to $30,000. (The complete
catalog can be viewed at <a href="http://www.ragoarts.com">www.ragoarts.com</a>.)</p>
<p>"Before [the owner] contacted me, it was believed that only one
complete Tresor de la Mer presentation existed, and it has no label.
This one is complete, and in spectacular condition," said Nicholas M.
Dawes, the Lalique specialist who organized the auction.</p>
<p>A Lubin "Enigma" perfume bottle in the shape of a crystal pyramid
with a gold sphinx and Egyptian scarab graphics also is expected to
sell for $25,000 to $30,000.</p>
<p>A circa 1920 Lalique coffret (jewelry box) with a butterfly motif is
expected to bring $18,000 to $24,000; a 1928 mascot hood ornament
titled "Victory," $20,000 to $25,000; an architectural statuette
depicting the mythological nymph Daphne, $16,000 to $22,000; and a
circa 1920 circular inkwell, $15,000 to $20,000.</p>
<p>For the bidder unwilling to go to five figures, there is "Ombelle,"
a foot-long glass hat pin made about 1904 and expected to sell for
$7,000 to $9,000.</p>
<p>Beginning at 11 a.m. Nov. 18, Rago will liquidate the art collection
of Kenneth L. Freed, a Boston-based collector who for the last 25 years
has specialized in new and emerging artists.</p>
<p>The more than 550 lots in the sale represent about two-thirds of the
collection, according to Rago associate Meredith Hilferty, who helped
put together the sale with New York dealer Tate Dougherty.</p>
<p>For the most part, the artists are still relatively unknown, and
most of the works are expected to sell for less than $1,000, according
to presale estimates available at Ragoarts.com.</p>
<p>One exception is the $12,000 to $18,000 expected for an ink and
watercolor on paper mounted on canvas by the Italian painter Alighiero
Boetti (1940-94), an artist who Freed regarded as offering historical
context to the themes he saw emerging in his collection. A drawing of a
woman by the 34-year-old Scottish painter Graham Little is expected to
sell for $15,000 to $18,000.</p>
<p>The top price in the sale is expected for a far older and more
traditional piece of art: a black chalk-on-paper drawing, <i>The Holy
Family in Clouds</i>, done about 1732 by Giovanni Tiepolo and expected
to sell for $20,000 to $25,000.</p>
<p>Previews for both sales are noon to 5 p.m. Nov. 11 to 16 and 9 a.m.
to sale time the day of the sale. For more information, call
609-397-9374.</p>
<p><b>Books at Slosberg's.</b>As part of a two-day sale Sunday and
Monday at its gallery in Port Richmond, Barry S. Slosberg Inc. will
offer books from the library of the late Paul Rodebaugh of West
Chester, a collector of local genealogy, ethnography and literature
pertaining to the Quakers, including works by Bayard Taylor and
Christian Brinton.</p>
<p>The 300 lots will be offered at 6 p.m. Monday at the gallery, 2501
E. Ontario St. Sunday's session, beginning at 10 a.m., will be devoted
to furniture, glass, china and decorative arts.</p>
<p>Previews are 9 a.m. to sale time Sunday and 3 p.m. to sale time
Monday. Information: 215-425-7030.</p>
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