Author: Mark

David Webb: An American Jeweler

Written on June 24, 2021.

David Webb Ancient World Scroll Necklace and Earrings

Written by Elyse Shapiro Famed jewelry designer David Webb embodied quintessential American fashion. His designs are reflections of an eclectic melting pot. From his love of New York society and architecture, to his fascination with ancient cultures, to his homages to zoological jewelry designers before him, David Webb spun his own creativity into his myriad influences. Webb’s pieces are...

May 2021 Fine Art Paintings & Prints Auction

Written on June 4, 2021.

May 22, 2021 May 2021 Fine Art Paintings & Prints Auction Old Masters through Modern & Contemporary; our current selection from local estate settlements. Featuring an important selection of Old Master Prints including Durer, Schongauer & Rembrandt. 19c including a good group of Audubon prints and Whistler etchings, a Rufus Grider drawing. 20th century features Frank Armington,...

Spring Estate Finds Decor Silver & Jewelry

Written on March 19, 2021.

March 27, 2021 Our Annual Spring auction features an important Herter Brothers chair, an excellent collection of antique silver, fine estate diamond jewelry, and an original 1848 bronze 22” bell from the Watervliet Shaker community. Featured: A rare & remarkable Herter Brothers 1878 Japonesque side chair commissioned for the Mark Hopkins House on Nob Hill, San Francisco. Superb estate...

Important Collection Slovak & Czezh 20C Art

Written on March 8, 2021.

February 6, 2021 Mark Lawson Antiques & Auctions is pleased to have been entrusted with the sale of the lifetime collection of a New York City collector of Slovak, Czech, and related original paintings, prints and sculpture. Highlights include: 9 works by Cenek Prazak, a Bohuslav Reynek drypoint with monotype on paper “Crucifixion”, over 60 paintings and signed prints by Koloman...

A Wonderful Chair

Written on March 2, 2021.

Every so often, I am reminded of the reason that I do what I do. As a child I loved finding interesting and unusual things, I collected them to the point that my mother gave up attempting to manage or have me manage my bedroom – a wonderful (to me) and messy (to my mother) array of toys, coins, stamps, shells, mineral specimens, sports cards, posters, football stickers off of Chichita bananas,...

Self-Expression vs Communism: Art During Communist Controlled Czechoslovakia + Feb 6 Auction

Written on January 26, 2021.

When the Iron Curtain fell across much of Central and Eastern Europe, communism took control over almost a third of the world’s population. During the 40 year reign of the communist state in Europe promotion of the self was banned in favor of the advancement of the masses. Most art at the time championed the glory of communism and the state with a few statues of Lenin and Stalin dotted in the town...

A 19th Century Toy Telling an 11th Century Story

Written on January 21, 2021.

Christmas, like everything else in 2020, was very different. One thing that will stay the same is that one Mariah Carey Christmas song that gets played on all of the radio stations. You know it. No? Well, let me sing you the refrain, “All I want for Christmas is a windup horse drawn chariot painted with scenes from the rule of Roger I of Sicily.” Wait. That can’t be right. I think I must have mixed...

Holiday Gifts Estate Jewelry Coins Fine Art

Written on December 6, 2020.

November 21, 2020 Our Annual Holiday Estate Jewelry, Coins, Fine Art and Wonderful Gift sale comprises an exceptional grouping of fine estate jewelry, investment grade coins, fine art, and decorative objects, as well as, one of a kind decorative collectible accessories fresh to the market from local upstate New York estates. Lot 105 19c Eggert &...

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