22.02.12

ALAMEDA, Calif. – Michaan’s Auctions’ December Fine Sale features superior items with property coming from estates, private collections and institutions throughout the West Coast. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding for the Dec. 5 auction, which will begin at 10 a.m. Pacific.

Fine art has a selection that includes 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century American and European paintings, prints, sculptures and works on paper. Furniture and decorative arts include European and American items from the 18th and 19th centuries including furniture, glass works, silver and porcelain. Finishing the sale is jewelry offerings with fine contemporary and period pieces, jadeite jade, diamonds and luxury timepieces. The sale will be held on Monday, Dec. 5, at Michaan’s main gallery located at 2751 Todd St., Alameda, CA 94501. Bidding will commence at 10 a.m. Pacific.

Michaan’s Auctions Fine Art Department will feature 138 works of fine art. Sale highlights include a matched pair of framed oils by Royal Academician Marcus Stone (United Kingdom 1840-1921) titled The Lover’s Spate and The Lover’s Embrace (lot 1014, $25,000-35,000). Painted in 1884, Stone exhibits his mastery of the romantic visual narrative by depicting the internal struggle between the sexes as they strive to find romantic harmony.

Source: Auction Central News