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Associate News
April 15, 2008 | Recently Discovered American Manuscripts to be Auctioned on iGavel.com NEW YORK, NY – April 14, 2008 – Unpublished letters written by America’s first recognized Feminist, Frances Wright, were recently uncovered in France and are currently up for auction on iGavel.com. iGavel, the premier online fine art and antiques auction house features several important manuscripts in its April Fine Art and Antiques from Estates and Various Owners Auction, closing Thursday April 24th. The recipient of Wright’s letters, William J. Macneven, was a prolific Irish-American physician, whose journal of travels in Long Island, NY is also up for auction. Macneven’s "The Spirit of the Age" autographed manuscript is said to be the script for an important speech he gave to the College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York City, circa 1824-1826. He married Jane Margaret Riker, of Riker Island, NY. Frances Wright, widely known as Fanny Wright was a Scottish born lecturer, writer, freethinker, feminist, abolitionist, and social reformer. She became a U.S. citizen in 1825 after touring with General Marquis De Lafayette, with whom Wright was thought intimately connected. Among her accomplishments, she became the first woman to lecture publicly before a mixed audience when she delivered an Independence Day speech at New Harmony in 1828. Those who have given praise to Wright’s body of work include Thomas Jefferson and Walt Whitman. Other works in iGavel’s April Fine Art and Antiques from Estates and Other Owners Auction include European and American paintings, rare books, furniture and decorative arts. The manuscripts are being offered by Bradstreet’s, a dealer in fine art and antiques, located in Nice, France. Bradstreet’s is an Associate Seller on iGavel.com and ran the foremost scholarly rare bookshop, Pangloss Books, in Cambridge, MA. iGavel.com is a leader in online art auctions, offering collectors and dealers high quality fine art, antiques and collectables guaranteed for authenticity and condition. iGavel auctions are modeled on the traditional live auction format, where each lot includes detailed photographic images, a professional description, and an accurate condition report. Lark E. Mason - President of iGavel - is a frequent guest appraiser on the Antiques Roadshow, was formerly a Senior Vice President with Sotheby's Chinese Works of Art Department, and Director of Online Auctions for Sothebys.com.
April 4, 2008 | iGavel and Litchfield County Auctions presents 22 days of Jewelry on iGavel.com NEW YORK, NY – April 2, 2008 – iGavel.com, the online fine art and antiques auction house, is hosting a month of jewelry auctions on its site from March 28th through April 16th. iGavel Associate, Litchfield County Auctions kicked off its Jewelry sale on iGavel alongside its Modern Art and Design Auction last week. iGavel will also hold its own Jewelry Sale from March 31st to April 16th. The Litchfield Jewelry Auction on iGavel features over 200 pieces of fine, designer and vintage jewelry, with a selection from the estate of opera diva Anna Moffo Sarnoff. One of the auction’s premiere pieces is a mid 20th century platinum and diamond bracelet set with 287 diamonds, and estimated at $8,000-12,000 US dollars. Also up for bid are several gold and diamond bracelets, including a yellow gold princess diamond bracelet, 20th C., with 55 diamonds, estimated at $5,000-7,000 US dollars, and a white gold, sapphire & princess diamond bracelet, 20th C. The piece features a total of 65 square sapphires and 3 diamonds. Designer and vintage Jewelry collectors won’t be disappointed either. The auction includes a selection of fun items from Mrs. Sarnoff’s Estate, including 11 sterling silver jewelry items, and a mid 20th century watch made for Vacherin & Constantin. Another notable item in the sale is a 14K gold cased transistor AM/FM Radio, C. 1970, monogrammed on front ‘RWS RCA’, inscribed on reverse ‘RWS-DT & AR’, with gold wrist chain, retailed by Marvin Hine & Co., Beverly Hills, California. RWS, obviously, is for media mogul Robert Sarnoff, late husband of Anna Moffo and head of RCA. Also available for bid on iGavel is a Verdura 14K gold inlaid sterling silver box, a gift by the late American composer and songwriter Cole Porter to his wife Linda Porter around 1928. The Early 20th Century box, retailed by Flato Jewelers (‘Jewelers to the stars’), has a 14K gold inlay monogram on its lid labeled ‘CP’. The story associated with the Cole Porter box is that each time a new Porter production opened, Cole gave a presentation box to Linda. Some of Porter’s most famous music was written for the musical ‘Anything Goes.’ This item was purchased from the ‘Cole Porter Collection of Presentation Cigarette Cases and Boxes’ by the singer Hubbell Pierce on May 17th, 1967. Starting bids on iGavel are the reserve amount and most lots are available for first-hand inspection. Litchfield County Auctions is Connecticut’s premiere estate Auction House, featuring paintings, prints, sculpture, antique furniture, silver, rugs, jewelry, pottery, porcelain, glass and more. LCA’s 10,000 square foot gallery is located on the main road, just a mile south of “The Green” in historic Litchfield, nestled in the beautiful hills of Litchfield County. Major sales are held 6 times per year bringing fresh-to-the-market property from Estates and Collections in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusettes. You can find LCA on the web at www.litchfieldcountyauctions.com. iGavel.com is a leader in online art auctions, offering collectors and dealers high quality fine art, antiques and collectibles guaranteed for authenticity and condition. iGavel auctions are modeled on the traditional live auction format, where each lot includes detailed photographic images, a professional description, and an accurate condition report. Lark E. Mason - President of iGavel - is a frequent guest appraiser on the Antiques Roadshow, was formerly a Senior Vice President with Sotheby’s Chinese Works of Art Department, and Director of Online Auctions for Sothebys.com.
March 28, 2008 | Litchfield County Auctions holds highly anticipated Modern Art and Design Auction on iGavel.com Highlights Include Works by Marc Chagall, Paul Jenkins, and Art Owned by Diane Sawyer Closing April 9th on iGavel.com Highlights Include Works by Marc Chagall, Paul Jenkins, and Art Owned by Diane Sawyer Closing April 9th on iGavel.com NEW YORK, NY – March 28, 2008 – Litchfield County Auction’s kicked off its Modern Art and Design Auction Wednesday on iGavel.com, the online fine art and antiques auction house. With works by important artists, from Marc Chagall to Paul Jenkins, and art owned by ABC News journalist Diane Sawyer and her husband, film director, Mike Nichols, the auction promises to be one of the year’s most exciting Modernism sales. LCA is hoping to exceed their 2007 April Auction that sold over a million dollars worth of Art, Furniture & Decorations. The sale includes over 400 lots from East Coast estates and collections, among them the Mar A Lago home of Marjorie Merriweather Post, daughter of General Foods, Inc. founder C.W. Post. And in addition to the artists noted earlier, the auction features works by Asger Jorn, Joan Miro, and a signature piece by Enrico Donati, entitled ‘Etrusque’ 1945 which is estimated at $25,000-35,000. There are two very large and important works by Paul Jenkins from his Phenomena series, each estimated to bring $15,000-25,000 and two equally large and important paintings by Robert Natkins, one inscribed to “Dale” the Palm Beach Gardens collector. Four paintings by Pater Max, whose work Litchfield sold for record prices back in November 2007, are also live. A fun drawing by Marino Marini comes from the estate of John Douglas Hohnsbeen, friend and curator of Peggy Guggenheim's Venice Art Collection, and long time partner of Architect Philip Johnson, famous for his glass house in New Canaan, CT. And sculpture collectors will not be disappointed. A number of important works are up for bid, including a Hugo Robus bronze sculpture (estimated at $15,000-20,000), sold with its original catalog from The Forum Gallery. LCA is also excited to bring numerous contemporary ‘virgin’ artists’ work to auction for the first time. Artists, whose works have been shown in major galleries—some as long as 30 years—but have never seen the auction block, are up on iGavel.com. Included on the list are William Thompson, Lynda Evans, Mark McKee, Margaret Rosenberg, Bill Keating, Dick Jemison, Patrick Stone, Stephen Coyle, Jens Diercks and Sylvain Tremblay. Their works have been shown in galleries from Soho, NY to Newbury Street in Boston, and from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Palm Beach, Florida. And their art is eye-catching, astonishing, extremely accomplished and unmistakably New. Litchfield County Auctions is Connecticut's premiere estate Auction House, featuring paintings, prints, sculpture, antique furniture, silver, rugs, jewelry, pottery, porcelain, glass and more. LCA's 10,000 square foot gallery is located on the main road, just a mile south of "The Green" in historic Litchfield, nestled in the beautiful hills of Litchfield County. Major sales are held 6 times per year bringing fresh-to-the-market poperty from Estates and Collections in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusettes. You can fine LCA on the web at www.litchfieldcountyauctions.com. iGavel.com is a leader in online art auctions, offering collectors and dealers high quality fine art, antiques and collectables guaranteed for authenticity and condition. iGavel auctions are modeled on the traditional live auction format, where each lot includes detailed photographic images, a professional description, and an accurate condition report. Lark E. Mason - President of iGavel - is a frequent guest appraiser on the Antiques Roadshow, was formerly a Senior Vice President with Sotheby's Chinese Works of Art Department, and Director of Online Auctions for Sothebys.com.
March 18, 2008 | Easy Ways to Boost your Online Presence, Increase Sales First thing's first, posting links back to iGavel on your websites further increases both ours and your web presence, and creates a swift transition from your site to the iGavel bidding platform. A Website that will feature your catalogues Askart.com | You can submit your fine art catalogues for free at AskArt.com. Each lot is searchable both within Askart, and can be picked up by Google searches. Email Justin@iGavel.com or call 212.289.5588 for more information. Press Releases iGavel puts out press releases regularly and encourages you to send any news-worthy information our way - Justin@iGavel.com
March 13, 2008 | Vase Sells for $291,600 Online, Breaks iGavel.com Record Early 20th Century Chinese White Jade Vase & Cover with Qianlong Mark New York, NY, March 13, 2008 -- Elder’s Antiques’ “Mid-Winter Auction,” hosted on iGavel.com ended with a bang last Monday as back-and-forth bidding grew the $7,000 starting price all the way up to $291,600. Breaking iGavel.com’s record for highest sold lot, 40 unique bidders vied for the extremely rare Chinese white water jade vase.
White water jade is known for its remarkable luminosity within the jade family. Appraisers also cite the vase’s inside chain, attached to the mouth and cover, as one reason for the unexpected high selling price. According to the original receipt, it is the only vase of this type with an inside chain. The previous highest sold lots on iGavel.com are 20th century paintings that both sold for $264,000 each. One is a modern Chinese-French painting by Zou Wu-Ki and the other is a watercolor entitled “Epsom Downs” by Raoul Dufy. Elder’s Antiques sold 82% of the total lots in the auction and netted $425,000. Don Elder, owner of Elder’s Antiques is an Associate Seller on iGavel.com. He produces several auctions each year and draws a substantial audience of global buyers due in part to his relationships and also to iGavel’s online reach. iGavel has sold a number of significant Asian fine art, antiques, and furniture since its inception in 2003. Their upcoming Asian and Ethnographic Sale is from April 9th to April 30th and will feature a live exhibition from March 14th through 21st at iGavel’s gallery: 229 East 120th St. New York, NY 10035. The exhibition is by appointment only. Please call 212.289.5588 or email info@iGavel.com. Elder's Antiques offers Asian, American and European Antiques - which include Fine Art, Furniture and Objects D'Art. Elder's Antiques is a member of iGavel Online Auctions Group and holds four large unique estate actions per year. Elder’s Antiques is located at 901 Tamiami Trail (US 41) South, Nokomis, Florida 34275. You can contact Don Elder at 941-488-1005 or info@eldersantiques.com iGavel.com is a leader in online art auctions, offering collectors and dealers high quality fine art, antiques and collectables guaranteed for authenticity and condition. iGavel auctions are modeled on the traditional live auction format, where each lot includes detailed photographic images, a professional description, and an accurate condition report. Lark E. Mason - President of iGavel - is a frequent guest appraiser on the Antiques Roadshow, was formerly a Senior Vice President with Sotheby's Chinese Works of Art Department, and Director of Online Auctions for Sothebys.com.
February 25, 2008 | Welcome to the new iGavel Associates website! Designed with you, the iGavel Associate, as the central focus, this site acts as a guide through the entire iGavel auction process, from registration to invoicing. Also, more than instructions, this site serves as the primary resource for iGavel Associates. You can now find out when upcoming auctions are scheduled and what sale codes to use in your auction listing, simply by clicking on Calendar and Codes. If you are a current iGavel Associate, we have streamlined the auction process by cutting out the required FTP Program. To upload photos, now all you have to do is go to www.net2ftp.com. Detailed instructions can be found in the number 2 tab up top, Start Your Auction. This page will be updated frequenly to keep you well informed about everything iGavel, so check back in with us. Best, Lark Mason and the iGavel team
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