Day 2 of the Collectors Auction features Chinese, Japanese, and Russian offerings alongside primitives, decorative objects, bronzes, and fine art. The catalog includes Asian porcelain and decorative arts, religious icons, early needlework, glass objects, sculpture, and painted and printed works.

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Chinese offerings represent one of the strongest areas of the sale. Leading lots include a Chinese Transitional porcelain sleeve vase and a yellow ground porcelain dragon dish, followed by additional examples such as Ruoshen teacups, a crackle glaze hu vase, clair de lune vases, phoenix medallion bowls, and porcelain garden stools. Decorative and ceremonial pieces include enameled silver boxes, a Chinese ceremonial drum on stand, and additional export and decorative porcelain items offered individually and in small groupings.

Japanese offerings span decorative arts, bronzes, lacquer, porcelain, and works on paper. Prominent examples include a Japanese moriage cloisonné box and a Hidenao Japanese bronze peacock, supported by additional objects such as a Shokasai (Shibayama) lacquer inro, a goldstone cloisonné censer, Bisansha silver sake cups, and an Imari porcelain palace vase. Further decorative and sculptural examples include a Japanese articulated bronze shachihoko censer and a Shozan for Koshida Satsuma pottery vase. Japanese art on paper includes woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige and Kitagawa Utamaro, offered as individual prints and grouped examples.

Russian offerings include numerous 19th-century Russian Orthodox icons painted in tempera on panel, depicting saints and religious scenes. These appear as individual icons and grouped lots, along with examples featuring silver oklad covers, including a Russian silver oklad icon of Saint Mary Magdalene.

Primitive offerings include early needlework and samplers, highlighted by a needlework motif and verse sampler dated 1822, along with additional alphabet and religious samplers from the 19th century.

Decorative objects include Murano glass fruit and vegetables, Murano glass birds, and additional decorative glass and porcelain items.

The art category includes works by Walter Emerson Baum, George William Sotter, Melville F. Stark, Giovanni Martino, Christopher G. Willett, and Thomas Sully, with oil paintings and works on board depicting landscape, marine, and figural subjects.

Sliding scale buyer’s premium for each lot
25% | $0–50,000
23% | $50,001–250,000
21% | $250,001–1,000,000
19% | $1,000,001+

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Monday, January 26th | 9AM – 3PM
Tuesday, January 27th | 9AM – 3PM
Wednesday, January 28th | 9AM – 3PM

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Auction is open for pre-bidding until Thursday, January 29th at 10AM, at which time pre-bidding will cease and the auction will go live at the auction center (no live audience, just our auctioneer and auction staff). When the auction goes live, lots will be sold one at a time, in numerical order, by a live auctioneer who will be taking bids from multiple online bidding platforms, absentee and phone bids. During pre-bidding you are able to submit a max (maximum) bid. The bidding platform or our auction staff will bid on your behalf up to the maximum bid that you have entered. Once the auction goes live if you wish to increase your bid you will have to wait until that lot opens for bidding and enter any additional bids manually.

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