Jasper52 offers antique maps, books and more, July 13

On Wednesday, July 13, starting at 7 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will hold a sale titled 15th-19th Century Antique Books Collection, which delivers exactly that – books published between the 15th and 19th centuries, with a few maps and posters mixed in. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

The sale presents 662 lots in all, leaving bidders spoiled for choice. Unsurprisingly, there is a large selection of Bibles, published sermons and other holy books on offer, as well as assorted histories of great people and great events. Other treasures on offer include a 1606 treatise in Italian on the history and use of artillery; a 1788 account of the surviving crew of the shipwrecked Antilope and how they returned home with a prince from the Palau Islands in tow; a visually compelling 1652 map of Italy; and a 1551 copy of Lodovico Domenichi’s In Praise of Women.

1652 map of Italy signed by Nicolai Ioannis Visscher, est. $1,500-$2,000

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Unheated 19.02-carat Ceylon sapphire ring adds flash to July 12 jewelry sale

An Art Deco-era diamond and platinum riviere necklace, a pair of Harry Winston pearl, diamond and platinum earrings, and an 18K white gold ring centered on an unheated 19.02-carat Ceylon sapphire should all find enthusiastic new owners at Jasper52’s Exclusive Estate & Designer Jewelry auction, which will take place on Tuesday, July 12 at 3 pm Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

The 225-lot sale is packed full of prizes created by brand name boutiques, designers and firms. Additional standouts include an Oscar Heyman gold, platinum, diamond and emerald tennis bracelet; a circa-1940s double dress clip in gold, diamonds and sapphires by Rene Boivin; a Chaumet gold link bracelet; a 1970s gold and diamond cocktail ring by Andrew Clunn that boasts a 16.11-carat star sapphire; and a pair of Fred Leighton clip-on platinum, diamond and turquoise earrings.

18K white gold ring showcasing an unheated 19.02-carat Ceylon sapphire, est. $182,000-$218,000

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Clementine Hunter wedding scene a highlight of Jasper52’s July 6 auction

Paintings by Georges Clairin, Clementine Hunter and G. Campbell Lyman should all earn top lot status at Jasper52’s Fine Prints, Paintings, and Decorative Arts auction, which will take place at noon on Wednesday, July 6. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

The lineup contains more than 300 lots, certain to contain something you didn’t know you wanted until you see it. Also featured are landscapes by Alexander Drysdale; a Leroy Neiman serigraph of a Paris scene; a few Blue Dog images by George Rodrigue; and a large Gunner Dongieux 2019 painting that depicts the interior of a New Orleans streetcar. Nudes are available in abundance, most notably in the form of the stylized figures shown in Robert Gordy’s Red Sofa #2.

Clementine Hunter, ‘Wedding,’ est. $15,000-$18,000

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Scale-model automobilia treasures lined up for July 6 auction

On Wednesday, July 6, starting at noon Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct a sale titled Automobilia, Collectibles and More! Its 193 lots are dominated by scale models of beloved cars from celebrated marques. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

A wide range of makers of scale model cars are represented in the July 6 auction. Leading the choices from Top Models is a 1:12 version of a 1994 Porsche 911 (993) Carrera coupe in silver, and a second one in black; a Lancia Delta Integrale Evolution II Verde York at the same scale; and a 1:12 scale Audi RS2 in a particularly vivid shade of blue.

Scale model of a 1959 Jaguar MK2 by 12Art, est. $450-$550

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Jasper52 presents Animation Cels 1930s-1990s, July 7

On Thursday, July 7, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will present its next Animation Cels 1930s-1990s auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

A total of 102 lots will be offered, featuring original cels, drawings, limited edition lithographs and similar materials that produced, or is connected with, the animated movies and television shows you grew up with. Represented among the Disney classics are Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Lady and the Tramp, 101 Dalmatians, Pinocchio, Cinderella, The Adventures of Chip n Dale, Peter Pan and Mickey’s Christmas Carol, to name a few.

‘Chuck Amuck’ limited edition cel featuring Bugs Bunny, est. $600-$700

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Chanel headlines Designer Jewelry, Watch, and Fashion Auction, July 3

A Chanel Baroque gold, diamond and cultured pearl ring, a Chanel Comete 18K white gold and chalcedony ring, and a Chanel Premiere Chaine gold wristwatch will fight for top lot status at Jasper52’s Designer Jewelry, Watch, and Fashion Auction, which will be conducted on Sunday, July 3 at 7 pm Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

If you don’t understand on a visceral level what it means to be “spoiled for choice,” this auction will teach you. Its 630 lots deliver a broad, glittering, gorgeous menu of possibilities.

Chanel Baroque gold, diamond and cultured pearl ring, est. $9,000-$11,000

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Jasper52 fills your library with rare, lavishly bound books, June 22

The fight for top lot status will be keen and fierce in Jasper52’s 15th-19th Century Antique Books Collection sale, which will be held on Wednesday, June 22 at 7 pm Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

The wide selection in the sale – more than 550 lots – would easily fill most home libraries and spill past their shelves. Choices include antique Bibles from multiple centuries, including an incunabula Latin Bible from 1489; another example on vellum, dating to 1567 and illustrated with 198 woodcuts; a Greek or Russian Orthodox version, exquisitely bound in a silver cover graced with enamel insets of Biblical scenes; and a decoratively bound gilt-edge Bible published in Boston in 1884, with illustrations by Gustave Dore.

Miniature portrait of Oliver Goldsmith from a lavishly bound 1831 biography of the man, est. $2,000-$2,500

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June 22 Prints and Fine Art sale has international flavor

On Wednesday, June 22, starting at 11 am Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct an auction of Prints and Fine Art. The tightly-curated lineup consists of just 60 lots. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

On offer is a wide-ranging span of works that includes artists from many nations, led by original illustration art by Ciruel Cabral for The Book of the Dragon; a Surrealist painting of clowns by Alfano Dardari; a masterfully colored oil on canvas by Gene Pressler, depicting a stylish woman with a parasol; a 19th-century portrait of Samuel Colt, inventor and entrepreneur behind the namesake firearms company, rendered by an unknown hand; and a circa-1900 French School Japonisme painting of a trio of geishas.

Itzchak Tarkay, ‘Two Women at a Table,’ est. $20,000-$24,000

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Scandinavian talent abounds in art pottery auction, June 15

On Wednesday, June 15, starting at 11 am Eastern time, Jasper52 will present a sale titled Exclusive Art Pottery and More. Consisting of precisely 200 lots, it includes many by known artists and others who, for whatever reason, shied away from signing their works. A significant number of pieces on offer are by Scandinavian ceramicists. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

Appearing in the sale lineup is a unique earthenware sculpture of a cat by Helge Christoffersen; a complete 32-piece ceramic chess set, rendered in 1980 by Sven Wejsfelt for Gustavsberg; a rugged-looking bluish-glaze stoneware marmalade jar, which was a 1930s collaboration between Hans Hansen and Bode Willumsen; a pair of Art Deco vases by Sevres; a circa-1970s Dorthe Moller large ceramic vase, described as being in “rustic style;” a large matched trio of modern pottery vases; and an Arthur Andersson for Vallakra mid-century monumental vase, which looks for all the world like some sort of rogue vegetable.

Hans Hedberg circa-1960s large kidney-shaped dish, est. $2,000-$2,500

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Jasper52 lays out luxe array of designer accessories, June 15

Jasper52‘s Rare and Coveted Designer Accessories sale delivers on its promise. Scheduled for Wednesday, June 15, starting at 7 pm Eastern time and boasting more than 550 lots, it’s quicker and easier to list the brand names that don’t appear in the auction instead of those that do. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

Four iterations on Van Cleef & Arpels’ popular Alhambra line of jewelry are on offer, led by a 20-motif necklace in diamond and turquoise. Other notable pieces of jewelry in the June 15 sale include works by Barry Kieselstein-Cord, among them a solid 18K gold bracelet with a Women of the World theme, and a pair of 18K green gold earrings in the form of hearts topped with crowns. Equally worthy of mention is a vintage Dolce & Gabbana belt festooned with emerald-cut ruby-like stones and Swarovski crystals.

Fendi 3Jours medium crocodile tote in electric blue, est. $38,000-$46,000

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