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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 The Asian Works of Art Department is now inviting consignments for upcoming auctions. Department specialists will be available by appointment to offer verbal evaluations and accept consignments in the Boston Gallery on December 18 between 10AM and 3PM. To request an appointment, please call 617-350-5400 or email info@skinnerinc.com. REQUEST APPOINTMENT Skinner Boston 63 Park PlazaBoston, MA 02116

$4.6m Week for Skinner BOSTON, MA – November 25, 2019 – Auctions, in quick succession, of American Furniture & Decorative Arts, Historic Arms & Militaria, American Indian & Ethnographic, and Fine Wines & Rare Spirits Art resulted in a $4.6M week for Skinner with over 3,900 registered bidders vying for material across many collecting categories. Skinner is recognized as a source for fresh to market estate material. Skinner delivered extraordinary pieces that had been carefully acquired for decades by discerning collectors.  A multi-session sale of American Furniture & Decorative Arts featured property carefully collected by William McKeever of Ohio, Pamela and Brian Ehrlich from Connecticut, Tom and Carolyn Porter of Ohio, Massachusetts’ own Pamela Boynton, and August (Gus) Knapp also from Ohio. The Paint-decorated Thread Box, selling for $28,290, was offered in May 1980 as part of the Garbisch Collection, and is one of only a few known examples attributed to Centre […]

Join us for First Tuesday in Marlborough Tuesday, December 3 | 1:30PM – 4PM Specialists Robin S.R. Starr, Stuart Slavid & Judith Dowling will be on hand to evaluate items and accept consignments for upcoming auctions. Robin S.R. Starr – Director of American & European Works of Art, will be on-hand to evaluate paintings, prints, sculpture, and photography for upcoming auctions. She is looking forward to seeing examples by listed, sought-after artists, as well as iconic works of fine art photography from the 19th through 21st centuries, with market interest over $1000. Post-War and Contemporary Art is particularly strong in the current market. Stuart Slavid – Director of Fine Ceramics, Fine Silver and European Furniture & Decorative Arts; A Generalist, Stuart’s specialty areas are: English and Continental ceramics of the 18th through 20th centuries, Wedgwood pottery, fine silver, European furniture and so much more.  This fast-paced department regularly holds three or more […]

Join us: Bauhaus Summers on Cape Cod presented by Peter McMahon Starting in the late 1930s, in the back woods of Wellfleet, a group of self-taught American designers collaborated with some of Europe’s most influential avant garde architects to create the outer Cape’s unique modern houses. This illustrated presentation will explore this history, as well as current efforts to save a group of important abandoned houses, and to repurpose them as a platform for new creative work. Peter McMahon is a celebrated author and the founding director of the Cape Cod Modern House Trust, incorporated in 2007 to archive, restore, and celebrate the outer Cape’s outstanding modern architecture and the creative culture that surrounded it. This event is held in conjunction with the December 13 20th Century Design auction. Wednesday, December 11 63 Park Plaza, Boston Reception 5:30PM | Presentation 6PM REGISTER HERE

Talk by Jewelry Historian Francesca Cartier Brickell Join us for an evening with author, Francesca Cartier Brickell, to immerse yourself in the captivating story of the family behind Cartier, and learn how a humble Parisian jewelry store became a global luxury icon. The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry dynasty—four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1970s. At its heart are the three Cartiers brothers whose motto was “Never copy, only create” and who made their family firm internationally famous in the early days of the twentieth century, thanks to their unique and complementary talents: Louis, the visionary designer who created the first men’s wristwatch to help an aviator friend tell the time without taking his hands off the controls of his flying machine; Pierre, the master dealmaker who bought the New York headquarters on Fifth Avenue for a double-stranded natural pearl necklace; and Jacques, the globe-trotting gemstone expert whose travels […]

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 11AM-3PM | CHATHAM, MA Skinner is inviting consignments for upcoming 2019-2020 auctions. Meet with Skinner experts in Chatham, MA on November 13 for a complimentary auction evaluation and consignment of your jewelry, watches, silver, fine art, Asian art, modern design, European antiques and coins & currency. Appointments required. Please register and a member of our team will contact you directly for an appointment time. High-quality photos are recommended for large or particularly fragile items. To make an appointment, please email info@skinnerinc.com, phone 508-970-3000, or click the button below. REQUEST APPOINTMENT

The Gentleman’s Auction online, open for bidding through December 5, is curated with an eye for masculine flair and to pique the interest of all gentlemen. The sale tempts with cross-departmental offerings and a broad spectrum of hand-picked items selected to fit a wide range of interests and budgets.  We caught up with Skinner’s own gentlemen, sale specialist Chris Barber, along with Richard Kenworthy and Sam Sutner, to ask them to curate their “likes” from the nearly 150 lots on offer. Here are their picks:  Hot Rod Movies from the Big Screen Memorable for names like “Hot Rod Hullabaloo” and “Hot Car Girl,” one-sheet movie posters and lobby cards illustrate a genre of movies that was prevalent as early as the late 1940s and popular into the early 1960s and beyond. The “Hot Rod” Movie, featuring fast cars, rebellious young characters, and rock and roll music, and advertised with splendidly […]

Join the Jewelry Department in New York City to preview the December 3 Important Jewelry auction. Private preview times are available by appointment only. Request an appointment for: Tuesday, November 19Wednesday, November 20Thursday, November 21 REQUEST APPOINTMENT Questions? Contact us:jewelry@skinnerinc.com617.874.4313

Join us for First Tuesday in Marlborough Tuesday, November 5 | 1:30PM – 4PM Specialists Robin S.R. Starr, Jonathan Dowling & Kerry Shrives will be on hand to evaluate items and accept consignments for upcoming auctions. Robin S.R. Starr – Director of American & European Works of Art, will be on-hand to evaluate paintings, prints, sculpture, and photography for upcoming auctions. She is looking forward to seeing examples by listed, sought-after artists, as well as iconic works of fine art photography from the 19th through 21st centuries, with market interest over $1000. Post-War and Contemporary Art is particularly strong in the current market. Jonathan Dowling – From the multi-faceted Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments Department, Jonathan will be looking for wristwatches, pocket watches, clocks, and important historical and scientific material.  Bring in your timepieces and related collectibles for an auction evaluation and the opportunity to consign for future auctions.  Kerry Shrives – […]

Skinner’s November 2 and 3 American Furniture and Decorative Arts auction is alive with color, great surfaces, in interesting history.  Carefully collected by William McKeever, Pamela and Brian Ehrlich, Tom and Carolyn Porter, Pamela Boynton, and August (Gus) Knapp, the auction offers a rare opportunity to acquire special objects that have seldom been seen before. 1. The Collection of Bill McKeever, Urbana, Ohio The McKeever collection offers a variety of mostly 17th and 18th century New England furniture and related smalls, especially burl bowls. Carefully selected for surface condition, the collection represents a cross-section of early American country antiques. View lots from the collection here. For additional items from this collection see lots 1000-1018 in the Americana online sale. 2. The Pamela and Brian Ehrlich Collection, Mystic, Connecticut, Part I The Ehrlich’s 1777 Mystic, Connecticut home was built by Nathan Stanton, a member of one of the founding families of […]

A bocage, says Wikipedia, can refer to a terrain of mixed woodland and pasture, a small forest or a decorative element of trees and leaves. English and continental porcelain figures of the eighteenth century often had trees and leaves, both as an ornamental and colorful backdrop to figures and importantly as an added stabilizer to support the figures during kiln firing.  By the 19th century, the production and firing of English earthenware were far more consistent, and often these trees were added more for their ornamental appeal than necessity. With brightly colored overglazed enamels, figures were manufactured by a wide variety of potters, often listed as “China and Earthenware Toy and Ornamental Manufacturers.” Marked examples include Salt, Walton, Dale and Tittensor, with many, many more unmarked and unidentified. Dating in general spans from circa 1815- 1845 when less complicated and more affordable flatback figures in the Victorian taste became the […]

Talk by Collector Shirley M. Mueller, MD | Friday, October 11 Dr. Shirley Mueller will be speaking about her book, Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play. Join us in the Boston Gallery for the reception starting at 5:30PM, followed by the talk at 6PM. This event is held in conjunction with the October 12 European Furniture & Decorative Arts auction. REGISTER TO ATTEND Shirley M. Mueller, MD is an internationally known collector and scholar of Chinese export porcelain, as well as a physician board-certified in Neurology and Psychiatry. This latter expertise led her to explore her own intentions while collecting art, which, she discovered, are applicable to all collectors. This new understanding is the motivation for this book. Mueller not only lectures and publishes about the neuropsychology of the collector; she also was guest curator for Elegance from the East: New Insights into Old Porcelain at the Indianapolis […]