News
2010-03-01
Bloomsbury Auctions
Presents
The William E. Fischelis Collection
Wednesday, 24 March, 2010 at 10 a.m.
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Etty, A Mohameddan |
Oakley, Jane, Countess of Aylesford (17 x 12 3/8 in.) |
Romney, Heads of Two Orientals (7 ¾ x 6 ½ in.) |
New York, NY—Bloomsbury Auctions, the world’s leading auction house for rare books and works on paper, announces the sale of the William E. Fischelis Collection of Victorian-era works on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 10 a.m.
This immaculate single-owner sale, a culmination of over 40 years of thoughtful collecting, consists chiefly of 18th and 19th century British art, with the inclusion of French and American artist’s works as well. Although diverse in its foundation, the collection is an elegant representation of the Fischelis’s interest and passion for Victorian portraiture, accented with several pre-Raphaelite, female portraits, and landscape art. In addition to the paintings and sketches, the collection also boasts several bronze commemorative medals, assorted etchings, and a group of vintage Vanity Fair cartoons. Previously exhibited at the La Salle College Art Gallery in Philadelphia, the Fischelis’s collection was one assembled for personal enjoyment, and made up of pieces that, as William Fischelis put it, “please me aesthetically and, unfortunately, financially.” “One does not have to be an art historian to collect,” stated Fischelis, maintaining that, “in the end, what counts is whether you like the picture, not whether anyone else likes it.” Luckily, Fischelis’s selective taste formed a collection replete with images that appeal to a wide audience of art appreciators of both classic and modern tastes.
Highlighting the sale’s top lots are two portraits done by Octavius Oakley (1800-1867), featuring the Count and Countess of Aylesford- both 17 x 12 3/8 inches- paired together for an estimate of $10,000- $15,000. William Etty’s A Mohammedan – (13 ¾ x 10 ¼ inches)—estimated at $7,000-$10,000, also stands out as one of the sale’s top lots. Heads of Two Orientals by George Romney (1734-1802) —7 ¾ x 6 ½ inches – estimated at $4,000-$6,000, is one of the auctions most valued sketches.
Bloomsbury invites you to view these and other stunning works for sale in William E. Fischelis Collection auction on our website at ny.bloomsburyauctions.com.
Exhibition:
Wednesday, March 17, 10am – 5pm
Thursday, March 18, 10am-5pm
Friday, March 19, 10am – 5pm
Saturday, March 20, 10am – 3pm
Monday, March 22, 10am – 5pm
Tuesday, March 23, 10am – 5pm
Or by private appointment
Specialist Lecture: Tuesday, March 23, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
2010-02-01
Bloomsbury Auctions, New York
Presents
Autographs and Fine Printed Books
Wednesday February 24, 2010
10 am and 2 pm
Bloomsbury Auctions, the world’s leading auction house for rare books and works on paper, announces their first sale of the winter season- Autographs & Fine Printed Books (web, 3D, pdf) on Wednesday, February 24th with sale times at 10:00am and 2:00pm.
The sale will showcase over 100 lots of autographs which will include artists, musicians and figures of Americana with a selection of signed editions and manuscript material from literary figures such as T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Truman Capote, John Ruskin and champions of flight Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindberg. American political figures Marquis de Lafayette and Ronald Reagan, and artists Kate Greenaway and Arthur Rackham are also included.
An envelope signed by Amelia Earhart and postmarked from the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles is priced at $600-$800, and a first edition of In Cold Blood, (1965) signed by Truman Capote in the dust jacket is valued at $400-$600.
The collection of Tom Shelton includes over 50 lots: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass (1855), Brooklyn; a first edition of “America’s second Declaration of Independence,” with the provenance of the Whitman family, $35,000-$45,000.
Other lots include, T.S. Eliot’s The Cocktail Party (1950), New York, Playbill from the January 1950 Broadway debut of Eliot’s comedy at Henry Miller’s Theatre and signed by T.S. Eliot and stars Alec Guinness and Irene Worth, $400-$600; and James Joyce’s. Ulysses (1935), with illustrations by Henri Matisse, New York, Limited edition, $12,000-$16,000.
The sale of Fine Printed books, which commences at 2 pm on Wednesday, February 24, contains the 1817 edition of Lewis & Clarke’s Expedition with a large map of the Missouri River, “Travels to the Source of the Missouri River, and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. Performed by Order of the Government of the United States, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806” (1817), London, three volumes with six engraved maps in excellent condition. $3500-$4500, and a first edition of East of Eden (1952), New York, signed by John Steinbeck, $800-$1200.
The afternoon sale also includes over 60 lots of private press and artist’s books. Highlights include Titus Andronicus [The Gehenna Shakespeare], Leonard Baskin and William Shakespeare, one of only 250 portfolios with an additional suite of signed engravings, $2000-$3000, and The Holy Bible (1999), 2 volumes, Barry Moser, the crowning achievement of Moser's Pennyroyal Press, one of 400 copies on Zerkall Bible Paper, $4000-$6000, as well as Jim Dine’s Glyptotek (1988), New York/London, Pace Editions, Elephant folio with 40 copper-engraved prints, one of 90 copies of the signed, numbered edition, $2000-$3000.
Exhibition viewings are:
Saturday February 20, 10 am- 3 pm
Monday February 22, 10 am- 5 pm
Tuesday February 23, 10 am- 5 pm
Or by private appointment