Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present a Fine Mélange Auction on Saturday, September 9, 2023. Offering over 260 lots, mostly from America, Europe and Asia, the online auction features an eclectic array of artworks, decorative arts, jewelry, coins, books, and more from various collectors and estates. Artworks – mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries – include oil paintings, watercolors, drawing, etchings, lithographs, and Persian illuminated leaves, plus several sculptures. Among the extensive selection of decorative arts are 18th-century torchieres; an angel candelabra; a 19th-century carousel horse; Continental pottery including pitchers, vases, and candlesticks; porcelain figures, figurines, vases, and boxes; silver items; Schmid music boxes; carved santos and religious ceramic plaques; carved tribal figures and masks; bronze items; a 19th-century fan; French playing cards; a grouping of boxes; and collectibles like Beswick Beatrix Potter figurines. There is a wide selection of Peace and Morgan silver dollars, mint sets, Presidential coins, and banknotes. Among the books are western novels, works by Baroness Orczy, automobilia items, and an Idaho cattle brand book.
There are extensive offerings from Asia, including bronze Buddhas and other statues, vases, an inkstone, and nephrite pendants. From China are paintings, jars and jugs, tomb figures, carved stone objects, a scroll weight, a jade pendant, cloisonné jars, and candlesticks. From Japan are woodblock prints, drawings, dishes, bowls, chargers, and a dragon inkstone. Completing the sale are jewelry lots -- necklaces, including Southwestern old pawn items, a Tiffany men’s wedding band, women’s rings, and Rado and other wristwatches – several vintage purses, and Mont Blanc pens.
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