Live Auction

Great Estates Live! Fine Art & Antiques Auction

Preview: Friday October 4th from 2pm - 5pm*
*Previews available by appointment only. Contact [email protected] to schedule a preview.

Our October 5th Live Online auction will feature RARE and EXCITING eclectic art and antiques from esteemed Indianapolis collections.

Original Science Fiction genre illustrations for well known publications featuring John Schoenherr's original scratchboard rendering of Dune World which became Frank Herbert's Dune Saga. (Originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine, December 1963). Also featuring works by Frank Kelly Freas, and Richard Power all from the collection of local Sci-Fi writer, Sandra Miesel.

A master work 28 inch bronze figure by Allan Houser, Apache Gan Dancer, 1980.

Scarce 12 inch Grueby matte green Arts & Crafts vase, Gustav Stickley furniture, prints, and paintings from the private collection of Bret Waller and Mary Lou Dooley Waller, Indianapolis, Indiana.

An enchanting portrait titled 'Miss Helen' by New York Chinese-American artist, Yuqi Wang.

Pueblo pottery, Native American baskets, historic Native American prints, Navajo weaving, Alaskan art, scrimshaw, Inuit soapstone carvings.

Antique map engravings, Rembrandt works, Seventeen early 20th Century etchings from Los Caprichos after Francisco de Goya.

Original drawings, sketches, studies, and paintings by Raphael and Moses Soyer.

A collection of American studio pottery by Don Reitz and Vivika & Otto Heino.

A 47 inch Portuguese School 17th Century polychrome Virgin of the Immaculate Conception from the European Antique Saints collection of Louis Bosa.

Original drawings by Francois Boucher, French (1703-1770) and Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch (1620-1683).

Sevres Louis XVI French porcelain palace urns and pedestal.

Raoul Francois Larche (French, 1860-1912) Art Nouveau bronze water nymph tray.

Luis Graner Y Arrufi, Spanish (1863 - 1929), Geraldine Farrar posing as Carmen, 1924, oil on canvas.

Estate rugs, shaker furniture, Horner Bros. (attr.) Aesthetic Victorian faux bamboo dresser, 19th C. clichy millefiori art glass paperweights, and Fenton mosaic vases, rare books including; Gustave Baumann, German-American (1881 - 1971), Frijoles Canyon Pictographs, 1939.

Gustave Baumann, New Mexico, California / Germany (1881-1971), Washington Barnes Cabin color woodcut.

Paintings and Sculpture by Radomir Dvorak, Haley Lever, Hobson Pittman, Abraham Walkowitz, Mary Slatford Newcomb, William Theophilus Brown, Budd Hopkins, Peter Max, and outsider artists including Jan Scott Boyer.

Indiana art: George Jo Mess, Robert Berkshire, Mae Alice Engron, James Wille Faust, James Spencer Russell, Stephen Stoller.
Prints and books by Picasso, Magritte, Chagall, Matisse, Miro, Leger, Gerhard Richter, Jacob Lawrence, Mark Tobey, and so much more!

Auction and Contact Information

Location

5451 N Rural Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220

Previews

Friday October 4th from 2pm - 5pm*

*Previews available by appointment only.

Contact [email protected] to schedule a preview.

Andrea Hastings

Andrea Hastings

Director of Arts & Antiques

317-251-5635

Bridgette Guzman

Bridgette Guzman

Director of Client Services

317-251-5635 or 317-644-9204

Auction Preview

Allan Houser, Apache (1914 - 1994), Apache Gaan Dancer, 1980, bronze, 27 3/4"H x 14 1/2"W

Lot 27

Allan Houser, Apache (1914 - 1994), Apache Gaan Dancer, 1980, bronze, 27 3/4"H x 14 1/2"W

Estimate: $12,000-18,000

 
Grueby Faience Co., Boston, MA; American Arts & Crafts pottery TALL vase with green glaze and tooled leaf and frond motif, early 20th Century. 12 1/4"H x 7 1/2"W

Lot 110

Grueby Faience Co., Boston, MA; American Arts & Crafts pottery TALL vase with green glaze and tooled leaf and frond motif, early 20th Century. 12 1/4"H x 7 1/2"W

Estimate: $4,000-6,000

 
Yuqi Wang, Chinese American (b.1958), Miss Helen, 1992, oil on linen, 39"H x 31 1/2"W(sight), 48"H x 40 1/4"W(frame)

Lot 190

Yuqi Wang, Chinese American (b.1958), Miss Helen, 1992, oil on linen, 39"H x 31 1/2"W(sight), 48"H x 40 1/4"W(frame)

Estimate: $5,000-10,000

 
Raoul Francois Larche (French, 1860-1912) Art Nouveau Water Nymph On Lily Pad, patinated bronze tray. 3 3/4"H x 13 1/2"W

Lot 169

Raoul Francois Larche (French, 1860-1912) Art Nouveau Water Nymph On Lily Pad, patinated bronze tray. 3 3/4"H x 13 1/2"W

Estimate: $1,200-1,800

 
Jorge Luis Cuevas, Mexico (b. 1922), kneeling figure with open hands, 1970, bronze, 13 1/2"H x 9 1/4"W

Lot 28

Jorge Luis Cuevas, Mexico (b. 1922), kneeling figure with open hands, 1970, bronze, 13 1/2"H x 9 1/4"W

Estimate: $800-1,200

 
Native American Pit River / Hupa / Karuk / Yurok twined basket 4 1/4"H x 7 1/2" diam.

Lot 45

Native American Pit River / Hupa / Karuk / Yurok twined basket 4 1/4"H x 7 1/2" diam.

Estimate: $500-700

 
LARGE 11"dia Native American Pima Indian woven straight side basket with geometric maze design. 6 3/4"H x 11"diam.

Lot 44

LARGE 11"dia Native American Pima Indian woven straight side basket with geometric maze design. 6 3/4"H x 11"diam.

Estimate: $200-400

 
Native American Cochiti? Pueblo polychrome pottery owl figure / effigy jar with removable head 8"H x 6 3/4"W

Lot 8

Native American Cochiti? Pueblo polychrome pottery owl figure / effigy jar with removable head 8"H x 6 3/4"W

Estimate: $200-400

 
Acoma New Mexico Pueblo Southwestern Native American polychrome pottery jar, 1960s/70s. 6 1/4"H x 7 1/2"W

Lot 3

Acoma New Mexico Pueblo Southwestern Native American polychrome pottery jar, 1960s/70s. 6 1/4"H x 7 1/2"W

Estimate: $140-200

 
Zia Pueblo Southwestern Native American polychrome pottery pot with bird motif. 5 1/2"H x 7"W

Lot 7

Zia Pueblo Southwestern Native American polychrome pottery pot with bird motif. 5 1/2"H x 7"W

Estimate: $160-300