Alameda, CA (Vocus) December 2, 2010

The week begins on Sunday December 5th with the gallery’s monthly estate auction; continues with Michaan’s Winter Fine Art Auction on Monday December 6; and ends the following Tuesday December 14th with the Fine Asian auction with a collection of Peking glass from the collection of Sanford and Ina Gadient.

Estate Auction

December 5, 2010 at 10am

Previews: December 3-5

This popular monthly estate auction will feature a large selection of works from all periods and for all collecting tastes and styles. Among the highlights are Asian works of art, decorative arts, estate and vintage jewelry, paintings and prints, silver, furniture and decorative arts from 19th though 20th centuries.

Fine Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewelry Auction

December 6, at 10am

Previews: December 3-5 and by appointment

This event features a marvelous collection of traditional and contemporary American and European furniture, jewelry, decorative arts and fine art spanning the 18th through 20th centuries. Highlighed are a rare1854 watercolor portrait of a Russian statesman by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (France, 1790-1867); a 1920 oil on canvas by the San Francisco-born E. Charlton Fortune; a magnificent pair of Meissen Porcelain Botanical Plaques; a Napoleon III Pietra Dura Mounted Ebonized Cabinet and fine jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari and Patek Philippe.

Fine Asian Art Auction

Featuring Important Glassware from the Gadient’s Collection

December 14, 10am

Previews: December 3-6, 11-12 , 14 and by appointment

This event spotlights the diversity of Eastern culture with impressive examples of Chinese and Japanese works of art from multiple periods and styles. This offering includes over 800 lots of important glass, ceramics, sculpture, jade, textiles, archaic

bronzes, furniture, paintings and prints from the classical to the contemporary. Additionally, Michaan’s is honored to include

selections of Peking glass from the world renowned collection of Sanford and Ina Gadient in the 14th’s Asian sale.

For highlights of the event or to request the complete catalog visit our site or call 510-740-0220. Images available upon request.

About Michaan’s Auctions

Michaan’s Auctions is a leading full service auction house on the West Coast specializing in the appraisals and sale of art and antiques. Some of Michaan’s specialty departments include Furniture and Decorative Arts, Modern, Contemporary, European and American Paintings and Prints, Jewelry, Asian Works of Art and Ethnographic Art.

Established in 2002, Michaan’s Auctions holds up to thirty events each year, with their monthly auctions that attract a broad base of buyers and consignors from all over the World. With one of the largest facilities in Northern California and the Bay Area’s lowest buyer’s premium, Michaan’s offers buyers and sellers the ability to preview and bid on many unique and desirable pieces. Some of these pieces garnered world record prices. In 2005, a world record price was achieved for an A.D.M Cooper, The Three Graces 1915, sold at auction for $ 21,060 as well as a Eduard Gaertner, German City Street Scene 1831, sold at auction for $ 266,000.

Michaan’s has built its reputation on its ability to accept single items, groups or entire estates with the “no risk consignment policy” that sets them apart from other auction houses. Michaan’s specialists are dedicated to staying current on the latest issues and developments in the market and are committed to providing personalized and professional attention throughout the entire auction process.

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