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Finery at its best in Michaan's auction Dec. 5

05.02.12

Michaan’s Auctions Fine Art Department will feature 138 works of fine art. Furniture and decorative arts include European and American items from the 18th and 19th centuries including furniture, glass works, silver and porcelain. Fine art has a selection that includes 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century American and European paintings, prints, sculptures and works on paper. Sale highlights include a matched pair of framed oils by Royal Academician Marcus Stone (United Kingdom 1840-1921) titled The Lover’s Spate and The Lover’s Embrace (lot 1014, $25,000-35,000). – Michaan’s Auctions’ December Fine Sale features superior items with property coming from estates, private collections and institutions throughout the West Coast. Painted in 1884, Stone exhibits his mastery of the romantic visual narrative by depicting the internal struggle between the sexes as they strive to find romantic harmony. Finishing the sale is jewelry offerings with fine contemporary and period pieces, jadeite jade,...

Source: Auction Central News