Thank you to all of our clients and consignors for helping us have another successful year!

Lot 122, February 22, 2015, estimate $3,000-5,000,. Sold $128,100. — Lot 122, February 22, 2015, estimate $3,000-5,000. Sold $128,100.

2015 started with a bang in February with snow all around us, but the cold weather didn’t keep our clients from bidding in our February 21st auction of Objects de Vertu. Lot 122, a Fine and Rare Swiss Gold and Multicolored Enamel Butterfly Music Box, Geneva, by Piguet and Meylan, circa 1830, sold for $128,100.

March saw brisk bidding on lot 1026, in our English, Continental & American Fine Auction, a Fine Oushak Carpet which sold for $79,300. Lot 243 was a rare find in a basement in Sheffield, a Pair of Chinese Turquoise Ground Porcelain Vases fetched $137,250. English furniture sought solid ground in lot 880, a Fine Early George III Carved Mahogany Settee, circa 1745, sold for $36,600 with a Stair & Co. provenance.

We were pleased to offer the Estate of Joseph Butler in April and the auction was a great success in many categories, most notably lot 613, Study St. Malo No. 11 by Maurice Prendergast, which fetched $189,100, a watercolor by the same artist, lot 612 sold for $29,280, and a watercolor by his brother Charles, lot 617, sold for $25,620. Lot 540, a pair of George III Terrestrial and Celestial Table Globes, by Cary sold for $28,060.

Our June 5th auction of Property from the Estate of Helen Frankenthaler was a huge success. Included in the sale were jewelry, clothing, handbags and furniture from her Connecticut home and studio. The following day, the Modern & Contemporary auction saw strong prices — lot 601, a Kumi Sugai, Chaine du Bleu sold for $31,720, and lot 654, Portrait of René Ricard by Jean-Michel Basquiat sold for $19,520.

Lot 241, October 24-25, 2015, estimate $5,000-8,000. Sold $195,200.

The Fine Art highlights continued in our June and October auctions, with lot 390 in our early summer sale selling for $91,500, Continental School: Battle Scene, and the surprise of the October sale, lot 241, Attributed to Juan Van Der Hamen Y Leon (1596-1631): Bodegon, which sold for $195,200. The December 5th Modern & Contemporary sale ended the season on a high note with lot 727, Yaacov Agam (b. 1928): Time Step, selling for $91,500, and lot 634, Roger Kuntz (1926-1975): Pedestrian Spiral selling for $36,600.

Jewelry performed well for us this year starting with a Cartier Gold and Diamond Ring, lot 167, belonging to Helen Frankenthaler (June 5th) which sold for $23,180. In our December 4th auction, lot 207, a Rare Bulgari Gold and Enamel Elephant Bangle Bracelet sold for $20,740 against a $6,000-$8,000 estimate.

Over the course of nineteen sales, the following are just some of the collections we have offered:

The Estate of Helen Frankenthaler
The Estate of Mrs. Spelman Prentice
The Estate of CBS Anchorman Charles Collingwood
The Estate of Sam and Grayson Hall, Writer and Lead Actress of ‘Dark Shadows’
Private Roman Collector
Private Hong Kong Collector
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Van Alen, Millbrook
The Estate of Helga Marston, New York
The Bergreen Family Collection
The Collection of Arthur L. Jacobs
The Estate of Holland Roberts Melson, New York
Property from Cornelia Guest, Formerly the Collection of Winston & C.Z. Guest, Templeton
The Collection of Vincent Petragnani
The Estate of Sue Cunningham Blair, Kansas City, MO
Estate of Joseph T. Butler, Tarrytown, NY

As this year comes to a close, we want to wish everyone a very happy and healthy New Year!