News-Antique.com - Nov 29,2008 - We are offering 16 outstanding antique examples in a small but choice two-day online auction exclusively on our own auction website: tradewindsantiques.com
We will be providing a lengthy preview for this short Holiday sale to allow ample time for any questions or assistance. Pictures will be available for viewing online very shortly. Additionally, those on our mailing list will soon be receiving an illustrated brochure. The actual sale begins on Friday, 12/12/08 at 8:00PM EST and will close on Sunday, 12/14/07 beginning at 8:00PM EST. (Please note the earlier times).
We are presenting a fabulous 17th Century pique cane in unusual form, a French 18th century gold pique with shagreen, a great spitting Chinese man, a Japanese ivory shibayama of wisteria, a fine whale ivory knot on whalebone, a lovely lapis cane with vermeil cage, an outstanding large ivory English bulldog, a very nice ivory lion and elephant, a Japanese 1000 faces in unique form, a wonderful ivory blackamoor prince, a great silver Holuska watch cane, an historic 1839 Whig relic cane, a beautiful Tiffany silver, a stunning Russian silver and enamel, a fine painted KPM Berlin porcelain cane, and a remarkable Russian wood cane with silver string inlay.
These pieces would all rate as higher-end examples and the sale promises to be an exciting one. Each cane will be sold unreserved. They will have estimates based on 15 years of cane auction experience and results, and they will also have fair and sensible starting prices, long a Tradewinds hallmark.
Not a computer auction enthusiast? Going to be out of town? Simply give us a call at (978) 526-4085 and tell us the lots you wish to bid on, or use the online absentee bidding format after each description. We will do the computer work for you and will bid you competitively! Absentee bids must be received no later than 5:00PM EST on Friday, December 12, 2008.
