IMPORTANT EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PAINTINGS PLUS RARE SCULPTURES AT CLARS FEBRUARY ART AUCTION Oakland, CA — On Sunday, February 17, 2013, Clars Auction Gallery’s Fine Art Sale will offer a number of very important European and American paintings, prints, sculpture and photography.
features works by many well-known 19th and 20th century, California painters such as Charles Dormon Robinson, Gottardo Piazzoni, Karl Neuhaus, William Posey Silva, William Keith, Lorenzo Lattimer, Colin Campbell Cooper, Carl Jonnevold, and Bertha Stringer Lee along with many others.
Important contemporary and modern prints will be highlighted by the 1896’s Sutro Bath Poster that is estimated to achieve $7,000 to $9,000. The Sutro Baths was an extravagant public bathhouse developed by the eccentric one-time mayor of San Francisco, Adolph Sutro, for the price tag of $1 million and opened March 14, 1896.
And for collectors and lovers of a true American gem, Clars will be offering two original Peanuts Sunday comic strips (United Features Syndicate) by none other than Charles Schulz (1922-2000). Clars has offered several of Schulz’s original works, and these will have estimates of $10,000 to $15,000 each.
Clars February 2013 Fine Art sale will be held Sunday, February 17th at 10am in conjunction with their two-day Fine Antiques and Estate Sale. A complete catalog of all lots to be offered will be available online one week prior to the sale.
Preview for this sale will be Friday, February 15th, from 1pm to 6pm and beginning at 9am on both Saturday, February 16th and Sunday, February 17th. For complete information lots to be offered, please visit www.clars.com, call (510) 428-0100 or email: info@clars.com.
Bidding for Clars auctions is available in person, by phone, absentee and live online @ www.clars.com, and through www.liveauctioneers.com. Clars Auction Gallery is located at 5644 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609.
