Museum District Mansion: Sterling, Signed Art, and Antique Case Pieces
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This Museum District house is a full mansion sale, with an art studio, guest house, and a packed garage as well as the main rooms. Estate jewelry includes fine pieces in gold, sterling, diamonds, designer work, and costume. Jewelry and sterling stay off the floor until a security officer is present.
Art includes originals, lithographs, and oils, among them a signed Thomas Hart Benton lithograph, Photographing the Bull, 1950, edition of 500. Other named works are a bronze by Robert Glen, a kinetic toy by Keith Newstead, a Museum of Modern Art bird sculpture, a photographic triptych by Michael Berman, and three-dimensional art from Cuba. Silver includes a bronze dore and black marble clock, a Royal Vienna hand-painted porcelain tray, a Gorham Chantilly sterling coffee and tea service, a monumental solid sterling tray, and silver plate trays. Chandeliers and sconces include a Marie Antoinette style crystal chandelier, a frosted crystal chandelier, a bronze and crystal chandelier, brass candlesticks, and a pair of bronze three-light wall sconces.
Case pieces include an antique mahogany cabinet, an antique Pennsylvania blanket chest, chests, a set of dining chairs, two petite grandfather clocks, an unusual wall clock, a Kittinger gentleman's chest, a fine bar cart, a large modern dining table with chairs, bar stools, a Cantoni sectional, a chrome and glass table, a sideboard, painted furniture, and side tables. Seating also includes a pair of deep-blue mid-century love seats, shabby-chic upholstered chairs and ottomans, and armchairs. The primary bedroom has a king bed and a large chest. An upright piano and bench are here, with room-size and smaller rugs, vintage mirrors, lamps, a stereo and CDs, clothing, shoes, purses, and two fur coats. A pillow embroidered by a Japanese master and an obi are among the textiles.
Tabletop names include Herend, fine china, transferware, majolica, Waterford wines and champagnes, Tiffany glass decanters, mugs, and stems, Baccarat, a Murano pitcher and glass set, a cobalt cut-to-clear vase and pedestal bowl, vintage copper, Wedgwood Hunting Scene china, an Italian majolica-style service, massive transfer porcelain trays, a pair of crystal candelabras, Mexican pottery, and oriental pieces. Outside are vintage patio furniture, pots, plants, and yard goods.
Buying notes for large pieces, when discounts apply, and when shopping must stop are on margiebeeglesales.com under FAQs for buyers. The sale is first come, first served. Phone calls about the sale are not answered.
Cash, Mastercard, Discover, and Visa are the only forms of payment. Credit cards carry a 4 percent convenience fee. To skip sales tax, bring a paper copy of a valid resale sales and use license. No one under 15 is allowed on the property. Everything is sold as-is, and all sales are final. Buyers move their own purchases. Purses must fit on an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper. Purchases have to leave by the end of the sale unless a signed contract says otherwise.
