Paintings top draw at Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches, Aug. 9

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Fine art and Asian antiques – including an extensive collection of Rose Medallion – headline the Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches’ sale Monday, Aug. 9. Artwork ranges from Paris School paintings to the best of the Florida Highwaymen. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding for the auction, which begins at noon Eastern.

The largest work known to have been painted Jean Jansem (French, born 1920) is titled LeMarey Eurs, which is 55 18 inches by 78 2/3 inches. The original owner purchased the painting from Wally Findlay Galleries in New York in 1969.

“It’s the largest known painting to exist from the artist,” said Leslie Baker, auction gallery manager at Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches. “It was consigned by a renowned collector who does not wish to be identified.”

The Rose Medallion collection consists of nearly 50 lots consigned by a resident of Boynton Beach, Fla.

“The Rose Medallion is second to none. He spent a lifetime putting the collection together. There are tureens, platters, vases and umbrella stands,” said Baker. “The gentleman has been a client of mine since the 1980s and he bought some of these pieces here.”

Nearly a dozen pieces of limited edition Picasso pottery have been consigned from a home in Delray Beach, Fla. Estimates range from $4,000 to $6,000 for each of the nine plates and chargers, $5,000 to $7,000 for a pitcher and $2,000 to $2,500 for a plaque.

A Picasso linocut in black and orange titled Toros Valluaris, signed in the plate 24-6-58, is expected to sell for $10,000-$15,000. The image measures 25 3/8 inches by 20 1/4 inches.

The same collector has also consigned a Marc Chagall lithograph titled Les Maries dan L'Atelier, which depicts an artist painting a newlywed couple in his studio. The signed and numbered lithograph, #621, measures 30 inches by 22 1/2 inches. It carries a $6,000-$8,000 estimate.

The Highwaymen painting in the auction is by Harold Newton, considered the founding member and most prolific of the artist group that painted Florida landscapes and sold them to tourists by the side of the road. Titled Royal Poinciana Along the Indian River, the oil on board painting measures 24 inches by 32 inches and has a $3,000-$5,000 estimate. Newton died in 1994 at age 59 after suffering a stroke.

“It’s a breathtaking painting,” commented Baker, noting it is in its original frame.

Some of the heftiest estimates are assigned to the collection of carved jade items from a North Palm Beach collector. Included are 19th- and 20-century imperial seals, brush washers, plaques and vases. Many of the pieces are highly desirable white jade.

“The pieces were finely chosen and in excellent condition,” said Baker.

Antique furniture, glass and silver will round out the 369-lot auction.

For details contact Baker at 561-805-7115.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.