Book Auction List
FINAL DATE FOR SUBMITTING your bids- June 5, 2009 by Noon EST
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Lot 1
An Annual Membership to the Museum of Arts & Design, New York A Dual Membership (for two adults in same family) worth $100. MAD's current exhibition in their jewelry gallery is "Elegant Armour: The Art of Jewelry" through July 5, 2009. This exhibition "explores the inspiration for contemporary jewelry, including fine arts, the human form and the natural world." Please note there is no shipping charge for this item.
Minimum Bid: $50 Current bid: $85
Lot 2
Phillips, Claire. Bejewelled by Tiffany, 1837-1987. Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2006. 320 pages. ISBN: 9780300116519 This book traces the history of Tiffany & Co. from its beginning in the 19th century through 1980. This book was an accompaniment to the exhibition, which opened at The Gilbert Collection, London June 24 – November 26, 2006.
Minimum Bid: $25 Current bid: $40
Lot 3
Culme, John & Raynor, Nicholas. Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor. Rizzoli International, 1987. ISBN 978-0865650893 This is an unused copy and is still shrink-wrapped. A real treat for any jewelry lover.
Minimum Bid: $30 Current bid: $85
Lots 4, 5 & 6
Zucker, Benjamin. Blue. Overlook Press, 2001. Paperback. Signed Copy. Zucker, Benjamin. Green. Overlook Press, 2004. Paperback. Signed Copy. Zucker, Benjamin. White. Overlook Press, 2008. Hardcover. Signed Copy. A wonderful collection of novels, with sumptuous pictures. These are being sold separately but make a wonderful set of books for a jewelry historian’s library.
Minimum Bid: $15 each Current bid: $20 each
Lot 7
Kuzmanovic, Natasha. Raymond Yard. New York: Vendome Press, 2007. Hardcover.
Minimum Bid: $20 Current bid: $35
Lot 8
Keswani, Reema. Shinde Jewels. New York: Assouline, 2004. Hardcover. Signed Copy. This book explores the life and art of A.V. Shinde, who spent the first twenty-five years of his career designing jewelry for Indian royalty, and the next forty-five years as head designer for Harry Winston.
Current bid: $35
Lot 9
De Grisogono. This is an oversized book, even by art book standards and is a look back at the last ten years for this Swiss jewelry company run by Fawaz Gruosi. This book was printed for de Grisogono clients and is not available for sale.
Minimum bid: $20 Current bid: $190
Lot 10
Scarisbrick, Diana, Vachaudez, Christophe and Walgrave, Jan. Royal Jewels: From Charlemagne to the Romanovs. New York: Vendome, 2008.
Minimum Bid: $25 Current bid: $65
Lot 11
Raulet, Sylvie. Van Cleef & Arpels. Rizzoli, 1987. ISBN B000VAB3A0. Hardcover & Out of Print. This is a rare out-of-print book that can be hard to find.
Minimum Bid: $100 Current bid: $280
Lot 12
Petit, Mark. Van Cleef & Arpels. Editions de Cercle, 2006. Hardcover.
Minimum Bid: $75 Current bid: $75
Lot 13
Landman, Neil H., et al.. Pearls: A Natural History. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Hardcover, 1st edition, signed copy. This is a wonderful catalog that is out of print, and accompanied the exhaustive exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. For those of you who missed it, or have an interest in pearls, this book is a must have. As an added bonus, it is a first edition and is signed!
Minimum bid: $30 Current bid: $105
Lot 14
Farneti Cera, Deanna. Jewels of Fantasy: Costume Jewelry of the 20th Century. Harry N. Abrams, 1992. Hardcover, first edition and a signed copy. This book has been out-of-print for quite a while and is a survey of the finest costume jewelry created by American and European designers and manufacturers in this century. Includes photographs of over 600 pieces--earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and more--designed by Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Napier, Trefari, Monet, and others. If you were to have only one book on costume jewelry, this is known as the ‘encyclopeadia.’
Minimum Bid: $150 Current bid: $205
Lot 15
Harlow, George. The Nature of Diamonds. Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0521620833. Softcover, first edition and a signed copy. This out of print catalog accompanied the exhibit of the same name at the American Museum of Natural History. The information in this book covers the scientific aspects of diamond formation, mining sorting to superb examples of diamond jewelry from the ages.
Minimum bid: $30 Current bid: $45
Lot 16
Guadalupi, Gianni. The World’s Greatest Treasures. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998. ISBN 978-1556708329. Hardcover.
Current bid: $5
Lot 17
Deppert-Lippitz et al. Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas Museum of Art, 1997. ISBN 978-0936227191 Please note the shipping charge for this item is $4.
Current bid: $30
Lot 18
Arts of India. London: Christie’s, September 27, 2001. This auction catalog has a lot of examples of sumptuous Indian jewelry, gold flatware, paintings, silverware and furniture.
Current bid: $25
Lot 19
Castellani & Giuliano: The Judith H. Siegel Collection. Sothebys, December 6, 2006. One of the most important collections that have recently come to auction.
Current bid: $55
Lot 20
Vail, Amanda & Zapata, Janet. Seaman Schepps: A Century of New York Design. New York: Vendome, 2004. Hardcover and signed by Janet Zapata.
Current bid: $50
Lot 21
Snowman, Kenneth, ed. The Master Jewelers. Harry N. Abrams, 1990. Hardcover and signed by Janet Zapata, one of the contributors.
Current bid: $45
Lot 22
Zapata, Janet. The Jewelry and Enamels of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Harry N. Abrams, 1993. Hardcover, signed copy.
Current bid: $45
Lot 23
Zapata, Janet & Tobin D’Ambrosio, Anna. Jewels of Time: Watches from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, 2001. Softcover, signed.
Current bid: $20
Lot 24
Zapata, Janet. Capturing the Sublime: The Enamels of Marilyn Druin. 2003. Softcover. Signed.
Current bid: $55
Lot 25
Loring, John. Tiffany’s 20th Century. Harry N. Abrams, 1997. Hardcover.
Current bid: $20
Lot 26
Ancient Mystery- Curse of the Hope Diamond. A&E Entertainment 2006. DVD. Please note the shipping charge for this item is $4.
Lot 27
Findlay, Victoria. Jewels: A Secret History. Ballentine Books, 2006. Hardcover. Please note the shipping charge for this item is $4.
Lot 28
Munn, Geoffrey. Tiaras: A History of Splendour. Antique Collector’s Club, 2001. ISBN 9781851493753. Hardcover.
Current bid: $30
Lot 29
Sataloff, Joseph. Art Nouveau Jewelry: A Practical Guide to Its History and Beauty. Bryn Mawr: Dorrance Publishing Co., 1984. ISBN 978-0805929157 Rare and out-of-print.
Minimum bid: $30 Current bid: $80
Lot 30
Somers Cocks, Anna. An Introduction to Courtly Jewellery. Victoria & Albert Museum. Please note the shipping charge for this item is $4.
Current bid: $30
Lot 31
L’Oro di Venezia. National Library of the Veneto & Goldworkers Venice Society, 1996. See Back pages for jewelry. This is a privately printed edition and covers all aspects of metalwork produced in Venice, of historic significance, including jewelry, coins, plaques, devotional objects services, the spectrum. Printed in Italian, but easily understood.
Current bid: $30
Lot 32
Important Antique Jewellery. Geneva: Christie's, Sale November 16, l999 Includes full page color portraits of royalty wearing famous gems. Most jewels in full page color. Front and back endpapers in full color of the coronation of Napoleon.
Current bid: $45
Lot 33
Ellen D. Reeder, Editor. Inspired by tradition: Gems and jewelry from a private collection created by Claire V. Bersani : an exhibition presented at the Walters Art Gallery, 1987. ISBN 0-911886-33-8. Softcover. This 47 page catalog accompanied a solo show by Claire Bersani, one of our members, at the Walters Art Gallery. The catalogue has been out of print since 1988 and will not be reprinted in its original form. Many of the pieces were stolen in the Iraq invasion of Kuwait of 1990 and are registered with UNESCO as missing war booty. Please note the shipping charge for this item is $4.
Current bid: $130
Lot 34
Jutheau DeWitt, Viviane. Marina B. Skira, 2003. Hardcover, French. Out of print.
Minimum Bid: $50 Current bid: $230
Lot 35
Muller, Florence & Sigal, Patrick, ed. Les Paruriers: Les Bijoux de la Haute Couture. Fonds Mercator, 2006. Hardcover, French. This is the French translation of the book ‘Costume Jewelry for Haute Couture.’ The cover is different than the English edition. The photographs of the workshops are particularly wonderful.
Minimum Bid: $20 Current bid: $40
Lot 36
Rum, Piera, Curator. La Seduzione dell’oro e delle gemme nel Novocento. Skira, 2004. ISBN 9788884919168.
Current bid: $15
Lot 37
Capuano, Rossella. Artisti della Ricchezza: Gioiellieri Napoletani fra Neorinascimento Liberty e Deco. Di Mauro, Franco, ed., 2004. ISBN 9788887365382
Current bid: $25
Lot 38
Katalogredaktör, Elsebeth Welander-Berggren. Sköna juveler: smycken från åtta sekel. Stockholm: Nationalmuseum, 2000. Hardcover. This book is the Swedish translation of the book that accompanied the exhibition at the National Museum in Stockholm.
Current bid: $25
Lot 39
Florian Hufnagl, ed. Herman Junger: Jewellery-Found Objects. Munich: Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz, 2003. Hardcover.
Current bid: $55
Lot 40
Zapata, Janet. The Legacy of Herman Marcus and Marcus and Company. The Magazine Antiques, 2007: pages 84-93. Signed. Please note the shipping charge for this item is $4.
Current bid: $25
Lot 41
D’Ormesson, Jean, Gere, Charlotte, Becker, Vivienne & Vreeland, Diana. Jean Schlumberger. Milan: Franco Maria Ricci, 1991. ISBN 8821607585CL240758-2. Hardcover with Jacket. This rare, out of print book is numbered 537 out of 5,000 numbered copies. The text is in French and English. English Text, French text.
Minimum Bid: $300 Current bid: $655
Lot 42
Ettlinger Gross, Lori. Brooches. Rizzoli, 2008. Not signed but we will send a signed book plate to the lucky buyer. Still shrink-wrapped.
Current bid: $15
Lot 43
McConnell, Sophie. Metropolitan Jewelry. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991. Hardcover
Current bid: $25
Lot 44
Moore, Gene & Hyams, Jay. My Time at Tiffanys. St. Martin’s Press, 1990, Hardcover. Great stories from Tiffany’s window designers for more than 25 years.
Current bid: $15
Lot 45
Anna Somers Cocks and Charles Truman The Thyssen-Bornemissza Collection: Renaissance Jewels, gold boxes, and objects de vertu, New York and London, Vendome Sotheby’s, 1984 Out of print.
Minimum Bid: $50 Current bid: $155
Lot 46
Harrison, Ducamp, Falino, Artistic Luxury:Fabergé, Tiffany Lalique, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press in association with Yale University Press, 2008
