BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Neue Auctions will celebrate mild spring temperatures with an online-only Fine Interiors, Art & Antiques auction on Saturday, April 30, featuring a wild and wondrous collection of objects assembled from estates and collections across Ohio, Naples, Florida and other places. The auction will begin at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

“Every auction needs a little sparkle, and this sale features a fine selection of high-karat gold jewelry, as well as two fine ladies’ watches, one a bain de Cartier, the another a Patek Philippe,” said Cynthia Maciejewski of Neue Auctions. “We also have lots of beautiful, high-quality furniture, as well as lighting, glass, lots of estate rugs and more – 381 lots in all.”

With a pre-sale estimate of $6,000 to $8,000, the 18k yellow gold and diamond Cartier Women’s Bathtub Watch, made circa 2010, will likely end up on top. The watch, featuring a gold link bracelet with a double clasp closure, features a diamond-paved bezel surrounding an ellipse-shaped dial with a matte silver finish and gold Roman numerals, as well as a a diamond crown.

The Patek Philippe 18k yellow gold women’s watch comes in a strap design with a blue dial and Patek Philippe hallmark on the clasp, with an adjustable strap (estimated $1,000-$3,000). Also on offer is a Konstantino 18k yellow gold and diamond Roman coin necklace, circa 2010-2018, the fake Roman coin surrounded by pavé accent diamonds (estimated $3,500-$4,500).

Tin painting is the folk art of decorative painting on pewter and wooden utensils, objects and furniture. The sale includes a 19th-century French tole painted daybed in country style with various Napoleonic scenes for decoration (est. $1,500-$2,500); and a grape harvest basket painted in rustic antique tole with an armorial and the reading “Château de la Bernarde” (est. $300-$500).

Furnishings will include a monumental contemporary pine table featuring a paneled top with butterfly cleats and raised on a diamond-shaped cast concrete base (est. $1,500-$2,500); and a pair of circa-1980s Art Deco-style upholstered and lacquered wood club chairs with salmon textured mohair upholstered backs, with emerald green lacquered swan arms (est. $800-$1,200).

The silver category will be dominated by an English sterling silver (London, 1783) serving platter, rococo in shape with a border of foliated scrollwork, a maker’s mark (“WC”) and weighing a total of 167.7 oz. troy (estimated between $2,000 and $4,000); and a sterling silver George III English teapot and coffee pot (London, 1817 and 1827), with maker’s marks for William Eley, each decorated with animals and birds, weighing a total of 49.03 oz. troy (estimated between $800 and $1,200).

Asian items will include a gorgeous framed pair of hand-painted wallpaper panels decorated with trees and stones filled with birds, measuring 98 ½ inches high by 51 inches wide (est. $2,000-$4,000 $); and a large, equally marvelous pair of turquoise-glaze earthenware Chinese foo dogs on stands, depicting a female with a cub and a male with a ball, each seated, bearing a toothy expression, 42 inches high (est. $1,500 – $2,500).

Decorative fittings will include a pair of architectural Edwardian mahogany doors with hand painted classical style vignettes including crouching female sphinxes and classical muses in greyness in medallions, 96 inches by 25 inches (est. $1,000-$2,000); and an early 1900s Georgian carved wooden swan planter with a painted and gilt decorated surface and three gooseneck brackets on tripod legs (est. $250-$450) .

Online auctions will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. In-person gallery previews will take place Monday through Friday, April 25-29, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (open late Wednesday, April 27, until 7 p.m.). The Neue Auctions gallery is located at 23533 Mercantile Road, Suite 100, Beachwood, Ohio 44122. Beachwood is located just outside of Cleveland.

The online-only auction will be hosted live on auction day by members of the Neue Auctions team. The catalog is live and posted on all three auction sites. Telephone and mail order bidding will be taken. Neue Auctions invites everyone to be added to its mailing list to receive notifications and information regarding current and future sales. The company is always on the lookout for quality deliveries.

Neue Auctions will follow this sale with a Modern May Sale on Saturday, May 28; then an auction featuring Dr. Marvin Drucker’s superb Asian and antique collection on Saturday, June 25. Both will be online only, as usual, and will begin promptly at 10 a.m. EST.

To learn more about Neue Auctions and the Fine Interiors, Art & Antiques auction scheduled for Saturday, April 30 at 10 a.m. EST, visit www.neueauctions.com. Updates are released often. Company executives Cynthia Maciejewksi and Bridget McWilliams can be reached by phone at 216-245-6707; or by email at [email protected] or [email protected]

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