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Talk by Jewelry Historian Francesca Cartier Brickell Join us for an evening with author, Francesca Cartier Brickell, to immerse yourself in the captivating story of the family behind Cartier, and learn how a humble Parisian jewelry store became a global luxury icon. The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry dynasty—four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1970s. At its heart are the three Cartiers brothers whose motto was “Never copy, only create” and who made their family firm internationally famous in the early days of the twentieth century, thanks to their unique and complementary talents: Louis, the visionary designer who created the first men’s wristwatch to help an aviator friend tell the time without taking his hands off the controls of his flying machine; Pierre, the master dealmaker who bought the New York headquarters on Fifth Avenue for a double-stranded natural pearl necklace; and Jacques, the globe-trotting gemstone expert whose travels […]

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 11AM-3PM | CHATHAM, MA Skinner is inviting consignments for upcoming 2019-2020 auctions. Meet with Skinner experts in Chatham, MA on November 13 for a complimentary auction evaluation and consignment of your jewelry, watches, silver, fine art, Asian art, modern design, European antiques and coins & currency. Appointments required. Please register and a member of our team will contact you directly for an appointment time. High-quality photos are recommended for large or particularly fragile items. To make an appointment, please email info@skinnerinc.com, phone 508-970-3000, or click the button below. REQUEST APPOINTMENT

Fine Books & Manuscripts Director Devon Eastland discusses bookbinding for the set of Little Women Thursday, November 14 Join us for Devon Eastland‘s talk on the process of collaborating with filmmakers to create and source period appropriate journals, sketchbooks, portfolios, printed books, and other bibliophilic material for the latest film version of Little Women, to be released Christmas 2019. 5:30PM reception | 6PM presentation RESERVE YOUR TICKET SKINNER BOSTON63 Park Plaza, Boston This event is held in conjunction with the November 11-17 Fine Books & Manuscripts online auction. events@skinnerinc.com 617.350.5400

Join us for First Tuesday in Marlborough Tuesday, November 5 | 1:30PM – 4PM Specialists Robin S.R. Starr, Jonathan Dowling & Kerry Shrives will be on hand to evaluate items and accept consignments for upcoming auctions. Robin S.R. Starr – Director of American & European Works of Art, will be on-hand to evaluate paintings, prints, sculpture, and photography for upcoming auctions. She is looking forward to seeing examples by listed, sought-after artists, as well as iconic works of fine art photography from the 19th through 21st centuries, with market interest over $1000. Post-War and Contemporary Art is particularly strong in the current market. Jonathan Dowling – From the multi-faceted Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments Department, Jonathan will be looking for wristwatches, pocket watches, clocks, and important historical and scientific material.  Bring in your timepieces and related collectibles for an auction evaluation and the opportunity to consign for future auctions.  Kerry Shrives – […]

Join us in Marlborough for a Silversmithing Demonstration Wednesday, October 30 | 5:30–6:30PM Silversmith Stephen Smithers will demonstrate and discuss American silversmithing tools, techniques, and practices of the late 17th through early 19th centuries with an emphasis on the techniques used by New York silversmith Simeon Soumaine, in the creation of the rare set of three casters offered in the November 2 & 3 American Furniture & Decorative Arts auction. REGISTER HERE Skinner Marlborough274 Cedar Hill Street, Marlborough, MA 01752

Pre-Auction Wine Tasting Tuesday, November 5 | 5:30PM – 7PM Join Skinner Fine Wine Specialists Marie Keep and Anna Ward for a tasting of selected lots from the upcoming Fine Wine & Rare Spirits auction on Tuesday, November 5, from 5:30 – 7PM at Shy Bird in Cambridge, MA. GET TICKETS HERE Questions? Contact Us:finewines@skinnerinc.com Shy Bird390 Third St.Cambridge, MA 02142

Join the Jewelry Department in New York City to preview the December 3 Important Jewelry auction. Private preview times are available by appointment only. Request an appointment for: Tuesday, November 19Wednesday, November 20Thursday, November 21 REQUEST APPOINTMENT Questions? Contact us:jewelry@skinnerinc.com617.874.4313

Join us for First Tuesday in Marlborough Tuesday, November 5 | 1:30PM – 4PM Specialists Robin S.R. Starr, Jonathan Dowling & Kerry Shrives will be on hand to evaluate items and accept consignments for upcoming auctions. Robin S.R. Starr – Director of American & European Works of Art, will be on-hand to evaluate paintings, prints, sculpture, and photography for upcoming auctions. She is looking forward to seeing examples by listed, sought-after artists, as well as iconic works of fine art photography from the 19th through 21st centuries, with market interest over $1000. Post-War and Contemporary Art is particularly strong in the current market. Jonathan Dowling – From the multi-faceted Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments Department, Jonathan will be looking for wristwatches, pocket watches, clocks, and important historical and scientific material.  Bring in your timepieces and related collectibles for an auction evaluation and the opportunity to consign for future auctions.  Kerry Shrives – […]

Skinner’s November 2 and 3 American Furniture and Decorative Arts auction is alive with color, great surfaces, in interesting history.  Carefully collected by William McKeever, Pamela and Brian Ehrlich, Tom and Carolyn Porter, Pamela Boynton, and August (Gus) Knapp, the auction offers a rare opportunity to acquire special objects that have seldom been seen before. 1. The Collection of Bill McKeever, Urbana, Ohio The McKeever collection offers a variety of mostly 17th and 18th century New England furniture and related smalls, especially burl bowls. Carefully selected for surface condition, the collection represents a cross-section of early American country antiques. View lots from the collection here. For additional items from this collection see lots 1000-1018 in the Americana online sale. 2. The Pamela and Brian Ehrlich Collection, Mystic, Connecticut, Part I The Ehrlich’s 1777 Mystic, Connecticut home was built by Nathan Stanton, a member of one of the founding families of […]

A bocage, says Wikipedia, can refer to a terrain of mixed woodland and pasture, a small forest or a decorative element of trees and leaves. English and continental porcelain figures of the eighteenth century often had trees and leaves, both as an ornamental and colorful backdrop to figures and importantly as an added stabilizer to support the figures during kiln firing.  By the 19th century, the production and firing of English earthenware were far more consistent, and often these trees were added more for their ornamental appeal than necessity. With brightly colored overglazed enamels, figures were manufactured by a wide variety of potters, often listed as “China and Earthenware Toy and Ornamental Manufacturers.” Marked examples include Salt, Walton, Dale and Tittensor, with many, many more unmarked and unidentified. Dating in general spans from circa 1815- 1845 when less complicated and more affordable flatback figures in the Victorian taste became the […]

Talk by Collector Shirley M. Mueller, MD | Friday, October 11 Dr. Shirley Mueller will be speaking about her book, Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play. Join us in the Boston Gallery for the reception starting at 5:30PM, followed by the talk at 6PM. This event is held in conjunction with the October 12 European Furniture & Decorative Arts auction. REGISTER TO ATTEND Shirley M. Mueller, MD is an internationally known collector and scholar of Chinese export porcelain, as well as a physician board-certified in Neurology and Psychiatry. This latter expertise led her to explore her own intentions while collecting art, which, she discovered, are applicable to all collectors. This new understanding is the motivation for this book. Mueller not only lectures and publishes about the neuropsychology of the collector; she also was guest curator for Elegance from the East: New Insights into Old Porcelain at the Indianapolis […]

Portrait paintings are prevalent in Korea, especially during the Joseon period (1392-1897). Kings, sadaebu intellectuals, loyal vassals, elders and ancestors, monks, and even notable women were portrayed often with representative belongings to characterize the depicted. The Joseon society treated such portraits as persons incarnate; works enshrined in sacred places such as ancestral shrines and temple halls to worship, pay respect, or reminisce. In painting the portraits, a strong emphasis was given to the depiction of faces, particularly to eyes. The facial features were considered critical not only for the physical resemblances of the subjects but also for expressing their immaterial inner qualities, such as sincerity, intelligence, elegance, etc. First defined by Gu Kaizhi (345-406) of China, this concept of jeon-shin-sa-jo (mental resemblance conveyed through pictorial realism) was the ruling canon to the portrait painters of Joseon. To achieve mental realism, all the physical features of the subjects, such as pockmarks from a […]