Potomack Auctions

Our fall auctions are open for preview until auction date: Weekdays, 9 am-5 pm

St. John

St. John

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St. John the Evangelist, Recorded in George Washington's 1799 Mount Vernon Inventory

American Fine Art & Decorative Arts - October 29, 10 AM

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Important Safavid Silk and Metal Thread Carpet

Estimate: $500,000-1,000,000

Safavid, Rugs, Persian & Indian Paintings and Decorative Arts - November 19, 10 AM

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William Henry Johnson, American 1901-1970

JITTERBUGS II

Estimate: $70,000-90,000

SOLD: $130,000

20th & 21st Century Fine Art, incl. Harlem Renaissance - October 8, 10 AM

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Kenneth Young, American 1933-2017

UNTITLED

Estimate: $6,000-9,000

SOLD: $6,500

20th & 21st Century Fine Art, incl. Harlem Renaissance - October 8, 10 AM

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George Barret, Irish, circa 1730-1784

CLASSICAL RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH SHEEP AND ANGLERS, BALLYGARTH CASTLE IN THE BACKGROUND

Estimate: $60,000-90,000

European & Irish Fine Art, Furniture & Decorative Arts, Japanese Articulated Insects - October 9, 10 AM

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Jean-Henri Riesener, Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Mahogany & Plum-Pudding Table à Écrire, Three Times Stamped, C. 1780

Estimate: $30,000-40,000

European & Irish Fine Art, Furniture & Decorative Arts, Japanese Articulated Insects - October 9, 10 AM

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John William Waterhouse, British 1849-1917

ARRANGING FLOWERS, C.1890-91

Estimate: $50,000-70,000

European & Irish Fine Art, Furniture & Decorative Arts, Japanese Articulated Insects - October 9, 10 AM

Oct. 7 - 30: Eight Auctions - Preview & Bid Now

The Collection of Irish paintings, Diana Edwards Murnaghan & Francis Dominic Murnaghan Jr.

The Collection of Irish paintings, Diana Edwards Murnaghan & Francis Dominic Murnaghan Jr.

Auction also includes Octagon Museum deaccessioned lots

Issue #1 of Batman, with cover art by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson. This comic is considered one of the top-five Golden Age key issues.

Estimate: $1,000-1,500

SOLD: $3,500

Private Collection of Harlem Renaissance Art

Estimate: $60,000-90,000

SOLD: $130,000

Private Collection of Harlem Renaissance Art

Estimate: $70,000-90,000

SOLD: $130,000

Washington Color School

Estimate: $6,000-9,000

SOLD: $6,500

Estimate: $4,000-6,000

SOLD: $15,000

The Collection of Irish paintings, Diana Edwards Murnaghan & Francis Dominic Murnaghan Jr.

Estimate: $10,000-20,000

SOLD: $19,000

Notable Sales

Catherine Carter Critcher (American, 1868-1964) Pueblo Woman

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Max Ernst (German, 1891-1976) Flowers Against Blue

MARBLE

Roman Marble Torso of Apollo, 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D.

Heade, Sunset on the Marsh

Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819-1904) Sunset on the Marsh

COLOMBIAN EMERALD

Art Deco Gia 5.45 Carat Colombian Emerald, Diamond and Platinum Necklace

Alfred Dunhill Humidor

David Linley For Alfred Dunhill Limited Edition Humidor in the Form of a Palladian Villa

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Max Weyl (American, 1837-1914) Potomac River View of Arlington House

multiple top lots

Past Notable Sales

Alfonso Yangco Ossorio (American/Filipino, 1916–1990) Garden Enclosed #7

Alfonso Yangco Ossorio (American/Filipino, 1916–1990) Garden Enclosed #7

Tiffany & Co. Japonesque Silver Tea Set & Tray

Tiffany & Co. Japonesque Silver Tea Set & Tray

William Macleod (American, 1811-1892) Bridge Over Hunting Creek, Alexandria, Virginia

William Macleod (American, 1811-1892) Bridge Over Hunting Creek, Alexandria, Virginia

Important French Belle Époque Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Marquetry and Parquetry Vitrine

Important French Belle Époque Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Marquetry and Parquetry Vitrine

Honore Daumier (French, 1808-1879) Les Buveurs

Honore Daumier (French, 1808-1879) Les Buveurs

Albert York (American, 1928-2009) Pink Roses

Albert York (American, 1928-2009) Pink Roses

hilda shapiro thorpe untitled painting

Hilda Shapiro Thorpe (American, 1920-2000), Washington Color School

renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French 1841-1919) 2 x 5 in. Landscape, Circa 1885

Pissarro watercolor

Camille Pissarro (French, 1830-1903) Porteuse de Fagots

bierstadt

Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902) The Last of the Buffalo, 1981

berkowitz

Leon Berkowitz (American, 1911-1987) Noon Glow,

Gunther Gerzso (Mexican, 1915-2000) Presagio, 1953

Gunther Gerzso (Mexican, 1915-2000) Presagio, 1953

Sally Michel Avery (American, 1902-2003) Seated Woman, 1965

Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg from her chambers by Eleanor David

Ford Crull (American, 1952- ) Chimu, 1989

louise nevelson

Louise Nevelson (American, 1899-1988) Morning Haze, 1978

Important Kiawak Ashoona, O.C., R.C.A.

Important Kiawak Ashoona, O.C., R.C.A.

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