Bridges Over Time

A nice DuPont Butane lighter with a laque de chine and gold plate finish. In good condition with the original box and manual and blank guarantee card. The lighter works. I’ve had a n...

A pretty S.T. DuPont Lighter in gold plate and Laque De Chine, Chinese Lacquer. The lighter has its original box and instruction manual, and guarantee card. It shows a purchase date...

A wonderful vintage lighter by the Iconic French firm of Hermes. The lighter works on lighter fluid with a reservoir on the bottom that’s is accessed via a little screw. The spark is...

A stunning oil on canvas by the noted artist Ron Zick of a beautiful woman. Almost life size the painting is 50 inches tall and is painted on canvas. It is signed and dated lower lef...

A beautiful pair of whimsical candlesticks by Pierre Casenove for Fondica. They feature birds in flight. One is colored red. Both are signed Casenove. They each have felted bottoms....

A nice set of 4 Eero Saarinen tulip armchairs for Knoll. These are the swivel version and have the leather cushions. This is the most expensive version Knoll sells of this chair. Th...

A fabulous Gucci 5 piece Desk set in a Crocodile or Allifgator grain leather or real skin. It was gifted by Frank Sinatra to his close friend and neighbor Daniel Schwartz of Rancho Mirage, a neighboring town rot Palm Springs. It is marked on the inside DS Noel FS. It was purchased from the estate of Daniel and Natalie Schwartz. The desk pad has a new green paper blotter. The ink blotter has a new matching green paper. The set is in remarkably good condition. We have a similar set listed for sale on this site. This set dates from the 1970’s. It was featured in an ad in Architectural Digest from the period. The desk pad is approximately 19.25x15.25 inches. The leather is in good condition. There are numerous rough edge spots and minor marks throughout. The letter opener has some gold plate loss. Please see the detailed photos Provenance: Black leather pieces gifted by Frank Sinatra to Daniel Schwartz. Property from the Estate of Daniel and Natalie Schwartz, Rancho Mirage, California. Footnote: Frank Sinatra and Daniel (Danny) Schwartz first met in the early 1960s at Sinatra's Cal Neva Resort and Casino in Crystal Bay, Nevada, where they formed a close, decades long friendship. Schwartz and Sinatra were neighbors at the Tamarisk Country Club, Rancho Mirage and golfed together, spent evenings at Melvyn’s Restaurant, Palm Springs, attended weekly dinner parties with family and friends, enjoyed trips to Las Vegas for games of Baccarat and Sinatra’s performances. Schwartz and his wife, Natalie, hosted Sinatra’s appointment as Honorary Mayor of Cathedral City, California in 1971. Beyond their friendship, Schwartz and Sinatra shared numerous business ventures including thoroughbred ownership and philanthropic projects such as the Barbara Sinatra...

We were fortunate to acquire a few pieces of the late noted Palm Springs artist Bill Anson. He was a former NASA engineer who turned to art later in life. This unsigned work is in hi...

A comfortable pair of swivel chairs from the 1980’s that we just had re-upholstered in a beautiful Alpaca/Cotton/Wool/Poly and Viscose blend by Mario Sirtori in Beige/Offwhite. The f...

A wonderful steel ribbon sculpture by the noted California Artist Elijah David Herschler. The piece is signed on the very bottom on one side. It...

A beautiful vibrant patchwork tapestry by the noted French artist Louis Charles Pinet De Gaulade (1920-2010). The work is titled “Les Paves De Saint Marc”. It is dated 1976. There is...

A fabulous pair of 1960’s Estelle and Erwine Laverne Champagne chairs with original Jack Lenor Larsen fabric cushions. We’ve had the lucite on these professionally polished to remove...