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ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1995 “The Birds” Pink Bronze Silk Satin Knit V Neck Top
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1995 “The Birds” Pink Bronze Silk Satin Knit V Neck Top Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: S/S 1995 “The Birds” Designer: Alexander McQuee...
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1990s Italian Wisconsin

Joubert by Christofle France Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 59 pieces
By Christofle
Located in Big Bend, WI
With a dedication to perfection and quality, Christofle flatware creations unite craftsmanship and modern technique, resulting in flatware to be handed down through generations. Jou...
Category

20th Century Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

Vintage Mid-Century Tufted Green Faux Leather Textile Steelcase 451 Office Chair
By Knoll
Located in Madison, WI
1970's Beautiful Green upholstered bucket seat office or accent chair. in the style of Pollock for Knoll, by Steelcase. This listing is for one chair. Stunning solid black base and s...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wisconsin

Materials

Metal

Grande Baroque by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 76 Pcs Dinner
By Wallace Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Grande Baroque by Wallace sinner size sterling silver flatware set - 76 Pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner knives, 9 3/4" 12 dinner forks, 8" 12 salad forks, 6 1/2" 12 teaspoons, ...
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20th Century Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

Vintage 18K White Gold 3.02 carat Garnet Ring size 8.5
Located in Big Bend, WI
18K white gold ring set with an antique cushion cut garnet weighing 3.02 carats. The very pretty raspberry colored garnet measures about 9mm x 7.5mm. The setting has hand engraved de...
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1930s Vintage Wisconsin

Materials

Garnet, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold

ALEXANDER McQUEEN A/W 2002 "Supercalifragilistic" Leather Harness Skirt Suit Set
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
DESCRIPTION: ALEXANDER McQUEEN A/W 2002 "Supercalifragilistic" 2 Piece Black Skirt Suit Set - Look #15 Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: Autumn/Winter 2002 Design...
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Early 2000s Italian Wisconsin

ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1995 "The Birds" Black Silk Lace Strip Layered Midi Skirt
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: S/S 1995 "The Birds" Designer: Alexander McQueen Style: Midi skirt Color(s): Shades of black Lined: Yes Marked Fabric Content: "10...
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1990s Italian Wisconsin

Strasbourg by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 122 pcs Dinner
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
Flowing scrollwork follows the gently curved handles of this magnificent pattern inspired by the rococo style of design favoring shell-like curves prevailing in 18th Century France. ...
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20th Century Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

'Dancing in the Wind' original Shona stone sculpture by Wellington Karuru
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Dancing in the Wind' is an original opal serpentine sculpture by the Zimbabwean artist Wellington Karuru. The artist presents an elegant and curvilinear figure of a woman, her hair seeming to billow upward and behind her. The sculpture is on one hand a celebration of the stone material, and on the other it calls back to art historical precedent: her body is brought to a high polish, reflecting the softness of skin, while her hair is left rough-hewn to create the effect of the untamed wind. At the same time, the woman's body is highly stylized and emphasizes her hips and belly, recalling Paleolithic "Venus" sculptures like the lauded Venus of Willendorf and thusly ideas of maternity and womanhood. opal stone (serpentine) not signed 23" high x 8" widest point x 4" smallest point, sculpture 4"x4"x4", sculpture bottom 1 x 6 x 6 inches, base Overall excellent condition with no signs of wear Sculpture comes with base. Born on August 17, 1976, Wellington Karuru is the first born to a family of five children and has two brothers and two sisters. As the first born child in a Zimbabwean family, many responsibilities were shouldered upon Wellington. Both his brothers, Gilbert and Esau, are also talented sculptors. He completed his primary and secondary education in Mashonaland West Province and was involved in almost every sporting activity at the school. After he graduated, he was employed at National Foods LTD where he worked as a machine operator for a period of four years and was later promoted to work as a sales clerk. In his free time he assisted some well known artists in sculpting, was able to learn much from them and soon thereafter started to develop his own talent and unique style. Inspired by such well known sculptors such as Gardener Sango and Garison Muchinjili, Wellington started sculpting small pieces for himself and soon found a buyer for his favorite piece titled ‘A Cry For Help’. From that day forward, he has never looked back. He eventually went to work with Garison Machinjili whose influence is clearly shown in his work. Some of his pieces have been chosen already for international exhibitions and galleries. Well established and internationally renowned artists like Joe Mutasa...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin

Materials

Stone

GIVENCHY Couture A/W 1998 ALEXANDER McQUEEN 2pc Tailored Blazer Skirt Suit Set
By Alexander McQueen, Alexander McQueen for Givenchy Haute Couture
Located in Thiensville, WI
Brand / Manufacturer: Givenchy Collection: A/W 1998 Designer: Alexander McQueen Style: Skirt Suit Set Color(s): Shades of gray, pink Lined: Yes Marked Fabric Content: "84% wool, 8% acrylic, 6% nylon, 7% elastane" (exterior of blazer/skirt), "100% acetate" (lining of blazer/skirt) Unmarked Fabric Content (feel of): metal (hardware) Additional Details / Inclusions: Givenchy couture A/W 1998 Alexander McQueen skirt...
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1990s French Wisconsin

Hyperion by Whiting Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 193 pc Lg Vintage Chest
By Whiting Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
With its ornate swirling rococo motifs and blossoming flowers, Hyperion by Whiting is characteristic of the Victorian period. This rare early sumptuous American pattern was patented ...
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20th Century Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

Grande Baroque by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 48 Service 303 Pcs
By Wallace Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Styled in the lavish Baroque manner, this highly collectible pattern is our best seller. Introduced in 1941, it captures classic symbols of the Renaissance in the exquisitely carved ...
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20th Century Baroque Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mid Century Teak Scandinavian Niels Koefoed, Drop Leaf Table, Denmark, 1960's
By Niels Koefoed
Located in Madison, WI
Gorgeous Solid Teak Scandinavian Gate Leg, Drop leaf Dining table designed by Niels Koefoed, Denmark, 1960s. Solid Teak. Seats 6 comfortably when extended. Can be used with 1 or bot...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wisconsin

Materials

Teak

Buttercup by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 68 pcs Dinner
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
Intricately carved floral motifs carefully arranged along the handle and by the neck of this fanciful pattern are balanced by a slender central panel edged with delicate borders. Int...
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21st Century and Contemporary Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

"L'Entree en scene (The Emergence), " Color Lithograph after Rene Magritte
By René Magritte
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"L'Entree en scene (The Emergence)" is a color lithograph after a 1961 original piece by Rene Magritte. A transparent bird flies over the ocean. The body of this bird shows through it a clean light sky with fluffy clouds. The view around the bird is instead the dark night, stars shine at the top of the scene. Clouds blow by and the waves are turbulent. Art: 20.25 x 14.25 in Frame: 31.38 x 25.38 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed a contract with the Brussels Art Gallery, which allowed him to quit his other jobs and focus completely on creating art. A year later he had his first solo show at the Galerie la Centaurie in Brussels. At this show Magritte exhibited what is today thought of as his first surrealist piece, The Lost Jockey, painted in 1926. In this work a jockey and his steed run across a theater stage, curtains parted on either side. Throughout the scene, there are trees with trunks shaped somewhat like chess pawns with musical scores running vertically up their sides and branches sticking out from all angles. Critics did not enjoy this style of art; it was new, different, and took critical thought to understand, but The Lost Jockey was only the first of many surrealist artworks Magritte would paint. Because of the bad press in Brussels, René and Georgette moved to Paris in 1927, with the hope that this center of avant-garde art would bring him success and recognition. In Paris, he was able to become friends with many other surrealists, including André Breton and Paul Éluard. They were able to learn from and inspire one another, pushing the Surrealist movement further forward. It was also in Paris that Magritte decided to add text to some of his pieces, which was one of the elements that made his artwork stand out. In 1929, he painted one of his most famous oil works: The Treachery of Images. This is the eye-catching piece centered on a pipe. Below the pipe is written “Ceci n’est pas un pipe,” which translates to “This is not a pipe.” This simple sentence upset many critics of the time, for of course it was a pipe. Magritte replied that it was not a pipe, but a representation of a pipe. One could not use this oil on canvas as a pipe, to fill it with tobacco and smoke it. Thus, it was not a pipe. In 1930, Magritte and Georgette moved back to Brussels. Though they would travel to his exhibitions elsewhere, their home going forward would always be in Brussels. Magritte had his first American exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City in 1936 and his first show in England two years later in 1938 at The London Gallery...
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2010s Surrealist Wisconsin

Materials

Lithograph

Plunir by Christofle France Silverplate Flatware Service Set 120 pieces Dinner
By Christofle
Located in Big Bend, WI
With a dedication to perfection and quality, Christofle flatware creations unite craftsmanship and modern technique, resulting in flatware to be ha...
Category

20th Century Wisconsin

Materials

Silver Plate

ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1997 “La Poupée” Black Wool Illusion Cutout Cocktail Dress
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1997 “La Poupée” Black Wool Illusion Cutout Cocktail Dress Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: S/S 1997 “La Poup...
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1990s Italian Wisconsin

ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1995 “The Birds” Cream Blazer Jacket w/ Birth + Hair Label
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1995 “The Birds” Cream Blazer Jacket w/ Iconic Birth & Hair Labels Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: S/S 1995 “The Birds” Designer: Alexander McQueen Style: Tailored blazer jacket Color(s): Cream Lined: Yes Unmarked Fabric Content (feel of): Silk blend (exterior shell); rayon (lining) Additional Packaging: Additional buttons Additional Details / Inclusions: Alexander McQueen cream single button tailored blazer jacket. Tailored blazer jacket with aesthetic triangular panel side seam detail at front of jacket; “V” shaped yoke at back of jacket with short princess seams below yoke. Dramatically peaked lapel collar. Short horizontal darts at front bustline of blazer jacket under lapel. Two slashed closed pockets at front of blazer lower angled seam. Tailored two-piece long sleeves with singular button closure at vented cuff. Slightly structured shoulders with shoulder pads attached at interior shell of blazer. Double open vents at bottom of back princess seams. Single-button center front closure. Alexander McQueen S/S 1995 blazer jacket containing the rare full detailed large date of birth label...
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1990s Wisconsin

c.1970's 2 Piece Brown Leather Raccoon Fur Sleeve Jacket Pants Suit Set
Located in Thiensville, WI
DESCRIPTION: c.1970's 2 Piece Brown Leather Raccoon Fur Sleeve Jacket Pants Suit Set Circa: c.1970’s Label(s): Suede Care Label Style: Pant suit Col...
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1970s Unknown Wisconsin

1960s Modular MCM Walnut Wall Unit with Drop Down Desk Bookshelves- 5 Pieces
By Poul Cadovius
Located in Madison, WI
This very unique modular 5 Piece Mid Century wall unit set has it ALL, and leaves plenty of room for multiple configuration possibilities! Creatively hold and display all of your vin...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wisconsin

Materials

Iron

'Reclining Nude, ' after Degas study for 'Les Maheurs de la Ville d'Orleans'
By Joan Dvorsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this drawing, Milwaukee-based artist Joan Dvorsky presents a drawing after a sketch by Edgar Degas. Degas' original drawing was a study for an 1863 painting entitled 'Les malheurs...
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1990s Impressionist Wisconsin

Materials

Paper, Graphite

14K Golden South Sea Pearl 9-10mm Strand Necklace 18.5"
Located in Big Bend, WI
Strand of golden South Sea cultured pearls. The pearls are round to semi-round shape cultured in French Polynesia. Natural light golden color with some blemishes. The pearls measure ...
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2010s Wisconsin

Materials

Cultured Pearl, South Sea Pearl

ALEXANDER McQUEEN A/W 2008 Black White Asymmetrical Winged Skull T-Shirt Top
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
ALEXANDER McQUEEN A/W 2008 Black White Asymmetrical Winged Skull T-Shirt Top Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: A/W 2008 Designer: Alexander McQueen Style: Top Colo...
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2010s Italian Wisconsin

Grande Baroque by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service Dinner 66 Pieces
By Wallace Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
12 Dinner Knives 9 3/4", 12 Dinner Forks 8", 12 Salad Forks 6 1/2", 12 Teaspoons 6 1/8" , 12 Cream Soup Spoons 6 1/8", 1 Pierced Serving Spoon 8 3/4", 1 Cold Meat Fork 8...
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Mid-20th Century Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

Alexander McQueen A/W 2005 "The Man Who Knew Too Much" Leopard Fur Jacket Skirt
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
Alexander McQueen A/W 2005 "The Man Who Knew Too Much" Leopard Print Silk Jacket Pencil Skirt Set Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Co...
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Early 2000s Italian Wisconsin

Princess by Stieff Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service Repousse
By The Stieff Co. 1
Located in Big Bend, WI
Scarce Princess by Stieff hand chased high-relief repousse sterling silver Flatware set, 55 pieces (plus 8 Rose by Stieff Teaspoons). This set includes: 8 Knives, 8 3/4" 8 Forks, 7"...
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20th Century American Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

VERSACE S/S 2012 Black Multicolor Floral Print Shift Cocktail Dress NWT
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Thiensville, WI
Versace Spring/Summer 2012 Black multi-color floral print cut out waist shift cocktail dress; New with tags. Multi-color all over floral print in shades of pink and purple on black. ...
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2010s Italian Wisconsin

Strasbourg by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 48 Service 304 Pcs Huge
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Strasbourg by Gorham sterling silver flatware set of 304 pieces. This large set includes: 48 knives, 8 7/8", 48 forks, 7 1/8", 48 salad forks, 6 3/8", 48 teaspoons, 5 7/8", 48 c...
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Late 19th Century Antique Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

Trousseau by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 45 Pieces
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Trousseau by International Sterling silver flatware set - 45 pieces. This set includes: 8 knives, 9 1/8" 8 forks, 7 1/4" 8 salad forks, 6 1/2" 8 teaspoons, 6" 8 cream soup spoons, ...
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1930s Vintage Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

19th century woodcut engraving print figurative American forest trees scene
By Winslow Homer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present woodcut engraving is an original print designed by Winslow Homer, originally published in Harper's Weekly on April 30, 1859. It is an excellent example of the many prints Homer produced of fashionable people engaged in leisurely activities, in this case along a picturesque countryside lane. The sign reading 'Belmont' on the left indicates this is probably near his home in Belmont Massachusetts. The image presents multiple figures, both men and women, riding horseback: Some in the distance gallop away, toward a town marked by a church steeple beyond. Three others in the foreground, including two equestrian women, gather around a group of children who have been gathering flowers and trapping birds...
Category

1850s Victorian Wisconsin

Materials

Woodcut, Engraving

ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1995 Striped Crosshatch Button Front Men's Dress Shirt
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1995 Striped Crosshatch Button Front Men's Dress Shirt Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: S/S 1995 Designer: Alexander McQueen Style: butto...
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1990s Italian Wisconsin

Effervescent, abstract expressionist painting on canvas, pink and grey
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scraping and gouging acrylic pa...
Category

2010s Abstract Wisconsin

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Louis XVI by Cardeilhac France 950 Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 122 Pcs
By Maison Cardeilhac
Located in Big Bend, WI
Founded 1804. Maison Cardeilhac was founded by Antoine-Vital Cardeilhac in 1804 in Paris and specialized in fine silver cutlery and table ware. During the 19th century the firm wa...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

14K yellow gold 5.27 carat Blue Zircon Men's Ring size 9
Located in Big Bend, WI
14K yellow gold men's ring featuring a square brilliant cut natural earth mined blue zircon. The blue zircon has bright greenish-blue color. It measures about 9mm and weighs 5.27 car...
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1950s Vintage Wisconsin

Materials

Zircon, Blue Zircon, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Beautiful Antique Persian Zanjan Rug, c. 1930-40's
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Wildly Beautiful Antique Persian Zanjan Unique 2-Tone Border - Funky Boho Piece About: So Dang Good, i will write this soon but what a wild size and rug! Size: 4.9 x 6.6 Age: Ant...
Category

20th Century Wisconsin

Materials

Wool

Horse & Rider Attacking Foot Soldier from De La Bataille Vol. I
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Homage a Leonardo d'Vinci (Horse & Rider Attacking Foot Soldier from De La Bataille Vol. I) Original drypoint, signed lower right, ed. VIII/L Art: 11-5/8" x 15-1/2" Frame: 27-5/8"...
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1970s Wisconsin

Materials

Drypoint

14K White Gold Filigree 3.70 carat Teal Blue Zircon Ring size 8
Located in Big Bend, WI
14K white gold filigree ring featuring a round brilliant cut teal blue-green zircon. The zircon measures about 8.5 and has lots of extra faceting. Blue zircon is a naturally mined ge...
Category

Mid-20th Century Wisconsin

Materials

Zircon, Blue Zircon, 14k Gold, White Gold

EMILIO PUCCI c.1960's Op Art Signature Print One Piece Bodysuit Bathing Swimsuit
By Emilio Pucci
Located in Thiensville, WI
Vintage Emilio Pucci c.1960's op art signature print one piece bathing suit. Multicolor op art signature print mesh lycra in shades of green, yellow, orange...
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1960s Italian Wisconsin

Saint St. Mark by Buccellati Italy Silver Flatware Set for 10 Service 40 Pieces
By Clementi Fabbrica Argenteria
Located in Big Bend, WI
Superb Saint Mark by Buccellati Italy sterling silver flatware set - 40 pieces. This set includes: 10 regular knives, 8 5/8" 10 regular forks, 7" 10 salad forks, 6 3/4" 10 teaspoons...
Category

20th Century Italian Wisconsin

Materials

Silver

Renaissance Scroll by Reed and Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set 35 pieces New
By Reed & Barton
Located in Big Bend, WI
Unused Renaissance scroll by Reed and Barton sterling silver flatware set - 35 pieces. This set includes: 8 knives, 9 1/8" 8 forks, 7 1/2" 8 salad ...
Category

20th Century Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

Set of Four Solid Wood Dining Chairs for Stanley Furniture by Paul Browning
By Stanley Furniture, H. Paul Browning 1
Located in Madison, WI
Beautiful and very high end set of four Walnut dining chairs, for Stanley Furniture by Paul Browning, circa 1960s. These chairs are in excellent vintage conditon, appearing only ver...
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wisconsin

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Magnificent Austrian Pair of Seven-Light Sterling Silver Candelabra, Hollowware
Located in Big Bend, WI
Magnificent Austrian succession sterling silver massive candelabrum pair of seven-light figural museum. Each candelabra features a Grecian style ma...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Classical Roman Antique Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

"Trapped in New York, " Acrylic on Canvas Field of Trees signed by Tom Shelton
By Tom Shelton
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Trapped in New York" is an original acrylic painting by Tom Shelton. The artist signed, titled, and dated the piece in the lower right. This piece features a forest with animals and...
Category

1990s Contemporary Wisconsin

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Paricutin (Volcano in Michoacan, Mexico)" Woodcut & Monotype signed by Summers
By Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Paricutin (Volcano in Michoacan, Mexico)" is a woodcut and monotype signed by Carol Summers. In the image, an abstracted volcano erupts in a joyous burst of purples and oranges. The playfulness of the image is enhanced by Summers' signature printmaking technique, which allows the ink from the woodblock to seep through the paper, blurring the edges of each form. Art: 8 x 11 in Frame: 17 x 19 in Carol Summers (1925-2016) has worked as an artist throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially trained as a painter, Summers was drawn to color woodcuts around 1950 and it became his specialty thereafter. Over the years he has developed a process and style that is both innovative and readily recognizable. His art is known for it’s large scale, saturated fields of bold color, semi-abstract treatment of landscapes from around the world and a luminescent quality achieved through a printmaking process he invented. In a career that has extended over half a century, Summers has hand-pulled approximately 245 woodcuts in editions that have typically run from 25 to 100 in number. His talent was both inherited and learned. Born in 1925 in Kingston, a small town in upstate New York, Summers was raised in nearby Woodstock with his older sister, Mary. His parents were both artists who had met in art school in St. Louis. During the Great Depression, when Carol was growing up, his father supported the family as a medical illustrator until he could return to painting. His mother was a watercolorist and also quite knowledgeable about the different kinds of papers used for various kinds of painting. Many years later, Summers would paint or print on thinly textured paper originally collected by his mother. From 1948 to 1951, Carol Summers trained in the classical fine and studio arts at Bard College and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied painting with Steven Hirsh and printmaking with Louis Schanker. He admired the shapes and colors favored by early modernists Paul Klee (Sw: 1879-1940) and Matt Phillips (Am: b.1927- ). After graduating, Summers quit working as a part-time carpenter and cabinetmaker (which had supported his schooling and living expenses) to focus fulltime on art. That same year, an early abstract, Bridge No. 1 was selected for a Purchase Prize in a competition sponsored by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1952, his work (Cathedral, Construction and Icarus) was shown the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in an exhibition of American woodcuts. In 1954, Summers received a grant from the Italian government to study for a year in Italy. Woodcuts completed soon after his arrival there were almost all editions of only 8 to 25 prints, small in size, architectural in content and black and white in color. The most well-known are Siennese Landscape and Little Landscape, which depicted the area near where he resided. Summers extended this trip three more years, a decision which would have significant impact on choices of subject matter and color in the coming decade. After returning from Europe, Summers’ images continued to feature historical landmarks and events from Italy as well as from France, Spain and Greece. However, as evidenced in Aetna’s Dream, Worldwind and Arch of Triumph, a new look prevailed. These woodcuts were larger in size and in color. Some incorporated metal leaf in the creation of a collage and Summers even experimented with silkscreening. Editions were now between 20 and 50 prints in number. Most importantly, Summers employed his rubbing technique for the first time in the creation of Fantastic Garden in late 1957. Dark Vision of Xerxes, a benchmark for Summers, was the first woodcut where Summers experimented using mineral spirits as part of his printmaking process. A Fulbright Grant as well as Fellowships from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation followed soon thereafter, as did faculty positions at colleges and universities primarily in New York and Pennsylvania. During this period he married a dancer named Elaine Smithers with whom he had one son, Kyle. Around this same time, along with fellow artist Leonard Baskin, Summers pioneered what is now referred to as the “monumental” woodcut. This term was coined in the early 1960s to denote woodcuts that were dramatically bigger than those previously created in earlier years, ones that were limited in size mostly by the size of small hand-presses. While Baskin chose figurative subject matter, serious in nature and rendered with thick, striated lines, Summers rendered much less somber images preferring to emphasize shape and color; his subject matter approached abstraction but was always firmly rooted in the landscape. In addition to working in this new, larger scale, Summers simultaneously refined a printmaking process which would eventually be called the “Carol Summers Method” or the “ Carol Summers Technique”. Summers produces his woodcuts by hand, usually from one or more blocks of quarter-inch pine, using oil-based printing inks and porous mulberry papers. His woodcuts reveal a sensitivity to wood especially its absorptive qualities and the subtleties of the grain. In several of his woodcuts throughout his career he has used the undulating, grainy patterns of a large wood plank to portray a flowing river or tumbling waterfall. The best examples of this are Dream, done in 1965 and the later Flash Flood Escalante, in 2003. In the majority of his woodcuts, Summers makes the blocks slightly larger than the paper so the image and color will bleed off the edge. Before printing, he centers a dry sheet of paper over the top of the cut wood block or blocks, securing it with giant clips. Then he rolls the ink directly on the front of the sheet of paper and pressing down onto the dry wood block or reassembled group of blocks. Summers is technically very proficient; the inks are thoroughly saturated onto the surface of the paper but they do not run into each other. The precision of the color inking in Constantine’s Dream in 1969 and Rainbow Glacier in 1970 has been referred to in various studio handbooks. Summers refers to his own printing technique as “rubbing”. In traditional woodcut printing, including the Japanese method, the ink is applied directly onto the block. However, by following his own method, Summers has avoided the mirror-reversed image of a conventional print and it has given him the control over the precise amount of ink that he wants on the paper. After the ink is applied to the front of the paper, Summers sprays it with mineral spirits, which act as a thinning agent. The absorptive fibers of the paper draw the thinned ink away from the surface softening the shapes and diffusing and muting the colors. This produces a unique glow that is a hallmark of the Summers printmaking technique. Unlike the works of other color field artists or modernists of the time, this new technique made Summers’ extreme simplification and flat color areas anything but hard-edged or coldly impersonal. By the 1960s, Summers had developed a personal way of coloring and printing and was not afraid of hard work, doing the cutting, inking and pulling himself. In 1964, at the age of 38, Summers’ work was exhibited for a second time at the Museum of Modern Art. This time his work was featured in a one-man show and then as one of MoMA’s two-year traveling exhibitions which toured throughout the United States. In subsequent years, Summers’ works would be exhibited and acquired for the permanent collections of multiple museums throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Summers’ familiarity with landscapes throughout the world is firsthand. As a navigator-bombardier in the Marines in World War II, he toured the South Pacific and Asia. Following college, travel in Europe and subsequent teaching positions, in 1972, after 47 years on the East Coast, Carol Summers moved permanently to Bonny Doon in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California. There met his second wife, Joan Ward Toth, a textile artist who died in 1998; and it was here his second son, Ethan was born. During the years that followed this relocation, Summers’ choice of subject matter became more diverse although it retained the positive, mostly life-affirming quality that had existed from the beginning. Images now included moons, comets, both sunny and starry skies, hearts and flowers, all of which, in one way or another, remained tied to the landscape. In the 1980s, from his home and studio in the Santa Cruz mountains, Summers continued to work as an artist supplementing his income by conducting classes and workshops at universities in California and Oregon as well as throughout the Mid and Southwest. He also traveled extensively during this period hiking and camping, often for weeks at a time, throughout the western United States and Canada. Throughout the decade it was not unusual for Summers to backpack alone or with a fellow artist into mountains or back country for six weeks or more at a time. Not surprisingly, the artwork created during this period rarely departed from images of the land, sea and sky. Summers rendered these landscapes in a more representational style than before, however he always kept them somewhat abstract by mixing geometric shapes with organic shapes, irregular in outline. Some of his most critically acknowledged work was created during this period including First Rain, 1985 and The Rolling Sea, 1989. Summers received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Bard College in 1979 and was selected by the United States Information Agency to spend a year conducting painting and printmaking workshops at universities throughout India. Since that original sabbatical, he has returned every year, spending four to eight weeks traveling throughout that country. In the 1990s, interspersed with these journeys to India have been additional treks to the back roads and high country areas of Mexico, Central America, Nepal, China and Japan. Travel to these exotic and faraway places had a profound influence on Summers’ art. Subject matter became more worldly and non-western as with From Humla to Dolpo, 1991 or A Former Life of Budha, 1996, for example. Architectural images, such as The Pillars of Hercules, 1990 or The Raja’s Aviary, 1992 became more common. Still life images made a reappearance with Jungle Bouquet in 1997. This was also a period when Summers began using odd-sized paper to further the impact of an image. The 1996 Night, a view of the earth and horizon as it might be seen by an astronaut, is over six feet long and only slightly more than a foot-and-a-half high. From 1999, Revuelta A Vida (Spanish for “Return to Life”) is pie-shaped and covers nearly 18 cubic feet. It was also at this juncture that Summers began to experiment with a somewhat different palette although he retained his love of saturated colors. The 2003 Far Side of Time is a superb example of the new direction taken by this colorist. At the turn of the millennium in 1999, “Carol Summers Woodcuts...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin

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Monotype, Woodcut

GUCCI c.1970's Vtg Gold Toned Brass "GG" Removable Adjustable Logo Belt Buckle
By Gucci
Located in Thiensville, WI
GUCCI c.1970's Vtg Gold Toned Brass "GG" Removable Adjustable Logo Belt Buckle Brand / Manufacturer: Gucci Circa: 1970's Designer: Giorgio Gucci Style: Belt buckle Color(s): Gold Un...
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1970s Italian Wisconsin

Marechal Niel by Durgin Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 125 pieces Dinner
By Durgin Silver Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
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Late 19th Century Antique Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 2009 Black Gray Nude Mesh Tassel Fringe Draped Dress
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
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Early 2000s Wisconsin

ALEXANDER McQUEEN A/W 1998 “Joan” Gray Blazer Jacket Wide Leg Trouser Pant Suit
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
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1990s Italian Wisconsin

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By Durgin-Gorham 1
Located in Big Bend, WI
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20th Century Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

Olympian by Tiffany and Co Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 139 pc Dinner
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
The incredible multi-motif Olympian pattern, which was introduced by Tiffany & Co. in 1878, is the most elaborate and complex of all Tiffany flatware designs. Each piece of Olympian ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

Hand-Knotted Neutral Minimalist Persian Wool Rug in Beige and Sand, 8' x 10'
By Bahram Shabahang, Orley Shabahang
Located in New York, NY
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Early 2000s Persian Minimalist Wisconsin

Materials

Wool

Windham by Tiffany and Co Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 42 pcs Dinner
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
Designed with an eye for balance and proportion, each piece of Tiffany & Co. flatware is a masterpiece of form and function. Dinner Size Windham by Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver fla...
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20th Century Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

"Kente Cloth Ashanti Tribe, Ghana, " Silk and Cotton Weaving created circa 1970
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This silk and cotton fabric was made by an unknown Ashanti artist. It features green and orange accents. The Ashanti are a major ethnic group of the Akans in Ghana, a fairly new nation, barely more than 50 years old. Ghana, previously the Gold Coast, was a British colony until 1957. It is now politically separated into four main parts. Ashanti is in the center and Kumasi is the capital. The Ashanti have a wide variety of arts. Bark cloth was used for clothing before weaving was introduced. With weaving, there is cotton and silk. Women may pick cotton...
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1970s Folk Art Wisconsin

Materials

Cotton, Silk

Robert Bruce by Graff, W & D Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 85 Pcs Dinner
By Graff, Washbourne & Dunn
Located in Big Bend, WI
Rare Robert Bruce by Graff, Washbourne & Dunn sterling silver flatware set of 85 piece, circa 1910. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 9 7/8". 12 dinner size forks, 8 1/4". 1...
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1910s Vintage Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

Austrian 800 Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service Massive 146 Pieces, Beautiful
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful vintage Austrian 800 silver flatware set, massive 146 pieces including many unusual place pieces & servers. This set includes: • 12 knives, 9" •12 forks, 7 1/8" •12 teaspoons, 5 5/8" •12 place soup spoons large, 8 3/8" •12 demitasse spoons, 3 7/8" •1 gravy ladle, 7 5/8" •1 gravy ladle long with deep bowl, 8" •1 serving spoon shovel, 9 1/4" •1 serving spoon large, 9 5/8" •1 sauce ladle spout on one side, 4 3/4" •2 gold washed salad serving forks, 9" •1 gold washed berry spoon, 8 1/2" •12 gold washed egg spoons, 4" •12 all sterling fish forks, 8 1/8" •1 fish server pierced, 11 1/4" •1 fish serving fork, 8 1/2" •12 all sterling fruit forks, 6 1/2" •11 all sterling fruit knives...
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19th Century Antique Wisconsin

Materials

Silver

German 800 Silver Flatware Set Service Art Nouveau Dinner Size 42 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Art Nouveau German 800 Silver Flatware Set Service with lovely leaf detailing, 42 Pieces. This set includes: 6 DINNER KNIVES, 10 1/8" (two blades differ slightly), 6 DINNER FORKS,...
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19th Century German Antique Wisconsin

Materials

Sterling Silver

CELINE c.1980s/90s Black Gold Logo Chain Accent Ultra Wide Leg Pleated Trousers
By Celine
Located in Thiensville, WI
Celine c.1980's/90's Black Gold Logo Chain Accent Ultra Wide Leg Pleated Trousers Brand / Manufacturer: Celine Circa: 1980's/1990's Label(s): "Celine Paris" Designer: Celine Vapiana...
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Late 20th Century French Wisconsin

Danish Modern Modular Adjustable Wall Unit Shelving 1960s-- 22 pcs Complete Wall
By Poul Cadovius
Located in Madison, WI
Very cool, versatile wall unit shelving modular set. Includes 9 regular shelves Includes 6 Medium shelves Includes 3 Large shelves 37 shelving brackets of various sizes 4 mounting po...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wisconsin

Materials

Metal

Antique 1910s Persian Yazd Rug, Wool, Hand-knotted, 10' x 17'
Located in New York, NY
This Persian Yazd carpet circa 1910 consists of a hand-knotted handspun wool pile and natural vegetable dyes. The size is 10' x 16'9" and it is in excellen...
Category

Early 20th Century Persian Wisconsin

Materials

Wool

14K Brazilian Paraiba Tourmaline and Diamond Pendant with Report
Located in Big Bend, WI
14K white gold paraiba tourmaline and diamond pendant. The natural earth mined tourmaline has a report from the Stone Group Laboratories #190821A-RSN stating Brazilian origin. The ce...
Category

2010s Modern Wisconsin

Materials

Diamond, Tourmaline, Paraiba, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold

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