ACES Gallery to Hold Fall Estates Auction Oct. 18, Featuring Nearly 450 Lots from Prominent Local Estates

Top lots include an 18th-century Joseon Dynasty jar, works by Alexander Calder, James Bama, and Louise Nevelson, a Tiffany Studios lamp, and a Fiske-attributed weathervane

Stamford, CT — October 2026 — More than 450 lots of distinguished provenance, carefully curated from nearly 50 prominent local estates, will come up for bid in ACES Gallery’s Fall Estates Auction on Sunday, October 18, beginning at 12 noon Eastern Time. Bidding will be available online through LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com, and Drouot.com, with telephone and absentee bidding also available. There will be no live in-person bidding. Categories include contemporary and fine art; Western art; decorative arts; Asian art; silver; watches and timepieces; jewelry; collectibles; and books.

The sale draws from a diverse range of sources: fine art, furniture, and silver from a mid-century waterfront home in Larchmont, N.Y.; sterling and collectibles from the estate of Phyllis Blackman Weisman of Greenwich, Conn.; finds from a Brooklyn Heights, NYC brownstone; bronzes and Western art from a Greenwich, Conn. estate; and Americana and Asian art from a Bedford, N.Y. farm home.

Asian Art

The Asian category is highlighted by an important blue and white ovoid jar from the 18th-century Joseon Dynasty in Korea, discovered in the Bedford farm home with a potted plant inside. The jar, 13 1/2 inches tall and 13 1/2 inches in diameter, features divine tortoises and cranes arranged in alternating circular medallions, and is estimated at $5,000-$10,000. Also offered is a 19th/20th-century Korean School Chaekgeori (books and things) four-panel screen, overall 32 1/4 inches by 64 1/2 inches, ink and color on paper mounted to panels, estimated at $800-$1,200.

Contemporary and Fine Art

The contemporary and fine art category showcases selected pieces from the complete oeuvre of Letizia Pitigliani (1935-2012), a female artist who flourished in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. Her signed acrylic on canvas Grand Central Terminal (1995), 34 inches by 34 inches, is estimated at $500-$1,000.

A tapestry produced in a collaboration between artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976) and the Guatemalan company Bon Art, titled Floating Circles, 102 inches by 72 inches, dated and numbered (58/100, 1974), is estimated at $8,000-$12,000.

A cast bronze multiple by the American artist Louise Nevelson (1899-1988), titled Brandeis Multiple (1968), just 3 3/4 inches tall (bronze only, minus the clear acrylic block base), with an incised ‘Nevelson’ signature and ‘68’ on the reverse, from an edition of 150, is expected to realize $2,000-$4,000. A mixed media collage with washi paper on canvas by the Northwest School artist Paul Horiuchi (Japanese/American, 1906-1999), titled Remnants of Order, housed in a 66 1/2-inch by 79-inch frame, signed and dated ‘66’ lower left, carries an estimate of $5,000-$10,000.

A large mixed media and collage on canvas by Kazuya Sakai (Japanese/Argentine, 1927-2001), titled New York II (1964), an abstract composition with gestural paint applications alongside collage elements including newspaper clippings and typographic fragments, 59 inches by 49 inches, is estimated at $5,000-$10,000.

A bronze statue by Yevgeny (Eugene) Alexandrovich Lanceray (Russian, 1848-1886), titled Zaporozhian Cossack After Battle, signed in Cyrillic on the base and bearing a Chopin Foundry, St. Petersburg mark, overall 18 inches tall, should reach $5,000-$10,000.

Western Art

Western art highlights an oil on panel by James Bama (1926-2022), titled The Rookie Bronc Rider, Stampede Grounds, Cody Wyoming, signed ‘Bama’ and dated ‘74’ lower right, the frame measuring 27 1/4 inches by 33 1/4 inches, estimated at $10,000-$15,000. A bronze figural group by G. Harvey (Texas, 1933-2017), titled Taking Stock, depicting a cowboy on horseback looking into the distance, signed and dated 1986, numbered 30/100, 11 1/2 inches tall (bronze, minus the base), carries a pre-sale estimate of $3,000-$5,000.

Decorative Arts

Decorative arts offerings include a full-bodied 19th-century gilt-painted copper and zinc running horse weathervane from the working Armonk, N.Y. farm of D. Charles V. Paterno, attributed to J. W. Fiske Iron Works (New York City), with a molded copper body and cast metal head, 33 inches long by 18 inches tall, estimated at $3,000-$5,000. Also featured is a circa-1910 Tiffany Studios linenfold favrile glass lamp shade featuring 12 panels of amber-colored glass and patinated bronze, with impressed mark ‘Tiffany Studios New York 1936’ to the interior bronze rim, 55 inches tall at the base, estimated at $2,000-$4,000.

Silver and Jewelry

Silver and jewelry highlights include a mid-century Buccellati sterling silver Italian water pitcher with a curved dark wooden handle, 10 1/4 inches in height and weighing 37.7 ozt, estimated at $1,500-$2,500. A pair of National Silver Company sterling silver Italian wine coolers, with neoclassical relief decorations including floral swags suspended from lion-mask rings, each 7 1/4 inches tall with curved handles, total weight 89.5 ozt, carries an estimate of $2,000-$4,000.

A 3-piece antique emerald, ruby and diamond demi-parure, designed as a line of 15 matching links each with a round faceted emerald bezel set in gold, including matching earrings and an 18-inch necklace, total weight 39.6 grams, is estimated at $3,000-$5,000.

In-person previews are by appointment only at ACES Gallery, 85 Old Long Ridge Road (#A4), Stamford, CT: Friday, Oct. 16, 12 noon to 6 pm; and Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 am to 5 pm Eastern Time. For catalogue information and bidding, visit ACES Gallery on LiveAuctioneers.