Skinner to Auction Fine Judaica May 21st

BOSTON - Collection Fresh to the Market After 60 Years

www.skinnerinc.com - Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced it will host an auction of Fine Judaica in its Boston gallery on Thursday, May 21st at noon. The sale numbers over 200 lots and is devoted entirely to antique and artisan Judaica. Featured is a diverse group of material from Jewish communities worldwide, including some of finest examples of Judaica that Skinner has offered in many years, much of it fresh-to-the-market after 60 years in collection.

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Highlights of the auction include a collection of material formerly in the Salomon Collection, Paris which was dispersed at Auction at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York in 1949. Illustrated in British, French, and Israeli publications in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, the items have not been seen in the marketplace since the 1949 auction and present a remarkable group of 18th and 19th century European Judaica. Featured among the collection is lot 178, a rare and important silver and silver gilt Synagogue Ark-form Hanukkah lamp, originating in Brody, and dated 1787. Related lamps are in the collections of the Jewish Museum, New York, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and the Jewish Museum in London.

Catalog and Preview Information

Previews for the auction will be held on Wednesday, May 20th from 12-7 p.m. and on Thursday, May 21st from 9 a.m. to noon. Illustrated catalog #2456 is available for US$39 by mail from the subscription department at +1-508-970-3240. Prices realized will be available at www.skinnerinc.com during and after the sale. For more information, call +1-617-350-5400, or visit www.skinnerinc.com.

Skinner-Live! Online Bidding on Skinner’s Website

Skinner’s website now features real-time online bidding via the SkinnerLive! bid applet. Visit www.skinnerinc.com and click on the blue Skinner Live Bidding button for full instructions prior to the auction. The blue Skinner Live Bidding button can be found under the Buy/Sell tab on our homepage and on the Judaica department page. Once pre-registered on our website, you can join in the live bidding as soon as the auction begins. All lots in the auction are also available for viewing at www.skinnerinc.com. The website provides full-color thumbnail images and full lot descriptions. It allows users to leave bids online, and view prices realized in real-time during and after the auction. Visit www.skinnerinc.com to sign up for our free eZine of upcoming arts & antiques auctions and events.

About Skinner

Skinner, Inc. is one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art and the only major auction house headquartered in New England. With expertise in over 20 specialty collecting areas, Skinner draws the interest of buyers from all over the world and its auctions regularly achieve world record prices. Skinner provides a broad range of auction and appraisal services, and it is widely regarded as one of the most trusted names in the auction business. Skinner’s appraisal experts regularly appear on the PBS-TV series, Antiques Roadshow, and its specialty departments include American Furniture & Decorative Arts, American & European Paintings & Prints, European Furniture & Decorative Arts, 20th Century Design, Fine Ceramics, Fine Jewelry, Textiles & Couture, Fine Musical Instruments, Asian Works of Art, Fine Wines, Rare Books & Manuscripts, Science & Technology, Oriental Rugs & Carpets, American Indian & Ethnographic Art, Fine Judaica, Antique Motor Vehicles, Toys, Dolls & Collectibles, and Discovery. Skinner galleries are located in Boston and Marlborough, Mass. For more information on upcoming auctions and events, visit Skinner’s website www.skinnerinc.com.

Source: Skinner, Inc.

Kerry Shrives, Director, Fine Judaica , +1-508-970-3256, judaica at skinnerinc.com; or Darlene Hollywood of Darlene Hollywood Public Relations, +1-781-837-2572, darlene at dhollywoodpr.com; Photo: https://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090430/NE08713