Released on: September 15, 2007, 4:14 am

Press Release Author: Fred and Gail Taylor

Industry: Internet & Online

Press Release Summary: Lots from the sale will be shipped to India, Sweden and
England and all across the United States.

Press Release Body: (West Palm Beach, FL) - Sometimes an auction in the middle of
the summer in South Florida can be received with the enthusiasm of an outdoor
cookout in New England in the middle of winter. But Brian Kogan, owner of Auction
Gallery of the Palm Beaches, continues to assemble inventories that are deep enough,
eclectic enough and intriguing enough to interest both local bidders and national
and international treasure seekers.

The sale on August 13 in West Palm Beach was the third installment of the sale of
the estate of local artist, gallery owner and collector Tanya Brooks mixed with a
wide assortment of art and antiques from a variety of sources.

This was the third sale a consignor offered a work by Indian born artist Avanash
Chandra, (1931-1991). Works by Chandra had been well received in the past and this
time was no exception. The work was \"Pahar Hill\", oil on canvas, signed and dated
"85" lower right. Measuring 50in by 80in, verso bears the artist's name with the
title and date, "1985, London, U.K." A phone bidder battled it out with an internet
bidder through LiveAuctioneers.com. Bidding opened at $30,000 and proceeded in
$1,000 increments to the winning bid of $46,360 including the buyer's premium. The
winning bidder was in India and that's where the paining will be shipped but there
was an indication that it may wind up in New York.

Another lot headed overseas was actually acquired in the room but will proceed to
Sweden. It was a J. W. Fiske cast iron architectural garden aquarium, circa 1901 New
York. The firm of J. W. Fiske and Company was one of the preeminent makers and
retailers of ornamental iron and zinc objects in New York City in the second half of
the nineteenth century, producing a wide range of garden fountains, statues, urns,
and furniture. The hexagonal top of the aquarium with glass panels is supported by
three water birds with snakes or worms in the beaks. The birds stand among large
leaves and cattails. Painted white, measuring 49in high by 39in wide, the aquarium
sold for $5,290. It will reside in an aquarium museum in Sweden.

A large bronze by Eugene Antoine Aizelin, French, (1821-1902), 34in high by 16½in
wide by 20in deep, entitled "Shepherd Boy and Dog" rose above its estimate of
$2,000/2.500. The bronze, signed at the right side of boy "E Aizlin", sold in the
room to a local dealer for $4,313.

The Brooks estate still had over twenty paintings by Russian artist Vladamir
(Volodia) Lazarev, Russian (b 1904) in the inventory after selling sixteen of them
in the June sale. The paintings ranged in price from $500 to $1,000 being won by
large variety of floor and online bidders. Three works by Noel Harry Leaver, A.R A.
C., British (1889-1951),
attracted some tightly focused attention from the English trade. Two of the
paintings, "A City Gate," watercolor on paper, signed lower left, sight 9¾in high by
14in wide with verso label "J Assenheim & Son, importers of etchings....etc., 37 New
Street, New York. Established 1870" mounted under glass and overall 17⅜in by
21½in and "A Street in Jerusalem," watercolor on paper, signed lower left, with same
dimensions and labels, sold to a single buyer for $1,840 while third by Leaver, "\'An
Arabian Mosque," watercolor on paper, went to the same buyer for $1,495.

Three lots of Steuben sold within or above estimate. A large double etched vase with
Chinese Pattern in double gourd shape has exterior plum color, acid cut to rose,
with intricate Chinese etching, finely ground top and base with factory ground
pontil, 13⅛in high, sold within estimate for $3,220. Blue Aurene Fan Vase with
applied threading and stylized hearts, incised \"Steuben Aurene 6297\" on the bottom,
with some stress crazing to the top of the fan, 9in high by 7½in wide, rose above
estimate to $2,530 and a large cased glass vase with three sides, custard coloration
top changing to off-white lower with random air bubbles through out, applied clear
glass rim top is factory ground and polished, 10⅜in high with acid stamp
Steuben fleur-de-lis mark on base and multiple scratched surface base with ground
and polished pontil, sold within estimate at $2,070.

Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches has a three day on site sale scheduled in
September, October and November. For more information about this sale and upcoming
sales call (561) 805-7115, email info@agopb.com or visit the website at
http://www.agopb.com. The Gallery is located at 1609 South Dixie Hwy. Suite 5, West
Palm Beach, Florida 33401.



Web Site: http://www.agopb.com

Contact Details: Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches
1609 S. Dixie Highway Suite 5
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561-805-7115