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Premier Auction | May 19, 2023

Fri, May 19, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 691

August Gay

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(August Gay, 1890-1948) 

Boats in Monterey Bay, 1929, signed lower left "A.F.Gay", labeled verso,  oil on cigar box panel, 5-1/2 x 8 in.; fine original carved gilt wood frame, stamped "Richard Tobey Los Angeles", 14-1/4 x 12 in.

Condition

good condition overall, multiple cigar box labels panel verso, remnants of felt padding from rabbet at panel edges not visible under frame; frame in good condition, two areas of loose gilding at frame sides

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George Stern Fine Arts, Hollywood, California (label verso); From the Estate of Susan Holden, Asheville, North Carolina