The Grace Garcia Estate: Part 2

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Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present the Grace Garcia Estate, Part 2, on Sunday, June 26, 2022. This sale features an extensive array of religious items, fine and decorative arts, and collectibles from the personal collection of the late Grace Garcia, owner of Gilroy Antiques in Gilroy, California, for over 30 years. Called Gracie by all who knew her, she was a passionate collector who traveled throughout the world, adding beautiful things along the way. This auction also includes several lots from other collectors, including paintings by William Russell Flint and Mauritz Frederik Hendrich de Haas, and groupings of character dolls and costume figures.

Items of fine art and decorative art in this sale from the trust of the Grace Garcia Estate are diverse and eclectic, mostly from the 18th to 20th centuries. This sale features a vast selection of religious items – giltwood angels and putti; monstrances; framed plaques of Christ, angels, Madonna, saints, and popes; Greek, Russian and Christian icons; table and relief altars, painted altar statues and figures; numerous crosses and crucifixes in various materials; reliquaries; sacred hearts; figurines; embroidered panels; two framed certificates of past popes; carved wood saint figures; and numerous other devotional items. Artworks include paintings by Gerrit Neven and William Rowe, and a small selection of marble busts. Among the many lots of decorative arts are porcelain boxes, vases, figures, busts and figurines; a birdcage automaton; cat or dog vases, boxes, figures and memorials; small toys; Victorian shell objects; French glass egg boxes; silver serving ware and decorative items; a Rivenc music box; rococo-style gilt candelabra; a Neoclassical-style crystal urn; a Taj Mahal tapestry; items under glass domes; and more. Rounding out the sale are early-20th-century postcard and ephemera albums; art books; and an Indian apothecary cabinet.
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Enamel Plaque of Saint in Brass Altar Frame1 - Enamel Plaque of Saint in Brass Altar Frame
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The oval plaque set in a red velvet matte, in easel-standing altar frame.  Plaque: 4in. x 3in. Frame: 9in. x 7 3/4in. Condition: Chip to ename
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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Maddona and Child Enamel on Copper Plaque2 - Maddona and Child Enamel on Copper Plaque
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Signed l/r (difficult to read); in ornate round frame. Plate: 3 1/2in. diam. Frame: 5in. long. Condition very good.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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2 Brass-Framed Porcelain Mary Plaques3 - 2 Brass-Framed Porcelain Mary Plaques
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The larger plaque in an easel frame, the smaller plaque in a hanging altar frame. 4 1/2in. x 3 1/2in. (plaque); 9 1/4in. x 5 1/2in. (easel frame) 3 1/
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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3 Brass-framed Virgin/Madonna Plaques4 - 3 Brass-framed Virgin/Madonna Plaques
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The largest with a ruby glass font, together with a small porcelain plaque in a gothic-form frame, and a Renaissance style image on a metal plaque in
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (175.00) = 175.00
 
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2 Embroidered Victorian Dog Photo Memorials5 - 2 Embroidered Victorian Dog Photo Memorials
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The photographs are set beneath mattes with floral silk embroidery. The larger one appears to have added tint to the fabric, and is in what looks to b
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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Dog Memorial, and Portraits of Ladies, c. Late 19th Century6 - Dog Memorial, and Portraits of Ladies, c. Late 19th Century
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Artists unknown; the three photographic images in hand-decorated frames/mattes. One of a pug dog, with embroidered velvet; two of elegantly dressed la
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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Photograph of c. 1860s Woman, Together with an Ambrotype7 - Photograph of c. 1860s Woman, Together with an Ambrotype
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The lady in a widow's cap is holding a Daguerreotype case; her eyes appear enhanced with ink; matted in a period frame. Together with an ambroty...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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Collection of 18 Contemporary Greek Icons8 - Collection of 18 Contemporary Greek Icons
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Of the group, five have painted figures, the rest are printed. The painted icons all have paper labels/certificates and consist of a 950 silver Madonn
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Group of 4 Printed Gilt Icon/Altar Images9 - Group of 4 Printed Gilt Icon/Altar Images
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A printed Madonna and Child icon image with copper matte in a decorative frame, some plaster loss (17in. x 15in. x 2 1/4in.); a small Mary wood panel
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (250.00) = 250.00
 
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Group of 3 Contemporary Painted Icons10 - Group of 3 Contemporary Painted Icons
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All with paper labels/certificates; one signed "Leopold Kubica, Krakow 1990"; another inscribed and dated 2017. 11 3/4in. x 9in. 10in. x 7...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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