The Leberfeld Collection of outstanding majolica will be auctioned Oct. 12, live and online, by Strawser Auction Group

WOLCOTTVILLE, Ind. - Sept. 13, 2024 - PRLog -- The Leberfeld Collection of majolica – a collection so vast and important it was featured in one of the first coffee-table books on the subject (Majolica by Nicolas Dawes) – will come up for bid at an auction planned for Saturday, October 12^th, by the Strawser Auction Group, online and live in the Wolcottville gallery at 200 North Main Street.

The October 12^th event is actually one of three days of auctions planned by Strawser, with the Leberfeld Collection being the headliner that day in front of other select consignments. Nearly 250 pieces of majolica – the highly glazed, lead-based pottery first introduced by the Minton Pottery Company in England in 1859 – from the Leberfeld Collection will come up for bid.

Internet bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com. Here is a link to the catalog: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/343204_the-leberfeld-majolica-collection-auction/.

Jerry Leberfeld and his wife Aviva amassed one of the most important majolica collections in the world – over 400 pieces, which they displayed in their New York apartment. Many of the pieces were featured in Majolica Mania and exhibited as part of the Majolica Mania Exhibit in New York City and Baltimore. Also, Jerry served as president of the Majolica International Society.

The expected top lot in the October 12^th auction is a rare and monumental Minton majolica Victorian wine cooler designed by Pierre Emile Jeannest (1813-1857), shape no. 631 in a cylindrical form with fox and ram heads around the top with four hunt figures plus hounds bringing down a fox and deer with two vintagers on the cover with a wine barrel. The wine cooler, 25 inches tall, is expected to realize $30,000-$40,000.

A preview will be held in the Strawser Auction Group gallery in Wolcottville on Friday, October 11^th, from 4 pm-6 pm Eastern time. The buyer's premium for live, in-gallery bidders will be 10 percent (not the usual 15 percent); for online bidders it will be 19 percent (not 24 percent).

To learn more about the Strawser Auction Group and the Saturday, October 12^th auction of the Leberfeld majolica collection with other fine consignments as one auction in a four-day auction event, please visit www.strawserauctions.com. To view a flip-booklet for the auction, click here:

https://flipbooklets.com/pdfflipbooklets/the-leberfeld-majolica-collection