John McInnis Auctioneers will burst into 2025 with three important auctions, January 3-5, online and live in Amesbury, Mass

AMESBURY, Mass. - Dec. 11, 2024 - PRLog -- John McInnis Auctioneers will burst into 2025 with three important auctions set for January 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th, online and live in the Amesbury gallery at 76 Main Street. "We're kicking off New Year's week with three exhibitions and auction sales," said John McInnis of John McInnis Auctioneers. "Collectors and decorators should mark their calendars."

The Friday, January 3^rd Fine Art Collections auction, starting at 2pm Eastern time, features over 200 lots of collections from private estates, to include 19^th and 20^th century American and European artwork, with lots to discover, together with 60 original paintings by the noted mid-century artist Carl Ivar Gilbert (1882-1959).

The star lot of Day 1, and the undisputed headliner of the three days, is a large oil on canvas abstract painting by Edward Clark (American, 1926-2019), one of the early African American pioneers of abstract painting in the post-war era who placed his large canvases on the floor and painted with a push broom. The work, 72 inches by 48 inches, should bring $75,000-$150,000.

The Saturday, January 4^th Important Estates Collections auction, starting at 12 o'clock noon Eastern time, is loaded with 473 lots of period furnishings, fine art, Mid-Century, maritime, clocks, Oriental carpets, folk art, Americana, bronzes and a nice selection of 60 weathervanes locally handcrafted.

An expected Day 2 top performer is the spectacular Northern Essex County (Mass.) one-drawer oak dowry chest dated 1685, embellished with applied, chip-carved moldings, half columns, spindles and bosses. The chest has descended by direct lineal descent through at least seven generations of one family and should sell for $30,000-$60,000.

The Sunday, January 5^th Oklahoma Collection of Decorative Arts auction, also starting at 12 o'clock noon Eastern time, contains 227 lots of decorative arts, paintings, bronzes, sculptures, Asian art and objects, porcelains, clocks, furniture, lamps and chandeliers from a prominent and well-known Oklahoma collector.

Certain to attract keen bidder interest on Day 3 is an extraordinary 19^th century French Rococo gilt clock garniture set of monumental proportions, with a rare double-sided porcelain dial signed "Ws. Masse" and a nine-light candelabrum supported by a nude female being uplifted by a merman. The garniture has an estimate of $10,000-$30,000.

Internet bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. To learn more, visit www.mcinnisauctions.com.