Over two dozen prominent estates will be featured in ACES Gallery's online-only Spring Estates Auction, May 8th

STAMFORD, Conn. - April 21, 2024 - PRLog -- A collection of important jewelry from a Scarsdale, New York lady led by an impressive festoon necklace; an unusual folk art polychrome carved box discovered in a Chappaqua, New York home; and two paintings by the American abstract artist Robert Moskowitz will headline an online-only Spring Estates Auction slated for Wednesday, May 8^th by ACES Gallery in Stamford.

The catalog is loaded with more than 170 lots of fine art, jewelry, Chinese and Asian art, antique and mid-century furniture, dolls and collectibles, art glass, ceramics, rugs and more, beginning at 11 am Eastern time. There is no live in-gallery bidding, but Internet bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Absentee and telephone bids will also be accepted.

"We're excited to bring a curated sampling of materials from our clients to the May auction" said Alex Fonarow, Appraiser & Auctioneer of ACES Gallery, which conducts about 50 locally-featured, timed online auctions each year for area estates on its website (aces.net). "More than two dozen estates are represented in the current auction."

With a robust pre-sale estimate of $12,000-$18,000, the antique diamond festoon necklace is a candidate for top lot of the auction. It's designed as a continuous line of baguette channel-set diamonds and prong-set full cut diamonds suspending nine graduated pear brilliant cut diamonds (21.17 cttw).

Lots #5 and 6 are vibrant, colorful paintings by Robert Moskowitz (American, 1935-2024). Both are untitled, oil on canvas, signed lower left, with pre-sale estimates of $1,000-$2,000. One has a frame size of 19 ½ inches by 16 ½ inches, the other 16 ½ inches by 15 ¾ inches. Moskowitz worked at the intersection of Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism and Pop Art.

The unusual folk art polychrome carved box found in a Chappaqua, New York home is from the late 19^th or early 20^th century. It's heavily carved with Incan devices and faces in relief, painted in green over yellow with silver highlights. It measures 6 ½ inches long by 4 ½ inches wide (est. $200-$400).

Previews will be held by appointment only, on Monday, May 6^th, and Tuesday, May 7^th, from 10 am-5 pm Eastern in ACES Gallery's gallery and offices located at 85 Old Long Ridge Road (#A7) in Stamford. For an appointment, call (475) 500-7118; or email to gallery@ACES.net.

To learn more, visit www.ACES.net. Updates are posted often.