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Leigh Keno's Paintings, Folk Art and Furniture Auction (Exclusive)

Filed under: Decor, Auctions, Art, Architecture & Design

Leigh Keno with the Winslow Homer painting he will sell at auction in New York on January 18, 2011
On Tuesday, January 18, 2011, Keno Auctions will hold its American and European Paintings, Folk Art, Furniture, and Decorative Arts auction. The auction will feature such important items as a Winslow Homer watercolor, an extremely rare Andrew Wyeth sketchbook, early American antique furniture, and important Folk Art. (see gallery below). Winslow Homer's watercolor is seen above with Keno Auctions' president, Leigh Keno, who is one of the foremost experts in the world of art and decorative arts as well as a regular contributor, along with his twin brother, Leslie, to the popular PBS television program Antiques Roadshow.

"We are very excited about the sale," Leigh Keno told Luxist. "It's a mixture of American, English and British furniture and paintings. There are some Chinese and other Asian things too. There is real variety---even a Minoan bronze bowl that dates back to 1200 to 1600 BC that was found in Crete. The great thing about the auction is that we have the Internet---including Live Auctioneers and ArtFact---as well as our own telephone bidding system, which makes it possible for anyone around the world to bid."

Keno has devoted much of his time of late amassing the large collection of important items that are featured in this auction. Important furniture items include a William and Mary veneered high chest of drawers (estimate: $60,000 to $120,000). "This is the most important example of American cabinetmaking in the baroque style in early 18th century Boston," says Keno. "There are only two others with veneered walnut moldings. But this high chest has the distinction of not only having the veneer on the sides, but also having the original surface on the legs and feet. The fact that the base is completely original is of great importance."

Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 10/03/10

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping


From the Los Angeles Times:
Actor Tom Bresnahan and his wife, Elizabeth French, have listed a Paul Williams-designed home in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles for $2.287 million. The listing is here.
--Scott Baio has sold his Encino home for $2.5 million. It first hit the market for $2.895 million back in March.

--Marc Holland, chief executive of Sky Radio, has listed a four-unit beachfront property in Marina del Rey at $3.999 million.
--Rock drummer Keith "Lucky" Lehrer has bought a remodeled Hollywood Hills home for $3.2 million.

From the Real Estalker:
--Football player Kyle Boller (and new bride former Miss California Carrie Prejean) have listed a home in Del Mar, California for $3.499 million. The listing is here.

From Housing Watch:
--Realtor Chad Rogers, one of the stars of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing," has just purchased his first home, a two-bedroom condo in Beverly Hills for $850,000.

From the NY Post:
--Cher's former Miami home which we covered back in 2008 when it was listed at $14.9 million is now down to $11.5 million. The listing is here.

--The former Miami home of Jennifer Lopez is back on the market for $29 million. Current owner Mark Gainor bought it from Lopez for $13.9 million in 2005 and spent three renovating the seven-bedroom home. The listing is here.
--CBS president and CEO Les Moonves and his wife, Julie Chen, from the "Early Show" and "Big Brother," were spotted checking out a townhouse at the Robert A.M. Stern-designed Superior Ink development. home to Marc Jacobs and Hilary Swank. Chen and Moonves looked at a five-bedroom home listed at $11.5 million.
--A condo that Matt Damon once toured at Extell Development's 535 West End Ave. is back on the market with a lower, $18.9 million price tag.

From the NY Observer:
--Nicholas Coslov, the CEO of Storage Deluxe just bought an apartment at The Olcott for $3.4 million.
--Roger Holstein, a manager at private equity house Vestar, bought a duplex at the Trump Heritage, the northernmost building at Donald Trump's Riverside South complex for $6 million.
--Russell Brand and Katy Perry bought a Tribeca condo at 65 North Moore Street. The couple paid $2.68 million for the top-floor duplex.
--After nearly three years on the market, 252 West 12th Street was sold by the family of Palmer Williams, a former CBS producer who worked with Edward R. Murrow and died in 1996. The buyer, ARDK Holdings, paid $6.8 million.
--Credit Suisse director Jordan Drachman bought a Gothic Revival Style brownstone at 160 West 88th Street for $3.775 million.
--Andrew Lloyd Webber has finally sold his Trump Tower duplex for $16.5 million.
- Leslie Keno, one of the stars of Antiques Roadshow and a specialist in American Furniture and Decorative Arts at Sotheby's, has sold his four-bedroom, four-bathroom condo at Manhattan's one-and-only castle, 455 Central Park West for $5.65 million.
--Brazilian coffee exporter Tristão has sold a three-bedroom condo to Tufi Duek, a women's fashion designer. The Viscaya condo at 110 East 71st Street sold for $2.5 million.
--As previously reported in The Real Deal, Lawrence Gluck flipped 5 West 91st Street to distressed property investor Gaia Real Estate for $16.75 million, $2.75 million more than Gluck's Town House West LLC paid in 2006.
--Matteo Sardi, the public relations head for Ferrari North America just bought a two-bedroom, one-bath condo at 25 Fifth Avenue for $1.575 million.
--Stephen Stephanou, a principal at the Madison Retail Group, has sold his glassy two-bedroom apartment in the Handel-designed 505 Greenwich Street for $1.55 million.
--Six-Feet Under hearthrob Stark Sands has bought a penthouse in Alphabet City for $1.49 million. --Stephanie Phair, the director of Outnet.com, has sold her Greenwich Village home for $985,000.
--A 40th-floor apartment at 151 East 58th Street has swapped for just over $3 million between two business partners. Turkish magnate Burak Oymen and Serzhan Zhumashov, from Kazakhstan, co-own Capital Partners, which has been snatching up luxury hotels around the globe.
--Pfizer exec Davinder Gill has grabbed the fifth-floor spot at 177 Ninth Avenue featuring a 46-bottle wine cooler for $2.75 million.
--Six-Feet Under hearthrob Stark Sands has bought a penthouse in Alphabet City for $1.49 million. --Stephanie Phair, the director of Outnet.com, has sold her Greenwich Village home for $985,000.
--A 40th-floor apartment at 151 East 58th Street has swapped for just over $3 million between two business partners. Turkish magnate Burak Oymen and Serzhan Zhumashov, from Kazakhstan, co-own Capital Partners, which has been snatching up luxury hotels around the globe.
--Pfizer exec Davinder Gill has grabbed the fifth-floor spot at 177 Ninth Avenue featuring a 46-bottle wine cooler for $2.75 million.

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