GLEN COVE, NY.- Roland Auctions NY conducted its Fall Estates auction on October 18, 2025, featuring an impressive selection of Contemporary and Modern Art together with distinguished Decorative Arts. The sale drew works from several notable estates and confirmed the continued strength of Contemporary Art within the auction market.
Martiros Saryan (Armenian, 1880-1972) Persian Still Life tempera on canvas, 1913. Sold for $7,800.
Contemporary Art Leads the Results
Contemporary works secured the highest prices of the day. The top lot was Robert Natkin’s Intimate Lightening Red (1971), an oil on canvas measuring 48 by 96 inches. Signed and titled on the verso, and accompanied by an appraisal from David Findlay Junior Inc., the painting achieved a final price of $35,750.
Jean Metzinger (French, 1883-1956) Paysage Oil on Canvas, Sold for $18,200.
A rare Art Nouveau white marble sculpture by Italian artist Dante Zoi followed closely among the leading results. The work depicts a fairy in flight over a cloud-covered celestial sphere adorned with astrological motifs, accompanied by a cherub with butterflies. Signed “D. Zoi Firenze” and measuring 55 inches high, 31 inches wide, and 17 inches deep, the sculpture originated from a Kings Point, New York estate and sold for $19,500.
Alphonse Mucha (French, 1860-1939) Art Nouveau Railroad Poster. Sold for $10,400.
Another strong performer was Jean Metzinger’s early 20th-century impressionist landscape Paysage. The oil on canvas, presented in a carved and parcel-gilt Heydenryk frame and previously included in Sotheby’s “Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture” sale in February 1988 (lot 59), reached a price of $18,200. The framed work measures 21.25 inches high by 18 inches wide.
Notable Prints and Paintings from Established Masters
Art Nouveau design was well represented by Alphonse Mucha’s 1897 railroad poster Monaco – Mont Carlo. Printed by Champenois Imprimeur-Éditeur, Paris, and signed and dated lower left, the framed example achieved $10,400.
Dante Zoi Art Nouveau White Marble Sculpture. Sold for $19,500.
Continuing the strong showing among international artists, Martiros Saryan’s tempera on canvas Persian Still Life (1913), portraying floral arrangements atop a table and signed and dated on the verso, sold for $7,800. The work, framed in gilt carving, measures 22 by 29.5 inches.
Decorative Arts and Luxury Objects Also Performed Strongly
Fine jewelry had a successful presence at the sale. A baroque pearl, cognac diamond, and 18K yellow gold necklace and day/night earring set by Yvel realized $13,000. The necklace included seventeen pearls ranging from approximately 14.5 × 17.3 mm to 12 × 14.1 mm in warm cream-to-brown tones, accented by 16.55 carats of cognac-colored round brilliant-cut diamonds. The complementary earrings featured an additional 2.44 carats of matching diamonds and were marked 750.
KPM Porcelain Plaque Psyche by Wilhelm Kray. Sold for $4225.
Luxury collectibles continued to entice bidders, including a circa-1900 Louis Vuitton steamer trunk with monogram canvas, wooden banding, metal handles, and a ribbon-board interior, which sold for $4,875. The dimensions measured 23.25 inches high by 32 inches deep by 20.25 inches deep.
A late 19th-century Marx Eugene Clauss Paris porcelain jewelry box painted in Louis XV style fetched $2,210, while a 19th-century Régence gilt-bronze and crystal chandelier, also from a Kings Point estate, brought $5,200. The chandelier measured 59 inches in height and 33 inches in diameter, featuring a crown-form canopy, wheat decoration, twelve girandole arms including six with griffins, and three partially concealed central lights.
Regence Bronze Dore & Crystal Palatial Chandelier, 19th century. Sold for $5,200.
Additionally, a mid-19th-century hand-painted KPM porcelain plaque titled Psyche am Meere, signed by artist Wilhelm Kray, achieved $4,225. The plaque, marked on the reverse with the KPM scepter, measured 13 by 10.5 inches (23 by 21 inches framed) and was also consigned from a Kings Point, New York estate.
