NEW YORK, NY.- Lark Mason, founder and president of Lark Mason Associates, has announced that more than 250 lots of important fine and decorative arts will be up for bidding on iGavel Auctions in a sale that goes live on January 19th through February 9th th. The works represent an exemplary selection of European and American works of art from the 17 to 2oth centuries.

Consigned by two Texas private collections, the sale includes a large selection of Western subject paintings and prints by artists including Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, James Allen, and Michael Gregory and represent a wide spectrum of subjects and media.

Decorative arts are highlighted by a large selection of works from a New York estate and include a pair of important gilt-bronze and malachite torchères signed by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, the eminent bronze sculptor active in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Rounding out the auction are a large group of European porcelain clocks, gilt-bronze and malachite garnitures, a life-size spelter model of a fortune teller after Louis Hottot, and a library of early printed books from the 16th century and later.

Says Mr. Mason, "We are pleased to present our first sale of the year with a diverse array of new-to-the market furniture, sculpture, paintings and clocks, at very accessible estimates."

Among the sale's top lots are:

* "The Race", Thomas Hart Benton, Print, 1942 (Est: $15,000/$20,000)

• "In the Spring," Grant Wood, Print, 1937 Est: ($3,000/$5,000)

• "Big Loop," Michael Gregory, Oil on Canvas over Panel, Est: ($5,000/$8,000)

• "Solar System", Steve Smulka, Oil on Canvas, 2011 (Est: $5,000/$8,000)

• A Pair of French Ormolu and Malachite Torchères, Stamped Thomire Fecit, 19th Century (Est: $40,000/60,000)

• After Louis Hottot, Cold Painted Spelter Figure of a Middle Eastern Fortune Teller, Late 19th Century (Est: $5,000/8,000)

• A Large European Malachite and Patinated and Gilt Bronze Figural Clock, ca. 1900 (Est. $4,000/6,000)

• An Italian Rococo Revival Gilt Wood and Onyx-Top Table, 19th Century and Later
(Est: $5,000/8,000)

• A European Enamel, Gilt Metal, and Green and Pink Hardstone Pedestal Clock, 20th
Century ( Est: $2,500/3,500)