DALLAS, TX.- A wide variety of objects for young and seasoned collectors alike will highlight the Fine & Decorative Art auction February 25-27 in Dallas for Heritage Auctions. Fresh-to-market pieces from renowned collectors as well as work from artists around the world, will be available without reserve.

"We are excited to be presenting this wide-ranging auction, including both fine and decorative arts, with opportunities for the beginning and seasoned collector. There is already enthusiastic interest in many of the 1,400 plus lots in this sale," said Karen Rigdon, Director of Silver and Decorative Arts at Heritage Auctions.

A beautiful Tiffany Studios table lamp ($8,000-12,000), descended in the family of Major General John Porter Lucas, who led U.S. forces in WWI and WWII, is being made available for the first time.

Also featured in the mix is a rare French Empire clock-work mechanism baby cradle (est. $7,000-10,000), an interesting study in early 19th-century engineering made for Henri Duc de Bordeaux, the disputed King of France, circa 1820.

A lifetime collection of Asian Art from the Beverly Hills estate of Adeline Newman includes a dramatic set of 11 prints and other selections.

Also of interest are:

· A group of important American Scene prints includes John Steuart Curry lithograph titled John Brown (est. $3,000-5,000), which will be sold to benefit Sacramento Ballet

· Many Continental porcelain lots, including a fine 11-Piece Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Porcelain Dessert Service, ($2,000-3,000)

· Important ceramic and glass from the collection of Dr. Sidney and George Perutz of Dallas, Texas, includes a Charles Catteau Boch Freres Biches Blues Enameled Ceramic Vase ($800-1,200)

· American Modern Art selections, including a bronze Beniamino Bufano, Owl, sculpture (est.$3,000-5,000), and works on paper by Romare Beardon, Alice Neal and Roy Lichtenstein

· A beautiful California seascape by Mian Situ, Sunset, Laguna Beach (est. $2,500-3,500), oil on canvas, is part of a large selection of Western and California art

· A Dallas collection of paintings and sculpture, including a stunning Art Deco marble, Nile Dancer ($8,000-12,000), by French master Claire Jeanne Robert Colinet