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Alderfer Auctions's June 11 Fine Arts and Mid-Century Modern Design auction presents a curated selection of fine art, jewelry, and silver alongside iconic 20th-century design. The fine art category is led by Pennsylvania Impressionists, including Redfield, Coppedge, Schofield, Sotter, Folinsbee, Baum, and Garber. Decorative highlights feature a Tiffany “Pomegranate” lamp, Daum cameo glass, and Rookwood pottery. The jewelry collection offers Oscar Friedman ruby and diamond pieces and a 3.6-carat diamond ring, while the numismatic selection includes Liberty Head gold coins and American Gold Eagles. The silver inventory is headlined by a Reed & Barton tea service, Arthur Stone silver, a Jean-Noel Delarue Southern American coin silver punch ladle, and over 20 sterling flatware services. Traditional furniture highlights include a Charles Rohlfs dining set and a Philadelphia Chippendale chair. The Mid-Century Modern section focuses on 20th-century icons, featuring furniture by Knoll, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Thomas Moser. This category includes signed prints by Warhol and Vasarely, sculpture by Klaus Ihlenfeld, and works by Raoul Dufy. Scandinavian design is represented by Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, alongside teak and walnut lounge seating. The historic section features items from the American Revolution through Hollywood's golden age, including John Hancock's shipping documents, Congressional journals, and Founding Fathers' autographs. It also showcases Gold Rush correspondence, a Quaker anti-slavery archive, Civil War soldier letters, and WWI posters, and Lauren Bacall's personal estate artifacts.

This Home and Décor Auction features porcelain, crystal, art glass, Asian decorative arts, Inuit carvings, clocks, silver, cameras, ephemera, and outdoor décor, with pieces by Lladro, Spode, Herend, Royal Worcester, Tiffany & Co., Orrefors, Riedel, Waterford, Lenox, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, MacKenzie-Childs, Simon Pearce, Miranda Thomas, Fiesta, Sascha Brastoff, Goebel, Boehm, Limoges, Haviland, Capodimonte, Royal Copenhagen, Minton, Noritake, and Whiting & Davis appearing throughout the catalog. Tableware includes Spode Christmas Tree, Johnson Bros., Adams Lancaster, Noritake Glenwood, Minton Jasmine, Haviland Limoges, Royal Worcester Evesham, Wedgwood jasperware, and Fiesta dinnerware. Crystal and glass include a Tiffany & Co. Lotus bowl, Orrefors bowls, Riedel pitcher, Waterford desk clocks, St. Louis flutes, Wedgwood crystal, iridescent art glass, ruby glass, and cut glass. Decorative highlights include Chinese snuff bottles, cloisonné boxes, Chinese Export porcelain, Imari porcelain, Staffordshire dogs, Bennington ware, Inuit stone carvings, and bronze sculptures. Additional lots include Ansonia, Ives, and Waterbury clocks, Madame Alexander dolls, Polaroid and Kodak cameras, antique quilts, copper cookware, sterling, silverplate, cast iron pieces, and autographed sports memorabilia.