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Alderfer Auction's December Discovery Art sale presents paintings, prints, and sculpture spanning multiple centuries and styles. Notable prints include three Salvador Dali lithographs—"Bullfight," "Dream," and "Joan of Arc"—alongside works by Guillermo Silva and Michel Delacroix. Wolfgang Roth contributes multiple circus-themed screen prints from 1973. Regional American artists dominate the paintings with Florence Prince Ewing's Hawaiian and maritime scenes, Melville F. Stark's coastal works, and R. Woolston Rapp's landscape pairs featuring mills and covered bridges. Contemporary art includes substantial groupings from Louis Tavelli's modernist series and Alfonso Caliendo's Pop Art-influenced works. Raymond Rocklin sculpture spans clay, mixed media, and metal pieces in brutalist and surrealist styles. Decorative landscape prints by Peter Keating, Dan Campanelli, and Peter Sculthorpe appeal to Americana collectors. French Art Nouveau advertising posters by Jules Cheret and Asian works including Japanese woodblocks add international variety. This diverse sale offers accessible collecting across multiple price points and artistic interests.

The Jewelry Auction features a wide range of gold, silver, diamond, gemstone, and estate jewelry, offering strong variety across rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants, and mixed groupings. The catalog includes numerous 14k and 10k gold rings set with diamonds, opal, nephrite, and other gemstones, along with engraved and initialed designs, Masonic rings, and class rings. Earrings include 14k gold diamond earrings, opal earrings, and mixed gold earring sets. Pendant and brooch selections include a 14k white gold cameo pin/pendant, decorative gold pins, and multi-stone designs. Necklaces and chains range from 18k gold chains to sterling and gold-filled chains, along with pendant-accompanied lots. Bracelets appear in gold, gold-filled, and sterling forms. Sterling silver items include rings, bracelets, and assorted jewelry lots, while costume jewelry entries include contemporary and vintage styles, Swarovski pieces, gold-plated jewelry, and ceramic-accented designs. A selection of watches appears throughout the auction, including gold-filled and fashion watches. With gold, sterling silver, gemstone jewelry, and varied estate groupings, the auction offers attractive options for collectors, resellers, and buyers searching for both fine and everyday wearable jewelry.