Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #754948 (stock #2068)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,450.00

Early American Vintage Modernist Sterling Deco Brooch

Betty Cooke

c.1950s

Excellent condition

2 3/4" x 3/4"

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #768727 (stock #2092)
Auerbach and Maffia
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Art Smith modernist brass necklace

Unique and rare custom designed object

6 1/2" x 8 1/2", center drop: 5" x 1 1/4"

Excellent vintage condition

Marked twice

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1469499 (stock #4172)
Auerbach and Maffia
$349.00

Iconic modernist sterling silver shadowbox pendant necklace

1950

Pendant - 3" x 1 5/8"

Chain - 22" long

Unmarked

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1358870 (stock #3773)
Auerbach and Maffia
$695.00

Franz Bergmann modernist figural sterling silver and rose quartz brooch

Rare mid 20th century work

1 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Weight - 13+ grams

Marked FB, sterling on verso

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #739326 (stock #2040)
Auerbach and Maffia
$850.00

American Abstract Modernist Copper Brooch

Rebajes

Titled, "Amoeba"

c.1950s

Excellent condition

and measures

3 1/4" x 2 1/4"

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #769258 (stock #2093)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,200.00

Maxwell Chayat, sterling and enamel American modernist brooch.

1 5/8" x 2 1/8".

Excellent condition.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1367412 (stock #3849)
Auerbach and Maffia
$495.00

Rebajes modernist sterling silver and brass tie bar and cuff link set

Weight - 41 grams

Tie bar - 3/8" x 3"

Cuff links - 3/4" square

Marked Rebajes

Very good vintage condition, minor wear to finish

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #933003 (stock #2297 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$285.00

Modernist Peruvian sterling brooch.

C. 1940 - 1950.

1 3/8" x 2 1/4".

Substantial and of heavy weight this brooch represents a classic melding of modernism with the ancient traditions of Peru.

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1330960 (stock #3545)
Auerbach and Maffia
$950.00

Sam Kramer modernist sterling silver and operculum shell ring

1950

Size 6

Weight - 15.58 grams

Very good vintage condition with appropriate surface wear

Two minor shallow fissures on each side of the shell but very stable

Mark is obscured but guaranteed to be a Sam Kramer design

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1484510 (stock #4230)
Auerbach and Maffia
$375.00

Toyokoki 950 silver bracelet

Japan

Post WW2

8" x 1"

Weight - 56 grams

Marked - Toyokoki, silver 950, CPO

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1179593 (stock #2679)
Auerbach and Maffia
$5,800.00

Paul Lobel modernist sterling silver brooch

Large and rare abstract bird form

1940's

4" x 2 1/2"

Marked LOBEL sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #856426 (stock #2193)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,500.00

Ed Levin modernist sterling bracelet

Rare early handwrought example of Levin's work, c. 1950 or earlier.

Three 1/4" diameter sterling silver balls.

Sterling silver wrap.

Deep blue and white ceramic beads.

Inside diameter measures 2 1/2"

Marked - see picture.

Very good vintage condition.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1077316 (stock #2520)
Auerbach and Maffia
$4,500.00

Ed Wiener - rare and important sterling silver brooch

4 7/8" x 1"

Designed in 1947

An example of this brooch is pictured on page 145 in the book - Messengers of Modernism [see picture] also pictured in Jewelry By Ed Wiener Catalog that Ed Wiener and Fifty/50 Gallery put together for a show in 1988 - (Page 11).

Wonderful condition

Unmarked as is the brooch in the catalog

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1394376 (stock #3456)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,150.00

Paul Lobel modernist sterling silver necklace

Strong biomorphic pendant and handmade neck chain

Rare form

1950

Pendant - 3 3/8" x 2 1/4"

Chain - 16"

Weight - 44 grams

Marked Lobel, sterling

Very good vintage condition with original patina

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1200538 (stock #2753)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,800.00

Ed Wiener modernist sterling silver brooch

3" x 3 3/4"

1950

Marked Ed Wiener, sterling on reverse

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #461210 (stock #3859*)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,200.00

Large American Modernist Sterling Spiral Brooch

Ed Wiener

c.1948

Excellent condition

3" x 2 3/4"

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1133541 (stock #2622)
Auerbach and Maffia
$795.00

Russell Secrest modernist hefty sterling silver bangle bracelet

Interior circumference 7 3/8" around

1/2" tall

Marked sterling Secrest

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1186490 (stock #2707)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,800.00

Wiley Sanderson, modernist sterling silver and 14K gold brooch

Cranbrook

3 1/8" x 1 5/8"

Etched Sanderson - 48, sterling, 14k

Very good vintage condition

Pictured in Kenneth Winebrenner - "Jewelry Making" [1955], fig. 61