Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Copper : Pre 1960 item #1465659 (stock #4146)
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Art Smith "Modern" copper and brass cuff bracelet

Smith's large and iconic bracelet c. 1950

4" long x 3" wide

Inner circumference 5 1/2" plus a rear gap of 1 1/2"

Weight - 110 grams

Marked Art Smith - see picture

Excellent vintage condition retaining original patina

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1412805 (stock #3639)
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Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver and 14K gold pendant on sterling silver necklace

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

Necklace - 6 1/4" diameter, should fit an 18" neck

Weight - 14.50 grams

Marked Cooke, sterling on pendant and torque

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1377531 (stock #3915)
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Paul Lobel modernist sterling silver figurative brooch

This unique and well crafted brooch is rarely available for sale

American modernist

Mid 20th century

4 1/2" x 3"

Weight - 29+ grams

Marked Lobel, sterling on verso

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1970 item #1401563 (stock #3475)
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Yaacov Agam modernist sterling silver and enamel necklace

Mid 20th century

Israel

!4 1/2" to 15" length

Each element measures 1 3/8" long

Weight - a hefty 135 grams

Marked - Y. Agam in script, sterling

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1960 item #1392708 (stock #3445)
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Rare Betty Cooke modernist brass and ceramic necklace

Late 1940s - 1950s

4 3/4" x 4 1/2"

Each drop measures 3" long

Very good vintage condition with only minor loss to the edge of 2 ceramic cylinders

Stamped, Cooke

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1960 item #1465759 (stock #4148)
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Art Smith 'Paraspiral' brass necklace

Arc-like form, ball on chain with spiral closure

18 - 19" wearable length

Signed Art Smith

2" at widest point

Central element measures 11" long

In very good original vintage condition with only minor oxidation to finish

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1970 item #1402244 (stock #3481)
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Industria Argentina exceptional and large modernist sterling silver and enamel necklace

Mid 20th century

Pendant measures 3 1/8" x 1 3/4"

Necklace should measures 17" long

Weight - a solid and hefty 63 grams

Very good vintage condition

Hallmarks pictured

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1410881 (stock #3630)
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Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver and resin kinetic brooch

This early and rare brooch measures 3 1/4" x 1 5/8"

Weight - 17.10 grams

Marked Cooke

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1970 item #1367158 (stock #3845)
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Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe modernist sterling and stone "Dew Drop" necklace

This necklace was crafted in Torun's own workshop in Sweden during the early 1960's

The pendant with eight drop shaped stones measures 3" wide x 4" tall

Interior circumference - 15"

There are only two illegible impressed hallmarks on the neck ring with one stamp likely the Swedish three crown mark

Condition - very good vintage

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1352460 (stock #4066)
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Betty Cooke modernist 14K gold and pearl kinetic necklace

Extended length - 20 3/4"

Longest drop - 4 1/2"

Stamped Cooke in block letters

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1376138 (stock #3898)
Auerbach and Maffia
$5,900.00

Paul Lobel modernist sterling silved cuff bracelet

Mid 20th century American modernism

This rare and exceptional cuff is crafted of burnished sterling wires artfully attached to an open cylindrical frame

Weight - 143+ grams

3 1/8" tall

2 1/2" in diameter

Marked Lobel in block letters

Tests as sterling silver

Excellent vintage 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 #722924 (stock #1089)
Auerbach and Maffia
$5,800.00

American Modernist Sterling Abstract Necklace

Betty Cooke

c.1950s

Excellent condition

19 1/2" long, each link range from 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" to 1 5/8" x 1"

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1193964 (stock #2736)
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Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver and ebony brooch

1950

3" x 3"

Very good vintage condition

Not included in any promotion

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #905709 (stock #2266)
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American Modernist Sterling Quartz Crystal Brooch

Art Smith

c.1950s

Excellent condition

3 1/4" x 2"

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1174607 (stock #2666)
Auerbach and Maffia
$4,800.00

Elsa Freund American modernist silver and ceramic kinetic necklace

1950

Pendant - 5" long

Neck wire - 17 1/2" in circumference

Marked Elsa

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 1960 item #1423771 (stock #4041)
Auerbach and Maffia
$4,500.00

Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver and wood kinetic brooch

1950

This exceptional and rare brooch measures 2 3/4" x 3"

Weight - 9.50 grams

We love Betty's simple and sophisticated elegance of design. That's what she's really known for. But we really love, especially in her early works, the way she made use of something whimsical or introduced unique elements like toothpicks or ebony from old piano keys...