Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1193701 (stock #2734)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,250.00

Marci Zelmanoff mixed metals sterling brooch/pendant

1979

2" x 1 1/4"

Marked on verso

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #941224 (stock #2315)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,400.00

American Modernist Sterling with Gold Nude Torso Brooch

Marci Zelmanoff

Signed & Dated 23 July 1970, NYC

Excellent condition

2 1/2" x 1 1/16"

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1421568 (stock #3647)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,400.00

Marci Zelmanoff intensely crafted mixed metal and wire mesh brooch/pendant

Sterling, silver mesh, brass and enamel

2 3/8" x 3 1/2"

1979

Can be worn as a brooch or a pendant

Etched on verso - Marci Zelmanoff, February, 1979

Fine vintage condition

Marci Zelmanoff - born 1942, Philadelphia

Zelmanoff studied at the Rhode Island school of Design and received a MFA at Southern Illinois University

Her primary i...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1425597 (stock #4050)
Auerbach and Maffia
$895.00

Marci Zelmanoff mixed metal ring

Gold and silver organic form "stones" embedded in silver, rose and yellow gold granulated bubbles combine to create a classic hand crafted work

Call it surrealist or brutalist it's definitely her signature and intense style.

Zelmanoff's work was featured in major artisan publications of the 1970s as well displayed in many well know galleries of the time.

More recently, however, Zelmanoff's work has definitely been flying under ...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1350639 (stock #4061)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,495.00

Marci Zelmanoff sterling and brass brooch/pendant

5 1/8" long x 2 1/2" wide

Weight - 15 grams

Organic design exhibiting the artist's trademark intricate wire work

Inscribed - Zelmanoff, 2/21/80

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1454746 (stock #4087)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,750.00

Marci Zelmanoff

Huge sculptural brooch featuring her classic wire construction in mixed metals with ceramic stone

6" long

Weight - 64 grams

Marked Zelmanoff '72

Very good vintage condition with minor roughness on the ceramic stone

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #814332 (stock #2151 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,650.00

Marci Zelmanoff - born 1942, Philadelphia.

Zelmanoff studied at the Rhode Island school of Design and received a MFA at Southern Illinois University.

Her primary influences were her teachers, Brent Kington and Olaf Skoogfors.

Oversized twisted silver wire brooch.

4" x 4"

Very good vintage condition.

Unsigned

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1970 item #1367058 (stock #3840)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,395.00

Mary Ann Scherr sterling silver bracelet in the form of a serpent/dragon

Mid 20th century

6 " interior circumference plus a rear opening measuring 1 1/4"

This unique and well crafted bracelet weighs 63 grams

Marked Scherr, sterling

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1363570 (stock #3802)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,600.00

Mary Ann Scherr modernist sterling silver slave bracelet

1970's

Interior circumference 6 1/2"

Should fit a small size wrist

Ring is adjustable, currently a size eight

Weight 21.55 grams

Unmarked

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1491683 (stock #4261)
Auerbach and Maffia
$425.00

Mary Ann Sherr modernist sterling silver earrings

2 1/2" x 1 1/4"

Weight - 10 grams

Post back

Signed on verso

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #695129 (stock #1032 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$250.00

Modernist Sterling Earrings

Maxwell Chayat

C.1950s

excellent condition

1" dia.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1347170 (stock #3659)
Auerbach and Maffia
$199.99

Maxwell Chayat modernist sterling silver and rhodocrosite brooch

1950

2" x 1"

Weight - 9 grams

Marked Chayat, sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1394269 (stock #3453)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,200.00

Max Chayat modernist sterling silver and rhodocrosite necklace

American modernist

1950

Length - 14"

Width - Just under 3/4"

Screw back earrings - 3/4" x 3/8"

Total weight [three pieces] - 51 grams

Marked Chayat, sterling [see photo]

Very nice vintage condition with original oxidation

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1005332 (stock #2388 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,250.00

Maxwell Chayat modernist sterling and gray agate brooch

2 3/4" x 1"

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1127759 (stock #2619)
Auerbach and Maffia
$475.00

Maxwell Chayat modernist brooch

sterling silver

1 7/8" x 1 1/8"

Marked Chayat sterling

Very good vintage condition

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 1980 item #1405258 (stock #3501)
Auerbach and Maffia
$450.00

Dynamic brutalist sterling silver and banded agate ring

1970

This heavy and well crafted ring stands 3/4" above the finger

Weight - 19.5 grams

Size - 9 1/2

Unmarked

Fine vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1367082 (stock #3842)
Auerbach and Maffia
$495.00

Modernist sterling silver and enamel brooch

1950

2 1/8" x 1 3/4"

Weight - 19.50 grams

Marked sterling

Excellent good vintage condition