Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #671375 (stock #979 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$950.00

Ed Wiener modernist earrings.

Circa - 1950.

1 3/8" long x 1 1/2" wide.

Condition - excellent with age appropriate patina.

Signed on verso.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1227491 (stock #2876)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,500.00

Ed Wiener modernist sterling silver dancer brooch

3 1/4" x 2"

Very good vintage condition with good original oxidation

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #1468604 (stock #4165)
Auerbach and Maffia
$765.00

Exceptional clamper bracelet

Sterling silver and amethyst

Depicting fish in hands

Made in Taxco, Mexico

Mid 20th century

2 1/2" x 2 1/4" x 3 1/2" tall

Weight - 74 grams

Marked Taxco, JC, Hecho en Mexico, 925, sterling, eagle mark 3

Excellent condition

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 #1308919 (stock #4003)
Auerbach and Maffia
$850.00

Henry Steig modernist sterling silver bracelet

1950

Interior circumference - 4 1/2" with a 1 3/4" opening in rear

2 1/8" x 1 3/4"

For a small wrist

Weight - 25.90 grams

Marked Henry Steig, Sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1388124 (stock #3422)
Auerbach and Maffia
$395.00

Ella Cone modernist sterling silver bracelet

Mid 20th century

American modernist

Statement bracelet

Interior circumference measures 6" plus a 1" rear opening for a total of 7"

Weight - 47 grams

Stamped Ella L. Cone, sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1456956 (stock #4102)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,200.00

Early and Iconic Ed Wiener wrapped sterling silver cuff bracelet

American modernist

1950

The Wiener cuff should fit a 7" wrist

Rear gap measures 1 1/2"

The overall dimensions are 2 1/2" x 1 3/4"

Weight - 36 grams

Signed Ed Wiener, sterling

Excellent condition

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...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1220527 (stock #2841)
Auerbach and Maffia
$785.00

Rebajes modernist free form sterling silver brooch

1950

3 3/4" long

Marked Rebajes sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #1391088 (stock #3425)
Auerbach and Maffia
$445.00

Mexican sterling silver and amethyst quartz necklace

Mid 20th century

Should fit a 14 - 14 1/2" neck

Weight - 48+ grams

Marked Sterling, Taxco

Very fine vintage condition

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 1960 item #649187 (stock #927)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,900.00

Elsa Freund modernist necklace.

Silver with glazed ceramic 'stone'.

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

Condition - excellent.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #525611 (stock #584 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$995.00
Sterling silver ring with two types of stones personal made by Rebajes hand, c.1950s. The ring is in excellent condition and very clean. The ring is adjustable for size. Showing is a size 5.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1428827 (stock #3691)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,500.00

Philip Morton Modernist Brooch

1950⁠

American modernist artisan

Author of the classic book "Contemporary Jewelry," a studio handbook, which spotlights hand made jewelry techniques and the various working artisans of the mid 20th century period

Morton's jewelry is rare and hard to find and this brooch is a great representation of the aesthetic at that time

2 1/4" in diameter

Copper and silver

Original untouched vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1355541 (stock #4077)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,200.00

Rare John Prip sterling silver brooch

Mid 20th century

2 1/4" x 1 1/4"

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #686788 (stock #1013)
Auerbach and Maffia
$225.00

Miguel Melendez, Taxco sterling and amethyst earrings.

1 5/8" x 1 1/4".

Condition - excellent.

Marked with Melendez cipher.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #746363 (stock #2055)
Auerbach and Maffia
$350.00

American Modernist Sterling Geometric Pin

Bill Tendler

c.1950s

Excellent condition

2 1/4" x 1 1/4"

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1384545 (stock #3406)
Auerbach and Maffia
$495.00

Bill Tendler modernist sterling silver cuff bracelet

Mid 20th century

American, New York

Weight - 40 grams

Interior circumference 5 1/2" plus a 1" rear opening

2" x 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" tall

Marked Tendler, sterling in block letters

Very good vintage condition with only minor scattered light surface scratches