June Online Auction | LOT #304 - Eastern Orthodox Icon Assortment
Eastern Orthodox Icon Assortment
Estimate: $300 - $500
Hammer Price: $400
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000; Theotokos: Julia Graassimova, Liivalaia 42-49, 10113 Tallinn, Estonia
Dimensions: Height: 10 1/4 inches, Width: 8 1/2 inches (panel, Theotokos - black inscription (smallest))
Condition: Good, overall light wear consistent with age and normal use; both Madonna and Child icons having warps with some craquelure, cupping and pigment loss throughout, nail holes around sides; gold inscription icon having vertical line of panel separation and lacking horizontal stabilizing slats en verso; black inscription Madonna and Child having nail holes on halos; solo Madonna having horizontal stress crack in panel, lower left quadrant and narrow gauge lower right quadrant; light dirt accumulation to all
Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present
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Sales Tax: California (7.250%), Florida (6.000%), Georgia (8.500%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)