FINE JEWELRY Thursday, February 20, 2020 NEW YORK FINE JEWELRY INCLUDING PROPERTY AUCTION FROM THE ESTATES OF Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 10am Julia Acton Forrest Elesabeth Ingalls Gillet Mary C. Graff EXHIBITION Alyce Kalin, Sarasota Saturday, February 15, 10am – 5pm Ruth Lax Sunday, February 16, Noon – 5pm A Broadway Actress Jo Sullivan Loesser Monday, February 17, 11am – 7pm Mary Max Tuesday, February 18, 11am– 4pm Janine Metz Sarah A. T. Mills Co-founder of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, LOCATION Mr. Arthur Mitchell’s Estate Sale Doyle A New York Collector 175 East 87th Street A New York Estate New York City A Distinguished New York and Palm Beach Lady 212-427-2730 A New York and North Carolina Estate www.Doyle.com A Prominent New York Family Maggie Sherer, Palm Beach Leonard and Elaine Silverstein, Bethesda, MD CONTENTS Rosa Strygler Fine Jewelry 1 - 837 Handbags 838 - 880 INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM Peter J. & Mary Ann Ruda Brickfield Revocable Living Trust A Distinguished Chinese Lady A Prominent Cuban Family Glossary I Gloria D’Elia Conditions of Sale II An East Coast Lady Terms of Guarantee IV A Private Far Hills New Jersey Collector Information on Sales & Use Tax V A Florida Lady Buying at Doyle VI A Lady from Chestnut Hill Selling at Doyle VIII A La Jolla Family Collection Auction Schedule IX A Morristown, NJ Collector Company Directory X A New Jersey Collection Absentee Bid Form XII A New Jersey Private Collector A Prominent New Jersey Collector A New York City Collector A Wall Street Collector A Washington Lady A Western Gal Catalog: $25 THE ESTATE OF JANINE METZ Doyle is honored to auction jewelry from the Estate of Janine Metz, who was the Social Secretary to the Duchess of Windsor from 1962 to 1972. The daughter of Parisian couturier Jack Spaner and his wife Jacqueline Brassiens, the former Janine Spaner (1928-2019) moved to New York in the 1950s, where she worked as office manager of the Air France office on lower Broadway. She returned to Paris with the goal of finding a husband, and, on a lark, answered an ad in Le Monde placed by a “Couple de diplomates” in search of a “secretaire THE ESTATE OF MARY MAX particuliere.” Following a series of five interviews, among them with the Duke and the Duchess of Windsor, she was chosen over many applicants and became for a decade the trusted assistant and confidant of one of the world’s most famous and fashionable women. Doyle is honored to auction a luxurious handbag collection from Janine was married in New York in 1964 to Michael Metz (1928-2008), the Estate of animal rights advocate Mary Max. Born in Buffalo, who would become a prominent Wall Street strategist. They had New York, the former Mary Balkin (1966-2019) was met the prior year during a visit to New York on which Janine had educated at Nardin Academy and Boston College. accompanied the Duke and Duchess. Following her marriage, Janine continued to fulfill her responsibilities as Social Secretary to Inspired by a conversation with actress Isabella the Duchess during the Windsors’ regular visits to the United States. Rosellini about factory farming, Mary dedicated herself to the animal rights movement. She was a Janine settled into the couple’s Manhattan penthouse and spent member of the Board of Directors of the Humane the rest of her life cultivating close friendships with many expatriate royals and aristocrats, making the rounds Society of the United States; a founding member of of society charity galas, and generously supporting a the Board of New York Coalition for Healthy School With the Duke and Duchess of Windsor number of organizations, including the Humane Society Food, which introduces plant-based foods and of New York, French Heritage Society, French Institute nutrition education in schools; and a member of the Alliance Français, American Foundation of Savoy Orders, advisory council of Farm Sanctuary, which provides and the American Hospital of Paris. shelter and advocacy for farmed animals. She developed email campaigns urging readers to Janine and the Duchess maintained their close friendship lobby elected officials on animal rights bills, hosted during the years that followed, with regular visits between fundraisers for animal-friendly politiciansand New York and Paris. The last visit, a final farewell, took place legislators, and donated items from her personal in 1986 at the Windsors’ villa in the Bois de Boulogne, collection to auctions benefiting animal welfare on the day the Duchess died. organizations. She co-founded Humane USA-PAC, a national political action committee that promotes Property from the Estate of Janine Metz comprises 48 lots offered throughout the auction. animal rights legislators, and helped launch Voters for Animal Rights in New York State. In her Air France uniform Property from the Estate of Mary Max comprises lots 840 through 880 in the auction. With her husband Michael Metz 12 1 2 3 10 11 Gold Bracelet-Watch, Lucien Piccard Pair of Gold Ball Earclips, Bulgari Gold and Blue and Green Enamel Pair of Gold and Blue and Green Enamel Two Pairs of Gold Earrings Gold Necklace, Firestone & Parson 14 kt., quartz, cushion-shaped gold-tone 18 kt., ap. 18.0 mm., signed Bulgari, BC31, Bangle Bracelet Curb Link Hoop Earrings, Bulgari 18 kt., both signed Italy, ap. 30 dwts. 18 kt., signed FP, Germany, ap. 88.5 dwts. dial, dia. ap. 23.5 x 19.5 mm., signed Lucien Italy, ap. 17 dwts. 18 kt., ap. 36.6 dwts. Inner cir. 6 5/16 inches. 18 kt., signed Bulgari, Italy, minor enamel C Property of a New York City Collector Length 16 5/8 inches. With signed box. Piccard, Swiss Made, ap. 33.4 dwts. gross. C C loss, ap. 15 dwts. $1,000-1,500 C Property of a Lady from Chestnut Hill Length 7 1/2 inches. $1,500-2,000 $2,000-3,000 C $3,000-4,000 C $2,000-3,000 $800-1,200 4 5 6 13 Two-Color Gold and Diamond Pair of Gold, Diamond and Gold, Green Garnet and Diamond Ring Pair of Gold and Carved Lapis 14 15 Bangle Bracelet Green Enamel Earclips, De Vroomen 18 kt., 26 round green garnets ap. 2.65 cts., Half-Hoop Earclips Two-Color Gold and Diamond Bow Brooch Gold and Lapis Curb Link Bracelet and 18 kt. yellow & white gold, 44 round 18 kt., 80 round diamonds ap. 2.50 cts., 5 round diamonds ap. .64 ct., ap. 4 dwts. Ap. 20 dwts. gross. and Pair of Gold Knot Earclips Pair of Earclips diamonds ap. 1.45 cts., ap. 25.6 dwts. with hallmarks, ap. 17.2 dwts. Size 5 1/2. C 18 kt. yellow & white gold, 11 round 18 kt., 4 round domed lapis ap. 8.8 mm., Inner cir. 6 1/4 inches. C C $700-900 diamonds ap. .55 ct., brooch signed Danker, 2 oval cabochon lapis ap. 12.6 x 6.8 mm., C Property of a Lady from Chestnut Hill $1,500-2,000 $1,200-1,500 ap. 29.3 dwts. ap. 46 dwts. Length 7 1/2 inches. $1,500-2,000 C Property of a Lady from Chestnut Hill C Property of a Lady from Chestnut Hill $1,000-1,500 $1,800-2,200 7 8 9 16 17 18 Pair of Gold and Lapis Earclips Gold ‘Panthère’ Wristwatch, Cartier Pair of Two-Color Gold and Gold, Platinum and Diamond Two-Color Gold, Blue and Green Gold, Cabochon Sapphire and 18 kt. 18 kt., quartz, square dial, dia. ap. 27 x 27 mm., Diamond Hoop Earclips Flower Brooch Enamel and Diamond Dome Bracelet Diamond Ring C Estate of Mary C. Graff double deployant clasp, signed Cartier, case 18 kt. yellow & white gold, 24 round 14 kt., one round & 20 old-mine cut 18 kt. yellow & white gold, 49 single-cut 18 kt., one oval cabochon sapphire $600-800 nos. 1070, 915511CD, ap. 42 dwts. gross. diamonds ap. 1.40 cts., ap. 24.7 dwts. diamonds ap. 1.60 cts., c. 1945, diamonds ap. .70 ct., signed Italy, ap. 7.00 cts., 2 trilliant-cut diamonds Length 5 5/8 inches. With signed box. C Property of a Lady from Chestnut Hill ap. 9.6 dwts. ap. 53.5 dwts. Length 7 inches. ap. 1.40 cts. Size 6 1/2. C Property of a Lady from Chestnut Hill $1,200-1,800 C C C $3,000-4,000 $800-1,200 $2,000-3,000 $2,000-3,000 6 DOYLE • FEBRUARY 20, 2020 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 7 19 20 21 28 29 30 Ridged Gold Cuff Bangle Bracelet Gold Link Gold, Mother-of-Pearl and Diamond ‘Wave’ Gold and Diamond Bracelet Gold and Diamond Gypsy Ring Pair of Gold ‘Bean’ Earclips, Tiffany & Co., 14 kt., ap. 57 dwts. Inner cir. 6 3/8 inches, Chain Necklace Wristwatch, Ebel 14 kt., 47 round diamonds ap. 5.00 cts., One old European-cut diamond Elsa Peretti with open back. 14 kt., ap. 93 dwts. 18 kt., quartz, circular dial, diamond markers ap. 9.5 dwts. Length 7 1/8 inches. ap. 1.50 cts., 2 half-moon shaped diamonds, 18 kt., signed Tiffany & Co., Peretti, C Length 25 inches. & diamond-set bezel, dia. ap. 27.5 mm., C ap. 7.3 dwts. Size 4 1/2, with inner guard. ap. 11 dwts. $1,200-1,800 C deployant clasp, signed Ebel, ap. 76.3 dwts. gross. $2,000-3,000 C Estate of Maggie Sherer, Palm Beach C $2,000-3,000 Length 7 inches.