Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1133541 (stock #2622)
Auerbach and Maffia
$795.00

Russell Secrest modernist hefty sterling silver bangle bracelet

Interior circumference 7 3/8" around

1/2" tall

Marked sterling Secrest

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1186490 (stock #2707)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,800.00

Wiley Sanderson, modernist sterling silver and 14K gold brooch

Cranbrook

3 1/8" x 1 5/8"

Etched Sanderson - 48, sterling, 14k

Very good vintage condition

Pictured in Kenneth Winebrenner - "Jewelry Making" [1955], fig. 61

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #722925 (stock #1090)
Auerbach and Maffia
$750.00

American Modernist Copper Antelope Head Brooch

Rebajes

c.1940s

Excellent condition

5 1/8" x 2 1/2"

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1352701 (stock #4069)
Auerbach and Maffia
$795.00

Sam Kramer modernist sterling silver and moonstone ring

1950

Size 6 1/4

Weight - 16 grams

Stamped with both artist's cypher and sterling

Very good vintage condition with age appropriate surface scratches

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1950 item #1470294 (stock #4198)
Auerbach and Maffia
$650.00

Betty Cooke modernist brass brooch

Late 1940s to early 1950s

1 3/4" x 2 1/2"

Weight - 7 grams

Marked COOKE on verso

Excellent 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 1950 item #573625 (stock #697)
Auerbach and Maffia
$950.00

American modernist jewelry movement.

Sterling silver pin made by Paul Lobel, c.1940s.

Entitled "Stradivarius",this brooch is in excellent condition.

Measurements 3" x 1".

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #628401 (stock #843 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,450.00

Early American modernist brass and silver necklace made by Betty Cooke, c.1940s.

Early example of Betty's work.

Excellent condition and all original.

Measures 7 1/4" long, pendant alone - 2 1/2" x 1/4".

Stamped Cooke.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #1119296 (stock #2610)
Auerbach and Maffia
$325.00

Unique sterling silver hand crafted charm bracelet

16 charms in all

Most charms with moving parts

Mexico

1940's

7 3/8" long

Marked Mexico sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1188336 (stock #2717)
Auerbach and Maffia
$550.00

Rebajes sterling, copper and tiger eye hand crafted ring

Kinetic copper ball

1940 - 1950

Size 5 1/2, with adjustable band

Fully marked

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Deco : Pre 1950 item #1167600 (stock #2656)
Auerbach and Maffia
$850.00

Rebajes sterling silver mask brooch

1940's

2 1/4" x 1 3/4"

Hand crafted

Marked Rebajes, sterling

In very good vintage condition retaining original oxidized finish

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Deco : Pre 1950 item #1091717 (stock #2544)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,400.00

American Modernist Sterling Deco Bracelet

Rebajes

c.1940s

Very good vintage condition

2 3/8" wide

Stamped - Rebajes Sterling

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #1330960 (stock #3545)
Auerbach and Maffia
$950.00

Sam Kramer modernist sterling silver and operculum shell ring

1950

Size 6

Weight - 15.58 grams

Very good vintage condition with appropriate surface wear

Two minor shallow fissures on each side of the shell but very stable

Mark is obscured but guaranteed to be a Sam Kramer design

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 #856426 (stock #2193)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,500.00

Ed Levin modernist sterling bracelet

Rare early handwrought example of Levin's work, c. 1950 or earlier.

Three 1/4" diameter sterling silver balls.

Sterling silver wrap.

Deep blue and white ceramic beads.

Inside diameter measures 2 1/2"

Marked - see picture.

Very good vintage condition.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1950 item #1466645 (stock #4149)
Auerbach and Maffia
$450.00

Haglund Studios modernist sterling silver bracelet

Sweden

1945

7 1/2" long x 1" wide

Weight - 52 grams

Marked Haglund Studios, sterling, Sweden with appropriate hallmarks

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #992669 (stock #2375 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,200.00

Ed Wiener modernist jewelry sterling silver brooch with stone

C. late 1940's - early 1950's

3 1/2" x 2 3/4"

Exceptional early work

Three dimensional

Minor surface scratches

Unpolished

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"