1700-1710 Cornelius Kierstede Silver Punch Bowl, est. $400-$800,000

Important Americana  Jan. 22-23
This sale includes several of important silver pieces, including a 1700-1710 punch bowl by Colonial silversmith Cornelius Kierstede, estimated to sell for up to $800,000. The bowl has been stored in a bank vault for the last 230 years. It had belonged to Commodore Joshua Loring who lived in Jamaica Plains, MA., before moving to London in 1776, fleeing the Revolutionary War.

Randlett Fust Family Chippendale Desk, est. $400-$1m

Notable brown furniture include a Chippendale desk, described as the “Ranlett-Fust Family” slant front desk, estimated to fetch between $400,000-$1 million (quite a spread). The desk was made in Marblehead, MA. and is one of only 12 known examples of the bombe, or curving, form.

Chinese export 'Order of the Cincinnati' plate, est. $30-$50,000

Chinese Export Porcelain from the Private Collection of Elinor Gordon Jan. 23
A single owner sale of 280 lots of Chinese export porcelain and China trade paintings from the estate of dealer Elinor Gordon. The sale includes an ‘Order of the Cincinnati’ plate, estimated up to $50,000.

Hendrick Goltzius' 1612 "Jupiter and Antiope," est. $8-$12 million

Old Master Drawings and Paintings Jan. 27 and Jan.  28
Old Masters seemed relatively recession proof in 2009, but this has always been a notoriously guarded market. This season Gordon Getty continues selling, with a pair of Canaletto drawings, each estimated in the $200-$350,000 range.

Pricier is 17th century Dutch painter Hendrick Goltzius’s 1612 “Jupiter and Antiope,” a racy R-rated composition featuring a monumental nude. It is estimated up to $12 million.  The painting formerly belonged to Abraham Adelsberger, a German Jewish toy manufacturer. Adelsberger’s son-in-law was forced to sell the work to Nazi Hermann Goring in exchange for the family’s safety, according to Sotheby’s. The painting was recovered by Allied forces in 1945 and sent to the Dutch government where it was loaned to museums. It was returned to the Adelsberger heirs in 2009.

Joseph Chinard 1784-1787 "Phryne Emerging From Her Bath," est. $400-$600,000

Important European Terracotta and Bronze Sculpture from the Arthur M. Sacker Collections Jan. 29
Single owner sale of 15th-20th century European terracottas and bronze sculptures, from the Arthur M. Sackler collections. Prices range from $2,000 to $500,000.

Contemporary Art March 9
The mid-season contemporary sale features 50 works from the Myers collection, an estate whose higher value pieces were included in the Nov. 2009 contemporary sale. Artists include Nancy Graves, Helen Frankenthaler, Hans Hofmann and Cindy Sherman.

Impressionist and Modern Art March 25
The mid-season Impressionist and modern art sale includes works on paper by Paul Signac, Camille Pissarro and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec.