Fine Art and Antique Estate Auction 361 goes live on Saturday, November 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET at Antique Arena in Brooklyn, New York, and online bidding is open now. The 806-lot catalogue of New York estate property opens with three lots featured on the auction card itself: a John Pedder harvest-scene oil in a gilt frame, a Southeast Asian bronze seated Buddha on a pierced pedestal, and an Ancient Egyptian stone ibis. The sale also includes Russian cloisonné enamel (led by an extra-large silver kovsh), Russian gold jewelry, Soviet posters, a Sikh painting with Bonhams provenance, early Islamic antiquities and French clocks. Most lots open at $10 or $50.
Below are the lots worth watching, starting with those three highlights, then grouped by collecting area, with estimates and a link to each lot page. Bidding sooner? Auction 360 goes live this Saturday, November 14.
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Top 3 highlights
These are the three lots Antique Arena chose for the Auction 361 catalogue card. Each opens a larger card below with the estimate and a direct link to bid.
Top highlight · Lot 225
Estimate $950-$1,500 · Opening bid $50
John Pedder (British, 1850–1929) painted this harvest scene: a peasant leading a horse-drawn hay cart across a stubble field under a wide sky. Signed lower right and housed in an ornate gilt frame measuring about 37¾ × 47½ in. Pedder trained at the Liverpool Academy of Arts and was elected RI in 1898. It is one of the three lots featured on the Auction 361 catalogue card.
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Top highlight · Lot 449
Estimate $475-$750 · Opening bid $50
A Southeast Asian bronze seated Buddha on an elaborate pierced figural pedestal, catalogued as probably Thailand or Cambodia, 17th–18th century. The Buddha sits in a teaching gesture above an openwork base with a kneeling atlas figure and mythical beasts, with aged patina and verdigris. About 16 in. high. Also featured on the Auction 361 catalogue card.
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Top highlight · Lot 664
Estimate $450-$700 · Opening bid $50
An Ancient Egyptian natural stone figurine of an ibis, Late Period to Ptolemaic Egypt, ca. 700–200 BC. The ibis is the sacred bird of Thoth, the god of wisdom, writing and knowledge. About 1 × ¾ in., with the wear expected of an archaeological carving. The third of the three lots shown on the Auction 361 catalogue card.
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Russian silver, cloisonné enamel and hardstone carvings
Auction 361 also carries one of the strongest groups of Russian silver and enamel we have offered this season: kovshi, tea caddies, Easter eggs and gem-set hardstone animals, led by the top estimate in the sale.
Lot 341
Estimate $7,000-$10,500 · Opening bid $50
An extra-large 88 silver kovsh, the traditional Russian drinking vessel, covered in polychrome cloisonné enamel with geometric, floral and foliage patterns and gilt inside. It weighs 1,010 g and stands 7½ in. high, and it carries the highest estimate in Auction 361.
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Lot 342
Estimate $2,800-$4,200 · Opening bid $50
A lidded, urn-shaped gilt 88 silver tea caddy in shaded cloisonné enamel with chinoiserie decoration: arched floral panels on turquoise grounds, and on one side a Chinese scholar holding a book. 8½ in. tall; 660 g.
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Lot 346
Estimate $1,000-$1,500 · Opening bid $50
An upright 84 silver tea caddy with dragonflies and reeds in relief and a niello lid patterned like a carpet. Marked on the base and lid; 3½ in. high, so it suits a smaller budget for Russian silver.
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Lot 343
Estimate $1,300-$2,000 · Opening bid $50
A 5 in. 84 silver Easter egg casket in polychrome cloisonné enamel with a rose pattern, gilt inside, on its own footed stand. Each piece is hallmarked.
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Lot 357
Estimate $1,000-$1,500 · Opening bid $50
A hand-carved agate cat, 3 in. long, with emerald cabochon eyes in gold settings and finely carved fur texture. Hardstone animals like this are a classic Russian collecting field.
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Also in this section
- Lot 360 RUSSIAN CARVED AGATE GOLD RUBY FIGURINE OF A DORMOUSE Est. $1,200-$1,800 View lot 360 ›
- Lot 344 RUSSIAN CARVED AGATE FIGURINE OF A PIG WITH RUBY EYES Est. $1,200-$1,800 View lot 344 ›
- Lot 348 RUSSIAN SILVER FIGURINE OF A RHINO WITH RUBY EYES Est. $1,000-$1,500 View lot 348 ›
- Lot 364 RUSSIAN AGATE GOLD AND GEMSTONES RABBIT FIGURINE Est. $850-$1,300 View lot 364 ›
- Lot 350 RUSSIAN SILVER CLOISONNE ENAMEL KOVSH LADLE Est. $1,200-$1,800 View lot 350 ›
- Lot 352 LARGE RUSSIAN GILT SILVER ENAMEL EASTER EGG W GEMSTONE Est. $1,200-$1,800 View lot 352 ›
- Lot 356 LARGE RUSSIAN 84 GILT SILVER AND ENAMEL EASTER EGG Est. $1,200-$1,800 View lot 356 ›
- Lot 355 RUSSIAN SILVER ENAMEL EMERALD RUBY JADE LETTER OPENER Est. $600-$900 View lot 355 ›
- Lot 543 RUSSIAN GILT SILVER ENAMEL BELT BUCKLE WITH EAGLES Est. $1,000-$1,500 View lot 543 ›
- Lot 354 RUSSIAN JUDAICA SILVER CLOISONNE ENAMEL MEZUZAH Est. $200-$300 View lot 354 ›
Russian gold jewelry and Easter egg pendants
Jewelry buyers will find Russian 56 gold (14K) pieces set with diamonds, hardstone Easter egg pendants and Imperial-themed silver, with estimates from a few hundred dollars.
Lot 403
Estimate $1,200-$1,800 · Opening bid $50
A carved bowenite Easter egg pendant inlaid in silver with a diamond-set Imperial double-headed eagle. Gold 56 standard and maker's marks on the suspension ring; 25 mm.
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Lot 399
Estimate $2,000-$3,000 · Opening bid $50
A marquise-shaped 56 gold brooch with a large moss agate cabochon between diamond-set leaves. Hallmarked on the pin, and it comes in a fitted box.
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Lot 402
Estimate $2,000-$3,000 · Opening bid $50
A late 19th-century Imperial Russian gold and silver ring with a rose-cut diamond at the centre of a tiered, navette-shaped cluster of smaller rose-cut diamonds. Size 6, with a box.
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Lot 396
Estimate $1,000-$1,500 · Opening bid $50
A silver-gilt spider brooch with a deep blue guilloché enamel body, a round amethyst framed by rose-cut diamonds and ruby eyes. Marked with the 88 standard; just over 2 in. across.
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Lot 370
Estimate $300-$450 · Opening bid $50
Gilt 88 silver presentation cufflinks with profile portraits of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, framed in cobalt enamel and pearls. One of the more affordable Imperial pieces in the sale.
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Soviet posters, photography and Russian art
Soviet graphic design runs from a 1920s NEP-era store advertisement to 1950s posters by Mikhail Soloviev and Boris Efimov, alongside Khaldei's Nuremberg photograph and Russian avant-garde works.
Lot 180
Estimate $2,500-$3,800 · Opening bid $50
A Russian School mixed-media portrait of a woman in a wide hat, signed with the Cyrillic initials V. L. The catalogue suggests they may stand for Vladimir Lebedev (1891-1967), the Soviet painter and graphic artist. Framed, 23¼ x 15¾ in.
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Lot 725
Estimate $400-$600 · Opening bid $50
Be a Vigilant Guardian of the USSR's Maritime Borders, a 1950 poster by Mikhail Soloviev (1905-1990), Honored Artist of the RSFSR, showing two sailors scanning the horizon. Published by Iskusstvo; restored tears noted.
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Lot 736
Estimate $300-$450 · Opening bid $50
The Forces of Peace Are Invincible (1949), a Cold War caricature poster by Boris Efimov and N. Dolgorukov, printed in an edition of 100,000. Restored tears; see the lot page.
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Lot 89
Estimate $400-$600 · Opening bid $50
A vintage photograph of the Nuremberg Trials in Courtroom 600 by Soviet photojournalist Evgeny Khaldei, 1946, showing Göring, Hess and Ribbentrop in the dock. Inscribed on the back; framed.
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Lot 494
Estimate $500-$750 · Opening bid $50
A 13 in. Russian avant-garde ceramic plate from the 1930s, painted in a bold graphic style with a woman in traditional dress holding flowers in a stylized landscape.
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Paintings, prints and Indian art
Beyond the Pedder harvest scene above, paintings in Auction 361 range from a Sikh devotional work with Bonhams provenance to a large Pichwai on silk and a signed Vasarely, with many works on paper opening at $10 or $50.
Lot 258
Estimate $2,900-$4,400 · Opening bid $50
Balwant Singh's oil of Guru Gobind Singh enthroned with his falcon, Mata Gujri and the Sahibzade, Punjab, ca. 1950-70. Signed front and back. Provenance: Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 5 June 2024, lot 235.
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Lot 257
Estimate $750-$1,200 · Opening bid $50
A large Pichwai-style devotional painting on silk of Krishna playing the flute in the Raas Leela with Radha and the gopis, about 51 x 30 in. with the frame.
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Lot 71
Estimate $500-$750 · Opening bid $50
Victor Vasarely's Optical Cube, a 1975 red and blue silkscreen by the leader of Op Art, signed in pencil and numbered 28/125. Unframed, 30 x 22 in.
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Lot 186
Estimate $450-$700 · Opening bid $50
Market Day, an oil on board of a village cattle market by Karl Stuhlmüller, a genre and animal painter of the Munich School. Signed lower right, in an ornate gilt frame.
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Antiquities and Islamic works
Beyond the bronze Buddha and Egyptian ibis above, ancient material ranges from early Islamic glass and silver to Roman jewelry, Egyptian amulets and a Himalayan bronze shrine, with many lots estimated under $500.
Lot 684
Estimate $1,500-$2,300 · Opening bid $50
A rare silver ring with a flattened oval bezel engraved with the word Allah, dated ca. 500-600 AD. Ring size 8; 3.06 g.
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Lot 691
Estimate $1,200-$1,800 · Opening bid $50
An early Islamic glass medallion, ca. 600-800 AD, with three lines of Arabic text in relief. About 1 in. across.
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Lot 588
Estimate $1,000-$1,500 · Opening bid $50
An 18th-century Persian Safavid tinned copper bowl, hand-engraved with floral patterns, arabesques and calligraphic cartouches. 10 in. diameter.
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