A limited number of tickets to the Benefit is available at $50 each.
Tickets will go on sale September 15, 2004 at Noon.

We will accept payments for tickets by check and credit card (Visa/MasterCard)

To reserve using your credit card:
e-mail your credit card information – card name, name on card, card number, expiration date to: auction@mocad.org.
E-mail reservation confirmation will be sent upon completion of transaction.

Make checks payable to: Museum of California Design
Mail to:
Publication Celebration
Museum of California Design
P.O. Box 361370
Los Angeles CA, 90036
Be sure to include your phone number and e-mail address.
Checks must be posted on or before Tuesday, September 21. After that date, we will only accept payment by credit card.

Note: This event will be held on the second floor and there is no handicap
            access.

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E-mail bids will be accepted from noon, September 19 to noon, September 26.
Bids should be submitted via e-mail to auction@mocad.org.

When submitting your bid, indicate your name, the lot number, name of item
and your bid amount. You will be notified by e-mail if you had been outbid and
what the current bid is. If you would like to bid again, please make sure that you
are using the correct bid increment.

Winners will be e-mailed within 48 hours of the closing of the silent auction on September 26th at 5:30 pm. Payments are due at that time.
If you have any questions, please contact us at info@mocad.org.
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N.B. The following 9 lots are from a series of 21 ceramic pieces painted by Tyrus Wong
for the Museum of California Design in 2004. These are the first and only ceramic pieces painted by Mr. Wong since he left Winfield Pottery in Pasadena in 1950.

	LOT 1 "Horse" painted by Tyrus Wong, 2004 15 inches in diameter Black, clear and red glazes Calligraphy signature and chop mark on obverse. Signed on reverse: Tyrus Wong 2004 Donated by Tyrus Wong Estimated value: $975 Opening Bid: $600 Bid increments: $50
	LOT 2 "Grass with Dragonfly" painted by Tyrus Wong, 2004 15 inches in diameter Black, clear and red glazes Calligraphy signature and chop mark on obverse. Signed on reverse: Tyrus Wong 2004 Donated by Tyrus Wong Estimated value: $975 Opening Bid: $600 Bid increments: $50
	LOT 3 "Horse" painted by Tyrus Wong, 2004 10 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches Black, clear and red glazes Calligraphy signature and chop mark on obverse. Signed on reverse: Tyrus Wong 2004 Donated by Tyrus Wong Estimated value: $675 Opening Bid: $400 Bid increments: $50
	LOT 4 "Peace" painted by Tyrus Wong, 2004 13 inches in diameter Black, blue, clear and red glazes Calligraphy signature and chop mark on obverse. Signed on reverse: Tyrus Wong 2004 Donated by Tyrus Wong Estimated value: $875 Opening Bid: $500 Bid increments: $50
	LOT 5 "Bamboo" painted by Tyrus Wong, 2004 15 inches in diameter Black, clear and red glazes Calligraphy signature and chop mark on obverse. Signed on reverse: Tyrus Wong 2004 Donated by Tyrus Wong Estimated value: $975 Opening Bid: $600 Bid increments: $50
	LOT 6 "Horse" painted by Tyrus Wong, 2004 18 1/2 X 18 1/2 inches Black, clear and red glazes Calligraphy signature and chop mark on obverse. Signed on reverse: Tyrus Wong 2004 Donated by Tyrus Wong Estimated value: $1400 Opening Bid: $800 Bid increments: $50
	LOT 7 "Tai-yu Wong" painted by Tyrus Wong, 2004 Vase: 6" high x 4 1/2" in diameter (Left) Black, clear and red glazes Calligraphy signature and chop mark on side. Signed on bottom: T.W. 2004 Donated by Tyrus Wong Estimated value: $595 Opening Bid: $300 Bid increments: $50
	LOT 8 "Tai-yu Wong" painted by Tyrus Wong, 2004 Vase: 8" high x 5 1/2" in diameter (Center) Black, clear and red glazes Calligraphy signature and chop mark on side. Signed on bottom: T.W. 2004 Donated by Tyrus Wong Estimated value: $795 Opening Bid: $450 Bid increments: $50
	LOT 9 "Tai-yu Wong" painted by Tyrus Wong, 2004 Vase: 10" high x 7" in diameter (Right) Black, clear and red glazes Calligraphy signature and chop mark on side. Signed on bottom: T.Y. Wong 2004 Donated by Tyrus Wong Estimated value: $995 Opening Bid: $600 Bid increments: $50
	LOT 10 "Grasses with Dragonfly" by Tyrus Wong, 2004. Ink drawing, black and red, on sumi-e paper: 13 3/4" x 18". Signature: calligraphy and chop mark. Donated by Tyrus Wong Estimated value: $750 Opening Bid: $400 Bid increments: $50
	LOT 11 Portrait of Tyrus Wong, photograph by Peter Brenner, 2004. Black and white, 11" x 13." Gelatin silver print. Signed by Tyrus Wong and Peter Brenner Donated by Peter Brenner Estimated value:$250 Opening Bid: $175 Bid increments: $25
	LOT 12 Classic modern teapot designed by Edith Heath in 1947. Handcrafted and hand-glazed in California. Stoneware with matte redwood glaze and cane-wrapped copper handle. 6" high x 8" wide x 5" deep. Current production by Heath Ceramics, Sausalito. Donated by Heath Ceramics. Estimated Value $100 Opening bid: $75 Bid increments: $15
	LOT 13 Classic modern coffee pot designed by Edith Heath in 1952. Handcrafted and hand-glazed in California. Stoneware with matte French grey glaze. 7"high x 8"wide x 4.75"deep. Current production by Heath Ceramics, Sausalito. Donated by Heath Ceramics. Estimated Value: $155 Opening bid: $75 Bid increments: $25
	LOT 14 service 1 Five-piece dining service for four designed by Edith Heath in 1960. Rim shape with an onyx (slightly metallic, medium shiny black) glaze and exposed clay rim; Twenty pieces total: salad plate 8.25"; dinner plate 10.75"; soup bowl (made exclusively for restaurants, not for retail sale) 9"; saucer 5.5"; cup 3.25" tall and 3" in diameter. Current production by Heath Ceramics, Sausalito. Donated by Heath Ceramics. Estimated value $320 Opening bid: $175 Bid increments: $25
	LOT 15 service 2 Five-piece dining service for four designed by Edith Heath in 1960. Rim shape with an onyx (slightly metallic, medium shiny black) glaze and exposed clay rim; Twenty pieces total: salad plate 8.25"; dinner plate 10.75"; soup bowl (made exclusively for restaurants, not for retail sale) 9"; saucer 5.5"; cup 3.25" tall and 3" in diameter. Current production by Heath Ceramics, Sausalito. Donated by Heath Ceramics. Estimated value: $320 Opening bid: $175 Bid increments: $25
	LOT 16 Original polychrome glazed earthenware tile by the Malibu Potteries, Malibu, c.1928. 3" x 3". Reference: “America Art Tile: 1876-1941” by Norman Karlson, (pg.186). Donated by Cristi Walden. Estimated value: $75 Opening bid: $40 Bid increments: $5
	LOT 17 Original polychrome glazed earthenware tile by the Malibu Potteries, Malibu, c.1928. 4" x 2". Reference: “America Art Tile: 1876-1941” by Norman Karlson, (pg.186). Donated by Cristi Walden. Estimated value: $80 Opening bid: $50 Bid increments: $5
	LOT 18 Original polychrome glazed earthenware tile by the Malibu Potteries, Malibu, c.1928. 4-1/2" x 3-3/4". Reference: “America Art Tile: 1876-1941” by Norman Karlson, (pg.185). Donated by Cristi Walden. Estimated value: $90 Opening bid: $60 Bid increments: $5
	LOT 19 Book: "California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism" by Bill Stern, photographs by Peter Brenner (Chronicle Books, 2001), 119 pp., 8-1/2" x 9." Autographed by Bill Stern, Peter Brenner, and these California pottery designers and producers: Jerome Ackerman (Jenev Design Studio), Rupert Deese (Rupert Deese Stoneware Designs), Jack and Ruth Hirsch (Jaru Art Products), Malcolm Leland (Malcolm Leland Ceramics and Architectural Pottery), Max Lawrence (Architectural Pottery), Harrison McIntosh, Barbara Willis, Tyrus Yu Wong (Winfield Pottery), and Eva Zeisel. Donated by Bill Stern Estimated value: $375 Opening bid: $250 Bid increments: $25
	LOT 20 Book: "Domain: Works in Progress by G. T. James & Paul Vangelisti, with a sequence of photographs by Joe Goode." Invisible City/5, San Francisco & Los Angeles, 1986, 5-1/2" x 9". Mint condition. From the estate of George T. James, designer and design director of the Franciscan Pottery. Donated by Sandra James Estimated value: $40 Opening bid: $25 Bid increments: $5
	LOT 21 Print of California plein air painting by Marion Wachtel (1870-1954), in original frame, c. 1925. Framed size: 11 1/2" x 16 1/2." Donated by Antiques & Objects, Pasadena Estimated Value: $200. Opening bid: $75 Bid increments: $25
	LOT 22 Original August, 1929, issue of “Pictorial California”. This 10-1/4" x 14” 32-page rotogravure publication, rich in photographs of the Golden State’s natural and manmade beauty, was used to promote tourism. The August 1929 issue contains picturesque, full-page photos of Santa Barbara's Old Spanish Days festival, dramatic photo of the Hollywood Bowl at night, the Playa Del Rey "Beach of the King" and photo essay on the Beverly Hills home of actress Clara Bow. Excellent condition. Donated by the Museum of California Design Estimated Value: $75 Opening bid: $45 Bid increments: $10
	LOT 23 Framed poster: Fernando Botero, "Still Life with Watermelon" (1974). Guild Hall, Easthampton. 31-1/2" x 32". From the poster collection of Billy Wilder: retains the labels from the Christie's auction of his collection at which they were purchased. Some surface abrasions to the Plexiglas, otherwise fine condition. Donated by Daniel Ostroff Estimated Value: $50 Opening bid: $30 Bid increments: $5
	LOT 24 Framed poster: Lionel Feininger painting; Berggruen, 70 rue de l'Université—Paris VII. Mai–Septembre 1974, 30-3/4 x 21-3/4". From the poster collection of Billy Wilder: retains the labels from the Christie's auction of his collection at which they were purchased. Fine condition except for an abrasion to the metal frame. Donated by Daniel Ostroff Estimated Value: $50 Opening bid: $30 Bid increments: $5
	LOT 25 Elongated dish, William Manker, Claremont, c. 1950. Earthenware, plum outside, light gray-green inside, 6-1/2” long x 4” wide x 2” high. Inkstamp mark: William Manker, and handwritten ink mark: J 101. Excellent condition. Donated by Deborah and Andrew Frank Estimated value: $135 Opening bid: $65 Bid increments: $10
	LOT 26 Hexagonal tile, bisque with yellow recess glaze. Batcheler-Wilson, Los Angeles. c.1930. Incised mark: BATCHELDER / LOS ANGELES. Excellent condition, no chips, cracks or repairs, never set. Donated By Mark Jager Antiques, South Pasadena. Estimated value. $135 Opening bid: $60 Bid increment: $10
	LOT 27 Two prototype maquettes designed by Southern California artist Hal Meltzer for Rosenthal AG, Selb, Germany. Blanc de Chine (white porcelain), 1984. Intended for mass production, but never serially produced Table Ornament: Crescent shaped watermelon slice with three stylized seeds in relief; unsigned: Rosenthal, c. 1984. 4" H x 9 3/4" W. Plaque: Signed on reverse in blue ink: "DONUTMAN POOLSIDE" Rosenthal, Selb, West Germany, September 4, 1984. Shows naïf human figure in a neo-classical landscape; 6 5/8" H x 7 7/8" W. Donated by Daniel Ostroff Estimated value for the pair: $250 Opening bid: $100 Bid increments: $25
	LOT 28 Modern Handled Jug, West Germany, c. 1955. Matte glaze. Abstract design. 7" x 4 1/4." Foil label: Bay Keramik. In mold marks: W. – Germany, 285-17. Excellent condition. Donated by Boo Radley’s, Los Angeles Estimated value: $75 Opening bid: $40 Bid increments: $5
	LOT 29 Modern Handled Jug, West Germany, c. 1955. Matte glaze. abstract design. 7" x 4 1/4." In mold marks: W. – Germany, 285-17, plus ink mark: 31/6210. Small unobtrusive glaze chip at base. Donated by Boo Radley’s, Los Angeles Estimated value: $75 Opening bid: $40 Bid increments: $5
	LOT 30 Set of 3 vases by Charles Hollis Jones for Hudson-Rissman, Los Angeles, original production c.1962. Chrome with Lucite liners, 5 1/2" x 2," 7 1/2" x 2," 9 1/2" x 2." Excellent condition, except for discoloration to interior metal surfaces. Accompanied by photograph and statement of authenticity signed by Mr. Jones. Donated by Charles Hollis Jones Estimated value: $950 Opening bid: $450 Bid increments: $50
	LOT 31 Post Table, Metric Line, by Charles Hollis Jones for Hudson-Rissman, Los Angeles, original production, c.1965. Lucite and chrome, 20" x 19." Excellent condition. Accompanied by photograph and statement of authenticity signed by Mr. Jones. Donated by Charles Hollis Jones Estimated value: $2,500 Opening bid: $850 Bid increments: $50
	LOT 32 Poster for EXP POTTERY STUDIO EXTRAVAGANZA 2000. 8-1/2" x 20"; Framed size 9” X 20-3/4”. Designed by renowned Los Angeles ceramist Peter Shire and printed by letterpress by Patrick Reagh. Signed in ink "SHIRE / SIGNED 2003 / L.A". Donated by Peter Shire. Framing donated by Jerry Solomon Enterprises Estimated value: $145 Opening bid: $75 Bid increments: $15
	LOT 33 Original California fruit box label: RAMONA MEMORIES, San Fernando Heights Lemon Association, San Fernando/Los Angeles, California. Lithographed by Western Litho.Co. Los Angeles, c.1950: 12 1/4" x 8 3/4". Donated by Bill Stern Estimated Value $30 Opening bid: $15 Bid increments: $5
	LOT 34 Series of 10 yoga classes at Iyengar Yoga. Iyengar yoga is an intelligent fundamental approach to hatha yoga aiming to build balance and integrity in mind, body and heart. More information can be found on www.iyila.org Value: $120 Opening bid: $75 Bid increments: $10
	LOT 35 Series of 10 yoga classes at Iyengar Yoga. Iyengar yoga is an intelligent fundamental approach to hatha yoga aiming to build balance and integrity in mind, body and heart. More information can be found on www.iyila.org Value: $120 Opening bid: $75 Bid increments: $10
	CALCO (California Clay Products) polychrome, earthenware tile. 12 1/4" x 12 1/4" x 7/8," South Gate, c. 1925.Except for a strip of missing glaze along one edge, remarkable condition. CALCO was founded in 1923 by Rufus Keeler who, in 1926 became the general manager of the Malibu Potteries which he established for May Rindge. Donated by Scott Wells, Wells Antiques, Los Angeles Estimated value: $350 Opening bid: $125 Bid increments: $25
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