FREMONT PLACE ESTATE SALE

SEPTEMBER 16, 17, 18 & 19

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

Melrose Treasures Estate Sales Los Angeles will be conducting an exceptional four-day private estate sale inside historic Fremont Place, featuring an extraordinary collection assembled over many years.

This approximately 6,000-square-foot residence is filled with fine art, luxury watches, automobiles, historic and custom motorcycles, designer clothing and exotic leather, major sports memorabilia, model trains, Biedermeier and other period furniture, clocks, porcelain, historical material and an enormous variety of unusual collectibles.

FINE ART

Highlights include two pastel portraits by Mary Cassatt, a large oil portrait of a ...

A legendary piece of American motorcycle drag-racing history is coming to our exclusive Los Angeles estate sale.

This 1952 Triumph Thunderbird is Bobby Sirkegian’s celebrated “Pretty Boy II,” the 650cc gasoline-class drag racer he campaigned during his remarkable teenage racing career.

At only 13 years old, Sirkegian rode Pretty Boy II to victory in the 650cc class at the historic 1953 sanctioned drag racing championships at Pomona, California, and repeated the achievement in 1954. During his teenage racing career, Sirkegian accumulated more than 200 victories and numerous track records.

The 650cc Triumph engine was extensively prepared for competition by noted tuner Fred Ford, with oversized ...

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE R.A. — LOS ANGELES ESTATE SALE

A remarkable large-scale oil portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769–1830), from a prominent private Los Angeles estate collection.

“Portrait of a Woman in a Lace Morning Cap”

Oil on canvas

Approx. 51 × 41 inches framed

Recent examination revealed a faint painted “TL” inscription at the lower left, visible under strong directional light. The painting also retains its aged keyed stretcher with historic inventory markings and an old frame plaque reading:

“SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, R.A. 1769–1830”

One of a number of significant works of art and exceptional objects being offered at our...