Bloomfield, NJ, USA, August 19, 2020 -- Nye & Company Auctioneers’ upcoming Estate Treasures auction will be held just before the Labor Day holiday and offers a wide variety of fine and decorative arts. The auction is scheduled for Wednesday, September 2nd, online-only, starting at 10 am Eastern time.

Internet bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and the Nye & Company website (www.nyeandcompany.com).

“We will prepare an exhibition and will open our doors to the public by appointment,” said Andrew Holter of Nye & Company Auctioneers. “Clients will enjoy a seamless online experience, with accurate condition reports and detailed images for all the items in the offering.”

Disparate material comprises the first fall auction and has pieces coming to sale from all over the Tri-State area. “The beauty of estate property is that the pieces have been in private collections and out of circulation for years, often decades, and that keeps collectors’ attention on our site,” continued Mr. Holter.

A cast bronze fountain, entitled “Scherzo,” depicting a young nude poised on a dolphin-supported base by the noted American artist, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, is from a Frenchtown, New Jersey collection and leads the numerous pieces of sculpture. At nearly 4’ tall, “Diana” comes from a different consignor, is after Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828) and could be the centerpiece of a successful bidder’s garden room. Another notable consignment from the New York City and Atlantic City areas and comprise works by R. C. Gorman, Yuri Krasny, Miguel Ortiz Berrocal and more. A third New Jersey family from the northern part of the state consigned a bronze tennis player and a bronze “Priestess of Bacchus.”

The auction includes a large silver offering as well. There is sterling flatware in the “Cactus” pattern by highly collectable Danish designer Georg Jensen; several lots of monogrammed and hallmarked French serving pieces; and examples of Chinese silver. Other manufacturers in the auction include such firms as Tiffany, Theodore B. Starr, Whiting, Gorham and others.

The Fine Art category is also strong as a result in-part of the success Nye enjoyed earlier in the summer. A Keith Haring Subway Drawing further highlights the September auction and comes from the estate of the consignor’s father. The Louis Comfort Tiffany maritime watercolor hails from a Midwest family, and the Banksy “Di-Faced Tenner” and “Peckham Rock” and “Gross Domestic Product Welcome Mat,” along with limited edition books by Jim Dine and an offset print by Jonas Wood, “Large Shelf Still Life” partially comprise the more modern works. A visually bold and very graphic mixed-media on postcard of a Monkey-with-Crown by Jean-Michel Basquiat is accompanied by papers authenticating the work by the Estate.

A large consignment of Old Master Prints and Drawings Property from a Private East Coast Collection will represent approximately 140 lots in the sale. Many works are by recognizable house hold names, such as Guido Reni, Albrecht Durer, Wenceslaus Hollar, Pieter Bruegel The Elder, Thomas Wyck, Claud Lorrain and so many others. Bidders can pursue bucolic landscapes, architectural ruins, farm scenes and allegorical imagery. There should be something for everyone. Additionally, there is a pair of paintings by John F. Herring (English, 1820-1907), and a volume of Captain Cook’s travels.

People can bid in absentia and online. An online preview will be held from August 19th through September 2nd, at www.nyeandcompany.com, www.liveauctioneers.com and www.invaluable.com. Anyone looking for additional images, condition reports or general commentary about an object, is encouraged to reach out via the Nye & Company website or via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please note that our company offices will be closed Fridays until Labor Day.

For more information about Nye & Company Auctioneers and the Estate Treasures Online Only Auction on Wednesday, September 2nd , visit www.nyeandcompany.com. The full color catalog can be viewed around August 19th at www.nyeandcompany.com, www.LiveAuctioneers.com and www.Invaluable.com.

About Nye & Company Auctioneers:
John Nye had a long and fruitful career at Sotheby’s before he and his wife, Kathleen, acquired Dawson’s in 2003 and started Dawson & Nye. With the move to Bloomfield seven years later, they renamed the business to Nye & Company (Auctioneers, Appraisers, Antiques). The firm is nationwide, but the vast bulk of the business comes from trusts and estates in the tri-state area. For more info, visit www.nyeandcompany.com.

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China has issued a new version of its industry standard for knitted casual wear, which came into effect on July 1, 2020.

Published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, FZ/T 73020-2019 covers products that are primarily manufactured using knitted fabrics. It does not apply to products made for infants aged 36 months or under. 

There are multiple updates in FZ/T 73020-2019, in comparison to the 2012 iteration. Alterations include:

• Instructions that children’s product use must comply with a specified clause in GB 31701
• Terms and definitions for mini shorts and fluorescence color
• Labeling rules for sizes beyond the standard
• Applicable scope for the colorfastness of natural color or bleached fabrics
• Assessment for results and single sample
• Colorfastness for linings
• Test items for appearance after washing
• Requirements and test methods for the staining degree of soap solution
• Requirements covering colorfastness to light for apparel in fluorescence color

The new standard contains adjustments to:

• Normative references
• Requirements for colorfastness to rubbing, light, dry-cleaning, and light of textiles wetted with artificial perspiration
• Requirements covering pilling
• Requirements covering spirality for tops after laundering
• Measurement description for spirality after laundering

Revisions include:

• Applicable scope
• Test method for colorfastness to transfer in joints
• Sewing requirements
• Specification of sampling number

The new standard has removed:

• Net dry content requirement for fiber content
• Annex A of FZ/T 73020-2012
• Requirements for dresses and short skirts
• Requirements for colorfastness for prints and pyrographics

The standard contains technical requirements relating to:

• Appearance: defects, dimension tolerance, dimension difference in symmetrical position, and sewing requirements
• Internal quality: fiber content, formaldehyde content, pH value, odor, decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amines, bursting strength, pilling, dimension change after laundering, dimension change after dry-cleaning, spirality after laundering, appearance after laundering, and multiple requirements relating to colorfastness

Stakeholders are advised to now check their knitted casual wear conforms to the latest version of FZ/T 73020.

SGS Softlines Services

SGS has a worldwide network of over 40 state-of-the-art laboratories specializing in testing of apparel, footwear, and home textiles. Their committed team is drawn from multi-disciplinary backgrounds, allowing them to carry out a comprehensive range of physical, chemical, and functional testing services for components, materials and finished products. SGS helps companies ensure quality, performance, and compliance with international, industrial, and regulatory standards worldwide. Learn more about SGS’s Softlines Services. 

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China’s new industry standard for knitted garments and accessories for infants came into effect on July 1, 2020. Issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, FZ/T 73025-2019 replaces the 2013 iteration and contains multiple revisions.

FZ/T 73025-2019 applies to clothing accessories aimed at infants that are primary made from knitted fabrics. Products that fall under the scope of this standard include underwear, outwear, sleepwear, all-in-ones, bellybands, trousers, hosiery, foot straps, caps, gloves, bibs, aprons, scarves, swaddle wraps, quilts, sleeping bags, and bedding.

The latest version of the standard adds:

• Applicable scope for the colorfastness of natural color or bleached fabrics
• Specification for “packaging of the textile products for infants and children should not be allowed to apply needles and other metal sharp objects”
• Applicable scope for colorfastness in joints
• Applicable scope for pilling properties
• Applicable scope for the water-vapor transmission rate
• Applicable scope for appearance after washing
• Technical requirements for heavy metal content, phthalate content, attached components, filling materials, pilling, appearance after washing, water-vapor transmission rate, down-proof property of down garments
• Note 2 in Table 1 on the definition of elastic fabrics
• Note 3 in Table 1 on the recommendations for infant products

There are also adjustments relating to:

• Technical requirements in the standard’s Table 1
• Grade assessment of appearance defects
• Requirements for dimension difference in symmetrical position
• Requirements for dimension tolerance
• Technical requirements for dimensional change after washing, colorfastness in joints and some colorfastness items

The new version of the standard also has revisions to:

• Applicable scope
• Normative references
• Reference specification in instructions for use
• Applicable scope for extractable heavy metal content
• Test method for colorfastness in joints
• Applicable scope for dimension change after laundering
• Condition for appearance quality inspection
• Terms for knitted garments and accessories for infants
• Specifications for raw materials

The new standard has removed:

• Specification on “flame retardant finish of infants textile products is not recommended”
• Specification on “Do not test sewing strength of press snap button and spring snap button”
• Specification on stitch density
• Annex A of FZ/T 73025-2013

The standard contains technical requirements relating to:

• Appearance: defects, dimension tolerance, dimension difference in symmetrical position, raw materials and sewing requirements
• Internal quality: fiber content, formaldehyde content, pH value, odor, decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amines, heavy metal content, phthalate content, flammability, filling materials, attached components, extractable heavy metal content, dimension change after laundering, appearance after laundering, water-vapor transmission rate, the remains of broken sewing needles, down-proof property of down garments, pilling, tensile strength of strap, and multiple requirements relating to colorfastness

Stakeholders are advised to now check their knitted garments and accessories for infants comply with the latest version of FZ/T 73025.

SGS Softlines Services

SGS has a worldwide network of over 40 state-of-the-art laboratories specializing in testing of apparel, footwear, and home textiles. Their committed team is drawn from multi-disciplinary backgrounds, allowing them to carry out a comprehensive range of physical, chemical, and functional testing services for components, materials and finished products. SGS helps companies ensure quality, performance, and compliance with international, industrial, and regulatory standards worldwide. Learn more about SGS’s Softlines Services.

SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full China Releases an updated Product Standard FZ/T 73025-2019 (Knitted Garments and Accessories for Infants) SafeGuardS. 

Subscribe here to receive SGS SafeGuardS direct to your inbox.

For further information contact:

China Softlines Marketing Office

Asia - Shanghai

Tel: +86 (0)21 6140 2698

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Website: www.sgs.com/hardlines

LinkedIn: sgs-consumer-goods-&-retail

About SGS

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 89,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.

Siora Surgicals Pvt. Ltd., one of the oldest orthopedic implants company, has introduced its new line of locking plate, distal radius plate, and locking hand plates. Like all other implant products in the Siora catalog, the fragments of these locking implants are individually tested for durability and stability. This addition to the company’s existing product line system marks a major milestone for Siora Surgicals. The company has received all major certifications like ISO 9001 certification, ISO 13485 certification, and WHO GMP certification.

Over the years, Siora Surgicals has been supporting the global medical community by providing top-of-the-line orthopedic implants indigenously at the best price. All the orthopedic implants are developed using state-of-the-art technology and as per global medical needs. The company’s quality assurance and R&D team work tirelessly to generate innovative products with longer shelf life and durability.

As per a recent report on global fracture fixation products, it has been found that the market of fracture fixation products is expected to grow at a combined annual growth rate of about 8%. With the presence of several major players in this domain, Siora Surgicals is all set to boost its productivity and technology standards as per the global demands. The company’s competitive price and superior quality have helped it gain an edge over its competitors globally.

Siora’s product units are equipped with ultramodern and cutting-edge machinery. A team of trained and committed specialists and experts regularly coordinate with the management for developing new products. The company’s quality assurance system is certified to comply with ISO 13485:2016 standards. Implants like locking plates, Variable Angle Locking Plate are customized depending upon the client’s needs and as per the patient’s physical build to give it a perfect fit. Locking hand plates are designed using superior quality stainless steel or titanium alloy material.

The company’s modern line of the Locking Plate System is broadly categorized into three categories of Microlock Locking Hand System, Small Fragment Locking Plate System, and Large Fragment Locking Plate System. It further includes a vast array of orthopedic implants and set like small fragment locking plate and screw, large fragment locking plate and locking head screw, broken screw removal instruments and set, large fragment locking instruments, and small fragment locking instruments.

Siora also specializes in microlock Locking Hand System which are primarily used for fracture fixation of the phalanges and metacarpals. These locking systems are offered only in Titanium alloy. The product line of microlock locking hand systems includes microlock locking instruments, microlock locking implants, and microlock locking implants and instruments set. All these new lines of locking plates come under value for money variable angle plate and locking hand plate collection. If you have any hesitation and need to assure anything then we also provide samples on request, generally at discounted prices.

About the company:

Established in 1990, Siora Surgicals Pvt. Ltd. is one of the oldest and top orthopedic implants company in India. With the mission to provide the finest products to orthopedic implants fraternity, Siora Surgicals has grown into a trusted and reliable brand among its clients. Such a customer-centric approach, transparent business model, and professional work approach have helped the company to grow to the next level for more than two decades now. The company manufactures quality tested and industry-standard orthopedic implants and instruments at a rational price.