- Ten Books from the Personal Library
of Vincent Massey, early 20th century 1) W.R. Lethaby. ARCHITECTURE (London: Williams and Norgate, undated) Ownership inscription “Vincent Massey/Balliol” and with Vincent...
[more like this] - 12 BOOKS W/ RARE BINDER, BOOKSELLER
TICKETS, TN, VALot of twelve assorted vintage books all carrying collectible binder and/or bookseller tickets - Nashville TN and Richmond VA. Used as a form of identification...
[more like this] - 1834 WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS, ALLAN CUNNINGHAMLot
of twelve assorted vintage books all carrying collectible binder and/or bookseller tickets - Nashville TN and Richmond VA. Used as a form of identification and advertising...
[more like this] - [HOUDINI, HARRY] GALE, JOHN. GALE'S
CABINET OF KNOWLEDG...[Houdini, Harry] Gale, John. Gale's Cabinet of Knowledge [Houdini's Signed Copy]. London: Wallis, 1780. Signed by Houdini on the title page. Contemporary...
[more like this] - SEVEN JAPANESE MAGIC BOOKS FROM VERNON'S
LIBRARY.[Vernon, Dai] Seven Japanese Magic Books from Vernon's Library. Japan, 1970s. Including two volumes by Furota inscribed and signed to Vernon, with Vernon's ownership...
[more like this] - AN ANTIQUE RECONSTRUCTION ERA MAP, "KOSSE
& SCOTT'S MAP...AN ANTIQUE RECONSTRUCTION ERA MAP, "Kosse & Scott's Map of the City of Houston and Environs," 1867, hand colored engraving on paper, compiled and drawn by...
[more like this] - BOSTON CUSTER'S COLT CARRIED AT LITTLE
BIGHORNThis is quite possibly one of the most important Battle of the Little Bighorn firearms ever offered for public sale, a Colt U.S. Cavalry issue Single Action Army revolver...
[more like this] - CHIEF SITTING BULL'S C. SHARPS 1859
PEPPERBOXThis historic and important lot includes the C. Sharps four-barrel derringer circa 1859-1862 owned by Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull marked in Togia language as...
[more like this] - RARE EDITION, "LES CUIVRES DE REMBRANDT"Les
Cuivres de Rembrandt, R‚impression des Planches Originales, complete set of 80 etchings, 78 by Rembrandt, one etching by Ferdinand Bol (No. 272), one etched copy after Rembrandt...
[more like this] - RARE EDITION, "LES CUIVRES DE REMBRANDT"Les
Cuivres de Rembrandt, Réimpression des Planches Originales, complete set of 80 etchings, 78 by Rembrandt, one etching by Ferdinand Bol (No. 272), one etched copy after Rembrandt...
[more like this] - TWO QAJAR LACQUERED LEATHER PAPIER MACHE
BOOK COVERS
PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY with central reserves of lovers on white grounds adorned with peacocks and flowers within script borders, the opposing sides with panels of...
[more like this] - SPINACH GREEN JADE WITH AGATE INSET
OPIUM PIPE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ????????????????the cylindrical shaft in plain form with metal mount, inset both ends with agate mouthpiece, the stone of luscious...
[more like this] - 1853 SLAVE OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTSchedule
of the personal property of Isaac Newton Culbertson, a deceased land owner in Floyd county Georgia, including descriptions of 13 slaves, ranging in age from 5 years to 75...
[more like this] - JEWELRY: 10K GOLD MASONIC WATCH FOB,
CIRCULAR WITH THE EMBLEM OF THE MASONIC TEMPLE AND A BLUE "C" IN CENTER, INSCRIBED "C S" VERSO, ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVELOPE WITH HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP, HAS BLEMISHES AND WEAR...
[more like this] - THREE SLAVE DOCUMENTS: 1815 COURT INQUEST
FOR SLAVE WHO IS SAID TO HAVE MURDERED A MAN AND TWO 1847 TEXAS REGISTRY PAGES: BOND OF $1,700 IN SLAVE OWNERSHIP DISPUTE AND DISPUTE OF OWNERSHIP WITH NAMES AND VALUES OF...
[more like this] - JAPANESE KUTANI LIDDED VASE ?? ?????of
bottle form, painted with three figures on the bulbous body(1)30cm highProvenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E.,...
[more like this] - FAMILLE ROSE 'LOTUS POND AND MANDARIN
DUCKS' GINGER JAR
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????of ovoid form, painted to one side with a pair of Mandarin ducks in a lotus pond with large foliage and florals,...
[more like this] - TWO FAMILLE VERTE GINGER JARS AND COVERS
QING
DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ?????????????each similarly painted with a continuous lotus pond scene, with wooden stands(2)heights: 17.5cm and 19.5cmProvenance: Kimmerghame, Duns,...
[more like this] - PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'COVERT EIGHT IMMORTALS'
PLATES
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY ? ???????????each painted to the central medallion with attributes of Eight Daoist Immortals, including a double-gourd, sword, plantain fan,...
[more like this] - BLUE AND WHITE AND UNDERGLAZED-RED BOTTLE
VASE
20TH CENTURY ???? ??????????the globular body supported on a slightly flared foot, rising to a long straight neck, painted with fruits borne on foliage underneath bands...
[more like this] - SANG-DE-BOEUF BOTTLE VASE
QING DYNASTY,
18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ?????sturdily potted from a recessed foot rising to a bulbous body and straight long neck, applied overall with a thick red glaze thinning on the mouth...
[more like this] - TURQUOISE-GLAZED HANDLED VASE
QING DYNASTY,
19TH CENTURY ? ???????rising from a short foot to globular body, waisted neck and wide flared mouth, two makara heads with water emerging from mouth flanking the neck forming...
[more like this] - OX-BLOOD-GLAZED LANGYAO MEIPING VASE
QING
DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ???????the high shouldered baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck and terminating to a flared rim, covered overall with...
[more like this] - MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE JADE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM'
BOWL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????elegantly carved with steep and gently flaring plain sides, supported on a medallion of a blossoming chrysanthemum, the thin polished...
[more like this] - MUGHAL STYLE PALE CELADON JADE HANDLED
BOWL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????????the delicate body intricately carved in low relief on the exterior with a band of acanthus leaf, the tip rising from the rim...
[more like this] - Mahogany American Federal sofa with
wing carved arm supports, massive pedestal front feet, with an ownership provenance from a Confederate Civil War soldier who became a Presbyterain minister in Utica, NY, 82"...
[more like this] - Rare John Wilbank 1836 Philadelphia
Bellcast bronze signed and dated 1836 bell form with yoke stamped within two upper rings.Only three John Wilbank bells are said to exist in the United States. Harry Long MD...
[more like this] - 3 vols. Illustrated Books: (Dulac,
Edmund, illustrator.) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [ca. 1909]. 4to, orig. red cloth, gilt; often rather scuffed. With 20 mounted color plates....
[more like this] - 2 vols. William Penn - 18th-Century
Imprints: Barclay, Robert. The Anarchy of The Ranters... To which is added: A Brief Examination and State of Liberty Spiritual. London: Mary Hinde, 1771. 8vo, unbound. Old...
[more like this] - Southern stoneware verse-inscribed garden
tile signed Dave Savannah River Valley or Central Georgia dated 1869 press-molded form and triple scallop top with inverted pyramid design body modified Albany and unglazed...
[more like this] - 5 vols. Oz Books: Baum, L. Frank. The
Lost Princess of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1917), [but ca. 1935]. Illus. by John R. Neill. Lg. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, color pictorial cover label; light edge wear, d/j...
[more like this] - 10 vols. (Baedeker Handbooks for Travelers)
- Baedeker, Karl: The Mediterranean. Leipzig, 1911. * Italy from The Alps to Naples. Leipzig, 1909. 2nd ed. Perforated ownership stamp on title. * Southern Italy and Sicily......
[more like this] - 9 vols. (8 wrappers) Children's Books
- Early & Mid 19th-Century American Imprints: The Death and Burial of Cock Robin. New Haven: Sidney's Press, 1826. 48mo, orig. pictorial wrappers; ink annotations on front...
[more like this] - Patchwork quilt, VA, African American
ownership provenance, wear, 78" x 80" Estimate $150-250...
[more like this] - 3 pieces. American Revolution: Great
Britain. "By His Excellency Sir William Howe... Proclamation... Appointing Joseph Galloway, Esq.;... Superintendent of all Imports and Exports... Head-Quarters in Philadelphia,...
[more like this] - Norman Rockwell, The Danbury Mint, Prom
Dress, dressing mirror included, Certificate of Ownership, Serial number D1411, 18" tall, mint in box Estimate $30-50...
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