- JOS. DELANEY- ALEX HALEY DRAWINGS, LETTERSJoseph
Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) archive including 3 drawings and 2 letters from author Alex Haley (1921-1992). 1st & 2nd items: One type-written letter from Alex Haley...
[more like this] - 5 NATHAN HOUSE WPA MISSISSIPPI SCENE
LITHOGRAPHSFive (5) Nathan House (Mississippi, 1909-1947) lithographs depicting scenes of African American farmers in rural Mississippi in the late 1930s to early 1940s, Titles...
[more like this] - MALVINA HOFFMAN PLASTER RELIEF, PAVLOVA
AND MORDKIN(New York, 1887-1966)
Anna Pavlova and Mikhail Mordkin performing Alexander Glazunov's ballet 'Bacchanale'", 1911-1914, possibly a working artist's proof, cast...
[more like this] - MALVINA HOFFMAN PLASTER RELIEF, PAVLOVA
AND MORDKIN(New York, 1887-1966)
Anna Pavlova and Mikhail Mordkin performing Alexander Glazunov's ballet Bacchanale , 1911-1914, possibly a working artist's proof, cast plaster,...
[more like this] - MALVINA HOFFMAN PLASTER RELIEF, PAVLOVA
AND MORDKIN(New York, 1887-1966)
Anna Pavlova and Mikhail Mordkin performing Alexander Glazunov's ballet Bacchanale , 1911-1914, possibly a working proof, polychromed cast...
[more like this] - MALVINA HOFFMAN PLASTER RELIEF, PAVLOVA
AND MORDKIN(New York, 1887-1966)
Anna Pavlova and Mikhail Mordkin performing Alexander Glazunov's ballet Bacchanale , 1911-1914, possibly a working artist's proof, cast plaster,...
[more like this] - MALVINA HOFFMAN PLASTER RELIEF, PAVLOVA
AND MORDKIN(New York, 1887-1966)
Anna Pavlova and Mikhail Mordkin performing Alexander Glazunov's ballet Bacchanale, 1911-1914, possibly a working proof, polychromed cast...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED MESOPOTAMIAN GLAZED HEAD -
GYPSUM & BITUMENAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Kassite period, ca. 14th to 13th century BCE. Staring past the confine of time, a head depicting a haunting guise carved in...
[more like this] - NECKLACE W/ OLMEC JADE BEADS, DUCK HEAD
PENDANTPre-Columbian, southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A stunning necklace comprised of nearly 100 ancient beads carved from omphacite jade,...
[more like this] - BYZANTINE GOLD EARRING W/ FILIGREE SPHERENear
East, Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 7th to 10th century CE. A gorgeous high quality 77% (equivalent to 18K+) gold earring with a spectacular filigree orb at the center....
[more like this] - ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF STELE - MOTHER,
CHILD, LION, & BULL...Roman, Eastern Empire, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. An exemplary marble relief stele displaying 2 diverse scenes: one of a mother and...
[more like this] - RARE ROMAN GLASS BALSAMARIUM W/ WHITE
RIGAREERoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A wonderful glass balsamarium presenting with a concave, circular base with walls that taper to a narrow, flared...
[more like this] - 1900S ARCHITECTURAL ETCHINGS BY J. PENNELL,
R. LOGANJoseph Pennell (American, 1860-1926). "Stock Exchange" etching, ca. 1904. Hand signed in pencil at lower center. Hand titled in pencil at lower right. AND Robert Fulton...
[more like this] - BYZANTINE GOLD EARRING W/ FILIGREE SPHERENear
East, Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 7th to 10th century CE. A gorgeous high quality 77% (equivalent to 18K+) gold earring with a spectacular filigree orb at the center....
[more like this] - INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH POTTERY FERTILITY
IDOL, TL TESTED...**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A hand-built pottery female fertility idol of a characteristically...
[more like this] - ROMAN IRON SPATHA W/ BRONZE POMMEL,
IVORY HANDLERoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A beautiful forged iron spatha of a bifacial design bearing a shallow midrib, extremely sharp edges, and a pointed...
[more like this] - ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,
EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
[more like this] - ABRAHAM WALKOWITZ WATERCOLOR - "NEW
YORK CITY" (1912)Abraham Walkowitz (American born in Russia, 1878-1965). "New York City" watercolor on paper, 1912. Signed and dated in pencil on lower left. A magnificent...
[more like this] - SIGNED RUTH ORKIN PHOTO "AMERICAN GIRL
IN ITALY" (1951)...Ruth Orkin (American, 1921-1985). "American Girl in Italy" photograph, 1951. Hand-signed on lower right. Following an assignment for LIFE magazine in Israel...
[more like this] - "BLUMENFELD COLOR: THE AGE OF ELEGANCE"
PORTFOLIOErwin Blumenfeld (American of German origin, 1897-1969). "Blumenfeld Color: The Age of Elegance" limited edition portfolio - Hamburg: PPS.Galerie F.C. Gundlach, 1940s...
[more like this] - ANCIENT ROMAN NECKLACE 22K+ GOLD & CHALCEDONY
BEADSRoman, Republic to Imperial Period, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. A stunning and wearable necklace strung with 22 lavender hued chalcedony stones and 21 high quality 93.48%...
[more like this] - LIFESIZE ROMAN MARBLE HEAD BALDING MAN
WITH BEARDRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A masterful, life-size marble portrait of a man displaying a bushy beard and a hairless scalp surrounded by a...
[more like this] - OLUF GRAVESEN MIXED MEDIA "NAILING"
(1974)**First Time At Auction**
Oluf Gravesen (Danish, 1943-1987). Untitled metal nails and wood, 1974. Hand signed and dated "Oluf Gravesen / Regnbuen, Mon / Denmark / August...
[more like this] - WILLIAM DRAPER PORTRAIT OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN
(1956)**Originally Listed At $4500**
William Franklin Draper (American, 1912-2003). "Leonard Bernstein" oil on canvas, 1956. Signed w/ inscription on lower left. A special...
[more like this] - GANDHARA PANEL BUDDHA FEET ATOP BODHISATTVA
RELIEF**First Time At Auction**
Northwest Pakistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A fabulous gray schist panel depicting a relief of a Bodhisattva in meditation...
[more like this] - ROMAN MARBLE STELE OF DRAPED MALE W/
INSCRIPTION**First Time At Auction**
*This item may be oversized. Please inquire about shipping prior to bidding.
Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A...
[more like this] - EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE STATUE NUDE APOLLO**First
Time At Auction**
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An exquisite bronze statue of Apollo in the nude standing in contrapposto with his left leg bent at the...
[more like this] - GALLO-ROMAN BRONZE AMPHORA W/ MASKETTES**First
Time At Auction**
Gallo-Roman, Imperial period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A rare and graceful bronze amphora boasting a slender pair of arched handles that each terminate...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN SEBENNYTIC-PTOLEMAIC GLASS
INLAY**First Time At Auction**
Egypt, perhaps the city of Sebennytos, Late Dynastic (30th Dynasty) to Ptolemaic Period, Sebennytic-Ptolemaic Period, ca. 380 to 30 BCE. A...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CYLINDER VESSEL,
EX SOTHEBY'S**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Egypt, Early Dynastic Period, 1st to 2nd Dynasty, ca. 3150 to 2686 BCE. A gorgeous vase of a slender form that is hand-carved...
[more like this] - SIGNED 19TH C. ITALIAN AGATE CAMEO OF
TUCCIA, GIROMETTI...Western Europe, Italy, Neoclassical period, ca. early 19th century CE. Signature on lower left periphery. A gorgeous signed agate cameo by Italian engraver...
[more like this] - JALISCO POTTERY HUNCHBACK FIGURE, EX-SOTHEBY'S**First
Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An evocative pottery hunchback figure depicted nude and lunging forward as he sits with...
[more like this] - SUPERB FRANKISH MEROVINGIAN GOLD & GARNET
RING**First Time At Auction**
Central Europe, Frankish, Merovingian Dynasty, Migration Period, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A beautiful gold and garnet ring, with a thick hexagonal...
[more like this] - NECKLACE W/ ANCIENT ROMAN GLASS BEADS
& GOLDRoman, Republic to Imperial Period, ca. 2nd BCE to 3rd century CE. An incredibly beautiful and unique necklace strung with over 50 ancient glass and carnelian stone...
[more like this] - GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX W/ NUDE
EPHEBESAncient Greece, Athens / Attic, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A remarkable pottery kylix adorned with red-figure decoration of nude ephebes and athletes as well as geometric...
[more like this] - 1863 TIME IS MONEY NEW YORK CIVIL WAR
TOKEN1863 US Civil War Hussey's Locomotive Token - obverse reads "Time is Money 1863 Expediency". Reverse of the token reads “Hussey's Special Message Post 50 WM St....
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