MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF MUSEUM AND EXHIBITIONCATALOGUESApproximately 30 books.
Including:
Sotheby's New York, Contemporary Art Evening Auction, May 12, 2015
Christie's, The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller,...
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GROUP OF BOOKS ON FRENCH DECORATIVEARTSIncluding the following volumes in French: Maisons de France: Plaisir de France with an introduction by Olivier Queant, Les Publications de France, 1950, first edition;...
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2 VOLUMES, CHRISTIE'S COLLECTION OFELIZABETH TAYLORThe original complete catalogs from the 2011 Christie's auction.
Two comprehensive volumes featuring the objects sold at the 2011 jewelry auction of the late...
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ARISTIDE MAILLOL PLASTER FIGURE OF ASEATED NUDE(French, 1861-1944)
Jeune fille se voilant les yeux, 1900, signed "Aristide Maillol", plaster, 8-3/4 x 6-3/4 x 2-3/4 in.
Note: An edition of 6 was cast after...
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TWO CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PORCELAINTEAPOTS, FREDERIC...comprising: circa 1724, teapot with arms of Frederick, depicted with two thirds gilt ground, top one third cobalt, having three white doves, centered with...
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TWO VOLUMES, ANDROW OF WYNTOWN'S CRONYKILOF SCOTLANDDe Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland by Androw of Wyntown, London: T. Bensley, 1795, two volumes (complete), bound in full leather, gilt lettering and decoration to...
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EXHIBITED & PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN SILVERAMULET OF HATHOREgypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A beautiful, cast silver amulet of Hathor - the goddess of music, love, dance, and motherhood,...
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JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY(American, 1823-1900)
SunsetOver Lake Thrasemine, 1881, signed and dated lower right "J. F. Cropsey 1881", oil on canvas, 7 x 13 in.; fine reproduction gilt wood frame, 14 x 20 in.
Provenance: Ortgies...
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GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMMED KYLIXW/ NIKEAncient Greece, Athens / Attic, ca. 6th century BCE. A gorgeous pottery kylix boasting red-figure decoration of a winged Nike (Roman Victoria), the Greek goddess of...
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[CHINESE WORKS OF ART--SCHOLAR'S OBJECTS]A collection of 27 richly illustrated reference volumes and catalogues in English and Chinese pertaining to scholar's objects, comprising:
CHAPMAN, Jan. The Art of Rhinoceros...
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[JAPANESE ART—REFERENCE]
A collectionof reference books and catalogues pertaining to Japanese art, selected tittles comprising:
KURSTIN, Joseph and Gilles LORIN, The Peacock’s Feather: Gentleman’s Jewelry...
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A Collection of Reference Books AboutAsian Art
— KLEMER, D.J. Chinese Love Poems. Illustrated by Seong Moy. New York: 1959.
— SPEISER, Werner. The Art of China: Spirit and Society. New York, 1960.
— CAHILL,...
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RARE LÉON MESSAGÉ, LOUIS XV STYLEORMOLU ENCRIER, CIRCA 1895, INSCRIBED 'L MESSAGE SC' AND CAST BY BARBEDIENNE, 10 3/4 X 13 1/2 X 9 3/4 IN. (27.3 X 34.3 X 24.8 CM.) ORMOLU ENCRIER, CIRCA 1895, INSCRIBED 'L...
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CHINESE QINGBAI GLAZED TRIPOD CENSER,YUAN DYNASTY A Chinese Qingbai glazed tripod censer, dating from the Yuan dynasty Interesting effect of the way the white-blue-green Qingbai glaze pools into the unglazed...
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BOOKS: FIVE VOLUMES, MUSIC THEMED, INCLUDING:TWO BOUND VOLUMES OF MUSIC, INCLUDING "LUCY NEAL, THE CELEBRATED AMERICAN NEGRO BALLAD...BOOKS: Five volumes, Music themed, including: two bound volumes of music, including...
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LIBERACE COSTUME, WORN ON ALBUM COVERFrankAcuna designed vest, kilt, trousers, belt, sash and tie, worn by Liberace on the cover of the album "Mr. Showmanship, Volume 2." Provenance: From the estate collection of...
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T.J.V. BRAGHT, "THE MARTYRS MIRROR"BOOK, 1780 Thieleman J. van Braght (Dutch 1625-1664), "Der Blutige Schau-Platz oder Martyrn Spiegel der Tauffsgesinten oder Wehrlosen-Christen, die um des Zeugnuss Jesu, ihres...
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RARE LÉON MESSAGÉ, LOUIS XV STYLEORMOLU ENCRIER, CIRCA 1895, INSCRIBED 'L MESSAGE SC' AND CAST BY BARBEDIENNE, 10 3/4 X 13 1/2 X 9 3/4 IN. (27.3 X 34.3 X 24.8 CM.) ORMOLU ENCRIER, CIRCA 1895, INSCRIBED 'L...
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JAPANESE BOOKS, 19TH CENTURYJAPANESEBOOKS, 19TH CENTURY, [Art/ Japanese] 11 volumes: Japanese Jingles, first edition, Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, 1891; miscellaneous titles including Mantei Oga. Kokusenya Gassen (paintings...
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LEATHER BOUND VOLUMES OF POETRY ANDFICTION FICTION, [Bindings] 14 volumes, most 8vo or smaller, other than: Norman Douglas. South Wind. Illustrations by Carlotta Petrina. NY: Limited Editions Club. 1932. Quarto....
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20TH-CENTURY ART AND DESIGN
COLLECTIONOF CATALOGUES, LIMITED EDITIONS AND REFERENCE WORKS to include:Marcel Duchamp. The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, even. A Typographic Version by Richard Hamilton of...
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EIGHT FOLIO SOCIETY AGATHA CHRISTIEBOOKS Boxed set of eight The Folio Society Agatha Christie (English 1890-1976), hardcover books comprising "The Complete Poirot", 2003, volumes 1-3, "Hercule Poirot Novels,...
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CHRISTIES, ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH,SIX CATALOGS "The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth". Published by Christies, New York, auction March 17-21, 2015. Quarto, six volume set of soft cover auction catalogs,...
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CERAMIC COLLECTIONS, SALE CATALOGUES.PHILLIPS -THE WATNEY COLLECTION
Parts 1 [2 copies] 2 and 3, 1999-2000, - Pinewood Collection, 2001, - Norman Stretton Collection, 2001, Bonhams - Watney Collection of Chinese...
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7 volumes on European clocks, SkeletonClocks by Royer-Collard, Fine Carriage Clocks Fanelli-Terwilliger, Clocks and Watches by Bruton, Old English Master clockmakers by Cescinsky, Clocks and Their Value by de...
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Rare John Abbot watercolor (British/Georgia,1751-1840), Bald Eagle, No. 133, Abbot notes: "Length 3 feet 4 inches. Sometimes frequents the Ponds catching Ducks & Fish. Is not common here, the Young One is called...
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Rare John Abbot watercolor (British/Georgia,1751-1840), Sparrow Hawk (American Kestrel), No. 9, circa 1791, Abbot notes: "10 inches long, 21 broad, weight 3 ounce & an half…feeds much on grasshoppers...
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Rare John Abbot watercolor (British/Georgia,1751-1840), Great Brown-Headed Duck, (canvasback duck), number 97, Abbot notes: "Great brown-headed duck was killed in the winter and is the only one of the kind that...
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Rare John Abbot watercolor (British/Georgia,1751-1840), Painted Bunting, No. 116, Abbot notes: "Length 5 inches and a third, builds in bushes, nest formed of dried stalks of plants, cotton and dried leaves, lined...
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Rare John Abbot watercolor (British/Georgia,1751-1840), Summer Sparrow or Grass Sparrow, No. 49, Abbot notes "is the only one I believe that stays with us all the year, the rest leaving us in the spring, has a...
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Rare John Abbot watercolor (British/Georgia,1751-1840), Maryland Partridge (Perdix Marilanda), number 150, Abbot notes: "Its nest dried grass & herbs in some tuft of thick grass or weeds, sometimes lays in...
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Rare John Abbot watercolor (British/Georgia,1751-1840), Godwit Woodcock , number 93, Abbot notes: Frequents the dry parts of swamps & sides of marshes and is not very common", watercolor and graphite on laid...
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Very probably John Ruskin (British 1819-1900)"Bones of a Female Foot" 1844 graphite watercolor and gouache on gray wove paper laid down; unsigned 7 1/16 x 12 in. in a modern mount; inscribed in a later hand en verso...
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Four books, miniature portraits: DaphneFosket, [Dictionary of British Miniature Portraitures], two volumes, Praeger Publishers, 1972, 11-1/4 x 9 in.; J. J. Foster, [Dictionary of Painters of Miniatures], London,...
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A Collection of Auction and ExhibitionCatalogues comprising examples by Sotheby's Christie's Nelson-Atkin Gallery and others; approximately 40 volumes total....
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Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lotof Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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