- MARK TWAIN HANDWRITTEN LETTER TO JAMES
OSGOOD Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) three-page letter written in pencil and signed. ALS to friend and publisher James R. Osgood. In 1882, Osgood?s company published Twain's...
[more like this] - . Collection of Lalique books, brochures,
and catalogs. result: $157. estimate: $300–500. The Jewellery of René Lalique, Vivienne Becker, 1987, Art Nouveau Jewelry by René Lalique, International Exhibitions Foundation,...
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1890 English Brass-mounted Mahogany Portable Artist's Box/Easel by Charles Roberson & Co. Rectangular shape, a pair of doors at the top open to a felt lined work surface,...
[more like this] - CHARLES WILLSON PEALE(American, 1741-1827)
Rare
and Important Portrait Miniature of General George Washington, c. 1785, the ?H. Patterson Harris? miniature, painted after Washington's sitting with Peale in 1779, watercolor...
[more like this] - FIVE ANTIQUE LADIES POCKET WATCHES,
ELGIN, GUIVRE33mm, open face Guivre, dust cover reads "18K, 140398", with two keys; 40mm, white porcelain face, etched outer case, dust cover reads "Warranted 10 years, 1206453";...
[more like this] - FINE LURISTAN BRONZE SHORT SWORD W/
LUNATE POMMELAncient Western Asia, Northwestern Iran and Southwestern Turkey, South Caspian Sea region, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. A gorgeous short sword of a formidable...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN PAINTED / GESSO CEDAR SARCOPHAGUS
MASKEgypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A gorgeous and endearing example of a mask that is hand-carved from finely grained cedar that would have attached...
[more like this] - RARE TAINO CAVE SPELEOTHEM ZEMI, MUSEUM-EXHIBITEDPre-Columbian,
Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. This is one of the most interesting zemis we have seen due to its material which is symbolically significant in...
[more like this] - Y GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD READING TABLE
EARLY
19TH CENTURY the rounded rectangular top with two small ratchet adjusted reading slopes, the top with adjustable rising and sliding actions, over three short frieze drawers...
[more like this] - LETTERS AND EPHEMERA SAVED BY A LONGTIME
KENNEDY FAMILY FRIEND Comprising a small and private archive compiled by Kennedy friend and confidant Binky Van Lair, its most important item being a Typed Letter Signed "John...
[more like this] - JON SAUER, AMERICAN , BOTTLE #91-185,
STUDIO TURNED WOOD VESSEL / JAR WITH LID, 4 3/4"H X 2 3/4"DJon Sauer, American Bottle #91-185, studio turned wood vessel / jar with lid Cocobolo, Ebony, ____ and ____....
[more like this] - ROLEX CELLINI IN 18K WHITE GOLD Summary
of Key CharacteristicsCIRCA: 1974CASE MATERIAL: 18K white goldDIAL: Blue vignette dial with applied hour markersBRACELET MATERIAL: Integrated mesh bracelet in 18K white goldCASE...
[more like this] - ROLEX DATEJUST LADIES IN STEEL WITH
BOX AND PAPERS Summary of Key CharacteristicsCIRCA: 2010sCASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel with 18k white gold bezelDIAL: Pink dial with applied Roman numeralsBRACELET MATERIAL:...
[more like this] - CHOPARD HAPPY SPORT IN STEEL AND 18K
ROSE GOLD Summary of Key CharacteristicsCIRCA: 2000sCASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel with 18k rose gold bezelDIAL: White guilloche dial with applied hour markersBRACELET MATERIAL:...
[more like this] - BILL COMEAU ABSTRACT SINGER FIGURE PAINTING
Rhode Island,ContemporaryDepicts a man with long blonde hair dressed in vibrant red performing a concert in front of a crowd with lights shining overhead. Back of board reads...
[more like this] - Wood Portion From US Frigate Constitution
to include a wood portion with plaque reading "this material was taken from the original hull of the U.S Frigate Constitution keel laid 1794 rebuilding 1927" with a medallion...
[more like this] - MARY IRELAND (1891-C.1980)
‘ENCHANTMENT’
TRIPTYCH, DATED 1933 appliqué ‘fabric mosaic panel’, painted silk, with applied signature to left-hand panel MARY IRELANDCentral image 32cm x 36.5cm; Side panels each...
[more like this] - USS CONSTITUTION, OLD IRONSIDES, 4"
PIECE OF LIVEoak from the hull of old Ironsides. It is fitted with a copper plaque from the melted copper hull sheath which reads "This material was taken from the original...
[more like this] - Tennessee Williams Archive (American
Writer/Playwright, 1911-1983), circa 1950-1980, twelve signed items including typed materials by Williams, photographs, record albums, magazine articles and reviews, many...
[more like this] - Judge Thomas Heyward Jr. signed arrest
warrant dated 12 August 1788 calling for the apprehension of William Basqueen counter-signed by Jacob Read unframed. H7 3/4'' W12 1/4'' Provenance: South Carolina private...
[more like this] - Civil War Era Hand-Painted Drum with
Eagle Motif 17" width x?14" height. Body of drum with a worn image of an eagle and patriotic shield with motto E. Pluribus Unum in a riband. Label inside drum reads Drum materials...
[more like this] - Fine Georgian airtwist wine and ratafia
glasses circa 1740-60 trumpet and waisted bell bowl drawn into multiple airtwist stem on plain conical foot; and the other trumpet with shoulder knop drawn into multiple airtwist...
[more like this] - Philadelphia Classical giltwood mirror
by R. Williams circa 1830 oval frame with pediment of hands clasping sheaf of wheat and ribbon bow continuing around frame interlaced with foliate decoration to bow pendant....
[more like this] - Lot. Autograph Material. Guthrie, Woody.
Archive of Autograph Letters Signed, Autograph Manuscript & Typescript Short Stories, Signed Ephemera & other related material: Autograph Letters Signed, all to Charlotte...
[more like this] - [Civil War Archive] Archive of Dr. Romuald
Samuel Santoire Civil War Surgeon Collection of material related to the life of Dr. Romuald Samuel Santoire consisting of 5 photographs 17 buttons and post-war medals a...
[more like this] - A Collection of Reading Material comprising
reference volumes biography drama and novels; approximately 60 volumes....
[more like this] - A Collection of Reading Material comprising
primarily hard-back novels; approximately 55 volumes....
[more like this] - A Collection of Reading Material primarily
cloth-bound comprising volumes on poetry biographies novels and various non-fiction subjects; approximately 60 volumes total....
[more like this] - A Collection of Reading Material comprising
Horizon Magazine 37 bound vols. Gentry Magazine 19 vols. and 8 others....
[more like this] - A Collection of Reading Material pertaining
to gardening and entertainment; approximately 11 volumes....
[more like this] - A Collection of Reading Material Pertaining
to Art primarily monographs comprising examples on Winslow Homer Albrecht Durer Pablo Picasso Alexander Calder John Singer Sargent Alberto Giacometti and others; approximately...
[more like this] - A Collection of Reading Material primarily
monographs pertaining to Gauguin Van Gogh Cezanne Picasso Dufy and others; approximately 13 volumes....
[more like this] - A Collection of Reading Material pertaining
to art and museum exhibitions; approximately 14 volumes....
[more like this] - A Collection of Reading Material pertaining
to the collections of the Getty Museum the Courtauld and others; approximately 15 volumes....
[more like this] - American sterling Harvard and Polo trophies
dated 1883 and 1899 beaker with applied and engraved dedication reading: Harvard Five 1883 E.A.S. Clarke and rowing figure scene H4 3/4''; and the other footed cup with handle...
[more like this] - POW Letter From Andersonville with Archive(24)
war-date Union soldier's letters by Private Simeon B. Merrill Co. G 5th Michigan Infantry to his wife Julia in Fowlerville Michigan. The 33 year-old Merrill enlisted the day...
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