UNKNOWN. CHILD SLEEPING, PASTEL Pastelon paper, unsigned, writing on verso, sight size: 9 x 11 3/4 in., framed....
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UNKNOWN. TWO GLASS BOTTLES, WATERCOLORWatercolor on paper, illegible writing ul, sheet size: 12 x 9 3/4 in., framed....
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ZHU RUINING (ACTIVE CA. QING DYNASTY,18TH-19TH CENTURY)
INK PAINTING OF TWO LADIES WRITING CALLIGRAPHY ? ??? ????? ????? ????: ?????: ???ink and colour on paper, depicting two ladies writing calligraphy at a...
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SVECIA ANTIQUA CUSTOM MADE LETTER BOX& PAPER Svecia Antiqua custom-made Thuja wood lap desk in the 19th century style with interior red gold stamped leather writing surface opening to reveal fitted containers...
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MICRO CALLIGRAPHIC WRITING ON LACE PAPER.AVery Fine Micro Calligraphic writing and Drawing on Lace Paper. Signed "Executed by David Davidson, Baltimore, November 18, 1858. this Calligraphic specimen including the...
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8 DOCS. INC. J. Q. ADAMS SIGNED ALA.LAND GRANT1st item: 1825 Huntsville, Alabama land grant signed by President John Quincy Adams, granting land to John Cartwright, possibly the first settler of Madison, Alabama...
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CONFEDERATE CSS SHENANDOAH DIARY ANDARCHIVEImportant 1865 Confederate CSS Shenandoah ship diary archive of Lieutenant Dabney Scales including 1865 diary journal (85 pages, 104 pages total), an ambrotype and...
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4 RELIGIOUS PORTRAIT MINIATURES1st item:Oval miniature portrait pendant on porcelain depicting St. Michael with silver metal mounts and Russian writing en verso, housed in a red velvet frame. Pendant measures 3...
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PORTRAIT OF A GIRL WITH KITTENEnglishSchool, late 18th to early 19th century, portrait of a little girl with kitten, pastel on paper laid down on canvas. Painting depicts a young girl with almond shaped brown...
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THREE 19TH CENTURY LAP DESKSThree (3)Lap or Travel Desks, 19th century. 1st item: Rosewood and mother of pearl inlaid lap desk. Lid features a mother of pearl-inlaid urn with florals, brass inlaid foliate border...
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TN CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE, PAMPHLET, LETTERThree(3) Civil War era documents, including a Tennessee 1865 Franchise Act broadside, Civil War Surgeon letter from Nashville, and an 1858 slavery related pamphlet. 1st item: Broadside...
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CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE, INCL. GEN. BATE ONDEATH OF POLK, CA...Confederate Civil War archive of twenty-two (22) items, pertaining to the Fulton brothers of Fayetteville, Tennessee, specifically Colonel John S. Fulton,...
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3 J.B. MURRAY OUTSIDER ART WORKS INCL.FRAMED SPIRIT WR...Three (3) John Bunion (J.B.) Murray (Murry) (American, Georgia, 1908-1988) folk art works. 1st item: Abstract painting on masonry or concrete board rendered...
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PENNSYLVANIA FOLK ART PAINTINGA 19thcentury Pennsylvania Folk Art painting painting. Depicts a bird on a branch. Ink and watercolor on lined paper. Some discoloration, appears to be writing verso, small loss...
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TOM LEA (AMERICAN/TEXAS 1907-2001) SKETCHMATERIALS FOR...TOM LEA (American/Texas 1907-2001) SKETCH MATERIALS FOR "The Wonderful Country," CIRCA 1950, comprising a framed mixed media letter collage, 11" x 9"; "Sterner's...
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CHINESE RUBBING OF XUE TAO EX. MALCOLMLEINChinese stone rubbing mounted to scroll. Possibly a portrait of Xue Tao (Hsueh Tao), a female scholar.
Provenance: From the collection of Malcolm E. Lein, former director...
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TWO LETTERS FROM ANDREW WYETH (AMERICAN,1917-2009) TO ALICE MOORETwo Letters from ANDREW WYETH (American, 1917-2009) to Alice Moore, Monday, August 1, 1938; mailed Monday, August 1, 1938 My dearest, How lonely...
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ONE PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED JOHNJ[AMES] AUDUBON, ON WOVE PAPER, TO COLONEL JOHN JAMES ABERT, FROM NEW YORK, JULY 17, 1837One page autograph letter signed John J[ames] Audubon, on wove paper, to Colonel John...
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VICTORIAN WALNUT VENEER TUNBRIDGE WAREWRITING SLOPE 19TH CENTURY HEIGHT 6”. WIDTH 14.5”. DEPTH 9.5”. WRITING SLOPE, 19th Century, Cover with a castle view and mixed wood string inlay. Interior with tooled...
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2 CHINESE BONE CARVED WOOD PAPER WEIGHTS,QINGD. Two Chinese, Late Qing Dynasty, ultra finely carved Chinese bamboo paper weights with micro writing. Each carved area has a landscape below the writing. Also very tiny...
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VICTORIAN PAPER MACHE WRITING DESK,19TH C., HAND-PAINTED COVER WITH CIRCULAR MEDALLION AT CENTER AND GREEK KEY BORDER ON BLACK GROU...Victorian paper mache writing desk, 19th C., hand-painted cover with circular...
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AMERICAN SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY,), GIRLWRITING AT AN ANTIQUE DESK., GOUACHE ON PAPER, 11.5" X 8". FRAMED 14.5" X 11".AMERICAN SCHOOL, 20th Century, Girl writing at an antique desk. Signed illegibly "David..."...
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LORENZ SCHWARTZ BOUND COMPLETE WRITINGSOF ELBERT HUBBARD, INDIVIDUAL SET, IN FULL LEVANT, THE ROYCROFT BINDERY, 1908, VOL. 1 11 1/2 X 8 IN. (29.21 X 20.32 CM.) OF ELBERT HUBBARD, INDIVIDUAL SET, IN FULL LEVANT,...
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WRITING UTENSILS AND ACCESSORIES, MOST19TH C., INCLUDING: ONE GREEN UMBRELLA INKWELL, LATE 19TH C., TEAL GREEN GLASS WITH RUBBER CORK, HAS CHIP LOCATED ON UPPER NECK, 3" H.; ONE BLACK SLATE INKWELL, MID 19TH C.,...
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ASIAN: CHINESE PAINTING, WATERCOLORON PAPER, MID 20TH C., DEPICTS A TIGER ON A MOUNTAIN TOP, WITH CALLIGRAPHIC WRITING, FRAMED AND MATTED BEHIND GLASS, SS: 28 1/2" H. X 10 1/2" W. [NOTE: ORIGINAL OWNER WAS...
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ASIAN: TWO WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY TOTOYAHOKKEI (JAPANESE, 1780-1850) THE FIRST, "THE CHOMONJU - SNAKE AND MELONS" DEPICTING A SNAKE PROTECTING A TRAY OF MELONS, POEM ABOVE IN CALLIGRAPHIC WRITING, SS: 7 3/4" H....
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ASIAN: CHINESE HANGING SCROLL, INK ONFABRIC, APPLIED TO BLUE PAPER WALL HANGING, HORIZONTAL IMAGE DEPICTS FIVE BULLS, WITH CALLIGRAPHIC WRITING, WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE, SOLD AS IS, SS: 9" H. X 74 1/2" W.ASIAN:...
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EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY, AMERICAN (1852-1911),WASHINGTON WRITING A LETTER, MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, 19 1/2 X 15 INCHES (SIGHT)EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY, American, (1852-1911) Washington Writing a Letter, mixed media on paper...
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SANSKRIT WRITING FROM TEXT ON TAN PAPER,16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES. 6 1/4"H X 22"W (IMAGE) 12"H X 28"W (FRAME)Sanskrit writing from text on tan paper, 16th and 17th centuries., Dimensions: 6 1/4"H x 22"W (image) 12"H...
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A piece of paper with writing in anunknown language in a lucite holder. The accompanying documentation from Alexander Autographs of Cos Cob, Connecticut states that it is papyrus, "identified by a scholar...
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James Purdy (1914-2009) Letters ShortStories and Books When James Purdy died 13 March 2009 the New York Times referred to his work as ?wayward and unclassifiable.? Playwright poet author of short stories and...
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Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-SignedCommission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated...
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Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. ConfederateCivil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
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Private Dexter Butterfield 2nd MassachusettsVolunteers Civil War Archive The lot includes the following: 3 diaries; 9 documents; sergeant's promotion paper; presentation bible given to Butterfield by comrade MWIA Chancellorsville;...
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ANTIQUE IVORY NOTEBOOK WITH PENCILLovelylittle notebook having cover made with sheets of ivory and applied decorative shield on front small wooden pencil with ivory butt blue cloth moire end papers later writing...
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13 vols. Books on Books - DescriptiveAuthor Bibliographies: Garland, Herbert. A Bibliography of The Writings of Sir James Matthew Barrie. London: Bookman's Journal, 1928. #253/500. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt-lettered...
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