- Onyx and sterling jewelry grouping to
include NF 925 signed onyx stepped sterling post earrings, 1 1/8"H x 7/8"W, M Campo sterling onyx inlaid screwback earrings, Mexican silver etched fringe teardrop screwback...
[more like this] - DAI VERNON'S THAYER DIE BOX. LOS ANGELES:
F.G. THAYER, ...Dai Vernon's Thayer Die Box. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1935. Handsome hardwood die box with double door feature and brass hardware. Black die with white...
[more like this] - BLACK RAPPING HAND. LOS ANGELES: F.G.
THAYER, CA. 1930....Black Rapping Hand. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. Ebony-finish wooden hand with velvet and lace cuff raps out answers to questions posed by the audience....
[more like this] - [IT’S MAGIC] IT’S MAGIC 1967.[Los
Angeles], 1967. Handsome screenprint poster in white and black on blue stock advertising the annual magic show produced by Milt Larsen. A full-length image of a top hat and...
[more like this] - 20TH C. NORTHWEST COAST WALRUS IVORY
TOTEM POLENative American, North America, Pacific Northwest Coast, probably Alaska, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved walrus ivory totem pole of a slender form presented...
[more like this] - VERACRUZ LORD IN REGAL ATTIRE, EX-HOLLYWOOD,
TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A remarkable ceramic figure: a standing lord with a lifelike face and elaborate costume....
[more like this] - 1980S BILL KANE MIXED MEDIA W/ NEON,
PHOTO, & PAINTINGBill Kane (American, b. 1951). Mixed media - photo, neon, paint and canvas, ca. 1980s. A large-scale Bill Kane mixed media work that features the artist's...
[more like this] - CHINESE TANG LOKAPALA / GUARDIAN FIGURE,
TL TESTEDEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A hollow cast pottery guardian figure known as a lokapala with a fierce expression wearing elaborate armor and...
[more like this] - SIGNED RAUSCHENBERG PRINT "WHY YOU CAN
TELL II" (1979)Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008). "Why You Can Tell II" (1979). Screenprint in colors on wove paper. Hand signed, numbered 73/100, and dated in pencil...
[more like this] - PANAMANIAN COCLE POLYCHROME EFFIGY VESSEL
JAGUAR HEADPre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A lovely hand-built pottery jar with a rounded but stable base and a gently carinated...
[more like this] - NAZCA POLYCHROME BOWL ANTHROPOMORPHIC
MYTHICAL BEINGPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel adorned with a vibrantly painted and fierce "Anthropomorphic Mythical...
[more like this] - NAZCA-HUARI POLYCHROME FIGURAL WHISTLE
VESSELPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca to Huari/Wari, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A delightful pottery whistle vessel in the form of a bowing male figure with supine hands before...
[more like this] - CHINESE MING DYNASTY POLYCHROME TOMB
ATTENDANTS (3)East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A fine trio of mold made pottery tomb attendant figures standing atop integral rectangular plinths. Each...
[more like this] - GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA, DIONYSIAN
& BATTLEGreek, Attic (Athens), ca. 480 BCE. A splendid pottery amphora adorned with black-figure decoration of a Dionysian scene on 1 side and 2 warriors on the other, both...
[more like this] - GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMMED KYLIX
W/ EPHEBESAncient Greece, Athens, ca. 500 to 480 BCE. A beautiful pottery kylix, expertly hand-painted with images of ephebes or Greek youths in red-figure technique. Boasting...
[more like this] - PREHISTORIC ANASAZI TULAROSA BLACK-ON-WHITE
PITCHERNative American, southwest New Mexico, villages in southern Cibola Anasazi/northern Mogollon, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture, ca. 1200 to 1400 CE. A stunning...
[more like this] - GREEK APULIAN LIDDED LEKANIS W/ LADIES
OF FASHIONMagna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A fine wheel-thrown lekanis with a shallow basin, pedestal foot, and lid beautifully decorated via the...
[more like this] - ALBERTO KORDA PHOTO - "GUERRILLERO HEROICO"
(1960)**First Time At Auction**
Alberto Korda (Cuban, 1928-2001). "Guerrillero Heroico" gelatin silver print, 1960. Edition 15 of 20. Hand signed and numbered "15/20" at...
[more like this] - RARE HC PROOF OF MIRO LITHOGRAPH - MARAVILLAS
...Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983). "Wonders with Aristocratic Variations in Miro's Garden, III" (Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en El Jardin de Miro) lithograph in...
[more like this] - MISCH KOHN, AMERICAN (1916-2002), THE
GENERAL, HAND COLORED ETCHING, 17"H X 9"W (IMAGE), 26 1/4"H X 17 3/4"W (FRAME)Misch Kohn, American, (1916-2002) The General, hand colored etching signed, Artist Proof,...
[more like this] - TWO HAND-WRITTEN LETTERS AND ENVELOPES
FROM SANTA CLAUS UNDATEDTwo hand-written letters and envelopes from Santa Claus Undated, "White Rolls" gift letter; and "BMW" gift letter Each: Black ballpoint ink on cream-colored,...
[more like this] - PAUL GAUGUIN (1848 - 1903): LE CALVAIRE
BRETONcirca 1898-1899; woodcut in black, hand-colored in violet, green and reddish brown, on Japon paper, framed floating under acrylic; Mongan, Kornfeld and Joachim's Edition...
[more like this] - VINTAGE ITALIAN CERAMIC HARLEQUIN FIGUREVintage
Italian Ceramic Harlequin Figure, probably Otello Rosa for San Polo, Venezia; unsigned; polychrome-glazed, with gilt face and hands, bolted to black ceramic plinth Dimensions:...
[more like this] - KARL SPRINGER: RARE COROMANDEL SIX-PANEL
SCREENKarl Springer: Rare Coromandel Six-Panel Screen, circa 1978; carved and decorated on one side with black lacquer overlay on a gilt, with silver and red; the verso in...
[more like this] - GROUP OF 5 HAND COLORED MAPS OF THE
AMERICAS Groups of five hand colored antique maps of the Americas, comprising "America Merioio-Nalis (South American)" circa 1620, "Tabula Magellanica Qua Tierre Del Fuego...
[more like this] - 26 LEATHER BOUND VOLUME SET, QUARTO,
TITLED"SENATE: EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS FOR A RAILROAD ROUTE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN", 1855, PUBLISHED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C. GILT...
[more like this] - CHARLES MAURIN (1856-1914, FRANCE) PAIR
OFetchings. To include: a hand colored etching depicting a nude girl holding her doll. Signed lower right in plate in reverse. Sight size 10" x 7 1/2", overall with frame...
[more like this] - PHOTOGRAPHER'S REPRINT OF 1955 PHOTO
OF ART TATUM BY HERMAN LEONARD, SIGNED, INSCRIBED TO TONY BENNETT, FRAMED Famous Bust Portrait of Art Tatum (1909-1959), the Greatest Jazz Pianist of all time, his blind eyes...
[more like this] - HAROLD L. DOOLITTLE (AMERICAN, 1883-1974)
8 ¾" x 11 ?" plate "Canyon Twilight." Aquatint on paper, signed in graphite in lower right corner and titled in the lower left corner, non-acidic matting, framed under glass...
[more like this] - *Prototype Searle Semi-Automatic Pistol
.32 cal. 3" barrel no serial number. Prototype ?no markings. Finished in the white with black grips. Includes eight mechanical drawings used to build the pistol from 1917...
[more like this] - 3 vols. Photography & Photographers
- Signed Copies: Halsman, Philippe. Philippe Halsman's Jump Book. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. 1st ed., 2nd ptg. 4to, orig. orange cloth & black bds.; light edge wear,...
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