WATERCOLOR ON PAPER WITH SHAKESPEAREANSONNET Watercolor on paper with personal dedication to a Dr. David Jaffe, featuring his initials, the symbol of the Hippocratic Oath and a hand written Shakespearean sonnet,...
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EXPLORATIONS IN AFRICA BY LIVINGSTONE1ST ED. 1872Included in this lot is a Rare First Edition of, "Explorations in Africa" by Dr. David Livingstone and others. David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a Scottish Missionary...
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19TH C. VENETIAN GLASS CHEVRON TRADEBEAD NECKLACEWestern Europe, Italy, Venice, ca. 19th century CE. A dazzling ensemble of dozens of glass trade beads of the Chevron variety in hues of cobalt, scarlet, and...
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18TH C. AFRICAN VENETIAN GLASS / STONEBEAD STRANDS (2)...Europe, Italy, Venice, found in western Africa, ca. 18th to early 19th century CE. A lovely pair of Venetian glass and stone trade bead strands, each strung...
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19TH C. AFRICAN ITALIAN GLASS TRADEBEAD NECKLACES (4)Europe, Italy, possibly Venice; West Africa, possibly Nigeria or Mali, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A dazzling ensemble of glass beads strung on 4 modern...
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GROUP OF 3 COLIMA POTTERY SEATED FIGURESPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine gathering of 3 hand-built pottery figures, each seated in a variety of poses. The first figure sits with crossed legs, holds...
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2 COLIMA OBSIDIAN LIP LABRET PLUGSPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This is a fine pair of stone labrets or lip plugs exhibiting an attractive minimalist design, all hand-knapped from jet-black obsidian,...
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19TH C. MEXICAN TIN RETABLOS REFUGEOF SINNERS, CHRISTLatin America, Mexico, Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 19th century CE. This is a finely painted pair of Spanish Colonial style retablos on heavy gauge tin...
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19TH C. AFRICAN YORUBA BRASS TRADE BEADS/ RINGS STRAND...West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a fine collection of brass beads and rings strung on a cotton cord to store...
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RARE SET MIXTEC SILVER BELLS - MONKEYHEAD FORM (4)Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Mixtec culture, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A charming ensemble of 4 silver bells, all in the form of monkey heads. Each of the adorable simians...
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TWO MICHOACAN POTTERY STANDING PRETTYLADY FIGURESPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, Protoclassic Period, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. An attractive set of two hand-built pottery female 'pretty ladies' exhibiting characteristic...
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2 COLIMA OBSIDIAN LIP LABRET PLUGSPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This is a fine pair of stone labrets or lip plugs exhibiting an attractive minimalist design, all hand-knapped from jet-black obsidian,...
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20 ANASAZI BONE BEADS, SHELL, & WOVENFIBER FRAGMENTSNative American, Southwestern United States, Eastern Arizona, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), ca. 1150 to 1250 CE. An interesting collection of 20 pieces of Ancestral...
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12 NATIVE AMERICAN DEER BONE AWLS**OriginallyListed At $250**
North America, Native American, ca. 1200 to 1800 CE. An impressive collection of 12 awls, finely sculpted from deer bone and deliberately blackened from...
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4 WEST MEXICO POTTERY MINIATURES W/2 WHISTLES**Originally Listed At $250**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, Jalisco, Colima, and Nayarit, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A wonderful selection of 4 hand-built...
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FOUR COLIMA OBSIDIAN CORES**OriginallyListed At $600**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An ensemble of lustrous obsidian cores of slender, columnar forms. Each core...
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6 COLIMA OBSIDIAN PECTORALS & MANY WHITESHELL BEADS**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A magnificent ensemble of over 100 hand-carved shell beads and 6 hand-knapped...
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MANABI POTTERY SPINDLE WHORL BEAD NECKLACE**OriginallyListed At $250**
Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A fine collection of 38 pottery spindle whorl beads that are arranged into an enticing and...
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TEUCHITLAN POLYCHROME POTTERY BOWL W/STUCCO MOTIFS**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan or Jalisco, Teuchitlan / Shaft Tomb cultures, 400 to 600 CE. A lovely hand built pottery bowl...
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FIRST NATIONS METIS EMBROIDERED SUEDESADDLE BAGFirst Nations, Canada, likely Cree / Metis people, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful pannier style saddlebag made from leather and suede with silk embroidery...
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ECUADORIAN POTTERY OCARINA, SPONDYLUSSHELL FORMPre-Columbian, Ecuadorian, ca. 5th to 15th century CE. A charming pottery whistle in the form of a spondylus shell with protruding nodules depicting the spikes of...
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CHUPICUARO BICHROME RIBBED BOWL, EXARTE PRIMITIVOPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Guanajuato River Valley, Chupicuaro culture, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A lovely pottery bowl of a rare form comprised of 3 coils resembling...
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A COMPLETE NAVAJO CLASSIC PERIOD WOMAN'SDRESSA complete Navajo Classic Period woman's dress, Fourth quarter 19th century Lac-cochineal red, indigo blue, and natural dark brown with zig-zag motif to ends 53" H...
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A NAVAJO CLASSIC PERIOD HALF DRESSANavajo Classic Period half dress, Fourth quarter 19th century In lac-cochineal red, indigo blue, and natural dark brown with zig-zag bands to upper and lower ends 50.5"...
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A NAVAJO CLASSIC PERIOD HALF DRESSANavajo Classic Period half dress, Fourth quarter 19th century Finel woven with lac-cochineal bayeta red, indigo blue, and natural dark brown with serrated diamonds motif...
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A COMPLETE NAVAJO CLASSIC PHASE WOMAN'SDRESSA complete Navajo Classic Phase woman's dress, Fourth quarter 19th century Two panels finely woven of cochineal red, indigo blue, and natural dark brown with stepped...
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A NAVAJO CLASSIC PERIOD MANTAA NavajoClassic Period manta, Fourth quarter 19th century Finely woven with diagonal twill, in cochineal-dyed red, indigo, brown and light green 43.5" H x 59" W Provenance: The...
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A NAVAJO SECOND PHASE VARIANT CHIEF'SBLANKETA Navajo Second Phase variant chief's blanket, Fourth quarter 19th century In cochineal red, indigo blue, cream, and natural dark brown 54.5" H x 67" W Provenance:...
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A NAVAJO SECOND PHASE WOMAN'S CHIEF'SBLANKETA Navajo Second Phase woman's chief's blanket, Fourth quarter 19th century In cochineal red, grey, indigo blue, and yellow selvage 44.5" H x 55.5" W Provenance:...
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A NAVAJO CHILD'S BLANKETA Navajo child'sblanket, Third quarter 19th century Nine repeating bands in cochineal red, indigo blue, and cream with light blue selvage 28" H x 50.5" W Provenance: The Collection of...
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PIAGET 18-KARAT WHITE-GOLD AUTOMATICWRISTWATCH ATTACHED WITH A 14-KARAT WHITE-GOLD BRACELET BAND, RETAILED BY BULGARI, 39.5 GROSS DWT; L: 6 1/2 INPiaget 18-Karat White-Gold Automatic Wristwatch Attached with...
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ATTRIBUTED TO DAVID CORDIER FRAKTURAttributedto David Cordier (Montgomery County, Ohio, active 1805-1820) , ink and watercolor fraktur for Christina Ulrich, with central script surrounded by faces, birds, and tulips,...
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FRIEDRICH BRUGGER (GERMAN, 1815 - 1870)4" x 1 ¾" 19th century miniature wax portrait bust of an elderly woman, signed "F. Brugger" and dated 1853 lower left, the woman wearing a black bonnet trimmed with black...
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Unusual American Folk Art Carved MahoganyCorner Cabinet, ca. 1930, the top with a bank of two drawers and carved grape-and-leaf arch over a similar carved frieze fitted with a central drawer and secret compartments,...
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Dr David Donald (Exh. 1897-1917) folioof 14 colour etchings North African scenes signed in pencil Publ. by the Museum Galleries 9.5 x 14in. Estimate ?400-600 Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue...
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Royal Doulton Bunnykins Figure Dr DavidLivingstone DB419 limited edition boxed with certificate...
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