- FRANKLIN LIBRARY 100 GREATEST BOOKS
OF ALL TIMES, 60 VOL. Various Sizes 60 vol. Each leather bound with gilt edging, including, Henry Adams, "The Education of Henry Adams", 1982; "The Confessions of Saint Augustine",...
[more like this] - ARTHUR BURDETT FROST (1851-1928)Autumn
Woodcock Shooting, 1895
signed "A.B. Frost" lower right
watercolor and gouache, 13 1/2 by 21 1/2 in.
titled on The Old Print Shop, New York label on back
Charles Porter...
[more like this] - IMPORTANT PINTAIL DRAKEAndrew A. Tull
(1840-1915)
Philadelphia, PA, c. 1856
17 1/2 in. long
An exceptional Delaware River pintail drake, this example is a regional archetype quite distinct in form from other...
[more like this] - ALFRED MAURER "STILL LIFE" (1920S OIL)Alfred
Henry Maurer
(New York, 1868-1932)
Still Life , circa 1920s
Oil on board
18" x 21 1/2"
Signed "A.H. Maurer" to the bottom right. The reverse of the frame has a window displaying...
[more like this] - 19TH C. GUERIDON INSET WITH SEVRES-STYLE
PORTRAIT MEDALLIONSA 19th century gueridon or center table, inset with hand-painted Sevres-style porcelain portrait medallions. The central charger bears a full-length portrait...
[more like this] - SIR HENRY DOULTON (DOUBLE HANDLE) D7054
- LARGE - ROYAL...Sir Henry Doulton (Double Handle) in blue, black, yellow and brown coloration.
In the mid 1830's, Henry Doulton (1820 - 1897) joined his father's firm just...
[more like this] - HENRI DE BRAEKELEER INTERIOR SCENEHenri
De Braekeleer (Belgian, 1840-1888) oil on panel interior scene depicting a round table covered in a white cloth and laden with bread, wine, plates, utensils and books. Beyond...
[more like this] - ATTRIB. EASTMAN JOHNSON, PORTRAIT OF
A GENTLEMANConte crayon and gouache drawing on paper attributed to Eastman Johnson (American, 1824-1906); bust length, three quarter view portrait of an unknown gentleman...
[more like this] - COLLECTION OF NINE GOBLETSAmerican,
20th/21st century, comprising: Fritz Driesbach, Cornucopia, signed, dated "1992" and numbered "302" to flute, goblet in pink and clear glass, 14-3/4 in.; Brian Kirkvliet,...
[more like this] - CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PIERCED BASKET
AND STAND, SETON...circa 1820, basket with reticulated body, butterfly and foliate rim, two gilt painted handles, interior ground hand painted scene of figures in a landscape,...
[more like this] - 4 LETTERS HANDWRITTEN ON BOARD THE WHALESHIPGOSNOLD
WHILE ON A WHALING VOYAGE WITH STOPS AT HONOLULU, YOKOHAMA AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. THE FIRST LETTER IS DATED FEB. 16, 1873. IT IS WRITTEN TO MR. HENRY WILLIS, NEW BEDFORD,...
[more like this] - HENRY MORRISON FLAGLER, SIGNED LETTERHand
signed letter by Henry M. Flagler on Hotel Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, letterhead. Letter thanks Joseph P. Greaves, a well-known hotel manager (he opened the Alcazar Hotel...
[more like this] - VOLUME 1, "MEMOIRS OF HENRY VILLARD",
1904, SIGNED Henry Villard (American, 1835-1900), "Memoirs of Henry Villard: Journalist And Financier, 1835-1900, In Two Volumes, Vol. I, 1835-1862". Published by Houghton,...
[more like this] - THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) TEMPERA
STUDY AND SKETCHThomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) (Circa 1920-1923)Two significant works from the artist's early, pivotal, Modernist period:1. A mixed media painting on board...
[more like this] - REGINALD LESLIE GROOMS, AMERICAN (1900-1989),
MAN IN A STRAW SKIMMER HAT WITH BEVERAGE, OIL ON BOARD, 24"H X 22"W (FRAME), 17 1/2"H X 15 1/2"W (SIGHT)Reginald Leslie Grooms, American, (1900-1989) man in a straw skimmer...
[more like this] - (33) LARGE FORMAT UNIQUE PHOTO STEREOVIEW
CARDS OF THE HARRIS FAMILY IN MERCER, MAINE, CIRCA 1900; INC (6) 4" X 7"; (27) 4 1/2" X 7" Subjects captioned on back include: Henry Harris, Mercer, Maine; Aunt Huldale, Boston,...
[more like this] - HENRI MATISSE REFERENCE BOOKS, 12 Twelve
reference books on Henri Matise (French, 1869-1954) comprising "Henri Mastisse: a retrospective" by John Elderfield, "Matisse - His Art and His Textiles" by Ann Dumas, "Henri...
[more like this] - HENRI MATISSE REFERENCE BOOK, 12 Twelve
reference books on Henri Matise (French, 1869-1954) comprising "Matisse from color to architecture" by Rene Percheron and Christian Brouder, "Matisse in Morocco" by National...
[more like this] - PETER WAALS (1870 - 1937)
EXTENDING
DINING TABLE, CIRCA 1935 walnut, with chequered beaded inlay and single drop-in leaf158cm closed, 99cm deep, 77cm high, 234cm extendedProvenance: From The Millinery Works...
[more like this] - RARE GROUP OF A SCHOLAR'S PORTRAIT AND
HIS ANCESTOR PORTRAITS
QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG PERIOD, 1831AD ??? ??????????????? ???? ???????ink and colour on paper, framed, comprising the commissioner- Zhou Zaotang's portrait,...
[more like this] - IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND SILK BROCADE
'DRAGON' THRONE CUSHION COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD ??? ??????????????????finely embroidered with a front-facing, five-clawed gilt dragon worked in satin stitch and...
[more like this] - BOIN-TABURET REGENCE STYLE VERMEIL TEA
SERVICE, 5 French Regence Style Vermeil 950 Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Maison Boin-Taburet, Paris, ca. 1900; comprising a teapot, coffeepot, covered sugar, and milk pitcher,...
[more like this] - A HUNT FAMILY NW COAST TSONOKWA ORCA
FIN CARVINGThe unsigned and apparently unique cedar carving from the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation (formerly 'Kwakiutl') blends two popular cultural themes: the larger-than-life Wild...
[more like this] - Henry Leach carved walnut dog's head,
glass eyes, painted highlights, mounted on stippled oval plaque, stamped on back "H Leach Boston" (Henry Leach, Pennsylvania/Boston, 1809-1885), old Skinners tag, 8-3/4 x...
[more like this] - An Important American Rococo Carved
and Laminated Rosewood Center Table c. 1850 attributed to John Henry Belter New York the serpentine white marble top above a conforming pierced skirt with grapevine carving...
[more like this] - Executive Officer Henry W. Washburn
USS Morning Light Civil War Archive War-date archive of five letters one partial letter and three transmittal covers. Written by ill-starred Acting Master Henry W. Washburn...
[more like this] - Breckinridge Family Archive Approx.
165 items including 130+ photographs cased images & portraits plus 35+ paper items and newspaper clippings.Since Kentucky was established as a state in 1792 the Breckenridge...
[more like this] - Letters Between the Sturges Brothers
Most Antebellum Including J.R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA These 58 letters encompass a "snapshot" of antebellum life in the South.Samuel Sturges (1774-1831) was born in Fairfield...
[more like this] - Archive of Documents Associated with
the Sturges Family Including John R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA The lot contains a variety of items including over 100 receipts and other ephemera an early indenture and...
[more like this] - Catherine de Medici Queen of France
ALS 1552 1p 8.5 x 12.25 in. plus 1 x 3.25 in. piece attached; Chalons 29 May 1552. Entire sheet attached to a heavy piece of paper with strip attached to long edge on verso....
[more like this] - An Important Miami Pipe With Ties to
the 1795 Treaty of Greenville delicately carved curly maple stem with engraved bands of German silver and diamond-shaped inlay; brass mouthpiece and German silver tip; stem...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - 2 vols. (Henry Laurens.) Chesterfield,
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of. Letters Written by The Late Right Honourable... to His Son Philip Stanhope, Esq. London: J. Dodsley, 1774. First edition. 4to, contemp....
[more like this] - FATHER HENRY METZGER PORTRAIT OF AN
ELDER Medium: oil on canvas signed 16" (height) 40cm (height) 14" (width) 35cm (width)...
[more like this] - [Civil War - Manuscripts] Capt. Henry
G. Thomas 11th US Infantry Civil War LettersĀ Lot of 2 letters written by Captain Henry G. Thomas 11th U.S. Infantry 2nd Division V Corps Army of the Potomac. First is 4pp...
[more like this] - Portrait of Mr. Henry McLin (NC 1815-1870)oil
on canvas by unknown itinerant artist half length portrait of Mr. McLin seated with right hand resting on arm of a chair presented in a period gilt wood frame.Mr. Henry McLin...
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