- TARPON CARVINGStephen R. Smith (b. 1942)
Jamestown,
NY
base is 88 in. long, 38 in. wide
This grand tarpon carving measures seventy-five inches from tip to tail. It is mounted on a beveled-edge wooden base which displays the...
[more like this] - EXCEPTIONAL SWIMMING MERGANSERNorth
Shore, MA, c. 1890
17 1/2 in. long
This hollow swimming merganser is among the finest decoys discovered in decades. As this Massachusetts masterpiece makes its public debut,...
[more like this] - A PAIR OF TALL ANTIQUE CHINESE GOUACHE
AND WATERCOLOR W... AND WATERCOLOR WALLPAPER PANELS, LATE QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, each of rectangular form and polychrome painted with figures at various...
[more like this] - 19TH C. BOTANICAL SPECIMENS FRAMED CHROMOLITHOGRAPH19th
Century Botanical Specimens Framed Chromolithograph, 9 individually numbered and pictured species.
Overall 28.5 in. x 39.25 in.
Condition:
Items may have wear and tear,...
[more like this] - FOUR 19TH CENTURY SHELL SPECIES SPECIMEN
PRINTSFour 19 th Century Shell Species Specimen Prints, Bernard Direxit, "Histoire Naturelle", uniquely framed in double paned glass and white washed frames.
10 in. x 7.25...
[more like this] - THREE AQUATIC SEA LIFE SPECIES NAUTICAL
CHROMOLITHOGRAP...Three Aquatic Sea Life Species Nautical Chromolithograph Prints, later printings of 18 th century engravings, showing various species of coral, seashells...
[more like this] - VINTAGE HUDSON RIVER INLAY DECORATIVE
WOODEN PLAQUE, 20...Vintage Hudson River Inlay Decorative Wooden Plaque, 20 th century , with 17 different species of wood, depicting an eagle soaring through an open canyon...
[more like this] - 15 ROYAL DOULTON PORCELAIN FISH PLATES20th
century, marks for Royal Doulton and "Bailey Banks and Biddle/Philadelphia" on bases, each with central hand painted fish design, signed "Joseph Hallmark", titles indicating...
[more like this] - SILVER ART NOUVEAU FIGURAL DAY CANECa.
1890-Large silver crook handle modeled in very fine detail with the head of a knight with armor helmet above a chain-mail shirt, well figured calamander shaft and a long horn...
[more like this] - GOLD AMERICAN PRESENTATION CANEDated
1858-Early rolled gold knob fashioned in the classic New World “Head” shape and engraved on the round top in delicate flowing handscript “Presented / to / D. E. Gomes...
[more like this] - VERMEIL STANHOPE EROTIC DRESS CANECa.
1890-Classic-shaped knob fashioned of woven and gilt silver wire on a well figured snake wood shaft with eyelets and a horn ferrule. So far, so good, however, what makes this...
[more like this] - SINGULAR SILVER GILT AND BLACK CORAL
CANE-Ca. 1910 -Longer silver gilt “Vermeil” knob fashioned in an elongated Milord shape and entirely engine turned with a wider central part of repeating dots on tightly...
[more like this] - HARD STONE FIGURAL CANE-Ca. 1900 -Large
amethyst handle wheel cut of an intense colored single stone to depict a squatting French Bulldog. -Slightly stylized and presented on an integral Milord shaped base, the...
[more like this] - DON BALKE (B. 1933) "WOOD DUCK PAIR"Don
Balke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Wood Duck Pair" Signed lower right. Original Watercolor painting on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008),...
[more like this] - DON BALKE (B. 1933) "RED SQUIRREL"Don
Balke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Red Squirrel Sitting on Pine Tree Branch" Signed lower left. Original Watercolor painting on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of...
[more like this] - 8TH C. ISLAMIC GILT GLASS BOWL W/ ARABIC
SCRIPT & BIRDS...Near East, Islamic culture, ca. 8th to 9th century CE. A marvelous glass vessel boasting a mesmerizing relief decoration adorned with a lustrous gilding comprised...
[more like this] - SUPERB AZTEC STONE COILED SERPENT /
QUETZALCOATLPre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1325 to 1475 CE. An incredible stone carving of a serpent with the coils interlacing, forming a large and solid ball,...
[more like this] - SUPERB PAIR GREEK CANOSAN POTTERY EFFIGY
DOVESMagna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, Canosan colonies, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A charming pair of pottery votive doves likely made from the same mold, their white...
[more like this] - JOHN GOULD (GREENLAND GYRFALCON) FALCO
CANDICANS**First Time At Auction**
John Gould (British, 1804-1881). "(Greenland Gyrfalcon) Falco Candicans" - an original antique hand-colored lithograph of the Greenland...
[more like this] - PRE-COLUMBIAN COSTA RICAN STONE REPTILIAN
MACE HEADPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed region, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. A sizable and hefty mace head, hand-carved from a calcite...
[more like this] - 2 JAMES KIVETORUK MOSES MIXED MEDIA
- "HOME ALASKA"James Kivetoruk (Kivitauraq) Moses (Inupiat/Inupiak, ca. 1899-1982). Two mixed media works on paper, ca. 1960s. Both signed and inscribed "Home Alaska" on lower...
[more like this] - Salesman's Book of Fruit and Flower
Color Plates Some refer to these as Nurserymen's books but this one folds into thirds and slips into a 7.25 x 10 in. leather case - clearly for travel. The 5.25 x 8.5 in....
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