EXCEPTIONAL MERGANSERFred M. Nichols(1854-1924)
Lynn, MA, c. 1890
17 in. long
Ongoing research has identified this decoy and its two rigmates as the work of Massachusetts master carver Fred Nichols. This hollow...
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EXCEPTIONAL SWIMMING MERGANSERNorthShore, 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,...
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THE HARMON RUNNING COBB CURLEWNathanF. Cobb Jr. (1825-1905)
Cobb Island, VA, c. 1880
15 1/2 in. long
“Every Nathan Cobb decoy had its own natural pose. Even his Hudsonian Curlews…seemed to run, feed, and...
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THE CRANDALL SLEEPY-EYED MALLARDHorace"Hi" Crandall (1892-1969)
Westwood, CA, c. 1935
15 in. long
One of California's best decoy carvers, Crandall is also considered by some to be its best painter. Born in Rhode...
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LONGQUAN CELADON TRIPOD CENSER, 19THCENTURYthe compressed body has three narrow flanges formed by slip beginning at a slight molded ridge on the shoulder and trailing down each of the three slightly splayed,...
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ANCIENT SOUTH ARABIAN LEADED COPPERCAMEL**Originally Listed At $400**
Ancient South Arabia, Yemen, ca. early first millennium BCE. A cast leaded-copper statuette of a camel with an erect head and neck, a slight...
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SIGNED ALISON DEARBORN PAINTING - "THETRIBE" (2007)Alison Dearborn (American, Contemporary). "The Tribe" acrylic paint on canvas, 2007. Signed on lower right and again with title on verso. A captivating painting...
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THREE JEWELRY ITEMS To include: a silvercuff bracelet with ridged design and incised decoration, signed Nizhoni (4.75 in. with a 1.25 in. opening); a thin white metal cuff bracelet set with blue and red cabochons...
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Ledger Drawing, likely of Luther StandingBear (Oglala-Brulé Lakota, 1868-1939)
ca 1885-1895
drawn with graphite pencil on thin unlined paper; depicting a well-dressed man wearing a bow tie, long coat, and trousers;...
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CHINESE BLACK GLAZED"RIBBED" JAR, NORTHERNSONG D. Chinese Henan ware black glazed "ribbed" handle jar,dated to Northern Song Dynasty, of ovoid form rising to a short neck with lipped rim, the body with a series of...
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CHINESE CELADON FAMILLE ROSE LEAF DISH,19TH C. A celadon famille rose dish, of shallow form, thinly sectioned and painted in iron-red to form a curved leaf with ridges extending from the mid vein towards the crenulated...
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Family CDV Album with Confederate GeneralsA mixed group of of 57 military and civilian CDVs from an album now missing descended from William Crovatt of Brunswick Georgia to his son Judge Alfred J.Crovatt (1858-1926)...
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DAVID LEACH, OBE (1911-2005)
STONEWARECIDER JAR
the strap handle with thumb rests and medial ridge issuing from the neck cordon and terminating on the shoulder, covered in a rich tenmoku glaze thinning towards...
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Flint ridge blade; thin. 4 1/16"....
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Flint ridge hopewell blade; very thin,good color. 2 13/16". Small ding on side....
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