JOHN P. O'NEILL (B.1942) WATERCOLORBIRD PAINTINGFramed watercolor and gouache painting on arches paper, Birds Perched on Tree Branches, signed John P. O'Neill (Louisiana, b.1942), and dated 1990 lower right,...
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JOHN P. O'NEILL (B.1942) WATERCOLORBIRD PAINTINGFramed watercolor and gouache painting on arches paper, Birds Perched on Tree Branches, signed John P. O'Neill (Louisiana, b.1942), and dated 1987 lower center,...
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FRANKLIN LIBRARY SIGNED EDITIONS LEATHER(60) A group of 60 Franklin Library signed, leather bound limited editions. To include: "The French Lieutenant's Woman", John Fowles, "Five Plays", Jean-Paul Sartre, "The...
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AIDEN LASSELL RIPLEY (1896-1969)GoldenPlover, 1930
pencil, 9 by 14 in.
This drawing appeared in a magazine called "The Sportsman" in November 1930, illustrating an article by John C. Phillips on birds in flight.
Provenance:...
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THE SAFFORD SLEEPING GOOSECharles A.Safford (1877-1957)
Newburyport, MA, c. 1920
24 ½ in. long
“It leaps into the pantheon of the greatest American goose decoys ever made, sculpture and function in perfect...
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THE JOHNSON NELSON SHOURDS ROBIN SNIPEHarryV. Shourds (1861-1920)
Tuckerton, NJ, c. 1900
9 in. long
This decoy is a rigmate to the bird illustrated in "Top of the Line Hunting Collectibles" from the Alan and Elaine...
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EXCEEDINGLY RARE ESKIMO CURLEWJosephW. Lincoln (1859-1938)
Accord, MA, c. 1890
12 3/4 in. long
Donal C. O'Brien Jr. discovered this plump decoy and its only two related rigmates on the Island of Nantucket in...
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RARE AND EARLY TUCKED-HEAD BLACK DUCKFerdinandBach (1888-1967)
Detroit, MI, c. 1926
19 in. long
This decoy and its rigmate, lot 457, represent half of the known black ducks by Bach. These rare and highly distinct birds...
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RARE AND EARLY SLEEPING BLACK DUCKFerdinandBach (1888-1967)
Detroit, MI, c. 1926
16 in. long
This decoy and its rigmate, lot 458, represent half of the known black ducks by Bach. These rare and highly distinct birds...
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JOHN P. O'NEILL (B. 1942)Two Bird Watercolors
Railsand Coot, 1972
signed and dated "O'Neill 72" lower right
28 by 20 1/4 in.
inscribed "plate #4" and "Gruson Wanta" on back
Edward S. Gruson published "Words for Birds" in...
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JOHN P. O'NEILL (B. 1942)Two Bird Watercolors
Toucan,Woodpeckers, Ibis, and others, 1991
signed and dated "© John P. O'Neill 1991" lower right
25 1/4 by 18 1/4 in.
inscribed "color plate for ffrench's Birds of Trinidad and...
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JOHN P. O'NEILL (B. 1942)Green Honeycreeperand other birds, 1972
signed and dated "O'Neill 72" lower right
watercolor, 18 1/2 by 14 1/2 in.
John P. O’Neill began painting bird illustrations as a graduate student...
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RICHARD E. BISHOP (1887-1975)PrairieWings, 1945
signed and dated "Richard E Bishop '45 ©" lower left
oil on canvas, 30 by 25 in.
signed, titled, and dated on back
An edition of "Prairie Wings" by Edgar M....
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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...
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THE DU MONT EARLY HANGING GREATER YELLOWLEGSA.Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
East Harwich, MA, c. 1915
16 3/4 in. long
“Seldom does one find special orders made by Crowell and when you do they tend to be the best. These...
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4 SELBY BIRD PRINTSFour (4) PrideauxJohn Selby (British, 1788-1867) bird prints from Illustrations of British Ornithology, 1821-1834, 1841. 1st item: "Ivory Gull, Adult", Plate XCIV, copper plate engraving with...
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GRP: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART BOOKSLargegroup of reference books, monographs, and catalogs on modern and contemporary art, including works on major movements such as Futurism and Synchromism, and artists including...
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FINE PAIR MINTON AESTHETIC VASES, CHRISTOPHERDRESSERBritish, late 19th century, each of squared baluster form, in the Chinese taste, double handled and two sided, hand painted enameling to each with bird amongst flowers...
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THREE CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PORCELAINTABLE OBJECTS, ...comprising: circa 1790, pot de creme, depicting arms of Teissier, boar on a green mount, on gilt ground under black crescent, above two white stars centered...
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TWO CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PORCELAINMUGS, WILSON AND ...comprising, circa 1755, mug with arms of Wilson depicting shield with iron red chevron amongst three iron red stars, black crescent, surmounted with helmet,...
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JOHN GOULD (GREENLAND GYRFALCON) FALCOCANDICANS**First Time At Auction**
John Gould (British, 1804-1881). "(Greenland Gyrfalcon) Falco Candicans" - an original antique hand-colored lithograph of the Greenland...
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ONE PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED JOHNJ[AMES] AUDUBON, ON WOVE PAPER, TO COLONEL JOHN JAMES ABERT, FROM NEW YORK, JULY 17, 1837One page autograph letter signed John J[ames] Audubon, on wove paper, to Colonel John...
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AFTER CATESBY & AUDUBON, (24) BIRD LITHOGRAPHSIncludes (3) plates from the 1937 A.P.P. Co. portfolio of John J. Audubon, 18"h x 22"w (sheets), and (21) plates after Mark Catesby, unknown publisher or date, including 6...
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KENNETH E. TYLER, AMERICAN (B. 1931),SOLAR BIRD, LITHOGRAPH, 30”H X 22”WKenneth E. Tyler, American, (b. 1931) Solar Bird, lithograph Numbered 12/20 lower left, titled lower middle, signed lower right....
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CHINESE B & W YENYEN VASE W/ PHOENIX,KANGXIPERIOD A Chinese blue and white yen yen vase with phoenix decoration, dating from the Kangxi period (1661-1722). Crisp blue decoration over the Yen Yen vase, two phoenix birds...
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FINE FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY SECRETARY,POSSIBLY SEYMOUR, NORTH SHORE OF MASSACHUSETTSIn three parts.
7 ft. 4 1/2 in. x 40 x 21 in.
Note: This secretary is an early example of the Northeastern Massachusetts style...
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A RARE WORCESTER TEABOWL AND SAUCER
CIRCA1752 Each piece of twelve sided form with concave fluting, polychrome painted in Kakiemon style with pairs of crane-like birds in a landscape of flowering bamboo, prunus blossom,...
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A PAIR OF RARE WORCESTER TEABOWLS ANDSAUCERS
CIRCA 1752 Each piece of twelve-sided form with concave fluting, polychrome painted in Kakiemon style with pairs of crane-like birds in a landscape of flowering bamboo,...
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A PAIR OF RARE WORCESTER TEABOWLS ANDSAUCERS
CIRCA 1752 Each piece of twelve-sided form with concave fluting, polychrome painted in Kakiemon style with pairs of crane-like birds in a landscape of flowering bamboo,...
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John Gould
(English, 1804-1881)
AndigenaHypoglaucus and Ramphastos Brevicarinatus, from John Gould's Birds of Great Britain
lithograph
'Gould & Richter del et lith./Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.' (lower right of each)
Sight...
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GORDON STEELE MODERNIST WINTER LANDSCAPEPAINTING New York,1906-1961Titled "The First Snow" depicting a wire fence entangled with vines and small black birds perched and flying about with freshly fallen snow on the...
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3PC GORDON STEELE WC PAINTINGS New York,1906-1961Includes a semi abstract autumnal landscape depicting a bird perched on a fallen branch, an abstracted landscape comprised of green, red, blue, yellow, and white, and an urban...
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AN EXTREMELY RARE CHINESE EXPORT SCOTSMENPLATE An extremely rare Chinese Export Jacobite Highlanders plate for the Scottish Market. Early Qianlong Era, 1741-45 decorated in Famille Rose enamels with two members of...
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Books: Important collection of booksby South Carolina writer/industrialist Elliott White Springs WAR BIRDS: DIARY OF AN UNKNOWN AVIATOR. New York: George H. Doran Company [c. 1926]. Special limited edition numbered...
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CURLY MAPLE FULL STOCK RIFLE. Markedon the lock and the barrel for Lewis Rogers Xenia Greene County Ohio 2nd quarter-19th century. Stock with good curl silver inlays and an engraved brass patchbox lock...
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9 vols. (2 wrappers) Philadelphia& Environs: Repplier, Agnes. Philadelphia: The Place and The People. New York: Macmillan, 1898. 1st ed. 12mo, orig. cloth, gilt; light wear. Frontis., full page and other...
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