2VOL OVERLAND MONTHLY MAGAZINES PRESENTATIONCOPY A two volume presentation set of Overland Monthly Magazine. Edited by Bret Harte and others. Published 1868-1869 by A. Roman and Company, San Francisco. Presentation...
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CERAMIC REFERENCE BOOK COLLECTION ??????????????????????????????????????????Including:early pottery, Chinese Ming and Qing dynasty ceramics, museum and private collection, in total 44 publications.Asahi Shimbun Cultural Planning Department (Ed.). Newly Discovered...
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EARLY PREENING GREEN-WINGED TEALChaseLittlejohn (1853-1943)
Redwood City, CA, c. 1885
10 in. long
“A more interesting fellow than Chase Littlejohn has probably never existed.” This is the opening line to...
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HIGH-HEAD PINTAILEd Castagnetto (1911-1996)
SanFrancisco, CA, 1989
17 1/2 in. long
Taught by California carving legend, "Fresh-Air Dick" Janson, Ed learned to carve as a young man. He was also a sharp shooter who enjoyed...
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BLUEBILL PAIRHarry L. Cook (1909-1993)
Vallejo,CA, c. 1930
11 3/4 in. long
A well-documented turned-head pair by Harry Cook. A lifelong resident of Vallejo, California, he worked for his father's painting business starting...
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MALLARD DRAKESan Francisco, CA, c. 1940
15in. long
This gouge-carved decoy relates to the work of John Tornberg (1902-1971) and may very well be the carver's later work. Tornberg lived in the Marina district of San...
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(LOT OF 23) LENOX PORCELAIN DINNER PLATESWITH COBALT (lot of 23) Two sets of Lenox porcelain dinner plates with cobalt blue rims, each retailed by S & G Gump Co., San Francisco, consisting of (17) plates with a wide...
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(63 PC) SLABBED PENNY COLLECTIONDESCRIPTION:Collection includes:
(5) Early Lincoln Cent (1920 - 1929)
(11) Early Lincoln Cent (1930 - 1939)
(10) Early Lincoln Cent (1950 - 1959)
(2) 1957-D Lincoln 1c Brilliant Uncirculated
(1)...
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STEUBEN IVORY OPTIC RIBBED VASEDESCRIPTION:Steuben Ivory optic ribbed vase, c. 1932.
Optic-ribbed lead glass.
Shape #7437, p. 296 Paul V. Gardner
Reference:
Listed in 1932 Steuben catalog at page 34 in Green Jade...
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TOULOUSE LAUTREC LITHOGRAPHToulouseLautrec, L'Aube Revue Illustree, original color lithograph printed in two shades of blue. Signed in the stone with elephant monogram and monogram stamp lower right. Backed...
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ARCHIVE OF 19TH C SHIP CAPTAIN MARTINA. BRANDTAmazing archive of 19th c Ship Captain Martin A. Brandt comprising: 1) "History of the State of California", Chapman Publishing, 1904. It bears a written page (p....
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AN ANTIQUE MAP, "MAPPE MONDE OU CARTERéDUITE DES PARTI...AN ANTIQUE MAP, "Mappe Monde ou Carte Réduite Des Parties Connues du Globe, Pour fervir au Voyage de la Pérouse," PARIS, 1797, engraving on paper, from...
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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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A GROUP OF SEVEN BOOKS CONCERNING TEXASAND FRONTIER HI... AND FRONTIER HISTORY, comprising Negro Frontiersman: The Western Memoirs of Henry O. Flipper, First Negro Graduate of West Point, edited by Theodore D....
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MAXIMILIEN LUCE (FRENCH 1858-1941)MAXIMILIENLUCE (FRENCH 1858-1941)
Paysage au bord de la riviere , 1896
oil on canvas
49 x 66 cm (19 1/4 x 26 in.)
signed and dated lower right
PROVENANCE
Sotheby's, London, July 2,...
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MAURICE BRAZIL PRENDERGAST (1858-1924)MauriceBrazil Prendergast (1858-1924) "Can-Can Dancer" watercolor and pencil on paper circa 1893-94 signed lower left 8 1/2" x5" Provenance: The following is sourced from Christie's:...
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RYOHEI TANAKA ETCHING (AN ARTIST'S PROOF)1980Ryohei Tanaka (Japanese, 1933-2019). Copper plate etching, 1980. Signed, dated, and numbered "A.P. 14/15" (an artist proof) in pencil. A beautiful etching of rural Japan...
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PAMELA SMILOW(American/New York, 20thcentury)
Two paintings: Animal Series X, signed lower right "P Smilow", mixed media on paper, sight 5-1/4 x 8 in.; wood frame, 9-1/2 x 11-1/4 in.; together with: Untitled,...
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ROBERT GORDY (AMERICAN, 1933-1986)RobertGordy
American, 1933-1986
Clouds and Sea (Day)
Lithograph, signed lower right, edition 30/35
Coastal landscape, the water still below a clouded sky.
Education:
1956 M.A.,...
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ROBERT GORDY (AMERICAN, 1933-1986)RobertGordy
American, 1933-1986
Study for "The Meeting" , 1980
Marker, ink, and colored pencil on paper, signed and dated lower left
Four silhouetted figures against tiles, set...
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ROBERT GORDY (AMERICAN, 1933-1986)RobertGordy
American, 1933-1986
Still Life with Brick , 1971
Acrylic on canvas, signed and dated lower right
The brick in a field of small fruits and nuts, framed.
Education:
1956...
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CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928)
TEXTILEDESIGN, CIRCA 1920 pencil and watercolour heightened with white, on tracing paper, signed and inscribed C.R. Mackintosh./2 Hans Studio/43 A Glebe Place Chelsea SW3 lower right,...
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JOHN SINGER SARGENT, (AMERICAN, 1856-1925),TWO HEADS OF A BEARDED MAN (STUDY FOR FRIEZE OF THE PROPHETS, BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY), CA. 1891-92, OIL ON CANVAS, 23 1/4 X 34 1/4 IN.; FRAME: 31 X 52 IN.JOHN SINGER SARGENT,...
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JOHN AND JAMES BARD (NEW YORK, 1815-1897),PORTRAIT OF THE GOLD RUSH STEAMER WILSON G. HUNT., OIL ON CANVAS, RELINED, 28.75" X 49.5". FRAMED 39.25" X 59.25".JOHN AND JAMES BARD, New York, 1815-1897, Portrait of the...
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A GROUPING OF SOUVENIR AND ASSORTEDSTERLING SILVER FLATWARE (27) pieces including: (3) "In God We Trust" figural sterling handled bar knives marked sterling to bolster, worn maker's mark (8 1/2 in. longest);...
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"DESCRIPTION OF THE LARGEST SHIP INTHE WORLD, THE NEW CLIPPER GREAT REPUBLIC ..." 1853 SLIPCASE 10.5" X 6.5". THE WORLD, THE NEW CLIPPER GREAT REPUBLIC ...", 1853, An extremely rare first and only edition...
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(19) REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS MILITARY,USN Including: "USS New Hampshire"; "Promethius" loading exhibits from P.P.I.E. (Pan Paacific International Exposition) San Francisco, Calif, 2-20-16 (rubber band stripe);...
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JOHN P. REYNOLDS & CO. (CIRCA 1870-1880,),ESCUTCHEON COMMEMORATING THE CIVIL WAR SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT GEORGE H. RUPLE., OIL ON CANVAS, 30" X 25". FRAMED 37" X 32".JOHN P. REYNOLDS & CO., Circa 1870-1880, Escutcheon...
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Lot. American Art Nouveau Periodicals:(Bradley, Will H.) Bradley: His Book. N.p., May 1896. Tall 12mo, contemp. 3/4 green morocco & marbled bds., spine gilt; occasionally scuffed, original wrappers bound-in....
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HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (american1880-1980) "THE DANCERS" - PAS DE DEUX, TARANTELLA Inscribed 'Harriet W. Frishmuth © 1921' and stamped 'GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS / QBOS' on base. Modeled in 1921, cast in...
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Joseph P. Frey (1892-1977 San FranciscoCA) Day Brake (sic) Kern Valley Landscape presumably Kern County...
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Books: Fine art furniture decorativearts and travel guides Bernier Rosamond. MATISSE PICASSO MIRO: AS I KNEW THEM. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1991. Bridgman George B. BRIDGMAN'S LIFE-DRAWING. London: John Lane...
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* (FINE PRESS THE ESTIENNES) PATTISONMARK The Estiennes. San Francisco: Book Club of California 1949. Folio original linen spine over pink boards with gilt vignette to upper board and paper spine label plain...
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Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. ConfederateCivil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
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Walter Inglis Anderson (American/Mississippi1903-1965) "Two Pelicans: Chandeleurs" c. 1948 pen and ink on paper 10 3/4 in. x 8 1/4 in; together with Pickard Mary Anderson preface Pelicans: Walter Anderson Cadmus Editions...
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15 vols. Herman Scheffauer: Scheffauer,Herman. Of Both World's Poems. San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1903. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial blue cloth, t.e.g; light wear, occasionally scuffed. Frontis. portrait....
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