- LIGHTHOUSE TORSION CLOCK Circa 1880.
Eight-day time and strike with torsion pendulum, gilt-bronze and patinated brickwork case with the clock in the bottom and an oscillating multicolored glass balance mechanism...
[more like this] - AN IMPORTANT LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU, WHITE
MARBLE AND PORPHYRY PENDULE à CERCLES TOURNANTS Michel Stollewerck, circa 1765. Signed Stollewerck A Paris, signed two train movement, verge escapement.Catalog Note: Michel...
[more like this] - THE O'BRIEN CHAMBERS WOOD DUCKThomas
Chambers (1860-1948)
Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada, c. 1900
15 in. long
“There are few, if any, areas in North America which provide such accessible hunting for such a large...
[more like this] - 2 NASHVILLE IMPRINTS: TANNEHILL AND
LIFE OF BISHOPTwo Nashville Imprints. Book 1: Tannehill, Wilkins. Sketches of the History of Literature from the Earliest Period to the Revival of Letters in the Fifteenth...
[more like this] - KOLAR, JOSEPH. PHOTOGRAPHS OF ESCAPE
ARTIST JOSEPH KOLA...Kolar, Joseph. Photographs of escape artist Joseph Kolar. Chicago: B. Harris, ca. 1910. In one image, Kolar poses in an awkward position, restrained by...
[more like this] - KOLAR, JOSEPH. PORTRAIT OF ESCAPE ARTIST
JOSEPH KOLAR. ...Kolar, Joseph. Portrait of escape artist Joseph Kolar. Chicago: B. Harris, ca. 1910. Restrained by chains and locks but wearing his best suit, Kolar poses...
[more like this] - HOUDINI, HARRY. HOUDINI TYPED LETTER
SIGNED TO KOLAR. D...Houdini, Harry. Houdini Typed Letter Signed to Kolar. Dated April 13, 1922, Houdini writes on uncommon Houdini Picture Corporation Letterhead to fellow...
[more like this] - [ESCAPE ARTISTS] COLLECTION OF PHOTOS,
POSTCARDS, AND A...[Escape Artists] Collection of Photos, Postcards, and a Throw-Out Card. Circa 1910s Ð 40s. Eight pieces, including portraits of Joseph Kolar and Earl Lockman...
[more like this] - COLLECTION OF OVER 30 PHOTOGRAPHS OF
MAGICIANS, MANY SI...[Photographs] Collection of Over 30 Photographs of Magicians, Many Signed to the Kolars. 1920s—30s. Including A.M. Wilson, Thomas Worthington III, Harry...
[more like this] - GROUP OF 13 PHOTOS OR RPPCS OF ESCAPE
ARTIST KOLAR THE ...Kolar, Joseph. Group of 13 Photos or RPPCs of Escape Artist Kolar the Great. Circa 1900s/10s. Including three cabinet photos (Chicago: B. Harris, Haymarket...
[more like this] - A KINGBREAKER KEY POSSIBLY OWNED AND
MODIFIED BY HOUDIN...[Houdini, Harry] A Kingbreaker Key Possibly Owned and Modified by Houdini. As-found from the collection of escape artist and magician Joseph Kolar, a...
[more like this] - THE GREAT KOLAR’S HANDCUFFS AND ESCAPES
FILES.Kolar, Joseph. The Great Kolar’s Handcuffs and Escapes Files. 1920s—40s. Approximately 100 pieces, in two manila folders as drawn from Kolar’s files, and including...
[more like this] - THE GREAT KOLAR’S “HANDCUFF KING”
KEY SET.Kolar, Joseph. The Great Kolar’s “Handcuff King” Key Set. A collection of approximately 100 antique keys owned by escape artist and magician Joseph Kolar, used...
[more like this] - THE GREAT KOLAR’S COLLECTION OF PADLOCKS,
CUFFS, AND OT...Kolar, Joseph. The Great Kolar’s Collection of Padlocks, Cuffs, and Other Items. Presented as found from a leather satchel owned by escape artist and magician...
[more like this] - MIRACLE MONGERS AND THEIR METHODS.Houdini,
Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Miracle Mongers and Their Methods. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1920. Publisher’s cloth. Frontispiece, plates. 8vo. Ownership signature of escape artist...
[more like this] - THE STRETCH-JUDSON FAMILY WALNUT TALL
CASE CLOCK, BY PE... CASE CLOCK, BY PETER STRETCH, SIGNED, PHILADELPHIA, 1705-1710, the rectangular hood top with a molded cornice above a plain frieze and hinged engaged...
[more like this] - JOSEPH SHERLY SHEPPARD (AMERICAN B.
1930) AN EROTIC SCU...JOSEPH SHERLY SHEPPARD (American b. 1930) AN EROTIC SCULPTURE, "Nude Woman Escaping Sweater," cast bronze, verso signed in bronze, with special edition...
[more like this] - (8) CIVIL WAR LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS,
TO INCLUDE:1) a letter dated November 12, 1863 from a Union soldier stationed at Fort Mifflin, PA, to his sisters. He talks about his rations and money problems, as well as...
[more like this] - EXCEPTIONAL LOUIS XVI REGULATOR WITH
REMONTOIR D’éGALITé “ROYAL MODEL”, CIRCA 1785 Exceptional Louis XVI Regulator with Remontoir d’égalité “Royal Model”, circa 1785Clockmaker Robert Robin (1741-1799),...
[more like this] - ? ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS POOLEY (IRISH
1646-1723)
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF JONATHAN SWIFT AS A STUDENT IN DUBLIN COLLEGE With later inscription, feigned oval, oil on canvas71cm x 58cm (28in x 22.75in)Provenance...
[more like this] - HOFFMAN, Martin Joseph, (1935-2013):
Clint Eastwood Posing Behind Bars from the Movie ''Escape from Alcatraz'', Oil/Canvas, 32'' x 30'', signed and titled verso, unframed....
[more like this] - Documents from Early America Plus Lot
of 13. ADS account sheet for Jelles Fonda from William Walker 2pp 7 x 11.75 in. Linon (New York?) 3 Jan. 1791. Account for transportation over about 3 years 7 Jan. 1788 to...
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