- FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS, 15 Group
of Books Relating to Fashion Photography, fifteen (15), and including: Georgina Howell, In Vogue, Conde Nast Books: London, 1991; Martin Harrison, Beauty Photography in Vogue,...
[more like this] - ARCHITECTURE RELATED BOOKS GROUP, 10
Group of Architecture related books, 10, and comprising: Nili Portugali, The Act of Creation, etc., Axel Menges: Stuttgart, 2006; Dale Harris et al., Follies and Fantasies:...
[more like this] - ANTIQUITIES AND ARCHEOLOGY BOOKS, 13
Group of books related to antiquities and archeology, 13, and comprising: Philipp von Zabern, The Egyptian Museum Cairo, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, 1987; Various, The...
[more like this] - AMERICAN EGRETc. 1900
45 in. tall and
bird is 26 in. long
This silhouette was carved from a three-quarter-inch board and could be made to represent and egret, stork, or crane. It has a lively weathered surface...
[more like this] - THE SURACE FEEDING PLOVERObediah Verity
(1813-1901)
Seaford, Long Island, NY, c. 1870
9 3/4 in. long
“Verity’s most distinctive form is a feeding shorebird, with its bulbous head bent down and forward, its...
[more like this] - THE MULLER VERITY PEEP PAIRObediah Verity
(1813-1901)
Seaford, Long Island, NY, c. 1880
6 3/4 in. long
This exceptional peep pair showcases identical form in two distinct plumages. The first is in a rarely seen darker-backed...
[more like this] - GRAND CURLEWCharles Sumner Bunn (1865-1952)
Shinnecock,
NY, c. 1900
17 1/2 in. long
In 1971 Milton Weiler’s “Classic Shorebird Decoys” portfolio was published with text by William J. Mackey Jr. Across from Weiler’s Plate...
[more like this] - THE HARMON RUNNING COBB CURLEWNathan
F. 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...
[more like this] - Approximately 32 Volumes by or Relating
to T. E. Lawrence (British, 1888-1935) T. E. Lawrence
SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM
1926
T. E. Lawrence
SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM: THE COMPLETE 1922 'OXFORD' TEXT
J. and N. Wilson,...
[more like this] - LARGE ENGRAVED PRINT, THE QUEEN'S VISIT
TO LEEDS 1858A framed color print originally published in the British publication York's. Nine color panels depict scenes related to the 1858 royal visit of Queen Victoria.
An...
[more like this] - WATERFORD CRYSTAL PAPERWEIGHT, 1998
WORLD SERIES, NY YA...Round clear crystal paperweight celebrating the New York Yankees win of the World Series. Waterford etched mark. Includes original box, 4.75"L x 5"W...
[more like this] - CONFEDERATE CSS SHENANDOAH DIARY AND
ARCHIVEImportant 1865 Confederate CSS Shenandoah ship diary archive of Lieutenant Dabney Scales including 1865 diary journal (85 pages, 104 pages total), an ambrotype and...
[more like this] - 9 KY RELATED ANTIQUES BOOKS AND EXHIBITION
CATALOGUESNine (9) Kentucky related antiques books and exhibition catalogues. Titles include: 1: "Checklist of Kentucky Cabinetmakers From 1775 to 1859" by Edna Talbott Whitley,...
[more like this] - 3 CIVIL WAR RELATED BOOKS AND 2 MILITARY/POLITICAL
BOOK...Five historical books including three (3) Civil War related books. Titles include: 1: THE MEMOIRS OF COLONEL JOHN S. MOSBY edited by Charles Wells Russell, published...
[more like this] - HICKS FAMILY ARCHIVE, TNAn extensive
archive of material related to the family of Edward Dickson Hicks II, Edward Dickson Hicks III and Edward Dickson Hicks IV of Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. The archive...
[more like this] - FINE ASSEMBLED PAIR CLASSICAL GAMES
TABLESNew York, attributed to the shop of Duncan Phyfe, circa 1816, each with highly figured veneers throughout, banded tops opening to mahogany veneered playing surfaces,...
[more like this] - EDWIN LORD WEEKS ORIENTALIST PAINTING,
CARAVAN(American, 1849-1903)
Caravan at Sunset ? Persia, circa 1925, signed lower left "E.L. Weeks", oil on canvas, 20-1/8 x 30-1/8 in.; gilt wood and composition frame,...
[more like this] - ROBERT GORDY (AMERICAN, 1933-1986)Robert
Gordy
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...
[more like this] - ROBERT GORDY (AMERICAN, 1933-1986)Robert
Gordy
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...
[more like this] - Y RARE AND IMPORTANT FRENCH GOTHIC IVORY
COMPOSITE CASKET
CIRCA 1330 the panels intricately carved in bas-relief to include scenes from the Medieval tales Queste del Saint Graal and Tristan & Isolde, with later brass...
[more like this] - APPROX. 40 FISHING AND HUNTING-RELATED
BOOKS BOOKS, Sport with Gun and Rod,, The Sunnyside Book,, The Trappers of Umbagog,, Through the Wilds ,, A Will and a Way,, Fatal Gesture,, The Holidays,, Maine Register...
[more like this] - STEPHEN GREENE, AMERICAN (1917-1999),
MOREAU'S GARDEN 6, 1995, OIL ON LINEN, 15" X 15"Stephen Greene, American, (1917-1999) Moreau's Garden 6, 1995, oil on linen Signed lower left. Provenance: David Beitzel...
[more like this] - THREE EARLY EDITION HARDCOVER NOVELS
RELATED TO ESPIONAGE WITH 'ATTORNEY FOR THE DAMNED; CLARENCE DARROW...', EDITED BY ARTHUR WEINBERG FOR SIMON AND SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, 1957Three Early Edition Hardcover Novels...
[more like this] - New York Yankees related lot, lot includes
1999 ten figure line up with base of the 1961 NY yankees, w/o box, reggie jackson 1992 SAM bobblehead no. 1594, w/o box, framed early 2000's NY Yankees core four matted with...
[more like this] - ? PAIR OF GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY
DEMILUNE CONSOLE TABLES, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
CIRCA 1760 the semi-elliptical tops inlaid with fan medallions and wide bands of leaves and anthemion, enclosed by...
[more like this] - COLLECTION OF 20 BOOKS RELATED TO CUBA.
TOINCLUDE: 5 VOLS THE HISTORY OF CUBA BY WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON, 1920, PUBLISHED BY B. F. BUCK & CO. INC., NY, LEATHER SPINES AND CORNERS, MARBLED BOARDS, 9 1/2" X 6 1/4",...
[more like this] - A Fine American Aesthetic Inlaid Mahogany
Center Table c. 1880-1885 attributed to Louis Comfort Tiffany/Associated Artists after a design by E.W. Godwin inlaid octagonal top over spindle screens and a conforming tier...
[more like this] - 1807 New York City plat map, manuscript,
"Peter Smith's Lot", adjacent to Washington Street, signed "Charles Loss" as City Surveyor, 12-1/2 x 8 in.; with related New York and Rockland County archive, 1796-1838, 31...
[more like this] - Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. Confederate
Civil 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),...
[more like this] - [Literary Ephemera Autographs] Twelve
assorted documents and ephemera related to Philip Hone New York first half 19th century notably: Printed invitation to a Ball to celebrate the end of the War of 1812 March...
[more like this] - Venetian or Central Italian School 19th
c. "Angels Feeding Christ after the Temptation by the Devil" pen and blue-grey wash on cream-colored laid paper inscribed "Piranesi" in sepia ink and "n. 5" in black ink bottom...
[more like this] - Samuel Lawrence Early New York Representative
& the Lawrence Family Manuscript Archive An extensive archive of approximately 67 documents of the noted Lawrence family of New York spanning the years 1799 to 1908. Dealing...
[more like this] - [American Indian - History] Books on
Indian - White Relations lot of 15 books including:Armstrong Virginia Irving. I Have Spoken: American History Through the Voices of the Indians. Chicago: Swallow Press Inc....
[more like this] - A Very Fine American Renaissance Carved
Oak Cabinet mid-19th c. attributed to Alexander Roux New York crest with crocketed finials centered by a bust of George Washington the frieze with scrolling leaves chamfered...
[more like this] - Eleven James W. Pattison sketchbooks
(James William Pattison, Illinois/Asheville, North Carolina, 1844-1915), six sketchbooks, Gloucester, Massachusetts, with some Maine, New Hampshire and New York related, dating...
[more like this] - Documents from Tryon County New York
Lot of 5. ANS 1p docketed on verso 7 x 7.75 in. 3 Jan. 1799. Note from John Herkimer to John Porteous explaining that he was unable to immediately meet a debt but after he...
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