- Rare and Important American Rococo Revival
Rosewood Armchair and Matching Sidechair, probably executed by Alexander Roux, New York, third quarter 19th century, the crests of each featuring a spead-winged bird flanked...
[more like this] - FINE POTOLO PONCHO, QUECHUA, BOLIVIA.Potolo
Poncho, Quechua Culture, Bolivia c.1930 Wool Potolo weavings are recognized by their inventive and marvelous mythical beings found on many ancient Peruvian burial cloths....
[more like this] - TN ARCHIVAL LOT, INCL. 4 BOOKS, 1 CDV
ALBUM, 2 ALSArchive of eight (8) items, most related to the Taylor Family of Tennessee, including four (4) Knoxville and Nashville imprints, one (1) carte-de-visite (CDV)...
[more like this] - MYHRE, EDWIN E. MYHRE. ON THE STAGE
IN PERSONMason City: Central Show Printing Co., 1955. Three-color panel poster depicts a portrait of the magician and advertises a “ghost show” and “spirit séance”....
[more like this] - LAMONT PUGH WHITE HOUSE LETTER AND EPHEMERALot
of personal possessions of Navy Surgeon General Rear Admiral H. Lamont Pugh. Includes: a first edition hardcover of "Diagnosis In Daily Practice" (J.B. Lippincott Company,...
[more like this] - A RENAISSANCE MAP, "TYPUS ORBIS TERRARUM,"
ABRAHAM ORTE...A RENAISSANCE MAP, "Typus Orbis Terrarum," ABRAHAM ORTELIUS, ANTWERP, 1587-1612, hand colored copperplate engraving on paper, a fragment from an edition of...
[more like this] - A QING DYNASTY SANCAI GLAZE TOMB SHRINE,
CHINESE, 1644-... CHINESE, 1644-1912, yellow and green glazed earthenware with hand painting, upper entablature with cascading cloud brackets interspersed by unglazed reserves...
[more like this] - A LATE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR ERA MAP,
"MAPA DE LOS ESTAD... "Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Mejico, Revised Edition," JOHN DISTURNELL, NEW YORK,1848-1850, hand colored copper plate engraving on paper, the Gulf...
[more like this] - THE FRANKLIN TERRESTRIAL LIBRARY GLOBE,
NIMS & KNIGHT, ... NIMS & KNIGHT, 12", NEW YORK, USA, CIRCA 1882-1892, composed of twelve engraved and hand-colored gores with two polar calottes, a circular reserve "THE...
[more like this] - WILLIAM ROBERT THRASHER (AMERICAN/TEXAS
1908-1997) A PA...WILLIAM ROBERT THRASHER (American/Texas 1908-1997) A PAINTING, "Geese in Flight," 20TH CENTURY, oil on canvas, signed L/L, "W.R. Thrasher;" 22'' x 36'',...
[more like this] - BOSTON CUSTER'S COLT CARRIED AT LITTLE
BIGHORNThis is quite possibly one of the most important Battle of the Little Bighorn firearms ever offered for public sale, a Colt U.S. Cavalry issue Single Action Army revolver...
[more like this] - GEORGE A. CUSTER'S OWN S&W NO. 2 ARMY
REVOLVERThis is a fine, historic Smith and Wesson Model 2 Army Tip-Up Revolver owned personally by George Armstrong Custer from the Dr. Lawrence A. Frost of Monroe, Michigan...
[more like this] - CHIEF SITTING BULL'S C. SHARPS 1859
PEPPERBOXThis historic and important lot includes the C. Sharps four-barrel derringer circa 1859-1862 owned by Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull marked in Togia language as...
[more like this] - LT. JOHN HILLS - PLAN OF YORKTOWN AND
GLOUCESTER, 1785John Hills (surveyor, active 1777-1819), William Faden (publisher), A Plan of York Town and Gloucester, in the Province of Virginia, Shewing the Works Constructed...
[more like this] - AMAZING CABINETS OF CURIOSITIES CANE-Ca
1870 -This cane features a primate’s skull as a handle and a shaft made of the vertebrae of a reptile’s spine with longer and joining bone segments between the skull and...
[more like this] - TOM MCNEELY (B. 1935) "JUAN PONCE DE
LEON" WCTom McNeely (Canadian, B. 1935) "Juan Ponce de Leon's Discovery of Florida" Signed lower right. Original watercolor on Paper.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer...
[more like this] - PENCIL SIGNED SALVADOR DALI CHRISTMAS
CARD, 1967Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989). Christmas card from Dali to the Lucas family, 1967 - an original etching by Salvador Dali, pencil signed and numbered 67/150...
[more like this] - HANDSOME AZTEC STONE FACE OF MANPre-Columbian,
Central & Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz region, Aztec culture, Post Classic period, ca. 1200 to 1521 CE. A dramatic mask carved from a gray volcanic stone, the head of a young...
[more like this] - 19TH C. INDONESIAN WOOD ANCESTOR FIGURE
FOR A CANOEOceania, Indonesia, west New Guinea, Huon Gulf / Geelvinck Bay (Cenderawasih Bay), Poon village, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An impressive, hand-carved ancestor...
[more like this] - RARE VIKING SILVER JELLINGE CHAIN W/
DIFFUSER PENDANTNorthern Europe, Scandinavia, Denmark, Viking or Norse culture, ca. late 9th to 10th century CE. A lengthy necklace chain comprised of several braided, twisted...
[more like this] - LARGE CHINESE TANG SANDSTONE BUDDHIST
LOHAN HEADEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty to Song Dynasty, ca. 618 to 1270 CE. A remarkable life-sized Lohan head hand-carved from a warm-gray sandstone. The bald head and...
[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] - SMALL WESTERN ASIATIC CUNNIFORM CLAY
TABLETLate Canaanite Period, 1800 to 1500 B.C.E. The hardened clay almost square tablet with rounded corners and edges, completely incised with rows of characters, the reverse...
[more like this] - PERSONAL POSSESSIONS EXCAVATED IN UNION
ARMY CAMPS As follows: two brass banjo or drum tension brackets emblazoned with "UNION FOREVER"; two (2) molded clay pipe bowls, one decorated with an Irish harp and shamrock;...
[more like this] - STAMP COLLECTION: BRITISH TERRITORIESRandom
box lot that includes many items obtained from a Connecticut dealer. Appears to be all GB possessions. From the personal collection (not stock) of a 40-year career dealer...
[more like this] - Rosebud Agency Sketchbook, by "Jack"
9 x 5 1/2 inch sketchbook containing 72 illustrations on unlined paper, in color pencil, ca 1880s-1890s. Paper cover featuring blue pencil inscription "Capt McCauley for Indian...
[more like this] - Y IMPORTANT GEORGIAN DOLL'S HOUSE, 'THE
EVANS BABY HOUSE'
18TH CENTURY, WITH LATER ADAPTATIONS AND CONTENTS modelled as a three-storeyed Georgian town house, of ochre and red painted pine and other timber, the hinged...
[more like this] - Chateau Haut BrionGraves19822 bottles2-3cm''Complex
aromatics of scorched earth smoked herbs and sweet red and black currants are followed by a full-bodied silky-textured wine but I have never felt this offering has possessed...
[more like this] - Gilman Marston Civil War General and
Politician Manuscript Archive 233 letters 82 essays and speeches ca.80 deeds receipts and miscellaneous business records. Ca 1830-1900 (bulk 1834-1859). A son of Orford New...
[more like this] - General Fred K. Mahaffey Archive Archive
consisting of 4-star General's license plate two-star General's flag three-star General's flag and two four-star General's flags. 2nd Battalion presentation flag (framed)...
[more like this] - Nathaniel D. Hackett Wisconsin 1st Heavy
Artillery Civil War and Personal Archive 330 items dating from 1860-1947. While serving in the 1st Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery Davis Hackett kept in close correspondence...
[more like this] - Chateau Haut BrionGraves19822 bottles1-2.5cm
1-3cm 2lbsl''Complex aromatics of scorched earth smoked herbs and sweet red and black currants are followed by a full-bodied silky-textured wine but I have never felt this...
[more like this] - Rare Menu From the Atlantic Conference
Signed by All Guests Including Churchill & Roosevelt Printed bifoliate card 7 x 9 in. Ship Harbor Newfoundland August 9 1941 containing the menu and list of those present...
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