- MARK TWAIN, OVERLAND MONTHLY MAGAZINE
VOLUME 1 The Overland Monthly, volume 1. Published 1868 by A. Roman and Company. The first volume contains all four of Twain's contributions to this journal, all first printings,...
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COPY 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...
[more like this] - LONG-TAILED DRAKEMark S. McNair (b.
1950)
Craddockville, VA, c. 1980
15 in. long
An exceptional early McNair with a storied history. As a fledgling decoy carver, McNair made a pilgrimage to Crisfield where...
[more like this] - PAUL MANSHIP (1885-1966) 'SUSANNA' BRONZEPaul
Howard Manship (after) (New York, 1885-1966) Susanna, originally modeled 1946-47 Bronze 5 5/8" height A portrayal of the Biblical story of Susanna and the elders. Green/dark...
[more like this] - RARE 19TH CENT FRENCH EMPIRE GILT BRONZE
MANTEL CLOCKDESCRIPTION: This figural 19th Cent. clock features a round enamel dial, marked "a Paris", indicates the Roman numeral hours and the Arabic fifteen-minute intervals...
[more like this] - AN ITALIAN BRONZE GROUP OF THE FARNESE
BULL, CIRCA 1890... BULL, CIRCA 1890, after the Antique, nicely modeled and detailed throughout with a lovely blackish to cocoa brown patination, each separately cast figure...
[more like this] - 19TH C RENAISSANCE REVIVAL PORCELAIN
BRASS CASKEThandpainted with classical portrait of a Roman maiden on its lid, unmarked
7" W x 4.5" H x 5.5" D
Litchfield Auctions is honored to offer Selections from the...
[more like this] - DON BALKE (B. 1933) "MOOSE"Don Balke
(North Carolina, B. 1933) "Moose" Signed lower left. Watercolor on Paper.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.
This painting...
[more like this] - 2 POTTERY FIGURES OF DEITIES - MESOPOTAMIAN
& EGYPTIANAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. late 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE; Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A wonderful pair of pottery...
[more like this] - SIGNED RAUSCHENBERG LITHOGRAPH IN COLORS
- ARROW (1984)...Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008). Untitled (Arrow) color offset lithograph on cream wove paper, 1984. Signed, dated, and numbered 1/90 in pencil...
[more like this] - EASTERN ROMAN MARBLE FEMALE HEAD W/
SEA ENCRUSTATIONSRoman, Eastern Empire, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A wonderful, attractive, and expressive example of a female head in provincial stylization...
[more like this] - GREEK GOLD RING GARNET CABOCHON, EX-CHRISTIE'SAncient
Greece, late Classical to early Hellenistic period, ca. 4th century BCE. A fabulous 95% gold (equivalent to 22K+) ring with a garnet stone set into the discoid face. A thin...
[more like this] - GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA, DIONYSIAN
& BATTLEGreek, Attic (Athens), ca. 480 BCE. A splendid pottery amphora adorned with black-figure decoration of a Dionysian scene on 1 side and 2 warriors on the other, both...
[more like this] - 5TH C. BYZANTINE GOLD SIGNET RING, ANGEL
& DOVENear East, Byzantine, ca. 5th to 7th century CE. A dazzling gold signet ring presenting a slender band and stepped shoulder leading to a large bezel incised with the...
[more like this] - ROMAN POTTERY SWAN BABY FEEDER VESSELRoman,
Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. An adorable pottery baby feeder in the form of a swan with meticulously detailed plumage along its tucked wings and long neck folded...
[more like this] - APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER, SATYR,
MAENAD & EPHEBES...Magna Graecia, South Italy, Apulian, ca. 325 to 300 BCE. A striking pottery bell krater featuring red-figure decoration of a satyr and maenad on one side...
[more like this] - RARE ROMAN COPPER APPLIQUE - HORSE HEADRoman,
Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A fine and quite rare copper applique in the form of a horse head, naturalistically rendered with fleshy folds of skin lining the...
[more like this] - (20) ENGLISH LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS, MOST
19TH C.(lot of 20) English language library shelf books, many with gilt embossed leather binding, marbled or gilt foredges, highlights include: (1) "The Poetical Works of...
[more like this] - FILS RIGAUD BENOIT, HAITI (20TH CENTURY),
GIRAFFES, 1974, OIL ON CANVAS, 30"H X 24"W, 36 1/4"H X 30 3/8"W (FRAME)Fils Rigaud Benoit, Haiti, (20th Century) Giraffes, 1974, oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right....
[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] - NORMAN ROCKWELL (AMERICAN, 1894-1978)
25 ½" x 19 ½" "Medicine/ Aunt Polly Giving Tom Sawyer Medicine from Tom Sawyer Folio", 1936. lithograph on cream wove paper, signed in pencil lower right, inscribed AP from...
[more like this] - ROMAN DE TIRTOFF "ERTE" (RUSSIAN/FRENCH,
1892 - 1990) 11"x 14 ½" bronze, 19 ¼" x 22 ¾" overall "Samson and Delilah", 1989. Cold painted bronze plaque, tased on Biblical story, signed "161 / 375 c. 1989 Chalk &...
[more like this] - 7PC AFTER NICHOLAS POUSSIN ROMAN GODS
ENGRAVINGS Italy, France,1594-1665Various engravings created by Jean Pesne (1623-1700) of Poussins works depicting myths of Atlas holding the world, the death of Antaeus,...
[more like this] - An extremely long roll to roll classroom
progressive educational display linen backed showing in sequence stories from the bible with hand coloured illustrations Roman Emperors Kings of England to William IV Alphabet...
[more like this] - ROMAN STORIES Roman Stories: or The
History of the Seven Wise Mistresses of Rome: Containing Seven Days Entertainment In many Pleasant and Witty Tales or Stories. London: Printed for J. Hodges 1748. Small 8vo...
[more like this] - Carved Bone Panels, Embriachi Workshop
Venetian, first quarter 15th century, 11 flat bone panels depicting in relief secular scenes of men, women and children in late gothic dress against mushroom-like trees (portraying...
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