- Group of Reference and Story Books
lot
of 12, includes:
Whiteford, Andrew Hunter. North American Indian Art: A Golden Science Guide. 1973
Whiteford, Andrew Hunter. North American Indian Art: A Golden Science...
[more like this] - PINTAIL PAIRRichard "Fresh Air Dick"
Janson
(1872-1951) Sonoma Creek, CA, c. 1940
17 1/2 in. long
A pair of classic West Coast decoys with layered primary feathers. The drake is hollow.
Original paint with even wear...
[more like this] - MALLARD DRAKETule Lake Decoy Co.
Sacramento,
CA, c. 1925
15 in. long
Operated by Hugh Woodward (1889-1948), Tule Lake was the most renowned decoy factory on the Pacific Coast. Woodward put his previous building skills...
[more like this] - CANVASBACK DRAKE"Dick" Allen (1891-1971)
Vallejo,
CA, c. 1925
14 1/2 in. long
Allen hunted San Francisco Bay and the Delta for over fifty years, carving decoys for his own use. Under the fine form is a flush-poured weight...
[more like this] - MALLARD DRAKESan Francisco, CA, c. 1940
15
in. 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...
[more like this] - PINTAIL PAIRLuigi Andreuccetti (1898-1978)
Vorden,
CA, 1948
17 1/2 in. long
In the "The Great Book of Waterfowl Decoys," the West Coast contributor Gerald Rosenthal introduces Andreuccetti as "the Sacramento stylist." In...
[more like this] - FEEDING PINTAIL PAIRHarold "Pappy" Kidwell
(1895-1982)
Berkeley, CA, c. 1980
20 in. long
This well-documented pair of rare feeding pintails in two poses were made by one of California's more colorful characters, who...
[more like this] - FEEDING BRANTWesley Batterson (b. 1909)
Batterson,
OR, c. 1950
22 in. long
According to "Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast," Wes "...is the most important, and certainly the most famous, brant hunter in the state of Oregon."...
[more like this] - THE CRANDALL SLEEPY-EYED MALLARDHorace
"Hi" Crandall (1892-1969)
Westwood, CA, c. 1935
15 in. long
One of California's best decoy carvers, Crandall is also considered by some to be its best painter. Born in Rhode...
[more like this] - STANDING CANADA GOOSEJerry Mastin (1880-1959)
Portland,
OR, 1937
26 in. long
This iconic and peerless rig of geese was initiated by the request of Mastin’s hunting partner, Roger Eaton, for use in harvested wheat fields. The...
[more like this] - FLYING BRANTGeorge William McLellan
(1897-1987)
Eureka, CA, c. 1941
24 in. long, 41 in. wingspan
One of only nine flying decoys originally created for this legendary rig. Few would argue that Bill McLellan’s...
[more like this] - COLLECTION OF 6 PRE-COLUMBIAN TEXTILESCollection
of 6 Pre-Columbian Textiles including: plant bast and camelid fiber headband/llautu modeled on the sling format with 8 seabirds, possibly Magnificent Frigate birds, the largest...
[more like this] - CONTEMPORARY SHIP MODEL OF THE GOLDEN
STATE PACIFIC COA...Contemporary Ship Model of the Golden State Pacific Coast Lumber Schooner of 1886, Scale 3/16" = 1 ' handcrafted by Arthur Clark, mixed media
Height of...
[more like this] - 20TH C. TLINGIT / HAIDA WALRUS IVORY
BEAR CARVINGNative American, Pacific Northwest, United States or Canada, Haida or Tlingit people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fine totemic bear finial carved from...
[more like this] - NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN TOTEM BOOKENDSPair
of vintage Pacific Coast style Native American bronze totem poles, possibly bookends (though the bases seem a little too shallow for practical use as bookends). Each measures...
[more like this] - ROSENDAHL, HENRIK FISKER, P.C.H. (PACIFIC
COAST HIGHWAY) MEN'S WRISTWATCH, 2006 COAST HIGHWAY) MEN'S WRISTWATCH, 2006, stainless steel, black dial, signed, the 12-hour top ring is countersunk into the milled sapphire...
[more like this] - KAREN HALVERSON, AMERICAN 1941-, MULHOLLAND:
NEAR PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, EKTACOLOR PHOTOGRAPH, SIGHT: 12 X 35 1/2 IN. (30.48 X 90.17 CM.), FRAME: 20 3/4 X 44 1/8 IN. (52.71 X 112.08 CM.)KAREN HALVERSON, AMERICAN, 1941-...
[more like this] - WOODY GWYN (B. 1944): PACIFIC COAST
HIGHWAYWoody Gwyn, American, b. 1944 Pacific Coast Highway, oil on board 1992; signed, dated and inscribed "To Mitch and Laurie" lower left oil on board Dimensions: 7...
[more like this] - A well composed midcentury Elizabeth
Olds watercolor and gouache on applied tissue paper, depicting marina workers in a pacific coast seascape, titled 'Fisherman of the Pacific', signed and dated lower right,...
[more like this] - CONTEMPORARY CABINETContemporary Cabinet,
with label "Pacific Coast Lighting"; clad with beveled panels in black and white, with brass-finish metal trim Dimensions: 29 x 38 1/2 x 18 in. (73.7 x 97.8 x 45.7 cm.) Condition:...
[more like this] - A PAIR OF BIRCH TREE TABLE LAMPS Probably
by Pacific Coast Lighting, painted metal Birch tree trunk bases on painted wood bases, with custom shades, to top of socket, 22 in. H....
[more like this] - 5 BOOKS RELATED TO WESTERN EXPANSION.
TO INCLUDE:VOLS I & II OF DUFROT DE MOFRAS: TRAVELS ON THE PACIFIC COAST TRANSLATED, EDITED, AND ANNOTATED BY MARGUERITE EYER WILBUR, FINE ARTS PRESS, SANTA ANNA, CA, 1937,...
[more like this] - Edgar Forkner (American, 1867-1945),
harbor scene with two incoming ships, watercolor; 18 1/2" x 22"; signed lower left. Forkner was born in Richmond, Indiana. He exhibited for over twenty years in the Hoosier...
[more like this] - Rare Mexican maritime painting, portrait
of a Mexican sloop of war off the Pacific Coast, distant American sloop of war, dolphins in surf, circa 1840, signed lower left on plank "Williams", attributed to...
[more like this] - North Pacific Coast raven pipe tamper.
42'' Length....
[more like this] - Four pieces of space memorabilia including:
Apollo 11 lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin signed color photograph of 1969 moon landing (American b. 1930) signed MR ss: 7 1/4'' h. x 9 1/4'' w.; Apollo 14 lunar module pilot...
[more like this] - Georges B. Bishop ''Mercury 7 '' 1988
lithograph of Mercury 7 rocket in fiery clouds with depictions of astronauts Alan Shepard (American 1923-1998) Virgil ''Gus'' Grissom (1926-1967) John Glenn (American ...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Crofutt, Geo. A. Crofutt's
Overland Tourist and Pacific Coast Guide. Omaha, 1880. 8vo, modern buckram, orig. flexible cloth covers bound in; bound in covers chipped. With 10 fold. plates; occasional...
[more like this] - CLASSICAL TRADITIONS TORCHIERE FLOOR
LAMP Pacific Coast Lighting recent production having an ivory reeded column standard with acanthus leafage under a round white glass bowl shade. Height 73 inches....
[more like this] - [American Indian - Northwest Coast]
Books on Northwest Coast Ethnographies and Art lot of 6 books including:Garfield Viola E. and Paul Wingert. The Tsimshian Indians and Their Arts. Seattle: University of Washington...
[more like this] - LONG CARVED AND PAINTED CEDAR PLANK
SIGN Northwest Coastal Indian Art created in 1980 by Rex & Ray Losey of Kelso Washington to commemorate the eruption of Mt. St. Helens; the reserve side further carved to...
[more like this] - Millard Owen Sheets American 1907-1989
Farms and Horses on the Pacific Coast color lithograph signed ''Millard Sheets'' lr 21 1/2 x 30 3/4 in. framed Estimate $ 200-300 Frame wear. Paintings have not been examined...
[more like this] - 5 vols. The American West, including
Utah - 19th-Century Travel & C: Stansbury, Howard. Exploration and Survey of The Valley of The Great Salt Lake. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1852. Senate issue. 8vo,...
[more like this] - Meyer Straus (California/New Orleans
1831-1905) "Forested Mountain Northern California" oil on canvasboard signed lower right 15 3/4 in. x 19 1/8 in unframed. Note: After immigrating to the United States...
[more like this] - BASKET. Diminutive Northwest Pacific
coast American Indian basket. Tightly woven in a symmetrical diamond pattern. Base of weave structure is coiled. 3 1/2'' dia. 1 1/2'' h....
[more like this] - Colton's 1849 Map of the U.S. Showing
California Gold Fields Approx. 34 x 42 in. (sight) map dissected and mounted on linen. Hand-colored with inset map of the Atlantic Ocean with a number of ships traversing...
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