A few examples of appraisal values for
2 HORSES

• CAST IRON FIRE PUMPER TOYCast iron fire
  CAST IRON FIRE PUMPER TOYCast iron fire pumper, wagon with driver and 2 horses. 16"L. Paint loss, wear and rusting throughout. With 2 additional cast iron horses, larger 9"L.
• PORCELAIN ANIMAL FIGURE, 2 HORSESPorcelain;
  PORCELAIN ANIMAL FIGURE, 2 HORSESPorcelain; hand painted. One ear restored. Features 2 black and white horses. Manufacturer's backstamp. Issued: 20th c. Dimensions: 10.75"H x 15"W
• MEISSEN PORCELAIN EWER, WATER19th -
  MEISSEN PORCELAIN EWER, WATER19th - 20th century Meissen porcelain allegorical ewer emblematic of water. Elaborately modeled in relief and polychrome-painted with gilt borders. Drilled, loss to the fish lower right, 2 horses missing feet, 3 horses with chipped ears, chip to mermaid's tail, chip on ewer handle on verso. Crossed sword mark on the underside. 26" H x 13" W x 11" Base Diameter.
• MEISSEN PORCELAIN EWER, WATER19th -
  MEISSEN PORCELAIN EWER, WATER19th - 20th century Meissen porcelain allegorical ewer emblematic of water. Elaborately modeled in relief and polychrome-painted with gilt borders. Drilled, loss to the fish lower right, 2 horses missing feet, 3 horses with chipped ears, chip to mermaid's tail, chip on ewer handle. Crossed sword mark on the underside. 26" H x 13" W x 11" Base Diameter.
• 6 SWAROVSKI ANIMAL PIECES: 1) 2 Horses
  6 SWAROVSKI ANIMAL PIECES: 1) 2 Horses Playing have clear faceted bodies with matte finish on mane and tails; 2) 2002 Rare Encounters Stag Elk by Adi Stocker; 3) 2011 SCS Polar Bear Cubs in faceted crystal; 4) Standing Unicorn; 5) Big Horn Sheep; 6) Lion Standing on a rock designed by Martin Zendron, is part of the ''Rare Encounters collection. All pieces sold with inner and outer presentation boxes. These items generally sell retail for approx. $1500 to $1800. CONDITION: All pieces are in excellent condition. Boxes show wear.
• LOT OF 2 ANIMAL PORTRAITSLot of 2 Oil
  LOT OF 2 ANIMAL PORTRAITSLot of 2 Oil on Board Animal Portraits. Lot 1: Henriette Ronner-Knip (Belgian, 1821-1909) Depicts two kittens nibbling and snacking on a tea platter. Measurements: Framed:20x18 Unframed:15x11.5 Lot 2:Oil on Board, Depicts 2 Horses. Unsigned. Framed: 18x16 Unframed:9x7
• FRAMED O/C PAINTING OF 2 HORSES IN A
  FRAMED O/C PAINTING OF 2 HORSES IN A LANDSCAPE FRAMED OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING OF 2 HORSES IN A LANDSCAPE; 32.5"H X 44"W OVERALL; CONDITION: LOSSES TO TOP EDGE OF FRAME (SEE IMAGE)
• BURMESE KALAGA BEADED PANELBurmese kalaga
  BURMESE KALAGA BEADED PANELBurmese kalaga beaded panel. 2 horses. Padded and textured, embroidered with stones, sequins and silk threading. 20 1/4" x 34 1/4" (with frame: 26 1/4" x 40 1/4").
• MEISSEN PORCELAIN EWER, WATER19th -
  MEISSEN PORCELAIN EWER, WATER19th - 20th century Meissen porcelain allegorical ewer emblematic of water. Elaborately modeled in relief and polychrome-painted with gilt borders. Drilled, loss to the fish lower right, 2 horses missing feet, 3 horses with chipped ears, chip to mermaid's tail, chip on ewer handle. Crossed sword mark on the underside. 26" H x 13" W x 11" Base Diameter.
• MEISSEN PORCELAIN EWER, WATER19th -
  MEISSEN PORCELAIN EWER, WATER19th - 20th century Meissen porcelain allegorical ewer emblematic of water. Elaborately modeled in relief and polychrome-painted with gilt borders. Drilled, loss to the fish lower right, 2 horses missing feet, 3 horses with chipped ears, chip to mermaid's tail, chip on ewer handle on verso. Crossed sword mark on the underside. 26" H x 13" W x 11" Base Diameter.
• C.B.G. FRANCE LEAD SOLDIERSC.B.G. lead
  C.B.G. FRANCE LEAD SOLDIERSC.B.G. lead soldiers, stamped "Made in France". 22 horses and 21 soldiers, French flag, and box for soldiers, marked "Hussards Autrichiens 4th Reg 1813".
• CHINESE GREEN AND SANCAI GLAZED POTTERY
  CHINESE GREEN AND SANCAI GLAZED POTTERY GROUPChinese Green and Sancai Glazed Pottery Group , Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), incl. house façade, h. 16 1/8 in.; 2 horseshoe back armchairs, h. 7 1/2 in. and 6 1/2 in.; altar table, h. 5 1/4 in., w. 10 1/8 in.; miniature bucket , vase and censer, largest h. 3 in.; and 9 various offering dishes, incl. boar's head, fowl, fish, fruit and vegetables. (15 pcs.)
• CA 1900 TWO CAST IRON HORSE DRAWN FIRE
  CA 1900 TWO CAST IRON HORSE DRAWN FIRE WAGONS.ONE IS A FIRE PATROL WAGON WITH 3 HORSES, ORIGINAL WORN PAINT, 5 1/2" HIGH, 15" LONG. THE OTHER IS A LADDER TRUCK WITH 2 HORSES AND 2 FIREMEN, OLD WORN FINISH. 5" HIGH, 14" LONG.
• CA 1900 HORSE DRAWN LADDER TRUCK, CAST
  CA 1900 HORSE DRAWN LADDER TRUCK, CAST IRON WITH2 HORSES, WORN ORIGINAL PAINT, REAR FIREMAN REPAINTED. 7 1/2" HIGH, 27 1/2" LONG.
• WOUTERUS VERSCHUUR (1812-1874, DUTCH),
  WOUTERUS VERSCHUUR (1812-1874, DUTCH), OILPAINTING ON BOARD, DEPICTS 2 HORSES IN STABLE, SIGNED ON RIGHT SIDE. SIGHT SIZE 7" X 9 1/2", OVERALL 12" X 14 1/2". IN MODERN HANDMADE FRAME. COMES WITH COPY OF 2012 RECEIPT FOR $12,175 FROM LARA WIJSMULLER FINE ART.
• Lot (4) pcs. Asian ivory (2 horses 2
  Lot (4) pcs. Asian ivory (2 horses 2 buffalo).
• Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-Signed
  Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-Signed Commission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated 21 February 1862 appointing George R. Dyer as Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers with the rank of Captain. Signed by Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) as President and Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) as Secretary of War (1862-1868) with a later conveyance letter from the Adjutant General??Ts Office; plus the earlier formal appointment letter to George R. Dyer signed by Secretary of War Simon Cameron (March 1861-January 1862). The archive portion consists of 31 file folders 24 of which contain primarily wartime personal correspondence coinciding with Captain Dyer??Ts assignment as Assistant US Quartermaster at the Pilot Knob Missouri post. The letters span January 1862 to July 1865 but are scant on details regarding the quartermaster operation at Pilot Knob (in fact Geo. Dallas Dyers??T letters are more illuminating). Additionally there are several pieces of interesting ephemera including Captain Dyer??Ts original 1885 GAR membership certificate from the Baxter Springs Kansas Post No.123 an 1864 dated military railroad pass original telegrams and two manuscript documents written and signed by noted abolitionist and educator General Clinton B. Fisk (1828-1890) a personal friend of George R. Dyer. Rounding out the lot are eleven civilian portraits (five are duplicates) of George Dyer taken between the late 1870s (a cdv) and 1892 (mostly cabinet cards) including one view of the regal old gentlemen wearing his MOLLUS medal. A file of 19th century manuscript Dyer biography and George??Ts printed 1895 MOLLUS ?In Memoriam? pamphlet complete the lot. George R. Dyer??Ts Pilot Knob letters contain no battle content and very little concerning the day-to-day operations of the quartermaster department at the post. There are large gaps in the letters and most consist of newsy correspondence between various friends and family members living back in Chicago Elgin and Plainfield Illinois. Even at the Pilot Knob post the presence of family is evident??"the captain??Ts son George Dallas Dyer worked as a clerk and died there in 1863 while Mrs. Dyer seems to have visited her husband with some regularity during the war. As the tempo of operations moved further south after 1862 Pilot Knob became something of a Missouri backwater albeit for sporadic guerrilla warfare that flared in a region dotted with Rebel sympathizers. The letters hint at legitimate business dealings as the buying and selling of ?contraband horses and mules? became a reoccurring theme. The quartermaster seems to have also speculated locally in food supplies and animal fodder systematically ?hauling it in teams? from a radius around the post. Captain Dyer who frequently complained of ill-heath was able to take leave on occasion and just happened to be absent ?in the North on sick leave? in September 1864 the one time Pilot Knob came under attack during Sterling Price??Ts ill-fated Missouri Invasion. After 1863 Captain Dyer hinted once or twice at pursuing loftier goals ??" a staff position with General Fisk ??" but remained at his post until his resignation from the army on May 15 1865. A few excerpts from the letter collection: September 10 1861 from Patience Huntington Dyer??Ts sister: Not all in Illinois were stirred by the prospect of war and buoyed by patriotism. George sister was terse in her feelings: ?I am about to employ all my powers of argument and persuasion to prevent you joining the army. Under other circumstances it might be your duty. Were your wife in vigorous health and your children (not so young) and your own health firm I would say no word to prevent it??|but our patriotism must not make us forgetful of the virtues we owe to those for whom none can be a substitute??|? Having reconciled his conscience with family responsibilities George Dyer enlisted on October 31 1861. The centerpiece of that decision is the Lincoln signed commission and accompanying War Department paperwork rarely found together after 150 years. January 8 1862 to his wife Elizabeth (Howell Kimball) a long letter: Already Captain Dyer confesses his loneliness writing that the pain of being separated from his children is ?harder than I thought it would be.? He hopes to return home ?some time next month? if he can get a leave of absence. George briefly describes his duties ?I have a vast amount to attend to? and tells Elizabeth that ?George (their eldest son George Dallas) arrived the 2nd day of this month and has done very well since he came??|? He offers some insight into business matters ?We sold 52 horses & mules that had been taken from the enemy I had to sell them. They brought 1300. They were very poor and small (and) sold rather low. Some were good but I did not buy for I thought I would rather send all the money home I could for you.? The letter includes a lengthy list of goods that Elizabeth should bring to Pilot Knob ??" ?towels butter tea a lamp or two? ??" as ?some items can??Tt be had in this country.? He will express his pay ?Only 156 dollars instead of the 200 as I expected but I hope to have George have 60 per month which will help pay for being scattered all over the world.? The family might have been experiencing some financial difficulties as Capt. Dyer then rationalizes the quartermaster job lamenting ?If I can stand it for one year it will help my family some and that is all I am at work for.? He gives some instructions relating to the livestock management at the Plainfield farm and concludes by asking Elizabeth to send ?my cane for it would help me to get through the mud which is very deep.? September 15 1862 to sister Patience: Young George Dallas Dyer has left his Pilot Knob clerkship and joined the army. A proud but fearful Captain Dyer writes ?My poor boy only 17 years old gone to defend his country. Sister he is a fine boy manly as most men of 25 years (see George??Ts military cdv) & capable of doing any kind of business??| He has gone & I hope he will do his duty. He is the youngest man in his company & is the captain. They all like him & I hope he will return the confidence of his company??|? November 2 1862 from Lt. W.F. Crain 5th Illinois Cavalry: A mundane request asking Captain Dyer for his help in locating and recovering ?a dozen lost or stolen horses? from the regiment. The animals were left at Pilot Knob and were due to be returned by cavalrymen convalescing in the hospital. A newspaper article dated January 8 1863 reported on an abundance of new from Pilot Knob giving scope to the quartermaster operation there as well as featuring the approbations of Captain Dyer??Ts peers who had presented him with a ?superb gold watch? on New Years Eve. The correspondent noted ?An air of unusual bustle and activity pervades this usually quiet town caused by the arrival of 300 wagons from General Davidson??Ts Division Army of Southeast Missouri. They are now loading with commissary stores for his army??|? destined for Little Rock. The article quoted the lengthy testimonial ?engraved on the case? and showered platitudes ?Our Government has been blessed and cursed with many faithful and unfaithful disbursing officers but few who stand so noble and deservingly high as Captain Dyer where is known and appreciated.? The author noted that Captain W. L. Banning was ?relieving him (Captain Dyer) of the duties of the Commissary Department from January 1st.? What follows in an extended gap in the letters. The next two letters written to Captain Dyer at Pilot Knob date to June 1863 from a Joliet friend named Willis Danforth formerly Captain Company F. 13th Illinois Cavalry. June 1 1863: Danforth writes at length conveying the conditions in Joliet and mentioning ?speculators and traitors.? He is spiteful of ?Vallandigham Copperheads? and complains that soldiers and those serving in the army get no respect. He mentions Colonel (Frederick A.) Bartleson of the 100th Illinois a local Joliet hero later killed at Kennesaw Mountain and finally asks Captain Dyer to intercede on his behalf with General Davidson as there are ?charges pending? against him ostensibly having to do with a forged signature for payment. Captain Danforth had resigned from the army on February 7. A prominent Chicago homeopathic doctor and medical instructor Danforth would be exonerated and restored as surgeon of the 134th Illinois. He later gained notoriety as one of the five physicians who gave testimony at Mary Todd Lincoln??Ts insanity trial in May 1875. Danforth??Ts testimony was said to be ?particularly damning? to Mary's cause ultimately forcing her into Bellevue Place a private mental institution in Batavia Illinois. In a follow-up letter dated June 9 1863 Danforth wrote of a little known incident in Chicago that fundamentally challenged the very basic First Amendment principle of free speech. The Democratic leaning Chicago Times newspaper had published articles supporting the controversial Clement Vallandigham who had been arrested and convicted by a military court of ?uttering disloyal sentiments.? District commander General Burnside ordered the paper suppressed and publication was suspended under armed Federal guard. Groups of armed citizens from rival political factions begin congregating and troops from nearby Camp Douglas patrolled the streets in the midst of rising tensions and vocal threats by angry Democrats to ?gut the Tribune office? (the Chicago Tribune the Republican mouthpiece). Chicago was a tinderbox and Danforth an eyewitness inferred that ?a single pistol shot fired by some disorderly drunkard would have exploded the whole machine & cost at least 900 lives??"fortunately the occasion passed without any accident.? Danforth added that ?W.B. Ogden (Chicago Mayor) and some few Republican friends joined the terrified Democrats in petitioning honest old Abe to revoke Burnsides order??"which was done the next day & freedom of the press restored and (indignantly) such freedom!? He ended the letter with the observation that ?Chicago is standing still no growth but money is plentiful ? adding that the city is in the midst of ?diphtheria? outbreak. September 19 1863: The long summer gap in Dyer??Ts letters is unexplained. However this original double-sided telegram exchange between Captain Dyer and General Clinton Fisk reinstated Captain Dyer to duty at Pilot Knob. Dyer requested that he be reassigned to the post and General Fisk quickly accommodated ?BG Allen/CQM/St. Louis Mo./ If agreeable to yourself I would be glad if you would relieve Capt. S.H. Moore AQM from duty at this post (Pilot Knob) & assign to the vacant place Capt. Geo. R. Dyer again./(signed) Clinton B. Fisk/BG.? On the same day son George writes his father from Pilot Knob with the news that the captain had been reinstated to duty and included a verbatim transcription of the earlier telegram from General Fisk to General Allen. Attached to the letter is a small 3.50 x 2.25 in. printed ?St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad Pass? filled out to ?Captain G.R. Dyer & family? good for 1864. Also a missive entitled ?4 Rules of Live.? October 20 1863: A extemporaneous tongue-in-cheek three stanza rhyme written on the front of a large envelope by General Fisk to Captain Dyer from ?Head Quarters D.S.E. Missouri/Pilot Knob.? One stanza will serve to convey some unknown but deliberate frivolity at play ?Respectfully returned to Captain D./Who smokes his pipe from dinner to tea/With information from General Fisk/ That playing with sick is attended with [risk].? The playful rhyme hints at some shared secret and underscores the bond between the two officers and friends. November 2 1863: A two-sided letter from brother Dr. Charles V. Dyer who writes from Geneva Switzerland with much travel news from the past several months indicating that he ?had been to Africa to establish my court.? Charles Dyer had been appointed by President Lincoln in 1863 ?as judge of the mixed court at Sierra Leone for the suppression of the slave trade.? November 17 1863: Young George Dallas Dyer died at Pilot Knob on November 13 of gastroenteritis. Captain Dyer was devastated by the loss of his son and this heartfelt letter from S.J. Kimball the husband of Dyer??Ts sister Patience offers sympathy and advice for finding solace ?Look to God for support for the Bible alone can direct us in time of affliction.? December 11 1863: To Capt. Dyer from Uncle Alonzo Huntington. Another condolence letter in the wake of George??Ts untimely death offering what else but more Biblical support. September 17 1864: After another long gap a parting letter from Clerk Charlie Price to Capt. Dyer as he leaves Pilot Knob traveling back to Plainfield on business or sick leave. Price relates an interesting bit of news saying ?the photographer Hunt at Ironton (was) arrested & put in the Guard House last night for feeding secreting & assisting Rebs.? There is no suggestion that Confederate General Sterling Price is poised to invade Missouri later in the month with his Trans-Mississippi Army. Captain Dyer missed the battle of Pilot Knob (September 27) where Price captured Fort Davidson while suffering crippling casualties that allowed the Union army to escape. September 19 1864: Another short letter from Clerk Charlie Price informing the absent Captain Dyer of the state of affairs at Pilot Knob. Price assures Dyer that everything is well and that he will update and keep him ?informed as necessary.? Still no hint of impending battle. September 20 1864: Another short communication letter from the ever efficient Charlie Price ?Everything running in pretty good shape. Rice still acting as Forage master and speculating in hay. We posted in shops this morning the following Order: -NOTICE-/It is hereby positively prohibited to manufacture or repair any other than Government Stores at this shop. Except by Special Order from this Office. All employees transgressing this rule will be discharged without pay and will be reported to the Commanding Officer for severe punishment./Geo. R. Dyer/Capt.AQM.? November 4 1864: A short note on ?Head Quarters St. Louis? letterhead from General Fisk acknowledging Capt. Dyer??Ts request for a letter of recommendation to be forwarded to Secretary Stanton ?in securing advancement for you.? Fisk adds ?I would be glad to see you promoted and trust that you may be signed Clinton B. Fisk/Brig. Gen?. March 8 1865: A full page manuscript letter from General Fisk answering Captain Dyer??Ts earlier inquiry regarding a position on Fisk??Ts staff. The general responds ?I would be much pleased to be able to confer upon you my former faithful staff officer any position of honor or trust within my gift ? but Fisk doubts that he will get another command and demurs without offering a firm answer. ?Colonel Beveridge and the officers of the 17th Illinois Cavalry? are mentioned in closing. Fisk had been brevetted and the letter is now signed as ?Maj. Genl.? The last letter from July 1866 illustrates Captain Dyer??Ts transition from military to civilian life. Captain Dyer resigned from the army on May 15 1865 and returned home to Joliet Illinois. George Randolph Dyer??Ts original hand written biography later edited and published in the 1878 History of Will County is included as is the MOLLUS ?In Memoriam? pamphlet printed at the time of his death in 1895. The first is by far the most comprehensive history of Dyer while the second ??" composed by committee ??" focuses necessarily on his military service and bears annotations in the hand of cousin Mabel E. Green. George Randolph Dyer was born in Clarendon Rutland Country Vermont on June 3 1813 from a lineage of illustrious ancestors going back to 13th century England. Among his early Colonial brethren were Roger Williams of Rhode Island and the unrepentant Quaker Mary Dyer martyred on Boston Common in 1660. Dyer??Ts father Daniel Dyer had served in Revolutionary War and George Randolph later inherited the commission signed by John Hancock. Educated at Rutland Academy in Vermont George trekked westward in 1834 to Chicago then little more than a small settlement and trading post on Lake Michigan followed by his older brother Dr. Charles V. Dyer who later served as post surgeon at Fort Dearborn. George then moved to Milwaukee and during that time aided in the organization of the territory of Wisconsin in 1838. George surveyed ?the Fox River with a view to using that stream as a feeder for the Illinois canal.? In 1841 he sold his Chicago holdings and relocated to Will County Illinois becoming one of the earliest settlers in the area. There he acquired farmland near present day Bolingbrook-Plainfield. For the next decade George and his wife Elizabeth H. Kimball of Elgin Illinois engaged in farming and stock-raising adding to their modest wealth while raising six children. The other characters in our story of our lots sons George Dallas Dyer and Daniel B. Dyer were both born on the Will County farm. Both boys helped to work the property as dark war clouds descended across the land. Sometime during the 1840s George Dyer befriended a young lawyer named Abraham Lincoln who was then traveling the state as a circuit rider (1840-1847). There is reason to believe that Lincoln occasionally stayed at the Dyer farm during the decade thus the source of an undefined friendship that survived into the Civil War years. George and brother Charles Dyer became committed Abolitionists during the 1850s and fairly early on family story relates that the George Dyer??Ts Plainfield farm was surreptitiously used as a way station on the Underground Railroad. In 1856 George Dyer was elected Sheriff of Will County residing in Joliet the county seat where he became acquainted with like-minded politicians and influential power brokers of the anti-slavery Republican Party founded in 1854. By 1860 George and Charles could claim sufficient stature as party loyalists to be named electors in the Republican nominating convention where all energy was focused on launching the states??T favorite rustic son Abraham Lincoln ??" soon to be known as the ?Rail-Splitter? ??" on a course toward the Whitehouse. Captain Dyer??Ts war years as Assistant Quartermaster at Pilot Knob are well documented by the important Lincoln signed commission and the letter archive offered for sale here. Following the war Captain Dyer returned to Joliet and according to the History of Will County ?entered the hardware trade continuing in that until 1870 since which time he has not been engaged in active business.? Dyer??Ts earlier letters suggest lifelong health problems yet he lived until 1895. In retirement he must have spent long hours adding to the Dyer family genealogy and perfecting his Will County biography. In March 1880 his younger son Daniel B. Dyer then serving as Indian Agent at the Quapaw Agency saw fit to write and entice his father and mother with a government job teaching at the Indian school. Despite Daniel??Ts solid economic persuasiveness George Dyer apparently declined. By 1884 George and Elizabeth had relocated to Baxter Springs Kansas closer to Daniel where the captain became a charter member of the local GAR Post No.123 parenthetically once more listing his occupation as ?farmer.? George R. Dyer died at Excelsior Springs Missouri on July 13 1895 age 83. He was suitably memorialized by friends and fellow citizens for his ?loyal nature and esteemed service to country? and buried in Joliet Oakwood Cemetery. Descended Directly in the Dyer Family Condition: Lincoln commission is complete and intact without damage or noticeable fold lines. The ink is somewhat lighter than desirable but both Lincoln's and Stanton's signatures are strong enough to read without assistance. The blue seal is undamaged and vibrant. A hint of brown toning is noticeable around the edges. The commission was not removed from the frame for inspection. Except for expected fold lines all letters and documents are undamaged and completely readable. The photographs show varying degrees of wear else fine.
• WALLY SHOOP THE PONY RAID BRONZE: Featuring
  WALLY SHOOP THE PONY RAID BRONZE: Featuring Native American on horseback capturing 2 horses with buffalo blanket. On wooden plinth. 18 1/2'' h. x 15 1/2'' x 12 1/2''.
• 4 pcs carved rose quartz, 2 horses w/stands
  4 pcs carved rose quartz, 2 horses w/stands and 2 birds, birds with minor chipping and repair Estimate $75-100
• Peter Sculthorpe, b 1948, PAFA, LE print,
  Peter Sculthorpe, b 1948, PAFA, LE print, 2 Horses in Front of Farmhouse & Barn, 4/10, with pencil remarque, 15" x 29", matted, framed
  Estimate $300-500
• C. H. Ramsey, American, 20th c, o/board,
  C. H. Ramsey, American, 20th c, o/board, Head Portrait of 2 Horses, 40" x 28" Estimate $100-200