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• SIGNED JAPANESE SATSUMA CALLIGRAPHY
  SIGNED JAPANESE SATSUMA CALLIGRAPHY VASE. Signed Japanese Satsuma hexagonal footed vase displaying calligraphy. Signature to the underside. From a Scarsdale, NY estate. Dimensions: vase measures approx. 4.5" w x 4.675" d x 3.375" h. Condition: Good, with light surface scratches and minor dings/dents. Missing lid.
• Pair of Japanese Satsuma hexagonal Immortals
  Pair of Japanese Satsuma hexagonal Immortals vases, mark to base, 9-1/2" h
• 7PC GROUP OF DUCK AND BUNNY TOYSMattel
  7PC GROUP OF DUCK AND BUNNY TOYSMattel Inc. Toymaker wind up musical litho-tin egg. Louis Marx wind up Bunny Rabbit, plastic. Metal purple painted Easter wagon pulled by bunny. Plastic buggy pushed by Bunny, no ears, made in USA. Plastic buggy pushed by mama hen with two chicks inside, made in Hong Kong. Fisher Price wooden pull toy, bunny rabbit in striped pants and red jacket with white basket behind him. pale blue wooden wheels on pink platform, late 1950's vintage. Wobbly ducks pull toy, plastic yellow bodies with wood red wheels and multi-colored felt hats. Largest measures 8.25 in. L x 6.5 in. W x 8.25 in. H. Issued: Early to mid-20th Century Condition: Age related wear. Functionality not guaranteed.
• GROUP OF ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE SOUVENIR
  GROUP OF ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE SOUVENIR SHELL ENCRUSTED O...Group of Antique and Vintage Souvenir Shell Encrusted Ornaments , shellworks consisting of boxes, animals, dressers, shadowbox/diorama hearts and anchors, and colored vignettes, twenty total pieces. Large Heart 8.75 in. x 8 in. Condition: Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.
• LOT OF 8 ANCIENT MEXICAN POTTERY & STONE
  LOT OF 8 ANCIENT MEXICAN POTTERY & STONE OBJECTSPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE; West Mexico, Jalisco and Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A wonderful ensemble of hand-built pottery and hand-carved stone artifacts from across ancient Mexico. First is a Tlatilco standing figure with coffee bean-shaped eyes and nubbin limbs, all covered in red pigment. Next is a pair of male and female Jalisco pottery figures standing with delineated legs and arms held to their hips. Next is a gathering of 3 stone beads - gray, light brown, and seafoam green - of tubular and petaloid forms. Next is a Colima stone head with puffy eyelids, a miniscule mouth, and a broad neckline, all beneath a simple cap. The largest piece is a Teotihuacan pottery head with full lips and eyelids, a triangular nose, and a low-resting cap with a pair of bulbous, spherical ornaments. Size of largest (Teotihuacan head): 3.47" W x 2.82" H (8.8 cm x 7.2 cm) Provenance: Whisnant Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, acquired over twenty years ago; (Jalisco Figures) ex-Col. Murray Korda collection, Orville, Vermont, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. b>PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship b>PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #123390 Condition: Repair and restoration to right obverse section of belt on male Jalisco figure, with loss to top of head. Restoration to bottom half of proper right leg of female Jalisco figure. Loss to top portion of head of Tlatilco figure. Repair to light brown stone bead from 2 large pieces. Remaining 4 items are intact and very good. Colima and Teotihuacan heads are perhaps fragments from larger figures. Great preservation to detailing throughout. Old inventory label on verso of Colima head.
• INCA POTTERY FIGURAL ARYBALLOS W/ LLAMA**Originally
  INCA POTTERY FIGURAL ARYBALLOS W/ LLAMA**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery aryballos with a stylized anthropomorphic head comprising the neck and a llama wrapped around the back of the shoulders. The rotund vessel rests atop a tapered conical foot and has a pair of semicircular handles, a rounded shoulder, and a squat 'neck' surmounted by a flared rim. The face peers forward with ovoid eyes and wears the rim as an eccentric 'hat' while holding the forelegs and hindlegs of the llama with both arms. The llama's raised head displays a petite perforation along the neck, and the entire vessel is covered in orange-red slip pigment. Size: 8.6" W x 7.5" H (21.8 cm x 19 cm) Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #156694 Condition: Repairs to a few small areas of verso, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions and encrustations to base, body, llama head, and rim, with fading to original pigment, and softening to some finer details on llama and human heads. Light earthen deposits and remains of original pigment throughout.
• 12TH C. KHMER SANDSTONE BRAHMA HEAD
  12TH C. KHMER SANDSTONE BRAHMA HEAD (4 FACES)**First Time At Auction** Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Khmer Empire, 12th to 13th century CE. A beautiful red sandstone sculpture of the deity, Brahma, carved to be viewed in the round with 4 faces encircling the conical mukuta headdress. He can be shown as multi-headed with sometimes 3 or 4 heads. These four faces are positioned to view all cardinal directions as a symbol of his omnipotence, and represent sacred knowledge from the 4 Vedas. Brahma is regarded as the creator of the world. Although a major god and highly regarded in Southeast Asia, he did not gain a wide cult worship and few temples are dedicated to Brahma, but statues and images of this god are often incorporated into architecture and art when depicting other Hindu gods. Brahma coexists alongside Buddhist practices and is regarded as protective god of a heavenly realm. Worshippers believe that each side offers a different blessing and generally leave an offering in front of each face. Size: 6" Diameter x 11" H (15.2 cm x 27.9 cm); 16.5" H (41.9 cm) on included custom Khmer art shifted away from Indian styles in the 7th century CE to encompass its own framework; one example of this seen here is that this statue is carved in the round, rather than as a relief on a stela, which was common with Indian and Javanese Hindu and Buddhist sculptures that previously influenced Cambodian art. From this, we can infer that Khmer sculptors would have desired their artwork to be viewed from all sides, and thus placed in the center of temples rather than against a wall. The famous Khmer temple, Bayon, built in the late 12th to 13th century in Angkor Thom, Cambodia, has distinctive 4-sided towers each carved with the face of Brahma - similar in style to this sandstone carving. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Provenance: private Hawaii collection; ex-Sylvia and Philip Chaplain Collection, New Hampshire, USA. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #177465 Condition: Fragment of a larger piece as shown. Surface weathering and chips and abrasions to high pointed areas, headdress and noses. Overall great condition. Mounted on a custom base, and corners attached to the head are chipped.
• INCA POLYCHROME LLAMA STIRRUP VESSELPre-Columbian,
  INCA POLYCHROME LLAMA STIRRUP VESSELPre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A remarkable pottery vessel in the form of an alpaca or llama head with a long snout, a high nasal bridge, a round nose, an incised mouth, large, ovoid eyes, and petite ears projecting backward. Boasting a lustrous burnish, the adorable visage is beautifully coated in russet-hued glaze with hand-painted beige and black details. The flared foot of the vessel doubly serves as the neck of the animal, while a stirrup spout arches atop the head. Size: 4.3" W x 8" H (10.9 cm x 20.3 cm) Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection, acquired July 2020; ex-Bermudea Laurent Primitive Art, Berkeley, California, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #170710 Condition: Repaired with restoration and repainting. Minor chips to spout. Some small nicks in areas. Otherwise, excellent with great pigments. Collection label on underside of foot.
• GERMAN BAND SAMPLER worked in silk on
  GERMAN BAND SAMPLER worked in silk on linen, muted blue, green and gold threads depicting alphabet and number series, numerous birds, animals, people and religious subjects, with various initials and dates 1786 [x2] and 1810, mounted in a modern frame105cm x 24cm [excluding frame]Provenance: Collection of Emma Henrietta Schiff Von Suvero . Staatliche Kunstgewerbe Museum , Vienna , Austria 1939 - 2003
• GERMAN BAND SAMPLER DATED 1746 worked
  GERMAN BAND SAMPLER DATED 1746 worked in multi-coloured silks on linen, depicting pattern bands, birds, flowers, baskets and animals, number and alphabet series, with religious motifs and subjects, and a cartouche with initials and date, some designs taken from Johann Sibmacher's pattern book, in a modern frame160cm x 33cm [sight size]Provenance: Collection of Emma Henrietta Schiff Von Suvero . Staatliche Kunstgewerbe Museum , Vienna , Austria 1939 - 2003
• GERMAN BAND SAMPLER DATED 1776 worked
  GERMAN BAND SAMPLER DATED 1776 worked in multi-coloured silks on a linen ground edged with silk ribbons, depicting pattern bands, alphabet and number series, birds, trees, flowers, religious motifs, tools, a building and people, with initials and date, mounted in a modern frame104cm high, 22.5cm wide [excluding mount and frame]Provenance: Collection of Emma Henrietta Schiff Von Suvero . Staatliche Kunstgewerbe Museum , Vienna , Austria 1939 - 2003
• GERMAN BAND SAMPLER 18TH CENTURY worked
  GERMAN BAND SAMPLER 18TH CENTURY worked in multi-coloured silks on linen, depicting alphabet and number series, religious figures and symbols, trees, various animals, birds, and people, some designs taken from Johann Sibmacher's pattern book, in a modern frame135cm high x 31cm wide [excluding mount and frame]Provenance: Collection of Emma Henrietta Schiff Von Suvero . Staatliche Kunstgewerbe Museum , Vienna , Austria 1939 - 2003
• A HECTOR AGUILAR STERLING SILVER SWIRL
  A HECTOR AGUILAR STERLING SILVER SWIRL CANDELABRUMA Hector Aguilar sterling silver swirl candelabrum, Circa 1940-1945; Taxco, Mexico Stamped for Hector Aguilar; Further stamped: Sterling / Made in Mexico The three-light candelabrum set into a scrolled base 7.75" H x 10.5" W x 2.325 " D 26.280 oz. troy approximately Provenance: The Collection of Cindy Tietze-Hodosh and Stuart Hodosh Dimensions: 7.75" H x 10.5" W x 2.325 " D Provenance: The Collection of Cindy Tietze-Hodosh and Stuart Hodosh
• PENNSYLVANIA JACQUARD COVERLETPennsylvania
  PENNSYLVANIA JACQUARD COVERLETPennsylvania Jacquard coverlet , inscribed Isaac Brubaker 1836 , with unusual light blue ground, 76" x 82", together with a blue and red wool plain blanket, 86" x 82". Provenance: Coverlet - Purchased from Irma Herr and Mrs. Lester Herr who purchased it a Willow Street sale in 1983. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Overall good condition
• Plucked Chicken Press Portfolio (a group
  Plucked Chicken Press Portfolio (a group of 8 lithographs by various Chicago artists, with portfolio case) Containing works by Richard Hunt, Ruth Duckworth, Margo Hoff, Jan Miller, Tom Nakashima, Thelma Heagstedt, John Himmelfarbe, and Suzanne Martyl each signed and numbered 26/30 Portfolio case: 30 1/2 x 43 1/2 inches. dimensions variable
• GUINEA TUMA HEADDRESS 36 IN. (91.4 CM.)Guinea
  GUINEA TUMA HEADDRESS 36 IN. (91.4 CM.)Guinea Tuma Headdress, Dimensions: 36 in. (91.4 cm.)
• ACOMA, PAIR OF POLYCHROME POTSAcoma,
  ACOMA, PAIR OF POLYCHROME POTSAcoma, Pair of Polychrome Pots, , Adrian Vallo,(Acoma, 20th/21st Century) , Deer Pot,fired clay, pigments inscribed: A. VALLO / ACOMA Height 7 x Diameter 8 in. (17.8 x 20.3 cm.) , Drew Lewis, (Acoma, 1927 - 2005) Bird Pot,fired clay, pigments inscribed: DREW LEWIS / acomA, / N.M. Height 8 1/2 x Diameter 9 3/4 in. (21.6 x 24.8 cm.) Provenance:The Estate of Buddy and Connie S. Sanchez
• LATIN AMERICAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY,
  LATIN AMERICAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY, PAINTING, LLAMA HERDER, UNSIGNED, OIL ON CANVAS, 11.5 BY 20 IN., OVERALL, 14.5 BY 23.5 IN. ,LATIN AMERICAN SCHOOL, 20th Century, Painting Llama Herder, unsigned, oil on canvas, 11.5 by 20 in., overall, 14.5 by 23.5 in.
• JAPANESE SATSUMA HEXAGONAL PORCELAIN
  JAPANESE SATSUMA HEXAGONAL PORCELAIN VASE LATE MEIJI PERIOD VASE HEIGHT 9". LAMP HEIGHT 23.5".JAPANESE SATSUMA HEXAGONAL PORCELAIN VASE, Late Meiji Period, With lohan and dragon decoration on a gilt ground with white stippled highlights. Mounted as a table lamp. Dimensions: Vase height 9". Lamp height 23.5".
• A Japanese Satsuma hexagonal vase, painted
  A Japanese Satsuma hexagonal vase, painted with panels of figures, Meiji period 17.5cm high
• A pair of Japanese Satsuma hexagonal
  A pair of Japanese Satsuma hexagonal vases, painted with figures in a river landscape, signed, Meiji period, 20cm high
• CELEBRATION IN AYODHYA: THE BIRTH OF
  CELEBRATION IN AYODHYA: THE BIRTH OF RAMA KOTA OR BUNDI, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY a folio from the Ramayana, gouache on paper, depicting a two-storey building on either side with baby Rama held in the arms of a priest in the upper left hand room, the central area featuring many bullock carts bearing gifts and valuables, inscribed in Devenagari above, mounted(1)26.4cm x 36cmProvenance: Formerly in a private American collection
• 1822 LEATHER BOUND BOOK TITLED "THE
  1822 LEATHER BOUND BOOK TITLED "THE AMERICANPRACTICAL LUNARIAN AND SEAMAN'S GUIDE" BY THOMAS ARNOLD, PHILADELPHIA, 1822. THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED BY TWO OWNERS JOHN A. ALMY IN 1834. ALMY ROSE FROM THE RANK OF MIDSHIPMAN IN 1829 TO REAR ADMIRAL IN 1873. HE HELD THE RECORD FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD OF SEAGOING SERVICE (27 YEARS, 10 MONTHS). HE TOOK PART IN THE CAPTURE OF VERA CRUZ DURING THE MEXICAN WAR. DURING THE 1873 VIOLENT REVOLT IN PANAMA HE WAS ABLE TO PROTECT AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PROPERTY. THE OTHER OWNER OF THE BOOK WHOSE SIGNATURE APPEARS ON THE TITLE PAGE WAS FRANCIS HAGERTY WHO ROSE FROM THE RANK OF MIDSHIPMAN IN 1832 TO CAPTAIN IN 1867. 844 PAGES WITH 71 PAGES OF LOGARITHMS. NUMEROUS INTERESTING ILLUSTRATIONS. THE SPINE IS SPLIT. THE BINDING IS SCUFFED, PAGES ARE DISCOLORED WITH NORMAL FOXING, MINOR WATER STAINING, 9" X 6", OCTAVO. THERE IS INTERESTING WRITING AND CALCULATIONS IN PENCIL ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT AND BACK BOARDS.
• PR JAPANESE SATSUMA HEXAGONAL PORCELAIN
  PR JAPANESE SATSUMA HEXAGONAL PORCELAIN VASES Japan,19th CenturyTwo hexagonal vases with each panel decorated with scholars, beautiful women, and warriors with red, green, blue, and gold color scheme. A fine pair of Satsuma vases.
• GROUP OF 5 ROLLEIFLEX PANORAMA HEADS
  GROUP OF 5 ROLLEIFLEX PANORAMA HEADS Group of 5 Rolleiflex Panorama heads some in original boxes
• GROUP OF NIKON SLR ACCESSORIES Group
  GROUP OF NIKON SLR ACCESSORIES Group of Nikon SLR accessories. Includes pistol grip, remote, cable, teleconverter, panorama head, focusing screes, most in original boxes.
• Chinese Carved Ivory Figure Of DamoFinely
  Chinese Carved Ivory Figure Of DamoFinely carved to depict Damo the legendary Indian monk credited with the establishment of the Chan school of Buddhism. Considered the 28th Indian successor in a direct line from the Buddha Gautama he is recognized by the Chan school as its first patriarch with extreme attention to detail in the carving and very well aged 10.25''H circa late 19th/early20th century.Condition: With early repair to the back side running from top left shoulder to the base.Private collection of a gentleman.
• Leland Robert Vallo Acoma Jar PLUS lot
  Leland Robert Vallo Acoma Jar PLUS lot of 3 including a jar by Leland Vallo decorated with geometrics signed L. Vallo height 6.25 in. x diameter 8 in.; PLUS an owl dressed in a tuxedo and signed Acoma height 3.75 in. ; AND a painted ceramic owl signed R. Boren height 3.75 in. third quarter 20th century Condition: Expected wear and dings.
• Historic Guthrie Oklahoma/Chickamauga
  Historic Guthrie Oklahoma/Chickamauga Presentation Gavel to First Major D.B. Dyer With associated newspaper clipping and printed pamphlet relating to the opening of the Oklahoma Territory in 1889. The symbolic gavel measures 10? long made from a piece of souvenir wood embedded with a lead minie ball from the Chickamauga battlefield. The front of the simple mallet head bears a jeweler inscribed gold plate (not tested) that reads: ?PRESENTED TO/Hon D.B. Dyer/ FIRST MAYOR OF/Guthrie I.T./BY HIS FRIEND C.C.S./June 4 1889.? The presentation is flanked by CHICKAMAUGA and TENNESSEE on either side. The identity of ?C.C.S ? presumably a local Indian Territory inhabitant and former soldier-friend of Dyer is unknown. Additionally the lot includes a small archive of nine files containing Dyer manuscript correspondence to/from the Quapaw Indian Agency in the O.T. 1880-1884. Also three sundry files the first being a printed inventory booklet with annotations of ?Colonel Dyers Collection of Indian Curiosities? exhibited at the 1893 Columbia Exposition with a later article discussing the same collection then on loan to the Kansas City Public Library. The other files contain a typed letter dated February 1911 acknowledging Dyer??Ts the newspaper man cancellation of his Associated Press Membership. Last is a damaged manuscript letter to Dyer dated March 1911 on the letterhead of ?Pawnee??Ts Bill??Ts Buffalo Ranch.? D. B. Dyer??Ts time as Indian Agent ??" documented by Mrs. Dyer in the ?Frontier Classic Series? Fort Reno ??" came to a sudden end in July 1885 when the visiting government inspector concluded that ?his conflict with the Cheyenne prevented him from effectively carrying out his duties.? Mr. and Mrs. Dyer then moved to Kansas City Missouri where he engaged in the real estate business for the next few years with a partner from the Indian Agency days. In 1887 the Dyers also organized an exhibition of their ?large collection of Indian artifacts and relics? from the Quapaw Agency and this served as a catalyst for their lifelong friendship with ?Buffalo Bill? Cody. Dyer then found himself at the forefront of one of the most noteworthy events of the later 19th century. Leaders of Kansas City requested that D.B. Dyer go to Washington to lobby Congress to obtain support for what would become the two million acre ''Land Run'' of 1889. With the help of friendly Congressmen after a lengthy and sometimes factious debate President Harrison was pressured to open the Oklahoma District to a wave of homesteaders--Boomers--on April 22 1889. On that one frenzied day thousands of would-be settlers from across the country poured into the District staking claims and erecting tent cities. Overnight the small way station previously known as Deer Creek on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line mushroomed into a boomtown of 10 000 people soon to be renamed Guthrie Oklahoma. When the Oklahoma Territory was formally organized on May 2 1889 Guthrie became the first capital quickly transforming itself into the ?Queen of the Prairie? complete with modern brick and stone structures in the Victorian style a municipal water and electrical works underwritten with bonds a horse drawn mass transit system and underground carriage parking in the central business district. At the forefront of this unprecedented development were ?hundreds of men who contributed time and money to bring about this result ? including D. B. Dyer who was elected first Mayor of Guthrie. Recalling those bygone days in 1904 Dyer wrote ?Everything was confusion and bedlam but on the morning of the 23rd a mass meeting was called where thousands assembled on the highest point of land in the town and proceeded to organize a regular old fashioned town meeting.? Of immediate concern was the multitude of conflicting and haphazard claims in and around Guthrie coupled with the fact that there was ?no law or precedent? for organizing the city policing the newcomers or arbitrating their claims. Dyer added that ?having been stationed in the territory for many years previous to this time and having represented Kansas City before Congress to secure the opening of this Territory I was probably at that time better known than any other individual on the ground.? An executive committee was formed and from this exercise ?of starting a government by the people ? D.B. Dyer was nominated to be Mayor. At first Dyer wrote that he ?steadfastly refused??|as I did not expect to remain in the territory permanently.? Dyer soon availed himself persuaded by his close friends and associates ?to accept the responsibility? as ?I could no longer decline??|given what seemed an impending crisis.? The committee made its report to the ?assembled mass? and ?when my name was presented to the people I was unanimously elected.? A city council was then elected and the two United States Marshals on the scene together with deputies and a small military detachment temporarily provided public safety. The burden of the early administrative work dealt with arbitrating overlapping claims and establishing property boundaries. The public right of way took precedence over individual claims and mayor himself was forced to cede at least one potentially valuable property to make way for a city street. The symbolic gavel offered here was presented to D.B. Dyer on June 4 1889 ??" the occasion is not recorded ??" and it clearly reflects a sense of steady fair-mindedness that he demonstrated to the citizens of Guthrie. Faced with the overwhelming task of constructing a city from the prairie Dyer wrote humbly ?Thousands of arbitrary decisions for the want of any law were forced upon those in authority??|? The mayor recalled that his ?own personal work was unremitting ? but after just three months on the job during which time Guthrie??Ts ?streets had been laid out ? he suddenly returned to his wife in Kansas City in July 1889 to pursue a more grandiose business scheme back east in Augusta Georgia. Dyer??Ts 1904 pamphlet recounting Early Oklahoma Days ??" published by his Augusta Chronicle newspaper ??" is fondly imbued with the lofty principle of Manifest Destiny. Oklahoma he waxes was the ?promised land and it is the same spirit that has reclaimed the vast solitude to civilization.? The popular American ethos of inevitability ??" our national self image on late 19th century stage ??" had already crystallized into a retrospective: ?They were genuine pioneers full of push and enterprise not satisfied with any half-hearted efforts to achieve their ambition and realize their dreams.? In 1910 Dyer reminisced about ?the cruel days of the opening of Oklahoma and rejoiced that the city of Guthrie itself was established without bloodshed through the cooperation of its brand new but stalwart citizens.? The small archive of letters that accompany the presentation gavel contain nothing of extraordinary significance but offer some interesting insight into the day-to-day workings of the Quapaw Indian Agency. In March 1880 D.B. Dyer wrote his parents (three lengthy letters) suggesting that they come to teach the Indian children at the agency school. Dyer matter-of-factly describes the arrangement as an ideal business opportunity as the teacher tends the agency farm rent free and is compensated ?$3.75 per month on each pupil? while the Indian children labor in exchange for food and lodging. Two more deeply personal letters from March 1881 from Daniel to his wife Ida are extremely revealing given their often rocky relationship documented in the forward of Mrs. Dyer??Ts Fort Reno account. In these letters Daniel writes passionately his words driven by a hitherto unknown religious zeal. Opting for the third person he engages Ida by invoking God: ???|and today he (meaning Daniel) is striving to repay his Lord with good deeds by working in the vineyard as a Missionary among the Indians ??" trying faithfully to atone for past offences??|? The letter pleads for reconciliation without begging. Written the next year an indenture in long-hand from August 1882 stipulating the division of real estate and property in advance of George and Ida??Ts ultimate divorce. Another exchange of letters dating from March 1884 between Dyer and Henry M. Lawson of Texas discusses the details of the Lawson??Ts transition ?as my successor to this Agency!? Lawson explains that he is unable to secure legal signatures for the required bond required by the government and until the matter is resolved he can only offer ?that I will be with you at or before the time indicated.? Still another file contains a typed copy of an 1886 lawsuit brought by one Rachael Silverheels in defense of her property in the Indian Territory illustrating the extent to which Indians were manipulated and ??~legally??T cheated out of land ostensibly deeded by right of treaty. The file containing the inventory booklet of D.B. Dyers collection of Indian artifacts from the 1893 Columbia Exposition includes a description of Captain Jack's coat: ?Modoc. Buckskin beaded made by Princess Mary sister of Captain Jack of Lava Bed fame and who was hung by the Government. Mary made this coat the same as the one Captain Jack had on when he was hung and presented it to Col Dyer at that time agent of the Modocs.? Collectively a fine historic artifact together with supporting archive relating to the early territorial history of Oklahoma of immeasurable importance to the Shangra-la-like city of Guthrie. Finally there are 67 empty covers with stamps dating to the 1880's mostly addressed to Col. Dyer at the Quapaw and Darlington Indian Agencies. The majority of the envelopes have printed return addresses such as ''House of Representatives '' ''Senate Chamber '' or ''Department of the Interior.'' Sadly the whereabout of the letters are unknown presumed lost. Descended Directly in the Dyer Family Condition: Gavel is complete and undamaged; all letters/paper complete and intact showing age with usual folds etc.
• Hopi Katsinas lot of 6 including Aholi
  Hopi Katsinas lot of 6 including Aholi Squash Katsina Planet Katsina Tungwup Whipper Katsina Badger Katsina and a katsina by Willard Loloma heights range from 6 in. to 11.5 in. third - fourth quarter 20th century Property of an Ohio Collection Condition: Due to the fragile nature of these dolls we do not guarantee their condition. Dolls may have missing accouterments repaired limbs or broken parts.
• William Frye (German/Alabama 1822-1872)
  William Frye (German/Alabama 1822-1872) "A Pair of Kentucky Pendant Portraits of a Husband and Wife" oils on canvas the man signed en verso "W. Frye/Pinxit/1866" 16 7/8 in. x 13 7/8 in. and 15 5/8 in. x 12 3/4 in. period frames. Provenance: Private Collection Clinton Kentucky. Note: William Frye was among the most successful and prolific painters working in Kentucky and Alabama during the mid-19th century. Born in Reslau Germany Frye studied art at Heidelberg University. Intrigued by the American Indian stories of James Fenimore Cooper he immigrated to America in the early 1840s. By 1845 he had moved to Louisville Kentucky where he opened a portrait studio. Frye opened a second portrait studio two years later in Huntsville Alabama. In 1865 the Kentucky legislature commissioned Frye to paint a posthumous portrait of Henry Clay. Frye's career was cut short by mental and physical health problems. Eventually he was committed to the Alabama Insane Hospital where he died at the age of 50. Reference: Adams E. Bryding "William Frye Artist" Alabama Heritage University of Alabama spring 1994.
• William Frye (American/Alabama 1822-1872)
  William Frye (American/Alabama 1822-1872) "Portrait of John Gaillard Harvey Sr. (1807-1890)" 1868 oil on canvas signed and dated en verso 30 in. x 25 in. Provenance: Descended in the Family of Sarah Evelyn DuBose Bondurant Harvey. Note: William Frye the German-born artist who worked primarily out of Huntsville Alabama but also travelled throughout the South painting portraits and landscapes was known for his style of painting which included a sitter with "wide staring eyes" and a photographic-like attention to detail. Frye married Catherine Stone Hale a native of Huntsville and spent most of his life there with her and their four children although he also had a studio in Louisville Kentucky. Frye's career culminated in 1866 when he won the competition to paint a posthumous portrait of Henry Clay for the Kentucky Senate. This commission along with a monetary award and the "Palm of Excellence" were given to Frye just before his health and eyesight began to decline in the late 1860s. John Gaillard Harvey Sr. who was born in North Carolina moved to Greensboro Alabama in the 1830s after graduating from West Point Academy and spending two years in the United States Army. He became the editor of the Alabama Beacon newspaper and continued that profession for over thirty years. Harvey was the second husband of Sarah Evelyn DuBose Bondurant Harvey. Nicola Marschall portraits of Sarah and her first husband Colonel Bondurant sold in these rooms as lot 396 April 16 2011. Reference: Adams E. Bryding. "William Frye Artist " Alabama Heritage No. 32 Spring 1994 pp. 30-38.
• A Satsuma Hexagonal Shape Scenic Vase
  A Satsuma Hexagonal Shape Scenic Vase Meiji Period The formidable vase is signed "Hododa" on the underside the exterior is hand decorated with images of many figures in landscapes interspersed with panels each depicting two figures in an interior. A wide range of colors have been used in the elaborated designs picked out in gilt. Apprx. 12-1/4"H. Marked underneath.