A few examples of appraisal values for
A TOP HAND

• G. HARVEY (1933-2017), TOP HAND
  G. HARVEY (1933-2017), TOP HAND Title: G. Harvey (1933-2017), Top Hand Medium: bronze, 9/50 Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 6 7/8 Framed dimension: 21 x 14 1/2 x 8 1/2
• FIVE HAND PAINTED IVORY PUT &
  FIVE HAND PAINTED IVORY PUT & TAKE TOPS.Five Hand Painted Ivory Put & Take Tops. Circa 1890. Perhaps by the same maker as they are very similar in style. Very good.
• WOMAN'S CARVED HARDWOOD HAND IN A
  WOMAN'S CARVED HARDWOOD HAND IN A CLASPED FIST, WITH METAL MOUNTWOMAN'S CARVED HARDWOOD HAND IN A CLASPED FIST, WITH METAL MOUNT, with metal nails and cap, dia: 3 in. - w:8in. Provenance: Private Collection
• French Carved Ivory Upright
  French Carved Ivory Upright Hand, first quarter 19th century, presented on a custom crystalline acrylic block base, h. 8-1/2".
• UNSIGNED HAND WROUGHT GULL'S WING
  UNSIGNED HAND WROUGHT GULL'S WING RIGHT HAND SMOOTca. mid 18th century; ax with lower quarter set socket mount with long pointed toe and rounded heel, flat back arch top eye/socket and flat butt plate, old bent shaft hickory handle, 33"; Condition: surface pitting, good from poor quality iron, unknown maker & origin
• COPPER HAND WARMER AND COVERWith
  COPPER HAND WARMER AND COVERWith rounded shoulders and a tapering body, set with two hinged semi-circular handles folding to each side of a short raised mouth rim fitted with a pierced cover, the top of the cover cast with interlaced floral designand the base carved with an immortal old man playing chess next to bamboo. D:15.3cm. H:9cm Provenance: Prominent Canadian family collection of British descent items acquired c1950-1975. Further provenance:Estate of the late Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) a British anthropologist and curator of Cranmore Ethnographical Museum.
• Two articulated wooden hands: maple
  Two articulated wooden hands: maple with articulated wrists and fingers, one with black clothing binding, probably for display of gloves, late 19th century, 9 in. and 13 in. Several small chips, normal surface wear. Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina
• A contemporary wall sculpture of
  A contemporary wall sculpture of a face resting on a hand, approximately 50cm high
• 16TH C GERMAN LEFT HANDED
  16TH C GERMAN LEFT HANDED GAUNTLET WITH FULLYARTICULATED FINGERS, UPPER FINGERS AND UPPER THUMB WITH NEW LEATHER UNDERNEATH. 7" HIGH, 4 1/2" WIDE.
• A Hand Painted Hand Fan Beautifully
  A Hand Painted Hand Fan Beautifully painted on thin silk with the image of a hummingbird and flowers cut out and applied to black netting with green painted wood sticks apprx. 9-1/2"L. Signed "Tutin" in the flowers.
• AMERICAN FOLK ART CARVED AND
  AMERICAN FOLK ART CARVED AND PAINTED MODEL OF CLASPED HANDS Provenance: Property from the Collection of Gerald Kornblau. 2 1/2 x 7 in.
• RAPPING HAND.Rapping Hand. Circa
  RAPPING HAND.Rapping Hand. Circa 1910. Disembodied hand raps out answers to questions, once for “yes” and twice for “no.” Carved wood with fabric and lace cuff. Possibly reglued, but attractive and an unusual design.
• A rectangular footman with a two
  A rectangular footman with a two handled top
• A Black Hand Made Lace Hand Fan
  A Black Hand Made Lace Hand Fan With shaped faux tortoise shell sticks and hinge tatted gold thread tassel black lace worked with a delicate tracery of flowers and with another length of black hand made lace suspended from the top like a mantilla. Overall apprx. 14-1/2"L. Collector's registration numerals in red on one stick.
• FINE HAND WROUGHT LEFT HAND
  FINE HAND WROUGHT LEFT HAND GOOSEWING AXE SIGNED "ca. 1750-1835; left handed PA German form smoothing goosewing axe with traditional chamfer top tapered off-set socket with raised butt plate, two-raised beads (chip guard) on weld, two embossed maker's strikes and odd shepherd's hook shaped key with old hickory handle, attributed to Christopher/Christoffel Bittenbender, Seisholtzville, Berks Co., PA, 13 1/2" edge, 26 1/4" overall; Condition: tip chipped and ground down, surface pitting on socket, refinished, VG
• UNSIGNED HAND WROUGHT LEFT HAND
  UNSIGNED HAND WROUGHT LEFT HAND GOOSEWING AXEca. early 19th century; side smoothing bearded axe with oval tapered off-set socket with tapered butt-plate and hook edge beard with key and heavy socket mounted hickory handle, 13 1/2" edge, 21"l; Condition: early pin rivet repair to overlap weld, some pitting, unknown origin
• HAND OF THE CALIPHHand of the
  HAND OF THE CALIPHHand of the Caliph. Colon, Mich.: Abbott's Magic Co., ca. 1999. Five selected cards appear at the tips of the fingers of a wooden cut-out hand. 10 _" tall. Good.
• FINE HAND WROUGHT LEFT HAND
  FINE HAND WROUGHT LEFT HAND GOOSEWING AXE SIGNED "ca. 18th-mid 19th century; fine smoothing goosewing axe with chamfered top offset tapered socket, two bead deflector over weld, three embossed maker's strikes, three "J" (?) punch strikes and decorative scrollwork accent along back of beard, old hickory handle, attributed to George Rohrbach or Johann Georg Rohrbach (grandfather of George), Hereford Twp, Berks Co, PA, 13 1/2" edge, 23" overall length; Condition: refinished, beautiful form accent to upper beard
• A carved ivory figure a pearl in
  A carved ivory figure a pearl in his hand with gold mounts Soviet 9ct assay.
• RAPPING HAND. AMERICAN, CA. 1930.
  RAPPING HAND. AMERICAN, CA. 1930. LARGE VINTAGE WOODEN ...Rapping Hand. American, ca. 1930. Large vintage wooden disembodied hand with metal palm plate, used to rap out answers to audience-posed questions. Cuff and lace renewed. Lacking board. 9Ó long. Age-consistent paint losses.
• MAGIC: VINTAGE HAND GUILLOTINE
  MAGIC: VINTAGE HAND GUILLOTINE TRICKVintage magic trick where a carrot is placed in the lower hole, while the magician's (or assistant's) hand is placed through the larger hole. The top bar is then shoved down quickly. The carrot is cut cleanly, but the person's hand is unharmed. Measures about 8" wide and 15-1/2" high (with top bar down). From the estate of a 90-year-old retired professional stage magician.
• A Carved Ivory Handled Seal In
  A Carved Ivory Handled Seal In the form of a stylized man's head with a tall headdress attached to a steel seal engraved with scrolling initials within an engraved border overall apprx. 3-3/4"H.
• A Carved and Stained Ivory Buddha's
  A Carved and Stained Ivory Buddha's Hand Citron Box the lid surmounted with a grasshopper raised on a carved hardwood stand together with two carved hardstone Buddha hands one centered with the monkey king and flanked by lingzhi fungi the other depicted holding an ingot. Height of tallest 8 5/8 inches.
• French Carved Ivory Upright
  French Carved Ivory Upright Gesturing Hand, first quarter 19th century, presented on a custom crystalline acrylic pedestal base, h. 8-3/4".
• FOLK ART CANE, TOP HAVING CARVED
  FOLK ART CANE, TOP HAVING CARVED HAND HOLDING A PEACH, ...Folk Art Cane, top having carved hand holding a peach, 19th century, in fitted case, length 35 1/2 inches. Condition: All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. *No credit card payments will be accepted for silver, gold, or jewelry from buyers that have not purchased from our gallery in the past.
• Sword carved ivory handle
  Sword carved ivory handle knightshead at top with scabbard 36-1/2''
• A PAIR OF CAST BRONZE HANDS IN
  A PAIR OF CAST BRONZE HANDS IN MARBLE BASE Cast from real life molds, with marble base, base, 12 in. Sq.
• TOOL DECORATED "HUNGARIAN TYPE"
  TOOL DECORATED "HUNGARIAN TYPE" RIGHT HAND SIDE AXca. 19th-20th century; initialed "K&J" with "U" in egg shaped strike and tool decorated with stars and thumbnail strikes on heel, off-set socket and curved handle, 11 1/2" edge, 26 3/4"l; Condition: some chipping to edge
• ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WOODEN HANDS
  ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WOODEN HANDS FROM AN ANTHROPOID SARCOPHAGUS EGYPT, LATE PERIOD, 664 - 332 B.C. carved and with traces of gesso and paint, raised on a bespoke mount20cm high (excl. stand)Provenance:Private collection, FranceRoyal Athena Galleries, number "PPG120", to the below November 18th 2004Private collection, United Kingdom
• Carved and painted hand 19th
  Carved and painted hand 19th century Extending to forearm with index figure pointing, with worn painted finish. L: 17 1/2 in. Paint loss.
• FINE HAND WROUGHT DOUGH
  FINE HAND WROUGHT DOUGH SCRAPERca. late 18th-mid 19th century; arch top blade with fine chamfered edge ball tipped spear pattern handle with serpentine grip, 4 1/2"x 4 1/2"x 3"; Condition: good
• THE HAND OF CLEOPATRA.The Hand of
  THE HAND OF CLEOPATRA.The Hand of Cleopatra. London: Ace Place/Ken Brooke, ca. 1980. A spectator thinks of one of six cards or objects placed at six points around a small pyramid. A hand balanced on the pyramid spins, stopping on the thought-of card. Hand 2 ¾” long. Original instructions and box.
• A mixed lot being a carved wooden
  A mixed lot being a carved wooden study of a pair of hands cupping a chalice 27 cm high an Islamic brass bowl 11 cm diameter and a copper two handled vase with embossed decoration. 9 cm high.
• An umbrella with carved ivory
  An umbrella with carved ivory handle designed as a hand holding a ball circa 1920 approx. 90 cm long.
• MULTIPLE STRUCK HAND WROUGHT
  MULTIPLE STRUCK HAND WROUGHT RIGHT HAND GOOSEWINGca. 18th-19th century; smoothing/goosewing axe with two maker's strike "ICS" in heart strike and "WERDER" embossed strike with flat back arch top socket with raised butt plate, raised chip deflector weld, large arched top key and cold chisel strike "G.H.", 12 1/2" edge, 24 1/2" overall; Condition: possible continental goosewing axe by form of socket, "GH" strike is possible owner
• A Brass Handled Pot of circular
  A Brass Handled Pot of circular form with an arched iron handle at top. Height 13 1/8 inches.