A few examples of appraisal values for
BRINGING PRAISE

• THIERMANN: "DIANA IN PRAISE" Bronze
  THIERMANN: "DIANA IN PRAISE" Bronze incised signature on black marble bell-form stand; 12 3/4 in.
• "LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN",
  "LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN", SIGNED COPELAND James Agee, author (American 1909-1955), Walker Evans, photographer (American 1903-1975), "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men", published by Three Tenant Families: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1941, first edition, inscribed on free end paper, octavo, hardcover book, black board cover with silver lettering to spine, with dust jacket. Note: Ink inscription reading "For Stuart, in friendship, Aaron" (Copeland). This work inspired the composer Aaron Copland's 1954 opera "The Tender Land". Provenance: Bauman Rare Books, New York. Provenance from the Estate of Marjorie & Ralph Knowles, Atlanta, GA. Approx: h. 8.5", w. 5.5", d. 1.5".
• POPE JOHN PAUL II BRONZE MEDAL
  POPE JOHN PAUL II BRONZE MEDAL CELEBRATING THE FIFTH YEAR OF HIS PONTIFICATE, 1982POPE JOHN PAUL II BRONZE MEDAL CELEBRATING THE FIFTH YEAR OF HIS PONTIFICATE, 1982, the front of the medal depicting Pope John Paul II, in white box, green felt lining (2) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• a bronze 'Trust Department' wall
  a bronze 'Trust Department' wall plaque, 20"L x 8"H
• CLAY ENOCH (20TH/21ST CENTURY)
  CLAY ENOCH (20TH/21ST CENTURY) BRONZE SCULPTUREClay Enoch (Tennessee 20th/21st Century)Praise (2002)The 30-inch cruciform composition of a standing male figure wrapped in flowing cloth is signed, dated and numbered 1 of only 15 castings on the base.Measures 30 x 17.5 x 10.25 inches.Very good condition throughout, no damage, repair or wear.Provenance: A Mission Hills, Kansas estate.
• RICHARD S. MOSELEY (FL.1862 -
  RICHARD S. MOSELEY (FL.1862 - 1893): "BRAG IS A GOOD DOG..."1880 oil on canvas signed and dated lower left signed, dated and titled verso Condition: relined 28 x 36 inches; 38 x 46 inches Condition:
• J*D* MERCIER (continental school
  J*D* MERCIER (continental school 19th century) PORTRAIT OF A VICTORIAN LADY IN BLACK FEATHERED HAT AND HER IRISH SETTER SURROUNDED BY A NATURAL LANDSCAPE OF FLORA Oil on board 32 x 23 in. provenance: From a Philadelphia restaurant, Deux Cheminees. Scattered retouch.
• FRIENDLY CONSIDERATION OF LITTLE
  FRIENDLY CONSIDERATION OF LITTLE NEEDS OFTIMES DEVELOPS...Anonymous. Friendly Consideration of Little Needs Oftimes Develops Big Customers! Circa 1930s. Acrylic and pencil on board. Original WPA-era work-incentive poster artwork. 15 x 20 inches. Light soiling and chips on board edges not affecting art.
• Pair Gaudez bronz
  Pair Gaudez bronz
• A KPM Porcelain Plaque of a
  A KPM Porcelain Plaque of a Beauty The hand painted plaque apprx. 11" x 9" depicting a young beauty wearing a bonnet with a blue ribbon holding a rolled up antiphonal and a sprig of leaves after a portrait by Clarissa Fiessel. Framed in an elaborately cast gilt frame overall apprx. 19-1/2" x 15". KPM impressed mark "10-1/2 x 8-1/2" incised verso paper labels "Clarissa" in pencil verso.
• BRITISH FOLK ART PAINTING, CIRCA
  BRITISH FOLK ART PAINTING, CIRCA 1850 "Admiration", oil on canvas laid to board, retaining the stretcher, unsigned, titled on riband at bottom, depicting an overly tall woman with bouquet having crossed over an arched stone bridge under the close watch of two young men, in burled mahogany frame, 18 1/2" x 24 1/4", SS: 16" x 21 1/2". Small puncture.
• PRINTED AND HAND COLORED REWARD
  PRINTED AND HAND COLORED REWARD OF MERIT.Printed and Hand Colored Reward of Merit. Presented to Mrs. Julia A. Keller for good behavior and diligence by B. Ruth. Framed and Matted. 6-1/2" x 11-1/4" overall. Good with foxing. Condition: Good with foxing.
• A gilt-bronze plaque of the
  A gilt-bronze plaque of the Nativity and the Adoration, 17th/18th Century, with chain of coral and filigree beads
• A framed and signed Persian
  A framed and signed Persian miniature of a girl being courted by a man with gifts.
• An award medallion shaped as an
  An award medallion shaped as an artist's palette ''The honorary pallet of the society for promoting Arts manufacturers and commerce'' to ''Miss J. Cellicar for a drawing of Flowers'' dated 1805 in original morocco leather case. 6x5cm.
• AMERICAN PRINTED AND PEN AND INK
  AMERICAN PRINTED AND PEN AND INK ''REWARD OF MERIT'' Showing a lady at the pianoforte above inscription ''Presented to James Dobbin ... by his Instructor R.N. Rice 1839.'' Provenance: Property from the Collection of Gerald Kornblau. 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (sight) 16 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (frame).
• AFTER MENE, L'ACCOLADE BRONZE
  AFTER MENE, L'ACCOLADE BRONZE 20th century; 14 in. H., 18 in. L., mounted on marble base, with brass title plaque.
• After Gian da Bologna (Italian,
  After Gian da Bologna (Italian, 1529-1608) Tall dark-patinated bronze female figure allegorical of Fame, fourth quarter 19th century, the near-nude figure modeled running and blowing her trumpet, presented on a polished black slate-mounted cylindrical pedestal base with bas-relief putti allegorical of the Arts, h. 31-1/2".
• AWARDS TO ART BUCHWALD FOR
  AWARDS TO ART BUCHWALD FOR JOURNALISM AND WRITING AND A LECTERNAWARDS TO ART BUCHWALD FOR JOURNALISM AND WRITING AND A LECTERN, the W.M. Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism 2007 award, Horatio Alger Award 1989, other awards for humor and communications; together with a brass lectern (14)
• AFTER MENE,L'ACCOLADE BRONZE
  AFTER MENE,L'ACCOLADE BRONZE GROUP 20th century; 16 in. H., 26 in. L., mounted on marble base.
• Manner of Theodore Wor
  Manner of Theodore Wor
• Skylar Fleming (21st century,
  Skylar Fleming (21st century, Washington) 'Praise the Corn (Cruxifix)', 2019. Porcelain, glaze, luster. Measures 12x7x2.5''. Hole on verso, ready to hang. Exhibited at 'Crystalline Picnic' at FoodArt Collection.
• BERLIN PORCELAIN ALLEGORICAL PLAQUE
  BERLIN PORCELAIN ALLEGORICAL PLAQUE OF ADMIRATION KPM, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY PLAQUE: 15-7/8 X 10-1/4 IN (40.3 X 26 CM);, FRAMED: 26-3/8 X 19 IN (67 X 48.3 CM)Berlin Porcelain Allegorical Plaque of Admiration, KPM, Late 19th-Early 20th Century The three-quarter-length portrait depicting a brunette woman with blue eyes in light ecclesiastical robes supporting palms crossed over chest and looking up over right shoulder - in a landscape immersed in powder blue sea holly with a clear sky; verso with an impressed scepter above 'K.P.M.' above a 'W' adjacent to the numbers '407' and '263' above an artisan mark, altogether rotated near the l.l. along the left with other scattered notations in pencil. Dimensions: Plaque: 15-7/8 x 10-1/4 in (40.3 x 26 cm);Framed: 26-3/8 x 19 in (67 x 48.3 cm) Provenance: Property from the Collection of Jill D. Sachs Sold in these rooms, Estate Auction: Winter 1985, December 6-8, 1985, lot 1061
• SAYING GRACE BY NORMAN ROCKWELL
  SAYING GRACE BY NORMAN ROCKWELL Lithograph in colors on woven paper, depicting woman and young boy with their heads bowed in prayer, others in the diner looking on, after the painting commissioned for the 1951 Thanksgiving issue of The Saturday Evening Post, penciled signed lower right and marked 180/200 in lower left, unframed; plate 28"H 26.5"W sheet 32"H 29"W
• 2 KPM Style Porcelain Plaques in
  2 KPM Style Porcelain Plaques in Gilt Frames. One of young man, one of biblical beauty. From a Hartsdale estate. Dimensions: Man-3.5" x 2.75," Beauty-4" x 3."
• A quantity of Favourbrook shirts
  A quantity of Favourbrook shirts and others
• PETER MAX, BLUSHING BEAUTY,
  PETER MAX, BLUSHING BEAUTY, FRANKLIN MINTFine art plaque created in a limited edition by the Franklin Mint, showing the art of Peter Max with remarque at lower left corner. Plaque in excellent condition. Plaque measures 8" x 10". Framing shows some wear.
• PATINATED BRONZE FIGUREsigned
  PATINATED BRONZE FIGUREsigned illegibly and inscribed "To love is to admire with the heart, to admire is to love with the mind"; mounted to stone plinth; Provenance: The Estate of David Karpeles, the Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Montecito, CA; 19 1/4 inches high; 21 inches high overall Condition:
• An Italian alabaster bust of Poesia
  An Italian alabaster bust of Poesia or Beatrice in the Florentine Renaissance style, circa 1900, with wreath of laurels and pendant, 32cm high/Provenance: Spencer Swaffer Antiques
• A porcelain plaque, the Madonna and
  A porcelain plaque, the Madonna and Child No.4, the Christ child clutching at the mother's neck in a naturalistic landscape, 22cm x 17cm
• DAVID SPELLERBERG (20TH/21ST C.):
  DAVID SPELLERBERG (20TH/21ST C.): "PRIDE"bronze, inscribed in casting, no. 74/200; fixed to marble base 10 inches wide; 10 inches high total Condition:
• KPM PORCELAIN PLAQUE, THE THREE
  KPM PORCELAIN PLAQUE, THE THREE GRACES 19th/20th c., Germany, polychrome decorated porcelain, impressed marks on reverse "KPM, H, R, 255_195", 7.5"h x 9.75"w (plaque), 11"h x 13"w (frame)
• ATTRIBUTED TO FELICE PALMA: BUST OF
  ATTRIBUTED TO FELICE PALMA: BUST OF A PRIEST Terracotta modeled with bearded head gazing to right above a collar and hooded robe centered by a cross and beading; 27 x 25 x 10 1/2 in.
• BRONZE MEDAL OF GENERAL POWELL,
  BRONZE MEDAL OF GENERAL POWELL, BEING A REPLICA OF THE ONE PRESENTED BY CONGRESS FOR HIS LEADERSHIP DURING DESERT STORMBRONZE MEDAL OF GENERAL POWELL, BEING A REPLICA OF THE ONE PRESENTED BY CONGRESS FOR HIS LEADERSHIP DURING DESERT STORM, the front depicting General Powell, the reverse of General Powell with soldier, and the citation from Congress, in green felt box Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• KPM porcelain plaque after
  KPM porcelain plaque after titian Oval, painted with a 3/4 length portrait of a young blonde-haired beauty wearing a crimson dress and holding a fan, impressed KPM and scepter mark, unsigned, in a giltwood frame. Plaque H: 8 3/4 in. ,000-
• PAUL MANSHIP HAIL TO DIONYSUS
  PAUL MANSHIP HAIL TO DIONYSUS BRONZE MEDALPaul Manship (Minnesota 1885-1966) Relief portrait of Dionysus in bronze. "HAIL TO DIONYSUS WHO FIRST DISCOVERED THE MAGIC OF THE GRAPE". Around edge marked "The Society Of Medallists Second Issue" and "Metallic Art Co. N.Y.". On verso under satyrs marked "P. Manship 1930". 2 3/4" in diameter.