A few examples of appraisal values for
DIVINA

• 5VOL VELLUM BOUND BOOKS INCLUDING
  5VOL VELLUM BOUND BOOKS INCLUDING DANTE A lot of 5 vellum bound books: La Divina Commedia by Dante. Published 1896 by G. Barbara, Firenze. Small vellum bound book with gilt decoration and titling. Wear to vellum with some light staining. Pages have some yellowing. 16mo. 604pp. Beati Isidori Hispalen Sis Archiepiscopi, Libri duo. Published 1564 by Hieronymum Wellaeum. Bound in vellum with red page edges. Wear to vellum with some staining. Hinges cracking. 16mo. 78pp. Aristoteles Graece ex Recensione Immanuelis Bekkeri.Volumen Prius. Published 1831 by Georgium Reimerum. Bound in vellum with gilt titling on the spine and a gilt coat of arms on front of the book. Wear on vellum with some staining. Hinges cracking. 4to. Satire di Salvator Rosa Dedicate A Settano. Published by Severo Prothomastix. Undated. Bound in vellum with marbled page edges. Wear to vellum with some staining. Hinges cracking. 16mo. 151pp. Delle Rime di Gabriello Chiabrera Parte Seconda Contiene Canzonette Amorofe, e Morali, Scherzi, Sonetti, Epitaffj, Vendemmie, Egloghe, E Sermoni. Published 1718 by Salvioni. Bound in vellum with raised bands on the spine. Wear to vellum with some staining. Hinges cracking. Some wear to pages. 8vo. 441pp with index.
• DANTE, LA DIVINA COMMEDIA, MILAN,
  DANTE, LA DIVINA COMMEDIA, MILAN, 1908 Corrado Ricc, ed., LA DIVINA COMMEDIA DI DANTE ALIGHIERI (Milan: Treves, 1908) folio, pictorial boards; the covers quite worn, with cloth tape repairs, enclosing a beautiful text, profusely illustrated with photogravures after old Italian masters.
• A GROUP OF CONTEMPORARY RETABLOSA
  A GROUP OF CONTEMPORARY RETABLOSA group of contemporary retablos, Five works: Nicholas Herrera (b. 1964, New Mexico) "La Divina Potera," 20th/21st century, New Mexico Signed and titled recto: La Divina Potera / Nicholas H; further signed and inscribed verso With figure in red holding sheep, with cactus garland and black bird 10.5" H x 5.875" W Nicholas Herrera (b. 1964, New Mexico) Untitled, 20th/21st century, New Mexico Signed verso: Nicholas Herrera; further inscribed verso With kneeling figure in black with large mustache and bow, arrows and cross 13" H x 11.25" W Gustavo Victor Goler (b. 20th century, New Mexico) "Santo Nino de Atocha," 1997 Polychrome retablo on carved panel Signed, titled, and dated verso: Talpa / '97 12.375" H x 9" W Diego Lopez (b. 20th century) "San Francisco," 1996 Polychrome retablo on carved panel Signed, titled, and dated verso: Diego Lopez / San Francisco / '96 19" H x 8.625" W Cruz Lopez (b. 20th century) "Pieta," 2000 Polychrome retablo on carved panel Signed, titled, and dated verso: Cruz Lopez / Pieta / 2000 16.625" H x 8.375" W 5 pieces Provenance: The Estate of Eleanor Koffler
• AFRICAN YORUBA DIVINATION PLATE,
  AFRICAN YORUBA DIVINATION PLATE, NIGERIA Yoruba people, tribal divination plate in carved wood, in Nigeria. 11.5" in diameter.
• Yoruba artist. Agere Ifa divination
  Yoruba artist. Agere Ifa divination bowl. 20th century, burnished wood. 5 h × 5½ dia in. result: $563. estimate: $700–900. Bowl features a motif of Mudskipper fish, significant to the Yoruba for their ability to traverse water and land. Provenance: Collection of Robert Wilson
• YORUBA DIVINATION OBJECT AND
  YORUBA DIVINATION OBJECT AND NORTH AFRICAN LEATHER BAGYoruba Divination Object and North African Leather Bag. Each adorned with cowry shell decoration.Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Sizes: object 12.5'' x 9.5'' x 9.5'' (32 x 24 x 24 cm); bag 23'' x 16.5'' x 2'' (58 x 42 x 5 cm).
• ASOMBROSA MEDIUM. TODO LO VEÉ
  ASOMBROSA MEDIUM. TODO LO VEÉ TODO LO ADIVINA. GRAFICAS...Asombrosa Medium. Todo Lo VeÉ Todo Lo Adivina. Graficas Valencia, ca. 1940s. Color lithograph panel depicting the medium Gioconda in evening dress and shawl. 27 x 13 _Ó. Linen-backed. A.
• WEBER, MICHAEL. GROUP OF LECTURE
  WEBER, MICHAEL. GROUP OF LECTURE NOTES. INCLUDING MICHA...Weber, Michael. Group of Lecture Notes. Including Michael Weber's Collectors' Workshop (1994); Lifesavers Lecture (1992); Lecture Collection (1991); Pengrove Collection (1983); Red Black (2013); Phone Book (2013); and Remote Coin and Date Divination (2013). Publisher's softcovers. Illustrated. All very good.
• TWO DIVINATION BOXESTwo
  TWO DIVINATION BOXESTwo Divination Boxes. Circa 1940. The order of four colored or numbered blocks arranged in a box is divined by the magician even though the box is closed. Lacquered wooden boxes with painted accents and wooden or paper-covered wooden blocks. The largest box 7 _ x 2 _Ó.
• DIVINATION BOXESDivination Boxes.
  DIVINATION BOXESDivination Boxes. Germany: Haug [?], ca. 1960. Two locking hardwood boxes, the innermost containing four numbered blocks. The mind reader determines the order of the blocks despite the locked condition of the boxes. The larger box 7 x 3 _ x 2Ó. Minor wear; good.
• COLLECTION OF EIGHT VINTAGE BRASS
  COLLECTION OF EIGHT VINTAGE BRASS MAGIC TRICKS.[Brasses] Collection of Eight Vintage Brass Magic Tricks. American, 1900s Ð 70s. Including a Devil's Bank (Sherms, ca. 1945); Mephisto's Cup (Hornmann [?], ca. 1900); Bill Tube (Kanter, ca. 1940s); Bill Tube (1930s); Divination Rods (Jan's Magic, ca. 1970s); Enchanted Cigarette Tubes (Tannen's, ca. 1960s); Yogi Coin Box (Brema, ca. 1960s); and Okito Coin Box (1950s). Very good.
• LOT OF 21 DIVINATION BONE
  LOT OF 21 DIVINATION BONE KNUCKLES.Lot of 21 Divination Bone Knuckles. Date unknown. These might be sheep knuckles cast into a basket or on a blanket by a shaman or other soothsayer to forecast weather, health, good or bad fortune, hunting prospects, and more. They could also be used for gambling.
• IVORY COAST BAULE MOUSE ORACLEBaule
  IVORY COAST BAULE MOUSE ORACLEBaule Mouse oracle from Ivory Coast with male piper on lid and turtle as the base; measures approximately 17" tall; please refer to photographs for condition; lid is cracked. Among the Guro, Baule, and Yaure peoples of the Ivory Coast mouse divination is widely used in consultations regarding concerns ranging from serious illness to establishing the time and scale of sacrifices, from personal misfortune to public conflict. Within the container there are upper and lower chambers with a hole between the two. At the time of a consultation, a mouse is placed in the lower chamber. In the upper chamber an inverted tortoise shell or small rectangular metal plate is placed with bits of rice chaff on it. Ten narrow metal strips are attached at one end of the shell or plate lying in a parallel pattern. A lid, placed over the container, is removed after a minute or two and the wunnzueyifwe (diviner) "reads" the rearrangement by the mouse of the metal strips.
• TWO VINTAGE POCKET TRICKS.Two
  TWO VINTAGE POCKET TRICKS.Two Vintage Pocket Tricks. 1950s. Including Davenport’s brass cannon divination effect, allowing performer to predict the number of ball bearings inserted into barrel by a spectator; and a set of four-piece visual color changing knives (plastic, jigged bone and mother of pearl). Cannon 3 ½” long; knives 3” each. Very good.
• WIND BLOWN SANDS OF
  WIND BLOWN SANDS OF CLEOPATRA.Wind Blown Sands of Cleopatra. Germany: Diemar Willert, 1980s. An obelisk filled with sand and metal filings and a magnetized cube featuring Egyptian symbols aid the performer in a divination routine. Hand-painted wood. Obelisk 4” tall; cube 2 ¼”. Fine. Signed and numbered from an edition of 88.
• RADARCOS.Radarcos. Holland: Eddy
  RADARCOS.Radarcos. Holland: Eddy Taytelbaum, 1950s. A miniature barrel, a bottle of port and an egg in a stand are used in a Bob Hummer-style divination effect. Turned wooden props hand-painted in exceptional detail. Housed in handmade paper box. Bottle measures 1 ½”. Some chipping to paint on egg, otherwise very good. One of a kind.
• CLOCK PREDICTION.Clock
  CLOCK PREDICTION.Clock Prediction. Holland: Eddy Taytelbaum, 1970s. A small blue box houses a clock face and a moveable dial, possibly for divination effect. Plastic composition; reverse painted symbol in black, white and gold on box top. 2 x 2 x 1”. Very good.
• DIVINATION BOX.Divination Box.
  DIVINATION BOX.Divination Box. Hamburg: Carl Willmann, ca. 1900. The magician divines the order of four numbered blocks arranged by a spectator, nested in a box within a larger outer box, both beautifully inlaid and lacquered. Lacking key. 6 x 4 x 2”.
• RITUALISTIC CHAVIN ANTHRACITE
  RITUALISTIC CHAVIN ANTHRACITE DIVINATION MIRRORPre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. An enchanting mirror, carved from a single piece of anthracite stone, featuring a domed verso laterally drilled for suspension, and a flat face that is highly polished. The surface is like glass, silky smooth - the blackness of the anthracite creates an otherworldly softness to the reflection. The process to polish a stone to such a high level of reflectivity so that it retains its mirror qualities after nearly 2000 years is utterly remarkable! Mirrors were prized by the ancients of the Americas and believed to serve as portals to the celestial realm, treasured for their divinatory, healing, as well as decorative properties. Size: 4.75" Diameter x 1" W (12.1 cm x 2.5 cm) For a similar example please see The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, website, object number: 2001.1284. Provenance: ex-Marc Amiguet Schmitt estate, Amiguet's Ancient Art, Evansville, Indiana, USA, acquired prior to January 1, 2010 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. #174825 Condition: Chips and hairline fissures throughout as shown. Red cinnabar pigments in recessed areas and drilled suspension hole. Highly reflective and lustrous surface.
• RARE CHAVIN ANTHRACITE BOX - INLAID
  RARE CHAVIN ANTHRACITE BOX - INLAID DISCS, ORIG. CORDPre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. An incredibly rare carved anthracite box held together with cotton cords and inlaid with greenstone discs. The panels are all bored through with perforations along the peripheries, the cotton loops are knotted tightly together, and a pair of handles extend from the top. The panels are flush and tightly sealed on all sides, there is no opening unless the cords are cut. All sides are highly polished to a nearly reflective sheen, and five walls are etched with a geometric diamond pattern, greenstone discs inlaid at the center of each. What did this exquisite box contain? The unusual lacing implies it was never intended for utilitarian or everyday use, suggesting this functioned as a funerary container that was sealed once the contents was placed inside. Anthracite is an interesting material, a hard coal that is highly reflective when polished, suitable as mirrors which were highly prized, as they believed mirrors held powers of divination. Size: 5" L x 3" W x 2.6" H (12.7 cm x 7.6 cm x 6.6 cm) Provenance: ex-Marc Amiguet Schmitt estate, Amiguet's Ancient Art, Evansville, Indiana, USA, acquired prior to January 1, 2010 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. #173348 Condition: x-Ray images show that there is nothing contained inside. Remains of glue adhesive on verso. Stable cracks and fissures throughout. Nicks and chips have light mineral deposits in recessed areas. A few losses to greenstone inlays. Staining and discoloration to cords and slight odor. Overall good condition.
• 19TH C. COOK ISLANDS WOOD ADZE
  19TH C. COOK ISLANDS WOOD ADZE HANDLE (RUATANGAEO)**Originally Listed At $1000** Oceania, Polynesia, Southern Cook Islands, Mangaia Island, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A beautiful openwork adze handle of distinctly ceremonial form known as a ruatangaeo, hand-carved from dark maroon-hued wood. The tapered rectangular body is elaborately incised with several horizontal layers as well as 2 large chambers surrounded by vertical bars, each with incised triangular decorations to create a consistent pattern across the exterior surfaces. Notably detailed in its presentation, this adze handle marked social distinction and served ceremonial purposes rather than military or utilitarian functions. Size: 4.5" W x 16.9" H (11.4 cm x 42.9 cm); 18.625" H (47.3 cm) on included custom stand. Ruatangaeo, like this example, are said to have descended from or be related to carved deities. Considered inferior gods or objects of divination, this adze haft were once believed to have the ability to still storms and protect fishermen. The name "rutangaeo" translates to "kingfisher's nests," which adze hafts of this style closely resemble. According to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, "Adzes were prized not only as tools but as material property of wealth. An adze maker is a ta'unga (expert) who enjoyed a position of social and economic importance. His work is sought after and is paid in food and cloth for his services and he could buy protection with his skills. With a collection of adzes the conquered could buy life and protection from a powerful chief." Cf. The Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa Tongarewa), registration number FE002306. Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, acquired 2000 to 2010 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. #178135 Condition: Minor nicks and abrasions, with light earthen deposits, and light softening to some incised details, otherwise intact and excellent.
• NYAMWEZI "STICK" FIGURENYAMWEZI
  NYAMWEZI "STICK" FIGURENYAMWEZI "STICK" FIGURE Tanzanian, Nyamwezi People, Bantu, mid 20th century, carved wood. Elongated male form with inset white bead eyes; for water divination. 66 in. (167.64 cm.) The Wallace Estate: Lee Renfrew Wallace and her husband Mahlon Brookings Wallace III lived an extremely happy and luxurious life filled with world travels, safaris, collecting, and philanthropy. From backgrounds in race-horse breeding and championship cattle ranching, the socialite couple paid homage to the St. Louis area community in a variety of ways. Mr. Wallace served as Director of Commerce Bank, President of the St. Louis Zoo Friends Board, and was charitable to numerous organizations he believed in. Behind every great man is a better woman, and his wife Lee was renowned for being the glue of the family while she warmly served as Director of Development for local educational institutions and made an impact with her lasting spirit. The couple’s art collection ranges in style and period and spans a broad price-point.
• Alighieri (Dante), La divina
  Alighieri (Dante), La divina commedia, Firenze: per Leonardo Ciardetti, 1830, 8vo, 3 vols, bound as a set with three volumes of prose and verse by the same author, full red Morocco with gilt tooling to boards and spines, gilt page edges and marbled end papers (6)
• GOOD KUBA HIPPO DIVINATION CHARM
  GOOD KUBA HIPPO DIVINATION CHARM 19th c., Republic of Congo, naturally patinated carved wood, flat snouted hippopotamus, the body and legs incised with geometric decoration, two old paper hand-penned description labels pasted to the underside includes provenance history, one reads "Hippopotamus for divination, R. of Congo …nt Col. Cagiula - Justice. CCO. 1870(?) - …UBA - SLK - SMK -", the other reads “…U - R. of Congo - 19 cent. - … Caggiula - Justice from Leopold - …eill. La Nuit et Le Monde. 1924 - ALK_”, 3"h x 13"l x 2"w
• YORUBA PEOPLES, (3) CARVED WOOD
  YORUBA PEOPLES, (3) CARVED WOOD OBJECTS Nigeria, incl. a large food container with divided interior, a divination board, and figural tapper, 11"h x 16"dia. (container), 15"dia. (board), 11.5"l (tapper)
• GROUP AFRICAN WOOD AND IRON
  GROUP AFRICAN WOOD AND IRON TOOLS, INCL. HOES (6) pieces, some possibly currencies or divination tools, one with snakeskin wrapped handle, 12 x 9.5, 22 x 7.25
• YORUBA PEOPLES, DIVINATION BOARDS
  YORUBA PEOPLES, DIVINATION BOARDS AND TAPPERS Nigeria, incl. (5) boards and (2) figural tappers, 14"h x 9.75"w (largest board), 11.5"h x 8.5"w (smallest board), 12.5"l (larger tapper), 9"l (smaller tapper)
• YORUBA PEOPLES, (3) DIVINATION
  YORUBA PEOPLES, (3) DIVINATION BOARDS AND TAPPER Nigeria, carved wood, the rims carved with faces and geometric designs, including one round board, 12"d, and two polychromed rectangular boards, 13.5"l x 8"w
• YORUBA OPON IFA DIVINATION BOARD,
  YORUBA OPON IFA DIVINATION BOARD, EX-MUSEUM Nigeria, carved wood with white pigment, museum name and accession number to verso, wood appears old and well-used, 11.75"h x 14.25"w x 1"d
• [THE NONESUCH PRESS] DANTE, LA
  [THE NONESUCH PRESS] DANTE, LA DIVINA COMMEDIA La Divina Commedia or The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English. Edited by Mario Casella and H.F. Cary, with 42 illustrations after drawings by Sandro Botticelli. The Nonesuch Press, 1928, No. 685 of 1475 on Van Gelder, bound in orange vellum with gold stamping, top page edges gilt, 325 pages, 12.5"h x 8.5"w
• AFRICAN YORUBA CARVED WOOD LIDDED
  AFRICAN YORUBA CARVED WOOD LIDDED DIVINATION BOWL African, 20th century. Yoruba carved wooden divination bowl having sectioned interior. Apparently unmarked. Approx. h. 10", diam. 17.5".
• AFRICAN DRC SHORT CARVED WOOD
  AFRICAN DRC SHORT CARVED WOOD FIGURE, W/ COWRIES Central African, 20th century. Democratic Republic of the Congo Songye style short divination figure with bell and cowrie shell necklace. Unmarked. Provenance: The Private Collection of Mr. Noel F. Parris, Fayetteville, Georgia.
• AFRICAN YORUBA CARVED WOOD
  AFRICAN YORUBA CARVED WOOD DIVINATION BOARD West African, Nigeria, 20th century. Yoruba carved circular wood Ifa divination board with low relief carving of Eshu and other symbols. Provenance: The Private Collection of Mr. Noel F. Parris, Fayetteville, Georgia.
• AFRICAN IGBO CARVED WOOD DIVINATION
  AFRICAN IGBO CARVED WOOD DIVINATION VESSEL NIGERIAAfrican carved wood divination vessel, Igbo people, Nigeria, removable top carved with two faces, figural accents on reeded rim, approx 8.5"h, 16.5"diam, 11.1lbs
• CUZCO SCHOOL STYLE PAINTING LA
  CUZCO SCHOOL STYLE PAINTING LA DIVINA PASTORAFramed Cuzco School style oil on canvas painting, La Divina Pastora, depicting the Virgin Mary as a shepherdess, sight: approx 15.25"h, 11.25"w, overall: 20.5"h, 16.5"w, 2lbs
• SENUFO TRIBE DIVINATION STATUE COTE
  SENUFO TRIBE DIVINATION STATUE COTE D'IVOIREOne Senufo divination statue from Cote d'Ivoire, carved wood with masked man and hornbill: 28 1/2" H x 11 7/8" L x 6 3/4" D. Hornbills are symbols of fertility and masked male figures are used in divination practices.