A few examples of appraisal values for
GRANDMOTHERS

• DOROTHY FITZGERALD OIL ON
  DOROTHY FITZGERALD OIL ON CANVASDOROTHY FITZGERALD (Washington/California, 1932-2021) oil on canvas, "My Grandmothers," a table-top still-life with fruit. Signed lower left, signed again verso, artist label attached verso, 12" x 16" (image), 17" x 21" (frame).
• Antique 9 Patch Quilt Blocks with
  Antique 9 Patch Quilt Blocks with c1970 Fans. Group includes 23, 9 patch quilt blocks with a red print, 5.5'' square and hand pieced. In good condition. As well as 40, 9 patch quilt blocks with a madder print. Measuring 6'' square, hand pieced. Also 38 grandmothers fan quilt blocks about 9.5'' square. Machine pieced and the fabrics seem to be from between 1970-1980. All are in good to very good condition. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $15 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
• Vintage c1940 Quilt Blocks. Group
  Vintage c1940 Quilt Blocks. Group includes 20 Dresden plate quilt blocks, machine pieces and measuring about 11'' in diameter. They are missing their yellow centers. There is a nice variety of prints, solids, feedsacks, and more. in Very good condition. Along with 19 grandmothers flower garden blocks measuring 1.2''. They are hand pieced and in very good condition. Also includes a box of scraps and 2 log cabin quilt blocks with fabrics mostly from the 1930's.If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $15 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
• Vintage c1930 Grandmothers Flower
  Vintage c1930 Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt measures 76x85'', hexagons measure about 1'' along the side, Traditional rosette layout with each flower having a yellow center followed by a ring of solid followed by a ring of prints. They are separated by an off white garden path, There is a 4.5'' blue border. It is hand pieced and hand quilted. There is a cotton batting and a blue print cotton reverse. It is in good condition with several small spots on the front and large storage discoloration on the reverse. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $25 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
• Group includes 3 Vintage c1940
  Group includes 3 Vintage c1940 Quilt Tops. First is an improvisational pieced quilt top measuring 63x74" using many depression era feedsack and dress prints. Hand pieced. In good condition with some small spots. Second is another improvisational pieced quilt top organized in squares measuring 66x86". Hand and machine pieced. Uses feedsack and dress prints, seersucker, silky fabrics, home decor fabrics and more. Good condition with a few small spots. Last is a grandmothers flower garden quilt top measuring 70x109". Hand pieced. In good condition with some small spots. These are just quilt tops with no batting, backing or quilting. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $25 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
• Vintage as is group includes 1980
  Vintage as is group includes 1980 poly cotton trip around the world tied comfort quilt, measuring 45x66", believed to be cut down. Machine pieced, hand tied with yarn. There is a cotton blanket inside for batting. What is here is in fair condition with several small spots and holes. Along with a 1930s grandmothers flower garden quilt measuring 72x83". Hand pieced and hand quilted, cotton batting and a peach cotton reverse. In poor condition with spots, fabric deterioration and loss and edge wear. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $25 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
• Vintage c1940 Dresden Plate
  Vintage c1940 Dresden Plate Summer Quilt or Bedspread measuring 72x87''. Comprised of 20 Dresden plate blocks, 16x16'', set straight, 4x5. They are hand pieced, hand appliqued, hand embroidered, and hand quilted. There is no batting but a white cotton reverse that is folded over to the front to create 3'' white border and edging. In good condition. Along with a 1940's Grandmothers Flower Garden quilt top, with mostly dress rayons and silky fabrics, measures 66x68''. The hexagons measure about 1'' on each side. This is just a top, there is no batting, backing or quilting. The fabrics were pieces by hand with a muslin foundation. Many of the fabrics are splitting or disintegrating completely but you can still see the muslin foundation underneath. In poor condition with a few small spots and fading. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $25 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
• 3 ROYAL DOULTON FIGURINES,
  3 ROYAL DOULTON FIGURINES, GRANDMOTHERSTeatime HN2255, Schoolmarm HN2223, Tuppence A Bag HN2320. Stamped on bottom. Issued: 20th c. Dimensions: 8"H, tallest Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Condition: Overall good
• ROYAL WORCESTER FIGURINE,
  ROYAL WORCESTER FIGURINE, GRANDMOTHERS DRESSBone china figurine depicting a young girl trying on her grandmothers cherry red dress and matching bonnet. Royal Worcester backstamp. This item has no reserve. Artist: F. G. Doughty Issued: 20th c. Dimensions: 4.25"L x 4.5"W x 6.75"H Manufacturer: Royal Worcester Country of Origin: England Condition: Age related wear.
• CHIPPENDALE 20TH C. GRANDMOTHERS
  CHIPPENDALE 20TH C. GRANDMOTHERS CLOCKChippendale mahogany 20th C. Grandmothers clock with inlays, fluted corner columns and Ogee Bracket feet. Rocking ship 8 chime movement, working condition. Measures 60"H x 12"W x 8.5"D.
• EARLY ROYAL WORCESTER
  EARLY ROYAL WORCESTER GRANDMOTHERS DRESS FIGURE Dorothy Doughty, 1st half 20th century.
• LARGE WICKER BASKET WITH
  LARGE WICKER BASKET WITH MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS FROM ANDRé LEON TALLEY'S COLLECTIONThe basket 19 x 30 x 20 in. Including: Gentle Giants by Bruce Weber, Bulfinch Press, 1994, with autograph by the author to André Leon Talley; The Golden Age of the Princess by H.D. Molesworth, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969; Webster's New World College Dictionary MacMillan USA, 1997; The Complete Works of Aristotle edited by Jonathan Barnes, Princeton University Press, 1994; Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, Barnes and Noble, 2004; To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Harcourt Brace and Co., copyright 1927; The Grandmothers: A Novel by Glenway Wescott, Atheneum, 1962; Beloved by Toni Morrison, Plume, 1988; Betrayed: A History of Presidential Failure to Protect Black Lives by Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Westview Press, 1966; Jackie by Nicole Salinger, Editions Assouline, 1998, with 'Galignani' bookmark; Vingt-Cinq Ans Delegance A Paris, Editions Pierre Tinsne, 1951; Olympia by Leni Riefenstahl, St. Martin's Press, 1994; Poetics and Rhetoric by Aristotle, Barnes and Noble Classics, 2005; Olmsted: Writing on Landscape, Culture, and Society edited by Charles E. Beveridge, Penguin Random House, 2015; Three Plays by Mae West: Sex, The Drug, The Pleasure Man edited by Lillian Schlissel, Routledge, 1997; Madame De Pompadour by Nancy Mitford, Hamish Hamilton, first published 1954; The Happy Summer Days by Fulco, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998; George Cukor: A Double Life by Patrick McGilligan, St. Martin's Press, First Edition 1991; Exiles by Michael J. Arlen, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1970; The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion by Ford Madox Ford, Penguin Books; The Whims of Fortune: The Memoirs of Guy de Rothschild by Guy de Rothschild, Random House, 1985. Condition The wicker basket with minor wear and staining on the bottom. All books with wear consistent with age and use. Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
• (7) BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF
  (7) BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF BROOKE ASTOR Including: "The Fragile Blossom: Crisis and Change in Japan" by Zbignew Brzezinski, Harper & Row, NY, 1972, stated first edition, with dj, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper "To Brooke Astor, with admiration for all her lovely fragile blossoms!"; PLUS "Nuclear Illusion and Reality" by Solly Zuckerman, Viking Press, NY, 1983, with dj, inscribed on the dedication page "and inscribed affectionately and hopefully for Brooke by Solly"; PLUS "Yankees at the Court: The First Americans in Paris", by Susan Mary Alsop, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY., 1982, with dj, inscribed by the author on secondary title page "For Dear Brooke with fond love"; PLUS "Murder R.F.D." by Leslie Stephan, Scribners, NY, 1978, with dj, inscribed by owner on front endpaper "Brooke Astor, Cove End, Summer 1978"; PLUS My Grandmothers and I" by Diana Holman-Hunt, Hamish Hamilton, Ltd., London, 1960, stated first printing, partial dustjacket, inscribed by Brooke Astor on front endpaper; PLUS "The Hucksters" by Frederick Wakeman, Rinehart, NY, 1946, inscribed on front endpaper "Brooke Marshall, 'Wilahouse' (?), May 1946"; PLUS "Sincerely, Willis Wayde" by John P. Marquand, Little, Brown & Co., NY, 1955, signed "Brooke Astor" on the front endpaper.
• (3) Patchwork quilts to include
  (3) Patchwork quilts to include 1930/40 dresden plate, 90"H, 100"W, completely hand sewn, grandmothers flower garden, 69"x80", hand sewn and hand and machine sewn quilt, 84" x 84"
• JOHN BIGGERS. "OUR GRANDMOTHERS,"
  JOHN BIGGERS. "OUR GRANDMOTHERS," PRINTERS PROOF (American, 1924-2001). Lithograph printer's proof portfolio for the series "Our Grandmothers." five printers proofs with printer notations, together with a colophon from a final edition, pencil signed by John Biggers and ink signed by Maya Angelou, final series ed. of 400, print final size: 24 x 18 in., unframed, encased in a linen portfolio.
• HOPI NATIVE AMERICAN LOREN AMI
  HOPI NATIVE AMERICAN LOREN AMI (B. 1968) LARGE POLYCHROME BIRD DECORATED POTTERY JAR, 1990S 9"H X 11"DIAM.Hopi Native American Loren Ami (b. 1968) large polychrome bird decorated pottery jar, 1990s, signed and marked under base. Loren was born at Winslow, Arizona in 1968. Loren was raised away from Hopiland. He grew up in Santa Fe, where his mother worked for the Indian Health Service. For his senior year, Loren and his mother moved back to Hopi. He was able to spend more time with his grandmothers Eleanor Ami and Carol Namoki. Both were fine potters and an inspiration to Loren. Loren started working with clay in the early 1990's. Dextra Quotskuyva saw Loren's talent and realized he wanted to be a serious potter. She encouraged him and helped him with his pottery. Loren paints his pottery with old Sikyatki designs. He is known for his beautiful polychrome canteens. He signs his pottery with Loren Ami with a spider, which is his clan symbol. He has been in several exhibitions, and in 1999 placed first in the canteen category at Indian Market in Santa Fe and in 2000 placed Second in the jar category. (Source: Ancient Nations) Dimensions: 9"H x 11"diam.
• LOT OF 16, 19TH C CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
  LOT OF 16, 19TH C CHILDREN'S BOOKS. SOME IN POORCONDITION. TO INCLUDE PASSION AND PUNISHMENT, A TALE FOR LITTLE GIRLS, 3" X 2". THREE LITTLE KITTENS, MCLAUGHLIN BROS, NEW YORK, 7 1/2" X 5 1/2", BROKEN SPINE. OUR PICTURE BOOK, 10" X 8". JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, BROKEN SPINE AND BOARDS. AH-FUM-AH-FEE, MCLAUGHLIN BROS, SLIGHT TEARS. DIVINE MORAL SONGS FOR CHILDREN. GOLDEN ABC, 7 1/2" X 4 1/2", TEARS. HYMNS IN PROSE FOR CHILDREN, 7 1/2" X 4 1/2", BROKEN SPINE, TEARS AND FOLDS. GRANDMOTHERS NEW TOYS, 7 3/4" X 6", WEAR AND FOLDS. THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET, 7 1/2" X 6 1/2". SONGS OF SEVEN, 1871, 7" X 5", LOOSE SPINE. PROGRESS SPELLER, 1859, 6 1/2" X 4 1/4", FOXING. WOODBINE-ARBOR OR THE LITTLE GARDENERS, 1850, 4 1/2" X 2 3/4", GREAT CONDITION. ORPHAN RACHEL, 1841, 5 3/4" X 3 1/2", FOLDS AND CHIPPING TO EDGES. PROVENANCE: FAIRHAVEN COLONIAL CLUB.
• Royal Worcester Figure Grandmothers
  Royal Worcester Figure Grandmothers Dress Modelled by FG Doughty in Gold Colourway
• (1 OF 400) ANGELOU MAYA. "OUR
  (1 OF 400) ANGELOU MAYA. "OUR GRANDMOTHERS" New York Limited Edition Club 1994. Large folio. Illustrated with 5 full page original black and white lithographs by the African American muralist John T. Biggers. Handbound in Japanese linen dyed to resemble red Georgia clay. Housed in a linen covered clamshell box. 1 of 400 copies signed by Maya Angelou and John T. Biggers.
• Lot five pieces including print
  Lot five pieces including print signed ''Grandmothers Dance Tully Filmus'' (N.Y. 1903 -1998) sight 19'' x 23'' print mother and child Saturday Evening post print 'Skating Rink'' print ''F.D. Millet'' print (artist died on titanic).
• Lot two quilts including
  Lot two quilts including grandmothers garden and bear paw.
• Daneker Spring Wound Grandmothers
  Daneker Spring Wound Grandmothers Clock Three wind movement with chime rods Westminster 8 day movement. Stained pine case engraved decorative dial with pendulum carved bonnet on hood. Truck delivery only; can not be shipped.
• [American Indian - Southwest] Books
  [American Indian - Southwest] Books on Navajo Weaving lot of 9 books including:Amsden Charles Avery. Navaho Weaving. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1949.Berlant Anthony and Mary Hunt Kahlenberg. Walk in Beauty: The Navajo and Their Blankets. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1977.Bonar Eulalie H. (ed.) Woven by the Grandmothers. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press 1996.Dockstader Frederick J. The Song of the Loom: New Traditions in Navajo Weaving. New York: Hudson Hills Press 1987.Dockstader Frederick J. Weaving Arts of the North American Indian. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1978.Hollister U.S. The Navajo and His Blanket. Glorieta: The Rio Grande Press Inc. 1974.Reichard Gladys A. Weaving a Navajo Blanket. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 1974.Reichard Gladys A. Navajo: Shepherd and Weaver. Glorieta: The Rio Grande Press Inc. 1973.James George Wharton. Indian Blankets and Their Makers: The Navaho. Glorieta: The Rio Grande Press. Inc. 1974.
• [American Indian - Plains] Books on
  [American Indian - Plains] Books on the Cheyenne and Blackfoot lot of 12 books including:Ewers John C. The Story of the Blackfeet. Department of the Interior 1952.Ewers John C. Murals in the Round: Painted Tipis of the Kiowa and Kiowa-Apache Indians. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press 1978.Haines Francis. The Plains Indians: Their Origins Migrations and Cultural Development. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1976.Hoebel E. Adamson. The Cheyennes: Indians of the Great Plains. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1960.Hungry Wolf Beverly. The Ways of My Grandmothers. New York: William Morrow and Company Inc. 1980.Grinnell George Bird. Blackfoot Lodge Tails. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1962.Linderman Frank Bird. Out of the North: A Brief Historical Sketch of the Blackfeet Indian Tribe. St. Paul: Great Northern Railway Co. 1947.Lowie Robert H. Indians of the Plains. Garden City: Natural History Press 1954.Parsons Elsie Clews (ed.) American Indian Life. New York: Crown Publishers Inc. 1983.Rachlis Eugene. Indians of the Great Plains. New York: Harper and Row 1960.Sandoz Mari. Cheyenne Autumn. New York: McGraw-Hill Company Inc. 1953. Stands in Timber John and Margot Liberty. Cheyenne Memories. New Haven: Yale University Press 1967.
• WILLIAM PENN. An important 17th
  WILLIAM PENN. An important 17th century sammelband of seventeen Quaker tracts (1668-1679) possibly to have passed to the present vendor from his first wife Gulielma Maria Springett via the maternal line comprising (in order of appearance) THE SANDY FOUNDATION SHAKEN 1668 36pp; THE GUIDE MISTAKEN AND TEMPORIZING REBUKED 1668 63pp; THE GREAT CASE OF LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE 1670 [6] 3-55pp [1]; TRUTH RESCUED FROM IMPOSTURE (loss to bottom corner of title page) 1670 49 48-71pp [3]p; THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH VINDICATED 1672 1-8 errata 9-138pp; THE SPIRIT OF ALEXANDER THE COPPER-SMITH 1673 28pp; JUDAS AND THE JEWS 1673 130pp errata; URIM AND THUMMUM 1674 32pp; CHRISTIAN LIBERTY AS IT WAS SOBERLY DESIRED IN A LETTER 1674 8pp; A JUST REBUKE TO ONE & TWENTY LEARNED AND REVEREND DIVINES 1674 32pp; SAUL SMITTEN TO THE GROUND 1675 16pp; A TREATISE OF OATHS 1675 [2] [4] 166pp; ENGLAND'S PRESENT INTEREST DISCOVERED 1675 [4] 62pp including errata most hand numbered; EPISTOLA CONSULIBUS NEC NON SENATUI CIVITATIS EMBDENSIS Rotterodami Petrus van Wijnbrugge 1675 [7] pp; THE SKIRMISHER DEFEATED AND TRUTH DEFENDED 1676 [2] 41pp [1]; A BRIEF ANSWER TO A FALSE AND FOOLISH LIBELL 1678 26pp; ONE PROJECT FOR THE GOOD OF ENGLAND [1679] 11pp folded. Contemporary mottled tan calf with five section spine and tab 'W:Penns Writings' front board repaired at spine. Estimate ?5 000-10 000 William Penn (1644-1718) married Gulielma Springett (1644-1694) in April 1672 in Chorley Wood. They had fourteen children but few survived to adulthood and only the eldest William appears to have had children. The present vendors maternal grandmothers family were the Springetts an important Sussex family. Indeed Gulielma's father has a memorial and is buried in Ringmer parish church. The binding is original however it has been repaired down the right hand fold has a crack running the full length of the spine and is worn on the other fold some chipping here. Old but not original front end papers. Pages at the beginning of the book are browned and with some slight damp marks. As one moves into the book the pages become cleaner and fairly bright. First two pages of Saul 1675 and loose at the bottom. Latter tracts are folded in at end some miss-creasing and small holes. Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Gorringes Conditions of Sale.Sold for ?8 000
• Royal Worcester Figures Mondays
  Royal Worcester Figures Mondays Child Grandmothers Dress and All Mine (all damaged) (3)
• John Thomas Biggers American
  John Thomas Biggers American 1924-2001 ''Our Grandmothers'' four lithographs from the series ed. 2/60 each signed ''John Biggers'' lr 21 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. each framed Estimate $ 1 500-2 500 Frame wear. Paintings have not been examined by blacklight.