A few examples of appraisal values for
SIKHOTE ALIN

• RUSSIAN SIKHOTE-ALIN NICKEL IRON
  RUSSIAN SIKHOTE-ALIN NICKEL IRON METEORITE: From the Sikhote-Alin fall Vostk Russia Feb. 12th 1947. 1 3/4'' x 3'' x 1 1/2'' 295.7 grams. Estate of John and Ranina Desmond. Sold with wood plinth cut to fit 1 3/4'' x 6'' x 4''.
• SIKH SCHOOL, MINIATURE PAINTING
  SIKH SCHOOL, MINIATURE PAINTING OF A SEATED PRINCE HOLDING A SWORD Sikh School, Miniature painting of a Seated Prince holding a sword, a servant holding a sheath of arrows,the green meadow in the horizon, watercolor on paper, overall 14"h x 10"w, Provenance: From a Sikh collector who emigrated to Canada during the 1950s, and the paintings have descended in the family to the present day
• Kenojuak Ashevak ????? ???, CC, RCA
  Kenojuak Ashevak ????? ???, CC, RCA (1927-2013), Kinngait (Cape Dorset) SIILAVUT, NUNAVUT (OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR LAND), 1999 titled, dated and numbered 70/99; artist's name in Roman and syllabics; diptych; unframed overall 44.5 x 30 in — 113 x 76.2 cm; each sheet 22.25 x 30 in — 56.5 x 76.2 cm
• Two Russian prints of Orthodox
  Two Russian prints of Orthodox churches in rural settings each titled one signed ''KYHNA'' (Cyrilics) in the print.
• RUSSIAN ICON OF SAINT ALEKSEI OF
  RUSSIAN ICON OF SAINT ALEKSEI OF MOSCOW A Russian icon of a Saint Aleksei of Moscow depicting a bearded Saint dressed in a Bishops robe, his head shrouded, holding a book, mounted in a modern frame, sight 6.5"h x 5.5"w
• Kenojuak Ashevak ????? ???, CC, RCA
  Kenojuak Ashevak ????? ???, CC, RCA (1927-2013), Kinngait (Cape Dorset) UNTITLED (OWL), 2010 UNTITLED (OWL), 2010
• RUSSIAN ICON SAINT ALEKSEI
  RUSSIAN ICON SAINT ALEKSEI 18th-19th century. Tempera gilding and gesso on wood panel; cased - 8 1/2 in. x 6 3/4 in. sight size.
• SOUDEIKINE, Sergei, (Russian,
  SOUDEIKINE, Sergei, (Russian, 1883-1946): Soviet Propaganda Scene with Soldiers Holding Rifles with Bayonets, Gouache and Pen and Ink, sight size is 12'' x 19.75'', titled in Cyrillic and sighed lower mid-margin, framed 19'' x 25.25''. Formerly the property of descendants of Aaron Burr. This lot and the other pictures by Soudeikine in this sale were done when he was the creative director for the New York Metropolitan Opera. This link will provide more information on the artist, from the MOMA website and wikipedia. https://www.moma.org/artists/5537
• RUSSIAN ICON WITH OKLAD MARKED
  RUSSIAN ICON WITH OKLAD MARKED FOR THE CITY OF SARATOV, 1866, UNKNOWN MAKER, ASSAYER Man Kneeling at Roadside Altar of the Madonna and Child, with lengthy inscription on the painting that repeats on the oklad, oil on panel, 12 1/2" x 10 1/2". Good condition.
• SIKH SCHOOL, MINIATURE PAINTING
  SIKH SCHOOL, MINIATURE PAINTING OF A PRINCE AND HIS CONSORT Sikh School, Miniature painting of a Prince and his consort, walking on a ground made up of a patchwork of rugs, watercolor on paper, overall 14.75"h x 10.25"w, Provenance: From a Sikh collector who emigrated to North America during the 1950s, and the paintings have descended in the family to present day
• ETCHING - 'Constantinople' by David
  ETCHING - 'Constantinople' by David Muirhead Bone (British 1876-1953) signed in plate ll and in pencil lr depicts harbor view dominated by the domes and minarets of St. Sophia men work on nets in foreground black stick frame matted and glazed SS: 7
• Alan Petrovich Kornaev (Russian
  Alan Petrovich Kornaev (Russian b. 1952) "Homage to Marc Chagall". Cast bronze with brown/verdegris patina stamped "Alan" inside the wing affixed to a clear lucite cube base apprx. 2"H. The artist collaborated with artist Zaurbek Dzanagov for an important sculpture commission The Tree of Grief - a monument to the Beslan hostage tragedy in North Ossetia.
• Kenojuak Ashevak ????? ???, CC, RCA
  Kenojuak Ashevak ????? ???, CC, RCA (1927-2013), Kinngait (Cape Dorset) COMMISSIONED SET OF FIVE SERIGRAPHS BY THE INUIT GALLERY OF VANCOUVER, 2006 each titled, dated and numbered 34/35; artist's name in syllabics; framed each sheet 23 x 22 in — 58.4 x 55.9 cm
• RUSSIAN ICON, LATE 17TH/EARLY
  RUSSIAN ICON, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH C. "The Holy Unmercenaries: Kir, Kosma, Damian and Ioann", egg tempera on a partial gold field on wood panel, depicting the four Saints with the Madonna and Child above, 14" x 11 3/4". Retouched and stabilized.
• SIKH SCHOOL, MINIATURE PAINTING
  SIKH SCHOOL, MINIATURE PAINTING OF A SEATED PRINCE IN AUDIENCE WITH A MARARAJA Sikh School, Miniature painting of a Seated Prince in audience with a Mararaja and a servant holding a fly whisk, the mustard hillside in the horizon, watercolor on paper, overall 13"h x 10.5"w, Provenance: From a Sikh collector who emigrated to Canada during the 1950s, and the paintings have descended in the family to the present day
• RUSSIAN ICON, 19TH C., STROGANOFF
  RUSSIAN ICON, 19TH C., STROGANOFF SCHOOL "St. Zosima and St. Savvatii of Solovki", egg tempera on partial silver lacquer ground on wood panel, 22 1/2" X 19". Loss to integral border, image restored and stabilized. St. Zosima and St. Savvatti founded the Monastery of Solovki (depicted in the middle ground) on the islands of the White Sea (symbolized by the water in the foreground) in the 15th century, the Holy Visage of Edessa (image of Jesus on linen cloth "not made with hands" as translated from Cyrillic caption) depicted at top.
• LG INDIAN SIKH SCHOOL COURT SCENE
  LG INDIAN SIKH SCHOOL COURT SCENE PAINTING IndiaEarly 20th CenturyCourt scene painting depicting Sikh guru and ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh dressed in red and gold adorned with a halo.
• A Russian 1886 coronation beaker in
  A Russian 1886 coronation beaker in enamel and an icon of St. Nicholas with labels of the battlefield at Sebastopol.
• Kenojuak Ashevak ????? ???, CC, RCA
  Kenojuak Ashevak ????? ???, CC, RCA (1927-2013), Kinngait (Cape Dorset) NAUJIIT, 1996 titled, dated and numbered 43/50; artist's name in Roman and syllabics; unframed sheet 22.25 x 29.5 in — 56.5 x 74.9 cm
• EIGHT RUSSIAN ORTHODOX
  EIGHT RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ECCLESIASTICAL ALTAR TEXTILES19th century or earlier, comprising: six long panels and two short panels, long panels decorated with crosses in gold metal thread on a gold silk ground, two short panels with foliate decoration, one monogramed, stamp mark "IKIPOKY 1922", longest 150 x 8 in. Provenance: Humber Family, North Carolina Condition: each with moderate wear, areas of loss, staining, discoloration, holes, losses to backing, with numbers and various stamps to verso
• Kenojuak Ashevak ????? ???, CC, RCA
  Kenojuak Ashevak ????? ???, CC, RCA (1927-2013), Kinngait (Cape Dorset) OWL AND RAVENS, 2010 OWL AND RAVENS, 2010
• Attributed to Alexei Alexandrovitch
  Attributed to Alexei Alexandrovitch Potekhin (Russian, ca. 1912). Distant vista with water towers and windmill and near trees and fencing. Signed lower right in Cyrillic. Images size apprx 7-3/4" x 12". Overall in a fine gilt carved frame apprx 15-1/2" x 20". From a private Pittsburgh PA collection.
• A (LOT OF 5) RUSSIAN MINIATURE A
  A (LOT OF 5) RUSSIAN MINIATURE A (Lot of 5) Russian miniature .84 silver oklad travel icons: the first, Saint Nickolas as a Bishop; the second of Archangel Michael; the third of Saint Cosmas holding a medcine chest; the fourth of the Mother of God, the fifth of St. George slaying a dragon, the largest 1.75"x 1.625"
• A mixed lot. A Soviet white metal
  A mixed lot. A Soviet white metal wall plaque reading ''Sochee'' mark FK7 (Cyrillics) 17 cm diameter a steel handle with swivel length 33 cm and a brass implement with snake's head possibly 19th century. Islamic.
• A Russian silver Oklad the five
  A Russian silver Oklad the five saints identified on their gilt haloes. Hallmarked St. Petersburg 1819 assaymaster Alexander Yashinov.24 x 29 cm.
• RUSSIAN ICON SAINT NICHOLAS. 18th
  RUSSIAN ICON SAINT NICHOLAS. 18th century. Tempera and gesso on wood panel - 8 in. x 6 in.
• BEDU WEDDING COIN HEAD-DRESS Bir
  BEDU WEDDING COIN HEAD-DRESS Bir Seb'a or Khan Yunis region.
• A RUSSIAN 84 STANDARD SILVER GILT
  A RUSSIAN 84 STANDARD SILVER GILT OKLAD ICON DEPICTING SAINT ALEXANDER NEVSKY A Russian 84 standard silver gilt oklad icon depicting Saint Alexander Nevsky, the Patron Saint of Russian soldiers, as a military commander wearing a suite of armor, overall 9.5"h x 5.375"w x .5"d
• RUSSIAN .84 SILVER OKLAD ICONS OF
  RUSSIAN .84 SILVER OKLAD ICONS OF SAINT OLGA A Russian .84 silver oklad icon of Saints Olga, the saint in robe holding a cross, silver oklad by Alexksandr Fuld, the cover bearing assay mark of Andreii Antonovich Kovalbskii, dated for 1881, .84 silver and Cyrillic maker marks, 4.25"h x 3.5"w x .5"d
• SIKH SCHOOL, MINIATURE PAINTING
  SIKH SCHOOL, MINIATURE PAINTING OF A SEATED PRINCE Sikh School, Miniature painting of a Seated Prince in audience with a Mararaja and a servant holding a fly whisk, the blue sky in the horizon, watercolor on paper, overall 14.5"h x 10.25"w, Provenance: From a Sikh collector who emigrated to North America during the 1950s, and the paintings have descended in the family to present day
• ANATOLY SLEPYSHEV (RUSSIAN
  ANATOLY SLEPYSHEV (RUSSIAN 1932-2016)ANATOLY SLEPYSHEV (RUSSIAN 1932-2016) Crucifixion , 1985 oil on linen 59 x 70 cm (23 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.) signed and dated lower right EXHIBITED Forbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde , February 1998-April 2002 The exhibition traveled to: Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998 Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999 St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999 Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999 Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000 Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005 Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007 St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008 LITERATURE Forbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde (Los Angeles, New York: Curatorial Assistance, Distributed Art Publishers, 1998), ex. cat., p. 54 (illustrated) For another variant of this work in the collection of the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Jersey, see: Oscar Rabin. Almanac. Edn. 148 (Saint Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2007), pp. 134-135 (illustrated) and Oscar Rabin. Three Lives. The Retrospective Exhibition / Almanac, Edn. 219. (St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2008), p. 79 (illustrated) CONDITION The painting appears in good stable condition. Minor losses of paint to the upper left edge, lower left edge and upper right edge. Inspection under UV shows no apparent signs of restoration or repairs. N.B. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
• RUSSIAN ICON PROPHET ELIJAH Circa
  RUSSIAN ICON PROPHET ELIJAH Circa 1900; Vladimir region. Tempera and gilding on wood panel - 12 1/4 in. x 10 1/2 in.
• IVAN IVANOVICH SHISHKIN
  IVAN IVANOVICH SHISHKIN (1832-1898)IVAN IVANOVICH SHISHKIN (1832-1898) In the Thicket , 1885-1892 etching on paper plate: 18 x 24 cm (7 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.); overall: 24.8 x 33.2 (9 3/4 x 13 1/8 in.) signed and dated in plate
• A Russian ikon of the Virgin and
  A Russian ikon of the Virgin and Child with silver oklad.
• Russian Icon 19th c. "St.
  Russian Icon 19th c. "St. Stanislaus Bishop of Krakow" tempera and gold paint on wood panel inscription in Cyrillic upper right figure bearing usual attribute of sword small image of "Christ Pantocrator" upper center 13 3/4 in. x 10 1/4 in. unframed. Note: condition.
• Russian Judaica; a watercolour
  Russian Judaica; a watercolour and ink street scene with a hot tea vendor signed bottom left. 28 x 38 cm.