Fairfield Auction presents an important
MAY ESTATES AUCTION
Sunday, May 23rd at 11am

in our gallery
53 Church Hill Road, Newtown, Connecticut
1/2 mile off exit 10, I-84, 10 minutes East of Danbury
NEW EXPANDED PREVIEW: Wednesday-Saturday prior, 11am-4pm each day, 9-11am auction day
most items can be previewed during the sale

HIGHLIGHTED RESULTS, LOTS 151-300
last updated Monday, May 10th

photography still in progress, check back for updates.


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Lot 151
Julio Larraz

Uncut
80cm x 100cm oil on canvas
signed upper right

CONDITION REPORT: excellent with minor rubs at the corners.

estimate 20,000/30,000

SOLD $17000


Lot 152
Julio Larraz

Study For "The Great Muze"
80cm x 100cm oil on canvas
signed upper right

CONDITION REPORT: excellent.

estimate 20,000/30,000


Lot 153
French School

Mother and Child
43" x 35" oil on canvas
mid-19th century
with later Newcomb-Macklin frame

estimate 1200/1800

SOLD $1100

Lot 155
Flemish School

(a pair) Village Scenes
each 5 3/4"x7 3/4" gouaches
probably 18th century

CONDITION REPORT: excellent

estimate 600/900

SOLD $2100

Lot 156
English School

Retriever In Dog House
12"x10" oil on canvas
signed "Hermann 1869" lower right
retains original frame

CONDITION REPORT: excellent wtih crazing.

estimate 300/500

SOLD $700

Lot 157
Joan Miro

(a pair of lithographs)
the bottom a proof (for first color)
the top an unsigned final
each 2"x5 1/2" on 8 3/4" x 11" sheets
the proof pencil signed

CONDITION REPORT: some toning and foxing.

estimate 500/750

SOLD $750

Lot 158
attributed to Edouard Manet

a pencil study of lady with hat
5" x 3 5/8" sight,
on laid paper
inscribed verso "Manet Study"

CONDITION REPORT: minor soiling and foxing.

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $450

Lot 159
Carlos Vazquez y Obeda
Rocio
37"x30" oil on canvas
signed lower right
titled verso

CONDITION: moderate crazing, otherwise untouched original.

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $1800

Lot 161
Francisco Zuniga

portfolio of with 15 of 20 lithographs
by Misrachi, 1974
four now framed
the remaining in the original case

CONDITION REPORT: excellent

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $850

Lot 162
Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)

landscape in colors
8 1/2" x 11" colored pencil on paper
signed and dated 1940 lower right
inscribed to Mrs. Webber lower left
includes letter from artist dated 1957

CONDITION REPORT: mat burn, toning, losses at corner.

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $500

Lot 163
Jose Barcelo

Familia Azul
28"x23" oil on canvas
signed with title verso

CONDITION REPORT: excellent with one small puncture along left edge.

estimate 500/750

SOLD $300

Lot 166
Edmund Blampied

The Plow Horse
7" x 8 1/2" etching
pencil signed
unframed

 

estimate 200/300

SOLD $225

Lot 167
English School

Newfoundland
17 1/2" x 24" oil on canvas
late 19th century

estimate 600/900

SOLD $950

Lot 168
H. Niemeier

Cows In A Clearing
20" x 16" oil on canvas

estimate 600/900

SOLD $300

Lot 169
Arbit Blatas

Chez Andre
depicting the artist and Regina Reznik (his wife)
28 1/2" x 36" oil on canvas
purchased directly from the artist by the consigner

estimate 6000/9000

SOLD $6000


Lot 170
Pablo Picasso

The Painter and His Model
9 3/8" x 12 1/2"
Verve Edition, blindstamp lower left
pencil signed lower right

 

estimate 4000/6000

SOLD $3250

Lot 176
Boucheron Silver Compact
with original fitted Bag
decorated with an open work gilt panel with birds, butterfly, cabouchon rubies and chasework
5 3/8" x 3 3/8" x 3/4" (compact only)
stamped with small illegible touchmarks

CONDITION REPORT: excellent with a few light scratches.

estimate 1500/2500

SOLD $900

Lot 177
Victorian 14k Gold Locket

inset with photograph of child recto
and fitted with daguerreotype of gentleman
inside, 53mm plus loop
34 grams
circa 1860

CONDITION REPORT: excellent

estimate 400/600

SOLD $450

Lot 178
Tiffany & Company 14k Gold Match Case

monogramed CABP
60mm x 45mm
36 grams
circa 1930

CONDITION REPORT:a few dings.

estimate 600/900

SOLD $50000

Lot 179
Victorian 14k Gold Watch Fob

with intaglio cut locket
late 19th century
46 grams

CONDITION REPORT: excellent

estimate 600/900

SOLD $700

Lot 180
Tray Lot of (Mostly) Gold Jewelry

including 14k cigar cutter, three rings
and nine stick pins- one mounted with a 1865 California gold coin
gross weight 40 grams

estimate 500/700

SOLD $400

Lot 181
14k Gold and Diamond Tennis Bracelet

approximately 5ct total weight

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1100

Lot 182
Group of Four Rings

set with various colored stones including opals

estimate 300/500

SOLD $325

Lot 183
Group of Four Rings

set with various colored stones including synthetic and intaglio cut

estimate 300/500

SOLD $325

Lot 184
14k Gold and Diamond Ring

approx .80ct center stone
with approx. 1ct total weight

 

estimate 600/900

SOLD $475

Lot 187
14k Gold Filligree Diamond Ring

center stone approx. .40 ct

 

estimate 300/500

SOLD $325

Lot 188
Pair of 14k Gold Rings

one with diamond and rubies

 

estimate 300/500

SOLD $325

Lot 191
14k Gold and Amethyst Heart Shaped Pendant

together with gold filled chain

 

estimate 300/500

SOLD $225

Lot 194
Pair of French Bronze and Alabaster Candelabra

24" high
circa 1900

 

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $750

Lot 195
Victorian Burl Walnut Console

parcel gilt with marble top
60" x 34" x 17"
circa 1870

 

estimate 600/900

SOLD $600

Lot 196
Pair of Victorian Cast Iron Garden Urns

stamped "H. Wood..."
24" high
late 19th century

 

estimate 400/600

SOLD $650

Lot 197
Italian Parcel-Gilt Neoclassical Style Console Table

with marble top
early 20th century



estimate 500/750

SOLD $500

Lot 198
Louis XV Carved Fautiel

35" high
18th century



estimate 500/750

SOLD $325

Lot 201
Meissen Porcelain Figure

a girl with ball
14 3/4" high
incised "Q 180" underneath
early 20th century

estimate 1500/2500

 

Lot 203
Edwardian Silverplate Tantalus

stamped "Fenton Bros./ Sheffield"
with three matching decanters
and key
13 1/2" high
circa 1910

estimate 200/300

SOLD $175

Lot 204
Pierre Jules Cavelier
Sapho Seated
13 3/4" bronze
A. Collas Brevete foundry
circa 1900

estimate 500/750

SOLD $650

Lot 205
French Champleve Crystal Regulator and Garniture Set

signed Marti
11" high (clock) 15" (candelabra)
late 19th century

estimate 600/900

SOLD $1400

Lot 206
Set of Six French Oyster Plates

hand painted with vignettes
9" diameter
late 19th century

estimate 300/500

SOLD $700

Lot 208
Framed Set of Old Master Engravings

the group of ten depicting the cycle of life
each 4" x 4 1/2"
18th century

estimate 400/600

SOLD $200

Lot 210
George III Mahogany Knife Box

with silver mounts and feet
15" high
circa 1790

includes several vintage knives

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $850

Lot 211
French Giltwood Barometer

33" high
circa 1810

estimate 600/900

SOLD $1400

Lot 212
George II Walnut Bachelor's Chest

with crossbanding
29" wide, 18 1/2" deep, 31" high
mid-18th century



estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $1300

Lot 213
Vienna Cold Painted Bronze Figure

A Dancing Arab
possibly Franz Bergman
7 3/4" high
marked "274E" on underside
circa 1910

estimate 600/900

SOLD $800

Lot 215
Continental Faience Charger

with a stag motif
11 3/4" diameter
18th century

estimate 600/900

SOLD $375

Lot 216
Continental Faience Tankard

with a stag in a landscape
9" high
18th century

estimate 600/900

SOLD $350

Lot 219
Pair Continental Faience Articles

a large jug, 11" high
and a punch bowl, 12 1/2" diameter
both broken and reassembled
18th century

estimate 400/600

SOLD $200

Lot 220
Pair Continental Faience Small Vases

each 4 1/2" high, together with a Faience Pitcher, 8" high
18th century

estimate 300/500

SOLD $100

Lot 221
Continental Ivory Figure of a Nymph

on an onyx base
signed "Muzanne"
6 1/2" high, 8" overall

CONDITION REPORT: break in right foot

estimate 600/900

SOLD $900

Lot 223
Pair of Crystal Garnitures

probably Baccarat
19 1/2" high
late 19th century



estimate 800/1200

SOLD $200

Lot 224
Meissen Porcelain Sneeballen
(Snowball) Vase
with colorful birds
13 1/2" high
heavy damage to rim and repairs



estimate 400/600

SOLD $950

Lot 225
William IV Rosewood Music Stand

with telescoping stand
circa 1840
1840

estimate 300/500

SOLD $650

Lot 227
French Hand Painted Fan

20"x10" excluding frame
late 19th century

estimate 400/600

SOLD $475

Lot 228
Japanese Meji Bronze Cabbage Bowl

with a small frog on the rim
18" diameter
circa 1900

estimate 200/300

SOLD $375

Lot 229
Group of Louis XV Giltwood Seating Furniture

early 20th century

estimate 300/500

SOLD $325

Lot 238
John Senex- Map of The Solar System

"A Scheme of the Solar System with the Orbits of the Planets and Comets belonging belonging thereto..."
27"x24"
circa 1712

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $1000


Lot 239
French Military Decommission Document

13"x9"
bearing signature "Bonaparte"
early 19th century

estimate 200/300

SOLD $550

Lot 241
Maxime Lalanne (1827-1886)
Souvenirs Artistiques Au Siege De Paris
1870-1871

published by Cadart et Luce, Paris
with 8 collections, each with 12 etchings on India paper (96 total etchings) tipped in
18" x 12 3/4"

CONDITION REPORT: overall wear to bindings with loss at bottom of spine, etchings show glue from back, some with foxing, but generally clean

estimate 2000/3000



Lot 248
Atlas- The Geography of the Heavens

Elijah H. Burritt
14" x 16" overall
Huntington & Savage, Hartford
1835

13 3/4

estimate 1000/1500


Lot 253
Tiffany "Olympian" Crumber

together with a Whiting Berry Spoon
278 grams

estimate 300/500

SOLD $600

Lot 255
Pair of Sterling Compotes

6 3/8" high

estimate 300/500

SOLD $650

Lot 257
Sterling Moderne Water Pitcher

9 3/4" high

estimate 300/500

SOLD $425

Lot 258
Tray Lot of Sterling

including Tiffany notepad and pen, overlay flask, five liquor badges and a tumbler

estimate 250/350

SOLD $275

Lot 261
Polynesian Rifle Stock Club

probably Fiji or Samoa
41" long

estimate 1500/2500

SOLD $1500

Lot 262
Inuit Snow Goggles

carved with overall curved conforming shape and visor
7 3/8" long

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1700

Lot 263
Polynesian Headrest

probably Tonga
15 1/2" long, 5 3/4" high

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $2400

Lot 264
Polynesian Paddle Club

scratch decorated and with partial saw tooth edge
36" long

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $500


Lot 265
Polynesian Ceremonial Dance Wand

probably Tonga
26 1/2" long

estimate 600/900

SOLD $200


Lot 266
Polynesian Figural Staff

with two carved figures, facing opposite,
and with serpents coming up from the point
33 1/4" long

estimate 400/600

 

Lot 267
Polynesian Saw Tooth Club

probably Fiji or Samoa
35" long

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1700


Lot 268
Soloman Islands Inlaid Staff

in form of an ax head club
50" long

estimate 800/1200


Lot 269
Polynesian Headrest

probably Tonga
28 1/2" long

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $2300

Lot 270
Soloman Islands Dance Wand

28" long

estimate 400/600

SOLD $200

Lot 271
Soloman Islands Inlaid Bowl

13" long, 5" high

estimate 400/600

SOLD $400

Lot 272
Polynesian Paddle Club

carved with bands of "zig zag" designs
44" long

estimate 800/1200

 


Lot 273
Polynesian Figural Carved Staff

40" long

estimate 300/500

SOLD $100


Lot 274
Painted Hide and Wood Shield

probably African
19"x16"

estimate 300/500

Lot 275
Carved African Mask

14" high excluding grass beard
probably 19th century

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $200

Lot 276
Small Carved Aboriginal Broad Shield

with incised decoration
29" long

estimate 300/500

SOLD $12000

Lot 277
Maori Long Staff "Taiaha"

with effigy carved band
55" long

CONDITION REPORT: excellent, old patina, various minor nicks.

estimate 400/600

SOLD $850


Lot 278
Tribal "False Face" Carved Mask

14" high, 7 1/2" wide, 4" deep
apparently cedar

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $500

Lot 279
African Carved Mask

with horns
16" high

CONDITION REPORT: old patina, normal wear, old repair to one horn (see images)

 

estimate 300/500

SOLD $200

Lot 280
Kyoshi Saito

group of three wooblock prints
each signed

estimate 300/500

SOLD $450

Lot 281
Japanese Carved Ivory Netsuke

depicting a water buffalo
2 1/2" long

estimate 200/300

SOLD $350

Lot 283
Pair of Japanese Carved Netsuke

each 2" high

estimate 200/300

SOLD $150

Lot 286
Collection of (20) Netsukes

all 20th century
tallest approx. 2" high

estimate 600/900

SOLD $325

Lot 288
French Silver Mesh Purse

with touchmarks

estimate 200/300

SOLD $200

Lots 289-291
Vintage Purses

including beaded and silver mounted Chinese leather bag

Lots 292-294
Vintage Purses

including beaded and mesh,
including Whiting
Lots 295 and 296
Vintage Purses

including beaded mesh,
one signed G. Tiard, Paris