Fairfield Auction presents an
IMPORTANT ESTATES AUCTION
Sunday, January 15th, 11am

at our gallery
707 Main Street (route 25), Monroe, Connecticut

preview Thursday-Saturday prior, 11am - 4pm, auction day 9-11am



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HIGHLIGHTED RESULTS LOTS 1-150

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Lot 3
Waltham 14k Gold Pocket Watch
with hunter's case
early 20th century

estimate 500/750

SOLD $650

Lot 4
German Porcelain Painted Plaque
Psyche At Nature's Mirror
5 3/4" x 4"
circa 1900

estimate 300/500

SOLD $400

Lot 5
Handel Overlay Desk Lamp
with Arts & Crafts motif
10" diameter, 14" high
shade unsigned, base signed

estimate 600/900

SOLD $800

Lot 6
Galileo Chini
Arte Della Ceramica, Florence
11 1/4" high glaze tankard
circa 1900

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $1900

Galileo Chini founded Arte Della Ceramica in Florence in 1896 and continued there until 1904. During those years their works won awards at the the International Expositions in Brussels, St. Petersburg and St. Louis.

Lot 7
Tiffany Studios Smoking Stand
model 1654
with telescopic stem
maximum height 39"
lacking liner

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $425

Lot 9
Rookwood Pottery Vase
designed by Louise Abel
13" high
dated 1928

estimate 300/500

SOLD $275

Lot 10
Lucille de Paris Black Alligator Bag
stamped Lucille de Paris with logo
9" x 7 3/4"

estimate 300/500

SOLD $200

Lot 12
Pairpoint "Puffy" Table Lamp
with floral decoration and closed top,
12 1/2" diameter, 22" high
the silver plated base signed and with model #3049
circa 1905

estimate 2500/3500

SOLD $6000

Lot 13
Handel "Tropical Sunset" Overlay Table Lamp
17" diameter
shade signed

estimate 2500/3500

SOLD $3000

Lot 14
Handel Reverse Painted Scenic Table Lamp
17" diameter
shade signed and with design #6947

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $4200

Lot 16
Tiffany Favrile Glass Vase
with ribbed body
13 3/8" high
signed on bottom

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1400

Lot 17
Victor model V Oak Phonograph
with oak horn
15" x 15" x 28"
horn 18 1/2" diameter
circa 1900

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $1900

Lot 20
Handel Reverse Painted Scenic Table Lamp
17 1/2" diameter
shade signed

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $4800

Lot 21
Handel Overlay Geometric Hanging Fixture
23" diameter
apparently unsigned

estimate 2500/3500

PASSED

Lot 22
Reverse Painted Daisy and Bees Table Lamp
the period base by association
18" diameter

estimate 1200/1800

SOLD $1900

Lot 24
Pair of Austrian Art Glass Vases
attributed to Loetz
one with silver overlay (bottom section detached)
larger 7" high
circa 1900

estimate 600/900

SOLD $1900

Lot 25
French Platinum, Diamond and Sapphire Art Deco Bracelet
with approximately 2 ct center stone
with eagle head touch mark for 18k gold on the clasp
7" long
circa 1925

estimate 14,000/18,0000

SOLD $21,000


Lot 26
Egyptian Revival 14k Gold Winged Scarab Brooch
an antique faience scarab with gold and enamel, together with original fitted box,
"Achille Squadrille, Napoli"
2 5/8" wide,
circa 1910

estimate 300/500

SOLD $1900

Lot 27
French 14k Gold Pocket Watch
Ancre Ligne Droite
15 jewel movement
1 7/8" diameter case

estimate 500/750

SOLD $800

Lot 28
Chinese 22k Gold and Jade Ring
late 19th/early 20th century

estimate 300/500

SOLD $1300

Lot 29
Arts & Crafts Sterling and Lapiz Necklace
2 1/2" pendant with 40" chain
circa 1910

estimate 300/500

SOLD $225

Lot 31
Plique a Jour Bumble Bee Pin
14k gold with enamel and plique a jour
1 3/4" wide
late 20th century

estimate 300/500

SOLD $550

Lot 32
Omega 14k Gold Bracelet / Watch
the watch concealed under a hinged section
mid-20th century
35 dwt gross

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1200

Lot 33
Tiffany 18k Gold Tassel Brooch
2" wide
17.5 dwt gross

estimate 600/900

SOLD $1100

Lot 34
Double Strand of Natural Pearls
with 14k gold clasp
20" long

estimate 600/900

SOLD $550

Lot 35
Diamond and 14k Gold Brooch
1 7/8" long
5.7 dwt gross

estimate 400/600

SOLD $800

Lot 36
18k Gold and Sapphire Pendant/ Brooch
with a central diamond
2" long
13.3 dwt gross

estimate 500/750

SOLD $600

Lot 37
Cartier Wrist Watch
gold wash over sterling
leather band

estimate 300/500

SOLD $1600

Lot 39
Pair of California Half Dollar Gold Pieces
both 1855

estimate 400/600

SOLD $300

Lot 40
German Painted Porcelain Pendant
heart shaped with brass bezel
3" long
circa 1900

estimate 300/500

SOLD $125

Lot 41
14k Gold Engraved Compact
with lipstick holder
and mirror
86 dwt gross

estimate 1500/2500

SOLD $2800

Lot 42
14k Gold Enameled Compact
with pearl mounted catch
92 dwt gross

estimate 1400/1800

SOLD $3400

Lot 43
Moorish Revival 18k Gold and Seed Pearl Necklace
possibly Tiffany & Co.
with matching earrings
retains period Tiffany box
circa 1880

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $1600

Lot 49
Malayer Carpet
4'6" x 6'6"
even medium pile
circa 1910

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $850

Lot 50
Robert Rauschenberg
Storyline II, Reels (B+C), 1968
22" x 18" lithograph
pencil signed, numbered 20/59

estimate 2500/4500

SOLD $2600

Lot 51
Roy Lichtenstein
Still Life with Lobster, 1974
32" x 31" lithograph and screenprint
pencil signed and numbered 15/100, lower right

estimate 10,000/15,000

SOLD $11,000

Lot 52
Jasper Johns
untitled
color screenprint, 1977
published by Brooke Alexander, New York
as the cover of the catalog "Jaspar Johns / Screenprints"
from an edition of 3000

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $1100

Lot 53
Max Ferguson
Phone Booth
15" x 9 3/4" aquatint
pencil signed, numbered 3/50

estimate 300/500

SOLD $125

Lot 54
Eero Saarinen "Tulip" Dining Set
for Knoll International
the large table, 78"x48"
together with two armchairs and
two side chairs

estimate 2500/4500

SOLD $1500

Lot 56
Charles Pollock
pair of leather sling armchairs
manufactured by Knoll
28" high, 25" wide, 26" deep
with Knoll label, 1960's

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $950

Lot 57
Ray and Charles Eames
Aluminum Frame Lounge Chair
and Ottoman
for Herman Miller
37 1/2" high

estimate 500/750

SOLD $275

Lot 58
Fulvio Bianconi
Pezzato Parigi Vase
for Venini
Murano, Italy
9" high

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1300

Lot 60
Tiffany Bronze Lamp Base
model 426
signed on bottom
10" high

estimate 600/900

SOLD $1200

Lot 64
Liberty & Company Pewter Clock
with blue enameled face
8" high
circa 1905

estimate 3000/5000

SOLD $2400

Lot 67
Tiffany Studios Table Lamp
with "Colonial" leaded glass shade
16" diameter
early 20th century

estimate 8000/12000

SOLD $8500

Lot 68
Rare Tiffany Studios "Moth" Pendant
11 1/2" wide, 7" high
produced to hang from rims of large leaded lamps
unsigned

estimate 5000/7500

PASSED

Lot 70
Liberty & Company Pewter Clock
designed by Archibald Knox
with blue enameled face
4 1/2" high
circa 1905

estimate 1200/1800

SOLD $1000

Lot 71
Liberty Cymric Sterling Ink Stand
with pottery ink pot
10" long, 5" deep, 3" high
circa 1905

estimate 1500/2500

SOLD $3400

Lot 73
Set of Five Wall Sconces
nickel plated with original matching etched shades
10 3/4" long
circa 1920

estimate 600/900

SOLD $2200

Lot 74
Liberty & Company Pewter Clock
designed by Archibald Knox
with blue enameled face and applications
6 1/2" high
circa 1905

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $1400

Lot 75
Liberty & Company Pewter Clock
with blue enameled panel
6 1/2 " high
circa 1905

estimate 1200/1800

SOLD $950

Lot 76
Louis Moeller
Real Estate Magnates
8" x 10" oil on canvas
signed lower right
with original giltwood frame

estimate 5000/7500

SOLD $5500

Lot 77
Rockwell Kent
Starry Night
7"x5" woodcut print
pencil signed lower right

estimate 500/750

SOLD $425

Lot 78
H. Vance Swope
Crashing Surf
16" x 20" oil on canvas
signed lower right

estimate 500/750

SOLD $700

Lot 79
Guy Wiggins
The Washington Arch
9" x 7" oil on board
signed lower right
titled and signed verso

estimate 4000/6000

SOLD $6000

Lot 81
Ash Can School
Portrait of a Glamorous Woman
40" x 32" oil on canvas
circa 1940

estimate 1500/2500

SOLD $750

Lot 82
John Califano
Orientalist Scene with Slave Girls
29" x 48 3/4" oil on canvas
signed lower left

estimate 2500/3500

SOLD $3200

Lot 87
Antoni Clave
lithograph of colors on embossed paper
30"x 22"
pencil signed and numbered 72/75

estimate 400/600

SOLD $225

Lot 88
Paul Koetchl
Modernist Portrait
32" x 26" oil on canvas
unsigned
consigned by the Koetchl family

estimate 400/600

SOLD $200

Lot 89
Letitia Mabel Brewster Hubbard
Still Life with Daisies
26" x 40" oil on canvas
signed lower right

estimate 400/600

SOLD $400

Lot 91
Thomas Moran
Mountain of the Holy Cross
26 1/2" x 18 1/2" etching
pencil signed lower right
with remark lower left
published New Brunswick Royal Art Union
circa 1888

click here for more on Thomas Moran's exploration of the American West

estimate 4000/6000

SOLD $7000

Lot 93
William C. Ehrig
Crashing Surf
28" x 38" oil on canvas
signed lower right

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1000

Lot 95
Earl Moran
Pin-Up Girl with Hat and Cane
14 1/2" x 11" pastel on artist board
signed lower right
the verso is incribed "nurse idea / with thermometer and spoon / how's your temperature?"

estimate 3000/5000

SOLD $2800

Lot 96
Kerr Eby
untitled Winter landscape
7 1/2" x 15 1/4" etching
pencil signed

estimate 400/600

SOLD $350

Lot 97
James McNiell Whistler
Billingsgate
5 3/4" x 8 1/2" etching

estimate 500/750

SOLD $375

Lot 98
Alfredo Zaldo
Mother and Child
12 1/2" x 10 1/2" etching
pencil signed

estimate 400/600

SOLD $210

Lot 101
Vasili Grachev
Carriage Ride
12" long, 5 5/8" high
cast by C.F. Woerffel, St. Petersburg
circa 1900

estimate 3000/5000

SOLD $5000


Lot 103
Hungarian School
Still Life with Onions
26" x 20" oil on canvas
signed lower right indistinctly

estimate 400/600

SOLD $225

Lot 104
Franz Paula Mayr
Panoramic View over Burren, Germany
near Riedlingen
30 3/4" x 64" oil on canvas
signed at lower edge in rock,
dated 1836

estimate 1500/2500

SOLD $2400


Lot 107
manner of Jan Mortel
Still Life with Fruit and Bird's Nest
12" x 9 1/2" oil on canvas
18th century

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $3400

Lot 114
Robert Nanteuil
Portrait of Louis XIV
engraving, 15 1/2" x 12"
first state, 1664

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $425

Lot 115
Augustus E. John
ink study of a nude
14" x 10 1/2"
with Chenil gallery label verso

estimate 400/600

SOLD $800

Lot 116
English School
A Horse with Two Goats
11 1/2" x 14 1/2" oil on board

estimate 750/1000

SOLD $400

Lot 119
Theodore Rooselvelt Signed Presidental Appointment

dated 1901

estimate 400/600

SOLD $325

Lot 120
Charles Lindbergh Bronze Plaque
presented to Raymond Orteig
23" x 33" overall, 35 lbs.
cast by Tiffany
stamped lower right "Tiffany & Co. Makers Bronze M"

estimate 3000/5000

SOLD $8000

 

The impetus for Lindbergh's historic flight across the Atlantic in 1927 was The Orteig Prize of $25,000 for the first successful flight from New York to Paris. Raymond Orteig received this plaque from The Hotel Men's Association at a dinner in his honor at The Waldorf Astoria in November 1927. Lindbergh and many other dignitaries were in attendance. Orteig owned The Brevoort Hotel, where this plaque hung until the hotel was demolished in 1954.


Lot 121
Federal Reverse Painted Picture
interior scene
20" x 24" overall
early 19th century

estimate 600/900

SOLD $425

Lot 122
Remington Army Single Action Revolver
.44 cal

estimate 500/750

SOLD $650

Lot 123
Charlotteville Revolutionary War Musket
with "US" surcharge
lightly cleaned old patina

estimate 1500/2500

SOLD $1200



Lot 124
Civil War Captains Frock with Core Badge
Leonard D. Tice
with leather belt and holster
Vermont Brigade, 6th Core, 5th Regiment, Company K, together with the book, Vermont Brigade/ In The Shenendoah Valley 1864, published 1869

estimate 3000/5000

SOLD $4200


Lot 124A
Group of Civil War Era Cased Images of Soldiers
including one with gutta percha case

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1100

Lot 124B
Family Group of Cased Daguerrotypes
each 3 1/4" x 2 3/4" overall
mid-19th century

estimate 500/750

SOLD $325

Lot 126
Civil War Archive of John M. Gamwell
Company B, 49th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers
killed in action May 27, 1863, Port Hudson, Louisiana
includes an extensive diary record through the day before his death, multiple images of Gamwell and his wife, his writing box (with initials), his bible and an envelope with note accompanying a strand of his hair and his infant son's, plus a Civil War broadside from Gamwell's hometown.

box 14" x 9" x 5"

click for a complete transcript of this diary

estimate 1000/2000

SOLD $2800


Lot 128
Astral Lamp with Cut to Clear Body
attributed to Henry N. Hooper, Boston
the body probably by New England Glass Co., Sandwich, Massachusettes
20" high, excluding shade
shade 9 1/2" diameter
circa 1840

estimate 1500/2500

SOLD $1900

Lot 129
Pair of Classical Mahogany Window Seats
each of wedge form,
with Scalamandri upholstery
48" long, 16 1/2" high

estimate 1200/1800

SOLD $1500

Lot 130
Von Wunderland
Rudolf Cronau
T.O. Weigel, Leipzig, 1886-1887
two volumes in one
with 50 collotypes mounted to boards as issued, with images of America, many of the American West, some Native American portraits

estimate 1500/2500

SOLD $550

Lot 131
American Cut-Work Silhouette
with three figures
10 1/2" x 14"
19th century

estimate 250/350

SOLD $150

Lot 132
Pair of Parcel Gilt Empire Candelabra
with glass prisms
9 1/4" high
circa 1830

estimate 300/500

SOLD $500

Lot 134
Pair of Federal "Double Lemon" Andirons
23 3/4" high
circa 1810

estimate 600/900

SOLD $950

Lot 135
Pair of Grand Tour Marble and Bronze Columns
Trajan's Column and The Column of Marcus Aurelius
each 17 3/4" high
late 19th century

estimate 3000/5000

SOLD $7000

Lot 136
Pair of Neoclassical Bronze and Marble Urns
11" high
19th century

estimate 500/750

SOLD $800

Lot 137
Parian Figure of Venus De Milo
22" high
19th century

estimate 400/600

SOLD $300

Lot 138
Pair of Neoclassical Bronze and Sienna Marble Tazzas
10" high
19th century

estimate 400/600

SOLD $750

Lot 140
Pair of Bronze Argand Lamps
Clark, Coit & Cargill, New York
18" high
circa 1840

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $1200

Lot 142
Pair of French Empire Marble and Gilt Bronze Hurricane Lamps
22" high
19th century

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1500

Lot 149
Pair of Victorian Silvered Garnitures
with cranberry cut-to-clear bodies
and marble bases
21" high
late 19th century

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1000