Fairfield Auction presents an
IMPORTANT ESTATES AUCTION
Sunday, March 18th, 11am
at our gallery
707 Main Street (route 25), Monroe, Connecticut
preview Thursday-Saturday prior, 11am - 4pm, auction day 9-11am



PARTIAL CATALOG RESULTS, LOTS 1-150
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Lot 1
Hutschenreuther Porcelain Figure of a Girl with Pelican
9" high
early 20th century
estimate 200/300
SOLD $250 |
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Lot 2
Moorcroft Art Pottery Vase
8" high
early 20th century
estimate 200/300
SOLD $200
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Lot 3
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguire
Bronze Bust of Diana
cast by Thiebaut
6 1/4" high overall
circa 1900
estimate 300/500
SOLD $300
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Lot 4
Bohemian Etched Glass Goblet
9" high
late 19th century
estimate 200/300
SOLD $150 |
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Lot 5
Large Van Briggle Vase
11" high, 10" diameter
mid-20th century
estimate 300/500
SOLD $375 |
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Lot 6
Dresden Portrait Plate
mark of Richard Klemm,
9 1/2" diameter
estimate 300/500
SOLD $550 |
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Lot 8
German Clockwork Ferris Wheel Toy
rotating on vertical and horizontal axis.
possibly Guntermann,
8" high
late 19th century
estimate 300/500
SOLD $750 |
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Lot 9
Louis Vuitton Trunk
unusual small size,
15"x24" x 11",
lacking tray and top strap,
circa 1900
estimate 600/900
SOLD $1600 |
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Lot 10
Jack Mitchell
Portrait of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
19 1/2" x 15 1/2" photograph
signed lower left
1980
estimate 1500/2500
SOLD $850
click for more on Jack Mitchell and the John and Yoko photo session |
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Lot 11
Tiffany Favrile Vase
9" high
early 20th century
estimate 300/500
SOLD $450 |
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Lot 12
American Cut Glass Table Lamp
24" high, 12" diameter
early 20th century
estimate 500/750
SOLD $700 |
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Lot 13
Lithophane Lamp with Figural Base
22" high
early 20th century
estimate 400/600
SOLD $225 |
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Lot 15
Pairpoint Jungle Birds Lamp
with reverse painted shade
17 1/2" diameter
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $2800 |
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Lot 16
Wilkenson Leaded Glass Lamp
with bronze base
18" diameter
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $1400 |
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Lot 17
Handel Reverse Painted Lamp
with scenic shade
17 3/4" diameter
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $4200 |
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Lot 18
Early Gustav Stickley Library Table
with leather top
48" x 30 1/2" x 30" high
circa 1903
together with a mission oak sidechair
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $1900 |
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Lot 20
Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Lamp
with feathered Tiffany favrile shade
model #419
13 1/4" high
estimate 1800/2400
SOLD $3200 |
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Lot 21
Gorham "Japanesque" Mixed Metal Kettle on Stand
hammered copper with applied silver
10" high overall
circa 1885
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $1100 |
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Lot 22
Leaded Glass Table Lamp
attributed to Handel
the lower band with a blossom motif
18" diameter
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $1000 |
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Lot 23
Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Lamp
with feathered Quezal shade
model #419
13 1/4" high
estimate 1400/1800
SOLD $2000 |
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Lot 24
Large and Fine Ribbon Glass Vase
probably French
with twisted standard,
18 1/2" high,
late 19th century
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $400 |
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Lot 25
Bronze Table Lamp
with overlay slag glass shade
18" diameter, 24" high
circa 1915
estimate 750/1000
SOLD $1400 |
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Lot 26
Charles Schulz
original "Peanuts" daily comic strip
8"x30" pen & ink
July 18th, 1975
estimate 10,000/15,000
SOLD $13,000 |
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Lot 27
Charles Schulz
original "Peanuts" daily comic strip
7"x28 3/4" pen & ink with colors
November 20th, 1970
inscribed "TO JIMMY... Best Wishes Charles M. Schulz"
estimate 8,000/12,000
SOLD $12,000 |
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Lot 29
Impressive Arts & Crafts Slag Glass Chandelier
with chain fringe,
45" long (with extra chain), 26" diameter,
circa 1915
estimate 1500/2500
SOLD $850 |
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Lot 30
James Montgomery Flagg
I Want You
World War I Poster
40"x30"
circa 1917
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $2400 |
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Lot 31
J.C. Leyendecker
"America Calls"
World War I Poster
40"x30"
circa 1917
estimate 300/500
SOLD $400 |
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Lot 32
Austrian Bronze and Marble Art Deco Centerpiece
13 1/2" diameter
circa 1925
estimate 600/900
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 33
French Art Deco Pottery Pitcher
Willy Wuilleumier
6 3/8" high
circa 1925
estimate 300/500
SOLD $250 |
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Lot 34
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Table Lamp
with a band of oak leaves
20 1/2" diameter
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $700 |
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Lot 35
Handel Floor Lamp Base
60 1/2" high
the finial replaced
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $2200 |
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Lot 36
Circus Poster
Asiatic Saddle-Back Tapirs
31"x39"
circa 1900
estimate 300/500
SOLD $400 |
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Lot 38
Mart Stam
model S 43 / 1223
tubular metal sidechair with plywood seat and back,
by Embru for Wondbedarf,
Zurich, Switzerland
with metal tags for "Embru"
and "wohnbedarf"
32" high, 16" wide, 17" deep,
circa 1935
estimate 300/500
SOLD $1400 |
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Lot 39
Modern "Tulip" Floor Lamp
with tapered standard
marked "made in Switzerland"
65" high
circa 1970
estimate 300/500
SOLD $500 |
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Lot 40
Modern Desk Lamp
with green eliptical standard
and dual electrical outlets on base
estimate 250/350
SOLD $225 |
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Lot 41
Andy Warhol
Cow
46" x 29 1/2" screenprint,
published by Factory Editions, 1971
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $4400 |
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Lot 42
Alvar Aalto
model 31 laminated armchair,
26 1/2" high, 24" wide, 27" deep,
circa 1935
estimate 2500/3500
SOLD $7500 |
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Lot 43
attributed to Jean Royere
pair of painted Art Deco wall sconces,
each 54" wide, 12" high,
with later shades,
mid-20th century
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $2200 |
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Lot 45
Dunbar Two-Tier Side Table
25" high, 28" diameter
marked with metal tag
estimate 300/500
SOLD $375 |
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Lot 47
Alvar Aalto
side table with laminated legs
27" high, 13 3/4" x 23 1/2" top
circa 1935
estimate 400/600
SOLD $1500 |
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Lot 48-50
Tiffany Studios Bronze Paperweights
7" lioness, 2 1/2" Pekingese, 4 3/4" lion
early 20th century
estimates 300/500 to 600/900
SOLD $375 to 950 |
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Lot 51
Cartier 18k Gold and Sapphire Dragonfly Brooch
with original box
estimate 300/500
SOLD $1100 |
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Lot 52
Benrus 18k Gold Ladies Wrist Watch
15.6 dwt gross
estimate 500/750
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 53
Chinese 22k Gold Cuff Bracelet
29.6 dwt
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $1750 |
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Lot 55
14k Gold Charm Necklace
including mechanical abacus, mouse trap, windmill, and toaster
30.6 dwt
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $1200 |
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Lot 57
Continental .800 Silver Compact
possibly Boucheron
with suede carrying case
encrusted with semi-precious stones,
with suede carrying case
estimate 400/600
SOLD $550 |
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Lot 58
14k Gold and Diamond Ring
with approx. .65 ct center stone
8.8 dwt gross
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $700 |
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Lot 59
Pair of Mechanical 14k Gold Charms
each encrusted with semi-precious stones
17.3 dwt gross
estimate 500/750
SOLD $750 |
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Lot 60
14k Gold and Emerald Ring
with diamonds and sapphires
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $1200 |
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Lot 63
Fortis 14k Gold Ladies Wrist Watch
with diamond mounted spring hinged cover
19dwt gross
estimate 600/900
SOLD $650 |
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Lot 64
American Waltham 14k Gold Pocket Watch
with chased case
2 3/8" diameter
93 dwt gross
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $1300 |
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Lot 65
1900-O Morgan Dollar
graded "MS-65 FS"
estimate 300/500
SOLD $175 |
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Lot 66
18k Gold Chain Necklace
18 1/2" long,
25.6 dwt
estimate 1000/1200
SOLD $1200 |
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Lot 67
Platinum and Diamond Cocktail Ring
the center stone 1.85 carats
9.35 carats total weight
estimate 8,000/12,000
SOLD $8000 |
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Lot 68
18k Necklace with Tahitian Pearl
23" chain with gold and diamond studded setting for pearl
estimate 500/750
SOLD $1100 |
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Lot 69
Victorian 18k Gold Locket
with anchor
late 19th century
estimate 400/600
SOLD $550 |
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Lot 70
Cartier 18k Gold "Santos" Men's Wrist Watch
with original box, books, and leather pouch
estimate 4000/6000
SOLD $8000 |
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Lot 71
Cartier 18k Gold Men's Wrist Watch
"Privee" series, with original box
estimate 3000/5000
SOLD $4600 |
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Lot 72
Edmund Greacen
A Calm Winter Stream
20" x 26" oil on canvas
signed lower right and verso
estimate 5000/7500
SOLD $3000 |
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Lot 73
Luigi Corbellini
The Haircut
24" x 18" oil on canvas
signed lower left
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $800 |
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Lot 74
John Bunyon Bristol
Landscape Beyond a Stone Wall
10" x 15" oil on canvas
signed lower left
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $1800 |
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Lot 76
Eugene Kingman
Farm in the Foothills
20" x 24" oil on canvas
signed lower right
estimate 300/500
SOLD $225 |
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Lot 77
Robert Atkinson Fox
Mt. Sir Donald
36" x 24" oil on canvas
signed lower left
estimate 2500/3500
passed |
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Lot 78
Walter Oddie (1808-1865)
The Old Bridge
25" x 30" oil on canvas
signed lower center
circa 1850
estimate 2500/3500
SOLD $2600 |
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Lot 79
Clinton Loveridge
Grazing Cows
18" x 24" oil on canvas
signed lower left and dated 1889
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $1000 |
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Lot 81
Johann Berthelsen
Central Park in Winter
12" x 16" oil on canvas
signed lower right
with copyright stamp verso
estimate 3000/5000
SOLD $3000 |
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Lot 86
Frederick Schaffer
Yosemite Valley with Deer
33" x 23" oil on canvas
signed lower right
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $1900 |
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Lot 87
Berney Lettick
Dantes Inferno
28"x26" oil on canvas
signed lower right
estimate 600/900
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 88
American School
Landscape with Falls
11" x 15 1/2" oil on canvas
estimate 500/750
SOLD $450 |
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Lot 90
Harley Brown
Portrait of a Native American Boy
11" x 8" pastel
signed lower center
estimate 500/750
SOLD $375 |
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Lot 91
Edmund Darch Lewis
Coastal Scene with Ship
21" x 33" watercolor
estimate 1400/1800
SOLD $700 |
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Lot 95
Grant Wood
The Planting Group
8 1/4" x 11" lithograph,
signed lower right,
edition of 250,
1937
estimate 2500/3500
SOLD $2600 |
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Lot 96
Grant Wood
Seed Time Harvest
7 1/2" x 12" lithograph,
signed lower right,
edition of 250,
1937
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $1500 |
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Lot 97
Robert Hogg Nisbet
Fog Lifting over a Landscape
16" x 20" oil on canvas
signed lower right
estimate 500/750
SOLD $325 |
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Lot 98
Frederick Oakes Sylvester
Fall River
11" x 13 1/2" watercolor,
signed lower left
dated 1895
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $750 |
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Lot 99
Robert Spear Dunning
portrait of a boy with hoop,
50" x 40" oil on canvas,
signed "R.S. Dunning" lower left,
circa 1860
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $2800 |
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Lot 100
William Saterlee
A Children's Picnic
9" x 10 1/2" sight, watercolor
signed lower right,
with an excellent period frame
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 101
Harper Whiskey Sign
"Here's Happy Days"
24" x 18" Vitrolite glass
early 20th century
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $425 |
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Lot 102
American Painted Gameboard
18 1/2" x 20" x 5/16"
with original paint
circa 1875
estimate 500/750
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 103
Edward Borein
Bronco Buster
4 7/8" x 4" etching
pencil signed lower right
estimate 750/1000
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 105
Edward Curtis
In The Badlands, plate 119
11 1/2" x 15 1/2" photogravure
unframed
estimate 300/500
SOLD $375 |
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Lot 106
E.A. Burbank
"Po-Nye-Yah-Kah, Moqui, 1908"
14" x 9 1/2" conte crayon,
signed lower right
estimate 400/600
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 107
Pair of Sioux Beaded Leggings
each leg with a tappered band of beadwork, with remanants of red silk piping on outside edges and bottoms,
32" long overall, circa 1900
estimate 400/600
SOLD $400 |
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Lot 108
Monumental American Victorian Carved Walnut Patriotic Frame
surmounted by an eagle on ball with flags and cannons, the sides with drums and buggle, the other drum and pistol, the bottom with crossed rifles
probably executed for the Centennial of 1876.
overall 46" x 57"
sight size 27" x 43"
circa 1876
estimate 2500/5000
SOLD $16,000
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Lot 110
American Tavern Sign
incised yellow pine with an American Eagle grasping arrows with shield form body, the proprietery "P. CHICK" at bottom,
37" x 26 1/4"
lacking trim elements,
18th century
estimate 2500/3500
SOLD $2600 |
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Lot 112
Cast Iron "Star Wheel" Farm Implement
29" high
late 19th century
estimate 250/350
SOLD $150 |
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Lot 113
American "Skaters" Hooked Rug
26" x 45"
circa 1900
mounted to linen and backboard
estimate 600/900
SOLD $475 |
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Lot 115
Federal Lyre Banjo Clock
dial signed (John) Sawin
Boston
39" long
early 19th century
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $3400 |
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Lot 116
Tiger Maple Work Table
with single drawer
30" x 15" x 15"
circa 1830
estimate 500/750
SOLD $900 |
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Lot 117
Connecticut Cherry Lowboy
with shell carved center drawer
33 3/4" x 21 3/4" x 32 1/4" high
18th century
estimate 1800/2400
SOLD $1200 |
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Lot 118
Connecticut Cherry Side Chair
with ball and claw feet and owl's eye back
estimate 500/750
SOLD $350 |
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Lot 119
Ken Harris Duck Decoy
with paint decoration
branded on bottom
15" long
estimate 300/500
SOLD $250 |
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Lot 121
Goose Decoy
with old paint decoration
29" long
estimate 300/500
SOLD $200 |
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Lot 122
Pair of Carved Fish Decoys
with paint decoration
12" and 8" long
estimate 200/300
SOLD $275 |
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Lot 123
Carved and Polychromed Eagle Plaque
Artistic Carving Co., Boston
46" long
circa 1950
estimate 1400/1800
SOLD $1900 |
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Lot 125
Victorian Patinized Metal Statue Lamp with Pedestal
the 34" lamp now attached to pedestal,
circa 1910
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $1500 |
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Lot 127
Princess Grace (Kelly) of Monaco
autographed letter signature
7 1/4" x 5" on personal stationary
together with another envelope,
apparently addressed in her hand
estimate 300/500
SOLD $350 |
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Lot 128
Harry S. Truman
Memoirs, volumes one and two
each signed
estimate 400/600
SOLD $500 |
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Lot 130
Abraham Lincoln
signed presidential appointment
14 1/2" x 20"
dated April 22nd, 1861
together with a Civil War miliatary discharge for the appointee
unframed
estimate 4000/6000
SOLD $4400 |


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Lot 132
Val-Kill Industries Walnut Book Stand
22" high
circa 1930
estimate 400/600
SOLD $150
Elenor Roosevelt, along with two friends formed Val-Kill Industries in 1926 on the Roosevelt Estate. Hand-crafted furniture, rugs and metalware were produced there. Furniture production was ceased in 1936. |
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Lot 135
Pegasus Gas Station Weathervane
of enameled metal, for Mobil Oil,
30" long, 20 1/2" high,
early 20th century
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $1300 |
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Lot 136
Carlo Canevari
Street Walker
19" x 7 3/4" oil on panel
signed verso
estimate 600/900
SOLD $700 |
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Lot 137
Carlo Canevari
The Balloon
11" x 6" oil on panel
signed lower right
estimate 500/750
SOLD $425 |
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Lot 138
Elio Raffaeli Glass Sculpture
Murano, Italy
15" high,
signed on base
estimate 300/500
SOLD $375 |
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Lot 139
Swiss Moderne Bedroom Set
consisting of headboard, two night stands, chest, vanity and two stools,
accompanied by a letter from Leo Besser of Zurich quoting price for pieces as well as period photographs in situ.
estimate 1500/2500
SOLD $200 |
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Lot 140
Matched Pair of John Stuart Settees
with caned backs,
each 63" long,
with round "John Stuart, Inc." metal tags
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $2200 |
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Lot 142
Louis Aston Knight
Floral Still Life
13 1/2" x 10" oil on board
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $950 |
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Lot 143
Ben Foster
Afternoon Shadows
15" x 20" oil board
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $1100 |
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Lot 148
George Hand Wright
Sharecropper at Day's End
8" x 10" watercolor
signed lower right
estimate 500/750
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 149
H.A. Dyer
Breton Doorway
10 1/2" x 7 1/2" gouache sight
unsigned, but with Armour Gallery label verso
estimate 300/500
SOLD $325 |
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Lot 150
Drossos Skyllas
Pete and Katrina (a dyptich)
a pair of portraits, possibly the artist's parents,
each 30" x 22" oil on canvas
gallery labels verso, "Phylis Kind Gallery"
estimate 50,000/75,000
SOLD $35,000
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