Fairfield Auction May, 2008 Estates Auction in New../8march/224.jpg featuring antiques and fine art

Fairfield Auction presents a MAJOR ESTATES AUCTION Sunday, July 13th at 11am 53 Church Hill Road, Newtown, Connecticut 1/2 mile off exit 10, I-84, 10 minutes East of Danbury preview: Friday and Saturday prior, 11am-4pm each day, 9-11am auction day most items can be previewed during the sale
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LOT 5 Classical Cabinet Bronze on sienna marble base The Dying Gaul 6" long (7" overall with base) 19th century SOLD $350
LOT 9 Large Roseville Vase probably "Aztec Art" pattern 9 1/2" high, 10" diameter drilled for lamp SOLD $300
LOT 10 Steve McQueen/ Bob Hope vintage autographed 8x10 photos Hope personally inscribed with "Thanks for the Memories" SOLD $1,800
LOT 13 Ferahan Sarouk Carpet 51"x80" late 19th century SOLD $1,400
LOTS 16-20 and 41-46 Selection of Estate Jewelry SOLD VARIOUS PRICES
LOT 26 Navajo Squash Blossom Necklace together with two tourquoise mounted Navajo bracelets SOLD $500
LOT 28 Set of Five Victorian Rosewood Side Chairs late 19th century SOLD $225
LOT 29 Webb Cameo Glass Vase 4 1/4" high late 19th century SOLD $700
LOT 31 Native American Basket 7" diameter, 4" high SOLD $425
LOT 33 Fernand Ouillon Carrere 20" (overall) bronze figure of a nude dancer circa 1925 SOLD $1,700
LOT 34 Guy de Kerveguen 19 1/4" overall bronze figure of a nude on a globe circa 1925 SOLD $1,100
LOT 37 Swiss Organ Cylinder Music Box playing 6 tunes 21" overall, 11" cylinder circa 1890 SOLD $1,300
LOT 38 Victorian Oak Hooded Sideboard with carved lions in the corners and dolphin supports circa 1900 SOLD $1,000
LOT 50 Victorian Mahogany Parlor Set with griffin carved crests Stickley & Brandt circa 1910 SOLD $375
LOT 51 Norman Rockwell 8"x6" oil on board signed lower right study for an illustration circa 1915 The consignor's grandparents inherited this work from a Doctor Smith of St. Albans, Vermont who was a personal aquaintence of the artist SOLD $11,000
LOT 53 W.G. Reynolds Trompe L'oel with Scissors l8"x13 1/2" oil on canvas signed upper right SOLD $1,300
LOT 54 Benjamin Champney River Landscape with Mountains 13"x25" oil on canvas signed and dated lower right SOLD $6,000
LOT 55 Hendrik Kruseman Van Elten Landscape with Meandering Stream 20"x14" oil on canvas signed lower left SOLD $2,750
LOT 57 Georg Englehardt Expansive Landscape with Goats 26 3/4" x 38" oil on canvas signed lower right
LOT 58 George Elmer Browne Row Boats at the Dock 15"x18" oil on board signed lower right unframed SOLD $1,700
LOT 59 Paul R. Koehler Marsh Scene 12"x16" pastel signed lower left SOLD $1,100
LOT 60 David Merrill New England Covered Bridge 24"x40" oil on masonite signed middle left SOLD $450
LOT 65 Italian School Old Master St. Michael Triumphant 25"x19" oil on canvas 18th century SOLD $1,000
LOT 68 Carl Ockert Chamois on a Mountain Peak 18"x23" oil on canvas, lined signed lower left SOLD $1,300
LOT 76 Chippendale Mahogany Ox-Bow Slant Front Desk 42" wide, 43" high, 21" deep probably Boston, late 18th century SOLD $6,000
LOT 77 Arrow Weathervane 23" long early 20th century SOLD $375
LOT 78 Windsor Fan Back Side Chair late 18th century SOLD $200
LOT 79 Fractur David Blanchard Humility/Anger/Truth 12"x15" 18th century SOLD $325
LOT 80 Queen Anne Mahogany Drop Leaf Table Massachusettes 47 1/2" long, 27 1/4" high 18th century SOLD $2,000
LOT 81 Folk Art Portrait of a Gentleman 30"x25" oil on canvas laid down to board circa 1830 SOLD $800
LOT 82 Wallace Nutting William & Mary Style Triple Settee with rush seat, unsigned 66" wide, 49" high circa 1930 SOLD $900
LOT 83 Large Pair of Blown Glass Hurricane Shades 22" high, 7" diameter (at top rim) SOLD $800
LOT 84 Sheraton Mahogany Sideboard 76" wide, 44" high, 26" deep circa 1820
LOT 85 Set of 6 Sheraton Fancy Chairs yellow with stenciled backs excellent original condition circa 1830 SOLD $2,300
LOT 88 Queen Anne Walnut Looking Glass 28" high, 12" wide early 18th century SOLD $850
LOT 89 Portrait of a Young Man with a covered bridge 40"x33" oil on canvas unframed circa 1850 SOLD $450
LOT 90 Chippendale Ball and Claw Foot Dining Table 28" high, 49" long late 18th century SOLD $500
LOT 91 Hepplewhite Cherrywood Slant Front Desk with fluted corner columns early 19th century SOLD $550
LOT 92 Chippendale Parcel Gilt Mirror with family history verso 38"x22" late 18th century SOLD $1,100
LOT 93 Group of Air Twist Stemware 18th/19th century SOLD $1,600
LOT 95 Eli Terry Shelf Clock with reverse painted tablet early 19th century SOLD $550
LOT 96 and 97 Nantucket Baskets the larger (11" diameter) signed Mitchell Ray, smaller 9" diameter minor repairs to each SOLD $325, $300
LOT 98 Large American Hooked Rug depicting a farm house in landscape mounted with frame early 20th century SOLD $650
LOT 101 Vladimir Pavlosky Collecting the Nets 15"x21" watercolor signed lower right SOLD $1,700
LOT 102 Vladimir Pavlosky At the Docks 15"x21" watercolor signed lower right SOLD $650
LOT 103 Vladimir Pavlosky Boston Park 15"x21" watercolor signed lower right SOLD $200
LOT 104 Vladimir Pavlosky Stream in Winter 15"x21" watercolor signed lower right SOLD $375
LOT 105 Mary Vaux Walcott North American Wildflowers, vol's 1-5 together with North American Pitcher Plants, 1935 SOLD $600
LOT 106 H. Peabody Flagg Coastal Scene with Boats 16"x22" watercolor signed lower right SOLD $450
LOT 107 Louis Michel Elshemius Girl with Flowers 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" oil on board signed lower right SOLD $1,000
LOT 108 English School group of five portraits titled verso "Dogs of England" each image 3 3/8" diameter watercolor with original Irish gallery label late 19th century SOLD $900
LOT 110 American School Charcoal Landscape 15"x23" signed indistinctly and dated 1854 SOLD $600
LOT 112 Kathe Kollwitz mother and child 14"x10" lithograph pencil signed lower right
LOT 114 Jean Peltier Coastal Scene with Dories 21"x31 3/4" oil on canvas signed lower right SOLD $400
LOT 115 Victor Vasarely 29"x23" lithograph pencil signed lower left SOLD $400
LOT 117 Wolf Kahn The Tree 15"x18" oil on canvas signed lower right, dated verso 1966 SOLD $1,300
LOT 118 Wolf Kahn Bottles on a Shelf 9"x11 1/2" pastel signed lower right SOLD $1,000
LOT 119 Arthur Bowen Davies watercolor study 9"x12" signed lower right with estate stamp, "Arthur B. Davies/ NMD"
LOT 120 Al Hirschfeld Kabuki Dancer 30" x 21 1/2" lithograph pencil signed lower left, numbered 99/275
LOT 125 Lalique "Bacchantes" Vase 9 5/8" high with etched script signature SOLD $1,300
LOT 126 Pallisyware Plate encrusted with sea creatures including a lobster 12 1/2" diameter SOLD $225
LOT 127 French Empire Style Armchair 19th century SOLD $275
LOT 128 French Louis XV Giltwood Mirror 34" x 18 1/2" early 18th century SOLD $2,000
LOT 129 Bronze Bust of Mercury 13" high, French, 19th century SOLD $750
LOT 130 Majolica Oyster Serving Plate incised mark of George Jones 10" diameter 19th century SOLD $1,400
LOT 131 French Provincial Settee with rush seat 19th century SOLD $350
LOT 132 Pair of Blue Enameled Garnitures adapted to lamps 11 1/2" high (excluding adaptations) 19th century SOLD $3,250
LOT 133 Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman 3"x2 3/8" watercolor 18th century SOLD $175
LOT 135 Geroge III Style Wingback Chair with hairy paw feet circa 1900 SOLD $800
LOT 136 Regency Mahogany Chevel Mirror with ebonized trim and gilt metal mounts 72" high, 29" wide circa 1810 SOLD $1,200
LOT 137 Cased Sevres Porcelain Tea Set pot, sugar, creamer together with six cups and saucers the pot 8" high circa 1900 SOLD $650
LOT 138 Pair of French Giltwood Armchairs with 19th century aubusson tapestry upholstery circa 1920 SOLD $1,600
LOT 139 French Giltwood Settee with 19th century aubusson tapestry upholstery circa 1920 SOLD $1,300
LOT 140 English William & Mary Burl Walnut Cabinet on Chest with seaweed inlay 37" wide, 63" high, 20" deep circa 1690
LOT 142 William IV Style Mahogany Dining Table 42" long, 64" wide (open), 29 1/2" high 20th century SOLD $225
LOT 143 William IV Style Mahogany Dining Chairs 20th century SOLD $500
LOT 144 Old Master portrait of a nobleman 35"x26" o/c 17th century SOLD $1,000
LOT 145 Chippendale Pie Crust Top Tea Table 27 1/2" high (excluding casters) 29 1/2" diameter 18th century SOLD $2,750
LOT 146 Adams Style Display Cabinet 38" wide, 72" high, 13" deep early 20th century SOLD $600
LOT 147 Matched Pair of Crystal Chandeliers with silverplated frames 26" high, 20" diameter circa 1920 SOLD $3,250
LOT 151 Henri Toulouse Lautrec Mary Hamilton 14 1/2" x 11" sheet signed in plate
LOT 152 Mary Cassatt Margot with Bonnet 8 3/4" x 5 7/8" colored etching SOLD $850
LOT 153 Bill Steig group of three original pen & ink drawings, each 10"x10" each signed SOLD $325
LOT 154 Louis Orr New York 7 1/2" x 11 3/4" etching pencil signed SOLD $150
LOTS 155-161 Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) Serigraphs, each about 24"x18" Harmony Blossom Umbrella Spring Fashion Debutante After The Romance Lafayette Loge de Theater SOLD $300-$550 EACH
LOT 167 Union Porcelain Works Charger 16" diameter circa 1870 SOLD $500
LOT 170 Pennsylvania Dutch Scherenschnitt 8"x12" cutwork picture SOLD $550
LOT 172 Redware Low Bowl with slip decoration 13 1/2" diameter, 2" high SOLD $500
LOT 174 Tiger Maple Bed with rolled crest circa 1840 SOLD $550
LOT 176 Tiffany "Wave Edge" Sterling Flatware nine pieces, monogramed 18 troy ounces SOLD $350
LOT 177 Christolphe Silverplated Wine Bucket and Underplate each stamped "Christolphe/ Paris" 8" high (bucket only) SOLD $350
LOT 178 Impressive Victorian Aesthetic Movement Silverplated Vanity Mirror 21" high, 46" wide (open) old label verso, "Make Up and Dressing Mirror Belonging to Miss Lillian Russell" late 19th century SOLD $1,700
LOT 179 Georg Jensen Sterling Demitasse Spoons (11) each 4 1/2" SOLD $300
LOT 180 Monumental 9 Arm Silver Candelabrum with lions supporting each bobeche 27" high apparently unmarked SOLD $950
LOT 181 Georgian Style Sterling Tea Set hallmarked Roden, Toronto 18 troy ounces circa 1910 SOLD $250
LOT 182 William IV Sterling Candlesticks hallmarked T.J. & N. Creswick of Sheffield 8 1/2" high lacking bobeches 33 troy ounces circa 1827 SOLD $1,100
LOT 186 Victorian Sterling Serving Tray 16" x 13" with monogram 25 troy ounces SOLD $425
LOT 187 Gorham "Versaille" Sterling Flatware 85 pieces 113 troy ounces SOLD $1,800
LOT 201 Chinese Reticulated Bamboo Brush Holder signed and with poem verso probably Qing Dynasty, 18th century SOLD $500
LOT 202 Chinese Cinnabar Lacquered Box 9 3/4" diameter SOLD $450
LOT 203 Chinese Blue & White Scallped Porcelain Basin 16" long SOLD $475
LOT 207 Chinese Charger with Scholar 16" diameter SOLD $450
LOT 208 Chinese Cloissone Humidor with lined interior 9" long SOLD $375
LOT 209 Chinese Cloissone Vase 11 3/4" high SOLD $200
LOT 210 Chinese Carved Ivory Figure 10" high excluding base late 19th century SOLD $500
LOT 215 Chinese Famile Rose Vase 24" high 19th century SOLD $900
LOT 217 Pair of Tiger Maple Federal Side Chairs with carved splat and saber legs circa 1830 SOLD $450
LOT 218 Country Sheraton Chest on high turned legs circa 1830 SOLD $550
LOT 236 Pair of American School Portraits 27"x22" o/c circa 1850 SOLD $1,100
LOT 237 Pennsylvania Tole Decorated Box 9" x 6" x 6" 19th century
LOT 238 Staffordshire Peafowl Platter 11" x 7 1/2" circa 1840 SOLD $400
LOT 240 Sheet Metal Horse Weathervane 33" long SOLD $150
LOT 241 Cased Tin Type of an Indian Brave stamped verso "Bureau of Indian Affairs" late 19th century SOLD $400
LOT 242 Sheraton Mahogany Bow Front Chest with deck top circa 1820 SOLD $550
LOT 243 American School Portrait of Older Man with a folio of papers 36"x29" o/c circa 1850 SOLD $650
LOT 244 Sheraton Secretary with bookcase top probably New Hampshire legs replaced circa 1830 SOLD $750
LOT 249 Marguerite Kirmse The Pool 6"x7" etching, pencil signed SOLD $325
LOT 255 Art Nouveau Mantle Clock with French movement 17" high circa 1905 SOLD $500
LOT 265 Mogens Koch set of four folding chairs SOLD $800
LOT 266 Richard Schultz pair of lounge chairs with mesh upholstery SOLD $700
LOT 267 Pair of Molded Plywood Stools by Gobi SOLD $225
LOT 269 Modern Lacquered Chest on Frame in the Chinese taste by Mt. Airy SOLD $375