Fairfield Auction presents an important
NOVEMBER ESTATES AUCTION
Sunday, November 22nd at 11am

in our gallery
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
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Lot 2
Tiffany Favrile
Compote
5 1/2" high
early 20th century
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $300

Lot 3
French Boulle Mantle Clock

with bronze mounts
11" high
late 19th century
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $250

Lot 7
Buddy-L Outdoor Railroad Set

circa 1920
the locomotive 26" long
each with partial decals
s

estimate 1200/1800

SOLD $750

Lot 9
KPM Painted Porcelain Plaque

6 3/4" x 5" oval
stamped verso KPM
circa 1900
unframed

estimate 300/500

SOLD $900

Lot 12
Nantucket Basket

9" diameter
late 19th century
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $325

Lot 13
Shaker Sewing Basket

Sabathday, Maine
8" x 5" x 6" high
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $250

Lot 19
Shrivan Mat

29"x39"
circa 1900

estimate 300/500

SOLD $1200

Lot 20
Tiffany Favrile Glass Vase

with bronze base
Tiffany Furnaces mark
13 3/8" high overall
s

estimate 500/750

SOLD $550

Lot 21
Reverse Painted Lamp Shade

probably Pittsburgh
14" diameter
s

estimate 500/750

SOLD $350

Lot 22
Tray Lot of Gold Jewelry

including coin pendants, cocker spaniel pin, two bracelets and bow pin, all except larger bracelet at least 14k, bracelet 10k
gross weight 89 grams

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $1500

Lot 23
Tray Lot of Jewelry

including 14k gold ladies wrist watch, jade bracelet, various rings, gold bracelets and pins.
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1700

Lot 26
Impressive Tiffany Mantle Clock

gilt bronze with champleve and painted porcelain panels
of French manufacture
retailed by Tiffany & Company
17 3/4" high
circa 1890

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent, no damage to porcelain or enamel, original gilt bronze surface with muting from age. Mechanism original and complete.
s

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $3750

Lot 27
Edison Model C Phonograph

with horn
excellent original finish
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $500

Lot 28
Ray Bolger Autographed Photo

as "The Scarecrow"
from The Wizard of Oz
8"x10"
s

estimate 250/350

SOLD $125

Francis Cugat

Lot 29
German Painted Porcelain Panel of a Girl

8 3/8" high, 5 1/2" wide
late 19th century
s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $550

Lot 31
East of Eden

by John Steinbeck
first edition signed by author
Viking Press, 1952
limited to 1500 copies
with original slipcase

condition: book fine, slipcase with wear at edges and fading.
s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $975

Lot 32
John WayneAutographed Photo

8"x10"
inscribed "Good Luck Susan, John Wayne"
circa 1950
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $225

Lot 33
Collection of Autographed Photographs

approximately 20, circa 1950's
including Jimmie Stewart, Red Skelton, Bob Hope, Mario Lanza, Jane Allison and Danny Thomas
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $200

Lot 34
Group of Seven 19th Century Baseball Cabinet Cards

including Bob Caruthers (H.O.F.), probably N173 Old Judge
with bottoms trimmed
4 1/8" x 5 7/8" overall
marked Goodwin & Co., 1888
the blank backs with scrapbook residue, surfaced somewhat toned.
s

estimate 1000/1500 for group

SOLD $4000

Lot 35
1940 Playball Joe DiMaggio

a fine example of one of DiMaggios earliest gum cards
estate found

condition: excellent + with a nudge to lower right and just barely out of square on the remaining corner, somewhat off center.
s

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $650

Lot 36
1940 Playball Ted Williams

a fine example of one of Williams earliest gum cards
estate found

condition: excellent with essentially square corners, toning to front and back with bands of slightly less toned areas to face (probably from a rubber band), slightly off center.
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $850

Lot 37
1940 Playball Baseball Cards

a group of (26) including many Yankees (Bill Dickey, Red Ruffing, Lefty Gomez)

condition: generally excellent, Gomez has a horizonal bend to center.
s

estimate 250/350

SOLD $800

Lot 39
Le Corbusier Lounge

Italy
circa 1980
s

estimate 500/750

SOLD $900

Lot 40
Mario Botta

pair, Seconda 602 Armchairs
by Alias
s

estimate 1000/1500

passed

Lot 41
Chrome Plated Bicycle Wheel Trolley

with original chrome bicycle pump
circa 1980
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $125

Lot 42
Boxed "Renowned Historic Diamonds" Set

lacking three
the box in poor condition
9"x5"x1"
circa 1900
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $300

Lot 44
Northwest Persian Carpet

11"9" x 17'2"
circa 1875

condition: good even low pile with numerous small old repairs, a few breaks and losses to selvage, loss at both ends.
s

estimate 8000/12000

SOLD $15000


Lot 45
Large Steiff German Sheppard

28" long
mid-20th century
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $225

Lot 47
Hammered Sterling Silver Water Pitcher

9 1/2" high
monogramed
s

estimate 500/750

SOLD $500

Lot 48
Frederick MacMonnies

Pan of Rohallion
foundry stamped "Jaboeuf & Rouard/ Foudeurs a Paris"
30" high, bronze
fitted as a fountain

condition: original patina with some small areas of wear from normal handling, his right pipe now detached at the hand. Both pipes somewhat bent. Lacking two fountain nozzles.
s

estimate 14000/18000

passed



Lot 50
Group of Georgian Silver

four 8 1/2" serving spoons
together with three salts
18th century
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $400

Lot 52
Steiff Repousse Sterling Flatware Set

"Rose" pattern
62 pieces with wooden case
20th century
Weight excluding knives is 71 troy ounces

CONDITION REPORT: Overall excellent.

Set consists of: (8) 6" salad forks, (8) 6 3/4" forks, (8) 6" butter knives, (8) 8 3/4" knives, (8) 6" soupspoons, (17) 6" spoons, (1) 6 1/2" ladel, (2) 8" serving spoons, (1) 7 1/2" serving fork, (1) 6" serving spoon and (1) 7" serving knife,

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $750

Lot 53
English Sterling Salver

hallmarked Sheffield
9 7/8" diameter
early 20th century

estimate 300/500

SOLD $450

Lot 54
English Sterling Montieth Bowl

hallmarked London, 1886
12" diameter, 8 3/8" high
stamped on bottom
"R.S. Garrard/ Panton St/ London/ 14" together with an presentation inscription
71 troy ounces

CONDITION REPORT: presentation on bottom, oval panels left without monograms, tears at each inside curve ranging from 3/8" to 3/4' long, bent a bit on base but no wobble and it sits level. Also a few overall dings.

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $3500

Lot 55
Tiffany "Atlantis" Grapefruit Spoons (4)

estimate 300/500

SOLD $150

Lot 56
Diamond Earrings


s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $650

Lot 58
14k Gold and Diamond Ring

center stone approx. 1.1 ct
s

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $950

Lot 59
French 18k Gold Ladies Pocket Watch

with diamond encrusted crescent
1" diameter, circa 1900
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $325

Lot 60
14k Gold and Diamond Ring

with mine cut stones
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $425

Lot 61
French 18k Gold Pocket Watch

with 54" gold filled chain
late 19th century
s

estimate 250/350

SOLD $275

Lot 62
Diamond and Palladium Ring

approximately 2ct total weight
s

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $1700

Lot 63
Impressive 18k Gold, Diamond and Sapphire Broach

with a floral motif
2 1/2" long
37 grams gross weight
mid-20th century

estimate 2500/3500

SOLD $2100

Lot 64
18k Gold, Diamond and Sapphire Earrings

1" long
19 grams gross weight
mid-20th century

estimate 400/600

SOLD $850

Lot 65
14k Gold Slide Necklace

with diamonds, sappires and pearls
19" long
50 grams gross weight

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $800

Lot 66
Diamond and 14k Gold Pendant

center stone probably replaced (not a diamond)
total diamond weight approx .90ct

s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $1000

Lot 67
Diamond and 14k Gold Ring

pear shape, approx. 1.5ct

s

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $1300

Lot 68
Diamond and 14k Diamond Ring

approximately 1ct
s

estimate 1500/2500

SOLD $900

Lot 71
18k Gold Link Bracelet

7 1/2" long
37 grams

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $800

Lot 73
14k Gold and Diamond Ring

with mine cut stones
probably 18th century

CONDITION REPORT:
in good order with closed back

s

estimate 500/800

SOLD $400

Lot 76
J.C. Brown Ripple Front Mantle Clock

with etched glass panel
and original label
Forestville Manufacturing Co.
circa 1850

condition: associated face, alarm mechanism now removed, original finish and glass, minor losses at tops of finials
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $700

Lot 77
Vermont Figured Birch Stand

with two drawers and turned legs
early 19th century
19"x16 3/4"x29 3/4"

CONDITION REPORT:
refinished and with a light stain and two rings on top.
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $250

Lot 78
Rare J.W. Fiske Copper Weathervane of Horse and Four Wheel Sulky

stamped "J.W. Fiske/ Manufacturer/ New York" on neck
41" long (horse and sulky alone)
22 1/2" high
see The Art of the Weathervane, Steve Miller, page 140
late 19th century

CONDITION REPORT:
good old surface with traces of old paint on hat, jacket and pants, two bullet holes.

estimate 20,000/30,000

SOLD $15000



Lot 79
American School Portrait Miniature

depicting a young lady with necklace
also with a hair locket verso
2 1/2" x 2"
s

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $950

Lot 80
Federal Inlaid Mahogany Card Table

of demilune form
old surface
circa 1790

CONDITION REPORT:
7" strip of lower inlay re-attached badly with hot glue, also inlay at top of three legs now missing.
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $225

Lot 81
Chippendale Mahogany Slant Front Desk

Massachusetts
with shell carved prospect door concealing a lower blocked drawer and upper valenced drawer
old surface
late 18th century
s

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $3250


Lot 82
Federal Parcel-Gilt Mirror

with urn and flowers crest
46" long
circa 1790

estimate 1500/2500

SOLD $850

Lot 83
Union Porcelain Works

set of seven oyster plates
each 8 1/2" wide
late 19th century

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent minor rubs to gilt.

estimate 600/900

SOLD $1500

Lot 84
Chippendale Mahogany Lowboy

with three drawers
in old surface
late 18th century
s

estimate 2500/3500

SOLD $3250


Lot 85
Civil War Union Cartridge Box and Bayonet (with scabard)

estate found
circa 1865

estimate 300/500

SOLD $375

Lot 86
Unusual Chippendale Style Armchair

with arched crest and snake form cut-out in the splat, also with scooped out arm terminals
in old surface

s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $17000

Lot 87
Unusual Carved Ship Diarama

in a painted pantry box lid
17" x 13 1/2"
mid-19th century
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $275

Lot 88
Folk Portrait of Boy with Basket of Flowers

27 1/2" x 21 1/2" oil on canvas
unframed
circa 1820

CONDITION REPORT:
significant paint loss at lower left, with additional flaking along left side, an indent at right edge with minor paint loss, dirty.

 

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $35000

Lot 90
Federal Mahogany Card Table

circa 1810

estimate 600/900

SOLD $400

Lot 91
Massachussets Bow Front Chest

possibly Seymour, Boston
all original, old surface
circa 1810

40 1/2" case width, 37" high, 21" deep

condition report: old surface, small loss to top edge molding, demilune veneer 3/4" at bottom left and two sections, each 1 1/2" on left side , small veneer chip on apron, 1 1/2" strip of drawer divider veneer patched on left side (above second drawer from bottom)..
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estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $6500


Lot 92
Queen Anne Maple Highboy

probably Massachussets
replaced hardware
refinished
mid-18th century

estimate 4000/6000

SOLD $3750

Lot 93
Sheldon Peck
Woman with a red book
30"x24 1/2" oil on panel
(now bowed and split)
early 19th century

CONDITION REPORT:
dirty old surface, panel is warped and split down center, warp is approx. 2", very old wood patch at bottom right about 2 3/4"x3/4" with overpaint, otherwise scattered minor flaking (worst is in her hair) and a few old scattered inpainted flakes.

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s

SOLD $210,000


Lot 94
Set of Four Faux Bamboo Windsor Side Chairs

early 19th century
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $250

Lot 98
Painted Gameboard

17"x 17 1/2"
in original paint
19th century
s

estimate 1500/2000

SOLD $1900

Lot 99
Robert Street

portrait of a boy with book
25"x30" oil on canvas
signed lower left
dated 1836

CONDITION: overall very good, moderate crazing and somewhat unstable paint surface, additionally a 1/2"x1/4" area of inpaint under his right eye.
s

estimate 1500/2500

SOLD $2250

Lot 100
Cast Iron Hitching Post Cap

depicting Napoleon? with epaulets
8" high
19th century
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $500

Lot 100A
Folk Art Ship Portrait

inscribed at bottom:
Danish East Indie Company Ship Nid Elfen & Sarah Ralston of New York / by Lars Christensen
11"x14" watercolor
early 19th century

CONDITION REPORT:
very good with some light foxing.
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $500

Lot 101
Bidjar Carpet

64"X84"
circa 1900

CONDITION REPORT:
two small patches, end loss.

s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $800

Lot 102
Kazak Carpet

50" x 101"
late 19th century

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent with very good pile across 80% of area and low pile scattered across 20%.

estimate 1200/1800

SOLD $1600

Lot 103
Sarouk Carpet

50" x 77"
early 20th century

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent with minor damage to one selvage.

estimate 600/900

SOLD $950

Lot 105
Two Needlework Samplers

"M.R. Stinson, Richmond ME"
10"x12", and
"Charlotte G. Rolls 1848"
7" x 5 1/2"
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $500

Lot 107
Seaman's Chest

with carved panel and rope twist molding, 41" long
19th century
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $400

Lot 109
Carved and Painted Watchmaker's Trade Sign

with cast iron stem and ring
16 1/2" diameter, 21" high
19th century
s

estimate 2500/3500

SOLD $3750

Lot 110
Classical Mahogany Washstand

together with Staffordshire bowl and pitcher
both 19th century
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $475

Lot 112
Victorian Walnut Bookcase

with mirrored gallery
circa 1890
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $300

Lot 113
Needlework Pictorial Sampler

with deer
dated 1836
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $700

Lot 114
Classical Mahogany Chest with glove boxes

circa 1830
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $150

Lot 119
Rooster Weathervane

28" long
late 19th century
s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $500

Lot 122
Staffordshire Figure of Ben Franklin

15" high
labeled "G. Washington"
19th century
repairs

estimate 500/750

SOLD $250

Lot 123
Charleston Family Silhouette

8" x 10 1/2"
"John Lanier and Family"
by "Marion Beasley, Charleston, SC 1829"

CONDITION REPORT:
overall very good, a light water stain at lower left and lower right, a couple very small scratches (1/4" long) in forground, also a rubbed area below gentleman which slightly obscures the writing below his feet.

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $950

Lot 124
Needlework Sampler

16" x 12"
Sally Littlefield
"made in the year... 1801"
s

estimate 500/750

SOLD $325

Lot 126
Alfred Joseph Woolmer, R.B.A.

Nymph in an Idealic Landscape
with peacock, fountain and swans
30"x25" oil on canvas
circa 1885
s

estimate 2500/3500

SOLD $1500



Lot 127
Georgina Lara

pair of village scenes
each 8 1/2" x 14" oil on canvas
mid-19th century
s

estimate 3000/5000

passed

Lot 129
R.A. Fox

Cows by a Stream
16"x24" oil on canvas
signed lower right "R.A. Fox '99"
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1300

Lot 130
William R. Allan

Portrait of a Classical Maiden
20"x16" oil on canvas
signed lower right

estimate 400/600

SOLD $75

this year

Lot 131
Clara Weaver Parrish

French Convent
21"x15 1/2" pastel
signed lower left
unframed.

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent.

estimate 400/600

SOLD $550

Lot 132
attributed to Albert Pinkham Ryder

Lighthouse in Moonlight
10 1/2" x 13" oil on panel
signed lower left "A.P. Ryder"
with labels verso

CONDITION REPORT:
dirty, the wooden panel has split horizontally and been re-joined, each piece has cupped a bit and the seam where it has been joined is a rather clumsy repair. There are additionally several small spots of inpainting around the seam and a line of inpainting along it.

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $1200



Lot 134
Herbert W. Faulkner

Place de la Concorde in Paris, with the Obelisk of Luxor
12"x18" oil on canvas
signed lower right
s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $700

Lot 135
Gean Smith

Portrait of a Horse
15" x 21 1/2" oil on canvas
signed lower right

CONDITION REPORT:
dirty with an "L" shaped tear upper left 1"x1".
s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $650

Lot 137
Charles Warren Eaton

Cabin On The Lake
12"x16" pastel
signed lower left
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $225

Lot 138
attributed to William Bradford

boathouse in winter with a sailing vessel in the distance
13"x20 1/2" oil on paper
laid to board
signed lower right "W. Bradford"
unframed
s

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $2250



Lot 139
William Merrit Post

A Stroll in Springtime
16" x 12" oil on canvas
signed lower right
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $1400

Lot 140
British School

Coastal with Ships
9 1/2" x 12" oil on board
signed indistinctly lower left

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent with two very light 3/4" scratches (varnish only) on left side.
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $450

Lot 142
Constantine Alajalov

June 6th, 1942 New Yorker Cover Illustration
14"x10" gouache on paper
dated verso "Jan. 42"
signed lower right

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent, but not inspected out of frame.

estimate 600/900

SOLD $900

Lot 143
Frederick L. Potter

The Mission Steps
(a nocturnal)
23"x16 1/2" oil on canvas
signed lower right
s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $250

Lot 144
James B. Sword

Trenton Falls, New York
12"x10" oil on canvas
with Kennedy Galleries label verso
signed lower left

CONDITION REPORT:
horizontal line of inpaint in sky, approx 3 1/2", lined, dirty.

s

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $5000

Lot 146
Walter Koeniger

Winter Thaw
24"x24" oil on canvas
signed lower right

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent overall, slightly dirty with very light crazing, the back pristine.
s

estimate 1800/2400

SOLD $2100

Lot 147
Walter Koeniger

Farm Scene in Winter
30"x36" oil on canvas
signed lower left

CONDITION REPORT:
overall significant crazing, otherwise excellent.
s
s

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $2250

Lot 151
William C. Ehrig

Crashing Surf
28" x 38" oil on canvas
signed lower right
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $900

Lot 153
Frank Loven

The Burial
16"x20" oil on canvas
signed lower left and dated 1918
s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $400

Lot 154
George Brewerton

Winter on the Mohawk
12"x20" pastel
signed lower left
s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $300

Lot 155
Frank Benson

The Canoeman, 1919
8"x6" etching
numbered 75 from edition of 150
pencil signed

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent with light overall toning.
s

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $1400

Lot 155A
Frank Benson

Ducks Taking Flight
pencil signed lithograph
11"x15 3/4"
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $450

Lot 155C
Jay Weaver

There Was A Road
20"x24" oil on canvas
with Newcomb-Macklin frame
Salgamundi Club label verso
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $450

Lot 157
Louis Contoit

Portrait of a Pointer
12"x14" oil on canvas
signed lower left

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent.
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $2100

Lot 159
manner of Casper Netscher
a pair of interior scenes
each 17 1/2" x 13 1/2" oil on canvas
19th century
s

estimate 6000/9000

SOLD $6000



Lot 165
Rembrandt
van Rijn (1606-1669)
Flight to Egypt:
altered from Seghers

ref. Bartch 56
circa 1635
215mm x 282mm (sheet) etching
verso with two collector stamps,
one of August Artaria, the other an circle with an "e" inside.

please email for detail images.

CONDITION REPORT:
trimmed to size indicated, just outside plate marks, two tears supported by tape verso as shown in images. The larger tape residue has blead throughas shown.

estimate 4000/6000

SOLD $21000

 


Lot 166
Rembrandt
van Rijn (1606-1669)
The Beheading of John The Baptist
160mm x 127 sheet, etching
ref. Bartch 93
circa 1630

CONDITION REPORT:
trimmed to dimensions indicated, framers tape on verso as shown in images, residue showing through from back at ul and ll corners.

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $1600

Lot 167
Albrecht Durer
(1471-1528)
Desperate Man
187mm x 137mm sheet, etching
ref. Bartch 70
circa 1515

CONDITION REPORT:
trimmed to size indicated, pinhole in ul quadrant, areas around edges where impression is somewhat faded.

estimate 2000/3000

SOLD $7000

Lot 168
Old Master Drawing

A Thatch Roof Cottage
12"x19" ink on paper
s

estimate 500/750

SOLD $650

Lot 169
The Execution of Thirty-Eight Sioux Indians

The Milwaukee Litho Co.
16"x20 7/8" sheet
circa 1870
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $300

Lot 170
New York related lithographs

Birds-Eye View East River Bridge
New York (Bachman)
Birds-Eye View Great NY and Brooklyn Bridge
largest 25"x30"
all 19th century
unframed
s

estimate 500/750

SOLD $1900

Lot 171
New York related lithographs

East River Bridge (Eagle Litho) 19"x26"
New York (street view with Barnum Museum) 27"x37"
19th century
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $375

Lot 172
Kurz & Allison Lithographs

group of six
including portrait of Lincoln and Johnstown Flood
19th century
unframed

estimate 400/600

SOLD $500

Lot 173
Revolutionary War

group of (3) lithographs
including
First Blow For Liberty
Bunker Hill
General Waynes Assault
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $850

Lot 176
Group of Three Lithographs

Ellison Hoovers, Joseph Pennell and Robert Nesbit
each pencil signed
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $450

Lot 177
Helen Hyde

a pair of framed prints
woodcut 7"x2 3/4"
aquatint 6"x4"
each pencil signed

CONDITION REPORT:
both with overall foxing, although on the taller, most of the foxing is on the mat.
s

estimate 250/350

SOLD $350

Lot 178
John J. Audubon

American Swift
plate 44
22 1/2" x 16 1/4" sheet
Bien, lithograph
19th century
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $175

Lot 180
Currier & Ives

Harry Wilkes
large folio stone lithograph
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $425

Lot 181
Currier & Ives

A Crack Sloop
large folio stone lithograph
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $600

Lot 182
Currier & Ives

Winter in the Country
large folio stone lithograph
unframed

CONDITION REPORT:
light overall toning and soiling, large water stain on left side, numerous small abrasions to surface as well as a few small holes in upper left.
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $650

Lot 183
Currier & Ives

Woodcock Shooting
20"x13" stone lithograph
unframed
s

estimate 200/300

SOLD $450

Lot 184
Currier & Ives

Snipe Shooting and Wild Duck Shooting
small folio stone lithographs
unframed

CONDITION REPORT: good colors, minor soiling and wrinkes in margins, Duck Shooting trimmed, Snipe Shooting with creased corner lower right.
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $900

Lot 185
Currier & Ives

Blue Fishing and Trout Pool
small folio stone lithographs
unframed

CONDITION REPORT: Trout Pool with good color, light soiling in margins, Blue Fishing with losses in margins, soiling.


s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $2400

Lot 186
Currier & Ives

Darktown Series: De Fust Knock-Down and De Fust Blood
small folio stone lithographs
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $400

Lot 187
Currier & Ives

Darktown Bicycle Club (2), Scientific Shaving on the Darktown Plan and Barefaced Cheek
small folio stone lithographs
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $650

Lot 188
Currier & Ives

American Homestead Series (4)
small folio stone lithographs
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $175

Lot 189
Currier & Ives

New York images: View on Hudson River, The Great East River Bridge, New York Crystal Palace and The Narrows from Staten Island
small folio stone lithographs
unframed
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $325

Lot 190
Currier & Ives

Group of (4): Wild Duck Shooting, On a Point, The Burning of Chicago and Landing of the Pilgrims
small folio stone lithographs
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $450

Lot 192
Northwest Persian Runner

approx 3'x14'
circa 1910
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1000

Lot 196
Robert A. Parker

group of seven works together with a sleeved conceptial work by Gerard Rinaldi
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $750

Lot 197
Tauno Kauppi

group of three works
including 29"x36" o/c
24"x18" watercolor
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $150

Lot 198
Tauno Kauppi

untitled
24"x30" o/b
together with another work attributed to the artist,
29"x28" o/b unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $100

Lot 201
Korean Pottery Urn

Three Kingdoms Period
Silla, 5th-6th century
11 1/2" high, 12" diameter

estimate 800/1200

passed

Lot 202
Shiraz Carpet

68"x131
circa 1900
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $475

Lot 203
Chinese Giltwood Figure of Quan Li

19th century

CONDITION REPORT:
old dirty surface, one finger broken and glued back, shrinkage split at base (across hand and leg).


s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $300

Lot 206
A. Gory Bronze and Alabaster Bust
of a Young Woman
impressed "A. Gory / Paris"
on a marble plinth
20 1/2" high overall
circa 1920

s

estimate 1200/1800

SOLD $950

Lot 208
Napoleon Bonaparte Handwritten Letter

signed "Bonaparte"
9"x6" mounted to card board
along with a 19th century engraving

s

estimate 1200/1800

SOLD $1300


Lot 210
Pair of French Gilt Bronze Candelabra

with patinized bronze winged cherubs supporting the standard
15 7/8" high
circa 1880

s

estimate 1200/1800

SOLD $2200

Lot 211
Italian Baroque Style Walnut Mirror

26" high
19th century
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $225

Lot 212
Group of Four Ink and Watercolor Engineer Side Elevations of Locomotives

each 14" x 19" sheet
19th century

CONDITION REPORT:
one not colored, all with minor folds, tears and wrinkles at edges, but all still very presentable, scattered minor foxing on two.

s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $750


Lot 215
Large English Sterling Mirror

15" high
holds 8x10
early 20th century
s

estimate 500/750

SOLD $275

Lot 216
Gibson / Dream Guitars
"King of the Cowboys"

Roy Rogers art guitar
decorated and modified by Greg Rich and signed by Roy Rogers,
plated and intricately chased with faux diamond encrusting and highly ornate inlay.
late 1990's

Greg Rich was head of Gibson's custom shop from 1987-1993. He is best known for his cowboy art guitars, among which this example is apparently unique.

s

estimate 8000/12000

SOLD $4250



Lot 219
Meissen Tea Pot

with floral decoration
and silver spout
18th century
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $300

Lot 221
Russian Icon of St. Nicholas

8"x12" excluding shadow box
probably 18th century
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $600

Lot 222
George II Parcel Gilt Mirror

with burl walnut
54" high
with later eagle finial
mid-18th century

CONDITION REPORT:
old surface with cracks and some loss to gilt, two pieces of molding lacking (each about 1 1/2"), glass replaced, eagle a cast metal later replacement.
s

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $900

Lot 223
Russian Enameled Silver Egg

possibly Ovchinikov
stamped .875 and with an indistinct makers mark
3 1/2" high
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $600

Lot 224
Sterling Flatware Service

marked M&B Co.
approx. 100 pieces

CONDITION REPORT: Monogrammed, overall good. Weight excluding knives is 3188 grams. Set consists of: (12) 9" knives, (12) 5 1/2" spoons, (6) 5 3/4" grapefruit spoons, (12) 5 3/4" spoons, (12) 6" spoons, (6) 7" spoons, (12) 7 1/8" forks, (12) 6 1/4" salad forks, (13) 5 5/8" butter knives, (3) 8 1/4" serving spoons, (1) 7 3/8" serving fork, (1) 6" grapefruit spoon, and 7 misc pcs that do not match the set.
s

estimate 1200/1600

SOLD $950

Lot 227
Currier & Ives- copyright deposit copy

Young Ruffled Grouse
after A.F. Tait
embossed at lower right "Deposited in U.S. District Clerk's Office / Southern District / New York"
dated in ink "April 13 1865"
unframed
sheet exceeds full margins

CONDITION REPORT: excess sheet size folded under and with notations in pencil and ink, light rectangular shadowing around oval area, minor soiling.


s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $1000

Lot 228
Currier & Ives

Midnight Race on the Mississippi and New York Ferry Boat
small folio stone lithographs
unframed
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $650

Lot 229
Currier & Ives

Liberty Enlightening The World
large folio
27"x21", 30 1/2" x 25 1/2" sheet
unframed
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $650

Lot 230
Currier & Ives

George Washington related (5)
three small folio stone lithographs
together with two larger
unframed

CONDITION REPORT: largest with losses at edges and staining, others with minor soiling and minor defects at edges

estimate 300/500

SOLD $650

Lot 231
Currier & Ives

Sailing and Steam Ships (10) including large folio Vigilant and Valkyrie
together with nine small folio
unframed

titles & condition:
The Minature Ship "Red White and Blue" (fair), A Baltimore Clipper (fair), The Clipper Yacht "America" (good),The Caloric Ship Ericsson (fair), Pilot Boat Wm. J. Romer (fair), U.S.M. Steam Ship Atlantic (fair), Schooner (fair), U.S.M. Steam Ship Pacific (fair), The Steam ship Washington (poor), Vigilant and Valkyrie in a "Thrash to Windward (good, large crease through center, toned, 1" tear on left edge
)
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $2750

Lot 232
Currier & Ives

California Scenery, Winter Morning in The Country, The Outlet of Niagra River, Central Park- The Lake
four small folio stone lithographs
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $1100

Lot 233
Currier & Ives

Group of 9 including Winter Morning
small folio stone lithographs
unframed

titles & condition:
Winter Morning (fair- toned, tears at top, water stain verso), Marriage Certificate (good) , To The Memory of Wm. H. Harrison (fair), Fruits and Flowers of Summer (good), Mary (fair), Erin Go Bragh! (good), E Pluribus Unum! (good), The Queen's Own! (good) The Family Register (fair)
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $1900

Lot 234
Currier & Ives

The Battle of Pittsburg, Tenn
large folio stone lithograph
framed

estimate 300/500

SOLD $375

Lot 235
Currier & Ives

Historic Images incl. Civil War related (16)
small folio stone lithographs
unframed

titles & condition:
Gen. Taylor At The Battle of Resaca de la Palma (fair), Battle of Tippecanoe (fair), Daniel Webster (fair), Franklin Pierce (poor), An Awful Explosion of the "Peace Maker" ( fair), Death of General Lyon (fair), Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan (good), Zachary Taylor (fair), James K. Polk (poor), James K. Polk (fair), Battle of Fredericksburg, VA (fair), (Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (fair), The Presidents of the United States (good), Gen. Francis Marion of South Carolina (good), Mrs. J.K. Polk (fair), Victorious Bombardment of Port Royal , S.C. (fair)
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $1300

Lot 236
Currier & Ives

horse racing images (2)
large folio stone lithographs
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $500

Lot 237
Currier & Ives

(21) miscellaneous images including Napoleon
small folio stone lithographs
unframed


titles & condition:
A New England Home (good), Spring (good), Home Sweet Home (fair), A New England Homestead (good), My Pony and Dog (good), My Pony and Dog (fair), Grandpa's Specks (fair), Mary (poor), Little Fairy (fair), Alice (poor), Maria (fair), The Seal of Affection (fair), Fox Chase (poor), Fox Chase (fair), Noah's Ark (fair), The Catterskill Fall (fair), My Little White Kitties (good), Napolean (fair), Rip Van Winkle's Cottage (poor), Good Times on the Old Plantation (poor), Catterskill Falls (fair), Lake Memphremagog (fair), Empress Josephine (poor), The Enchanted Isles (fair)
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $800

Lot 238
Currier & Ives

(39) miscellaneous images including The Strawberry Season
small folio stone lithographs
unframed


titles & condition:
Hug Me Closer George (fair), Good Night! Little Playfellow (fair), Who Said Rats? (fair), Fruit and Flowers (poor), Hundred Leaf Rose (fair), The Flower Vase (good), The Boquet (fair), The Flower Vase (good), The Rose (fair), The Rose (fair), Little Barefoot (good), The Flower vase (poor), The Ladies Boquet (good), Nancy (poor), He is Saved (fair), The Fox Hunter (fair), The Fox Hunter (poor), The Fox Hunter (fair), Fruit Vase (fair), New York Bay (poor), America (fair), Family Devotion Morning (fair), Asia (good), The Tree of Life (fair), Autumn (poor), The Flower Vase (fair), Good Morning Little Favorite (poor), The Mountain Spring (poor), Dead Broke (good), Ready For Battle (poor), The Old Windmill (poor), Grand United Order of Odd-Fellows chart (fair), Amelia (fair), The Prodigal Son Returns to his Father (good), The Very Rev. Theobald Mathew (fair), See-Saw (fair), Fruit and Flowers (fair), The Strawberry Season (fair)

estimate 300/500

SOLD $1900

Lot 243
Navajo Rug

48"x77"
early 20th century
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1200

Lot 245
Unusual Northwest Coast Carved Cedar Totem

20 1/2" high
late 19th/early 20th century
s

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $1100

Lot 246
Carl Moon

portrait of a young brave
19" x 15" oval photograph
signed lower left "Karl Moon"
circa 1910

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent.

s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $700

Lot 247
Navajo Rug

serated double diamond with feathers
4'4" x 7'1"
early 20th century

estimate 600/900

SOLD $1300

Lot 248
Navajo Rug

intricately patterned with swastika
4'9" x 7'3"
early 20th century

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1200

Lot 249
Navajo Rug

unusual double diamond with birds
3'6" x 7'6"
early 20th century

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $1200

Lot 250
McKenney & Hall/ J.T. Bowen

Indian Tribes of North American
published 1855
two stone lithographs
each 21" x 15" unframed
McIntosh
Opothle Yoholo

estimate 300/500

SOLD $600

Lot 252
Carl Moon

The Wolf
14"x11" orotone
signed over glass "Karl Moon"
in artist's framing

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent.

s

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $2100

Lot 253
Carl Moon

Santiago
20" x 16" tinted photograph
signed lower left

CONDITION REPORT:
excellent.

s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $850

Lot 254
Carl Moon

Sacred Water Bowl
20"x16" tinted photograph
signed "Carl Moon"

CONDITION REPORT:
several very tiny bits of foriegn matter under glass at top, but they don't seem to have affected image, otherwise excellent.

s
s

estimate 800/1200

passed

Lot 256
World War I Bond Posters

group of five large format by
James M. Flagg
H.C. Christie
Albert Herter
each 40"x30"
s

estimate 500/750

SOLD $400

Lot 257
World War I Bond Posters

group of (16)
large format, 40"x30"
s

estimate 500/750

SOLD $225

Lot 258
World War I Bond Posters

group of six including
Leyendecker, H. Coffin, H.C. Christie
each 30"x20"
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $225

Lot 259
World War I Bond Posters

group of (21)
each 30"x20" or larger
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $250

Lot 260
World War I Bond Posters

group of (20)
each 30"x20" or larger
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $275

Lot 261
World War I Bond Posters

medium format: 30"x20"
and 24"x18"
(22 total)
(22 total)

estimate 300/500

SOLD $275

Lot 262
Map "Plan of City of London"

by Fourinier, dated 1744
19 1/4" x 27 1/2" mounted to cardboard
unframed

estimate 500/750

SOLD $300

Lot 264
Group of Three Atlases

Beers Long Island, Beers New Jersey and Colton's 1859 General Atlas

CONDITION REPORT: the two Beers atlases incomplete, Colton with binding detached from spine, several maps detached and curled/torn at edges, others with darkened edges.

s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $1300

Lot 265
New York Topographical Map
"Panorama of The Harbor of New York- Staten Island and the Narrows"
by Goupil, 1854
30" x 41 1/2" sheet

CONDITION REPORT:
tear at top margin, scattered light stains and spotting, light edge burns.
s

estimate 1000/1500

SOLD $2250

Lot 266
New York Topographical Map

"New York"
after John W. HIll
by Mottram, 1857
34 1/2" x 56"

CONDITION REPORT:
laid on linen, several abrasions with
losses, water stains, soiling.

estimate 300/500

SOLD $650

Lot 267
Map "Ocean Atlantique"

(North America)
Mortier, Amsterdam
19 1/4" x 24 1/2" sheet
circa 1700
unframed

estimate 300/500

SOLD $550

Lot 268
Map "Mare Del Nord"

(North America)
Grimani
18 1/2" x 24 1/2" sheet
18th century
unframed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $1300

Lot 269
Map "Orbis Terrarum"

(Terrestial Map of the World)
N. Visscher
20 3/4" x 24" sheet
unframed

s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $3250

Lot 270
Partial 18th Century Dutch Atlas

seven loose folios
Joannes Ianbonnium
each sheet 19 1/2" x 23 1/4"
unframed
18th century

s

estimate 600/900

SOLD $1000


Lot 276
The Colored American
Newspaper
Vol. II No. 45, Dec. 29 1838
four pages, each 17 1/2" x 12 1/2"
an (apparently) complete example
of this rare and early newspaper
published by and for free
African-Americans

s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $1500

Lot 277
MacBeth Broadside

May 3rd, 1802
Theater Royal, Drury Lane
11 1/2" x 7 1/2", mounted
losses at edges, stains

s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $125

Lot 278
Collection of 24 Colored Prints

mostly ornothological
including Albin, Hawkins, Barrabond
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $1200

Lot 279
Collection of 39 Colored Prints

mostly ornothological
including The American Bison
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $500

Lot 281
Collection of Eight English Mezzotints

all framed
circa 1900
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $200

Lot 288
Pair of French Glass Dresser Boxes

larger 5" long
circa 1900
s

estimate 400/600 f

SOLD $400

Lot 290
William Gedney Bunce

Venetian Harbor Scene
13"x10" watercolor
together with a pair of works
including pastel portrait signed
Joel Nott Allen
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $150

Lot 291
Pair of Dutch Harbor Scenes

the larger, 16"x20" o/c
signed Van Stuhl
the other monogramed
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $450

Lot 292
Group of Four Artworks

the largest a French Monestary view 15"x18" watercolor, unsigned
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $475

Lot 299
Yarnwork Picture

"Mrs. Gardiner's Boarding School"
8 1/2" x 11"
early 19th century


CONDITION REPORT: yarnwork on a silk backing, tears at corners, stain in sky and staining in letters at bottom right.

estimate 400/600

SOLD $120

Lot 314
Collection of Ten Signature Boards

from "C.S.S.C." banquets and dating to the 1950's, each 30"x20"
with drawn portraits of a different member on each, one with Frank Lloyd Wright, each signed by various notables
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $350

Lot 331
Marguerite Kirmse

The Hound
17"x13" aquatint
pencil signed

CONDITION REPORT:
slight mat burn.

s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $900

Lot 332
Marguerite Kirmse

Cocker Spaniels
9 1/2" x 13" lithograph
pencil signed

CONDITION REPORT:
light overall toning and mat burn.
s

estimate 400/600

SOLD $225

Lot 332F
Spanish Paint Decorated Iron Strong Box

17th or 18th century
s

estimate 800/1200

SOLD $775

Lot 335
Group of Six Spanish Faience Plates

8-9 1/4" diameter
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $250

Lot 346
Collection of Early Photographs

including dag's and ambro's
s

estimate 300/500

SOLD $550