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Sat, Sep 27, 2008 11:00 AM  Eastern

Featuring: This aucton will feature over 300 fine & rare lots from many periods and makers including, Belter, Herter, Meeks, Tiffany, Guy Wiggins, KPM, Chiparus, Gorham, Icart, Pontiac, Mene, Horner & many more

 
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Large Signed W Moorcroft
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $825.00

Lot # 1

Large Signed W Moorcroft Anemone Vase

Large signed w moorcroft anemone vase. Features a large tube lined border depicting 7 blooming and 7 open anemone flowers in washed shades of red and blue. The border of flowers is backed by decorative filigree in green. The washed background gradates from tones of green to deep blue at the base with blue interior. The base is signed w. Moorcroft, impressed and painted. Shows crazing throughout the glaze. In very good, clean condition, no chips, cracks, breaks or repairs. 10"w x 10. 5"h. Estimated value $600 - 800.

J &jw Meeks Pierce Carved
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SOLD: $11,000.00

Lot # 2

J &jw Meeks Pierce Carved Rosewood Marble Top Sideboard

J & jw meeks pierce carved rosewood marble top sideboard. Having a 3 part pierce carved crested gallery. The two side crests, carved with swirled filigree, sit over 2 shelves and two mirrors with carved supports. The top supports have a second arm branching out to a round candle platform. The center crest is bowed and sits over a 2 door cabinet with pierced overlaid mullions and decorative moldings over a third lower mirror. Below the serpentine marble top, in the center, is a single drawer and double door bow front cabinet with pierced mullions and moldings on the doors. Either side has 2 mirrored back shelved sections with scroll carved supports. The lower apron with a carved medallion in the center and scrolled moldings. Stands on short cabriole legs, carved at the knees and scrolled at the base. In very good clean and original finish and condition. 76"w x 80"h x 23"d. Estimated value $10,000 - 15,000.

Gilt Carved Convex Federa
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $6,000.00

Lot # 3

Gilt Carved Convex Federal Bulls-eye Mirror

Gilt carved convex federal bulls-eye mirror. Nicely carved showing a large figural winged dragon at the top with a long curling scaled tail, which is arrow shaped at the end. The dragon sits over cornucopias, contoured down the side frame and flowing down with grape clusters and leaves. The base of the mirror shows a deeply carved drop crest with leaves. In very good, overall condition, shows minor losses to the gilt and carvings. 31"w x 55"h. Estimated value $8,000 - 12,000.

Kimbel & Cabus Hall Cabin
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $4,500.00

Lot # 4

Kimbel & Cabus Hall Cabinet W/ Simpson Tile Inserts

Kimbel & cabus hall cabinet w/ simpson & sons tile inserts. The ebonized desk features gilt incised carvings with large brass strap hinges, pulls and escutcheons. The top shows a spindled gallery over 2 doors, below is a mirrored back and the fold out writing surface, over a single drawer and a lower mirror. On either side of the writing surface is a door. Each door is inserted with one of 4 seasons tiles by w.B. Simpson & sons. This piece is attributed to kimbel & cabus. 42"w x 62"h x 16"d. Estimated value $5,000 - 7,000.

Large Figural Ivory Roost
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $2,750.00

Lot # 5

Large Figural Ivory Rooster Ship With 7 Immortals

Large figural ivory rooster ship with 7 immortals. Shows a large ship, shaped in the front with a roosters head and wings. On the deck, 7 large figural chinese immortals are standing and sitting with props, food and a treasure sack. Has a large carved mast with a single character etched in the sail and an oversized rudder. Attributed to gyoku shinsae. Shows some minor losses, overall in good condition. 14"w x 9"h x 10"d. Estimated value $800 - 1,200.

Wavecrest Hand Painted In
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SOLD: $23,000.00

Lot # 6

Wavecrest Hand Painted Indian Chief Wall Plaque

Wavecrest hand painted indian chief wall plaque. Features a portrait bust of a native american chief in the center, bordered in relief swirling filigree on a deep red background. This is a very detailed piece which hangs in a thin metal wall frame. In very good condition. Unsigned. 10"w x 13"h. Estimated value $800 - 1,200.

Ej Bohman Burled Walnut F
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $9,500.00

Lot # 7

Ej Bohman Burled Walnut Figural Partners Desk

Signed ej bohman burled walnut figural carved partners desk. This 19th century swedish piece has a black leather top with detailed border. Below the writing surface has 3 drawers on either side with ebonized moldings and ivory escutcheons. A single carved lions head separates the drawers and each corner is mounted with an ebonized floral carving. The whole piece is decorated with ebonized trim. The base features 4 full standing cherubs, holding robes in one hand and the other is supporting the top. The doors are mounted with an ebonized carved plaque each with a different industrial invention. Behind the doors, 2 sections have 4 drawers, one has 4 portfolio drawers and the forth has 4 shelves. This piece is in overall good clean original finish. The keyholes all have ivory escutcheons. The black leather top shows some wear from regular use. Paper label reads e.J. Bohman - stockholm. The locks are stamped g. & h. Lagerback, eskilstuna. 64"w x 40"h x 30"d. Estimated value $6,000 - 8,000.

Webb Blownout Cut Glass S
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $300.00

Lot # 8

Webb Blownout Cut Glass Sunflower Vase

Webb blownout cut glass sunflower vase. 3 dimensional blownout sunflower decoration on tall footed form. Marked with "webb" acid stamp near the base. Very good condition.5. 5"w x 10"h. Estimated value $600 - 800.

Burled Walnut Eastlake Ma
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $2,500.00

Lot # 9

Burled Walnut Eastlake Marble Top Sideboard

Burled walnut eastlake marble top sideboard. Features a large 2 section gallery top with carved scalloped crests, burled panels and columns. The top also has some floral and leaf carvings and a large shelf in the center. Below the marble top are three drawers with burled panel fronts and gilt brass pulls and escutcheons. All over 3 burled panel doors with circular carvings. Very good clean and original finish and condition. 51"w x 86"h x 20. 5"d. Estimated value $2,500 - 3,500.

Walnut Slant Front Secty
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $7,000.00

Lot # 10

Walnut Slant Front Secty Attr. Herter Bros.

Carved walnut slant front secretary with built in safe attr. Herter bros. This is a very high quality piece attributed to herter bros. The elaborately carved crest features astronomer's tools, including a book, globe and dividers hanging from drapery and surrounded by oak leaves and acorns on either side below a nice shell carving at the top. Below is a large molding carved with leaf carved corners. The bookcase section has 3 adjustable shelves and 2 beveled glass doors featuring a silver banded ivy leaf and berry pattern. On either side of the doors are vertical fish scale moldings with leaf carvings at the top cornice. Either side of the slant front desk has leaf and berry carvings over figural lions heads with scrolled bases. The lid features a burled panel in the center, which drops forward as the writing surface. The inside is complete with a satinwood interior and a 6 section compartment over 3 drawers on the right and a built in safe on the left. The pulls inside the gallery are molded with grape vines and show a brown patina with gilt. The base shows a single carved drawer over 2 doors, which are carved with north wind faces, drapery and fruit. The locks are signed g. Bayer, pat. Feb. 6, 1872. This piece is in excellent, clean original finish and condition, showing no flaws or repairs. 43. 5"w x 106"h x 22. 5"d. Estimated value $7,500 - 10,000.

Walnut Salesman Victorian
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $2,000.00

Lot # 11

Walnut Salesman Victorian Dining Table With Leaves

Walnut salesman sample victorian dining table with leaves and rack. 18" dining table features a nice clean top with moldings around the apron. The split pedestal has 4 legs with corbels and scrolled feet on casters. Complete with a rack of 5 original leaves. In good, clean, original finish and condition. 18"w x 13"h. Estimated value $2,000 - 3,000.

L C Tiffany Favrile Blue
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $900.00

Lot # 12

L C Tiffany Favrile Blue Cased Onion-form Vase

L c tiffany favrile blue cased onion-form vase. Shows a long thin neck leading to the bulbous base, vertically striped with light blue, cased white striated glass. Signed on the bottom l. C tiffany - favrile 2497 m. In original condition. Shows 2 minor inclusions on the inside, caused in the making. 7"h. Estimated value $700 - 900.

19c Sevres Porcelain Bron
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $6,000.00

Lot # 13

19c Sevres Porcelain Bronze Mounted Urn

19c sevres porcelain bronze mounted urn. Signed under the lid, this urn features a hand painted pastoral scene with ruins on one side and cupid and a woman dancing on the other. Swivel pedestal base with bronze mounts at both sides. Condition: excellent, no losses. 11. 5"w x 29. 5"h x 10. 5"d. Estimated value $6,000 - 8,000.

Marble Top Rosewood 2 Doo
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $1,500.00

Lot # 14

Marble Top Rosewood 2 Door Parlor Photo Cabinet

Marble top rosewood 2 door parlor photo cabinet. Features a black marble top over a thick carved molding. The sides are decorated with scroll carved corbels. The 2 paneled front doors have applied carvings, drop crests and separate hinged panels with an oval photo frame in the center. A single panel screen on either side slides out and displays more framed photos, over a satin lined back. Inside is a single small drawer at the base. This piece is in very good clean condition with a nice finish. 38"w x 53"h x 14"d. Estimated value $2,500 - 3,500.

J. A. Whaley 16' Tulip Le
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $800.00

Lot # 15

J. A. Whaley 16' Tulip Leaded Table Lamp

J.A. Whaley 16" tulip leaded table lamp. The conical shade is decorated with large pink tulips and filigree with a single brick row border at the bottom. The shade sits on a whaley weighted bronze base with the original spherical 3 socket cluster (original pulls) and decorative wheel and finial at the top. Shade 16" diameter x 22"h. Estimated value $1,200 - 1,800.

French Burled Walnut Moun
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $500.00

Lot # 16

French Burled Walnut Mounted Fernery

French burled walnut bronze mounted fernery. Shows an irregular tapered serpentine shape with gilded mounts forming the legs, feet, handles and top gallery. The inside and the bottom molding are ebonized. In very good clean original finish and condition. 15. 5"w x 7"h x 10. 5"d. Estimated value $600 - 800.

Ac Williams Two Faced Fig
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $250.00

Lot # 17

Ac Williams Two Faced Figural Black Cast Iron Bank

Ac williams two faced figural black cast iron bank. Features an african american male face front and back with a smile and large white teeth. His face is painted black, with white eyes. He wears a gold hood and shirt collar, showing at the neck. The paint is original and in overall good condition.3. 5"w x 4"h x 3. 5"d. Estimated value $200 - 400.

Pair Of Figural Bronze Oi
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $8,000.00

Lot # 18

Pair Of Figural Bronze Oil Torchieres

Pair of figural bronze oil torchieres. One shows a robed woman and the other shows a nude man with a leaf covering his mid section and a robe in his left hand, these figures are shown at the base of the fluted shafts. Both lamps feature a double font oil lamp on top molded with leaves and filigree. They are mounted with a nude figure of zeus holding a robe. The oil lamps are freestanding in an inverted bell shaped platform, which is also molded with filigree. The base of these lamps features a decorated platform, on which the figures stand. 3 figural lions head legs and claw feet. These pieces are complete with no losses or notable flaws, both showing a clean original brown patina. 7"w x 71"h. Estimated value $7,000 - 9,000.

Kimbel & Cabus And Minton
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $5,500.00

Lot # 19

Kimbel & Cabus And Minton Tiled Walnut Sideboard

Large kimbel & cabus walnut sideboard with minton tiled crest. Features a large paneled back with a single shelf and a carved and incised crest with a minton tile insert. The base shows two drawers above and below the 4 paneled doors divided by 3 gothic style columns. The upper drawers are scalloped on the edge. The drawers have silvered bronze decorative pulls and escutcheons and the doors have large strap silvered bronze hinges. Very good clean original finish and condition, showing no notable losses. 69"w x 83"h x 25. 5"d. Estimated value $6,000 - 8,000.

Large Inlaid Rosewood Wei
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $7,250.00

Lot # 20

Large Inlaid Rosewood Weight Driven Vienna Regulator

Large inlaid rosewood weight driven vienna regulator wall clock. Features an elaborate filigree carved crest with brass, copper and pewter inlay on the crest-rail. The door shows matching sections of inlay on either side. The bottom bracket has intricate matching inlay and a carved drop finial. The movement is a single weight time only with a porcelain dial. In very good clean condition. 22"w x 79"h x 10"d. Estimated value $6,000 - 8,000.

Fender 6 String Acoustic
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $550.00

Lot # 21

Fender 6 String Acoustic Electric Guitar

Fender 6 string acoustic electric guitar. Serial no. 602289, circa 1976, model. F270sce - walnut neck, maple front with banded inlay border, walnut body with faux ivory corners and mother of pearl lettering. In very good clean and original condition. Plays well, frets and bridge are in great shape. Electric mechanics not tested. 16"w x 41"h x 4"d. Estimated value $400 - 600.

Louis Icart Colored Etchi
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $1,200.00

Lot # 22

Louis Icart Colored Etching - Kittens, Petits Chats

Louis icart. Kittens - petits chats. Signed in the lower right corner louis icart and is numbered 131. The scene shows two women lounging with a cat at their feet. The title is "petits chats" or "kittens". The oval plate mark is 14 1/2" x 19". Circa 1923. In very good, clean condition, no losses, folds, seams, scratches or foxing. 19"w x 15"h. Estimated value $800 - 1,200.

Herter Bros. Attr. Renais
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $4,750.00

Lot # 23

Herter Bros. Attr. Renaissance Revival Pedistal

Renaissance revival carved & gilt incised walnut pedestal, attr. Herter bros. Shows a carved and incised drop apron under the top. The large center column is nicely turned and shows a gilt fluted section with decorative gilt incising above and below. The 2 turned support columns, which are fixed to the center column, show gilt fluting and incising with carved round mounts on either side. The bottom platform is complete with a splayed apron decorated in gilt and a carved skirt over 4 turned feet. In very good original condition. 18"w x 37. 5"h x 18"d. Estimated value $5,000 - 7,500.

Carved Mahogany Etegere W
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $1,800.00

Lot # 24

Carved Mahogany Etegere W/ Beveled Doors

Carved mahogany etegere w/ beveled doors. Shows a nice triple arched crest with shell and swirled filigree carvings. The top section shows 2 single door cabinets with beveled mirrors in the back and beveled glass doors. Has decorative beaded and incised moldings above and around the framing of the doors. The center has a tall arched beveled mirror, behind a bowed shelf with a nice spindled gallery. The lower section shows two taller cabinets, each with a single shelf. In between is a concave bowed shelf with a spindled gallery and carved corbels and a second bowed shelf below. Stands on 4 petite cabriole legs with a carved apron in between. In very good overall condition, original finish. 46"w x 70"h x 17"d. Estimated value $1,200 - 1,500.

Margolis Carved And Gilt
Hot Lot!
SOLD: $850.00

Lot # 25

Margolis Carved And Gilt Mahogany Inlaid Hall Mirror

Margolis carved and gilt mahogany inlaid hall mirror. Shows a gilt broken arched crest with floral mounts and an urn finial in the center, sprouting with flowers. Below the finial is a colorful section of inlay. Flowing down the sides of the mirror is a single row of gilt fruit and leaves. The mirror is bordered with gilt moldings and banded inlay. In very good and clean original condition. 23"w x 59"h. Estimated value $800 - 1,200.

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