4 day antique and collectible auction 7-27-10 Tue
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | 6:30 PM Pacific
Auction closed.
4 day antique and collectible auction 7-27-10 Tue
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | 6:30 PM Pacific
Auction closed.
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carved cameo brooch
Lot # 1452 (Sale Order: 2 of 349)
The most popular cameos today are carved in sea shells, a tradition that began in the fifteenth or sixteenth century and was popularized by Queen Victoria of England. Since that time, cameos have predominately showcased women's profiles, and been worn by women who enjoy the beauty and craftsmanship of hand-carved cameos.
carved cameo brooch
Lot # 1453 (Sale Order: 3 of 349)
The most popular cameos today are carved in sea shells, a tradition that began in the fifteenth or sixteenth century and was popularized by Queen Victoria of England. Since that time, cameos have predominately showcased women's profiles, and been worn by women who enjoy the beauty and craftsmanship of hand-carved cameos.
ladies 14KT gold and tanzanite necklace
Lot # 1456 (Sale Order: 6 of 349)
from Wiesfield jewelry store
early handmade coin sterling silver ladle
Lot # 1459 (Sale Order: 9 of 349)
with horn, we're sure the bowl is also silver due to the look and weight of this piece, you can see an old coin was used to make the center of the ladle
large cameo brooch in French Ivory case
Lot # 1462 (Sale Order: 12 of 349)
The most popular cameos today are carved in sea shells, a tradition that began in the fifteenth or sixteenth century and was popularized by Queen Victoria of England. Since that time, cameos have predominately showcased women's profiles, and been worn by women who enjoy the beauty and craftsmanship of hand-carved cameos.
cameo ring in French Ivory case
Lot # 1463 (Sale Order: 13 of 349)
The most popular cameos today are carved in sea shells, a tradition that began in the fifteenth or sixteenth century and was popularized by Queen Victoria of England. Since that time, cameos have predominately showcased women's profiles, and been worn by women who enjoy the beauty and craftsmanship of hand-carved cameos.
Pre Ban Ivory Asian puzzle ball on stand
Lot # 1464 (Sale Order: 14 of 349)
Description features:The Ivory Puzzle Ball comes from late 19th-early 20th century China. The decorative ball has many layers depending on the ball size, which were carved from one piece of ivory, earning the name 'puzzle ball'.
To create this marvel, the master craftsman first shapes a piece of ivory into a perfect spherical ball and then bores through it at suitable intervals several conical holes, whose apexes meet exactly at the centre of the ball.
Next, he marks the inside of each hole with lines to indicate the number of balls to be cut out. Only now is he ready to cut the balls of different layers starting with the innermost. In spite of the holes, he cannot see anything but have to work by feel, relying on his years of experience and on a fine carver with a curved blade.
The rest of the balls are cut out and carved successively from the inside out. Throughout the whole operation, any hair-thin mistake would ruin the entire work of art. The outer layer is the thickest and has been carved with Chinese dragons and phoenixes.
Puzzle balls were very common. The ivory was probably shipped from Africa, carved in China and exported to Europe where they were popular.
Elephants are now an endangered species. It is now illegal to buy ivory from an elephant killed after 1947. Buy our high quality imitation ivory crafted by our highly skilled craftsmen.
Multi-storey ivory puzzle balls are our company's speciality. Each ball layer is seperate and can move / rotate freely from each other. The outer layer has been delicatly carved with dragon and phoenix sculptures.
rare hand tinted photograph by Norman Edson of mount Rainier Wa. titled the suns last glow
Lot # 1465 (Sale Order: 15 of 349)
with label on back all original, NORMAN EDSON (Burton, Washington, 1880-1968) An original color photograph titled "The Sun's Last Glow", of Mt. Rainier from Puget Sound. Signed in gold Norman Edson with original poem of same title attached on reverse, Norman Stewart Edson,
Vashon Photographer
Norman Stewart Edson was a renaissance man. He not only studied painting in Paris at a young age, he was a poet, a writer and a Seattle radio personality. We know his distinctive hand tinted photographic images that document Vashon life from his arrival in 1921 to his death in 1968.
Edson was born in 1876 in Quebec Canada to Allan Edson a noted oil painter. In 1905 Edson traveled to Everett, Washington and after a series of odd jobs and served as a photographer’s apprentice under Bert J. Brush. Mr. Edson then opened his own studio on Hewitt Avenue. He had success in photographing Tulalip Indians, logging camps and Northwest scenes until the economic downturn of 1907 sent him back to Glen Sutton, Quebec.
Edson did not give up; he perfected his scenic tinted photography and found many eager customers in Montreal. His desire to return to the Northwest was realized in 1911 when he, his bride and young daughter rode the train this time to Tacoma. Edson describes the sunny day in 1921 when he boarded a steamer for a ride to Browns Point. When he landed in Burton by mistake and found a perfect location for his studio with water view next to a church, he knew he had found his home. Burton was Edson's last home. His house is now a vacation rental, and his studio next door is a designated King County Community Landmark, commemorating the life of this gifted man.
original oil painting on board by listed N.W. Artist Fred Oldfield titled Trappers Cabin
Lot # 1466 (Sale Order: 16 of 349)
Fred Oldfield was born in Alfalfa, Washington in 1918 and grew up on the Yakima Indian Reservation near Toppenish. He never knew a permanent home during his early years and held many jobs as he was growing up. Most often, he worked as a cowhand. He remembers nights on the prairie so cold that he would literally set tumbleweeds on fire, to lie down in the warm spot they made as they burned. "You could sleep for about two hours before the cold woke you up" he'd recall. These early experiences would later appear in his paintings.
He did not realize that he had potential as an artist until he painted a flower on a bunkhouse wall when he was about 17. He also painted a frame around it and a nail to hang it on "and it really looked like a thistle." Fred created his first salable paintings in Alaska, working on discarded 9"x 9" linoleum tiles, they were sold for him by his landlady, a woman of somewhat shady reputation but incredible sales ability. The lady, whom he laughingly describes as his first agent, was able to get as much as $10 each for his work--a fortune in 1941.
When the war started, he headed back to the States to join the Army, painting patriotic scenes on leather jackets worn by fellow travelers on the boat. It was while he was in the Army that he really got excited about painting and began to think he might make a living as an artist. After the war, he attended art school in Seattle under the G.I. Bill and began painting murals on walls in Alaska, Canada and throughout the Northwest.
Buyers loved the landscapes of Mt. Rainier, but it was his evocative western paintings that became his trademark. He was painting the crusty, rough and ready cowhand that he'd known all his life and buyers were beginning to recognize the name of Fred Oldfield. Finally, it began to pay off. In the last six months of 1964 ~ incredibly ~ he made $4,500 selling artwork. In 1965 sales jumped to $7,500. Fred Oldfield was on his way.
Wallace Rose Point sterling Pierced Table Spoon (1 of 6 for tonight)
Lot # 1467 (Sale Order: 17 of 349)
Wallace Rose Point sterling Pierced Table Spoon (1 of 6 for tonight)
Lot # 1468 (Sale Order: 18 of 349)
Wallace Rose Point sterling Pierced Table Spoon (1 of 6 for tonight)
Lot # 1469 (Sale Order: 19 of 349)
Wallace Rose Point sterling Pierced Table Spoon (1 of 6 for tonight)
Lot # 1470 (Sale Order: 20 of 349)
Wallace Rose Point sterling Pierced Table Spoon (1 of 6 for tonight)
Lot # 1471 (Sale Order: 21 of 349)
Wallace Rose Point sterling Pierced Table Spoon (1 of 6 for tonight)
Lot # 1472 (Sale Order: 22 of 349)
