AUCTION ENDS DECEMBER 12 AT 2PM ET
Cabinet of Curiosities
AUCTION ENDS
DECEMBER 12 AT 2PM ET
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front cover Lot 513
TWO NEAPOLITAN GRAND TOUR BRONZE FIGURES OF WRESTLERS OR RUNNERS, AFTER THE ANCIENT, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
front inside cover Lot 531
TURNED BRONZE SIGNAL CANNON, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
back inside cover Lot 528
ENGLISH SILVER REGIMENTAL TABLE BELL FOR ‘THE QUEEN’S ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT’, GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS CO., LONDON, 1898
back cover Lot 502
ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO WARE CHALICE, 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
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501
ETRUSCAN TERRA COTTA VOTIVE HEAD OF A MALE YOUTH, 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
height 9.25 in — 23.5 cm
PROVENANCE:
Ex. Theodore Allen Heinrich Collection
$800 — 1,200
502
ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO WARE CHALICE, 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
excavated at Veio (Veii), the trumpet foot supporting a bowl banded with notched incised line and dotted fanning decoration, height 6 in — 15.2 cm, diameter 6 in — 15.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Label with Franz Renn-Rain, Antiquarian, Piazza di Spagna, Rome
$500 — 700
503
BYZANTINE COPPER ALLOY ENKOLPION
RELIQUARY CROSS PENDANT, 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
hinged at top and bottom, both sides with ladder banding, one side with incised depictions of the Golgotha cross flanking minuscule script translating to ‘Holy’, the verso with further script reading ‘Lord’ flanking a cross, 4.25 x 2.6 in — 10.8 x 6.7 cm
$400 — 600
504
BYZANTINE BRONZE RABBIT-FORM
SMALL REIN ORNAMENT, 6TH CENTURY A.D.
length 1.1 in — 2.7 cm
$300 — 400
505
ANATOLIAN MARBLE KILIA TYPE MARBLE HEAD, CHALCOLITHIC OR EARLY BRONZE AGE, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. now mounted on acrylic base, overall height 3.5 in — 9 cm
$500 — 700
506
SMALL ROMAN SILVER HELMET CREST MODELLED AS A DOUBLE ROW OF FEATHERS SUPPORTED BY A GRYPHON, 2ND CENTURY A.D. probably from a figure of Mars, height 1.4 in — 3.45 cm
$300 — 400
507
ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A WOMAN, 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
modelled with hair pulled back in a chignon, marble height 10 in — 25.4 cm; overall height 14.5 in — 36.8 cm
$1,000 — 1,500
508
CELTIC CARVED SANDSTONE HEAD OF A MALE YOUTH, 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
now mounted on ebonized oak block plinth, stone height 7 in — 17.8 cm; overall height 11.25 in — 28.6 cm
$800 — 1,200
ATTIC WHITE-GROUND POTTERY LEKYTHOS, 5TH CENTURY B.C.
the body depicting a woman seated at a stele with an offering, height 3.7 in — 9.3 cm
PROVENANCE: Janak Khendry Collection, Toronto
$500 — 700
510
TWO EGYPTIAN GRAND TOUR SOUVENIR FRESCO ‘FRAGMENTS’, MID-19TH CENTURY
each polychromed plaster on wooden panel depicting scenes from Nebamun’s tomb, 16.3 x 23.5 in — 41.5 x 59.7 cm
$500 — 700
511
GROUP OF FOUR EGYPTIAN GRAND TOUR SOUVENIR CARVED BONE FIGURES, EARLY 20TH CENTURY tallest figure height 7.5 in — 19.1 cm
$150 — 250
512
GROUP OF EIGHT ROMAN IMPERIAL BRONZE COINS, 27 B.C.-476 A.D. representing various emperors, denominations, and types, largest diameter 1 in — 2.5 cm
$200 — 300
TWO NEAPOLITAN GRAND TOUR BRONZE FIGURES OF WRESTLERS OR RUNNERS, AFTER THE ANCIENT, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
height 11.3 in — 28.7 cm
$500 — 700
514
SMALL ANGLO-INDIAN PADOUK, ROSEWOOD AND IVORY VENEERED TABLE TOP COLLECTOR’S CABINET, EARLY/MID-19TH CENTURY
14.8 x 15.4 x 9.4 in — 37.5 x 39 x 24 cm
$300 — 400
515
BRASS BOUND MAHOGANY
APOTHECARY CAMPAIGN CHEST, SAVOY, MOORE & CO., LONDON, C.1860
opening to a compartment fitted with numerous glass pharmaceutical bottles above a drawer with further bottles, with beam balance and weights, 9 x 11.8 x 4.6 in — 22.9 x 30 x 11.7 cm
$200 — 300
516
NAUTICAL BRASS SHIP’S
TELEGRAPH-FORM CIGAR CUTTER, WELT REISE VERLAG, BERLIN, FOR KRONPRINZ WILHELM CIGARS, C.1910 with applied brass ‘Kronprinz Wilhelm’ label to base and with impressed maker’s mark to bottom, height 5.1 in — 13 cm
$150 — 250
517
TWO BENSON & HEDGES SALESMAN’S SAMPLE CIGAR BOXES, MID-20TH CENTURY
each opening to a fitted interior, the smaller vacant, the larger completely stocked, larger 2.75 x 13.5 x 7.5 in — 7 x 34.3 x 19.1 cm
$100 — 150
518
LARGE COLLECTION OF LITHOGRAPHED CIGAR BOX LABELS AND CIGAR BANDS, EARLY/MID-20TH CENTURY
hundreds of examples of manufacturer’s proofs, including exterior box labels, interior box labels and cigar bands various sizes
$200 — 300
519
WAX DIORAMA HEAD OF A NATIVE CANADIAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with horse tail hair and eyebrows and glass eyes, height 10.25 in — 26 cm
$200 — 300
520
POLYCHROMED CHALKWARE BUST OF A NATIVE CANADIAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
height 20.5 in — 52.1 cm
$200 — 300
521
HELEN KELLER AUTOGRAPH SIGNED LETTER, TUSCUMBIA, ALA., MARCH 31ST, C.1890
two pages written in pencil on one folded sheet, addressed to the writer’s ‘Cousin Anna’ (Keller Turner) referencing a visit by Anna’s husband ‘Cousin George’ (Turner), ‘Teacher’ (Annie Sullivan), her younger sister Mildred, and Mr. Anagnos [who] ‘has gone to Boston to take care of sixty little blind girls and seventy little blind boys. I love them.’, sheet 7 x 9 in — 17.8 x 22.9 cm
$1,000 — 1,500
522
DAWES ‘BLACK HORSE ALE’ PROMOTIONAL MODEL OF A PERCHERON DRAFT HORSE, MID-20TH CENTURY
signed cast and polychromed aluminum model after agricultural artist Ross Butler (1907-1995), with maker’s mark to underside base (Dunbar Aluminum Foundry Ltd., Kitchener, Ont.), 12 x 11.4 x 2.4 in — 30.5 x 29 x 6 cm
$800 — 1,000
523
GROUP OF FIFTEEN TURKISH MEERSCHAUM CHARACTER PIPES, PIPE BOWLS AND CHEROOT HOLDERS, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
various sizes, longest length 15 in — 38.1 cm
$300 — 400
524
LARGE CARVED IVORY PAGINATOR, LATE 19TH CENTURY
length 18.7 in — 47.6 cm
$80 — 120
LIMOGES COPPER ENAMEL
SANDGLASS, PROBABLY SAMSON, 19TH CENTURY
of 30-minute duration, the frame decorated ‘en grisaille’ in the Renaissance manner with scientific trophies and signs of the zodiac, 5 x 3.1 in — 12.7 x 8 cm
$300 — 400
526
LARGE ITALIAN SILVER MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL VENEERED AND CARVED MARBLE CRUCIFIX, SICILY, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
the marble corpus christi modelled with gilt perizoma and with right foot over the left, silver with unidentified impressed marks, 33.25 x 21 in — 84.5 x 53.3 cm
$2,000 — 3,000
527
ENGLISH ECCLESIASTICAL SILVER PRESENTATION KEY, MARPLES & BEASLEY, BIRMINGHAM, 1904
engraved to Miss Stephenson, on the occasion of the “Organ Opening, 14th Oct., 1910’, in the ‘Brampton (Carlisle) Wesleyan Church’, in purple velvet lined presentation case, silver key length 4.7 in — 12 cm, 1.6 oz. — 49 grams
$150 — 200
528
ENGLISH SILVER REGIMENTAL TABLE BELL FOR ‘THE QUEEN’S ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT’, GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS CO., LONDON, 1898 of substantial weight, with sphinx form finial, the bell with the regimental flag bearing lamb and two presentation inscriptions, height 7.12 in — 18.1 cm, 21.6 oz. — 673 grams
$500 — 700
CITY OF LONDON SILVER PRESENTATION SALVER FOR LORD MAYOR BATHO, WILLIAM HUTTON & SONS, SHEFFIELD, 1927
bearing the City of London coat of arms above inscription Batho, Mayor, H.E. Davenport (and) F.D. Green, Sheriffs, diameter 7.9 in — 20 cm, 12.2 oz. — 381 grams
$300 — 500
530
FRENCH SILVER ‘BEE HIVE’ CANDLE SNUFF, CARTIER, MID-20TH CENTURY
signed in the bowl ‘Cartier Hand Made Sterling’, length 9.25 in — 23.5 cm
$100 — 150
531
TURNED BRONZE SIGNAL CANNON, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER with .5 inch bore, mounted on a later walnut Naval style carriage, length 10 in — 25.4 cm
$200 — 300
532
KINGDOM OF BULGARIA ORDER OF CIVIL MERIT BREAST STAR, 1ST CLASS, BY JOHANN SCHERDTNER, VIENNA, 1878-1908
enamelled silver and silver gilt, signed verso, 3.6 x 3.6 in — 9.2 x 9.2 cm
$200 — 300
ORDER OF THE CROWN OF ROMANIA CIVIL GRAND CROSS BREAST STAR, JOSEF RESCH, BUCHAREST, 1881-1941
enamelled .800 silver and silver gilt, with impressed marks, 3.6 x 3.6 in — 9.2 x 9.2 cm
$200 — 300
534
THREE BADGES OF THE MILITARY AND HOSPITALLER ORDER OF ST. LAZARUS OF JERUSALEM, TOYE, KENNING & SPENCER LTD., LONDON, MID-20TH CENTURY
comprising a neck badge on ribbon, a breast star, and a lapel badge and button, all cased.
$150 — 250
535
LONDON BLITZ HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT SALVAGE WARE FIGURE OF HENRY VIII, LONDON STONE CRAFT CO., 1941
the painted lead figure impressed ‘Cast in Lead from the Houses of Parliament’ on a stone base with inset enamelled seal ‘THIS STONE / CAME FROM / HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT 1941’, height 8.5 in — 21.6 cm
$700 — 900
536
WWI TRENCH PERISCOPE, MODEL 1918, WOLLENSAK OPT. CO., ROCHESTER, N.Y.
serial no. 5698, signed on the bottom end cap, in a hard leather fitted case signed Bat & S. Co., instrument collapsed length 19.75 in — 50.2 cm
$200 — 300
GEORGE III POLICE CONSTABLE’S MAHOGANY TRUNCHEON, C.1790
with brass ferule engraved with the royal cypher and ‘S.P. / No.4’, length 13.75 in — 34.9 cm
$200 — 300
538
ROYAL NAVY OFFICER’S SWORD, 19TH CENTURY
30.5 inch semi-curved ribbed blade on a gothic patterned half basket hilt with lion head pommel, fold down flap, a crowned fouled anchor insignia, and a wire wrapped ray skin grip, overall length 36.25 in — 92.1 cm
$300 — 400
539
IMPERIAL PRUSSIAN-GERMAN MODEL 1889 INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD, 1892 OR EARLIER
with Wilhelm II’s cypher on the wire wrapped ray skin grip, and the Prussian state eagle on the folding brass guard, diameter 39.75 in — 101 cm, length 39.5 in — 100.3 cm
$200 — 300
540
GEORGE V 1897 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the 32.35 inch straight, fullered blade on a pierced half basket nickel hilt with a wire wrapped ray skin grip
$100 — 150
GEORGE III INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD OR SPADROON, C.1790
the 30 inch narrow, straight fullered blade with ‘GR’ royal cypher and indistinct maker’s mark on the ricasso, on a silvered steel hilt with a swollen fluted ebony grip in a black leather scabbard with silvered furniture
$200 — 300
542
FRENCH MODEL 1831 ‘GLADIUS’ FOOT ARTILLERY SHORT SWORD, MID-19TH CENTURY
length 24.8 in — 63 cm
$100 — 150
543
MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF THREE BAYONETS, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY comprising a German model 1898/05, a Norwegian M1894 with sheath, and a British pattern 1768 socket bayonet with impressed crowned ‘6’ and ‘C’, longest length 21.5 in — 54.6 cm
$100 — 150
544
GERMAN 8MM WWII NEWSREEL FILM OF THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE, C.1940 tin diameter 5.2 in — 13.2 cm
EXHIBITED: https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=AerUaQQjtPQ
$200 — 300
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 15 INCH SEACOAST MORTAR FRAGMENT, MID-19TH CENTURY
length 11.5 in — 29.2 cm
$100 — 150
546
GEROGE V SILVER WWI WAR MEDAL AND GILT INSIGNIA TO PTE. CHARLES MILES, 2ND CANADIAN PIONEER BATTALION, OVERSEAS EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, 1918
the silver medal named on the edge, length 4 in — 10.2 cm
$100 — 150
547
ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL
RELATING TO RCAF PILOT OFFICER FRED ALBERT LINDSAY, 1940-1945
including a flight log book, dog tags, five WWII service medals, various documents and furlough train and ship tickets, binder 11.5 x 10.5 in — 29.2 x 26.7 cm
$200 — 300
548
ENGLISH MARINE CHRONOMETER, THOMAS MERCER LTD., ST. ALBANS, C.1950
serial no. 26478, in a glazed mahogany case with applied metal Norwegian retailer’s label for J.C. Krohn & Son, Bergen, 7 x 7.25 x 7.5 in — 17.8 x 18.4 x 19.1 cm
$400 — 600
GIRARD-PERREGAUX PROMOTIONAL
TABLE CLOCK, MID-20TH CENTURY
2.6 x 4.5 x 6.7 in — 6.5 x 11.4 x 17 cm
$200 — 300
550
FRENCH ‘CHERUB ON A SWING’ NOVELTY CLOCK, CHAPPEMENT, PARIS, C.1865
on ebonised base under a glass dome, height 11.5 in — 29.2 cm
$200 — 300
551
ENGLISH TALL CASE CLOCK MOVEMENT AND DIAL, THOMAS HARBEN, LEWES, C.1750
the signed, ornately engraved brass dial with hour and minute chapter rings and seconds and date apertures fronting a 30 hour chain drive, outside count-wheel movement, dial 16.7 x 12.2 in — 42.5 x 31 cm
$300 — 400
552
‘GOLDEN HOUR’ MYSTERY CLOCK, JEFFERSON ELECTRIC CO., BELLEWOOD, ILL., C.1955
height 9 in — 22.9 cm, diameter 7.1 in — 18 cm
$150 — 250
553
PAILLARD BOLEX H16 REFLEX MOVIE /CINEMA CAMERA, C.1959
serial 163381, with three lenses and accessories including a hand grip with trigger and shoulder stabiliser, all in a fitted leather case, case 12 x 10 x 6.5 in — 30.5 x 25.4 x 16.5 cm
$500 — 700
554
ROLLEIFLEX 2.8 F TWIN LENS REFLEX CAMERA, FRANKE & HEIDECKE, GERMANY, C.1960
serial no.2419862, with Zeiss Planar ƒ2.8 and Heidosmat lenses, hinged double lens cap, flash diffuser, leather cased, cased height 6.25 in — 15.9 cm
$300 — 500
555
GERMAN SINGING BIRD CAGE BY KARL GRIESBAUM, EARLY/MID-20TH CENTURY
height 9.25 in — 23.5 cm
$200 — 300
556
MENAGERIE OF PAINTED LEAD TOY ANIMALS IN A MODEL BARN, MID-20TH CENTURY
including horses, colts, cows, sheep, pigs, donkeys, dogs and a doghouse, cats, ducks, geese, trees, wheat sheaves, and farm implements, as well as a 1952 Queen Elizabeth II ‘Coronation Carriage’, barn 9.1 x 12 x 9 in — 23 x 30.5 x 22.9 cm
$100 — 150
557
EXTENSIVE MECANNO OUTFIT NO. 7, C.1927
including one electric and two clockwork motors, hundreds of pieces in green, red, blue and yellow, four Meccano instruction manuals and a catalogue, all contained in an original wooden box fitted with two trays, overall 7 x 20 x 15.5 in — 17.8 x 50.8 x 39.4 cm
$300 — 400
558
COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHED OLYMPIC OFFICIAL PROGRAMMES AND RELATED EPHEMERA, 1928-1970
many programmes with statistical annotations and bearing many autographs of notable athletes, together with many press passes, Olympic postage stamps, commemorative coins, etc.
PROVENANCE:
Estate of Harry Nathan Beinart (1909-1991) Cape Town, South Africa
$300 — 500
559
THREE ‘CHAIR SESSION’ PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BEATLES (JOHN LENNON, PAUL MCCARTNEY, AND RINGO STARR), ASTRID KIRCHHERR, HAMBURG, GERMANY, NOVEMBER, 1962
each a gelatin silver print titled ‘The Beatles’ dated ‘Feb. 1963’ in pen, and with Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. (later EMI) studio stamp, verso, 10 x 8 in — 25.4 x 20.3 cm
$300 — 400
560
FOUR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BEATLES FOR THE LP ‘HELP!’, ROBERT FREEMAN, LONDON, 1965
each gelatin silver print with Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. (EMI) studio stamp verso, titled and inscribed in pen and signed by the photographer and ‘only to be used on back of PMC 1255, not for any other purpose’ and with negative number inscribed in pencil Hn53681/1,2,3,4 consecutively, 8.3 x 6.3 in — 21.2 x 16 cm
$300 — 400
561
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BEATLES PERFORMING AT THE WASHINGTON COLISEUM, ROBERT FREEMAN, FEB., 1964
gelatin silver print with Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. (EMI) studio stamp and negative number ‘HK44379’ in pencil, verso, 5.2 x 12.2 in — 13.3 x 31 cm
$100 — 150
562
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BEATLES FOR THE ALBUM COVER FOR ‘WITH THE BEATLES’, ROBERT FREEMAN, 1963
gelatin silver print, with photographer’s negative number ‘HK41452’ inscribed in pencil, verso, 6.4 x 8.4 in — 16.2 x 21.3 cm
$200 — 300
563
COLLECTION OF PERIOD PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPHS MOSTLY OF THE BEATLES, MID-1960S/EARLY 1970S
also including Lovin’ Spoonful, Elton John, John Lennon and Yoko Ono together with seven Parlophone 45 laminated sleeve covers (covers only) and a complete sleeve for the single ‘Let It Be’, various sizes, largest 10 x 8 in — 25.4 x 20.3 cm
$200 — 300
564
MEXICAN PAINTED TIN RETABLO OF ST. JEROME AND THE LION, 19TH CENTURY
9 x 7 in — 22.9 x 17.8 cm
$150 — 250
565
TWO RUSSIAN ORTHODOX
MENOLOGICAL ICONS, C.1900
each a tempera on gessoed wooden panel for the months of March and April, respectively, larger 9 x 6.5 x 1.25 in — 22.9 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm
$300 — 400
566
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX FEAST DAY ICON, MID-19TH CENTURY
tempera on gessoed wooden panel, the kovcheg (recess) with depictions of the Mother of God of Kazan, St. Nicholas the Wonder Worker and St. George, amongst others, 12 x 10.75 in — 30.5 x 27.3 cm
$150 — 250
567
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICON OF OUR LADY OF THE BURNING BUSH, 19TH CENTURY
tempera on gessoed wooden panel, 12 x 10 in — 30.5 x 25.4 cm
$150 — 250
568
TWO RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICONS OF SAINT NICHOLAS, 19TH CENTURY
each a tempera on gessoed wooden panel with a gilt metal oklad, larger 8.75 x 7 in — 22.2 x 17.8 cm
$200 — 300
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICON OF SAINT NICHOLAS, 19TH CENTURY
tempera on a gessoed and gilt wooden panel, 7 x 5.75 in — 17.8 x 14.6 cm
$200 — 300
570
THREE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICONS OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR, 19TH CENTURY
each egg tempera on a gessoed wooden panel, two with gilt oklads, the third of copper, larger 9 x 7 in — 22.9 x 17.8 cm
$300 — 400
571
THREE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICONS OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD, 19TH CENTURY
each an egg tempera on gessoed wooden panel with gilt metal oklad, two after the Kazan Mother of God, one after the Feodorov Mother of God, graduated sizes, largest 12.25 x 10.75 in — 31.1 x 27.3 cm
$300 — 400
572
EASTERN ORTHODOX ICON OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR, LATE 19TH CENTURY
egg tempera on gessoed wooden panel, height 8.9 in — 22.5 cm
$100 — 150
573
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICON OF ARCHANGEL MICHAEL WITH FOUR SAINTS, 19TH CENTURY
egg tempera on gessoed panel with kovcheg (recess), 14 x 12.3 in — 35.5 x 31.2 cm
$200 — 300
574
TWO RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICONS: CHRIST PANTOCRATOR AND A FEAST DAY, C.1900
each an egg tempera on gessoed wooden panel with a gilt metal oklad,
$150 — 250
575
LARGE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICON OF SAINT NICHOLAS THE WONDERWORKER, ARCHBISHOP OF MYRA, 19TH CENTURY
egg tempera on gessoed wooden panel with kovcheg (recess), 16.75 x 15.25 in — 42.5 x 38.7 cm
$300 — 400
576
RUSSIAN ICON OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, ANGEL OF THE DESERT, 19TH CENTURY
tempera on gessoed pine panel, 14 x 12 in — 35.6 x 30.5 cm
$300 — 400
577
RUSSIAN ICON OF OUR LADY OF TIKVHIN, 19TH CENTURY
tempera with silvered and gilt highlights on gessoed panel, 13.8 x 11.6 in — 35 x 29.5 cm
$200 — 300
578
MASSIM KATUNENIA (FINGER) DRUM, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 20TH CENTURY
carved kwila wood with snakeskin head, height 9.75 in — 24.8 cm
$50 — 100
BATAK SHAMAN’S PORHALAAN, NORTH SAMATRA MID-20TH CENTURY the tapered and engraved bone calendar shaft with horn tip and pommel, length 21.5 in — 54.6 cm
$150 — 250
580
FILIPINO IGOROT FALFEG (SPEAR/HARPOON), 19TH CENTURY with wrought iron double flue dart and shank on a hardwood shaft, length 79.5 in — 202 cm
$150 — 250
DAYAK CARVED HORNBILL CASQUE
EAR ORNAMENT/WEIGHT, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
relief carved with an anthropomorphic mythical creature and pierced volutes, approx. length 3.75 in — 9.5 cm
$300 — 400
582
MASSIM RELIEF CARVED FIGURAL SAGO OR LIME SPATULA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
with old collector’s label remnant, length 23.25 in — 59.1 cm
$200 — 300
583
MIDDLE SEPIK RIVER FIGURAL LIME STICK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
length 21.9 in — 55.5 cm
$100 — 150
584
NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS NATURAL AND TRADE PORCELAIN DOG TOOTH MOUNTED FIBRE NECKLACE WITH PECTORAL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
closed 12 x 8 in — 30.5 x 20.3 cm
$150 — 250
585
ABELAM BOAR TUSK, NASSA AND COWRIE SHELL MOUNTED FIBRE KARAHUT (WARRIORS CHARM MOUTH ORNAMENT), PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 20TH CENTURY
height 12.5 in — 31.8 cm
$100 — 150
586
NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS NASSA AND OVULA OVUM SHELL MOUNTED PIGMENTED FIBRE ‘C’ OR FOFONA PECTORAL, EARLY/MID-20TH CENTURY
approx. 10.5 x 8 in — 26.7 x 20.3 cm
$100 — 150
587
EAST SEPIK ‘KUNDO’ DRUM, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
of typical hourglass form with lime filled incised abstract decoration, natural fibre appendages and an biomorphic carved handle, length 23.25 in — 59.1 cm
$200 — 300
588
INDIAN BEADWORK TORAN (LINTEL HANGING), SAURASHTRA, GUJARAT, 19TH CENTURY
linen lined, with pendant lappets, the whole profusely decorated with deities, animals, birds and trees, etc., 14 x 47 in — 35.6 x 119.4 cm
$200 — 300
589
NEOLITHIC DANISH FLINT AXE HEAD, 3900-1700 B.C.
partially polished, length 5.6 in — 14.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
From the Estate of Rasmus B. Anderson (1846-1936), US Ambassador to Denmark from 1885-1889,
$200 — 300
590
NEW GUINEA STONE ‘STAR’ MACE HEAD, 19TH CENTURY
the four ‘rays’ with linear incised decoration, 4.4 x 4.6 x 1.9 in — 11.2 x 11.7 x 4.8 cm
$100 — 150
591
LARGE COLIMA REDWARE POTTERY SQUASH FORM JAR, 300 B.C.-300 A.D. of squat, gadrooned form with flaring neck and rim, height 6.9 in — 17.5 cm, diameter 9 in — 22.9 cm
$300 — 400
592
CHIMÚ EMPIRE BURNISHED BLACK WARE POTTERY ‘JANUS’ HEAD FORM BOTTLE, 800-1200 A.D. moulded with a similar mask on each side, height 8.9 in — 22.5 cm
$300 — 400
TWO SCOTTISH SHEPHERD’S CROOKS, 20TH CENTURY
each blackthorn shaft with horn crook, one with carved thistle finial with dated monogram (GJG - 16-X-82), the second with incised Celtic weave relief, tallest height 56.5 in — 143.5 cm
$150 — 250
594
WELSH ‘CAMBRIAN’ BRASS COAL MINOR’S LANTERN, E. THOMAS & WILLIAMS LTD., ABERDARE, WALES, UK, 1983
numbered 119812 and dated
$150 — 250
595
JO DAVIDSON (AMERICAN, 1883-1952)
HEAD OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1943 patinated bronze, signed and dated, on black granite base, height 10 in — 25.4 cm
$800 — 1,200
596
LEE WULFF 9’ SPLIT CANE FLY FISHING ROD, 20TH CENTURY
in three sections with spare tip in a four sectioned canvas wrap and aluminium tube, assembled length 104 in — 264.2 cm; tube length 38.5 in — 97.8 cm
$100 — 150
597
SCOTTISH ROSEWOOD ARCHERY BOW, ‘THE GOLDEN CLAYMORE’ BY ROYAL SCOTS BOWS, MID-20TH CENTURY
with applied maker’s decal, titled and numbered 2821, #41, monogrammed RAL, with applied royal warrant, Lilywhites of Piccadilly Circus retailer’s decal, height 62.5 in — 158.8 cm
$200 — 300
598
MUZZLE LOADING PERCUSSION CAP RIFLE, MID-19TH CENTURY
on a walnut stock with iron furniture, height 46.25 in — 117.5 cm
$100 — 200
599
POLISH SILVER, AMBER, IVORY, JET AND EBONY BAROQUE STYLED CHESS SET, ‘NO. 2’, RYBARCZYK FIRM, LATE 20TH CENTURY
taken in Hamburg during the ‘chair sessions’ in November of 1962
$600 — 800
600
FRENCH VIOLIN AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE VUILAUME, PARIS, C.1900
labelled Vuillaume á Paris, Rue des Petits Champs, cased with two bows, instrument back length 14.5 in — 36.8 cm; case length 30 in — 76.2 cm
$100 — 150
TWO CONDUCTOR’S BATONS, 19TH CENTURY
the first a German ebony and ivory example with ornately carved terminals including a lyre and musical trophy, the second, ebony, ivory and fruitwood, first length 14.2 in — 36 cm; second length 14.4 in — 36.5 cm
$200 — 300
602
GERMAN MELODICA, SYMPLEXOPHON, AEROPHONE, OR BLOW ACCORDION, C.1870
length 15.7 in — 39.9 cm
$100 — 150
603
MARCHING BAND VERTICAL BELL LYRE (GLOCKENSPIEL), MID-20TH CENTURY
with horse hair tassels, a felt hammer and soft carrying case, 26 x 19 in — 66 x 48.3 cm
$150 — 250
604
THREE WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS, 20TH CENTURY
comprising an French ebony piccolo, a B clarinet signed D. Noblet, Paris, and a mahogany cased English ebony flute, clarinet length 26 in — 66 cm
$200 — 300
605
RUSSIAN CAST IRON MEDALLION COMMEMORATIVE OF THE CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER PUSHKIN, KASLI FOUNDRY, 1937
with foundry mark and registration number verso, diameter 8.7 in — 22 cm
$100 — 150
606
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS (AMERICAN, 1914-1997)
NAKED LUNCH
8vo., 1st edition, 255pp., New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1959, 8.25 x 5.70 in — 21 x 14.5 cm
$200 — 300
607
ILLUMINATED BINDING
THE VISION: OR, HELL, PURGATORY, AND PARADISE OF DANTE ALIGHIER
12mo., the cover designed as an illuminated manuscript with hand coloured foliate scrolls, raised gilt decoration and a watercolour of Dante, published at Venice, S. Rosen, Piazza St. Marc N., 40-41, 7.4 x 5.12 in — 18.8 x 13 cm
$200 — 300
608
LIEUT. WM. EDWARDS, 86TH REGT. SKETCHES IN SCINDE
folio, lithographed pictorial title signed C. Napier in the print, dedication, plan, list of plated printed in blue, and 10 tinted lithograph plates by Charles Haghe after Edwards, in contemporary red moroccobacked cloth with gilt military trophy and title to cover, all pages loose (gutta-percha disintegrated), London, Henry Graves & Co., 6 Pall Mall, April 10th, 1846, 22 x 15 in — 55.9 x 38.1 cm
PROVENANCE: Earl of Ellenborough’s Heirlooms Book No. 1739 (stamped)
LITERATURE:
Abbey Travel II, 469; Tooley 193; Bobins 238.
$1,000 — 1,500
FRANCIS TREVELYAN MILLER (ED.,
1877-1959)
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR
10 vols., 4to, profusely illustrated throughout with contemporary photography predominantly by Matthew Brady, accompanied by text by numerous authors, in half calf blue cloth boards, New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1912
$150 — 250
610
THE ANNUAL REGISTER, OR A VIEW OF THE HISTORY, POLITICS, AND LITERATURE, FOR THE YEARS 1761, 1781, 1782, 1786, 1787, 1789 AND 1791
7 vols., 4to., various similar titles in various calf bindings, London, J. Dodsley, London, 1762-1792, each approx.
8.5 x 5.2 in — 21.6 x 13.2 cm
$100 — 150
611
ANSEL ADAMS (AMERICAN, 1902-1984)
IMAGES 1923-1974
folio, 1st edition, signed, with 115 extended range photolithographic reproductions, unclipped dust jacket, in publisher’s monogrammed slipcase, Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1974, 14.6 x 17.5 in — 37 x 44.5 cm
PROVENANCE:
Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite National Park
$150 — 250
612
ANSEL ADAMS (AMERICAN, 1902-1984)
YOSEMITE AND THE RANGE OF LIGHT folio, 1st edition, in publisher’s shipping carton, Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1979, 12.5 x 15.25 in — 31.8 x 38.7 cm
$80 — 120
JAN PHILIPSZ SCHABAELJE (DUTCH, 1592-1656)
HISTORISCHE BESCHRIJVING VAN HET LEVEN HEEREN JESU CHRISTI EN D’ OMSTANDIGHEDEN VAN DIEN. GETROCKEN UYT DE VIER EVANGELISTEN, MET LEERSAME AENMAERKINGEN, EN BESCHRIJVINGEN DER LANDEN, STEEDEN, PLAETSEN, BERGEN, RIVIEREN EN WATEREN VERRIJKT, ALLES NA TIJDS ORDRE GESTELT, EN IN ACHT DEELEN VERDEELT 8vo., 1034pp plus register and errata, text in Dutch, profusely illustrated with steel plate engravings after Claes Jacobsz van der Heck, in original impressed leather boards with brass clasps, Leeuwarden, Netherlands: Hendrik Rintjes, c. 1681, 9.5 x 7.5 x 3.5 in — 24.1 x 19.1 x 8.9 cm
$800 — 1,200
614
BINDER OF AMERICAN POST CARDS, MILITARY BUTTONS AND INSIGNIA, 19TH CENTURY
various sizes
$100 — 150
615
APOLLO SPACE PROGRAM INTEREST: SMALL ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL RELATED TO ASTRONAUT JAMES IRWIN including an autographed (laminated) poster; an autographed copy of his book ‘DESTINATION: MOON’ and other autographed ephemera, poster 19 x 13.5 in — 48.3 x 34.3 cm
$100 — 150
616
THREE ACADEMIC ANATOMICAL STUDIES, 19TH CENTURY
largest height 33.5 in — 85.1 cm
$100 — 150
617
LEOPOLD STEINRUCKER (1801-1876), AUSTRIAN
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, C.1840 graphite on card, with secondary portrait of the same sitter verso, sight 3.5 x 2.75 in — 8.9 x 7 cm; framed 8.75 x 7.5 in — 22.2 x 19.1 cm
$100 — 150
618
TIMOTHY PONT, (1560-1614) AND JOAN BLAEU, (1596-1673)
ANNANDIAE PRAEFECTURA, VULGO, THE STEWARTRIE OF ANNANDAIL hand coloured copper engraved map of ‘The Stewartry of Annandale’, a regional map of Scotland, covering East Dumfries, Annan and Solway Firth, from the first atlas of Scotland published by Blaeu at Amsterdam in 1654, framed 26.5 x 29.5 in — 67.3 x 74.9 cm; sight 17 x 20.5 in — 43.2 x 52.1 cm
$200 — 300
