Oil on board painting depicting a surprised rabbit or hare emerging from floodwaters only to be confronted by a fox, after a drawing and wood engraving published 1871 by Ludwig Beckmann (German, 1822-1902) and entitled "Aus dem Regen in die Traufe" (From the Rain into the Eaves, a German saying mirroring the English "out of […]
Lot 636: J. Langlois English O/B Painting of Terriers Hunting
J. Langlois (United Kingdom, 1855-1904) oil on board painting depicting two terriers watching a hole in the ground in a coastal landscape setting. Signed "J Langlois," lower right. Housed in an ornate giltwood frame. Sight: 7 1/4" H x 9 1/4" W. Framed: 12" H x 14" W. PROVENANCE: The Estate of Pia Stratton, Nashville, […]
Lot 634: 2 J.D. Knapp W/C Sporting Paintings w/ Ducks Incl. Winter Bluebills
Two (2) Joseph Day Knap (New York, 1875-1962) watercolor on paper landscape paintings with ducks including one (1) titled "Winter Bluebills" depicting five (5) bluebill ducks and one (1), untitled depicting female mallards taking flight. Both feature marshy landscape backgrounds under a cloudy sky. Both signed J.D. Knap in lower corners. One with Abercrombie & […]
Lot 632: 9 Carved & Painted Canadian Geese Decoys
Assembled grouping of nine (9) vintage Canadian Geese decoys with inset glass eyes, four with hollow bodies including two with old illegible tags. One signed on the base "DECOY". 9" H x 20 1/4" L. American, 20th century. CONDITION: All in overall good condition. 3 decoys missing eyes, one with wood shrinkage and old glue […]
Lot 633: 4 Contemporary American Decoy Ducks, 3 Signed
Grouping of four (4) contemporary carved and painted wood duck decoys including; one (1) Wood Duck decoy signed and dated by Capt. Hary R. Jobes, 1983; one (1) Gadwell Hen decoy signed by Roy Shanklin of Bel Air, MD; one (1) large Greater Scaup decoy signed by Bob Jobes and Chuck Jobes; and one (1) […]
Lot 631: Taxidermy Fish by Charles H. Heldon, Williamsport, PA C. 1913
Mounted taxidermy fish, with Taxidermist's name, Charles H. Heldon of Williamsport, PA, engraved on nameplate, lower right. Label en verso for taxidermist studio inscribed with probable fisherman's name and date: "Mr. Frank G Harris/ Clearfield, PA/ Oct. 6th 1913". Mounted to a board and housed in a wood frame with gilt filet under a glass […]
Lot 629: 3 TN City Directories, Nashville & Memphis
1st item: THE NASHVILLE CITY DIRECTORY, The Ninth Annual Issue, March 1873, published by Wheeler, Marshall, and Bruce, Nashville, 1873. Hardcover octavo, 352 ink stamp edged pages with 72-page list of U.S. Post Offices, hardbound in one-quarter black cloth with printed paper sides, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial pastedowns and end papers. 9 3/8" H […]
Lot 630: 10 Limited Edition Sporting & Game Books, pub. Derrydale Press
Ten (10) limited edition sporting and game books, hardcover octavos with gilt lettering and detailing to covers. 1st-8th items: Eight (8) books published by The Derrydale Press, New York, including one (1) signed first edition FALLING LEAVES: TALES FROM A GUN ROOM by Philip Babcock, illustrated by Aiden L. Ripley, No. 42 of 950 copies, […]
Lot 628: 7 Early Tennessee Geological Reports, incl. 3 TN Maps & author Troost inscribed
Seven (7) Tennessee geological survey reports including 4 by Gerard Troost (Netherlands/Tennessee, 1776-1850), first State Geologist, with three rare 1840 Tennessee maps. 1st item: FIFTH GEOLOGICAL REPORT TO THE TWENTY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF TENNESSEE, MADE NOVEMBER 1839, by Gerard Troost, published by J. Geo. Harris, Public Printer, Nashville, 1840. Includes three original fold-out maps, all […]
Lot 627: 15 Decorative Arts & Southern Pottery Reference Books
Two groups of fifteen (15) total reference books, general decorative arts and Southern pottery. The general decorative arts grouping includes seven (7) general decorative arts books: 1st Item: THE ARTS OF EAST TENNESSEE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, a booklet accompanying an exhibition in Fall 1971 at Knoxville, TN's Dulin Gallery of Art, approx. 34 pp., […]
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