Our Saturday, January 26, 2019, Winter Cataloged Auction was extremely successful! We had all bidding types (live, phone, absentee, and online) for this auction of fine art, historical ephemera, Civil War and militaria, silver, jewelry, Asian arts, Southern and American furniture, porcelain, Native American pottery and baskets, American pottery, folk art, and more. View the […]
Lot 652: Antique Caucasian Kuba Konaghend Rug
Antique Caucasian Kuba Konaghend area rug, 85" x 45", wool on wool, rose colored center medallion, ivory primary border, patterns of tents, stars, flower images. Secondary colors of taupe, salmon, blues, green and brown. 1st quarter 20th century. Provenance: the collection of Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Slaymaker, Nashville, Tennessee. Purchased from Ran Harris Oriental Rug […]
Lot 465: American Oil on Canvas Portrait of Two Girls
Mid-19th century American oil on canvas portrait depicting two young girls seated against a landscape backdrop with a tree. The older darkhaired girl is attired in a period dark velvet dress, the younger girl attired in a blue dress with lace trim and holding a bouquet of wildflowers. Signed and dated en verso "CR Palmer/Painter/Wilmington/Oct […]
Lot 386: 2 large Asian framed embroideries
1st item: Large Chinese framed silk embroidery panel, pink and silver and blue threads on a buff colored background, depicting various flowers and peaches with central chrysanthemum design and gilt metallic braid at edges. Framed in an ebonized Chinese style frame with rounded corners. 35 1/2" square sight; 37 1/2" square framed. Partial label en […]
Lot 383: 4 Chinese Snuff Bottles, incl. 1 Jade
1st item: Chinese carved celadon jade snuff bottle, gourd form with entwined flowers, leaves and vines, some russet inclusions. 3" H. 2nd item: Chinese green quartz carved snuff bottle with relief crane and lingzhi decoration. 2 3/4" H. 3rd item: Chinese smoky quartz carved snuff bottle with carved foo dog handles and a green stone […]
Lot 336: 18th c. O/C Portrait of Botanist
Continental School, 18th century, oil on canvas portrait painting of a gentleman, possibly a botanist. Subject is depicted seated in a chair, facing left, in period blue dress coat and powdered wig, holding a pink gillyflower or stock branch. Blue sky and clouds in background. Unsigned. Older gilt and gesso cove molded frame with ribbon […]
Lot 317: Antique Talish Caucasian Area Rug
Antique Talish area rug, 86" x 43", plain navy blue center field, cream primary border with flower medallions, secondary colors of rust, taupe, green, blues, salmon, yellow and black. Southeast Caucasus, late 19th century. Provenance: the collection of Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Slaymaker, Nashville, Tennessee. Purchased from Ro's Oriental Rugs, Nashville, TN in 1990. CONDITION: […]
Lot 311: 2 Period American Mirrors & 1 18th Cent. French Portrait
1st item: 19th century gilt carved mirror with Neoclassical carved designs to the perimeter including an urn, bell flower garland and shell. 24 1/2" h X 16" w. 2nd item: Queen Anne reverse painted looking glass, with reverse painted landscape scene to the top. 17 1/2" H x 10" W. 18th century. 3rd item: 18th […]
Lot 302: Follower of Sir Peter Lely, Portrait of Nell Gwynn
Follower of Sir Peter (Pieter) Lely (1618-1680) oil on canvas portrait of woman, possibly the famous actress and mistress of King Charles II, Nell Gwynn (1650-1687), with swept back brown hair, wearing low white ruffle-collared blue dress, wrapped in pink shawl. Unsigned. Framed in older gilt gessoed frame with acanthus leaf decoration. Sight 13" H […]
Lot 290: Judge George T. Washington archive inc. Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Justice Warren Burger letters, 27 items
Judge George T. Washington archive of political letters and ephemera, 27 items total, including letters from Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Warren Burger, and more. George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) was an American jurist who served as judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1949 to 1965. 1st item: TLS. One page typed […]
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