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Lot of 2 rare books. 1ST ITEM: "The Book of Cats, A Chit Chat Chronicle" by Charles H. Ross, first edition, Griffith and Farran, 1868. Original blue pictorial cloth gilt, pp. viii, 296, with a pictorial title and 20 full plate illustrations by the author. Pen inscription inside: To Eliza Mitchell from Lillie, Dec. 25 […]

1ST ITEM: Bradley & Hubbard bronze bookends, labeled busts of Charles Dickens, marked B&H on back. Busts slightly loose with some wear, overall very good condition, 5-1/2"H. 2ND ITEM: Sitting cat doorstop, dark bronzed finish,circle-in-shield mark attributed to Armor Bronze Co. Condition: some minor wear, 8-1/4"H. Both American circa 1900. Provenance: Mitchell estate, Nashville TN.

Lot of 2 Confederate L & N Reunion Programs & Railroad Maps. 1st item – Lot of two New Orleans, May 19-22, 1903 United Confederate Verterans Reunion programs. Both under glass with L & N (Louisville & Nashville) Railroad maps, one colorand the other black and white. One grouping has a May 7, 1903 newspaper […]

Chinese porcelain Long-Neck Bulb or Crocus Vase, sometimes called a tulipiere. Broadly ribbed, thickly potted body fitted with five bulb apertures surrounding a tall neck with "garlic bud" rim, the body decorated with a dragon designon a robin's egg blue background and yellow borders. Condition: scattered minute chips to tops of spouts, overall very good […]

Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) etching/aquatint, "Nous Croyant Rois / We believe ourselves kings". Excellent condition except for some small losses to frame. 22-3/4" x 16-1/4" image size, 32-1/2" x 25-5/8" framed. Provenance:collection of Christine and Clarence Holt, Nashville.

Olive Beem (American, Indiana, 1893 – 1989) oil on canvas landscape of a clearing in the woods in Springtime. Signed lower left "Olive Beem". Written in black marker en verso 'Jane to keep until Kinny finds a home, May 12, 1969". Very good condition except for some flaking on the top right corner. The color […]

Ten piece partial set of Dresden porcelain tableware. Consists of seven 8" diameter plates with pierced scalloped borders and handpainted floral sprays, two 6"H compotes, and one 3 1/2" compote. Blue underglaze crown over shield marks.Overall good condition with slight wear to gold. German, late 19th to early 20th century. Provenance: Private Nashville, TN collection.

Lot of two large Pigeon Forge Pottery bears, the largest signed on base Douglas Ferguson, the smaller one signed Pigeon Forge Pottery. Condition: each with a couple of small minor scratches, the largest with a 1/16" flake at basenear foot. Overall very good condition. 9" H and 7" H. 20th century. Private Nashville, TN collection.

2 vol. set, "A Past Remembered" by Paul Clement, Clearview Press, Nashville, 1987 (privately published). The rare boxed set features color and black and white photographs of historic Davidson County-Nashville homes, along with historicalnotes and architectural drawings. Half leather with cloth boards. Wear to gilt lettering and some staining, probably water spots, to outer boards […]

Chinese jade carving of a recumbent dog, mottled gray brown color, excellent condition, 7 1/4"L x 3" H. Private Nashville, TN collection.