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18th & 19th C. Antiques & Decorative Arts
6:00 AM PT - May 3rd, 2008

offered by
Brunk Auctions

PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
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620 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
509 Lot 509

Eugene Dunlap painting
(Pasadena, California, 1916-1999), "Whispering Pines", signe...

400
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800
22 Bids
510 Lot 510

James Russell Ford painting
(California, 1888-1963), mountain landscape, British Columbi...

200
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400
12 Bids
511 Lot 511

Frances B. Pierce painting
(New York, born 1868), "Incoming mist La Jolla", oil on canv...

300
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600
21 Bids
512 Lot 512

Mike Desatnick painting
(Colorado, born 1943), "Beach House Wash Day-Mexico", signed...

300
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600
11 Bids
513 Lot 513

Maude Spiller Holt bluebonnet painting
(Arkansas, 1866-1952), landscape with bluebonnets, signed lo...

400
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800
8 Bids
514 Lot 514

Mollie L. Vining Crowther painting
(Texas, 1867-1927), "Bluebonnet Hill Heights-Austin, Texas",...

500
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1,000
6 Bids
515 Lot 515

Two Heinie Hartwig paintings:
Native American encampments, one at sunset, one with view of...

300
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600
13 Bids
516 Lot 516

Frances B. Pierce painting
(New York, born 1868), "Among the Ramapos" (New York, New Je...

200
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400
1 Bid
517 Lot 517

Paul Hartung California painting
(Paul Frederich Hartung, California, late 19th/early 20th ce...

150
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300
11 Bids
518 Lot 518

Four Navajo silver bracelets:
one with three heavy coils, tooled borders, marked "TAHE/Ste...

300
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600
7 Bids
519 Lot 519

Four pieces Zuni figural jewelry:
silver bracelet, 1-5/8 x 2-3/4 in.; pendant, stamped "I/Ster...

300
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600
9 Bids
520 Lot 520

Large turquoise [concha] belt,
seven domed silver [conchas], 3-1/2 x 4 in., eight silver bo...

400
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800
20 Bids
521 Lot 521

Six pieces Mexican silver jewelry:
cuff bracelet, red composition cabochon, signed "ATI", 1-7/8...

250
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500
3 Bids
522 Lot 522

Two carved Cherokee masks:
one with carved and burn-decorated snake, marked on base "G ...

200
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400
1 Bid
523 Lot 523

Chittamacha double woven basket,
square to round with bands of geometric decoration, probably...

400
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800
3 Bids
524 Lot 524

Rustic style hardwood writing desk,
one long drawer flanked by single cabinet door and four shor...

400
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800
9 Bids
525 Lot 525

Rustic hardwood center table,
parquetry inlaid circular top with applied edges, three tree...

500
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1,000
13 Bids
526 Lot 526

Two birds carved by Tom Taber:
both marked on base "Tom Taber" with gallery labels from Wes...

300
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600
6 Bids
527 Lot 527

Painted cherry treenware box,
threaded wooden lid, floral and gilt painted decoration on b...

150
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250
2 Bids
528 Lot 528

Copper hulled key wind model boat,
fine construction, copper hull with green paint, key wind me...

150
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300
17 Bids
529 Lot 529

Brand camera with Hugo Meyer lens,
dark green bellows, double rail extension base, pop-up view ...

400
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800
2 Bids
530 Lot 530

Violin with bow:
violin with curly maple sides and bottom, geared tuners with...

300
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600
15 Bids
531 Lot 531

Baroque burlwood tall-case clock,
figured and bookmatched veneered case with bombé base, arche...

2,000
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3,000
8 Bids
532 Lot 532

Alvarez mandolin,
mother-of-pearl inlaid head and fret board, body probably ma...

200
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400
16 Bids
533 Lot 533

Alice B. Toklas signed letter,
eight lines typed to Mr. George Berdan, "Bilignin, Par Belle...

150
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250
11 Bids
534 Lot 534

Pair Wiley Post, Will Rogers lamps:
original pale green globes above spelterware base and airpla...

300
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600
12 Bids
535 Lot 535

[The Great Gatsby], first edition,
by F. Scott Fitzgerald, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1...

400
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800
13 Bids
536 Lot 536

First edition Dickens [Bleak House],
London, 1853, probably first issue with dated Bradbury & Eva...

400
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800
11 Bids
537 Lot 537

Sterling and enamel lorgnette,
neoclassical design with green enamel decoration, 5-3/4 in. ...

100
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200
6 Bids
538 Lot 538

Asheville opera glasses,
hammered silver plate with flowers, beetle and fly, inscribe...

200
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400
3 Bids
539 Lot 539

Lamp with Henry Irving parian bust,
parian bust marked "Henry Irving", probably the English acto...

300
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600
9 Bids
540 Lot 540

Colonial revival genre photograph,
sepia image of couple in early American interior setting, im...

100
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200
541 Lot 541

Near pair classical pier tables:
highly figured mahogany veneers, each with rectangular top a...

500
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1,000
10 Bids
542 Lot 542

Signed Frank Sinatra photo,
in vintage album: 63 photos and 17 photo lithographs of stag...

300
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600
3 Bids
543 Lot 543

Brett Weston Baja photograph,
silver print of cacti at bayside, floated on mat signed in p...

600
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1,200
7 Bids
544 Lot 544

Michael Costello sculpture
(Willis, Virginia, 20th century), kinetic pendulum abstract ...

300
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600
4 Bids
545 Lot 545

Two Michael Lucero eye teapots:
painted ceramic, one marked "Michael-Lucero/New World Series...

1,500
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3,000
40 Bids
546 Lot 546

Set of six Arts and Crafts oak chairs:
each with three-slat back and leather-upholstered seat on sq...

300
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600
547 Lot 547

Pair wrought iron torcheres:
three stepped sockets above twisted shafts, scrolled tripod ...

200
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400
2 Bids
548 Lot 548

Adjustable Handel bridge floor lamp,
bronze with cast iron base weight marked "Handel", 57 in.; w...

500
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1,000
23 Bids
549 Lot 549

Brass and art glass floor lamp,
base with flowers and scrolls in relief below hexagonal shaf...

400
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800
16 Bids
550 Lot 550

Elaborate painted birdcage, stand:
twisted and scrolled wrought iron on openwork S-shaped stand...

500
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1,000
2 Bids
551 Lot 551

Iron wall sconce,
formed as branch with flowers and scrolls, ten candle spikes...

200
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400
2 Bids
552 Lot 552

Arts and Crafts oak writing desk,
in original condition with leather writing surface, patinate...

400
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800
8 Bids
553 Lot 553

Walnut gothic revival open armchair,
old surface with rich dark color, turned finials and handle ...

300
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600
3 Bids
554 Lot 554

Paneled glass lamp,
octagonal shade with eight hand painted floral bouquets with...

500
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1,000
21 Bids
555 Lot 555

Pairpoint puffy lamp,
cast metal base with reeded column above three feet with aca...

1,500
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2,500
23 Bids
556 Lot 556

Gothic style light fixture,
brass frame with four milk glass shades, lion's head and got...

300
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600
10 Bids
557 Lot 557

Tiffany Pompeian bronze floor lamp,
adjustable Aladdin style font above reeded shaft, tripod paw...

4,000
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8,000
13 Bids
558 Lot 558

Art glass hanging light fixture,
circular copper frame hung with 25 iridescent prisms and fou...

1,000
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2,000
10 Bids
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