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18th & 19th C. Antiques & Decorative Arts
6:00 AM PT - Sep 7th, 2008

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PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
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Friday, September 5, 2008 from 1pm to 8pm EST

445 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
774 Lot 774

Porcelain plaque after Diana Coomans,
"Sappho", circa 1900, verso inscribed "D. Coomans" (Diana Co...

1,500
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3,000
27 Bids
775 Lot 775

Fernand Toussaint watercolor
(Belgian, 1873-1955), beauty in black chemise, white skirt w...

800
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1,500
31 Bids
776 Lot 776

German porcelain plaque,
profile portrait of woman with shroud, hand painted porcelai...

300
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600
14 Bids
777 Lot 777

Arturo Ricci painting
(Italian, 1854-1919), [Le Jeu Du Coussin] (The Game of Cushi...

50,000
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100,000
21 Bids
778 Lot 778

Model of French double-decker trolley,
wood, cast iron, wire and painted elements, marked on side [...

250
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500
9 Bids
779 Lot 779

Royal Dux polar bear,
raised pink triangle mark with faint blue printed mark, Czec...

200
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400
6 Bids
780 Lot 780

Pair French ebonized [bergère]:
Art Deco, each with drapery and tassel carved crest, rolled ...

300
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600
8 Bids
781 Lot 781

Carved and painted wood giraffe,
modern, 61 x 26 x 10 in. Several cracks and separations in b...

200
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400
2 Bids
782 Lot 782

Dolphin pier table,
brick red to gray granite top on cast composition dolphins w...

500
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1,000
22 Bids
783 Lot 783

Venetian gouache, M. Gianni,
[Laguna di Venezia], titled verso, gouache on paper, Italian...

200
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400
19 Bids
784 Lot 784

Will Low Bacher painting,
"Fishing Boats, Chiaggia" (label verso), unsigned, attribute...

200
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400
17 Bids
785 Lot 785

Two Emlen Etting watercolors
(Emlen Pope Etting, Pennsylvania, 1905-1993): one "Columns, ...

200
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400
1 Bid
786 Lot 786

Two drawings, follower of Guardi:
Venetian scenes, unsigned, follower of Francesco Guardi, Ita...

300
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600
17 Bids
787 Lot 787

Wrought iron glass-top dining table,
top composed of vintage wrought iron gate or balcony now fit...

500
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1,000
19 Bids
788 Lot 788

William H. Turner patinated bronze
(Virginia, born 1934), "White-Tailed Buck", edition 8/25, 19...

400
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800
11 Bids
789 Lot 789

David H. Turner patinated bronzes
(Virginia, born 1961): bear scratching back on stump, editio...

300
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600
10 Bids
790 Lot 790

Two David H. Turner patinated bronzes
(Virginia, born 1961): ostrich, edition 25/90, 1991, on whit...

200
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400
14 Bids
791 Lot 791

William Turner bronze coffee table
(Virginia, born 1934), "Coral Reef", signed "W.H. Turner #3 ...

2,000
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4,000
4 Bids
792 Lot 792

William Turner patinated bronze
(Virginia, born 1934), "End of the Day", boy dismounting wor...

1,500
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2,500
21 Bids
793 Lot 793

William Turner patinated bronze
(Virginia, born 1934), "Fawn", edition 52/100, 1997, signed ...

500
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1,000
4 Bids
794 Lot 794

Three Turner bronzes:
pair bookends, each with elephant, 1996, signed "D.H. Turner...

600
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1,200
11 Bids
795 Lot 795

Rosie Sandifer bronze
(Illinois/New Mexico, born 1946), "Walking the Kids", editio...

400
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800
2 Bids
796 Lot 796

Tibetan bronze of Guru Rinpoche,
seated on lotus throne, a skull cup and wish-granting jewel ...

1,500
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3,000
27 Bids
797 Lot 797

Japanese Bugaku mask of Ryoo,
dry lacquer or [papier maché], remnants of gilt and red pigm...

300
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600
2 Bids
798 Lot 798

Chinese [sang-de-boeuf] porcelain,
bowl, base with old label "Liddell Collection" and six-chara...

300
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600
29 Bids
799 Lot 799

Asian lacquered bronze figure,
female deity with elaborate coiffure, flowing robes, cloud s...

400
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800
22 Bids
800 Lot 800

Chinese dreamstone table screen,
trestle style hardwood construction, returns carved with peo...

200
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400
7 Bids
801 Lot 801

Chinese blue and white ewer,
footed pear shape, beast-head bases to spout and handle, dro...

250
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500
20 Bids
802 Lot 802

Tibetan bronze figure of Tara,
seated on a lotus throne, wearing a seven-leaf crown, earrin...

250
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500
10 Bids
803 Lot 803

Tibetan [thanka] of Buddha Sakyamuni,
pigment on cloth, the deity seated on a lotus throne, a [pat...

1,500
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3,000
14 Bids
804 Lot 804

Korean blue and white jar,
high-shouldered tapering to inverted foot, blue-tinged glaze...

500
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1,000
17 Bids
805 Lot 805

Japanese oribe pottery dish,
round with red/brown rim, stylized flowers on white/gray gro...

400
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800
12 Bids
806 Lot 806

Japanese blue and white charger,
Arita porcelain, fretwork diamonds within leaf borders, fret...

400
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800
5 Bids
807 Lot 807

Five Asian vessels:
one bronze ikebana vase, base "Made in Japan", 5-3/4 in.; on...

200
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400
6 Bids
808 Lot 808

Pair Japanese bronze shokudai
(candle stands): crane holding flowering branch in beak, per...

100
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200
15 Bids
809 Lot 809

Japanese porcelain Buddhist lions:
female with cubs, male with ball, on draped bases with impre...

150
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300
17 Bids
810 Lot 810

Japanese Satsuma bowl,
gilt lobed rim, interior and exterior with profusion of poly...

100
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200
21 Bids
811 Lot 811

Chinese champlevé hanging vessel,
bronze with openwork floral rim above [He-He Erxian] (The La...

150
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300
7 Bids
812 Lot 812

Pair Japanese bronze bookends:
elephants, crocodiles at river bank, stamped with three-char...

250
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500
10 Bids
813 Lot 813

Japanese singing bowl,
hammered bronze body, inside rim with scalloped indentations...

300
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600
18 Bids
814 Lot 814

Two Japanese woodblock prints:
Ota Masamitsu (1892-1975), from the series "Figures of the S...

250
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500
1 Bid
815 Lot 815

Mahjong set,
black lacquered box, sliding lid with copper lizard, bone an...

150
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300
1 Bid
816 Lot 816

Liberty Arts and Crafts palampore,
two-panel cotton bed cover, central square with male and thr...

300
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600
19 Bids
817 Lot 817

Grueby style vase,
matte green glaze, impressed "2002" and possibly "SF", 9-1/2...

150
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250
9 Bids
818 Lot 818

Moorcroft vase,
relief floral and leaf decoration, light and dark blue glaze...

300
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600
42 Bids
819 Lot 819

Fine aesthetic movement side chair,
scrolled back with dragon carved crest with brass(?), copper...

200
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400
22 Bids
820 Lot 820

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

200
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400
11 Bids
821 Lot 821

Stickley Arts and Crafts armchair,
oak throughout with leather upholstered seat, metal tag on r...

400
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800
2 Bids
822 Lot 822

Arts and crafts copper, brass vessel,
dovetailed and tapered gothic style copper body, stylized br...

150
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250
2 Bids
823 Lot 823

Pair Arts and Crafts brass andirons:
flower or tree form with iron billet bars and log stops, 190...

150
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250
27 Bids
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