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Folk Art and Dress Canes in Two Sessions
7:30 AM PT - Oct 18th, 2008

offered by
Kimball M. Sterling Inc. TFL-1915

125 West Market Street
Johnson City, TN 37604
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296 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
51 Lot 51

Child's Folk-C. 1850-A unique miniature countryside child's cane with no ferrule-H. 3 ½" x ¾", O.L. 23 ½"-$100-$200

100
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200
52 Lot 52

Primitive Bird-C. 1890-A one-piece carved hardwood shaft with a free form bird which retains 50 percent of its orig...

100
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200
53 Lot 53

Viennese Folk-C. 1890-A cherry wood branch which has been carved to depict a young lady with two color glass eyes a...

500
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800
4 Bids
54 Lot 54

Folk Fist-C. 1865-A carved hardwood fist, which is attached to a malacca shaft with eyelets and a thimble style bra...

300
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400
1 Bid
55 Lot 55

Anglo-Greek Folk-C. 1900-Cane is decorated with the Glucksburg Dynasty of Greece coat of arms. It has a fully carved...

500
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600
7 Bids
56 Lot 56

Fat Ugly Female-C. 1885-A one piece carved cherry branch with a lady with two color glass eyes, snagel tooth, big fa...

400
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700
2 Bids
57 Lot 57

Black Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans -C. 1885-A very rare depiction of an African American with a Native America...

500
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1,000
58 Lot 58

German Folk-C. 1880-A high grade German carved handle made from a single hardwood branch. There are wood eyelets, mu...

400
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600
59 Lot 59

Freaky Folk Carving-C. 1900-A twisted natural grown shaft which has a snake with two color glass eyes and also a gat...

300
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500
1 Bid
60 Lot 60

Mexican Folk-C. 1920-A nicely carved example with the original finish and various lizards, eagles and other animals,...

200
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300
61 Lot 61

Folk Art Man-C. 1912-A one piece carved hickory primitive carving of a man with a grey mustache and signed "J.P. 191...

200
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300
62 Lot 62

Erotic Folk Cane-C. 1860-An erotic one piece hazelnut suggestive cane which depicts a naked beauty satisfying hersel...

1,000
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2,000
3 Bids
63 Lot 63

American Folk-C. 1875-A finely carved one piece shaft which has an early brass collar repair, large lizard, anchor, ...

200
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400
1 Bid
64 Lot 64

Viennese Anti-Semitic-C. 1880-One piece cherry wood branch, insert glass eyes and a nice original patina. The head d...

500
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1,000
65 Lot 65

Mohawk Indian Chief-C. 1940-Hand carved chief's cane with animals, Indians and geographical descriptions. It was pur...

200
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400
66 Lot 66

German Folk-C. 1875-A spiny branch shaft which has various animals carved throughout including a dog, bird, reptile...

300
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400
67 Lot 67

Carved Snake-C. 1890-A carved one piece hardwood shaft with a chip carved snake and a small iron ferrule-O.L. 34 ½"-...

300
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400
68 Lot 68

Nautical Folk-C. 1850-A very nicely carved hardwood shaft with a clinched fist, carved nautical collar and a twisted...

700
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1,000
69 Lot 69

African American Folk-C. 1910-A one piece carved hardwood cane with a very stylized depiction and a vine wrapped cen...

300
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500
1 Bid
70 Lot 70

Folk Whimsy-C. 1930-A one piece carved exotic wood shaft with three cages, pommel handle and no ferrule-O.L. 37 ½"-...

100
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200
1 Bid
71 Lot 71

American Folk-C. 1870-A carved oak shaft which has a full length snake and the reverse side of a carved palm. The s...

300
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500
72 Lot 72

Erotic Stanhope Folk-C. 1890-A very well carved bearded dwarf with two color glass eyes and a one piece hardwood bra...

2,000
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3,000
73 Lot 73

Viennese Folk-C. 1895-A carved depiction of a monk wearing a hood with two color glass eyes, hardwood shaft and a m...

250
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400
74 Lot 74

Folk Dog-C. 1920-A stylized dog head for a handle and a hardwood shaft with no ferrule-O.L. 33"-$100-$200

100
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200
2 Bids
75 Lot 75

German Folk-C. 1840-A massive carved cherry branch with a 6" handle of an older gentleman. Carved by skilled hands ...

500
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800
76 Lot 76

Chippewa Carving-C. 1850-A very nice native carving of a dog of which part of the tail is missing, Native American, ...

200
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300
77 Lot 77

Turks Knot-C. 1900-A one piece carved Turks knot with a twisted rope hardwood shaft and a bi-metal ferrule-O.L. 35"-...

300
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500
1 Bid
78 Lot 78

Shakespeare Commemorative-Early 20th Century-This knotted branch is inscribed "From Shakespeare Woodland" and the c...

300
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500
1 Bid
79 Lot 79

German Stag-C. 1850-A grotesque stag horn handle, engraved silver collar on a knobbed, blackthorn shaft and a metal ...

400
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700
1 Bid
80 Lot 80

Natural Folk-C. 1885-A primitive carved animal cane which is banded with copper. The animals are left to your imagin...

200
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300
81 Lot 81

Primitive Dog-C. 1900-A simple carved dog carved from a hickory stick with crosshatching, original patina and no fer...

100
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200
82 Lot 82

Viennese Folk Ghost-C. 1890-A one piece carved primitive skull with two color glass eyes with a draped body. It has ...

400
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800
83 Lot 83

. Snarling Creature-C. 1870-A one piece carved blackthorn shaft which depicts a large dog with two color glass eyes ...

500
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700
84 Lot 84

Afro-Colonial Cane-Early 20th Century-One piece African black wood shaft which has no ferrule-O.L. 40 ¼"-$100--$200

100
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200
5 Bids
85 Lot 85

Carved Nude-C. 1900-A carved one piece blackthorn shaft with a female nude resting as the handle with two color glas...

400
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700
1 Bid
86 Lot 86

Decorative Folk-C. 1875-A one piece carved hazelnut branch with a man in a mustache, cane has an applied brass colla...

250
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450
87 Lot 87

. Natural Vine-C. 1900-A vine shaft with an extreme bazaar natural shape with a 2 ½" knob handle-O.L. 34"-$100-$200

100
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200
88 Lot 88

Native American-C. 1920-A diamond willow cane with a stylized Indian as a handle with the inscription "Carved by Cr...

400
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600
5 Bids
89 Lot 89

Wild Vine-C. 1900-A knotty countryside cane with original patina and its original metal ferrule-O.L. 34 ½"-$100-$200

100
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200
1 Bid
90 Lot 90

Presidential Historical-C. 1874-The hickory cane is inscribed 'from the Hermitage January 1874". The Hermitage being...

300
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500
91 Lot 91

Viennese Folk-C. 1900-A very well carved, probably anti-semantic, man with two color glass eyes, it has a stain dec...

300
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500
92 Lot 92

Great Primate-C. 1900-A nicely carved primate with two color glass eyes and a thick massive cherry shaft, it is a v...

300
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600
93 Lot 93

Decorative Folk-C. 1885-A one of a kind carving of a dinosaur style of animal swallowing a well carved leg, two col...

400
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600
94 Lot 94

Child's Folk-C. 1830-A very finely carved one piece hardwood shaft with a gentleman with a large mustache and two c...

200
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300
1 Bid
95 Lot 95

New York Folk-C. 1891-Hardwood branch with various animals including alligators, horses, vegetation, hand shaking a...

300
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500
96 Lot 96

Allegorical Folk-C. 1885-The hardwood handle depicts Adam and Eve with a snake laying between them, both figures hav...

300
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600
97 Lot 97

George Dewey Folk-Early 19th Century-An inked and etched fruitwood shaft with George Dewey and his officers, the sha...

1,000
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1,500
3 Bids
98 Lot 98

Country Cane-C. 1850-One piece carved hardwood cane with a spike ferrule and the initials "M.G." carved next to the ...

100
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125
99 Lot 99

Presidential Folk-Early 20th Century-Pen worked and carved portraits of McKinley and Roosevelt appear on this fine f...

1,000
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1,500
2 Bids
100 Lot 100

Viennese Anti Semantic-Dated 1900-A cherry wood branch which has an exaggerated face and a nose which has been turn...

500
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1,000
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