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Fine Art, Decorative Art, and Modern Design
10:00 AM PT - Feb 1st, 2009

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Showplace Antique + Design Center

40 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
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394 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
2 Lot 2

Chinese Carved-Wood Horse c. 17th C.
Expressively-carved Chinese wood horse, possibly made in the...

800
-
1,200
3 Lot 3

Set of 4 Figures of Musicians, Korea c. 19th C
Set of 4 polychrome carved-wood figures of musicians, probab...

500
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700
4 Lot 4

Chinese Wood Deity Figure Androgynous 18th C.
Eighteenth-century Chinese hand-carved androgynous-type figu...

400
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600
5 Lot 5

Chinese Wood Deity Figure Female c 19th C.
Chinese hand-carved figure representing a female deity holdi...

300
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500
6 Lot 6

Chinese Hand-Carved Jade Bi-Disk c. 19th C.
Nineteenth-century Chinese bi-disk made from a translucent-b...

150
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250
7 Lot 7

Early-20th-C. Chinese Figure of Female Deity
Chinese plaster figure of a female deity holding attributes,...

75
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150
8 Lot 8

Chinese Horse Warrior Ceramic Roof Tile 19th C.
Interesting Chinese Qing-era copy of a Tang-era porcelain ro...

700
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900
9 Lot 9

Tang-Style Plaster Female Figure on Horseback
Early-twentieth-century plaster figure of an aristocratic fe...

300
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500
10 Lot 10

Chinese Cast-Iron Tang-Style Horse c. 20th C.
Expressive Chinese Tang-style horse made from cast-iron and ...

300
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500
11 Lot 11

Chinese Sanxian 3-Stringed Musical Instrument
Chinese sanxian, or 3-stringed lute (sanxian means "3-string...

300
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500
12 Lot 12

Massier French Ceramic Pansy Planter
Massier ceramic centerpiece planter in the shape of a pansy;...

1,200
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1,500
13 Lot 13

1964 New York Word's Fair Poster by Bob Peak
The 1964 New York Word's Fair by artist Bob Peak features gr...

150
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250
14 Lot 14

Rare Paul Colin Loterie Nationale Poster 1948
Rarely seen 1948 original "Loterie Nationale", or National L...

1,000
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1,500
15 Lot 15

Spain Travel Poster by G.F. Morrell c. 1950
Spain travel poster by G.F. Morrell showing a woman in local...

400
-
600
16 Lot 16

French Railways Riviera Poster by Starr c 1950s
French Riviera vintage travel poster signed "Starr" advertis...

600
-
800
17 Lot 17

Irak [Iraq] Shopping Cubist Poster by Shakir
Colorful, mid-twentieth-century Cubist-style Irak [Iraq] tra...

400
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600
18 Lot 18

Fly to Caribbean by BOAC Travel Poster
British Overseas Airways Corporation Fly to the Caribbean...

1,000
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1,500
19 Lot 19

Eaux-Bonnes French Travel Poster by LaCaze
Eaux-Bonnes French travel poster by Julien LaCaze sho...

400
-
600
20 Lot 20

Chinese Scroll Musician Seated in Bamboo Grove
Chinese scroll showing a musician seated in a bamboo grove, ...

700
-
900
21 Lot 21

Chinese Scroll Monkey between Branches w/Moon
Chinese scroll showing a monkey perched between branches wit...

700
-
900
22 Lot 22

Chinese Scroll Monkey Hanging from Branch
Chinese scroll showing a monkey hanging from a branch, c. tw...

700
-
900
23 Lot 23

Chinese Scroll Growling Tiger c. 20th C.
Chinese scroll showing tiger growling, c. twentieth century....

700
-
900
24 Lot 24

Chinese Scroll 2 Boys Riding Buffalos c. 20th C
Chinese scroll showing 2 boys riding on the backs of buffalo...

1,300
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1,500
25 Lot 25

Chinese Scroll Eagle Perched on Rockery
Chinese scroll showing an eagle perched upon a rockery, c. t...

800
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1,000
26 Lot 26

Chinese Scroll Radish and Bok Choy c. 20th C.
Chinese scroll showing a radish and bok choy, c. twentieth c...

500
-
700
27 Lot 27

Chinese Scroll Lady w/Basket and Fish c. 20th C
Chinese scroll showing a lady holding a basket with a fish, ...

1,300
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1,500
28 Lot 28

Chinese Scroll Shrimps w/Calligraphy 20th C
Chinese scroll showing 3 shrimps, c. twentieth century. With...

500
-
700
29 Lot 29

Chinese Scroll Lady with Scarf in Wind 20th C.
Chinese scroll showing a lady with a scarf in the wind, c. t...

1,300
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1,500
30 Lot 30

Chinese Scroll Man Uprooting Tree c. 20th C.
Chinese scroll showing a man uprooting a tree, c. twentieth ...

800
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1,000
31 Lot 31

Central Park Oil on Board by Francis Newton
Central Park by Francis Newton (American 1873-1944), ...

1,500
-
2,000
34 Lot 34

Italian School Madonna and Child c. 19th C.
Madonna and Child, Italian School, c. nineteenth century; ov...

3,000
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5,000
35 Lot 35

Hand-Carved Wood Bird Polychrome w/Compartment
Charming hand-carved and polychrome-painted gessoed wood bir...

200
-
300
36 Lot 36

Abel Pann "Biblical Series" Lithograph c. 1936
Orientalist-inspired "Biblical Series" framed print, c. 1936...

300
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500
37 Lot 37

Coastal Village Oil by Herman Wick c. 20th C.
Coastal village scene showing houses and fishermen by Americ...

1,600
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1,800
38 Lot 38

Gorham Walking Stick Sterling w/Marks, 1891
Gorham wood walking stick with sterling-silver handle and el...

600
-
800
39 Lot 39

Russian Hand-Cut Crystal Bowl w/Silver Mount
Russian hand-cut crystal bowl with a sterling-silver handle ...

2,100
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2,400
40 Lot 40

Russian Nouveau Mirror w/Ruby & Enamel Frame
Russian oval-shaped vanity mirror bevelled edge and triangul...

1,000
-
2,000
41 Lot 41

Magnifying Glass with Sterling Nouveau Handle
Large magnifying glass with a curved, Art-Nouveau-style, ste...

1,600
-
1,800
42 Lot 42

Sterling Silver Gavel in Original Case c. 1920
Sterling-silver gavel in original rectangular case with blac...

700
-
900
43 Lot 43

Brass Tray w/Milkmaid-&-Windmill Motif
Rectangular brass tray with 2 handles and engraved Dutch-the...

300
-
500
44 Lot 44

Andy Warhol Coke Bottle Wood Prototype c.1980s
Hardwood Coke bottle attributed to Andy Warhol, lathe turned...

500
-
700
45 Lot 45

Arturo Elizondo Oil on Canvas - Antonio 1995
Arturo Elizondo (b.1956) Oil on Canvas -
Antonio 1995 - ...

1,000
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2,000
46 Lot 46

Mary Frank Signed Etching Aquatint 1978
Mary Frank (American b.1933) Signed Etching Aquatint 1978.<...

300
-
400
47 Lot 47

Mary Frank Signed Lithograph of Male Nude
Mary Frank (American b.1933) Signed Lithograph of Male Nude....

300
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400
48 Lot 48

Original Raphael Freida Lithograph
Raphael Freida (French b.1877) Signed Lithograph.
Le Cant...

500
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700
49 Lot 49

Original John Kriby Screenprint 1990.
Head - screenprint, 35/180, numbered, signed and dated. 40" ...

400
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500
50 Lot 50

Original Shigeki Kuroda Etching.
Moon - color etching, aquatint, signed, titled, numbered. 20...

200
-
300
51 Lot 51

Original Shigeki Kuroda Etching.
Sun - color etching aquatint, signed titled and numbered.

200
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300
52 Lot 52

Original Shigeki Kuroda Etching.
Emerald Flash - color etching aquatint, signed, titled numbe...

200
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300
53 Lot 53

Polly McCaffrey Oil on Masonite Anatomy Lesson.
Anatomy Lesson - 1991, oil, gold leaf on masonite. Signed, t...

1,000
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1,500
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