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Brunk Auctions February 28th, 2009 Sale
6:00 AM PT - Feb 28th, 2009

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PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
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685 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1 Lot 1

Enameled clock with candlesticks:
clock with champleve panels and urn finials, French brass wo...

300
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600
2 Lot 2

Brass and porcelain letter holder,
ornate brass with hand painted porcelain panel on front, cla...

300
-
600
3 Lot 3

Framed hand painted tile picture:
calling elk in woodland landscape, 18 tiles, signed lower ri...

300
-
600
4 Lot 4

Bergmann Vienna bronze crouching fox,
cold painted, Bergmann mark with urn and "B" on underside, 3...

300
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600
5 Lot 5

Hand painted porcelain plaque,
lion and lioness in an enclosure, stamped verso "D&Co/France...

200
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400
6 Lot 6

Painting after Baldassare Peruzzi,
the Dance of Apollo with the muses, Greek script below on ba...

400
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800
7 Lot 7

Berlin KPM porcelain plaque,
the Virgin Mary gazing upward, marks verso for KPM with swor...

500
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1,000
8 Lot 8

Berlin KPM porcelain plaque,
the Madonna and child with a rosary, possibly after Murillo,...

500
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1,000
9 Lot 9

Pair Italian paintings:
one with angel playing an instrument, another with angel cla...

500
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1,000
10 Lot 10

Gaetano Russo marble bust
(Italian, born 1852), young woman in lace shawl, holding a f...

2,000
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4,000
11 Lot 11

Two Cipriani alabaster sculptures:
young woman with lace bonnet, signed "A Cipriani", 22 x 14-1...

400
-
800
12 Lot 12

Pair baroque style carved corner
chairs: each with central carved cherub mask on crest, griff...

400
-
800
13 Lot 13

Carved and inlaid Savonarolla chair,
inlaid walnut with carved [putto] bust hand grips and scroll...

300
-
600
14 Lot 14

Italian rococo style gilt wood mirror,
elaborate basket, floral and foliate carving, early 20th cen...

400
-
800
15 Lot 15

Pair gondola lanterns:
ornate gilt metal, clear glass sides, mounted on turned wood...

800
-
1,200
16 Lot 16

Pair carved cherub plaques:
cherub pointing to central cartouche with "MM", scrolls and ...

500
-
1,000
17 Lot 17

Guerin brass ink stand,
rococo style cast brass, marked on base "PE Guerin N.Y. 666"...

200
-
400
18 Lot 18

Italian baroque style library table,
molded rectangular top with three rectangular [rosso antico]...

1,000
-
2,000
19 Lot 19

European School painting,
young consort with lute and viol, unsigned, oil on canvas, 1...

600
-
1,200
20 Lot 20

European painting,
a martyr engulfed in flames and gazing upward, signed lower ...

200
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400
21 Lot 21

Portrait after Raphael,
Madonna, unsigned, European, 19th century, oval 24 x 19-3/4 ...

500
-
1,000
22 Lot 22

19th century American painting,
The Penitent Magdalene, possibly after an Italian Old Master...

400
-
800
23 Lot 23

Pair Italian neoclassical armchairs:
each with finely carved and gilt wood frames, striped uphols...

1,000
-
2,000
24 Lot 24

Baroque style gilt wood mirror,
boldly carved with leaf decoration, central [fleur de lis,] ...

1,000
-
1,500
25 Lot 25

Louis XV style carved [fauteuil,]
beechwood frame, cream-painted ground with gilt highlights, ...

300
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600
26 Lot 26

Venetian Louis XV style commode,
[laca povera] style, bombe form with two drawers, carved and...

2,000
-
3,000
27 Lot 27

German porcelain stand,
hand painted floral decoration with gilt highlights and scro...

400
-
800
28 Lot 28

Pair French porcelain figures:
both attired with Empire clothing, extensive hand painted an...

400
-
800
29 Lot 29

Painted Limoges charger,
hand painted woman's head with passion flowers in the Art No...

150
-
250
30 Lot 30

Pair ceramic figural vases:
full-figured boy and girl in formal 18th century attire, hea...

300
-
600
31 Lot 31

Pair ceramic lamps:
13 in. urns now mounted as lamps, hand painted floral bouque...

300
-
600
32 Lot 32

Ormolu-mounted French shelf clock,
ceramic with hand painted castle scene, brass mounts through...

300
-
600
33 Lot 33

Pair bronze dore sconces:
rococo style, each with three candle style lights on scrolle...

500
-
1,000
34 Lot 34

Pair of cupid shelf brackets:
carved wood with gesso and gilt surfaces, each with seated c...

1,000
-
2,000
35 Lot 35

Pair figural brass chenet:
polished and cast brass, female figures holding torches, scr...

800
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1,500
36 Lot 36

Louis XV style japanned commode,
variegated marble top, japanned surface on Prussian blue gro...

1,000
-
2,000
37 Lot 37

Molded composition classical bust,
possibly a young Caesar, circular socle, 21-1/4 in. Several ...

400
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800
38 Lot 38

French bronze grand tour souvenirs:
lidded [arc d' triomphe], possibly a jewelry cask, 9 in., [l...

300
-
600
39 Lot 39

Bronze ink stand,
spread eagle top section over tripod base with winged female...

250
-
500
40 Lot 40

French School painting,
Diana resting by a stream after the hunt, unsigned, 19th cen...

500
-
1,000
41 Lot 41

Book case decanter set:
constructed from four books, interior marked "Made in France...

250
-
500
42 Lot 42

French Victorian fruitwood side chair,
carved fruitwood frame with white floral upholstery, 19th ce...

200
-
400
43 Lot 43

Louis Philippe shelf clock,
brass mounted, pediment with dog and seated hunter, base wit...

500
-
1,000
44 Lot 44

Painted tole [bouillotte] lamp,
electric, urn form with two candle style lamps, black paint ...

200
-
400
45 Lot 45

Trumeau mirror, painting:
two women in Empire dresses with spaniel in a parlor, flower...

1,000
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2,000
46 Lot 46

British School painting,
portrait of a woman with lace veil, unsigned, oil on canvas ...

400
-
800
47 Lot 47

Chippendale style gilt wood mirror,
floral and [rocaille] carved frame, 19th century, 43-3/4 x 2...

200
-
400
48 Lot 48

Continental baroque bombe chest,
highly figured mahogany veneers, three dovetailed drawers wi...

400
-
800
49 Lot 49

Two French Provincial footstools:
one with carved knees and paw feet, floral needlework seat, ...

200
-
400
50 Lot 50

German clock, cow's tail pendulum,
weight driven (clock moves as weight moves down brass ratche...

150
-
250
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