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Two-Day Historic Hillsborough Auction
6:30 AM PT - Jun 13th, 2009

offered by
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales Ltd.

246 S. Nash St.
Hillsborough, NC 27278
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All lots will be available at the auction gallery for preview on the following dates: Saturday, June 6, 10am - 3pm, Wednesday through Friday, June 10 through June 12, 10am - 6pm, Saturday, June 13, 8am - 9:30am, & Sunday, June 14 8am-11am.

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477 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
101 Lot 101

Thure Thulstrup (NY, 1848-1930), Swedish Girl,
watercolor and gouache on paper, signed and dated at lower r...

500
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800
102 Lot 102

Emanuel Romano (NY, 1897-1984), Reclining Nude,
mixed media on paper, signed lower right "E. Romano," matted...

300
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500
103 Lot 103

American School (20th c.), Sunset Landscape,
oil on canvas on board, signature at lower right appears to ...

300
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500
104 Lot 104

Louis Orr (CT/France, 1879-1961), NC Etching,
etching on wove paper with four deckle edges, signed and tit...

300
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500
105 Lot 105

Louis Orr (CT/France, 1879-1961), NC Etching,
etching on wove paper, titled and signed in pencil along the...

300
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500
106 Lot 106

Louis Orr (CT/France, 1879-1961), NC Etching,
etching on wove paper, titled and signed in pencil along the...

300
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500
107 Lot 107

Louis Orr (CT/France, 1879-1961), NC Etching,
etching on wove paper, titled and signed in pencil along the...

300
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500
108 Lot 108

Louis Orr (CT/France, 1879-1961), NC Etching,
etching on wove paper, titled and signed in pencil along the...

300
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500
109 Lot 109

Louis Orr (CT/France, 1879-1961), NC Etching,
signed and titled in pencil along the lower margin "St. Thom...

300
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500
110 Lot 110

Scottish Architectural Garden Bench, mid-19th c.,
iron, oak and leaf pattern, beautiful naturalist form, old w...

1,500
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2,500
111 Lot 111

Architectural Cast Iron American Eagle,
ca. late 19th - early 20th c., classic spread wing form, two...

300
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600
112 Lot 112

Architectural Garden Bench, 19th c.
cast iron, shaped back with arched fern leaf pattern, pierce...

400
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800
113 Lot 113

Art Deco Cast Iron Sundial, ca. 1930s,
spherical form with indicator over a copper tray, base with ...

400
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800
114 Lot 114

Hart (Atlanta, GA) Garden Bench, early 20th c.,
cast iron, with demilune seat and overall concave form, grif...

600
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900
115 Lot 115

Pair of Victorian Clay Chimney Pots,
columnar form with octagonal panel. 31.5" x 13"dia. One po...

200
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400
116 Lot 116

English Cast Iron Garden Set, Coalbrookdale Design
late 19th c., a settee and (2) chairs, the backs modeled in ...

600
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900
117 Lot 117

Antique Cast Copper Eagle Weathervane,
ca. 1900, full-bodied spread wing eagle upon sphere with ori...

400
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600
118 Lot 118

Polychrome Metal Bird Fountain,
early to mid-20th c., the font containing sculptures of two ...

400
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800
119 Lot 119

(4) Carved Ivory Netsukes, Japanese,
the first a male figure with basket, signature to foot (2");...

200
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300
120 Lot 120

Antique Ivory Tusk, Figure of Jurojin, Chinese,
signed on the underside, figure of Jurojin, the Chinese god ...

200
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400
121 Lot 121

Carved Ivory of Asian Long-Tailed Rooster,
Japan or China, detailed realistic carving with coloring to ...

200
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400
122 Lot 122

(3) Asian Ivory Items,
as follows: Set of (8) different horses, each approximately ...

200
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400
123 Lot 123

(4) Pieces of Asian Ivory,
as follows: Chinese Mystery Ball, 7.75" high, glue fill on b...

300
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500
124 Lot 124

Seated Buddha Ivory Figurine,
artist's signature on underside. 4" h Two small age hairli...

200
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300
125 Lot 125

Large Arita Charger, ca. 1820,
late Edo period, depicting a coastal scene taken from a high...

300
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600
126 Lot 126

Chinese Export Nanking Porcelain Teapot,
early 19th c,, architectural landscape scenes, gilt accents....

150
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300
127 Lot 127

Large Canton Bowl On Stand,
blue and white porcelain decorated in the typical Canton pag...

300
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500
128 Lot 128

Oriental 19th c. Porcelain Vase,
electrified as a table lamp, bulbous form having a high glos...

200
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400
129 Lot 129

Pair of Satsuma Vases,
ca. late 19th - early 20th c., each finely painted with four...

200
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400
130 Lot 130

Pair of Small Antique Satsuma Vases,
artist-signed on underside, figural scenes depicted on each ...

200
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400
131 Lot 131

Pair of Important & Large Japanese Satsuma Vases,
Hold till we get the description!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

4,000
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6,000
132 Lot 132

Pair of Small Antique Satsuma Vases,
artist-signed on underside, heavily gilt with similar figura...

300
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500
133 Lot 133

Japanese Satsuma Water Bucket Vase,
ca. 1850s, with raised enamel brocade & figural motif. 7.25...

150
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250
134 Lot 134

(3) Japanese Woodblock Prints,
as follows: Kitigawa Utmaro (1750 - 1806), Two Ladies, signe...

200
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400
135 Lot 135

Chinese Dog Painting After Lang Shining,
formerly Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian, 1688 - 1766), goauch...

800
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1,200
136 Lot 136

Antique Japanese Four-Panel Table Screen,
19th c., landscape set against gold leaf background, the who...

200
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300
137 Lot 137

Antique Asian Scroll Watercolor,
possibly Korean, depicts geese gathering by mountain lake, a...

200
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400
138 Lot 138

Japanese Scroll of Warriors on Horseback,
19th c., mounted and framed under glass. DOA 43.75" x 16" ...

200
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300
139 Lot 139

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), "Kohada Koheiji,"
from the series "Hyaku Monogatari" (One Hundred Ghost Tales)...

2,000
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4,000
140 Lot 140

Antique Japanese Hibachi,
iron construction, supports tea pot with brass lid, copper h...

200
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400
141 Lot 141

Antique Chinese Bronze Foo Lion Censer,
modeled after Late Ming Dynasty prototypes. 9.5" high Exce...

300
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500
142 Lot 142

Japanese Bronze Avian Censer,
ca. early 20th c., unsigned, lid surmounted with bird of pre...

300
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600
143 Lot 143

Two Japanese Cloisonne Vases, late 19th c.,
enamel on brass, one with a stork motif, (8.5"), and the oth...

150
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300
144 Lot 144

Asian Burlwood Box With Silver Inlays,
ca. late 19th - early 20th c., possibly Buddhist, lid affixe...

200
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400
145 Lot 145

(3) Antique Chinese Jade Opium Lamps,
copper and brass mounts, thick glass chimneys, two of which ...

100
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200
146 Lot 146

Japanese School, Modern Cityscape, early 20th c.,
oil on canvas, unsigned, retaining a paper label on the vers...

300
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500
147 Lot 147

after Melchoir d'Hondecoeter, Fowl in Landscape,
oil on canvas, late 17th c., unsigned, housed in a period (l...

3,000
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5,000
148 Lot 148

Flemish School, City Market Scene, 19th c.,
oil on canvas (cut and laid on board), unsigned, housed in a...

600
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900
149 Lot 149

Dutch School, Sailing Vessels, first half 19th c.,
oil on canvas (relined), unsigned, housed in an ornate 19th ...

800
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1,200
150 Lot 150

Godfried Maes (Flemish, 1649 - 1700),
"The Sacrifice of Isaac", drawing with brown and black inks,...

400
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800
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