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9:00 AM PT - Dec 13th, 2009

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Quality Fine & Decorative Art, Modern Design

371 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
Chinese Jade Carving of 3 Rams ca. 1920s-50s


Heavy carving of three rams lying on their stomachs, one older ram...

2,200
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2,600
2
Lot 2
Chinese Shih-Ch'en Hsing Hung Books w/ Calligraphy


Collection of assorted books, set of 4 bifolium in a case with red...

2,000
-
4,000
3
Lot 3
Song-Chinese Hand-Written Book & Qing 10 Vol. Set


Antique hand-written Book of Officials in the Song Dynasty...

1,500
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2,000
4
Lot 4
Brooklyn Bridge Brass Sculpture Curtis Jere 1970s


Mid-Century wall sculpture of the New York City Brooklyn Bridge by...

3,000
-
5,000
5
Lot 5
Contemporary Ann Bavar Kinetic-Steel Sculpture


Orange-lacquered sculpture reflective of Eero Saarinen's TWA...

1,000
-
1,200
6
Lot 6
French Japanese-Style Elephant Samson 19th C.


Japanese-style elephant by Samson, with hand painted and gilded...

6,500
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8,000
7
Lot 7
German Bronze Nude Figure Otto Hoffmann 20th C.


Nude sculpture of a woman in a dance-like position, standing on...

2,000
-
2,500
9
Lot 9
German Nouveau Female Bronze & Marble Figure


Art-Nouveau-era marble sculpture of a woman wearing a Greek-style...

6,500
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8,000
10
Lot 10
Pair of German Bronze Putti by F. Iffland 19th C.


Pair of putti, one is holding a tambourine, the other is playing...

3,500
-
4,000
11
Lot 11
French Gilt-Bronze Pandora Sculpture Schoenewerk


Decorative sculpture of a seated Pandora wearing a diadem in her...

2,800
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3,300
13
Lot 13
French Gilt-Bronze Diana Signed Houdon ca. 1880


Sculpture of Diana, the Roman-mythological huntress holding a bow...

2,800
-
3,250
14
Lot 14
Capitaine Fracasse French Bronze Sculpture 19th C.


Sculpture of Le Capitaine Fracasse, the main character and title...

3,500
-
4,000
15
Lot 15
French Art Deco Gilt-Bronze L'Odalisque Tony Noel


Art Deco sculpture of an odalisque wearing a headdress and fixing...

7,500
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9,000
16
Lot 16
French Bronze Plaque Classical Scene Barbedienne


Rectangular plaque depicting a scene of six women and two men...

2,000
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2,300
17
Lot 17
Charles Jonchery French Nouveau Bronze Inkwell


Exquisitely-crafted Art-Nouveau-style double inkwell features a...

3,500
-
4,500
18
Lot 18
French Neo-Classical Bronze Figure Le Bucheron


Neo-Classical sculpture of a man attempting to break a bundle of...

7,000
-
9,000
19
Lot 19
C'est Moi! French Bronze Figure Bastiane 19th C.


Sculpture of a young boy with a sullen facial expression wearing a...

2,800
-
3,200
20
Lot 20
Pan & Lover Pair of Bronzes Early 20th C.


Set of two sculptures of Pan and a lover, each figure reclining on...

4,500
-
5,000
21
Lot 21
White-Marble Sculpture of Bathing Nude 19th C.


Classically-inspired sculpture of a nude woman pouring out a jug...

3,500
-
4,000
22
Lot 22
Art Deco Wood Sculpture of a Nude Woman


Art deco painted sculpture of a nude woman poised on one foot with...

1,800
-
2,000
23
Lot 23
Porcelain Female Figure by Herend of Hungary


Graceful, hand-painted porcelain figure of a casually-draped young...

2,400
-
2,900
24
Lot 24
Rare Handmade Deco Ceramic Mask Karl Grossl


One of ten very rare handmade and hand-painted Art-Deco-style wall...

2,500
-
3,000
25
Lot 25
Walter Bosse Modernist Ceramic Orange Rabbit 1930s


Modernist orange sculpture of a bunny with oversized ears by...

4,000
-
5,000
26
Lot 26
C.I.A. Manna Italian Earthenware Nude Figure


Large, nude sculpture of an exotic woman with matt glaze and hand...

2,200
-
2,400
27
Lot 27
Silver-Plated Marplex Wall Sculpture 1970s


Wall sculpture with two molded high-relief figures embracing...

6,000
-
8,000
28
Lot 28
Conrad Marca-Relli Abstract Collage Multiple 1970


Framed abstract collage by Abstract-Expressionist painter Conrad...

2,200
-
2,400
29
Lot 29
Conrad Marca-Relli Abstract Collage Multiple 1970


Framed abstract collage by Abstract-Expressionist painter Conrad...

2,200
-
2,400
30
Lot 30
Conrad Marca-Relli American Collage Multiple 1970


Framed abstract collage by Abstract-Expressionist painter Conrad...

2,200
-
2,400
31
Lot 31
Chuck Berry Color Screenprint by Red Grooms 1978


Dynamic and colorful serigraph depicting rock and roll pioneer, Mr...

2,000
-
2,500
32
Lot 32
Andalusia in the Time of the Moors Poster Grassett


Paris Exposition poster titled L'ANDALOUSIE AU TEMPS DES MAURES...

3,000
-
3,500
33
Lot 33
5 Original English Prints of Africa H.M. Stanley


Set of five original prints of sketches by journalist and explorer...

5,000
-
6,000
34
Lot 34
Suite of 10 Kipniss Lithographs For Rilke Poetry


A suite containing ten original color lithographs drawn by Robert...

4,000
-
5,000
35
Lot 35
Fetes de Paris French Deco Poster Carlu Rare Litho


Rare poster for the Paris Summer Fair in the Art Deco style...

3,000
-
5,000
36
Lot 36
American Airlines NY Travel Poster Litho Pursell


Poster for American Airlines travel to New York in the Abstract...

2,500
-
4,000
37
Lot 37
Austrian Mannerist-Style Carved-Wood Bellows


Bellows decorated with hand-carved Mannerist-style grotesques and...

2,500
-
2,800
39
Lot 39
Red-Lacquered Wood Chinoiserie Mantel Clock


Mantel clock with a swinging pendulum housed inside of a...

4,500
-
5,000
40
Lot 40
Empire French Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock w/ Hercules


Empire mantel clock cased in a carved, faux tree trunk flanked by...

3,800
-
4,100
41
Lot 41
French Egyptian-Revival Bronze-&-Marble Clock 1830


Egyptian-revival clock surmounted by a sphinx and flanked by...

5,000
-
6,000
42
Lot 42
Cesm-i Bulbul Turkish Glassware Set by Pasabahce


Set of eleven Cesm-i Bulbul (the eye of the nightingale) glassware...

2,500
-
3,000
43
Lot 43
French Neo-Classical Onyx Brass Porcelain Box


Neo-Classical-style lidded box, onyx and champleve enamel with...

2,500
-
3,000
44
Lot 44
Wedgwood English Blue Jasper-Dip Cookie Jar


Wedgwood cookie jar made of dark-blue jasper dip adorned with...

3,500
-
4,500
45
Lot 45
45-piece Rosenthal Dish Set by Emilio Pucci


45-piece set of white dishes decorated with a bright multi-colored...

2,200
-
2,500
46
Lot 46
Pair of Period French Art Deco Donghia Club Chairs


Pair of period Art Deco club chairs newly re-upholstered in...

3,000
-
3,500
47
Lot 47
Set of 8 Tortoise-Shell Dining Chairs ca. 1970


Set of eight dining chairs consisting of two end armchairs and six...

8,000
-
9,000
48
Lot 48
Tufted Leather Button Ottoman ca. 1920s-40s


Circular button ottoman on a four-legged gilt rope-and-tassel...

2,500
-
3,000
49
Lot 49
Harry Bertoia Wide Diamond Chair & Ottoman Knoll


Modern, red wide diamond lounge chair and ottoman by Knoll after...

2,800
-
3,200
50
Lot 50
Holly Hunt Chinoiserie Wood Coffee Table 20th C.


Irregularly-shaped, hand-painted coffee table with eight gilded...

9,000
-
11,000
51
Lot 51
Paola Buffa Italian Rosewood Bar Cabinet ca. 1948


Large four-gilt-footed bar cabinet with cross-stretchers featuring...

8,000
-
9,000
52
Lot 52
Small French Art Deco Burlwood Dresser 20th C.


Small Art Deco dresser consisting of eight slanted-handled...

4,200
-
4,800
53
Lot 53
German Bauhaus Nickel & Opaline Glass Chandelier


Bauhaus-style five-light globe chandelier, four smaller half-glass...

2,500
-
3,000
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