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8:00 AM PT - Nov 13th, 2010

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Kimball M. Sterling Inc. TFL-1915
125 West Market Street
Johnson City, TN 37604
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193 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
Buffalo Horn Dog Cane-Early 20th Century-Well carved

horn handle, pique work on collar, ivory eyes, signed 14 kt...

400
-
600
2
Lot 2
Carved Ivory Dog Cane-Circa 1900-Carved ivory dog, p

ainted eyes, ornate gold-filled collar, hardwood shaft and a horn...

400
-
600
3
Lot 3
Carved Walrus Ivory Dog Cane-Late 19th Century-A fin

ely carved dog head, two color glass eyes, signed sterling collar...

750
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1,000
4
Lot 4
Carved Ivory Dog Cane-Circa 1890-A expertly carved h

andle, two color glass eyes, ornate, inscribed upper gold filled...

1,000
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1,200
5
Lot 5
Horn Dog Cane-Circa 1890-Nice carved handle with ivo

ry and horn eyes, white metal collar, natural twig spur shaft and...

350
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500
6
Lot 6
Ivory Lion Cane-Early 20th Century-A fully carved ha

ndle and shaft of elephant ivory, handle is removable and no...

600
-
900
7
Lot 7
Nautical Whalebone Cane-Circa 1880-A well made nauti

cal handle with baleen spacers, small baleen collar and a...

1,500
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2,000
8
Lot 8
Baleen and Ivory Nautical Dress Cane-Circa 1885-An i

nteresting combination of materials once belonging to Thomas...

500
-
700
9
Lot 9
Superb Nautical Snake and Fist Whalebone Cane-Circa


Superb Nautical Snake and Fist Whalebone Cane-Circa 1875-Carved...

2,500
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3,000
10
Lot 10
Turk's Knot Whalebone Cane-Circa 1880-A finely carv

ed knot which is carved from a whale's tooth, no collar, a...

1,600
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2,000
11
Lot 11
Dodge Estate Ivory Cane-Circa 1860-Carved ivory han

dle, inscribed (probably gold) collar with the name L. C. Dodge...

300
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500
12
Lot 12
Ivory Dog and Rabbit Cane-Late 19th Century-A relie

f carved dog with two color glass eyes, signed sterling collar...

500
-
700
13
Lot 13
Ivory Rabbit Cane-Circa 1875-A carved ivory rabbit,

gold filled ornate collar, ebony shaft and a bi-metal ferrule-H...

300
-
500
14
Lot 14
Floral Ivory Dress Cane-Early 20th Century-An exper

tly carved ivory handle with flowers, leafs and pods, ornate metal...

700
-
1,200
15
Lot 15
Fancy Ivory Rabbit Cane-Late 19th Century-A nicely

carved rabbit with two color glass eyes, small gold filled collar...

1,200
-
1,500
16
Lot 16
Ivory Dress Cane-Dated 1901-Carved ivory handle wit

h a gold filled Florentine end cap and ornate collar, ornate...

300
-
400
17
Lot 17
Art Nouveau Silver Dress Cane-Late 19th Century-A c

ast, unmarked silver handle, exotic wood shaft and no ferrule-H...

300
-
500
18
Lot 18
Silver Snake Cane-Early 20th Century-A dress handle

which is signed 800 silver, hallmarked with the initials C.K...

800
-
1,200
19
Lot 19
Ornate Silver Dress Cane-Late 19th Century-A silver

dress handle which is signed White, Howard, and Ma., the handle...

500
-
700
20
Lot 20
Silver Dress Cane-Early 20th Century-Exotic bird ha

ndle which is hallmarked but unreadable, exotic wood shaft and a...

400
-
600
21
Lot 21
Ivory Tiger Cane-Circa 1900-Well used ivory cane wi

th two color glass eyes, gold filled collar with three different...

300
-
400
22
Lot 22
Ivory Ladies Cane-Late 19th Century-A well carved h

andle, signed sterling collar, aged hardwood shaft and a bi-metal...

400
-
600
23
Lot 23
Ivory Creature Cane-Early 20th Century-A carved wei

rd looking jungle animal with two color glass eyes and India...

300
-
500
24
Lot 24
Whale's Tooth Dress Cane-Circa 1880-A most unusual

ivory carving which has for its center piece a folky carving of...

1,000
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1,500
25
Lot 25
Asian Ivory Dragon Cane-Early 20th Century-A carved

dragon with horn eyes, British Hallmarked silver collar, hardwood...

500
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700
26
Lot 26
Elephant Ivory Lion Cane- French Circa 1880-Ivory c

rook handle carved with a lion, beautiful mane and stretching body...

1,500
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2,000
27
Lot 27
English Elephant Day Cane- 19th Century-A large Ele

phant ivory handle with an African elephant, Makassar ebony shaft...

2,000
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3,000
28
Lot 28
Carved Ivory Dog- Late 19th Century-A carved elepha

nt ivory knob with two color glass eyes, belted brass collar...

800
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1,200
29
Lot 29
Elephant Dress- Early 20th Century-A large silver p

lated handle with an Asian elephant, ebonized shaft worn out...

600
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700
30
Lot 30
English Erotic Cane- C. 1870- An ivory handle on a

malacca shaft with chased silver collar and long stag horn...

2,000
-
3,000
31
Lot 31
Erotic French Cane,-19th Century-A substantial one

piece elephant ivory carved with a dozen naked females which make...

2,000
-
3,000
32
Lot 32
Meissen Porcelain Dress Cane-Circa 1880-A wonderful

porcelain handle with gilt knob and collar, canary yellow and...

1,000
-
1,500
33
Lot 33
English Victorian Memento Mori Ivory- Mid 19th Cent

ury-A well carved human skull on a vertebrae plinth, malacca shaft...

1,500
-
2,500
34
Lot 34
Silver Ram Dress- Circa 19th Century-A great modele

d German silver casting, 800 hallmark between a 616 and a 4, ebony...

800
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1,200
35
Lot 35
German Hard Stone Dress- Late19th Century-The ball

handle being a variety of jade, silver collar with an...

400
-
700
36
Lot 36
Anglo-Colonial Dress Cane- Late 19th Century-Long i

vory handle deeply carved with two mythological deities within...

700
-
900
37
Lot 37
Carved Ivory Elephant- Circa 1890-A large Anglo-Col

onial carved handle on a long stem with two ebony washers, ebony...

500
-
600
38
Lot 38
Tula Russian Dress Cane- Circa 1880-An elegant Derb

y shaped silver handle, ebony shaft, unreadable hallmarks and a...

500
-
1,000
39
Lot 39
Carved Horse Cane-Early 20th Century-A naturalistic

ally carved and painted fruitwood horse head with a beautiful...

500
-
700
40
Lot 40
Token Of Love Cane- Circa 1870-A classic elephant i

vory crook handle carved with hand and roses, ebony shaft, metal...

900
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1,400
41
Lot 41
Silver Abraham Lincoln Cane- Circa.1900-A large sil

ver container handle, hinged top with the portrait of the...

2,000
-
3,000
42
Lot 42
Prime American Figural Marine Cane- Circa 1860-Sail

or made cane with a baleen whaler head and a whalebone shaft with...

1,500
-
2,000
43
Lot 43
Silver Sword Cane- 19th Century.-Mushroom silver kn

ob with pebble pattern engraving and hallmarks, eyelets with...

800
-
1,200
44
Lot 44
Aristocrats Cane- Circa 1880-Horn and elephant ivor

y carved with coat of arms, ivory collar, rosewood shaft and a...

600
-
1,200
45
Lot 45
Scrimshaw Walrus and Whale- Circa 1870-A nice sailo

r made cane with a figural walrus ivory handle and a whale bone...

1,400
-
1,600
46
Lot 46
Ivory Whippet Cane- 19th Century-Well carved substa

ntial ivory handle, silver collar C.E.COATES FROM J.M.CAMPBELL...

2,000
-
3,000
47
Lot 47
Life Preserver Cane-Early 20th Century-Turned fruit

wood to simulate bamboo and metal ferrule. The crook handle pulls...

700
-
1,000
48
Lot 48
Fine Sword Cane- Circa 1880-Shaved malacca with pla

in crook handle, silver collar and a metal ferrule. Quarter lock...

800
-
1,200
49
Lot 49
Viennese Bovine Phallic Cane-Circa 1890-Shaft made

of the dried, stretched and twisted member of an ox. There is a...

700
-
1,200
50
Lot 50
Burglar Cane- Circa 1900-Shaved malacca with crook

handle, braided silver wire collar and an iron ferrule. Heavy...

500
-
700
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