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10:00 AM PT - Nov 12th, 2011

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Kimball M. Sterling Inc. TFL-1915
125 West Market Street
Johnson City, TN 37604
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Fall Antique Cane Auction

215 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
1. African Chief's Cane-Early 20th Century-A one pie

ce ivory elephant's tusk with carved characters, oral legend says...

1,000
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1,200
2
Lot 2
2. Gutta Percha Dress Cane-Late 19th Century-A pisto

l grip, full gutta percha handle and shaft with a metal ferrule-H...

300
-
500
3
Lot 3
3. American Flag Parade Cane-Early 20th Century-A 48

star American flag, wood knob handle, hardwood shaft and no...

200
-
300
4
Lot 4
4. Remington Dog Head Style Dress Cane-Late 19th Cen

tury-A gutta percha head which looks much like the Remington gun...

500
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600
5
Lot 5
5. Gutta Percha Naughty Leg Cane-Circa 1885-A beauti

fully molded handle, ivory disc spacers, full gutta shaft and a...

250
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400
6
Lot 6
6. Ivory and Silver Dress Cane-Late 19th Century-A c

arved ivory handle with signed sterling end cap and ornate stone...

350
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450
7
Lot 7
7. Gutta Percha Crook Handle-Circa 1890-A shepherd's

one piece gutta percha cane with a bi-metal ferrule-O.L...

200
-
300
8
Lot 8
8. Ivory Dog Dress Cane-Early 20th Century-Carved iv

ory dog with three color glass eyes and a red gem stone for a...

400
-
600
9
Lot 9
9. French Dieppe Carved Cane-Circa 1890-A nicely car

ved cherub style figure, square ebony shaft and a bi-metal...

400
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600
10
Lot 10
10. Full Ivory Dress Cane-Circa 1930-A carved dress

cane which is in three sections, small chip off of the swirl near...

500
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700
11
Lot 11
11. Bronze Leda and the Swan Cane-Early 20th Centur

y-A finely cast handle of this erotic subject matter with good...

500
-
600
12
Lot 12
12. Indian Sword and Defensive Cane-Circa 1935-A wh

ite bell bronze cast handle with red and green paint decoration...

400
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600
13
Lot 13
13. Whimsical Ivory Pig Cane-Early 20th Century-Car

ved ivory pig with horn and ivory spacers, signed sterling collar...

500
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700
14
Lot 14
14. Whalebone Nautical Cane-Circa 1865-A carved ivo

ry whales' tooth handle with monogrammed initials, 15/16 diameter...

2,000
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2,500
15
Lot 15
15. Folk-Art Snake Cane-Early 20th Century-A carved

diamond willow branch with two miniature snakes and no ferrule-O...

100
-
200
16
Lot 16
16. Ivory Crook Handle Cane-Circa 1880-A nicely car

ved ivory handle, bulbous silver collar, hardwood shaft and a...

300
-
500
17
Lot 17
17. Ivory Dress Cane-Late 19th Century-A two piece

carved handle, ornate brass collar, thick malacca shaft and a...

400
-
600
18
Lot 18
18. Bull Penis Cane-Late 19th Century-As far bull p

enises go, this is a nice one. It has a great patina, nice heavy...

300
-
500
19
Lot 19
19. Exotic Carved Ebony Head Cane-Early 20th Centur

y-A nicely carved Nubian ebony and ivory spacer, zebrawood shaft...

300
-
500
20
Lot 20
20. Malachite Dress Cane-Early 20th Century-An 1 1/

3" spear handle with vibrant colors, signed sterling collar, ebony...

400
-
600
21
Lot 21
21. A Gardener's Truffle Cane-Circa 1880-A nice exa

mple with a 7" x 2" spade as the ferrule, hickory crook handle...

250
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400
22
Lot 22
22. Ivory Reptile Cane-Circa 1900-Carved ivory hand

le with a strange reptile atop, good patina, white metal collar...

500
-
1,000
23
Lot 23
23. Saw Fish Folk-Art Cane-Late 19th Century-An unu

sual combination of fish and horn, some teeth damaged or missing...

400
-
500
24
Lot 24
24. Erotic Stanhope Cane-Late 19th Century-A carved

dog head with two color glass eyes, Tepliz style silver attached...

800
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1,200
25
Lot 25
25. Ivory Full Nude Dress Cane-Ca. 1890-A Museum qu

ality sensual carved ivory kneeling Venus drying her hair with a...

5,000
-
8,000
26
Lot 26
26. Art Nouveau Alphone Mucha Dress Cane-Ca. 1900-

Mushroom shaped silver handle with a female head in the Byzantine...

1,200
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1,800
27
Lot 27
27. French Ivory Dress Cane-Early 19th Century-Baro

que ivory handle with the bust of a beauty, fruitwood shaft with a...

1,200
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1,800
28
Lot 28
28. Hard Stone Dress Cane-Late 19th Century-A polis

hed ball with a crystallized structure and of variegated red and...

500
-
800
29
Lot 29
29. Amusing French Monkey-Jockey Cane-19th Century-

A pristine ivory knob carved to depict a monkey's head with...

1,600
-
2,000
30
Lot 30
30. Ivory Crab Claw Cane-19th Century-A finely carv

ed claw with all of its joints, silver collar with...

1,800
-
2,500
31
Lot 31
31. Meissen Porcelain Cane- 19th Century-Finest qua

lity derby shaped white porcelain with beautiful flower sprays...

1,000
-
1,500
32
Lot 32
32. Rose Quartz Dress Cane-Early 20th Century- Rose

quartz handle of unusual intense color with a gilt collar and...

600
-
900
33
Lot 33
33. German Ivory Owl Cane- 19th Century-An L-shaped

carved ivory handle of an owl perched on a branch, malacca shaft...

1,500
-
2,000
34
Lot 34
34. Prince Figural Porcelain Cane- 19th Century-Sub

stantial mint porcelain knob modeled and finely painted to depict...

3,000
-
4,000
35
Lot 35
35. Princess Figural Porcelain Cane-19th Century-Su

bstantial porcelain knob modeled and finely painted to depict the...

3,000
-
4,000
36
Lot 36
36. Figural Hard Stone Cat Dress Cane- Ca. 1900 -Su

bstantial grayish-green jasper seated cat on a rose quartz base...

5,000
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7,000
37
Lot 37
37. Leda and the Swan Hippo Ivory Cane-Ca. 1890-A b

reathtaking erotic subject matter masterly carved in hippo ivory...

3,000
-
4,000
38
Lot 38
38. Carved Ivory Erotic Cane-Ca. 1890-Very unique c

arved ivory handle with delicate fine detail, Art Nouveau silver...

2,000
-
3,000
39
Lot 39
39. Guilloche Enamel Viennese Dress Cane-Ca. 1890-T

he guilloche has hand painted bouquets of roses in a gold filigree...

1,200
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1,600
40
Lot 40
40. Northwest Coast Native Cane-Early 20th Century-

A fine example of the native's work with inlaid abalone. The...

1,500
-
2,000
41
Lot 41
41. Punch and Judy Ivory Cane-19th Century-Straight

ivory handle with the full length portraits of Judy and Punch...

1,800
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2,500
42
Lot 42
42. Victorian Dress Cane- 19th Century-Sardonyx kn


42. Victorian Dress Cane- 19th Century-Sardonyx knob, naturally...

400
-
700
43
Lot 43
43. Viennese Tiger Eye Dress Cane-Early 20th Centur

y-A Milord shaped knob of a layered structure and mottled brown...

500
-
700
44
Lot 44
44. German Folk Art Cane-19th Century-A good charac

ter carving portrait of a man with a smiling face and exaggerated...

800
-
1,200
45
Lot 45
45. Ivory Dogs Cane-Late 19th Century-A large crook

ivory handle carved with four dog heads, braided silver wire...

1,200
-
1,800
46
Lot 46
46. Dual Purpose French Optical Cane-Early 1800

's-T-shaped ivory handle carved with putti within Baroque scrolls...

1,000
-
1,500
47
Lot 47
47. Dual Purpose Marine Cane-Ca. 1840-1850-Substant

ial one piece whale tooth knob well carved as a fist with a coiled...

4,000
-
6,000
48
Lot 48
48. An Early Dual Purpose Cane- 1st half of the 19t

h Century. Silver container handle with a deep cavity under a...

1,200
-
1,800
49
Lot 49
49. Early German Dual Purpose Aristocrats Cane-Ca.

1800-Sunstantial straight knob in classic Baroque early shape...

1,200
-
1,800
50
Lot 50
50. Horse Measure Cane-Ca. 1901-Staghorn handle ,ma

lacca shaft, silver collar and a metal ferrule.-H. 5" x 2 ¼", O.L...

500
-
800
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