Auction details
19th & 20th Century American & European Decorative Arts
9:00 AM PT - Apr 13th, 2003
offered by
Brunk Auctions
Asheville, NC 28802

Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
15%
Bid Increments
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Auction House Preview
Preview: April 11, 2003, 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), Early Preview by Appointment at 117 Tunnel Road, Asheville, North Carolina
517 Items
| Lot | Description | Estimates (USD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 |
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Gorham sterling lidded entrée server, reeded border, scrolled handle, dents and scratches, rim bent, 2... |
100 - 200 |
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| 601 |
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Four Imari style plates and bowls, English: shallow bowl, marks for "Cosmopolite," 2" rim crack, sm... |
150 - 250 |
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| 602 |
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Pair heavy brass hinges, mounts for circular surface, arms with various dents and bends, ... |
50 - 100 |
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| 603 |
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Sterling silver bridge accessories: footed box with raised decoration "Bridge," marks for Chester, 1... |
100 - 200 |
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| 604 |
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Desk lamp, reverse-painted shade, flowers on blue field, brass-plated base with wear, rim chip on ... |
50 - 100 |
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| 605 |
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Miniature cast brass cannon on wooden carriage, cannon 10-1/2" |
75 - 150 |
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| 606 |
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19th century style cupboard, mixed hardwoods including oak and elm, three open-work shelves a... |
400 - 800 |
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| 607 |
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Rosewood desk set, double-lidded hinged box, similar desk stand with two glass inkw... |
150 - 300 |
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| 608 |
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12 assorted plates and dishes: mixed makers and styles, one blue and white Dresden opaque china... |
30 - 60 |
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| 609 |
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Bronze urn, openwork handles, old surface with corrosion and grime, several ... |
100 - 200 |
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| 610 |
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Pair brass railroad lamps, wall mounted, removable openwork brass shades, cylindrical clear... |
150 - 250 |
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| 611 |
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Seven early iron, tin tools: 8" hand-forged wall-mounted candle sconce; 14" fork; 5-1/2" coat... |
50 - 100 |
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| 612 |
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Five early tools: tripod hand-forged 25" trivet; adjustable-handle fork; reproduct... |
75 - 150 |
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| 613 |
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Two-drawer English pine stand, flared legs, dovetailed drawers, separations, old refinishing, s... |
100 - 200 |
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| 614 |
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Muzzle-loading percussion rifle, octagonal barrel with speckled gray finish, "Stocked by Hacker M... |
400 - 800 |
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| 615 |
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Half-stock percussion musket, probably converted flintlock, walnut stock, lock plate marked "T... |
150 - 300 |
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| 616 |
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Half-stock maple Penn. squirrel rifle, 33-7/8" barrel with old brown patina, brass mounted with shaped ... |
400 - 800 |
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| 617 |
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Harper's Ferry percussion musket, 41-1/2" barrel, lock plate marked "Harper's Ferry 1852," with ea... |
300 - 600 |
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| 618 |
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Iron-mounted percussion musket, 37-1/4" barrel, converted flintlock, lock plate marked "859," fu... |
200 - 400 |
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| 618A |
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Colt pocket percussion revolver model 1849, matching serial numbers 182217, original wooden grip... |
150 - 300 |
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| 618B |
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Five tribal spears, wooden shafts, hand-wrought steel points, various wire and metal... |
200 - 400 |
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| 618C |
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Ornate middle eastern sword, 23-1/2" blade with gold-decorated Arabic sayings, shaped bone ha... |
200 - 400 |
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| 618D |
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Pair flintlock pistols, each with tapered 9" barrels, brass mounts: one with original st... |
300 - 600 |
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| 618E |
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Brass-mounted percussion pistol, converted flintlock, barrel possibly reduced, scattered rust, st... |
150 - 200 |
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| 618F |
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Brass plate with notice, "Take notice that as from today's date poachers shall be shot on... |
50 - 100 |
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| 619 |
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Imari style ceramic platter, cartouche-shaped well-and-tree style, vivid orange, cobalt and g... |
200 - 400 |
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| 620 |
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Three lidded entrée servers, cartouche shape, Imari style vivid orange, cobalt and green deco... |
250 - 500 |
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| 621 |
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Three Imari style platters: cartouche shape, Imari style vivid orange, cobalt and green deco... |
400 - 800 |
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| 622 |
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19 pieces Imari style dinnerware: vivid orange, cobalt and green floral decoration: two 10-1/4" sh... |
200 - 400 |
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| 623 |
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17 books on antiques, furniture, pewter and antique firearms, includes "Treasury of Am... |
150 - 250 |
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| 623A |
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23 books on American antiques and decorative arts including price guides and "North Carolina A... |
200 - 400 |
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| 623B |
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19 books on clocks, hard- and soft-bound, includes "The Book of American Clocks," Br... |
200 - 400 |
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| 624 |
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Treadle-operated flax wheel, mixed hardwoods, spindle-turned spokes, oak platform with coggle... |
100 - 200 |
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| 625 |
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45 pieces assorted sterling flatware: eleven 6" cocktail forks "Wave Edge" by Tiffany, with monograms;... |
200 - 400 |
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| 626 |
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165 pieces "King Richard" by Towle sterling silver flatware, no monograms, very light wear, two-dra... |
1,000 - 2,000 |
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| 627 |
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69 pieces "Prelude" by International sterling silver flatware, most with monogram, average wear, wood... |
500 - 1,000 |
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| 628 |
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90 pieces "Louis XV" by Whiting sterling silver flatware, various monograms, average wear, knife... |
800 - 1,500 |
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| 629 |
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Nine small sterling silver items: under plate, full-figured cupids, Shreve & Company, several larg... |
150 - 250 |
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| 629A |
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Three sterling silver serving pieces: Black, Starr & Frost, openwork trauy, clover border, several den... |
200 - 400 |
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| 630 |
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19 leather-bound books, three three-quarter leather, raised spine labels, purple morocco... |
75 - 150 |
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| 631 |
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Seven leather-bound books: "The Seasons" by James Thompson, Frederick-Town, 1810; "The Engl... |
150 - 250 |
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| 632 |
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Map of British empire, "An accurate map of the British Empire and Nth America 1762," to... |
100 - 200 |
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| 633 |
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Round table, pine top, oak legs, tongue-and-groove top, nailed skirt, separations, uneven finish,... |
100 - 200 |
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| 634 |
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Oak barometer, carved floral and scroll decoration, minor finish flaws, some se... |
100 - 200 |
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| 635 |
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Photo post card, four people with horse-drawn ice wagon, back with tape residue a... |
10 - 20 |
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| 636 |
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Footed brass coal hod, curved body with repoussé floral decoration, scattered dents, 17... |
150 - 300 |
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| 637 |
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Two painted metal watering cans, 16" and 10-1/2", with turned elm center bowl, 6"; wooden till wi... |
100 - 200 |
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| 638 |
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Federal mahogany tilt-top table base, finely carved, swirled urn and stop-fluted pedestal above three ... |
500 - 1,000 |
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| 639 |
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Elm three-legged stool, through tenons, normal wear, minor chips and scuffs, legs slight... |
100 - 200 |
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| 640 |
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Oak box on stretcher stand, shield-shaped brass medallion marked "Walker & Hall, Sheffield,"... |
150 - 250 |



















































