Important Estates | Session One | March 30th 2019-03-30 Auction - 498 Price Results - Butterscotch Auction in NY - Page 3
FERNANDO CUETO AMORSOLO (Filipino, 1892-1972)GEORGE INNESS (American, 1825-1894)PAIR CHINESE ARCHAISTIC JADEITE VASES & COVERS
Done
Bedford, NY, United States
Auction Details

Important Estates | Session One | March 30th

Over 1,000 lots sold in two sessions:
Session I: Fine Art | Autographs | Asian Art | Decorative Arts | & Furniture (lots 1-499)
Saturday, March 30, 1pm EST
Session II: Jewelry | Silver | Fine Art II | Decorative Art II | & Furniture II (lots 500-1,022)
Sunday, March 31, 12pm EST

| FEATURING |
The Estate of John F. Ball
(95 lots) Former film & television executive, Greenwich CT. Mr. Ball's estate features important Luminist Paintings (lots 18, 21, 22), a fine collection of Chinese Jades (lots 115-125), and an extensive collection of 18th Century French Porcelain (lots 140-199). He was the son-in-law to Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897-1990), whom Christie's had called "the last of a generation of great post-war collectors" in their catalog for her 1991 estate auction. Many of the items to be offered were formerly part of her collection.

The Estate of J.D. McClatchy (64 lots) American poet, librettist, literary critic, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry and former president of The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Stonington CT. The estate features Mr. McClatchy's extensive collection of Literary & Musical Autographs & Manuscripts (lots 60-103) which not only reflects his tastes as a collector, but as a major American artist and "one of the country's foremost men of letters" (The New York Times). The estate also features a fine collection of Japanese Prints (lots 239-251) gifted to Mr. McClatchy from his close friend, the seminal American poet and Merrill-Lynch heir James Merrill.

Also Featuring: • The estate of James Delihas, Pound Ridge, NY, former associate of Barry Tracy and American Wing curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art • The estate of Sue Wong, Darien, CT • The estate of Anita Behnken, Norwalk, CT, volunteer and creator of the Norwalk Symphony Endowment Fund
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FOLLOWER OF JOHANNES LINGELBACH, 18th Century: Market at Trajan's Column, Rome oil on canvas h. 27-1/2 w. 35 in. no apparent signature, old label on verso reads "#1209P. German School canvas / a vegetable market in Rome, Att. To J
0049: FOLLOWER OF JOHANNES LINGELBACH, 18th CenturyEst. $1,500-$2,500
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PABLO PICASSO MADOURA CERAMIC PITCHER: Têtes partially glazed ceramic h. 5-1/2 in. 1956, Madoura pottery, stamped and incised 'Edition / Picasso' and 'Madoura', from an edition of 500, Ramie 367 overall excellent, with a few scuffs to
0050: PABLO PICASSO MADOURA CERAMIC PITCHEREst. $2,000-$3,000
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GAETANO PESCE UP CHAIR & OTTOMAN: B&B Italia, Italy, 'Up 5' easy chair and 'Up 6' ottoman, manufactured circa 2002, designed 1969, stretch fabric over foam h. 41 w. 44 d. 51 in. overall excellent condition, a few minor blemished to
0051: GAETANO PESCE UP CHAIR & OTTOMANEst. $1,200-$1,800
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(3pc) HUBERT LE GALL SANSEVIERIA SUITE: Late 1990s/early 2000's, designed 1996, comprising two fauteuils (each h.31-1/2 x 39 x 20 in) and a grand canape (h. 31 x 94-1/2 x 41 in.), wooden structure covered in foam and upholstered in red and
0052: (3pc) HUBERT LE GALL SANSEVIERIA SUITEEst. $7,000-$10,000
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(3pc) GILBERT ROHDE FOR HERMAN MILLER: three 'Paldao' veneered cabinets, including two with double cabinet doors enclosing slide-out drawers; and a third with sliding glass doors and shelving; with metal tags one cabinet with overall sun
0053: (3pc) GILBERT ROHDE FOR HERMAN MILLEREst. $500-$700
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PAIR JEFFREY BERNETT TULIP SWIVEL CHAIRS: B&B Italia, Italy, manufactured in 2002, covered in black leather h. 27 w. 32 d. 29 in. excellent; a few very light scuffs
0054: PAIR JEFFREY BERNETT TULIP SWIVEL CHAIRSEst. $1,500-$2,500
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PHILIPPE STARCK JOE SHIP DINETTE TABLE: circa 1980s, enameled metal with a round glass top h. 28-1/2 dia. 46 in. (glass) with enamel loss to the bottoms of the legs and at the top of one support; minor scuffs in glass [IN SITU] Preview by
0057: PHILIPPE STARCK JOE SHIP DINETTE TABLEEst. $300-$500
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ODEGARD MODERN TIBETAN CARPET: With a design of three rows of multicolored stripes, handwoven h. 13ft-11in w. 10ft-1in excellent, 2 minor dark spots
0058: ODEGARD MODERN TIBETAN CARPETEst. $1,000-$1,500
MODERN NEPALESE WOOL CARPET: With a multicolored leaf design on a dark blue ground, hand-woven h. 12ft-4in w. 12ft excellent
0059: MODERN NEPALESE WOOL CARPETEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed
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WALT WHITMAN (American, 1819-1892): Autograph letter, signed 'Walt Whitman', 1 page, 4to, 431 Stevens st, Camden, NJ, May 22, 1876, a boldly penned letter introducing Walter H. Ortlip, the 18-year-old son of friends, for work as a
0060: WALT WHITMAN (American, 1819-1892)Est. $2,000-$4,000
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(2pc) HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882): Two autograph letters, including one autograph letter with poetic quotation, 3 pages, folded 8vo, July 11, 1880, to Miss Emily Thornton Chailes of Indianapolis, Indiana, with integral blank leaf, the
0061: (2pc) HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882)Est. $500-$1,000
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON (American, 1803-1882): Autograph letter, signed 'R.W. Emerson', 1 page, 8vo, on lined paper, Concord [Massachusetts], April 10, 1874, asking his publisher to grant permission to J.R. Osgood & Co. to print 150 copies of his
0062: RALPH WALDO EMERSON (American, 1803-1882)Est. $300-$500
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TWO LOCKS OF EMILY DICKINSON'S [?] HAIR: two locks of hair purportedly belonging to Emily Dickinson framed together, one of auburn color, the other a brownish-blonde. It appears that the only known locks of hair belonging to Emily
0063: TWO LOCKS OF EMILY DICKINSON'S [?] HAIREst. $500-$1,000
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ROBERT FROST (American, 1874-1963): A fair copy manuscript excerpt of the final four-line stanza in Frost's poem 'Desert Places', written in pen, reading: 'They cannot scare me with their empty spaces / Between stars - on stars where
0064: ROBERT FROST (American, 1874-1963)Est. $500-$1,000
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WALLACE STEVENS (American, 1879-1955): Typed letter, signed 'Wallace Stevens', 1 page, 8vo, Hartford Accident & Ind. Co., Hartford, Connecticut, n.d. [circa January 1934], a delightful response to a local reader who has written Stevens
0065: WALLACE STEVENS (American, 1879-1955)Est. $2,000-$4,000
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(2pc) A. E. HOUSMAN (British, 1859-1936): Two autograph letters, one being 2 pages, 8vo, with integral blank leaf, Trinity College, Cambridge, 20 April 1933, reading 'Dear Sir, / I find that in writing to you yesterday I said what was not
0066: (2pc) A. E. HOUSMAN (British, 1859-1936)Est. $500-$1,000
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(3pc) W. H. AUDEN (American, 1907-1973): Including an autograph letter, signed 'W. H. Auden', 1 page, 4to, 77 St. Mark's Place, New York City, February 17th [postmarked 1970], to Mr. Roger Rosenblatt of Cambridge Mass., asking the recipient
0067: (3pc) W. H. AUDEN (American, 1907-1973)Est. $200-$400
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(3pc) [AMERICAN MODERNIST FEMALE POETS]: including: MARIANNE MOORE (American, 1887-1972), typed letter, signed 'Marianne Moore', 1 page, 8vo, 260 Cumberland Street, Brooklyn, New York, January 30, 1958, to Llewellyn Jones, thanking Jones
0068: (3pc) [AMERICAN MODERNIST FEMALE POETS]Est. $200-$400
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (German, 1749-1832): Autograph receipt, with Goethe's signature ('JW Goethe') to the left of the recipient's signature, 1 page, oblong leaf, Jena [Germany], August 3, 1810, in the hand of the recipient, reading [rough
0069: JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (German, 1749-1832)Est. $500-$1,000
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ALEXANDER POPE (1688-1744): Signed receipt, circa 1715, a printed for subscribers to Pope's verse translation of Homer's Iliad, signed 'A. Pope', reading, in full, 'Receiv'd of James Craggs Esq Sen. [name inserted by Pope in
0070: ALEXANDER POPE (1688-1744)Est. $500-$1,000
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EDWARD YOUNG (British, 1683-1765): Autograph letter, signed 'E. Young', 1 page, 4to, March 4th, 1725, to an undisclosed 'Madam', asking if a Mr. Savage "may be allowd to be a judgd in the case', signed 'Yr Ladysp most Obedient &
0071: EDWARD YOUNG (British, 1683-1765)Est. $500-$1,000
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(4pc) EARLY FOLIO LEAVES: Including a leaf from Shakespeare's Fourth Folio showing the First Part of King Henry the Fourth; an engraved leaf from Edward Young's 'The Complaint; or, Night Thoughts: Night the Third:--Narcissa'
0072: (4pc) EARLY FOLIO LEAVESEst. $200-$400