Important Estates | November 22 2020-11-22 Auction - 1005 Price Results - Butterscotch Auction in NY - Page 10
WILLIAM LESTER STEVENS (American, 1888-1969)VERY FINE CHINESE INLAID IRON TRIPOD CENSERFRANCIS BACON (British, 1909-1992)
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Bedford, NY, United States
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Important Estates | November 22

FEATURING: - Nearly 200 lots from the 12-acre homestead of a late Greenwich nonagenarian - A collection of unique contemporary art & furnishings from the late Joseph S. Blank, Jr., former board member of The Neuberger Museum of Art - Paintings, silver, and jewelry from a Greenwich, CT socialite - Important Chinese art and Antiques from a nonagenarian lifelong appraiser - Fine Antiques from a North Salem, NY collector - Antique jewelry and an important rug from a NYC estate - Artwork from a Katonah, NY collector - Over 2,000 troy ounces of silver bullion from a Fairfield, CT collection - Over four pounds of international and American gold coins from a Pleasantville, NY collection - And much more!
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LEWIS CARROLL FIRST EDITION: "The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony, in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll... with nine illustrations by Henry Holiday, London: MacMillan & Co, 1876," 12mo, first edition, first issue, with "baker" and
0219: LEWIS CARROLL FIRST EDITIONEst. $200-$400
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(2vol) ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SIGNED VOLUMES: including UNDERWOODS [Author's Edition], "New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887," 12mo, inscribed on title, "Charles Warren Stoddard / from his friend / Robert Louis Stevenson", and FAMILIAR
0220: (2vol) ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SIGNED VOLUMESEst. $300-$500
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(6vol) HISTORY OF HAMPTON COURT PALACE: "The History of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor Times... by Ernest Law, B.A... London: George Bell and Sons," 1885-1891, with many illustrations throughout, 8vo, finely bound in three-quarter red
0221: (6vol) HISTORY OF HAMPTON COURT PALACEEst. $400-$600
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(40vol) AMERICAN STATESMEN LIMITED EDITION: American Statesmen, edited by John T. Morse, Jr., in 40 volumes, Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1898-1900, 1908-17, 8vo, the Large Paper Edition, no. 87 of 500 copies, bound in
0222: (40vol) AMERICAN STATESMEN LIMITED EDITIONEst. $500-$700
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(10vol) PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY of the CIVIL WAR: "The Photographic History of the Civil War, in Ten Volumes," edited by Francis Miller and Robert S. Lanier, New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1911, 4to, in publisher's blue stamped cloth h. 11
0223: (10vol) PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY of the CIVIL WAREst. $100-$300
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(5vol) EARLY BOOKS ON RELIGION & SCIENCE: including, "The Sunny Side; or, The Country Minister's Wife" by Elizabeth Wooster Stuart Phelps (Andover, 1815-1852), c. 1851, pub. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union; "The Foresters, an
0224: (5vol) EARLY BOOKS ON RELIGION & SCIENCEEst. $200-$400
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(4vol) EARLY EDITION OF LONGFELLOW: all four volumes 12mo, bound in matching 3/4 leather, including: "POEMS, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in two volumes... a new edition, Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and FIelds, 1850," first edition;
0225: (4vol) EARLY EDITION OF LONGFELLOWEst. $100-$300
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(18vol) JOHN GALSWORTHY FIRST EDITIONS & OTHER: including 11 early misc. editions of Galsworthy's novels, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c. 1910-30, most being first American editions, 8vo in publisher's purple cloth with gilt; 5 first
0226: (18vol) JOHN GALSWORTHY FIRST EDITIONS & OTHEREst. $100-$300
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(10vol) RIVIERE & SON AND OTHER FINE BINDINGS: including: THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD by Oliver Goldsmith, with a Preface by Austin Dobson and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson, London: Macmillan & Co. and New York, 1891, bound in full gilt green
0227: (10vol) RIVIERE & SON AND OTHER FINE BINDINGSEst. $300-$500
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(6vol) KIPLING & OTHER FIRST EDITIONS: including three first editions by Rudyard Kipling, comprising: PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1888., first issue, with misplaced page number on p. 192 and 32pp of
0228: (6vol) KIPLING & OTHER FIRST EDITIONSEst. $300-$500
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PAIR BUCCIARELLI MILANO BOOKENDS: metal paint decorated with military hats and weaponry, each with label on bottom h. 7-1/2 w. 5-1/2 d. 4 in. Provenance: from the estate of the late centenarian Joseph S. Blank, Jr., noted
0229: PAIR BUCCIARELLI MILANO BOOKENDSEst. $100-$200
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(14pc) COLLECTION PENS & 14k LETTER OPENER: including a 14k two-tone gold letter opener stamped "Luchow's" with a crest hallmark showing a stein flanked by stags, 36.6g (l. 9 in.); a collection of cross pens comprising 1 gold filled pen, 3
0230: (14pc) COLLECTION PENS & 14k LETTER OPENEREst. $300-$400
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ANTIQUE CARD PRESS & PLAYING CARDS: transferware scene signed "Barth", with ebony screws, accompanied by an antique set of cards (4-3/4 x 2-3/4 in.) h. 4-1/2 w. 8-1/2 d. 4 in. Provenance: Descent through the family of a late
0231: ANTIQUE CARD PRESS & PLAYING CARDSEst. $200-$300
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ANTIQUE TRAVEL FOLDING GAME BOX TABLE: the antique dovetail joined box with checkerboard on one side and Parcheesi on interior, adapted to be a table with a custom fitted later base h. 5 in. w. 20-1/2 d. 14 in. (box folded) overall:
0232: ANTIQUE TRAVEL FOLDING GAME BOX TABLEEst. $100-$300
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(2pc) EARLY 19th CENTRY MAPS of the HEMISPHERES: h. 8-1/4 w. 11 in., sight overall: 13 x 19-3/4 in. (largest, framed) both French, including one dated 1828 (8-1/2 x 15 in., sight) Provenance: from the collection of an important New Canaan, CT
0234: (2pc) EARLY 19th CENTRY MAPS of the HEMISPHERESEst. $200-$300
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(9pc) EARLY NAVIGATOR: including a a Kern Aarau Swiss tool ser in green velvet lined leather case, with pieces marked "Hartchrom / Switzerland"; a Dietzgen "Kromet" tool set in velvet-lined leather case; a Dietzgen
0236: (9pc) EARLY NAVIGATOREst. $100-$200
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(2pc) ANTIQUE SEXTANT & SPYGLASS: including an English bone inlaid sextant signed "Gail - Newcastle" (13 in.) and a French brass and leather spyglass (field telescope) with four chambers (l. 8-3/4 in., collapsed) Provenance:
0237: (2pc) ANTIQUE SEXTANT & SPYGLASSEst. $150-$300
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(3pc) COLLECTION DECORATIVE NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS: including an "Admirally" ship's bell clock and Fulton weather station in stand, a ship's compass mounted as a lamp (h. 27 in.), and a navigation light mounted as a lamp Provenance: from an
0238: (3pc) COLLECTION DECORATIVE NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTSEst. $250-$400
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JOHN HAND BINNACLE COMPASS: marked "Philadelphia & Baltimore / P.E.X." Provenance: Descent through the family of a Pound Ridge, NY nonagenarian lady Limited Preview: Please note that this auction has a limited in-person
0239: JOHN HAND BINNACLE COMPASSEst. $100-$200
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(4pc) GROUP BRASS COMPASSES: various compasses, including one with a cap (2-1/4 in.); one with an open glass face (1-3/4 in.); and one with a brass arrow (1-1/2 in.) Provenance: from the collection of an important New
0240: (4pc) GROUP BRASS COMPASSESEst. $100-$200
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ANTIQUE SCHRIMSHAW: h. 4-1/4 in. showing etched eagle mounted U.S. shield Provenance: Private collection, Tenafly, NJ Limited Preview: Please note that this auction has a limited in-person preview. Not all items may
0241: ANTIQUE SCHRIMSHAWEst. $200-$300
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CONTEMPORARY SCRIMSHAW ARTIST SCOTT JUDGE: showing a colored harborscape painted on either fossil walrus or bone, with stand; signed lower right "S. Judge" w. 8 in. Provenance: Private collection, Tenafly, NJ Limited Preview: Please note
0242: CONTEMPORARY SCRIMSHAW ARTIST SCOTT JUDGEEst. $300-$500
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CONTEMPORARY SCRIMSHAW ARTIST MICHAEL COHEN: Showing colored scene of masted schooner, signed "Cohen" and dated '00 h. 4 in. Provenance: Private collection, Tenafly, NJ Limited Preview: Please note that this auction has a limited in-person
0243: CONTEMPORARY SCRIMSHAW ARTIST MICHAEL COHENEst. $200-$300