ANTIQUE AUCTION

SOLOMON GUGGENHEIM’S 1757 LIFE OF MOHAMET.

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Potsdam, NY, United States

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ANTIQUE AUCTION

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Folk Art - Americana - Rare Books - Oriental Rugs Online & Absentee Bidding Only Over 650 lots Highlights to Include: Great Variety of Early Folk Art Impressive American Burl Bowls Selection of Bird Carvings & Duck Decoys Huntington Printing of The Declaration of Independence Good Selection of Rare Books, Atlases, Early Maps and Catalogs Early American, Country & Federal Furniture Oil Paintings, Watercolors & Works of Art Fishing, Sporting & Adirondack Décor Primitive & Country Collectibles Nice Group of Oriental Rugs Decorated Stoneware

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Twenty-seven volumes (most pamphlets) on Silver: 27 Vols. Twenty-seven pamphlets and one small bound hallmark handbook. No duplicates.

0475: Twenty-seven volumes (most pamphlets) on Silver

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Ten works on Silver SPOONS, Knives, and Forks: 10 vols. (Benett-Stanford, Lt.-Col. J., consignor). Catalogue of a Remarkable Collection of 16th and 17th Century Provincial Silver Spoons incorporating the entire collection left by the late H. D.

0476: Ten works on Silver SPOONS, Knives, and Forks

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Silver, Gold, and Enameled SNUFF and other BOXES.: 4 vols. Nocq, Henry, and Carle Dreyfus. Tabatieres, Boites, et Etuis: Orfevreries de Paris XVIIIe Siecle et debut du XIXe des collections du Musee du Louvre. Paris: Les Editions G. Van Oest, 1930.

0477: Silver, Gold, and Enameled SNUFF and other BOXES.

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$60

$120

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More works on Silver & Gold Boxes, Faberge, etc: 17 vols. (Schreiber, Charles and Charlotte, collectors). Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of English Porcelain, Earthenware Enamels, and Glass collected by (them) and presented to the (Victoria and

0478: More works on Silver & Gold Boxes, Faberge, etc

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Turkish, Greek & Roman Gems, Gold, Silver, etc.: 9 vols. Seven books (bound and paperback) and two auction catalogues, including the New York Graphic Society’s large folio THE ELGIN MARBLES OF THE PARTHENON (text by Nicholas Yalouris,

0479: Turkish, Greek & Roman Gems, Gold, Silver, etc.

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Turkish art, architecture, textiles, tiles, etc.: 11 vols. Eleven books and pamphlets on Turkish art, architecture, textiles, tiles, etc., together with a MINIATURE PLASTER ARCHITECTURAL MODEL showing arches, tile-work, and Islamic inscriptions, etc.

0480: Turkish art, architecture, textiles, tiles, etc.

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Jewelry, Smoking Pipes, Toiletries TRADE CATS.: 5 vols. Baird-North Co. (Providence, RI). My Ladye’s Jewel Box, 1914 (front cover title, spine date). Octavo, orig. brilliantly decorated wrappers printed in silver, red, blue, yellow, and

0481: Jewelry, Smoking Pipes, Toiletries TRADE CATS.

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Nine books on historic JEWELRY and Gems: 8 volumes. (Gutman, Melvin, collector). Lesley, Peter. Renaissance Jewels and Jeweled Objets from the Melvin Gutman Collection. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1968. Quarto, orig. gilt-stamped

0482: Nine books on historic JEWELRY and Gems

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Significant 1960s JEWELRY auction catalogues: 30 vols. Collection of 30 significant JEWELRY auction catalogues, all octavos in the orig. wraps, all photomechanically illustrated, almost all New York City Parke-Bernet Gallery sales, 1968-1970.

0483: Significant 1960s JEWELRY auction catalogues

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Twelve book on Jewelry.: 12 volumes. Twelve assorted, mostly small, books on jewelry (hardbound and paperback), plus two pieces of related ephemera.

0484: Twelve book on Jewelry.

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WATERBURY CLOCK COMPANY 1911-1916 TRADE CATS., &c.: 6 vols. Waterbury Clock Co. (Waterbury, Conn.). Catalogue No. 158. Waterbury Clock Company. (At top of title): 1911-1912. LARGE QUARTO (13 inches tall), 100 pp., profusely illustrated, orig. printed

0485: WATERBURY CLOCK COMPANY 1911-1916 TRADE CATS., &c.

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$35

$70

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Ludvig Bramsen’s MEDAILLIER NAPOLEON LE GRAND: 3 volumes. Bramsen, Ludvig. Medaillier Napoleon le Grand, ou Descriptions des Medailles, Cliches, Repousses et Medailles-Decorations relatives aux Affaires de la France pendant le Consulat et

0486: Ludvig Bramsen’s MEDAILLIER NAPOLEON LE GRAND

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Babelon, MEDAILLES HISTORIQUES DU NAPOLEON LE GRAN: Babelon, Ernest. Les Medailles Historiques du regne de Napoleon le Grand, Empereur et Roi, publies sous les auspices de la Societe de Numismatique de New-York. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1912. MAGNIFICENT

0487: Babelon, MEDAILLES HISTORIQUES DU NAPOLEON LE GRAN

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United States & other Medals, Decorations & Orders: 7 volumes. Hood, Jennings, and Charles J. Young (compilers). American Orders & Societies and their Decorations, the objects of the Military and Naval Orders, Commemorative and Patriotic Societies of

0488: United States & other Medals, Decorations & Orders

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$70

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Books and Auction Catalogues on CARL FABERGE: 16 vols. Snowman, A. Kenneth. The Art of Carl Faberge. London: Faber and Faber, (1962). Revised and enlarged edition. Small quarto, orig. cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. Profusely

0489: Books and Auction Catalogues on CARL FABERGE

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$20

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Gahlnbaeck, von Solodkoff, et al on RUSSIAN SILVER: 4 vols. Gahlnbaeck, Johannes. Russisches Zinn: Zinn und Zinngiesser in Moskau. Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1928. Russian and German titlepages, text and captions in German. Octavo, orig. cloth, 217

0490: Gahlnbaeck, von Solodkoff, et al on RUSSIAN SILVER

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Czech and Russian Icons, Enamels, Tapestries.: 7 vols. Seven books on Russian Icons, Enamels, Kremlin Treasures, etc., including Kurt Weitzmann & others’ massive TREASURY OF ICONS (Harry Abrams, 1966), Shalva Amerianashvili’s

0491: Czech and Russian Icons, Enamels, Tapestries.

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ISLAMIC and IRANIAN METALWORK, CERAMICS, JEWELS.: 11 vols. Mayer, L. A. Islamic ASTROLABISTS and their Works. Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956. Small quarto, orig. cloth, plain paper dust jacket. Photomechanical plates. Includes a significant

0492: ISLAMIC and IRANIAN METALWORK, CERAMICS, JEWELS.

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$125

$250

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Jewish Ceremonial Art, Silver, and Collections.: 22 vols. Guttmann, Henri. Hebraica: Documents d’Art Juif, Orfevrerie, Peinture. Paris: Librairie des Arts Decoratifs, A. Calavas, Editeur, (19--). Orig. cloth-backed quarto portfolio enclosing

0493: Jewish Ceremonial Art, Silver, and Collections.

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CHINESE AND MALAY SILVER, and related works.: 5 volumes. Roth, H. Ling. Oriental Silverwork, MALAY AND CHINESE, with over 250 original illustrations: A Handbook for Connoisseurs, Collectors, Students and Silversmiths. London: Truslove & Hanson,

0494: CHINESE AND MALAY SILVER, and related works.

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$45

$90

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Chinese Jade, Enamels, The Freer Bronzes, &c.: 12 vols. Pope, John A., Rutherford Gettens, and others. The Freer Chinese Bronzes. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, 1967-1969. 2 vols., QUARTO, orig. cloth, dust

0495: Chinese Jade, Enamels, The Freer Bronzes, &c.

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$45

$90

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Rugs and Carpets, Hooked, Navajo, Art Deco, etc.: 17 vols. Lewis, F. The Pontremoli Collection of Carpets and Textiles: With an introduction and Descriptive notes. Lehigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, 1942. Copy number 96 of an edition

0496: Rugs and Carpets, Hooked, Navajo, Art Deco, etc.

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$35

$70

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Run of Sotheby’s fine Islamic Carpet auction cats: 28 vols. Nice collection of Sotheby’s New York fine carpet auction catalogues (Islamic, “Oriental,” Aubusson, etc., etc., mostly the former), almost all large octavos, orig. stiff

0497: Run of Sotheby’s fine Islamic Carpet auction cats

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$20

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Bode, Cecil Edwards, Schmitz on Oriental Carpets.: 12 vols. Edwards, A. Cecil. The Persian Carpet: A Survey of the Carpet-Weaving Industry of Persia. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., (1967). Third printing. Quarto, orig. cloth, dust jacket. Profusely

0498: Bode, Cecil Edwards, Schmitz on Oriental Carpets.

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