Fairfield Auction presents an
IMPORTANT ESTATES AUCTION
Sunday, September 18th
at our gallery
707 Main Street (route 25), Monroe, Connecticut
featuring the original contents of The Vaillant Estate of Washington, Connecticut,
home of artist Louis David Vaillant (1875-1944)
the 4600 square foot Rossiter designed Italianate villa is situated on a magnificent 31 acre site
with virtually all original furnishings and decorations, a true "time capsule".
Masterpiece Discovered In Local Home
lot 108, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
hammer price
$160,000
HIGHLIGHTED RESULTS LOTS 1-150
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Lot 1
French Cameo Glass Vase
La Verre Francais
7" high, 9" diameter
early 20th century
estimate 400/600
SOLD $650 |
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Lot 5
French Travel Poster
Francis Delamare
Repos Ste. Elisabeth
34"x25" lithograph, framed
1920
estimate 500/750
SOLD $300 |
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Lot 7
Enameled Silver Dresser Box
with dancing couple, heart motif ground
5" x 3 1/4" x 1 1/2"
marked .925 Germany
early 20th century
estimate 500/750
SOLD $550 |
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Lot 10
Tiffany Studios "Zodiac" Desk Set
blotter ends, pen tray, magnifying glass, small tray and inkwell
patina worn off
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 13
Vega Arch Top Acoustic Guitar
serial #376XX
with case
circa 1930's
estimate 400/600
SOLD $375 |
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Lot 14
Astronaut Autographs
Gemini, America's Historic Walk In Space
published by UPI, 1965
signed by Edward H. White and James A. McDivitt (both in ball point, above picture)
estimate 300/500
SOLD $275 |
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Lot 15
Hans Wegner "Valet" Chair
manufactured by Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen Denmark
branded under seat
37" high
estimate 3000/5000
SOLD $6,500 |
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Lot 16
Eames Lounge and Ottoman
model 670
produced by Herman MIller
with birch laminated shell
late 20th century
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $2200 |
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Lot 17
Italian Art Glass Vase
Venini
14 1/2" high
signed on bottom
estimate 500/750
SOLD $425 |
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Lot 18
Patek Phillipe 18k Men's Gold Wrist Watch
with 14k bracelet
mid-20th century
estimate 5000/7500
SOLD $5000 |
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Lot 19
14k Gold Sunburst Brooch
with diamonds, sapphires and tourquoise
1 1/2" diameter
23 grams
estimate 500/750
SOLD $550 |
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Lot 20
Omega 14k White Gold and Diamond Ladies Wrist Watch
5 3/4" bracelet
19 grams
estimate 600/900
SOLD $550 |
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Lot 21
1907 "Liberty" Twenty Dollar Gold Piece
mounted as a pendant with gold and sapphire bezel
46 grams
estimate 1500/2000
SOLD $2000 |
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Lot 22
14k Gold Necklace
14 1/2" long
38 grams
estimate 600/900
SOLD $1000 |
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Lot 23
14k Gold Link Bracelet
6 3/4" long
83 grams
estimate 1500/2000
SOLD $2600 |
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Lot 26
Tiffany Studios Desk Lamp
with Tiffany Favrile Damascene Shade
shade 7" diameter
overall 18" high
estimate 4000/6000
SOLD $7000 |
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Lot 29
attributed to Gustav Stickley
oak library table with keyed through tenons, model 433
48"x30"x29"
old refinish
estimate 500/750
SOLD $700 |
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Lot 30
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Seagull Lamp
19 3/4" diameter artist signed shade with reverse painted glass base
25 1/2" high overall
early 20th century
estimate 3000/5000
SOLD $2400 |
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Lot 31
Pair of Pairpoint Puffy Lamps
with nearly matching silverplated bases
9" diameter, 14" high
early 20th century
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $2800 |
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Lot 33
Vienna Bronze Figure of an Arab Carpet Merchant
3 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 1 7/8"
unmarked, circa 1910
estimate 600/900
SOLD $375 |
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Lot 34
Mr. Vanderbilt's House & Collection
19"x13"
5 volumes
published by Geo. Barrie
estimate 500/750
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 35
1924 St. Gaudens Twenty Dollar Gold Piece
estimate 1400/1800
SOLD $1700 |
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Lot 38
Andy Warhol
Paper Bag
19 1/2" x 17" silkscreen
published by The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 1966
framed
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $1400 |
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Lot 39
Roy Lichtenstein
pencil signed lithograph
23" x 31" on paper, laid down
numbered 256/300
circa 1960's
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $1900 |
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Lot 41
Pair of Large Modern Italian Art Glass Vases
clear glass with green stripes
each 24" high
third quarter 20th century
estimate 400/600
SOLD $250 |
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Lot 42
Steinway Model "S" Grand Piano
with walnut case
serial number 363XXX
circa 1947
estimate 6000/9000
SOLD $9500 |
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Lot 45
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Floral Lamp
21" diameter
early 20th century
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $1300 |
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Lot 46
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Scenic Lamp
depicting cottages in a landscape
15
" diameter
early 20th century
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $1900 |
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Lot 48
Tiffany Bronze Student Lamp Base
model 6829
patina well worn
19 1/2" high
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $1300 |
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Lot 49
Barbara Morgan
Charles Weidman, 1938
16 3/4" x 12 3/4"
printed 1980
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $550 |
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Lot 50
Barbara Morgan
Hearst Over The People, 1939
13" x 16 1/2"
printed 1982
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $500 |
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Lot 51
Large Art Nouveau Sterling Vase
Theodore B. Starr, New York
16 1/4" high
39.7 troy ounces
circa 1900
estimate 2500/3500
SOLD $5500 |
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Lot 52
Gorham Japanesque Sterling Bowl
7 1/4" diameter
11.4 troy ounces
circa 1890
estimate 400/600
SOLD $700 |
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Lot 53
Egyptian Revival Silver Dresser Box
with painted portrait of Cleopatra
probably French
3 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 1 3/8"
8.2 troy ounces
circa 1910
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $550 |
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Lot 55
Fine Regency Sterling Serving Tray
J.E. Terry & Company, London, 1825
25 1/2" diameter, 2 1/8" high
213 troy ounces
estimate 5000/7500
SOLD $9500 |
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Lot 56
Samuel Kirk & Son Sterling Repousse Centerpiece
13 1/4" long, 5" high
29.3 troy ounces
monogrammed
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $2000 |
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Lot 57
Samuel Kirk & Son Sterling Repousse Tea Set
consisting of hot water server, coffee pot, tea pot, sugar, creamer and waste bowl
186 troy ounces
estimate 5000/7500
SOLD $8000 |
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Lot 58
Tiffany Japanese Pattern Sterling Sugar and Creamer
5 1/2" high
12.9 troy ounces
estimate 300/500
SOLD $1400 |
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Lot 59
Theodore B. Starr Sterling Tea Set
consisting of hot water server, coffee pot, tea pot, sugar and creamer
179 troy ounces
estimate 4000/6000
SOLD $6000 |
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Lot 60
18k Gold Fu Dog Brooch
with diamonds and cabachon emeralds
53 grams
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $2400 |
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Lot 61
Chinese Jade Pendant
with diamonds
3 5/8" long, 2 1/2" across
estimate 500/750
SOLD $800 |
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Lot 62
Fine Continental Enameled Silver Cigarette Case
marked "W" and ".935", otherwise marks are indistinct
3 1/8" x 2 7/8"
monogramed verso
estimate 600/900
SOLD $450 |
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Lot 63
Hamilton 14k White Gold Open Face Pocket Watch
together with a silverplated pocket knife, all with original fitted box
inscribed, 1928
estimate 600/900
SOLD $650 |
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Lot 65
18k Gold Pocket Watch with Stop Watch Function
Samuel Hammond, New York
circa 1860
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $2400 |
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Lot 66
18k Gold and Platinum Floral Brooch
with diamonds and rubies
4" long
44 grams gross
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $2400 |
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Lot 67
18k Starburst Brooch
with rubys and diamonds
center stone approx. .75 ct
signed G. Weil
3 1/2" long
70 grams
estimate 1800/2400
SOLD $3100 |
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Lot 68
14k Gold and Onyx Necklace
with diamond
20" chain, 1 7/8" pendant
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $1100 |
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Lot 69
14k Gold Enameled Carp Brooch
with diamond eyes
2 5/8" long
25 grams
estimate 500/750
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 70
Antique 14k Gold Diamond and Amethyst Pendant
with later chain
2" long
23 grams (gross)
estimate 300/500
SOLD $750 |
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Lot 71
14k Gold Concord Ladies Wrist Watch
quartz movement
5 7/8" bracelet
49 grams
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $1200 |
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Lot 75
14k Gold F.B.I. Service Ring
from the family of agent Leon Adams Francisco, inscribed with his name on back, circa 1955
26 grams
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $1000
Francisco graduated from Harvard in 1933, and later from Fordham Law School. He served in the F.B.I. for twenty years. |
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Lot 76
Locomotive Engine For Passengers
Lowell Machine Shop, 1852
21 1/2" x 33 1/2 lithograph
period frame
estimate 1500/2500
passed |
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Lot 77
Federal Cherry Tall Chest
with graduated drawers
39"x50"x18"
circa 1800
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $700 |
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Lot 78
Sheraton Mahogany Two-Part Dining Table
52"x50"x29 1/2"
with two leaves
circa 1820
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $1300 |
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Lot 80
Country Stepback Cupboard
scraped to an old blue/gray paint
48"x79"x19"
19th century
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $400 |
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Lot 81
Nathan Margolis Queen Anne Slant Front Desk
fine untouched original condition
with early Margolis hand written label
dated 1917
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $650 |
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Lot 82
Seaman's Painted Chest
stamped on inside edge "S. Peasley"
36"x17"x16"
19th century
estimate 400/600
SOLD $175 |
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Lot 83
Shaped-Top Cherry Candlestand
27 3/8" x 18" x 18"
circa 1830
estimate 300/500
SOLD $225 |
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Lot 84
Country Sheraton Work Table
in old red with scrubbed top
and breadboard top
top 35"x25", 26" high
circa 1840
estimate 600/900
SOLD $375 |
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Lot 85
Queen Anne Maple Highboy
Massachusetts
with fluted corners
top and bottom by association
18th century
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $1300 |
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Lot 86
Victorian Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth
with polychrome
7 1/2" high
late 19th century
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $1200 |
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Lot 87
Civil War Scrimshaw Whale Tooth Miniature Powder Horn
depicting the "ACHUSETT" (sic)
with sailor's initials, "R.G."
4 1/2" long
estimate 400/600
SOLD $600
USS Wachusett (1861) – the first U.S. Navy ship to be so named – was a large (1,032-ton) steam sloop-of-war that served the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was outfitted as a gunboat and used by the Navy as part of the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America. |
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Lot 91
Paint Decorated Pine Blanket Chest
38" x 17" x 35"
19th century
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $500 |
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Lot 92
Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror
surrmounted with a hippocampus
47" high
circa 1810
estimate 2500/4500
SOLD $2800 |
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Lot 93
New York Classical Sewing Table
with stenciled decoration
31 3/8" high, 21" wide, 18" deep
circa 1830
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $800 |
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Lot 95
Federal Mahogany Chest
with crossbanded drawers
36"x16"x37" wide
circa 1810
estimate 500/750
SOLD $800 |
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Lot 96
American School Portrait of a Child in Blue Dress
attributed to Sarah Peale (1800-1885)
29" x 24" oval oil on canvas
circa 1840
estimate 6000/8000
SOLD $4600 |
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Lot 98
Sheffield Silverplate Samovar
with eagle finials
for the American market
19th century
estimate 500/750
SOLD $300 |
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Lot 99
Classical Mahogany Sideboard
with bowed doors and acanthus carved columns
66" x 57" x 24"
19th century
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $700 |
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Lot 100
Victorian Cherry Bedroom Set
probably Paine Furniture, Boston
consisting of dresser, vanity, side table, bed and two chairs
(headboard of bed has been cut, but all parts are present)
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $550 |
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Lot 101
Jan Sluijters (1881-1957)
Flowers in a Delft Vase
39 1/2" x 31 3/4" oil on canvas
retaining the original frame
consigned by family of original owner
estimate 60,000/90,000
SOLD $50,000 |
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Lot 103
Elie Anatole Pavil
Montmartre Basilica
10 1/2" x 8 1/2" oil on panel
signed lower right
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $650 |
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Lot 104
Carl Adolph Richter
A Victorian Salon
15"x 20" oil on canvas
signed lower right
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $3000 |
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Lot 105
Edmund Rode
Woman With Cat
19" x 12" oil on canvas
signed upper right
estimate 1500/2500
SOLD $950 |
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Lot 106
Miyoko Ito
Arched Bridge
11" x 15 1/2" watercolor
signed lower right, dated 1943
estimate 500/750
SOLD $300 |
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Lot 107
Carl Jutz
Ducks At Castle Pond
12 1/2" x 18 3/4" oil on canvas
signed lower left
retaining only frame liner
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $8000 |
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Lot 108
Italian Old Master
Madonna and Child
17 1/2" x 13 1/2" oil on canvas
16th century
Please email for high resolution images.
estimate 5000/7500
SOLD $160,000 |
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Lot 109
Italian Old Master Drawing
Picnic With Animals Among Ruins
10 1/2" x 16 1/2"
signed indistinctly lower right
estimate 400/600
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 110
John Henry Dolph
Playing Cat And Mouse
14" x 22" oil on board
signed lower left
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $4000 |
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Lot 111
Jean De Botton
Le Compotien D'Onyx Noir
16"x20" oil on canvas
signed lower left
dated 1970
estimate 500/750
SOLD $1200 |
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Lot 112
Gilbert Gaul
Boys On The River
21" x 30" oil on canvas
signed lower right
estimate 4000/6000
SOLD $2800 |
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Lot 113
Nicholas Briganti
Haying Time
24" x 36" oil on canvas
signed lower right
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $650 |
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Lot 114
Eric Sloane
New Hampshire Autumn
24" x 31 1/2" oil on masonite
titled lower left
signed verso and retains Abercrombie & Fitch label
original "Sloane" barn board frame
estimate 20,000/30,000
SOLD $18000 |
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Lot 115
Eric Sloane
Johnson County, Tennessee
24"x 26" oil on masonite
signed lower right
titled lower left
estimate 12,000/18,000
passed |
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Lot 116
Hudson River School
View Along The Banks
(Ossining, New York)
inscribed verso on stretcher "Sing S.."
22"x36" oil on canvas
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $1100 |
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Lot 118
Johann Berthelsen
Times Square in Winter
16" x 12" oil on board
signed lower right
estimate 3000/5000
SOLD $2200 |
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Lot 120
Charles Edward Dixon
Larchmont Yacht Race
13"x49" oil on board
signed lower left,
dated 1930
estimate 3000/5000
SOLD $9500
commissioned from the artist by the consignor's grandfather for his billiard room |
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Lot 121
Charles Edward Dixon
Off the Cliffs of Dover
13"x46" oil on board
signed lower left,
dated 1930
estimate 3000/5000
SOLD $3600
commissioned from the artist by the consignor's grandfather for his billiard room |
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Lot 122
Princess Marie Eristoff
Parisian Fountain
28 1/2" x 23 1/2" oil on canvas
signed "Marie" lower right
and fully signed verso
dated 1911
estimate 3000/5000
passed |
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Lot 123
Frank Kirkpatrick
The Proposition
16"x12" oil on canvas
signed lower left
estimate 1000/1500
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 124
Carl Weber
Farm Scene With Sheep
17"x27" watercolor
signed lower right
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $400 |
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Lot 125
American School
Western Landscape With Adobe
10"x14" watercolor
signed indistinctly lower right,
"F.S. ???"
estimate 400/600
SOLD $200 |
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Lot 126
John Gould
Original advertising illustration featuring the artist's sons as models
21" x 29" oil on board
signed "Gould" lower left
reduced in size
mid-20th century
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $550 |
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Lot 127
Ernest Fiene
Colonial Church (in Winter)
22" x 26" oil on canvas
signed lower right
estimate 600/900
SOLD $1300 |
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Lot 129
American School
Horses with Yearling
9" x 14" oil on canvas
apparently unsigned
estimate 500/750
SOLD $650 |
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Lot 130
James Wells Champney
Sewing Time
24"x20" oil on canvas
signed lower left
estimate 3000/5000
SOLD $2600 |
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Lot 131
Italian School
St. Michael
25" x 19" oil on canvas
probably a fragment
18th century
estimate 600/900
SOLD $1200 |
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Lot 132
Dewitt McClellan Lockman
Portrait of "The Admiral"
40"x32" oil on canvas
signed upper right
estimate 800/1200
passed |
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Lot 133
Charles S. Mottram
Fishermen on the Beach
12" x 18" watercolor
signed and dated lower right, 1890
estimate 400/600
SOLD $350 |
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Lot 134
Old Master
St. Catherine At The Window
9" x 11" oil on tin
with a period frame
estimate 1200/1800
SOLD $950 |
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Lot 135
Elizabeth Anne McGillivray Knowles
Chickens
3 1/4" x 4 1/2" oil on board
signed lower left
estimate 400/600
SOLD $550 |
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Lot 136
Bertha DesClayes
Winter on the Farm
3 3/4" x 4 3/4" gouache
signed lower left
estimate 600/900
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 137
Eric Sloane
a pair of pastel "cloudscapes" with planes
15"x20" and 14"x18", unframed
both signed, one dated 1942
estimate 800/1200
SOLD $1400 |
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Lot 138
Louis David Vaillant
Bacchus With Pumkin
22"x36" oil on canvas
estimate 600/900
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 139
Louis David Vaillant
The Feast
33" x 37" oil on canvas
signed lower right
estimate 600/900
SOLD $750 |
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Lot 140
Louis David Vaillant
Flower Arranging
18"x24" oil on canvas
unsigned
estimate 400/600
SOLD $375 |
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Lot 141
Louis David Vaillant
Bacchus
24"x24" oil on canvas
unsigned
estimate 400/600
SOLD $750 |
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Lot 142
Louis David Vaillant
Sisters
18"x36" oil on canvas
unsigned
estimate 400/600
SOLD $500 |
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Lot 143
Louis David Vaillant
The Family Picnic
34"x34" oil on canvas
unsigned
estimate 400/600
SOLD $400 |
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Lot 144
Alexis Kreyder
Floral Still Life
42" x 30" oil on canvas
late 19th century
estimate 600/900
SOLD $3400 |
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Lot 145
Kuba Scatter Rug
40" x 51"
circa 1900
estimate 300/500
SOLD $600 |
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Lot 147
Tiffany & Company 18k Gold Ladies Pocket Watch
with diamond studded monogram verso
with 14k pinback
estimate 400/600
SOLD $400 |
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Lot 150
Victorian Mahogany Revival Secretary
with block front, shell carving and elaborate crest
98" high, 38" wide, 19" deep
circa 1900
estimate 2000/3000
SOLD $3400 |
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