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  • Bakelite Flag Brooch

    Bakelite Flag Brooch

    Lot: 543
    Sold for: $1,410$1,200

    Bakelite Flag Brooch, the shield shape form with laminate stripes and raised star, 2 1/2 in. high. Note: Lots 421 to 543 come from the collection of Corinne "Corky" Davidov. Ms. Davidov ...

  • Mahogany and White Pine Cellaret

    Mahogany and White Pine Cellaret

    Lot: 193
    Sold for: $5,875$5,000

    Mahogany and White Pine Cellaret, Boston, late 18th century, the hexagonal hinged top has an inlaid holly edge that opens to a tin-lined sectioned interior for wine bottles with a drainage hole, the ...

  • Pieced Cotton Hexagon Medallion Quilt

    Pieced Cotton Hexagon Medallion Quilt

    Lot: 287
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    Pieced Cotton Hexagon Medallion Quilt, Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, first quarter 19th century, the quilt featuring two large concentric hexagons composed of smaller linked hexagons ...

  • (American Literary Figures)

    (American Literary Figures)

    Lot: 1
    Sold for: $17,625$15,000

    (American Literary Figures), Rare and interesting archive of approximately ninety-three autograph letters, holograph sentiments and related paper sent to Houghton, Osgood & Co. and the Atlantic ...

  • Cather, Willa (1873-1947)

    Cather, Willa (1873-1947)

    Lot: 10
    Sold for: $4,113$3,500

    Cather, Willa (1873-1947), Letter signed, April 19th, 1937, two pages, to Mrs. Samuel Posner, New York City, concerning her defense of an article she had written concerning the Jew in America, ...

  • Pound, Ezra (1885-1972)

    Pound, Ezra (1885-1972)

    Lot: 42
    Sold for: $881$750

    Pound, Ezra (1885-1972), Autograph postcard signed, postmarked October 29th, 1936, to David Hennessy about Father Coughlin, a fellow fascist, "Thanks very much for copy of Father Coughlin's ...

  • Wolfe, Thomas (1900-1938)

    Wolfe, Thomas (1900-1938)

    Lot: 53
    Sold for: $1,528$1,300

    Wolfe, Thomas (1900-1938), Letter signed, July 13th, 1935, one page, to Mr. John R. Bickley, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, responding to a letter of praise, "...any writer would be proud to know ...

  • Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855-1942) Portrait of Helena Dorothea McGrew

    Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855-1942) Portrait of Helena Dorothea McGrew

    Lot: 355
    Sold for: $138,000$120,000

    Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855-1942)Portrait of Helena Dorothea McGrewDedicated and signed "To Helena Dorothea McGrew Cecilia Beaux" l.l.Oil on canvas, 24 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. (62.2 x 46.3 cm), ...

  • (Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator)

    (Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator)

    Lot: 443
    Sold for: $470$400

    (Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator), Saunders, Louise, The Knave of Hearts, Racine, Wisconsin, 1925, Artists and Writers Guild, with original spiral bound pictorial wraps, folio, (cover scuffed, back ...

  • Reverend John Booth, (American, 19th century) Indian Settlement at Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1833.

    Reverend John Booth, (American, 19th century) Indian Settlement at Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1833.

    Lot: 471
    Sold for: $529$450

    Reverend John Booth, (American, 19th century)Indian Settlement at Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1833. Signed "Rev. John Booth," l.r. Pen and ink on paper, sight size 10 x 13 in., framed. ...

  • World Model Two Type Writer

    World Model Two Type Writer

    Lot: 332
    Sold for: $588$500

    World Model Two Type Writer, 1890s, by the Pope Mfg. Co., Boston (Makers of Columbia Bicycles and Tricycles), with upper and lower case capacity, curved index and instruction label on wood base, in ...

  • Hall Type Writer

    Hall Type Writer

    Lot: 334
    Sold for: $435$370

    Hall Type Writer, Salem, Massachusetts, late 1880s, No. 6700, with oxidized body, lacquered-brass fittings, square index and mahogany case with engraved escutcheon label, wd. 15 in., and a folding ...

  • Sterling Jensen-style Presentation Bowl

    Sterling Jensen-style Presentation Bowl

    Lot: 753
    Sold for: $353$300

    Sterling Jensen-style Presentation Bowl, 20th century, the bowl with slightly everted rim, raised on openwork stem formed by beads accented with curved wirework, over pierced foliate gallery, on ...

  • Attributed to John Carlin (New York City, 1813-1891) Portrait of William Stoughton Conant, Jr. (1844-1922) and his sister, Gertrude Cor

    Attributed to John Carlin (New York City, 1813-1891) Portrait of William Stoughton Conant, Jr. (1844-1922) and his sister, Gertrude Cor

    Lot: 23
    Sold for: $29,375$25,000

    Attributed to John Carlin (New York City, 1813-1891)Portrait of William Stoughton Conant, Jr. (1844-1922) and his Sister, Gertrude Cornelia Conant (1848-1928), c. 1855, New York. Unsigned. Oil on ...

  • Crown Type Writer

    Crown Type Writer

    Lot: 278
    Sold for: $6,463$5,500

    Crown Type Writer, 1890s, with straight index, type wheel and ink roller, on wood base, wd. 11 1/2 ...

  • Thirteen Cartes De Visite Of Personalities

    Thirteen Cartes De Visite Of Personalities

    Lot: 408
    Sold for: $294$250

    Thirteen Cartes De Visite Of Personalities, including midgets, writers and ...

  • (English Writers)

    (English Writers)

    Lot: 366
    Sold for: $411$350

    (English Writers) Four titles in nine volumes, including, Life and Letters of Charles Kingsley, diced and gilt burgundy morocco; The Letters of George Meredith, 1912, two volumes, three quarter blue ...

  • (English Writers)

    (English Writers)

    Lot: 367
    Sold for: $1,293$1,100

    (English Writers) Two Titles: Everybody's Pepys; Everybody's Boswell London, 1925 and 1930, 8vo, gilt pictorial with crushed red and blue morrocco, illustrated by E.H. Shepard ...

  • Hiram Powers (American, 1805-1873) Hand of Francese Turnbull

    Hiram Powers (American, 1805-1873) Hand of Francese Turnbull

    Lot: 100
    Sold for: $17,625$15,000

    Hiram Powers (American, 1805-1873)Hand of Francese TurnbullSigned and inscribed "H.POWERS Sculp." l.r.White marble sculpture, 2 1/2 x 10 in. (7 x 25.4 cm), presented on a low marble ...

  • Victor Type Writer

    Victor Type Writer

    Lot: 536
    Sold for: $2,350$2,000

    Victor Type Writer, by the Tilton Manufacturing Co., Boston, with curved index, type wheel, gilt decoration, and 1889 patent dates, (pointer damaged), wd. 12 ...

  • LOWELL

    LOWELL

    Lot: 65
    Sold for: $805$700

    LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL (1819-1891) Autograph Letter Signed, Cambridge June 13, 1843, one page, to A.M. Ide, Jr., responding to request for advice concerning his poetry and dispensing further advice ...

  • RUSSELL

    RUSSELL

    Lot: 90
    Sold for: $1,495$1,300

    RUSSELL, BERTRAND, 3RD EARL (1872-1970) Series of Nine Autograph Letters Signed, mostly 1914-15, to Mrs. Fiske Warren, commentary on the War, critiques of poetry and writers and some personal ...

  • Anglo-American School

    Anglo-American School

    Lot: 402
    Sold for: $1,035$900

    Anglo-American School, Mid-19th Century Two Full-length Silhouettes of Gentlemen: "Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer," signed "Sam'l Metford, fecit 1843," watercolor on paper, 13 ...

  • Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (American, 1876-1958) Sea Signed Alice R

    Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (American, 1876-1958) Sea Signed Alice R

    Lot: 241
    Sold for: $47,150$41,000

    Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (American, 1876-1958) "Sea" Signed "Alice R.H. Smith" l.r. Watercolor on paper, sight size 29 x 21 3/4 in. (73.6 x 55.2 cm), framed. Condition: Scattered ...

  • (Literature) Morpurgo

    (Literature) Morpurgo

    Lot: 52
    Sold for: $403$350

    (Literature) Morpurgo, Elia, DISCORSO PRONUNZIATO DA ELIA MORPURGO, capo della nazione ebrea di gradisca, nel partecipare a quella comita la clementissima sovrena risoluzione, 16 Maggio 1781, ...

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