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NEW - Parke-Bernet Galleries, October 14 & 15, 1960 and March 21 & 22,
1961. FRENCH AND OTHER DECORATIVE FURNITURE From The Estate of the Late
Charles H. Morse (Lake Forest, IL) bound together with THE FINE LIBRARY of
The Late Charles Morse. Approx. 8-1/2"x6-1/2" Red Leather binding with
gold stamped spine, marbelized end papers. Good condition. Front hinge
starting, a couple of bumps to cover. 398 lots and 453 lots. B&W
illustrations of selected lots. $15.00
1. BOOKS. Christie’s London. November 23, 1993. VALUABLE MANUSCRIPTS
AND PRINTED BOOKS. Includes illuminated manuscripts, Jane Austin,
Dickens, books related to Napoleon, Kipling, etc. 154 pages. $10.00.
2. BOOKS & MUSIC. Sotheby’s London. December 1&2, 1993. CONTINENTAL
PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND MUSIC. Autograph material - Renoir,
Matisse, Voltaire, etc. Most major composers represented in the music
section. 233 pages. $12.50.
3. FINE BOOKS. Sotheby’s New York. December 7, 1994. FINE BOOKS AND
MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING THE ARNOLD AND MIRIAM ELKIND LIBRARY. 448 lots.
Mostly b&w illustrations except for a section of fine jeweled leather
bindings by Sangorski & Sutcliffe illustrated in color. $15.00
4. FOLK ART. Sotheby’s New York. October 23, 1993. THE AMERICAN FOLK
ART COLLECTION OF BURTON AND HELAINE FENDELMAN. 177 lots. Mostly color
photos. An important collection accumulated over 30 years. $12.50
5. AMERICANA. Sotheby’s New York. December 13,1995. FINE MANUSCRIPT AND
PRINTED AMERICANA. Lots of Civil War, Rev. War, French & Indian War
material. Many presidential items. Not paginated but approx. 350-400
pages. $12.50.
6. AMERICANA. Sotheby’s New York. January 29, 1995. AMERICANA AND
DECORATIVE ARTS, THE PROPERTY OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 228
pages, 363 lots. Color & B&W photos. Introductory history of the NYHS by
Wendell Garrett. This sale was rather controversial as many of the items
deemed to be "outside of the mission" of the NYHS are New York objects -
furniture, paintings, ceramics, documents. $12.50.
7. AMERICANA. Sotheby’s New York, January 23-25, 1992. FINE AMERICANA.
Not paginated but approx. 300 pgs. $15.
8. EUROPEAN. Sotheby’s New York. May 31, 1995. EUROPEAN WORKS OF ART,
ARMS AND ARMOUR, FURNITURE AND TAPESTRIES. SWORDS, FIREARMS, BRONZES. Not
paginated. 399 lots. $10.00.
9. ANIMATION & TOYS. Sotheby’s New York. December 18 & 19, 1992.
ANIMATION ART AND COLLECTORS’ CARROUSEL INCLUDING DOLLS, TOYS, SLOT
MACHINES, HOLLYWOOD AND ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MEMORABILIA. 2 catalogues in one.
718 lots of animation art - much Disney material, 406 lots in Carousel
sale - Wizard of Oz items, Beatles. Some creasing to covers. $10.00.
10. LALIQUE. Bonhams Knightsbridge. October 12, 1995. LALIQUE GLASS.
40 pages, 281 lots. $10.00.
11. ANIMATION & HOLLYWOOD. Christie’s East (NY). December 18, 1993.
ANIMATION ART, COLLECTIBLES, AND ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA. 815 lots.
Lots of cast iron toys and banks, items from a Judy Garland Relative
(she’s on the cover), Marilyn Monroe items, Disney material, Pez,
collection of Hawaiian shirts, etc. Some wear to covers. $15.00.
12. MUSIC & TOYS. Sotheby’s London. June 8 & 10, 1994. IMPORTANT
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND AUTOMATA, FINE APPRENTICE AND MINIATURE FURNITURE,
TOYS AND DOLLS. Includes teddy bears, trains, steam engines. 142 pages.
$12.50.
13. FURNITURE. Christie’s New York, January 25, 1993. THE JEAN AND
KENNETH CHORLEY COLLECTION - IMPORTANT ENGLISH POTTERY AND AMERICAN AND
ENGLISH FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS. 98 pgs. With invitation
to private reception/preview. $10.
14. SILVER. Christie’s New York. April 11, 1995. IMPORTANT SILVER:
PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA CHARITABLE INSTITUTION. Includes Regency,
Elizabeth II, George III, IV, V. 76 pages, 251 lots. $10.00.
15. SILVER. Christie’s London. December 14, 1988. IMPORTANT ENGLISH AND
CONTINENTAL SILVER AND OBJECTS OF VERTU. 127 pages, 249 lots. 17th-19th
century. $12.50.
16. SILVER, JEWELS, SNUFF BOXES. Sotheby’s Geneva. November 17, 1992.
THE THURN UND TAXIS COLLECTION. Hard cover with dust jacket. 227 pages,
300 lots. Color photos. Includes family genealogy and history. $15.00
17. FINE ART. Christie’s South Kensington. November 10, 1988.
TOPOGRAPHICAL PICTURES. 108 pages, 207 lots. Big section of 19th century
Australian scenes. $10.00.
18. FINE ART. Christie’s New York. October 26, 1988. 19TH CENTURY
EUROPEAN PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, WATERCOLORS AND SCULPTURE. 127 pages, 454
lots. Big section of bronzes. $10.00.
19. FINE ART. Christie’s Dublin & Belfast, October 24 & 28, 1988. FINE
IRISH PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS. 200 pages. $10.
20. FINE ART. Christie’s East, October 25, 1988. 19TH CENTURY PAINTINGS,
DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLORS. 162 pages. $10.
21. FINE ART. Christie’s London, October 25, 1988. WATERCOLOURS BY HENRY
GEORGE HINE AND OTHER ARTISTS OF THE HINE FAMILY. 42 pages. $7.50.
22. FURNITURE. Skinner. June 10, 1995. ENGLISH & CONTINENTAL FURNITURE
& DECORATIONS INCLUDING ASIAN WORKS OF ART. 105 pages, 999 lots. $10.00.
23. FURNITURE. Sotheby’s London. June 7-9, 1995. THE TOMS COLLECTION.
VOLUME 1. PAINTINGS, DECORATIVE OBJECTS AND FURNITURE. 193 pages, 647
lots. $10.00.
24. FURNITURE. Sotheby’s London. October 7, 1994. 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS. Belle Epoque Series. 124 pages, 222 lots.
$10.00.
25. ASIAN ART. Christie’s New York. April 27, 1993. KOREAN WORKS OF
ART. 83 pages, 92 lots. $10.00.
26. ASIAN ART. Christie’s Swire Hong Kong. October 24, 1993. FINE 19TH
AND 20TH CENTURY CHINESE PAINTINGS. 228 pages, 350 lots. $12.50.
27. ASIAN ART. Christie’s East (New York). November 29, 1988. CHINESE
AND JAPANESE WORKS OF ART INCLUDING SNUFF BOTTLES. 340 lots. $10.00.
28. FINE JEWELRY. Sotheby’s New York. June 7, 1995. 288 lots. All
color photos. Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Tiffany, David Webb, etc.
$12.50.
29. ANTIQUE & FINE JEWELRY. Christie’s East (New York). June 10, 1993.
115 pages, 498 lots. Mostly b&w photos. $7.50
30. ANTIQUE & FINE JEWELRY. Christie’s East (New York). September 14,
1993. 93 pages, 406 lots. Mostly b&w photos. $7.50
31. ANTIQUE & FINE JEWELRY. Christie’s East (New York). February 11,
1993. 73 pages, 319 lots. Mostly b&w photos. $7.50
32. FINE JEWELRY. Antiquorum Auctioneers. Geneva (Switzerland). April
24, 1993. IMPORTANT JEWELLERY: THE ESTATE OF AN ARISTOCRATIC EUROPEAN
FAMILY, IMPORTANT SIGNED PIECES. Boucheron, Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier,
etc. Several pieces from the Egyptian royal family. 96 pages, 305 lots.
All color photos. $12.50
33. FINE JEWELRY. Sotheby’s New York. October 25, 1995. MAGNIFICENT
JEWELRY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION. Hard cover with dust jacket. 107
lots. All color photos. Includes Boucheron, Bulgari, Cartier, VC&A, etc.
$12.50
34. FINE JEWELRY. Christie’s New York, October 19, 1988. THE LARGEST
FLAWLESS DIAMOND IN THE WORLD. 10 pages. Hard cover bound in blue moire
cloth with gold stamping. $7.50.
35. ART NOUVEAU & ART DECO. Sotheby’s New York. February 23, 1985. 352
lots. Mostly b&w with a few color photos. American Art Nouveau silver,
Georg Jensen silver; a lot of glass - Daum Nancy, Galle, Tiffany, Steuben,
etc.; Jos. Hoffman funiture- several lots. $12.00
36. ART NOUVEAU AND ART DECO. Sotheby’s New York, November 18, 1983.
8-3/4"x9-1/2". 339 lots. B&W illustrations. Icart; Lalique,
Scandinavian, Italian, Galle, Daum, Steuben Glass; Bronzes; approx. 60
lots of Tiffany; Furniture, Silver, etc. $12.50.
37. ART NOUVEAU AND ART DECO. Christie’s East (New York), May 30, 1980.
6-3/4"x9-1/2". 670 lots. B&W illustrations. Similar range of items as
above. Some Arts & Crafts furniture. $10.00
38. ART NOUVEAU / ART DECO. Sotheby’s New York, May 11 & 12, 1984.
IMPORTANT ART NOUVEAU AND ART DECO. 8-3/4"x9-1/2". 442 lots. Galle,
Daum Nancy, Lalique, Tiffany glass (many lots); Danish, Mexican, American,
French silver; Bronzes; Furniture; etc. Color & B&W illustrations.
$15.00.
39. 20TH CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS. Sotheby’s New York. March 19, 1988.
419 lots. Color and b&w photos. Georg Jensen silver; bronzes; Lalique,
Daum, Galle, Tiffany; furniture. Small tear to front cover. $10.00
40. 20th CENTURY DECORATIVE WORKS OF ART. Sotheby’s New York. June 15,
1994. 480 lots. Mostly color photos. Silver, glass, furniture, bronzes,
Tiffany, etc. $12.00
41. AVIATION. Sotheby’s New York. June 14, 1993. THE OTTO KALLIR
COLLECTION OF AVIATION HISTORY. 211 lots. Color & b&w photos.
Collection of the founder of Galerie St. Etienne in New York and
‘discoverer’ of Grandma Moses. A lot of Lindbergh and Wright material,
some Earhart, Byrd, Curtiss, etc. $12.00.
42. PRE-COLUMBIAN ART. Sotheby’s New York. May 16, 1989. 398 lots.
Color & b&w illustrations. Everything from gold to textiles to ceramics.
$10.00
43. PRE-COLUMBIAN ART. Sotheby’s New York. May 31, 1985. 399 lots.
Color & b&w illustrations. $10.00
44. PRE-COLUMBIAN ART. Sotheby’s New York. May 20, 1986. 299 lots.
Color & b&w illustrations. $10.00
45. PRE-COLUMBIAN ART. Sotheby’s New York. November 18, 1987. 435
lots. Color & b&w illustrations. $10.00
46. GREEK. Sotheby’s London. December 9, 1993. GREEK VASES FROM THE
HIRSCHMANN COLLECTION. Hard cover with dust jacket. 64 lots. All color
illustrations, many full page and close-ups of decoration. $12.50.
47. RUSSIA. Sotheby’s New York, March 10, 1994. USSR IN CONSTRUCTION:
POSTERS, DESIGNS AND DRAWINGS. 260 lots. All color illustrations. Great
pre-WW2 Soviet items. $10.00
48. FIREARMS. Sotheby’s Monaco, December 7, 1987. ARMES ANCIENNES:
COLLECTION CHARLES DRAEGER. Hard cover w/dust jacket. 213 lots. Color
illustrations. Collection of mostly firearms with a few swords and a
couple of canons. Text in English. $15.00
49. MILITARY. Sotheby’s, Summers Place, Billingshurst, West Sussex.
November 1995. HISTORIC AIRCRAFT & AERONAUTICA, ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR,
ORDERS, DECORATIONS & MEDALS. 158 pages, 1179 lots. Mostly WWI & II era
but includes items back to bronze age. $12.50
50. COINS. Spink Coin Auction in association with Christie’s London.
October 12-13, 1993. ANCIENT, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN COINS AND COMMEMORATIVE
MEDALS. 138 pages, 1520 lots. Mostly black & white photos of all lots
(except duplicates), both sides shown. Good condition. $10.00