Auction Catalogs & Reference Books for Collectors
wendy kenney
ADDITIONS TO AUCTION CATALOG AND REFERENCE BOOK LIST -
SEPTEMBER 14, 1997
TO SEE THE COMPLETE LIST, GO TO:
www.ephemerarts.com/catalogs.htm
DISCOUNT SCHEDULE:
2 catalogs: take 5% off
3 - 4 catalogs: take 10% off
5 - 7 catalogs: take 15% off
8 or more catalogs: take 20% off
THE DISCOUNT IS ONGOING - if you buy 2 catalogs this time, you get 5%
off. If you buy another catalog next week, your discount on that will
be 10%, and so on until you have an ongoing 20% discount.
Please e-mail we...@ephemerarts.com to reserve catalogs and books.
Auction catalogs are valuable - and affordable - reference tools for
collectors. They give us the expertise of some of the world's finest
specialists; they show hundreds, if not thousands, of items, sometimes
with spectacular photos; they can give a general overview or a very
detailed look at different areas of collecting (and sometimes of
collectors as well). Most catalogs have pre-sale price estimates
printed along with the item descriptions; many of them also have the
sale results ("prices realized").
For those areas of collecting which aren't too well-documented, or
where the reference books can cost almost as much as one of the items
being collected, auction catalogs are especially valuable; for any
areas of collecting, well-documented or not, they're always helpful in
identifying pieces.
NEW!ANT6. CHRISTIE'S - London...December 9, 1992...$10.00
The 'Per-neb' Collection (Part I) - Highly Important Egyptian
Antiquities
A beautiful catalog, extremely well-photographed. Some of the items
have extensive descriptions.
82 lots, 57 pages
Hardbound book with dust jacket in fine condition.
NEW!ANT7. CHRISTIE'S - New York...January 25, 1979...$8.00
Important Classical, Western, Asiatic and Egyptian Antiquities
Classical Antiquities (50 lots) ~ Cycladic (6; 2 pictured) ~ Ancient
Jewelry (13) ~ Western Asiatic and Persian (22; 6 pictured) ~ Egyptian
111; 55 pictured)
205 lots total; 75 pages illus: mostly b/w
NEW!ANT/ORI2. SOTHEBY'S - New York - May 31, 1997...$8.00
Antiquities and Islamic Art
Phoenician, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Glass ~ Egyptian Antiquities
~ Greek, Etruscan, Roman and Byzantine Antiquities ~ Western Asiatic,
Egyptian, Greek and Roman Jewelry ~ Western Asiatic Antiquities ~
Islamic Works of Art
417 lots illus: color & b/w
NEW!ART21. (EXHIBITION CATALOG) DAVID HOCKNEY - SOME VERY NEW
PAINTINGS...$20.00
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York; January 7 - February 13, 1993
26 paintings
11" x 8 1/2" spiralbound paperback in stiff wraps; very good
condition.
NEW!*ART-DEC1. CHRISTIE'S - New York...May 13, 1987...$8.00
WITH PRICES REALIZED
Furniture and Decorative Works of Art by Alberto and Diego Giacometti
38 lots. illus: color
NEW!AS-CHI36. CHRISTIE'S - New York...January 29, 1986...$10.00
Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Paintings and Works of Art
China Trade Paintings and Watercolors (35 lots) ~ Porcelain (131 lots)
176 lots total, 90 pages.
illus: mostly b/w
NEW!AS-CHI37. SOTHEBY'S - New York...October 18 & 19, 1990...$12.00
WITH PRICES REALIZED
Fine Chinese Decorative Works of Art
Paintings (128 lots) ~ Textiles (23) ~ China Trade Paintings (19) ~
Export Silver (8) ~ Gold Ornaments, Metalwork, and Bronzes (40) ~
Enamels (10) ~ Glass (46) ~ Jades (98) ~ Hardstones (9) ~ Ceramics
(116) ~ Scholars Articles (26) ~ Furniture (79)
622 lots total
NEW!AS-CHI38. SOTHEBY'S - Hong Kong...April 29 & 30, 1997...$15.00
Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Jade Carvings
Ceramics (206 lots) ~ Stone Sculpture (12) ~ Bronze Sculptures (9) ~
Bronzes (6) ~ Glass (6) ~ Jade Carvings (75) ~ Works of Art (36)
354 lots total illus: color
NEW!AS-CHI39. (EXHIBITION CATALOG) CHINESE ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF
H.M. KING GUSTAF VI ADOLF OF SWEDEN...........................$8.00
The British Museum - January 21 - March 5, 1972; Catalog by Bo
Gyllensvard.
Ceramics (53 lots) ~ Bronzes (67) ~ Jades (27) ~ Lacquer (13) ~ Ivory,
Wood, Rhino Horn Carvings (34)
201 items total; 124 pages. illus: b/w
5 3/4" x 8 1/4" paperback, good condition
NEW!AS-CHI40. CHRISTIE'S - New York...September 18, 1997...$15.00
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Furniture and Scholar's Objects (37 lots) ~ Paintings (10) ~ Textiles
(13) ~ Jade and Jadeite Carvings (26) ~ Snuff Bottles (28) ~ Bronzes
(32) ~ Neolithic and Han Pottery (10) ~ Tang Pottery Figures (15) ~
Song and Jin Ceramics (5) ~ Ming Ceramics (8) ~ Qing Ceramics (17)
220 lots total; 200 pages. illus: color
A very fine catalog, with high-quality photos and descriptions which
are more extensive than usual.
NEW!AS-CHI41. CHRISTIE'S - New York...September 18, 1997...$12.00
The Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection of Fine Classical Chinese
Furniture
99 lots on 131 pages; the catalog also includes essays by Robert P.
Piccus ("On Forming a Collection of Chinese Furniture") and Curtis
Evarts ("Classical Chinese Furniture from the Piccus Collection", 11
pages), and extensive bibliographies.
NEW!AS-CHI42. CHRISTIE'S - New York...March 20 & 21, 1997...$12.00
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Furniture and Scholar's Objects (35 lots) ~ Snuff Bottles (21) ~
Textiles [25) ~ Paintings and Prints (4) ~ Early Bronzes (6) ~ Later
Bronzes (11) ~ Cloisonne and Painted Enamel Wares (6) ~ Later Jades
(35) ~ Sculpture (18) ~ Pottery Figures: Han, Northern Wei, Tang (18)
~ Song, Yuan and Ming Ceramics (8) ~ Qing Blue and White (15) ~ Qing
Monochromes (12) ~ Qing Famille Verte and Biscuit Wares (8) ~ Various
Qing Wares (11)
430 lots total, 217 pages.
NEW!AS-CHI43. SOTHEBY'S - New York...June 4, 1985...$10.00
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Archaic Bronzes (19 lots) ~ Silver & Gold (19) ~ Early Jades (8) ~
Sculpture (6) ~ Early Pottery Wares (8) ~ Han Pottery (19) ~ Tang
Pottery (45) ~ Other Ceramics and Pottery - Song, Cizhou, Yueyao,
Celadon, Ming, Qing, Famille Verte, Famille Rose (65)
201 lots total. illus: color, b/w
NEW!AS-CHIPOR6. SOTHEBY'S - London...November 12, 1996...$10.00
Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art
252 lots, 66 pages. illus: color
NEW!AS-CHIPOR7. SOTHEBY'S - New York...October 14, 1993...$10.00
Chinese Export Porcelain
226 lots illus: color, b/w
NEW!AS-JAP20. (EXHIBITION CATALOG) MOMOYAMA - JAPANESE ART IN THE AGE
OF GRANDEUR.................................................$20.00
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975
An excellent introduction to the arts of the Momoyama period, this
catalog is of an exhibition organized in conjunction with the Japanese
government. The 79 items include paintings, calligraphy, Noh masks,
textiles, ceramics, lacquer, and arms and armor; they are all shown in
very good quality black and white or color photographs, and all are
accompanied by essays of varying length. There is also a 2-page
bibliography.
8 1/2" x 10 1/2" paperback, 136 pages, fine condition.
NEW!AS-JAP21. CHRISTIE'S - New York...March 21, 1985...$10.00
Fine Japanese Works of Art
Paintings (23 lots) ~ Screens (14) ~ Sword Fittings (47) ~ Swords (18)
~ Other Weapons and Accoutrements (5) ~ Netsuke (79) ~ Pipe Cases (11)
~ Inro (23) ~ Lacquer (22) ~ Pottery & Porcelain (64) ~ Clocks,
Textiles, Sculptures, Works of Art (50)
357 lots total, 110 pages. illus: b/w, color
NEW!AS-JAPPR9. (EXHIBITION CATALOG) A JAPANESE ECCENTRIC - THE THREE
ARTS OF MURASE TAIITSU........................................$10.00
New Orleans Museum of Art, 1979 - Catalog by Stephen Addiss
Includes a chapter on Taiitsu's life and paintings.
Each of the 27 paintings is shown in good-quality black and white and
is accompanied by a descriptive essay. There is also an appendix
showing 33 of Taiitsu's seals.
8 3/4" x 11 1/2" paperback, 68 pages, very good condition.
BACK IN STOCK!
AS34.(BOOK) URUSHI: Proceedings of the Urushi Study Group, June 10 -
27, 1985 - Tokyo...............................................$25.00
N.S. Brommelle and Perry Smith, editors
published (1988) and sponsored by the Getty Conservation Institute
CONTENTS:
History -
On the Chinese Kyushitsu Method Based on a Study of Kyushoku-roku
Documents
Innovations in Kodaiji Makie
Chinese Guri Lacquers
Inro research: Some Proposed Future Steps
Sano Chokan, the Urushi Master, Studied through His Work
Heidatsu and Hyomon in the Nara Period
Origins of the Use of Urushi in Japan and its Development
Lacquerware in the Unified Silla Period, with Special Reference to the
Finds at Anap-chi
Urushi Coating and Color Painting Applied to Japanese Architectural
Cultural Monuments
Conservation and Techniques -
The Protection of Ancient Chinese Lacquerware
The Preservation and Handing Down of Traditional Urushi Art Techniques
in Japan
Conservation of Chinese Urushi: Methods and Difficulties
The Kyushitsu Technique Demonstrated on a Natsume
Lacquer Examination and Treatment at the Freer Gallery of Art: Some
Case Histories
Some thoughts about Conserving Urushi Art Objects in Japan, and an
Example of Conservation Work
Apprenticeship and Conservation
Dry Lacquer Statues of Japan
Chinese Lacquer
Essay on Shells That Became Cherry Blossoms
Urushi Technique in the Prehistoric and Antique Periods in Japan
Science -
Scientific Approach to Traditional Lacquer Art
Technical Studies of Chinese Lacquer
The Production and Use of Chinese Raw Urushi and the Present State of
Research
X-ray Radiography in the Study of Oriental Lacquerware Substructures
FTIR Analysis of Authentic and Simulated Black Lacquer Finishes on
Eighteenth Century Furniture
Solvent Testing Method for Identification of oriental Lacquer Used in
European Furniture
The Chemistry of Oriental Lacquer
This is a beautifully-produced book, in fine condition.
8 1/4" x 11 3/4" paperback, 258 pages, extensively illustrated in
black and white and in color.
NEW!AS35. SOTHEBY’S - New York...April 10 & 11, 1986...$10.00
Fine Chinese Decorative Works of Art including Furniture, Paintings
and Japanese Works of Art
Paintings (42 lots) ~ China trade paintings (30) ~ Textiles (23) ~
Japanese Lacquer (11) ~ Bronzes (5) ~ Ceramics (39) ~ Jade (100) ~
Bronzes and Sculpture (17) ~ Rhino Horn Carvings (15) ~ Crystal &
Glass (10) ~ Ivory (14) ~ Silver, Furniture, Misc. (148)
illus: b/w & color
NEW!AS36. SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET - Los Angeles...November 5 - 8,
1979...$10.00
Volume Two: Oriental Works of Art and Furniture
Japanese, Chinese, Southeast Asian Works of Art - porcelains,
ceramics, bronzes, ivories, metalwork, jade & carvings
594 lots illus: b/w
NEW!*POR/GLA6. SOTHEBY'S - London...April 15, 1997...$10.00
Fine European Ceramics & Glass
CERAMICS: 442 lots - Meissen ~ Frankenthal ~ Wurzburg ~ Berlin ~
Chelsea ~ Bow ~ Worcester ~ Wedgwood ~ Sevres ~
GLASS (Continental): 55 lots
497 lots total, 140 pages. illus: color, b/w
NEW!*POR/GLA7. SOTHEBY'S - London...July 8, 1997...$8.00
Fine European Ceramics and Glass
CERAMICS: 18th-Century British and Continental Ceramics (123 lots,
including 46 Meissen) ~ 19th-Century British and Continental Ceramics
(129, including 29 Martin Brothers, 16 Berlin, 27 Meissen, 12 Sevres)
GLASS: 42 LOTS
295 lots total, 99 pages. illus: color, b/w
page 15/16 (18th-Century Continental ceramics) has been removed
there is a 7" x 2" Sotheby's sticker across the bottom front cover
NEW!NAT-PREC6. SOTHEBY'S - New York...May 28, 1997...$8.00
Pre-Columbian Art
393 lots.
NEW!NAT-PREC7. (BOOK) PRE-COLUMBIAN JADE FROM COSTA RICA...$10.00
by Elizabeth Kennedy Easby; published in 1968 by Andre Emmerich (NY)
Includes chapters on raw materials and lapidary techniques; axe gods;
figure pendants; beak birds; human and composite figures; animals;
winged pendants and bats; beads and bar pendants; ear ornaments; club
heads and minor forms. The book concludes with a chronology, summary,
and notes.
6" x 9 1/2" paperback, 103 pages, good condition.
NEW!POR31. SOTHEBY'S - London...March 5, 1990...$5.00
*6 pages have been torn out - 20 lots of British porcelain are
missing*
Early English and Continental Ceramics
Continental Ceramics (183 lots) ~ British Pottery and Porcelain,
including some pottery from 11th - 14th centuries (171 lots)
355 lots total, 125 pages.
illus: b/w, color
NEW!POR32. CHRISTIE'S East - New York...September 25, 1989...$7.00
English and Continental Pottery, Porcelain and Glass
English Pottery (38 lots) ~ English Porcelain (45) ~ Books (13) ~
Dutch Delft (12) ~ Continental Pottery & Porcelain (49 lots) ~ Glass
(12 lots, only 1 pictured)
NEW!POR33. SOTHEBY'S - New York...October 15, 1996...$10.00
English and Continental Ceramics
Including Property from Miss Millie Manheim and Property from D.M. & P
Manheim Antiques Corporation (341 lots: Blanc-de-chine; Chinese Export
Porcelain; Meissen; Mennency; Continental Faience; Dutch & English
Delft; Staffordshire Saltglaze, Creamware, Pearlware; English
Pearlware; Felspathic Stoneware & Jasperware; Animals, Birds, Figures
(including Theatre); Bow; Liverpool; Longton Hall; Girl-in-a-Swing
(St. James Factory); Chelsea; Derby; Worcester; Bristol; Wedgwood;
Coalport; Spode
Various Owners: 175 lots
517 lots total illus: b/w, color
FIESTA SAM
Do you have any catalogs or price books that feature Fiesta ware? I'll
buy--thanks!
Sam