All Lots

SELECT: Fall Estates 2016 9 lots

Nayarit style terra-cotta seated female figure

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Description

Possibly circa 100 BC-250 AD, Pre-Columbian figure., 16"h x 7"w x 7.5"d

Condition

Good/fair, distress to decoration, ceramic loss, restorations, repair to hand

Starting Bid

$150

Sold $250

Est.

$300 - $500

Antique miniature bronze figure of Eros

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Description

After the antique, terra cotta base, 1.5"h x .5"w (excl. base)

Condition

Good, natural inclusion line to base, oxidation to patina

Starting Bid

$100

Sold $100

Est.

$200 - $300

Mexican archaic terra cotta figurine of a man

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Description

Ca. 300 B.C.- A.D. 200, Late Preclassic Culture of Colima, with ebonized stand, 6.5"l x 3"w (excl. stand)

Condition

Good/fair, condition commensurate with age, restorations, losses, hairlines

Starting Bid

$200

Sold $200

Est.

$400 - $600

Inca patinated copper finial of a toucan

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Description

A.D. 1450-1532, Far North Coast, with acrylic stand, 4.5"h x 2"w x 5"d (excl. stand)

Condition

Good, condition commensurate with age, oxidation, restoration

Starting Bid

$500

Sold $1,300

Est.

$1,000 - $1,500

Egyptian Coptic tomb textile fragment

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Description

Circa 200 A.D., pigment on cloth, approx. 12"l x 8"w (overall), framed under glass

Condition

Good/fair, condition commensurate with age, losses, holes, pigment loss, probable repair

Starting Bid

$150

Sold $300

Est.

$300 - $500

Panamanian Cocle gold disk

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Description

Circa 800-1200 A.D., 5"dia. (excl. frame), approx. 31.65 dwt.

Condition

Good, scratches, faint bends to sheet

Starting Bid

$500

Sold $900

Est.

$1,000 - $1,500

(3) Ancient Egyptian style wood and bronze ibis

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Description

Possibly 1200-930 BC and later, larger examples with polychrome wood and pottery bodies, largest: 6"h x 6"w x 2"d, smallest: 3"h x 2.75"w x .5"d

Condition

Good/fair, condition commensurate with age, losses, oxidation, chips and restoration

Starting Bid

$150

Sold $1,100

Est.

$300 - $500

Ancient Roman molded white glass flask

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Description

3rd c. A.D., 3.25"h x 1.75"dia.

Condition

Good/fair, condition commensurate with age and use, hairlines

Starting Bid

$350

Sold $1,300

Est.

$700 - $1,000

(4) Ancient Roman glass articles

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Description

1st-3rd c. A.D., tallest: 3.75"h x 2.75"w x 1.5"d, shortest: 1.75"h x 1.25"dia.

Condition

Good/fair, condition commensurate with age, hairlines, losses, restoration

Starting Bid

$250

Sold $425

Est.

$500 - $700

SELECT: Spring Estates 1 lot

Group (9) Bronze age spearheads

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Description

Safavid/ Timurid period, possibly Iranian, varied in size and style, 10.5"l x 1.5"w: largest, 4.75''l x 1.25"w: smallest

Condition

Fair/good, patina/ blemishes, pitting, greening, chips consistent with age

Starting Bid

$150

Sold $350

Est.

$300 - $500

FRINGE! Auction 7 lots

(2) antique French funerary plaques

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Description

17th c. French, engraved bronze grave markers from famed Parisian cemeteries, first dated 1694, marked in French and Latin, 8.25"h x 6.75"w, the second dated 1679, marked in French and missing a fragment, 7"h x 6"w

Condition

Fair, oxidation/corrosion consistent with age throughout, major loss to smaller plate

Starting Bid

$400

Passed

Est.

$800 - $1,200

(2) antique French funerary plaques

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Description

17th/18th c., French, engraved bronze grave markers from famed Parisian cemeteries, first in French, dated 1684, 7"h x 8.5"w, second in French and Latin, dated 1720, 8"h x 5.5"w.

Condition

Fair, oxidation, corrosion consistent with age, loss to corners of smaller plate

Starting Bid

$400

Sold $400

Est.

$800 - $1,200

Early Persian Demon bowl

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Description

8th/9th century, Persian (modern day Iran or Iraq), spun clay bowl, the interior painted in radiating Aramaic incantations, with a ghoulish form at bottom interior, 3.5"h x 6.5"dia.

Condition

Fair/good, at least 3 repaired cracks, some wear, pitting and rubbing

Starting Bid

$150

Sold $550

Est.

$300 - $500

Giant clam shell fossil

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Description

10.75"h x 34.25"w x 20.5"d

Condition

Good, naturally formed, rough and porous surface

Starting Bid

$75

Sold $250

Est.

$150 - $250

Early carved limestone Ossuary

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Description

Probably Ancient, tapering chiseled body, the peaked cover with fine concentric diamond pattern, 32"h x 12.75" squ.

Condition

Fair, naturally rough and fragmented, discoloration, chips throughout, shows age and use

Starting Bid

$200

Sold $2,250

Est.

$400 - $600

Dinosaur egg fossil

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Description

4"h x 5"w x 5"d

Condition

Good, naturally rough and fragmented

Starting Bid

$75

Sold $400

Est.

$150 - $250

Dinosaur bone fossil

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Description

5"h x 13.5"l x 7"d

Condition

Good, naturally rough and fragmented

Starting Bid

$100

Sold $225

Est.

$200 - $300

SELECT: 3 Day Auction 2 lots

Nice Pre-Columbian redware fertility figure

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Description

Probably 2nd century CE, probably Colima, well developed form with stylized hair, burnished surface with slip decoration and open navel, on brass museum mount, 16.75"h x 7.5"w x 2.75"d (excl. stand)

Condition

Fair, fractures and losses to limbs, hip and left foot, scattered chips, mineral deposits

Starting Bid

$350

Sold $950

Est.

$700 - $1,000

Antique Greco-Roman style carved marble mortar

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Description

Poss. antiquity, Italy, with figural-carved lugs, festoons and laurel leaves,12.5"h x 22"dia.

Condition

Good, minor film residue in crevices

Starting Bid

$300

Sold $1,500

Est.

$600 - $800

ABC: 3 Day Auction 1 lot

Ancient heavy stone discoidal / mace head

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Description

Poss. Egyptian, 12"l x 10"w x 4"d

Condition

Fair, chips and roughness, shows age and use

Starting Bid

$30

Sold $30

Est.

$60 - $80

Art. Art. Art. 1 lot

Julian Alden Weir, etching

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Description

Julian Alden Weir (American, 1852-1919), The Statue of Liberty, 1893, etching on paper, initialed in plate J. A. W., in plate lower left, framed

Condition

Good, not examined out of frame

Starting Bid

$50

Sold $325

Est.

$100 - $150

SELECT: 3 Day Auction 2 lots

Greco-Roman style stone torso fragment

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Description

19th c., possibly older, carved brown onyx, iron rod with architectural fragment base, approx. 20"h x 7"w x 4"d (total)

Condition

Good/Fair, crack with likely repair, scattered chips and scratches

Starting Bid

$600

Sold $3,250

Est.

$1,200 - $1,800

Group (6) Antiquity carvings

Passed

Description

Egypt and greater Mediterranean, including 2 steatite scarabs, a limestone Ushabti, marble Roman soldier relief fragment, and 2 quartz carvings, 4"h x 5"w (largest)

Condition

Good, showing age and wear, dirty, losses

Starting Bid

$200

Passed

Est.

$400 - $600

ABC: 3 Day Online-Only Auction 13 lots

Vera Cruz style composition head

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Description

Possibly Pre Columbian, 17"h x 7.25"w x 8.5"d

Condition

Fair, some minor chips, surface corrosion and discoloration

Starting Bid

$40

Sold $50

Est.

$80 - $125

(7) Pre-Columbian ceramic head fragments

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Description

Primarily faces, a couple animal heads, smallest: 1"h, largest: 3"h

Condition

Fair, fragmented, chips, expected wear expected wear associated with age and handling

Starting Bid

$20

Sold $30

Est.

$40 - $60

Mayan painted terracotta vase

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Description

c. 600-900 A.D., El Salvador/Honduras, with gallery COA, 6"h x 5.5"dia.

Condition

Fair, rim chip, large areas of surface wear, rubs, and scratches, pitting, scratches, and imperfections, dirt residue, shows age and handling

Starting Bid

$50

Sold $175

Est.

$100 - $150

(2) Egyptian style alabaster vessels

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Description

Incl. small mortar/cup and bowl, cup: 2.5"h x 2.25"w, bowl: 3"h x 6.5"dia.

Condition

Good/fair, each unevenly and roughly made, rim and interior roughness, imperfections, cup possibly repaired, show age and handling

Starting Bid

$40

Sold $40

Est.

$80 - $125

(4) Pre-Columbian ceramic figurines and fragments

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Description

Incl. (2) animal forms, a figure, and a head fragment, smallest: 2.5"h x 3"w, largest: 3.75"h x 3.5"w

Condition

Fair, fragmented, chips, roughness, expected wear associated with age and handling

Starting Bid

$30

Sold $80

Est.

$60 - $80

(3) Indian grey schist frieze fragments

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Description

Poss. Gandharan, smallest: 4.5"h x 5.5"w, largest: 9"h x 8"w

Condition

Fair, fragments with losses, chips, partial, possible repairs, with rubs and wear, show age and handling

Starting Bid

$50

Sold $350

Est.

$100 - $150

Nice Veracruz Sonriente terracotta head

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Description

Mexico, smiling Sonriente, terracotta head fragment, on museum mount, 6.5"h x 7"w x 3.5"d (head only), 8"h (incl. stand)

Condition

Fair, fragmented, losses, chips, cracks, drilled for stand, rubs from stand, shows age and handling

Starting Bid

$50

Sold $150

Est.

$100 - $150

Luristan and Egyptian bronze miniatures

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Description

Incl. footed vessel, Horus and Apis Bull, smallest: 2.5"h, largest: 4.25"h

Condition

Good, each with oxidation and finish wear, show age and handling

Starting Bid

$50

Sold $100

Est.

$100 - $150

(3) Near Eastern ancient bronze objects

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Description

Incl. fragment of horse figure, Luristan harness ring, etc., largest: 3"dia.

Condition

Fair, horse fragmented and heavily oxidized, some oxidation to others

Starting Bid

$30

Sold $30

Est.

$60 - $80

Group Pre-Columbian fragments and figure

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Description

Incl. (3) head fragments, and a figural whistle, two with stands, smallest fragment: 1.5"h, whistle: 3.5"h

Condition

Fair, fragmented, chips, expected wear associated with age and handling

Starting Bid

$30

Sold $125

Est.

$60 - $80

(3) Indian antiquity fragments

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Description

Incl. (2) schist examples, one with seal remnant, smallest: 3.5"h x 2.5"w x 3"d, largest: 7.75"h x 5"w x 1.25"d

Condition

Fair, fragments, losses, chips, one separated at neck, largest example repaired

Starting Bid

$40

Sold $400

Est.

$80 - $125

(5) South Indian or Hindu carved wood figures

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Description

19th/20th c., incl. female and mother with child subjects, smallest: 7.75"h, largest: 10"h

Condition

Good/fair, losses, chips, cracks, some with remnant paper/sticker verso, patina wear, show age and handling

Starting Bid

$40

Sold $60

Est.

$80 - $125

(4) small ancient earthenware relics

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Description

Incl. (2) terracotta Roman oil lamps, a Pre-Columbian miniature pigmented pot, and an oil lamp with handle, each approx. 4"w

Condition

Fair, chips, roughly made, worn, wear consistent with age and handling

Starting Bid

$40

Sold $100

Est.

$80 - $125

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