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Lot #81: RUG DESIGNS - TEN WATERCOLORS OF RUG DESIGNS
15 x 11 1/2 in. All intricate designs with florals, floral trees, insects and birds. All matted. Many are stamped "M. Tadross & Co. Inc." with numbers; "NTC New York" with numbers; or oriental script with numbers.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $300 |
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Lot #82: RUG DESIGNS - ELEVEN WATERCOLORS OF RUG DESIGNS
15 x 11 1/2 in. All intricate floral designs; all matted. Most have numbers on the verso, some with circles of the colors used. A few have "NTC New York" with a number. One has oriental script with a number.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $300 |
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Lot #83: (DESIGN) MATSUOKA TOKIKATA AND HONMA HAYKURI. "KOJITSU SOSHO SHOKUMON ZUE"
Circa 1900, 8VO, 5 volumes. Hundreds of color textile designs reproduced in color woodcuts. Covers clothing for noblemen, ladies, ceremonial, brocades and Imperial costumes. String bound with printed wrappers.
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $550 |
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Lot #84: (254 PEN AND PENCIL DRAWINGS) FRANK HOWARD. "THE SPIRIT OF THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE, EXHIBITED IN A SERIES OF OUTLINE PLATES ILLUSTRATED OF THE STORY OF EACH PLAY"
1833. 254 pen and pencil illustrations by Frank Howard for the above titled work. All are 4 1/2 x 7 in. on Japan; mounted on cardstock. Includes "Tempest" - (20); "Two Gentlemen of Verona" - (12); "Measure for Measure" - (12); "Midsummer Night's Dream" - (18); "Merchants of Venice" - (18); "As You Like It" - (20); "All's Well That Ends Well" - (10); "Taming of the Shrew" - (20); "Much Ado About Nothing" - (12); "Love's Labours Lost" - (8); "Richard the Second" - (10); "Merry Wives of Windsor" - (10); "Julius Caesar" - (9); "Twelfth Night" - (20); "Macbeth" - (20); "Anthony and Cleopatra" - (13); "Hamlet" - (12); and "Othello" - (10). All plays not represented, but all plays listed have complete set of illustrations. Lot also includes the 5 volume printed works.
Estimate: $ 5000.00 - $ 7000.00 |
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Lot #85: FORE-EDGE PAINTING: TWO TITLES IN FULL MOROCCO
12MO. (1) Goldsmith, Oliver. "Poems, Plays and Essays." London, 1835. Fore-Edge painting of a port with one large and two small ships. (2) Tennyson, Alfred. "Queen Mary," 1876. Fore-Edge painting of Buckingham Palace.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $225 |
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Lot #86: CHINESE CHILDREN'S GAMES: ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS
4TO, 10 x 13 1/2 in. 32 pen and ink illustrations, primarily showing children at play. Illustrations on thin paper; plain thin paper wrapper, tied with string.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $150 |
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Lot #87: VICTOR J. DOWLING: ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION FOR "MR. CAT" AND "MORE MR. CAT"
Pen and ink illustrations: (1) 23 are 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches, (2) 5 are 11 1/2 x 9 inches or larger, (3) 5 smaller, (4) 2 watercolors of other animals, (5) copies of "Mr. Cat" and "More Mr. Cat" by George Freedley, (6) Photographs of Victor Dowling.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $1100 |
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Lot #88: SAVO, JIMMY. "I BOW TO THE STONES" - ORIGINAL ART AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE BOOK
(1) Avedon, Richard. "Portrait of Jimmy Savo." 14 x 11 in., laid down on card stock. (2) Steichen, Edward. "Portrait of Jimmy Savo." Two copies, 10 x 8 in. and 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (3) Dowling, Victor J. Pen and ink illustration for the Savo autobiography. (a) 9 are 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (b) 2 are 11 1/2 x 5 in. (c) 15 are 6 x 5 1/2 in. or larger. (4) Copy of the book in a dust jacket.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $200 |
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Lot #89: MOSER, JAMES HENRY (1854-1913). BOOK WITH MOUNTED WATERCOLORS, PEN AND INK DRAWINGS AND PENCIL SKETCHES
1877-1902. Twenty-two watercolors (7 small); 7 pen and ink sketches (3 small) and 20 pencil drawings. Scenes are in many locations in the U.S. and Europe. Some are in the Cornwall, CT area. Moser was a watercolorist who illustrated Joel Chandler Harris' "Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings" 1881.
Estimate: $ 2000.00 - $ 2500.00 Sold at $2000 |
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Lot #90: (1 OF 400) ANGELOU, MAYA. "OUR GRANDMOTHERS"
New York, Limited Edition Club, 1994. Large folio. Illustrated with 5 full page original black and white lithographs by the African American muralist, John T. Biggers. Handbound in Japanese linen dyed to resemble red Georgia clay. Housed in a linen covered clamshell box. 1 of 400 copies signed by Maya Angelou and John T. Biggers.
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $400 |