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#751: AMERICAN
HOLLOW-CAST COPPER EAGLE WEATHERVANE
Bird with raised wings perched on a sphere pierced by an arrow,
traces of gilding; 29 x 36 in.
Estimate: $ 1500.00 - $ 2000.00 Sold
at $ 1800 |
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#752: CARVED EAGLE, POSSIBLY BY JOHN HALEY BELLAMY
Purchased in 1960's by a Pennsylvania collector in Bucks County;
7 x 38 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
Estimate: $ 700.00 - $ 900.00 Sold at $ 3250
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#753: PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH HAND-PAINTED PRINTED
WEDDING RECORD
Printed in Alllentown, PA, dated 1834: the document with eagle
flanked by angels and birds, later frame; frame: 18 x 15 3/4
in.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $
500
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#754: CONTINENTAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER: SIX NATIONAL
FLAGS
Variously inscribed including Burma, Greece and Belgium, parcel
gilt and ebonized frame; frame: 6 x 8 1/4 in.
Estimate: $ 150.00 - $ 250.00 Sold at $ 300 |
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#755: TWO AMERICAN IRON SEWING BIRDS
The one with gilt-metal bird clip-on cushion; 5 1/4 and 6
in.
Estimate: $ 150.00 - $ 250.00 Sold at $
225
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#756: HARRIS & EWING STUDIO: FDR PHOTOGRAPH
Black and white photo, 9 3/4 x 6 in., inscribed "For Spin
from his friend Franklin D. Roosevelt."
Estimate: $ 50.00 - $ 75.00 Sold at $ 325 |
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#757: PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH BLOCK-PRINTED "CERTIFICATE
OF BIRTH AND BAPTISM," DATED 1839
Incorporating central eagle, angels and birds, later frame;
frame: 18 1/4 x 16 in.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold
at $ 100 |
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#758: AMERICAN PARCEL GILT HOLLOW-CAST COPPER
EAGLE WEATHERVANE
With open wings and open mouth
perched on an orb with pole above directional; 40 1/2 x 21
1/2 in.
Estimate: $ 2000.00 - $ 3000.00 Sold at $ 2200 |
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#759: AMERICAN PAINTED CAST IRON ROOSTER-FORM
WEATHERVANE, ATTRIBUTED TO THE ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE MAKER
Rendered realistically in strutting position, fitted with cut
sheet metal tail feathers, ocher painted, black cast iron base,
appears to be original old paint; 31 x 32 in.
Estimate: $ 8000.00 - $ 12000.00 Sold at $ 9000 |
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#760: ENGLISH SCHOOL: "THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE"
Ink and pencil on J. Whatman paper, 10 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (sheet),
signed lower right Matilda A. [?]ett, Brighton. Note: The porticos
were added to the White House in 1825. Provenance: From the
estate of William M.V. Kingsland.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 500.00 Sold at $ 1300 |