Lots 751 - 760

Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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
Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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
Lot #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

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