Lot #71: AMERICAN SCHOOL, PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
Oil on wood panel, 30 x 25 in., unsigned.
Estimate: $ 800.00 - $ 1200.00

Lot #72: WILLIAM MATTHEW PRIOR (1803-1873), PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
Oil on board, 17 x 12 7/8 in., with label affixed to pine panel "Portraits/painted in this style!/done in about an hours sitting/price $2.92, including frame, glass/please call at Trenton street Wm. M Prior/East Boston/Wm.Prior." (Prior moved to East Boston in 1846.)
Estimate: $ 2000.00 - $ 3000.00 Sold at $2900

Lot #73: WILLIAM MATTHEW PRIOR, PAIR OF PORTRAITS
Oil on board, the lady, 17 1/8 x 14 in., the gentleman, 17 1/8 x 13 5/8 in., unsigned.
Estimate: $ 18,000.00 - $ 22,000.00

Lot #74: AMERICAN SCHOOL, PORTRAIT OF A PUBLISHER
Oil on canvas, relined, 30 1/2 x 25 1/4 in., unsigned. The sitter of this picture is holding a copy of The Watchman. The Watchman was started in 1835 by John Harmon in Ravenna, Ohio, so it could possibly his portrait or perhaps it is the likeness of the publisher of the Circleville, Ohio Watchman which was published from 1825-1826.
Estimate: $ 1500.00 - $ 2000.00 Sold at $3600

Lot #75: AMERICAN SCHOOL, YOUNG GIRL AND HER DOG
Oil on canvas, relined, 37 3/4 x 28 in., unsigned.
Estimate: $ 4000.00 - $ 6000.00

Lot #76: ALVAN FISHER (1792-1863), "THE STONE FAMILY" & CHILDREN PLAYING IN A BARN
Oils on canvas, approx. 32 3/4 x 40 in., both signed and dated lower right "Alvan Fisher 1833." "The Stone Family" was exhibited at the Whitney Museum March 26 - April 29, 1935 and at the Carnegie Institute October 24 - December 15, 1940.
Estimate: $ 7000.00 - $ 9000.00 Sold at $26,000

Lot #77: ATTRIBUTED TO PETRUS WEYTS, "SEADUCK"
Reverse painting on glass, 23 3/4 x 32 1/8 in., signed lower left "P. Weyts / Anvers" and inscribed and dated "Seaduck of Portsmouth Captain T. N. Porter. Passing Flushing. 1853." Upper left and lower right corners cracked. From the Estate of John P. Morgan II.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $5800

Lot #78: BRASS PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX: "COMMODORE DECATEUR, 1816"
The lid relief-molded with bust of the Commodore above the date, the case with 6 naval trophy reserves, remains of bead-lined interior; 1 in. high, 2 in. diam. Provenance: Descended in the family of Commodore Stephen Decateur.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $650

Lot #79: PAIR OF LEATHER-BOUND SAILOR'S BECKETS
Each braid-covered loop handle with wood back incised with six-petal flower head; 13 x 5 1/2 x 2 in.
Estimate: $ 100.00 - $ 200.00 Sold at $475