A child at play will remain at play, no matter how old they get. And that’s true, you need not look further than the audience in any auction to find a bunch of old kids playing around. Though, as much as they play, they also need rest, and so do their dolls. And, boy, the doll that slept in Leland’s cradle lived in style. A fanciful cradle, a Renoir, Annie Oakley’s .22, a Muhammad Ali photograph and much more round out this week’s diverse top picks.
LELAND LITTLE AUCTIONS
Sale Date: December 1-2, 2016
Lot 379
Pennsylvania Paint-Decorated Folk Art Miniature Doll Cradle
Nineteenth Century, pine construction with allover black, red, yellow and green paints; the exterior depicting a Federal home on the back board, the left side showing a woman in a farmyard knocking the hat off a man’s head with a broom; the right side being given to a martial tableaux inhabited by a soldier taking aim with a musket while facing a roaring cannon, the field with various weapons, a striped flag, and two drums with sticks.
Estimate: $5/10,000
GARTH’S
Sale Date: December 1-2, 2016
Lot 64
Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
“Esquisse de Paysage,” oil on canvas, stamped signature lower left. Landscape study. Height 5.75 by width 10.25 inches.
Estimate: $140/160,000
RAGO
Sale Date: December 2-4, 2016
Lot 2117
Ottoman Era Western Armenian Ceremonial Jewelry
Three silver pieces with micro granulation from Van, Anatolia, Nineteenth Century, includes a massive parcel gilt maiden’s belt buckle (khamar) with inlaid nephrite crescent, coral and turquoise ornaments; Two women’s forehead adornments (two makhchas) with foil-backed garnets or carnelians, turquoise, coral or nephrite, both with granulated drop fringe.
Estimate: $1/2,000
GUERNSEY’S
Sale Date: December 2-3, 2016
Lot 1263
Muhammad Ali vs. “Big Cat” Williams
Color, 1966. Chromogenic color print. Signed in ink by Neil Leifer, numbered 217/350.
Estimate: $250/350,000
ALTERMANN GALLERIES & AUCTIONEERS
Sale Date: December 2-3, 2016
Lot 157A001
Annie Oakley’s Remington 12B Gallery Special Rifle, Trophy & Additional Annie Oakley Memorabilia
Remington S/N 47941, .22 RF short, 24” part octagon barrel (possibly one of a kind), left side of receiver marked “Gallery Special,” stock is of select American walnut with natural dark striping, straight gripped, Remington hard rubber butt plate. Accompanied by a studio card showing Ms. Oakley posed with the Remington 12B.
Estimate: $125/175,000
CLARKE AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS
Sale Date: December 4, 2016
Lot 197
Enamel Decorated Clock With Chariot
Height 12 by width 9 by depth 6 inches. From a Ridgefield, NJ location.
Estimate: $9/12,000
MATERIAL CULTURE
Sale Date: November 28, 2016
Lot 16
Antique Kazak Rug
Nineteenth Century, Caucasus, 5’6” x 7’3”.
Estimate: $1,5/2,500
WILLIAM SMITH, INC.
Sale Date: November 26, 2016
Lot 227
Early Chinese Bronze Tri-Footed Censer
Rosewood base and lid, hardstone finial top, height 8 inches by width 6 inches, signed on bottom, likely Eighteenth Century or earlier.
No Estimate Provided
SANDWICH AUCTION HOUSE
Sale Date: November 26, 2016
Lot 53
Emile A. Gruppe (American, 1896-1978)
Depicting Smith Cove, oil on canvas, height 25 by width 30 inches.
Estimate: $3,5/7,000
TIME & AGAIN
Sale Date: December 1, 2016
Lot 292
A.C. Franke .800 Silver German Teaset
Including tray, teapot, coffee pot, water kettle on stand, creamer and open waste bowl. Approximately 170 ozt.
Estimate: $2/4,000
