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Lot 001 - Pair of Antique French Hair Work Mourning Palettes Under Glass in Oval Black Frames Including Graveyard Scene Inscribed "Souvenir" And Photograph Portrait of a Young Woman, 6-3/8" W x 5-1/8" H each
Lot 002 - Antique French Hair Work Mourning Palette with Weeping Willow and Funerary Monument, Initialed "G.V." And Dated 1881, "17 Mai" ("May 17"), Oval Black Frame with Convex Glass, 5-3/8" W x 6-1/8" H
Lot 003 - Antique Victorian Hair Work Floral Arrangement Familial Keepsake in Glass and Fabric Display Box with Beaded Accents, 5" L x 4" W
Lot 004 - Antique Victorian Human Hair Wreath in Oval Walnut Shadow Box Frame, Assembled from Victorian-Era Components, 8" L x 9-1/2" H
Lot 005 - Antique English Victorian Mourning Brooch, "In Memory of My Dear Son" With Tombstone, Cross, and Weeping Willow Motif, 1-1/2" L x 1-1/8" W
Lot 006 - Antique Victorian Mourning Pendant with Carved Rose Motif and Bail, 1-3/4" W x 2" H
Lot 007 - Antique "The Wonderful Albino Family" Hand-Colored Lithograph Print, Barnum's Gallery of Wonders No. 14, Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street, New York, Framed, 14-3/4" W x 17-3/4" H
Lot 008 - "A Book of New England Legends and Folk Lore in Prose and Poetry" Antique Illustrated Folklore Book by Samuel Adams Drake, Illustrated by F. T. Merrill, Published by Roberts Brothers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1884
Lot 009 - "Geheimnisvolle Und Phantastische Erzahlungen" ("Mysterious and Fantastic Tales") Vintage German-Language Edgar Allan Poe Book, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Published by Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, Berlin, Germany, 1930s
Lot 010 - Vintage Cast Bronze Figural Tarantula Spider Sculpture, 9-1/2" L
Lot 011 - Vintage Real Orb Weaver Spider Web Mounted on Wood Plaque, Signed by Will Knight, Knight's Spider Web Farm, Williamstown, Vermont, 9" W x 11" H
Lot 012 - Vintage Wood-Mounted Printing Block for Oversized Tarot Card Xiii "LA Mort" ("Death") with Skeleton and Scythe, Tarot De Marseille, 8-3/8" W x 16" H
Lot 013 - Vintage Oversized Tarot Card Xiii Print "LA Mort" ("Death") with Skeleton and Scythe, Tarot De Marseille, Printed from Vintage Block, Framed, 14-7/8" W x 20-3/4" H
Lot 014 - Vintage Relief-Carved Folk Art Oak Panel of a Wolf with Oak Leaves and Acorns, Signed "AA" And Dated 1933, 16-1/2" W x 11-1/4" H
Lot 015 - Vintage Hand-Painted Wooden Folk Art Black Cat Smoking Stand with Arched Back and Raised Tail, Red and Black Stepped Base, 24" H
Lot 016 - Vintage Framed Metamorphic Print by M.M. Leaf, Grotesque Profile Bust Composed of a Nude Figure on Platter with Ornate Medallion Border, Red Dancer Silhouette on Verso, 14-3/8" W x 16-1/8" H
Lot 017 - Antique John Moyr Smith "Guinevere" Ceramic Tile from the "Idylls of the King" Tennyson Series with Celtic Knotwork Border, Manufactured by Minton, 6" L x 6" H
Lot 018 - Antique Framed Engraving Print, "The Bathos, or Manner of Sinking, in Sublime Paintings," By William Hogarth (English, 1697-1764), Allegorical Scene of Father Time Expiring, Published 1764, 13" W x 16-7/8" H
Lot 019 - Antique Framed Hand-Colored Lithograph Print, "The Tree of Life," Religious Allegory with New Jerusalem and Figures of Sin and Salvation, Lithographed and Published by J. Baillie, New York, 1846, 12-1/2" W x 16-1/2" H
Lot 020 - Vintage Fantasy Figural Skull Purple Glass Bottle, Manufactured by Wheaton, Millville, New Jersey, 5-1/4" H
Lot 021 - Antique Hiram Walker Spider Web Clear Glass Whiskey Bottle with Green Screw Cap, 8" H
Lot 022 - Antique Green Glass Hexagonal Poison Bottle Embossed "Not to Be Taken" With Cross-Hatch Hobnail Pattern and Vertical Ribs, 4-1/4" H
Lot 023 - Antique Walking Cane with Bone Knob Handle, Naturalistic Bark Shaft, and Leather Wrist Strap, 35" H
Lot 024 - Antique Thermo Vane Dome Desk Thermometer with Egyptian Revival Winged Sun Disc and Lotus Motif Base, Manufactured by Schaeffer & Budenberg, Brooklyn, New York, 6-3/8" L x 3" H
Lot 025 - Vintage Bronze Female Nude Torso Sculpture with Verdigris Patina, 11-3/4" L
Lot 026 - Vintage Bronze Bust of a Child in Hooded Shawl on Turned Marble Pedestal, Manufactured by Theodore Alexander, Hand Made in Vietnam, Item 1021-197, 12-1/2" H
Lot 027 - Antique Cast Iron Figural Spartan Warrior Head, 5-1/4" H
Lot 028 - Antique Chinese Bronze You Vessel Reproduction with Taotie Mask Decoration, Swing Bail Handle, and Lidded Top, 13-1/2" H
Lot 029 - Vintage Vietnamese Bronze Mortar and Pestle with Lid, Relief Figural and Greek Key Decoration, Marked Thanh Le for Roussel, 7-1/4" H
Lot 030 - Antique WWI Trench Art Vase, French 75mm Brass Shell Casing Dated 1917, "Souvenir from Verdun 1918" With 82nd "All American" Division Insignia, Roses, and Cross, 13-5/8" H
Lot 031 - Antique WWI Trench Art Vase, French 75mm Brass Shell Casing Dated 1916, "Souvenir from Argonne Forest" With Y.M.C.A. Triangle Insignia, Roses, and Oak Leaves, Note Cracks, 13-5/8" H
Lot 032 - Antique Canvas and Leather Shoulder Bag, World War I Era, 14" L
Lot 033 - Antique Framed Watercolor Painting on Paper, Moonlit Maritime Scene with Figures in a Boat at the Base of a Tower, Signed Charles Russell Loomis (1857-1936), 16-1/2" W x 13-1/4" H
Lot 034 - "Half-Hours with the Stars" Antique Astronomy and Constellation Guide with 12 Star Maps by Richard A. Proctor, Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1887
Lot 035 - "Astronomy with an Opera-Glass" Antique Astronomy Book by Garrett P. Serviss, Eighth Edition with Appendix, Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1910
Lot 036 - "The Moon: A Popular Treatise" Antique Astronomy Book by Garrett P. Serviss, Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1907, with Laid-In Star Finder Advertisements
Lot 037 - "From Pioneer to Poet or the Twelve Great Gates" Antique Astrology and Zodiac Book by Isabelle M. Pagan, Published by the Theosophical Publishing House Limited, London, 1926 Second Edition, with Inscriptions
Lot 038 - "The Winged Horse Anthology" Vintage Poetry Anthology by Joseph Auslander and Frank Ernest Hill, with Decorations by Paul Honore, First Edition, Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, New York, 1929
Lot 039 - "Atala" Antique Illustrated Book by Chateaubriand, Illustrated by Gustave Dore, Translated by James Spence Harry, Published by Cassell & Company Limited, New York, 1884
Lot 040 - "Self-Culture, and Perfection of Character Including the Management of Youth" Antique Illustrated Phrenology Book by O. S. Fowler, Published by Fowlers and Wells, New York, 1852
Lot 041 - "How to Read Character" Antique Illustrated Phrenology and Physiognomy Handbook, Published by S. R. Wells & Company, New York, 1877
Lot 042 - "The Modern Self-Instructor in Phrenology, Physiology, and Physiognomy" Antique Illustrated Phrenology Book by Gustavus Cohen, Illustrated by Fritz Braun, Published by Gustavus Cohen & Co., London
Lot 043 - "Old Faces in New Masks" Antique Book by Robert Blakey with Etched Frontispiece by George Cruikshank, Published by W. Kent & Co., London, 1859, Arnold Wood Ex Libris Bookplate
Lot 044 - "Comic Epitaphs from the Very Best Old Graveyards" Vintage Illustrated Humor Book, Illustrated by Henry R. Martin, Published by Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York, 1957
Lot 045 - "The Menageries: Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects" Antique Illustrated Natural History Book, Vol. I Part I, the Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Published by Wells and Lilly, Boston, Massachusetts, 1830
Lot 046 - "Moby Dick or the Whale" Vintage Illustrated Novel by Herman Melville, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, Published by Random House, New York, 1930
Lot 047 - "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Selected Essays" Antique Book by Thomas De Quincey, Edited by David Masson, Cornell Series, Published by A. L. Burt Company, New York
Lot 048 - Trio of Antique and Vintage New York City Books Including "King's Handbook of New York City," "The American Metropolis," And "A Natural History of New York City"
Lot 049 - "Along French Byways" Antique Illustrated French Travel Book by Clifton Johnson, Published by the Macmillan Company, New York, 1900
Lot 050 - Pair of Modern Patti Smith Books Including "Camera Solo" And "Year of the Monkey"
Lot 051 - Vintage Board-Mounted Newspaper Clipping, "Do You Recall the Old Leather Man? Mystery of His Life Solved at Last" From the Hartford Daily Courant, Sunday, March 24, 1935, Connecticut Vagabond Jules Bourglay
Lot 052 - Vintage Sterling Silver Figural Bat Brooch, Marked 925, 1-5/8" L
Lot 053 - Vintage Zippo Brass Lighter with Eye of Providence / All-Seeing Eye Pyramid Design, 1996, Manufactured by Zippo Mfg. Co., Bradford, Pennsylvania, 2-1/4" H
Lot 054 - "The Odd-Fellow's Improved Pocket-Manual" Antique I.O.O.F. Fraternal Book by Rev. A. B. Grosh, with Engravings of Emblems and More, Published by Clark & Maynard, New York, 1874, 4-3/4" H
Lot 055 - Antique I.O.O.F. Odd Fellows Fraternal Shaving Mug with All-Seeing Eye and Three-Link Chain, Named "H.E. Bulger," T&V Limoges France, 3-5/8" H
Lot 056 - Grouping of Eight Antique Fraternal and G.A.R. Medals, Badges, and Accessories Including I.O.O.F. Idlewool Lodge No. 652, Knights of Pythias Trinity Commandery Augusta, Maine, and G.A.R. Encampment Souvenir Badges
Lot 057 - Antique Independent Order of Odd Fellows I.O.O.F. Stockton Lodge No. 891 Member Medal with All-Seeing Eye and F.L.T. Chain Links, Manufactured by the M.C. Lilley & Co., Columbus, Ohio
Lot 058 - Antique Cast Iron I.O.O.F. Odd Fellows Grave Marker with Three-Link Chain and "F.L.T." For Friendship, Love, and Truth, No. 38, Note Broken Flag Holder Tabs, 20-1/2" H
Lot 059 - Vintage Cobalt Blue Glass Paperweight with Masonic Square and Compasses Emblem, 3-1/4" W
Lot 060 - Antique Masonic Square and Compasses Pocket Watch Dial with Blue Enamel "G" And Subsidiary Seconds Register, 1-1/2" W
Lot 061 - Antique Framed "Pictures Are Magic Windows - Beautify with Pictures" Photo Studio or Picture Store Advertising Sign, 8-1/8" W x 7-1/8" H
Lot 062 - Antique Brass "Watch the Birdie" Photography Studio Bird Whistle Prop, Manufactured by Risdon Mfg. Co., Naugatuck, Connecticut, Patented March 13, 1923, 3-1/2" H
Lot 063 - Antique Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Korona IV 4x5 Compact Folding Camera, Manufactured by Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co., Rochester, New York
Lot 064 - Antique Aldine Autograph Album Belonging to Mrs. Lucinda L. Berry, Somerville, Massachusetts, with Entries Dating 1879-1883 Including Signature of Photographer Amory Nelson Hardy (1835-1911), Published by L.A. Lipman, 1878
Lot 065 - Vintage Photo Album Containing 30+ Snapshot Photographs Including Soldier at Stonehenge, Cats, Military Subjects, and May Day
Lot 066 - Antique Portrait Photo Album Containing Seven Tintype Photographs and Four C.D.V. Photographs, Embossed Leather Binding
Lot 067 - Antique Board-Mounted Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt Campaigning for the Presidency at Washington Square, Haverhill, Massachusetts
Lot 068 - Antique Board-Mounted Albumen Photograph No. 158, "Ancient Ruins in the Canon of the Mancos," Ancestral Pueblo Stone Ruins, Photographed by William Henry Jackson, U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, F.V. Hayden, 1880
Lot 069 - Antique Carte De Visite C.D.V. Photograph of Civil War Double Amputee Sergeant Alfred Stratton, Company G, 147th New York Infantry
Lot 070 - Antique Carte De Visite C.D.V. Photograph of John Wilkes Booth, Seated Portrait with Cane, Pen-Inscribed Verso
Lot 071 - Antique 1/6th Plate Daguerreotype Photograph of a Young Man Holding a Violin in Half Leatherette Case
Lot 072 - Antique 1/6th Plate Daguerreotype Photograph of Two Young Women in Papier-Mache Case with Mother-Of-Pearl Inlay and Hand-Painted Landscape with Ruins
Lot 073 - Antique 1/6th Plate Daguerreotype Photograph of a Woman with Sunken Eyes in Half Leatherette Case with Embossed Floral Urn Design
Lot 074 - Antique 1/9th Plate Daguerreotype Photograph of a Young Man in a Dark Coat, Photographed by Tyler & Co., in Full Intact Leatherette Case
Lot 075 - Antique 1/6th Plate Daguerreotype Photograph of a Young Woman with Ruffled Collar in Half Leatherette Case
Lot 076 - Antique 1/4th Plate Ambrotype Photograph of Three Seated Women, Center Figure Holding a Cased Image, in Full Split Leatherette Case with Blue Pillow
Lot 077 - Antique 1/6th Plate Ambrotype Photograph of a Young Woman in Lace Veil in Thermoplastic Union Case by S. Peck & Co. with Scroll and Oval Lattice Design
Lot 078 - Antique 1/9th Plate Ruby Ambrotype Photograph of a Young Woman with Hand-Tinted Cheeks in Thermoplastic Union Case, Photographed by Davis Brothers, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1859
Lot 079 - Antique 1/9th Plate Ruby Ambrotype Photograph of a Young Man in Checked Vest and Bow Tie in Full Leatherette Case
Lot 080 - Antique 1/6th Plate Tintype Photograph of a Dog Reclining on a Cushion in Full Leatherette Union Case with Repaired Spine
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