Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 45

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

Drawings

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1331		Russell, Charles M (1864-1926). Great artist of the American west. Original 5" x 4" pencil sketch of an elephant with rider. Matted with a portrait of Russell and framed to an overall size of 19½" x 12". Back of sketch features stamp: "From the effects of Charles M. Russell; Estate of Nancy C. Russell; June 1941". Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,070
Lot 1332		Russell, Charles M. Two original 3½" x 3½" pencil sketches of rope lassos, matted with a 2" x 2½" photograph of the artist and framed to an overall size of 11½" x 20¾". Back of sketch features stamp: "From the effects of Charles M. Russell; Estate of Nancy C. Russell; June 1941". Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1333		Rodin, Auguste. Ugolin Dans Sa Prison. (1840-1917) French sculptor and artist. 6 7/8" x 4 15/16" pencil, ink, and gouache (Mine de plomb, plume et encre noires, lavis bruns et rehauts de gouache, Inv. D. 7208)), signed in the plate ("Aug Rodin") by the artist at lower right; the plate also has the stamp (MR) of the Musée Rodin to the left of Rodin's signature; at lower left is an embossed stamp, "Procédé Jacomet." Two tiny creases at right margin. Housed in the original 21¾" x 15¾" matte from the Rodin Museum in which it was purchased in 1986. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,120
Lot 1334		Rodin, Auguste. Mouvement De Danse. 12¾" x 9½" pencil and gouache (Mine de plomb et gouache Inv. D. 4418) with several words written in the plate, which include "vase à champagne" and "volupté"; the stamp (M.R) of the Musée Rodin at lower left, with the number 4418 below it; to its immediate right is an embossed stamp, "Procédé Jacomet." Some soiling in the top right blank corner and in the crook of the dancer's arm; lighter soiling at blank top center. Housed in the original 21¾" x 15¾" matte from the Rodin Museum in which it was purchased in 1986. Estimated Value $800 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $483
Lot 1335		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1336		Russia. Portrait of a Nobleman by Evgraf Semyonovich Sorokin. Oil on canvas, 23 1/2" by 19 1/2", depicting a nobelman facing left (as viewed). Signed at lower right "E. Sorokin". Has been relined and possibly with very minor restoration; few tiny paint chips before the face. Evgraf Semyonovich Sorokin (1821-1892), Russian artist and teacher, specializing in historical, religious and genre paintings was born in 1821 in Kostroma county in Russia. He began the study of painting with an unknown religious painter from city of Jaroslavl. Having shown promise, a local Priest gave to him a commission to paint within the local church. On the advice of his benefactor and in honor of Russian Emperior Nicolas I who visited city of Jaroslavl at this time he created a painting with the lengthy title (aproximate translation), "Peter The Great During a Church Ceremony, Observing the Painter A. Matveev as He Painted His Portrait and Became Impressed With His Talent". This painting was shown to the Emperor and he ordered that Sorokin be accepted to the Academy of Fine Arts in 1841. He studied at the Academy under the supervision of professor A. Markov. In 1845 he was awarded the Large Silver Medal, then four years later he received a Gold Medal for his 1849 painting, " Ian Usmovets Stopping an Angry Bull". For his further good work he received a government grant and was sent to Europe to study, traveling through Germany, Belgium, France, Spain and also Syria and Egypt. For his painting "Good News", he achieived the title of Academician. During this period Sorokin created six religious icons and wall paintings for the Orthodox Church in Paris. In 1859 he returned to Russia and began work at the Moscow College of Painting and Sculpture as an instructor and remained in this position until his death in 1892, having received in 1878 the title of professor for his achievements in painting at the Moscow Church of Jesus. Estimated Value $22,000 - 25,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1337		Max Karp. Untitled. Enamel painting, signed at lower right. 29½" x 23½", framed to 39¾" x 33¾". The lady holds a parasol in her left hand and the branch of a large bush with the other as she watches four birds pecking at something they have found to eat on the ground. Karp (1916-) is known as the "father of modern enameling" because of his large enamel paintings, such as this one. Estimated Value $5,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1338		Pietre Dure Cavalier, signed Merlini. Ca. 1880-1910, depicting a dapper swordsman drinking wine from a jug, with two additional jugs at his feet, 9" wide by 13" high. Quite skillfully made and signed at lower left in red, "Merlini". In a mid-20th century frame with gallery label on reverse "Saxon & Clemens Pictures New York City". Very good condition. Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1339		KPM Porcelain Plaque, famous Mengs family. Late 19th century painting on porcelain, marked on reverse "KPM 255_195 D h l". Also handwritten information about the subject, "Rafael Mengs by Mengs". Rafael Mengs was father to A.R. Mengs (1728-1779), the famous German artist and thought by some to be the greatest living painter of his time. This KPM version of the work is in excellent condition, superbly rendered by an expert hand and signed somewhat indistinctly at lower right "F.J.M". Mounted in an original period frame. Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,738
Lot 1340		Studemann. Untitled Oil On Canvas. The sun casts a golden glow in the wintry sky as figures iceskate on a pond. A windmill looms over two cottages and a town with a church spire can be seen in the distance. Probably late 19th century. Image size; 17" x 25"; framed to 30" x 37". Some chipping to the elaborate frame. A lovely, evocative painting. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,725
Lot 1341		Mitsuke Shimizu. Mist in the Mountains. Oil on canvas, c. 1950s, 19 ¼" x 23¼". Matted and framed to an overall size of 26½" x 30½". Shimizu (1905-1987) was considered one of Japan's finest landscape artists. He studied under the legendary Gukaryo Nakamura and was accepted into the Jigenkai Kaiyu Art Association.He made numerous trips to Europe in search of broader scenic challenges; his landscapes incorprate Japanese mysticism into scenes reminiscent of Switzerland and Austria. Several of his paintings hang permanently in the National Gallery in Kyoto. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1342		Paul Berthon. Mon Amour. Early beautiful, original Art Nouveau color lithograph by Paul Berthon, 1893, 16¼" x 12½". Signed with his initials in the plate at upper left. Matted with an original signature under the lower right corner and framed to 27¾" x 23".; the frame has edge nicks and should be replaced. Berthon (1872-1909) came to Paris from Villefranche in 1893, the year he made this lovely lithograph, and studied at the Ecole Normale d'Enseignement de Dessin with Luc-Oliver Merson and Eugene Grasset. Berthon, along with Alfons Mucha, is considered one of the great masters of Art Nouveau. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,520
Lot 1343		Maurer, Sidney Randolph (1926 -) American artist. Mixed media, 24" x 24", signed by Maurer. The main image is of the head of the Statue of Liberty with an American flag background in a 14¾" x 14¾" window. Maurer spent his earlier years designing album covers with Andy Warhol and serving as art director for musicians like Donovan before pursuing his passion for painting. This piece comes from his recent "America, America" series featuring themes of American history and patriotism. In recent years he has also done sets on prominent 20th century Jewish figures and a range of music, sports, and entertainment personalities. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,200
Lot 1344		Maurer, Sidney Randolph (1926 -) American artist. Mixed media gouache and collage of surrealist figures and abstract shapes, 23¾" x 32¾". Maurer spent his earlier years designing album covers with Andy Warhol and serving as art director for musicians like Donovan before pursuing his passion for painting. His recent work has encapsulated a wide range of topics from American history and patriotism to famous Jewish figures, music, sports, and entertainment personalities. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1345		Card Players painting on porcelain, signed "G.M". Late 19th century, depicts two cardplayers at a makeshift table with three kibitzers observing. Nicely painted and in excellent condition, signed at lower left "G.M" (or possibly Q.M). An indistinct maker's mark impressed on the back of the porcelain rectangle, possibly of German origin. In a wood and gilt frame. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1346		Russian or Polish Artist -- T--chishvs--? Watercolor of Nude. Paris, 1937. Signed and dated at lower left. 20½" x 29¾", matted and ornately framed to 29¼" x 27¼". A nude woman sleeps on her left side amidst dishelveled bed covers. A striped pillow and blue coverlet add color to the pale figure and sheets. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $33,350
Lot 1347		Lecoque, Alois. Moulin De La Galette. (1891-1981) Czech artist. Watercolor and gouache of a quaint Parisian street scene, signed by the artist in lower right. 18" x 23", matted and framed to an overall size of 28" x 33¾". Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1348		Lisette De Winne. Untitled Portrait of Three Children. Oil on canvas, signed at lower right. 35½" x 29½", simply framed to 37½" c 31½". A charming painting of two young boys and a girl. De Winne is known for her portraits of children. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1349		Scenic River Vista in Oil. Italian or German, c. late 18th - 19th century. A woman, with a bundle wrapped in red cloth beside her, sits near remnants of ancient ruins fallen into a river, beneath tall trees amid a hill-studded landscape. Old, darkening varnish has added a somber cast to this rather airy work. Painting shows signs of poor storage and handling, with two small holes at upper left field, some spots of rubbing here and there, and flaking to the bottom edge. A cleaning and moderate conservation would do wonders for the piece. Signed in red at lower left, but faint under darkened varnish, and not easily read. Size: 21" x 16-3/4". Charming work, likely done for the tourist trade. Estimated Value $850 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $510
Lot 1350		S. Mannheim. Untitled. Abstract watercolor, c. 1960s, 16" x 12", matted and framed to 25¾" x 21¾". Estimated Value $700 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1351		Unknown. Untitled Watercolor. A charming impressionistic garden with a path winding through it. 24¼" x 18½", matted and framed to 31¼" x 25¼". Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 1352		Javan Obican. Friendly Bird Vendor. Oil on canvas, signed at lower left. 30" x 24¾". Obican (1918-1986) was born in Cannes, of Yugoslav heritage. He is known for the child-like, yet sophisticated, quality of his art. Here the vividly-dressed vendor rides a donkey while holding a bird on each hand; a third bird sits on his back. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1353		Greffet, or Greppet, G. French or Belgian artist/illustrator. A delightful water color on board of a pretty young lady of fashion, a bit en deshabille, standing near her dressing table in the latest accoutrements of lingerie, circa 1900. Signed at lower right. Nicely matted and framed; the board a mellow deep ivory color. Image: 11" x 7"; Frame: 20-3/4" 16-3/4". Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1354		[Audubon, John James (1785-1851)], "Velvet Duck, Fuligula Fusca," Plate 247, Havell Edition. Hand-coloured engraving with aquatint and etching by R. Havell, 1835, 21 5/8" x 31 1/8" (visible). From the first edition of The Birds of America. Matted and framed to an overall size of 29¾" x 39¼". A couple of tiny toned specks in upper background, else extremely fine. The Birds of America was published in London 1827-1838, containing 435-handcolored aquatint engravings illustrating 1,065 birds of 489 species, printed on dated "J. Whatman" watermarked paper. Each of the four volumes weighed close to 70 pounds. Estimated Value $5,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1355		[Audubon, John Woodhouse (1812-1862). "Putorius Agilis, Aud & Bach. / Little Nimble Weasel," Plate 140. Lithograph printed and hand-colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia, 1848. From the third volume of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, imperial folio (22" x 27"). A charming portrait of two weasels in their winter coats observing a cicada on the branch of a dead tree. Matted to 24" x 32¼". Fine. With the help of his son, John Woodhouse Audubon, John James Audubon began to document and paint the mammals of North America in 1839. When John James' health began to fail in 1846, John Woodhouse took over all of the painting. The Reverend John Bachman researched and described each species and J.T. Bowen was inlisted to create lithographs, which were then hand-painted. Three volumes of Quadrupeds were completed and published in 1845, 1846, and 1848. It would be John James Audubon's last project. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1356		[Audubon, John Woodhouse (1812-1862)] "Spermophilus Mexicanus Licht. Mexican Marmot - Squirrel," Plate 124. Lithograph printed and hand-colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia, 1847. From the third volume of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, 18½ x 24½" (visible). The marmot is shown in left profile, sitting up on his hind legs. Some toning, primarily along the lower border; a small blue "E.D.S. Library/Peabody" stamp is located across the lower edge of the image and the upper edge of the lower border. Matted and framed to 25½" x 31½". With the help of his son, John Woodhouse Audubon, John James Audubon began to document and paint the mammals of North America in 1839. When John James' health began to fail in 1846, John Woodhouse took over all of the painting. The Reverend John Bachman researched and described each species and J.T. Bowen was enlisted to create lithographs, which were then hand-painted. Three volumes of Quadrupeds were completed and published in 1845, 1846, and 1848. It would be John James Audubon's last project. Estimated Value $800 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1357		Abram Krol. The Thora. An excessively rare full set of Abram Krol's signed proofs for his magnum opus, the illustrations of the Five Books of Moses (Suite de 187 bruins pour La Pentateuque). The set is comprised of 187 Abram Krol signed engravings, each marked and approved as artist's proofs of his illustrations of the The Pentateuch. All are 12" x 8", titled and signed by Krol in pencil: Genesis, 50 plates Exodus 40 plates Leviticus, 27 plates Numbers, 36 plates Deuteronomy, 34 plates The set is complete. The first edition carried 187 plates; a 1993 edition (Paris), 189. This is the 1967 edition. Other editions have appeared in Haifa (1969) and Troyes (1988). As of this writing, we know of only two full sets: this one, and the one at the Library of Congress, which was a gift of the artist. This set is deemed superior to the set in the Library of Congress, because each engraving bears Krol's approval - "épreuve graveur," in the lower left corner, whereas the Library's set is merely numbered. The engravings are contained in one portfolio; condition is excellent. Estimated Value $6,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $6,900
Lot 1358		[Besler, Basilius (1591-1629)] Barba Caprae. Scorsonera Latifolia. Copperplate engraving of black salsify and goatsbeard from the Hortus Eystettensis (Garden of Eichstätt), 19¾" x 16¾".Matted and framed to an overall size of 26" x 23". Fine; one faint horizontal fold. In the early 1600s, Bishop Johann Konrad von Gemmingen commissioned Basilius Besler, an apothecary, chemist, and botanist in Nuremburg, to create a comprehensive botanical garden in Eichstät devoted to flowering plants, many of which were imported from the Americas and the Ottoman Empire. With a team of draftsmen and engravers, Basler documented the garden in all four seasons. Over 1,000 varieties of flowers are depicted in the 367 engraved and colored plates made from Basler's drawings, most of them showing the flowers in their actual size. Latin descriptions were printed on the backs of the images and anticipated the use of binomial denominations, which would be made official by Carolus Linnaeus in 1753. The Hortus Eystettensis is the first collection of large-folio natural history botanicals. Two other editions were issued (1640 and 1713) with the same plates; we don't know which of the three editions contained the engraving offered here, but the copper plates were melted down in 1817 by the Royal Mint in Munich. The actual gardens were destroyed by Swedish troops in 1634, but a modern reconstruction of the original garden opened to the public in Eichstätt in 1998. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1359		Cappiello, Leonetto Vint. Cognac Monnet. Vintage 1927 Cognac Monnet poster, 75¾" x 49", framed in an ebony polished frame to 80¼" x 53½". Signed and dated in the plate. A barefoot flapper in a bright pink dress holds a huge glass of cognac and kisses the sun, which is smiling down into the glass. Printed below is "du soleil dans un verre" --sunshine in a glass-- and "Cognac Monnet." Printed vertically in the left border is "Les Nouvelles Affiches Cappiello. Devambez Grav.r Soc.té An.me. 32, Rue Beaujon, Paris." A wonderful display piece. Cappiello (1875-1942) is called "the father of modern advertising" because of his innovative designs. His vivid figures contrast boldly with their black backgrounds. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,830
Lot 1360		Dali, Salvador (1904-1989) Spanish Surrealist painter and artist. Limited edition print, 21¾" x 15", with applied gold-leaf trim, signed in pencil at lower right and numbered 116/250 in pencil at lower left. The print is of sinuous, nude female figures with long hair. Matted and framed to 30½" x 24½". Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $252
Lot 1361		Dali, Salvador. 21¾" x 15" print features three sinuous nymph-like female figures dancing nude in a pastoral setting with applied gold-leaf accents Signed by artist in pencil at lower right; "E.A." in pencil at lower left. Light dampstain on bottom edge does not affect artwork. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 1362		Dali, Salvador. 18" x 12½" print features a female figure with several drawers on her torso, signed by Dali in pencil, n.d. Several of Dali's other works also featured women with drawers, including Burning Giraffe (Woman With Drawers) (1936-37) and the sculpture Venus de Milo with Drawers (1936). Dali once remarked that the drawers correspond to the presence of the human subconscious, a concept he drew from the works of Sigmund Freud. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 1363		Dali, Salvador. 12" x 9½" limited edition color etching of a partially-draped female torso, numbered 212/300 in pencil at lower left and signed by the artist in pencil at lower right; also signed "Dali 1978" in the plate. Matted and framed to an overall size of 19½" x 17". Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 1364		Numerous Artists. Group of Over 600 Engravings, 1500s to 1800s. By a variety of engravers, most with religious subjects, many used to illustrate verses and chapters in the Bible. Includes over 100 engravings of European dignitaries. Various sizes. Overall very good; light toning; some with small marginal tears. Should be examined in person to be appreciated. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. Ex Collection of the Archpriest Michael Polsky of the Russian Orthodox Church in London. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1365		Vanity Fair Cartoon Lithographs, 1872-1898. Betwen 1868 and 1914 the magazine used this series, known by many as "Spy Cartoons," to both lampoon and praise eminent Victorian and Edwardian politicians, sportsmen, lawyers and other "Men of the Day." These twelve prints by various artists are all in fine conditionand include biographical texts, some by Jehu Junior, the alias of magazine founder Thomas Gibson Bowles. Six also include official certificates of authenticity. All images are roughly 13¼" x 8¼" inside 19¼" x 13½" mattes. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 1366		Vintage Art Magazines. Two 12¼" x 9½" issues of Art News Annual from 1944 and 1945. Wonderful art references filled with invaluable articles and pictorials. Binding ends frayed; overall creasing and wear from age. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $58
Lot 1367		Manuscript Leaf from an Antiphonal of Monumental Size. Italy or Spain, c. 16th century. The vellum page consists of fourteen lines of text, written in a round gothic hand, and interspersed with illuminated initials -- the first, and largest, being a capital "D" beautifully rendered as foliage on a ground of gilt arabesques and mauve. The remaining eight capitals more simply treated. Verso of page a bit yellowed compared to recto, with a few modest damp stains in the margins. Page overall good to fine condition, with minimal flaking and rubbing to the text. Taken from an extraordinarily large book, and rare thus. In simple frame. Visible page size: 32-1/2" x 22". Estimated Value $650 - 950. The Antiphonal is a collection of Sacred Hymns and music used in church services. Traditionally the verses were written on oversized folio leaves in order to be visible to all members of the choir as they sang. However, pages of this size are rarely encountered. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold