Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 45

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

Art Objects

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1387		Lot of Four Decorative Paper Weights, in Cane and Mosaic Glass. Continental & U.S.A., 20th century. Three of traditional type, probably Italian, composed of arrays of floral canes -- a high-handled one in yellow also with filigree-like white spirals. Another one with a more realistic spray of flowers, in vibrant colors, with cut-away black casing over clear crystal. All finely preserved, and handsome examples of their craft. Width of largest: 3". Lot of 4 items. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $252
Lot 1388		A Group of Snuff Bottles and Two Jade Carvings. China, c. 19th - 20th century. Most in a glazed stoneware, one perhaps porcelain or bisque, plus examples in glass, stone, and ivory. Good luck symbols predominate as themes -- with knots, butterflies, fish, and floral symbols, plus a water lily or lotus shape to the bisque bottle. The brown agate bottle with carved maskette handles; and the glass with bold interior paintings of a tiger. The carvings: one, a bat on a gourd amid vines; the other, a bird amid foliage and fruits(?). Inspection recommended. Largest piece: 3-1/4". Lot of 9 items. Estimated Value $700 - 850. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $720
Lot 1389		An Enameled Box, plus Ivory Netsuke and Carvings. China & Japan, c. 19th - 20th century. The vintage box is kidney-shaped and constructed of tinned or silvered copper, with lid and wall engraved with floral arabesques, and enameled a deep turquoise blue. On the box's wall is engraved a large crown with flower ornament, which is replicated in ivory as an attachment to the lid. Most of the carvings of more modern date, and comprise popular subjects: "happy Buddhas," various animals (real and traditional), an octopus clinging to a peach, along with two "bobble head" men -- perhaps immortals. Also an old (1940's-50's?) plastic molding of Gamma Sennin. Inspection recommended. Length of box: 6-1/4". Lot of 17 items. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 1390		Artful Ivory Carvings, plus Netsukes. China, Japan and India, c. 1920's-70's. The largest two, and the oldest, are Chinese and mounted on wood bases. Carved from a curved tusk tip, a finely crafted sage, or royal figure, holding a ruyi scepter. Ivory of mellow warm tone, with black shading to the deeply carved areas, to enhance the modeled details. Also a delicate woman in finely draped raiments, perhaps the immortal He Xian Gu, holding a large flower and a staff with flowers. Ivory darkly toned, with a number of faint age cracks, and slight losses to the flowers. Along with these, are nine small figures of Japanese myth and culture, including two Buddhas, Daikoku, and others. Two are carved as netsukes. The rest are animal carvings from India, plus a napkin ring showing the Taj Mahal. Plus two ivory scrap pieces which can be fashioned into other carvings.Tallest piece: 9". Inspection suggested. Lot of 16 items. Estimated Value $750 - 950. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1391		Early 19th Century Austrian Silver Merman Centerpiece or Goblet. A most interesting work in silver depicting a merman with fish scale legs and webbed feet holding aloft a lidded goblet made from an ostrich egg overlaid in silver. The interior of the goblet also in silver and with a hallmarked base (3 marks; one indistinct multi-part, a 7 pointed star or flower and 13 in a square) decorated in floral motifs with sea monsters in oval panels, the egg with a repeating geometric/floral pattern. The lid with a finely carved ostrich head at top. Some slight cracks to the egg with a lightly carved ladder design in one area and a small hole in the shell well hidden under a silver support, otherwise very good age appropriate condition and an undoubtedly rare subject and medium. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,025
Lot 1393		French Perfume Atomizer, Baby in a Seashell. Late 19th century, 6 3/4" long. Heavy gilt bronze portraying a baby wearing a bonnet wrapped in a blanket and ensconced in a conical seashell. We have not tested the atomizer mechanism with liquid, otherwise very good condition with normal age wear to the original gilding. A charming and most unusual atomizer. Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,006
Lot 1394		Handsome Indian Carved Ivory Footed Box And Assorted Vessels. Nicely crafted box, c. 1960-1980, its ornate lid with a view of the Taj Mahal, flanked by portrait busts of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, for whom the edifice was built. The feet of the box, and the side panels enriched with carvings of lions, tigers, elephants and other animals of the chase. Along with this, a small beaker and goblet, of carved green stones, probably Indian also. Lastly, a Tibetan metal bottle of vase-like form, encrusted with blue and red glass, resembling the antique turquoise and coral bottles of a hundred years ago. Size of box: 4-1/4" x 6-1/2" x 2-5/8". Lot of 4 items. Estimated Value $600 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1395		Italian Micro-Mosaic Table, c. Early 19th Century. The top artistically decorated with literally tens of thousands of miniscule mosaics, all fashioned of stone. The largest pieces are ½ mm! A masterwork, it meticulously depicts within eight ovals, architectural wonders of Rome including famous arches, temples, and the Colosseum -- all reminiscent of Piranesi's engravings. Each scene is framed in colored ovals of stone, the largest being of malachite. The central vignette is of four doves drinking from a golden bowl. The slate top is 31" in diameter and displays only minor edge chipping. Base is 34 1/4 inches in diameter; height, 26 1/4 inches. Painted a creamy white with some chipping and breaks, the supporting legs of the base are of the form of an ancient tripod-lebes. Estimated Value $25,000 - 35,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $29,900
Lot 1396		Ivory Figurine With Pearls. 9 1/8" high on a 3½" marble plinth. The woman holds a pearl in her left hand; two smaller pearls nestle in a gold band across her hair and in the middle of a small decorative area at the bottom front drape of her gown. Around her shoulders is a decorative girtle of gold with tiny stones of red and green (probably turquoise and coral); the same decorative pattern trails in a border down the front of the robe which she wears over a flowing gown; her hair is pulled back in a chignon which is held in a gold net. Slight yellowing to ivory on the back. A lovely, decorative figurine. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $863
Lot 1397		Japan. Pair of Meiji Period decorated vases. A set of two bronze vases, each 7 inches in height, decorated with silver and gilt flowers and birds. The predominant feature on each is an eagle or falcon in different positions, perched in observation on one and dramatically diving with outspread wings on the other. An attractive pair in very good condition whose appearance would be enhanced by a gentle cleaning. Estimated Value $850 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1398		Lot of Choice Old Netsuke and Small Carvings. Japan, c. 19th - early 20th century. Items in ivory, and some perhaps marine ivory or bone. A varied and attractive group, all quality examples of their craft. Particularly fine are studies of a one-eyed fox-like being clothed against the weather in large leaves; an old man or woman, a sack thrown over his back, out of which the head of a demon pops; and a monkey sneaking onto a fruit-laden cart. Other animals include: a powerfully carved Foo Dog, or similar; and an exhausted Bactrian camel, its head plopped on the ground. Inspection recommended. One piece with small repair, but overall ivories handsomely preserved for their age and use. Average length: 1-3/4" to 2". Lot of 9 items. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $863
Lot 1399		Lot of Finely Crafted Netsuke and Small Carvings. Japan and China, c. 19th - early 20th century. Items in ivory, and some perhaps marine ivory, bone, or staghorn. All charming examples of their craft. Included are two fine studies of apes, one with a delightfully human expression of annoyance. In staghorn, a choice carving of the aged Gamma Sennin holding his knobby cane, with wonderful "handling patina." Also two humerous bug studies, one also serving as a chop or seal. Also a discoid open work "box," carved in bone, with amuletic floral motifs. The last, either Chinese or Japanese, ca. 1920's, a fob-like pendant from a belt(?), with bold metalwork dragon, set on a celluloid roundel. Inspection recommended. Two pieces with very slight losses, but overall ivories handsomely preserved for their age. Average length: 1-3/4". Lot of 8 items. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $690
Lot 1400		Lot of Russian Decorative Metal Arts. Russia, 20th century. From Kavkaz, Russia, a multi-element belt done in the traditional engraved silver with niello enhancements. The belt segments of dual joined hemispheres linked by chain, with the buckle halves of triangular form, and a securing pin fashioned as a miniature dagger. Amid the floral decoration is the city's name, Kavkaz. Length: 28-3/4". Another buckle, composed of two triangular elements, in the venerable technique of enameling and set "gems." This with floral arabesques of lighter hue, placed against a background of rich deep blue. Height: 3-1/4". Last, and probably the oldest, a "bull's eye" buckle with exceptionally fine enamel work. The colors are lighter and brighter, with an almost Italian Renaissance feel to the artwork. Width: 3-1/4". Lot of 3 items. Estimated Value $650 - 950. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1401		Lot of Seven Choice Ivory Carvings. China, Japan, and India, c. 1900-1980. Included are two jolly, plump, "laughing" Buddhas, one holding the peach of longevity. The larger finely modeled, with appealing honey-amber toning, suggesting a good deal of years of handling in veneration. Also two snuff-type bottles, each with ladies and garden scene (one lacking its cap). From Japan, Meiji Period, a splendidly carved and tinted, realistic-looking apple and squash, each hollowed out, with miniature interior vista comprised of several figures in a landscape with house and tracery-like vegetation. The apple with narrow age crack on one side, and re-attached stem. The last, from India, of a woman in dancing pose, on high wood base.The workmanship very handsome., and much better than usual for these. Heights of carvings: 1-3/4" - 5". Lot of 7 items. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 1402		Masterful Ivory Carving From China, 20th Century. What a skeleton clock is to horologists, a "magic globe" ivory is to master carvers. These globes of cradled, intricately-fashioned spheres are enhanced by two dragon-decorated bases. The largest globe is 4½" in diameter. Remarkably, there are no chips visible. Condition is superb. Height: 23¼"; Diameter of Base: 5¼". Estimated Value $5,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1403		Russia. Large 19th Century Icon with Silver Overlay. A painted icon on wood of the Virgin with Saints and Angels, 10 1/2" by 8 5/8", this overlaid with a removeable gilt silver mirror image of the painting, pierced to show the faces of the figures beneath on the painting. These two pieces contained in the original larger parcel gilt and silvered period wood traveling frame, to overall dimensions of aprox. 19" by 14", this lacking the wood covering. Except as mentioned, with age appropriate wear and tone to the components, otherwise very good condition and most impressive. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,520
Lot 1404		European Antique Silver Bird Box, Violin Motif. A charming antique silver bird box, ca. late 19th-early 20th century, rectangular shape, 4" by 3", hallmarked on reverse 800 WWH (in heart) and a crescent moon. Decorated with natural forms and garlands and having a violin and horn crossed over sheet music as the main thematic design on the bird opening and front and back medallions. The box in very good age appropriate condition and the automata in excellent working condition with key and housed in a modern protective case. The chirping bird is utterly charming. Estimated Value $2,600 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 1405		European Antique Silver Bird Box, Musical Putti. A lovely antique silver bird box, ca. late 19th-early 20th century, rectangular shape, 4" by 2 1/2", hallmarked on reverse 800 VSH (swan above with outstretched wings) and a crescent moon. Decorated with floral designs and putti playing musical instruments as the main thematic design on the bird opening and front and side panels. The box in very good age appropriate condition and the automata in excellent working condition (the bird chirps as cheerily as it did 100 years ago) with key and housed in a modern protective case. Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,760
Lot 1406		European Antique Silver Bird Box with Clock. A wonderful antique silver bird box with clock embedded in the front panel, ca. late 19th-early 20th century, oval shape, 5" by 3 3/4", with six impressed hallmarks/makermarks on reverse 800 WWH (in heart), a crescent moon, five petaled flower and numeral 2. Decorated with floral designs and on the lid 28 green cabochon stones and 4 cabochon pearls surround the bird opening. The box in very good age appropriate condition and the automata in excellent working condition with key (the chirping bird is utterly charming!). The clock is windable, but has not been tested for accuracy. Estimated Value $4,800 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,175