Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

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The Fall Manuscript, Collectibles, Stamp and Space Memorabilia Auction

Antiquities

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1328		Corinthian. Orientalizing Style Round Aryballos, ca. 600 BC. A small ceramic vessel with a spherical body, short neck, flared rim, and small handle. Depicted in the spherical section is a siren standing left, her wings spread, with two geese standing right; rosettes in the field. A beautiful piece, free of repairs of restoration. Height: 4 1/8 in (10.6cm). Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. Ex Royal Athena Galleries, New York acquired at the Drout, Paris in December 2008; Ex private collection Munich, Germany. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,400
Lot 1329		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1330		Etruscan. Bucchero Chalice, ca. 580 BC. Chalice with the deep cup supported by four flat-backed plaques as legs that sit on a ring base, each with the image of a nude, long-haired man walking right and holding staff. Around the lip of the cup is decorative ribbing. Rasmussen Type 1B. Some repair to bowl, old collection label, 976. Height: 6 ¾ "; Diameter: 5 ¾". Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,750. Ex property from the collection of Joseph Klein (1899-1987), New York City, acquired in the 1960's. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,260
Lot 1331		Etruscan. Bronze Mirror with Modern Bone Handle, 540-200 BC. This exquisite mirror has been etched on one side with a winged figure, wearing military attire, striding left; holding, a very large shield and a club. The other side has no pattern on it because this was the side that would have been polished and reflective. There are two minor holes in mirror and some restoration on the back. Modern handle attached. Mounted on custom stand in a mirror backed case, which beautifully presents both sides of the mirror from the front. Length with handle: 12 ¾"; Diameter: 6 ½". Dimensions of case - Height: 14 ¾"; Length: 9 ¾"; Width: 5 ¼". Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. Maple Drive Collection, 1983 - 1989. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1332		Apulian, Daunia. Large Buff Olla, or Funerary Krater, ca. 5th - 4th Century BC. A large urn, with brown geometric design in four registers surrounded by line decoration and pellets, large extended lip tapering to a conical bowl decorated with brown conical circles and line decoration. The vessel has twin loop handles and smaller lug handles in between. Intact, few minor nicks and chips. Height: 7 ¾"; Diameter: 8 ¾". Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500. Ex Victorian collection, near Essex, England, acquired in the 1980's. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1333		Lucanian. Red Figure Bell Krater, ca. 450-325 BC. Laureate nude Dionysus facing right, holding thyrsus behind in right hand; cloth draped over left shoulder and arm. He faces a seated female figure (Cybele?) facing left, dressed in a pelpos and wearing a necklace and two bracelets on each arm; in her right hand, tympanum, and her in left hand, thyrsus. Reverse: Two young males, dressed in togas; left one viewed from behind holding out a small object; right one seen from front holding staff. Close inspection under black light reveals minor museum restoration. Outstanding condition, very fresh and beautiful. Height: 9.7" (23.8 cm). Diameter: 10.8" (27.5 cm). Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,400
Lot 1334		Lucanian. Red Figure Bell Krater, ca. 450-325 BC. Woman, on left wearing a decorated himation, walking right holding a patera to the nude male on the right; he stands right, looking back at the woman, cloth draped over arms; he holds a stick out to her in his right hand and walking stick in his left. Reverse: Two youths facing one another, they each wears a himation; the youth on the right holds a walking stick. Free of repairs. Only a few minor chips. A lovely Lucanian bell krater. Height: 9"; Diameter: 9 ½". Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,000
Lot 1335		Apulian. Panatheniac Red Figure Hydria, ca. 430-300 BC. Laureate nude Eros on left facing right either pouring or removing water from a fountain basin in center and to the right is Aphrodite, nude, washing her hands in fountain; above basin, a towel or clothing; below basin, a mirror. Under horizontal handles are Attic owls positioned to flank the nude figures, heads facing. Intact with all original pieces, minor restoration visible under black light. Exceptional condition and incredibly gorgeous. Height: 12". Motif on hydria may refer to the story of Cupid and Psyche where Cupid, or Eros, filled two vases with water from the two fountains in Aphrodite's garden, one sweet and one bitter. Aphrodite, jealous of Psyche's beauty, ordered Eros to avenge her by making it so that Psyche would only fall in love with the most abhorrent of men and most appalling of creatures to walk Earth. He took the water from each fountain and flew to her home. When Eros put a few drops of bitter water on her lips she awoke, although he was invisible she startled him, with her beauty, and he accidently cut himself on his own arrow. Oblivious to his wound, he quickly put a few drops of sweet water in her hair and left. Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $7,500
Lot 1336		Apulian. Red Figure Lukanis Lid, 430-300 BC. Nude Eros seated on ornate seat facing left, hair tied up in headband and wearing lots of jewelry, ie. bracelets, anklets, earrings and sash; in right hand holding forward a platter; in left hand lifting a wreath or jewelry; on lap a long palm frond. Reverse: Seated Aphrodite wearing a pelpos, and holding up an ornate mirror in right hand; her hair pulled up in crown-like headband and wearing bracelets on each wrist and two necklaces; behind, fan; before, decorative table. No repairs or cracks. Phenomenal condition and very stunning. Height: 4" (9.8cm). Diameter: 8.25" (10 cm). Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,480
Lot 1337		Apulian. Red Figure Bell Krater, ca. 350-325 BC. A sizable bell krater ornamented on one side with Eros seated on a rocky outcrop and holding a swan or goose in his extended left hand, a chiton-clad woman standing on the right and gesturing toward him. Reverse: Two youths conversing, both are wearing himation; left one, holds walking stick. Details are painted in yellow. Height: 10"; Diameter: 10 ¾". Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. Ex Sotheby's Parke Bernet Inc., 13 December, 1979. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,280
Lot 1338		Apulian. Red Figure Kothon or Lidded Oinochoe by Patera Painter Type VIII, ca. 330 BC. Woman seated left on rocks and leaning on a kalathos, hair tied up in headband and wearing lots of jewelry, ie. bracelets, earrings and necklace; holding, a mirror and a casket; across legs, fan. Lid: Two female heads looking left, their hair has been intricately bound and each woman wears a necklace. Intact with only two small fragments on rim and on lid with museum quality repair. Height: 5 5/8 in (14.3cm). Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. Ex Michael Waltz, collection, Munich, acquired in the 1970s. Cf. A.D. Trendall/A. Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, 2,1982, no. 725. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1339		Amethyst Thunderbolt Signet Ring in 20 Kt Gold Setting, ca. 2nd Century BC. The amethyst convex oval stone has been finely engraved with Zeus's thunderbolt and mounted in a 19th century 20 kt gold setting. Perfect to be worn today as a symbol of strength with the thunderbolt, which represents Zeus, "King of the Gods". Ring size 9. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. Ex Christie's, 11 December 2003, Lot 374. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,337
Lot 1340		Messapian. Lidded Lebes Gamikos, ca. 4th Century BC. Vessel is decorated on the shoulder with fruiting plants and a band of tear drop like decoration around the body. One of the two handles has been re-attached, light deposits throughout. Overall a choice quality piece with original lid. Height at lid: 6". Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. Ex Oxford, England Private Collection, acquired in 1981. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1341		Magna Graecia. Black-ware Kylix, ca. 4th Century BC. A small shallow cup with two handles and a small foot base. The inside of the cup is finished by an impressed design of notches and lines surrounding three petal impressed circles. Along the walls of the interior and reaching almost to the lip of the cup is an impasto glaze pattern taking the form of off white vines and leaves and red-orange berries. Very rare and impressive. Minor Restoration to one handle. The silver-grey glaze is offset by excellent detailing of the bowl forms a lovely metallic sheen. Height: 2 1/8 in (5.5 cm); Diameter: 3 4/5 in (9.6 cm). Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $750 - 1,000. Ex German private antiquities collection, acquired in 1973. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1342		Blue Glass Lamp, ca. 3rd Century BC. Glass perfumery vessel, from Lemnos, in the form of a lamp in blue and white glass paste and gold enamel with gold lid. The lamp had a depiction of a Nike in galloping biga and floral decorations; gold filling hole lid. Small section of handle has broken off. Very rare in this form. Length: 2 ½"; Width: 2". Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. Ex Bachstitz collection late 1920's. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1343		Large Marble Fragment of Tree Trunk with Inscription, ca. 1st - 3rd Century AD. A fragment from a large Greek statue of a god leaning against a tree trunk, only the trunk and part of the base remains, with a Greek dedication carved into the base, which remains partially readable, EKEN-Σ / I-IEI. Height: 24 ¾"; Diameter: 6 ½". Weight: 85+ lbs. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. Ex Oxford, England private collection. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1344		Greek. Marble Head of a Aphrodite, ca. 2nd Century AD. An exquisite marble head of Aphrodite carved in the "Classical" Praxiteles style. She has an eternally youthful face with a soft but sensual stare and delicate smile. Her hair swept back back into a chignon by simple diadem and tied into a top knot, as though she is prepared to bathe. The nose is free from repair! Height: 10"; Length: 8"; Width: 8 ½". In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture. According to Hesiod, she was born when Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus. Cronus threw the severed genitals into the ocean which began to churn and foam about them and from the aphros ("sea foam") arose Aphrodite, and the sea carried her to either Cyprus or Cythera. She is idenifyable here because of the elaborate hairstyle with the diadem and bow top knot. This hairstyle is specific to the iconography of Aphrodite bathing and can be seen in sculptures of Aphrodite Crouched to Bathe, both at the British Museum and the Vatican. Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $20,000 - 25,000. Ex New York City private antiquities collection purchased in 1973 from Charles Dikran Kelekian. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $22,800