2006 Fender Squier Telecaster “Obey” Electric Guitar
having custom graphics of Shepard Fairey’s “Obey”, serial number IC060729842. Along with soft case
1960’s Mosrite Mark I Electric Guitar
Made in Japan, having metallic red finish and “Vibramate” tailpiece, serial number 4259. Along with alligator hard case
Late 1960’s Mosrite Ventures Mark V Electric Guitar
having sunburst finish and Moseley vibrato, serial number 3968. Along with original rectangular hard case.
1960’s Mosrite The Ventures II Model Electric Guitar
having cream finish, mother of pearl pickguard and Moseley vibrato. Along with rectangular hard case.
Gibson SST Chet Atkins Acoustic Electric Steel String Guitar
having solid body finished in ebony black. Serial number 01150468.Along with original hard case
Epiphone SST Chet Atkins Acoustic Electric Steel String Guitar
having solid body and natural finish. Serial number S9912525299. Along with original hard case
George Smith Custom Upholstered Down Filled Sofa
having three seats, set on turned legs ending in brass casters, bearing metal tag to underside
height 30 inches, length 86 inches, depth 44 inches
Pair of Clarendan Court for Beacon Hill Club Chairs
having custom upholstery and set on brass capped feet
height 33 inches, width 35 inches, depth 36 inches
Regency Style Gilt Decorated Round Center Table
having brass gallery surrounding tooled leather top set on four gilt decorated members ending in paw feet set on raised base
height 29 inches, top 26 1/2 inches
Custom Regency Style Leather Top Bench / Ottoman
having highly decorative mahogany base set on wide reeded tapered legs ending in brass casters
height 17 inches, top 24 1/2″ x 48 1/2″
Furniture Your Way Oversized Leather and Cowhide Wingback Armchair
having a monumental cowhide upholstered back, distressed brown leather seat and rolled arms, brass nailhead trim and turned wood legs, signed Your Way Furniture, Dallas.
height 61 inches, width 42 inches, depth 36 inches
Set of Four D.R. Dimes Windsor Dining Chairs
to include three side chairs and one armchair all marked Dimes under seats
height 39 inches, width 23 inches
Nancy Taylor Stonington (American, B.1944)
Fish Cannery, Alaska, 1985
Watercolor on paper depicting a coastal harbor with buildings, boats, and mountains in the distance
Signed and dated lower left N. Taylor Stonington ’85
21 1/2″ x 28 1/2″ sight, 39″ x 45″ frame
Two Framed American School Watercolors
Lila Smith (American, 19th/20th Century
Floral Still Life, 1901
Watercolor on paperboard depicting white roses and blue flowers
Signed and dated lower left Lila Smith 1901
7″ x 12 1/4″ sight
Along with an elevated town and forest landscape with buildings and distant hills
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right illegibly John C__
15″ x 10 1/2″ sheet
British School (Late 18th/Early 19th Century)
Pastoral River Landscape with Fishermen
Watercolor and gouache on paper depicting an expansive wooded river landscape, fishermen hauling nets in the foreground, a woman and child seated beneath a tree, distant cattle, figures, boats, and birds
Old Hockerbach & Diettenbach, New York, looking glass manufacturer label verso
16″ x 24″ sight
Note: The composition and treatment are reminiscent of late 18th and early 19th century British landscape artists including Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817), Francis Wheatley (1747-1801), and George Morland (1763-1804)
John Mecray (American, 1937-2017)
“Ranger”
Lithograph, edition 50/975
depicting the America’s Cup defender Ranger under sail
Signed in pencil lower right John Mecray, Certificate of Authenticity verso
29″ x 44″ frame
Bernard Corey (American 1914-2000)
“Mountain River
Oil on masonite
Signed lower right Bernard Corey
Label on verso with signed certificate of authenticity by C.Kenneth Corey (nephew and heir to the estate)
7″ x 12”
Provenance: Royka’s Fine Art, Massachusetts, from the Estate of Bernard Corey
Three Watercolor Landscape Studies to include
P.G. Lovell (American, 20th Century)
Landscape with Water and Hills, 1973
Watercolor on paper depicting trees overlooking a body of water and distant hills
Signed and dated lower right P.G. Lovell 1973
13″ x 16″ sight
M. Riley (20th Century)
Seaside Landscape
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right M.Riley
10″ x 14 1/2″ sight
D.T. Johnstone (American, 20th Century)
“House by the Sea”, 1971
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower right D.T.Johnstone ’71
9 1/2″ x 20″ sheet
Provenance: From a Briarcliff Manor Estate
Two Framed Historical Connecticut Bird’s-Eye View Lithographs to include
J.D. Crocker, “View of Norwich, From the South,” 1853
Lithograph published by Holmes & Co., lithographed by E.C. Kellogg
31 1/2″ x 39 1/2″ frame
“Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co.,” Bridgeport Conn.
Lithograph published by The Major & Knapp Eng. Mfg. & Lith. Co., New York.
22″ x 34″ frame
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection
W. Graham Arader III Gallery at Charles Sessler, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Three: After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
To include “Columbian Hummingbird,” Plate CCCXXXV; “Great Blue Heron,” Plate 62; and “Yellow-breasted Chat,”
Lithographs from “Birds of America”, each edition 101/1500
Each bearing printed title and plate information along with embossed stamp in lower margin
44″ x 31″ frame (two unframed)
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection
Chicago Masonic Temple Architectural View, 1890
Lithograph architectural view of the Chicago Masonic Temple depicting the monumental high-rise building with streetcars, horse-drawn carriages and figures along the street.
Printed by The Chicago Bank Note Company
29″ x 18 1/2″ sight, 37″ x 26 1/2″ frame
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection
W. Graham Arader III Gallery at Charles Sessler, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Elizabeth Ockwell (American B.1943)
“Caryatids, South Side, Field Museum” Architectural Study, 1982
Watercolor, pencil, gouache on paper
Signed and dated lower right Elizabeth Ockwell 1982
19″ x 26″ sheet, 27″ x 34″ frame
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection
Roger Ramsay Gallery, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Reference: artist currently represented by Scott Milo Gallery, Washington; comparable works offered at $3000
Four Framed 18th and 19th Century Architectural and Antiquities Engravings to include
After Edward Cresy (British, 1792-1858) and G.L. Taylor (British, 1788-1873)
“Arch of Titus, Rome,” 1821
chalk lithograph.
Provenance: W. Graham Arader III Gallery at Charles Sessler, Inc., Philadelphia.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
“Other Shells, Greek Vases”
etched outline depicting classical vessels and shells.
Pair of Classical Antiquities Engravings
two engravings depicting monuments of Greece, Egypt and Babylonia, circa 1750.
Provenance: R.M. Worth Antiques, Inc., Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
27″ x 21″ largest frame
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection
Six Framed Landscape and Historical Scenes to include
John A. Lowell (American, B.1837)
“Mount Aetna,” after Thomas Cole, engraving, copyright 1890
17″ x 25 3/4″;
After Francis Calcraft Turner (British circa 1782-1846)
“Bachelors Hall”, circa 1830
Mezzotint, plate 1
17 3/4″ x 20 1/2″
“Mount Ben More”; “Fairmount Gardens, Philadelphia”;
and two lithographs after George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811-1879), “Stump Speaking,” after the 1856 original
18″ x 24″ sight.
30″ x 37″ Largest frame
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection
Richard Yarde (American, 1939-2011)
“The Savoy Ballroom,” 1986
First edition folio with text by Alexander Eliot, introduction by M. S. Campbell, and design by Barry Moser, illustrated with 14 offset lithographs in color on folded wove paper, accompanied by an extra suite of 14 color prints, 28 prints total, each signed in pencil, from an edition of 400
Published by Savoy Associates for the Hampshire Typothetae, Massachusetts, printed by Mercantile Printing Company, Worcester, Massachusetts, loose unsewn sheets in black wrappers and original quarter-leather clamshell box
15 1/2″ x 12″ folio size
Large 1970’s Pratt Graphics Center Portfolio of Loose Prints to include
Bimal Banerjee (Indian/American, B.1939), “Homage to Picasso on His 90th Birthday,” 1972, silkscreen and collage; Anna Wong, “Window,” silkscreen; Bogdan Kazimierz Skupinski, “Protest,” etching; Angela Jansen, “From the Bridge,” etching and aquatint; Prawat Laucharoen, color intaglio etching; Rosalyn Stern, “Sphere of Light,” etching; Shaih Lifa, “Window,” 1972, color screenprint; Mojmír Preclík (Czech, 1931-2001), Untitled, 1978, color screenprint; Becky New, Untitled Portrait, 1973, color screenprint.
Each signed and editioned
28″ x 20″ portfolio
Provenance: Pratt Graphics Center, New York., Accompanied by presentation sheet inscribed to Mr. Whitely Ellsworth.
Allen Ginsberg (American, 1926-1997)
“White Shroud,” 1983
artist’s book published on the occasion of the Francesco Clemente exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel, May 13-June 24, 1984, hand bound in handwoven cloth by Kalakshetra Publications Press, Madras, India.
Edition 71/1111
Inscribed and signed by Allen Ginsberg to Michael Brownstein, New York City, September 30, 1984.
Two Gustave Dore Illustrated Folio Volumes
To include Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, illustrated by Gustave Dore, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1877; along with The Legend of the Wandering Jew: A Series of Twelve Designs by Gustave Dore, with explanatory introduction, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London and New York, circa 1866; each with full-page engraved illustrations after Dore, in publisher’s decorated bindings
22″ x 15″ larger
Condition: wear, losses and deterioration to bindings, toning, foxing and other age-related wear
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, translated by translated by John Ormsby and illustrated by Cruikshank and Lalauze, published by Vademecum 1902, #2 of 10 worldwide, 4 volumes in sets of 2 for a total of 8, “as is”
Six L. Frank Baum and Ruth Plumly Thompson Wizard of Oz Books to include
The Magic of Oz, 1919; Kabumpo in Oz, 1922; The Cowardly Lion of Oz, 1923; Grampa in Oz, 1924; The Hungry Tiger of Oz, 1926; and The Giant Horse of Oz, 1928, each illustrated by John R. Neill, having black and white illustrations and color pictorial covers
First Edition Helen Bannerman (British, 1862-1946) “The Story of Little Black Sambo,” 1927
Macmillan Art Deco Happy Hour edition, illustrated by Frank Dobias (American, 1902-1971), having stylized full color illustrations throughout, retaining dust jacket, Published by Macmillan, New York, 1927.
6″ x 6″
Provenance: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc., Pound Ridge, New York; purchased for $600, accompanied by original receipt and bookseller description.
Gertrude Stein (American, 1874-1946)
“The World Is Round,” 1986
Illustrated by Clement Hurd, having 26 photo engravings.
Edition of 400
Published by Arion Press, San Francisco, bound in circular pink cloth boards and housed in original box, accompanied by balloon and The World Is Not Flat companion volume
Three Volumes of William Blake (British, 1757-1827) Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray
Facsimile edition, introduction and commentary by Geoffrey Keynes, published by The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, London, 1972. Reproductions executed by collotype and hand-stencil process on specially made Arches pure rag paper, bound in quarter morocco and marbled boards
Edition 146/518
Linda Connor (American, B.1944) and Charles Simic (American, 1938-2023)
“On the Music of the Spheres,” 1996
featuring photographs by Linda Connor and text by Charles Simic.
Edition 27/100
Signed by Connor and Simic on the colophon.
Deluxe edition including the signed platinum palladium print “Prayer Wheels and Lumber, Samye Monastery, Tibet,” 1993.
Published by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1996.