Current Auctions

Native American Carved and Polychromed Tobacconist’s Trade Figure
Native American cigar store figure holding a package of cigars in the right hand and a snuff box in the left, retaining old paint decoration, raised on a shaped square base, mid to late 20th century
Overall height 74 inches
Provenance: From the Collection of the General Cigar Company acquired by the Cullman family, purchased in the 1960’s by Edgar and Louise Cullman

Estimate: $4000 - $8000

Cast Iron Figural Tobacconist’s Doorstop of a Native American Figure, late 19th/early 20th century
depicting a standing Native American chief figure in headdress and robe, holding a staff, cast in iron and retaining original polychrome paint, mounted on an integral base
height 13 1/2 inches
Provenance: From the Collection of the General Cigar Company acquired by the Cullman family, purchased in the 1960’s by Edgar and Louise Cullman

Estimate: $200 - $400

Dutch Delft Polychrome Faience Tobacco Jar “Rappe” 18th century
of ovoid form having everted rim and crackle glazed surface, hand-painted depicting Native figures engaged in smoking tobacco in a landscape and distant tea East India Trade ship, labeled “Rappe,” decorated in tones of blue, green, ochre, surmounted by brass lid
height 9 1/2 inches
Provenance: From the Collection of the General Cigar Company acquired by the Cullman family, purchased in the 1960’s by Edgar and Louise Cullman

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Dutch Delft Polychrome Faience Tobacco Jar “Breziel” 18th century
of ovoid form having everted rim and crackle glazed surface, hand-painted depicting Native figures engaged in smoking tobacco and tobacco cultivation in a landscape, labeled “Breziel,” decorated in tones of blue, green, ochre
height 9 1/2 inches
Provenance: From the Collection of the General Cigar Company acquired by the Cullman family, purchased in the 1960’s by Edgar and Louise Cullman

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Dutch Delft Blue and White Faience Tobacco Jar, 18th century
Baluster-form body decorated in underglaze blue and inscribed “Rappee” in a scrolling foliate cartouche surmounted by a basket of flowers, marked, surmounted by brass lid
height 11 inches
Provenance: From the Collection of the General Cigar Company acquired by the Cullman family, purchased in the 1960’s by Edgar and Louise Cullman

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Dutch Delft Three Bells Factory Blue and White Faience Tobacco Jar, 18th century
Baluster-form body decorated in underglaze blue depicting a piece of tobacco farm factory equipment, marked three bells, surmounted by brass lid
height 11 inches
Provenance: From the Collection of the General Cigar Company acquired by the Cullman family, purchased in the 1960’s by Edgar and Louise Cullman

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Three Dutch Delft Polychrome Decorated Deep Charger and Plates, 18th century
including a deep charger decorated in polychrome enamels of stylized floral motifs, together with with two plates decorated in landscape scenes in patterned borders, all tin-glazed surfaces.
diameter of charger 12 inches
Provenance: From the Collection of the General Cigar Company acquired by the Cullman family, purchased in the 1960’s by Edgar and Louise Cullman

Estimate: $250 - $450

18th Century Delft Garniture and Plates
group of 18th century Dutch delftware to include a pair of blue and white vases having painted landscape reserves, painted mark to the underside, together with with five blue and white plates decorated in floral and landscape motifs, and two polychrome plates in stylized floral decoration
vases height 9 in.; plates diameter 9 in.
Provenance: A collection from Southbury, Connecticut

Estimate: $300 - $500

Macanudo Cigar Humidor
Rectangular black-finished case having brass escutcheon, the interior fitted slatted tray, adjustable divider, and Credo humidification unit, the lid inset with Macanudo and Partagas plaques
height 6 inches, 10″ x 15″ top
Provenance: From the Collection of the General Cigar Company acquired by the Cullman family

Estimate: $100 - $300

Cohiba Cigar Humidor Comador Model
Rectangular case having textured exterior and wood-lined interior, the lid branded “Cohiba,” opening to a fitted interior removable tray and humidification components.
Height 5 inches, 14″ x 14″ top
Provenance: From the Collection of the General Cigar Company acquired by the Cullman family

Estimate: $100 - $300

Early 20th Century Live Steam Model of a Passenger Ship
wood hull having red-painted bottom, white waterline, and black topsides, fitted rudder and oversized propeller, mahogany deck, drawn planking lines, removable deck house revealing live steam engine components (not tested), two funnels, rigged masts with cross spars and standing rigging, raised on a mahogany stand
total height 30 inches, length 59 1/2 inches
Provenance: Purchased from Stutz and Blacker Auction, Massachusetts, 1998, Lot 78 ($2,640)

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Early 20th Century Large Pond Boat Model
painted wood hull having white topsides and blue bottom, open deck and planked surface, fully rigged having two masts and canvas sails featuring American flag, fitted rudder and deck hardware, mounted on a stand
height 70 inches, length 65 inches
Provenance: Purchased from Stutz and Blacker Auction, Massachusetts, 1998 ($1,800)

Estimate: $300 - $500

19th Century Clipper Ship Model M. Argo of San Francisco
built-up solid hull having black-painted topsides, detailed hawse pipes and chain plates, mahogany cap rail, fully rigged masts, spars and sails, mounted on a stand
height 39 inches, length 48 inches
Provenance: Chuck DeLuca Auction, Maine ($800)
South Bay Auctions, East Moriches, New York, 9/24/2011, Lot 51

Estimate: $400 - $800

Mengel Playthings Boat Model of the Miss America
wood and metal construction having painted hull, detailed deck fittings in metal and mother of pearl, including wheelhouse, funnel, and rigging elements, mounted on a stand
length 18 inches
Provenance: William J. Jenack Auction, New York, 11/23/1997 ($250)

Estimate: $200 - $400

Folk Art Shadow Box Diorama of a Sailing Vessel, 20th century
Three-dimensional composition depicting the schooner “Furthermore” under sail painted sky and clouds, mounted in a painted wooden frame
25″ x 23″
along with “Harbor Tug” Folk Art Plaque
carved and painted wood model having black topsides and red hull, mounted on wooden backboard brass nameplate
7″ x 21″

Estimate: $200 - $400

Dutch Delft Polychrome Faience Deep Charger, 18th century
having central scene of birds perched on a tree amidst foliage, in a floral and berry-decorated border, in green, yellow, and blue tones, fitted wire hanger, chip to right rim
Diameter 12 inches
Provenance: From the Collection of the General Cigar Company acquired by the Cullman family, purchased in the 1960’s by Edgar and Louise Cullman

Estimate: $250 - $450

American Primitive River Steamboat Scene (late 19t/early 20th Century)
oil on joined wood panel boards depicting a stylized river scene several steamboats and packet boats flying American flags, including a side-wheel steamer labeled “Ontario,” rendered in a naive folk manner with simplified forms and rigging against a cloudy sky and distant shoreline
23″ x 28″
Provenance: Property from a Upper East Side, New York City Apartment

Estimate: $200 - $400

Five Piece Folk Art Group to include
Two Pennsylvania Dutch Style Folk Art Painted Panels, one depicting a gentleman in a top hat among flowering vines and the other a distelfink-style bird with radiating halo-like decoration
11″ x 8 1/2″ each
brown and white dairy cow shown in profile standing on a green ground against a blue sky
Oil on canvas
Inscribed on verso “Althea ’39 Butter”
8″ x 14″ canvas
together with two sporting dog scenes, one oil on wood panel depicting a seated hunting dog in a landscape of distant trees and brush, the other oil on masonite of a brown and white pointer shown in profile on a grassy field, signed lower left Cook, American, early 20th century
Provenance: From the Estate of Robyn Gebroe, West Orange, NJ

Estimate: $100 - $300

Four Large Folk Art Model Airplanes to include
red white and blue carved and painted U.S.A “Air Monarch”, PanAm Pan Am Pressed Steel Metal Plane Model Marx, length 23 inches, yellow painted carved wood, along with carved wood and heavy metal former weathervane
largest width 36 inches
Provenance: William J. Jenack Auction, New York, 11/23/1997, total purchase price ($1,150)

Estimate: $300 - $500

Seven Folk Art Model Airplanes to include
two Chance Vought F4U-1D Corsair combat aircraft 1/72 AC16 Toys, length 15 inches and Kingfisher
Provenance: Chuck LeKites, 1999 ($205)
carved wood bi-plane, blue painted planeone marked “Aces”
Provenance: Black Rock Galleries, New Canaan, Connecticut 2022
green metal plane propeller (purchased $185)

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Three Folk Art Bird Themed Whirligigs to include
carved and painted white and red chicken or rooster having metal wings, height 27 inches, carved wood duck whirligig, along with painted metal road runner
Provenance: From the Estate of Robyn Gebroe, West Orange, NJ

Estimate: $200 - $400

11 Vintage Signs of in Various Designs
to include postage, telephone, rootbeer floats, no smoking, etcetera
longest 30 inches
Provenance: From the Estate of Robyn Gebroe, West Orange, NJ

Estimate: $200 - $400

Two Cast Iron “I Always Did Spise A Mule” Mechanical Banks
one black jockey mechanical bank, J & E Stevens, Pat’d April 22 1879
the other black Americana boy on a bench kicking mule edition, Pat’d April 27 1897
length 10 inches
Provenance: From the Estate of Robyn Gebroe, West Orange, NJ

Estimate: $300 - $500

Swing Handle Nantucket Lightship Basket
in the style of William D. Appleton (American 1851-1918) base interior featuring concentric circles in a bull’s-eye pattern, late 19th/early 20th century
total height handle 9 1/2 inches, diameter 8 inches
Provenance: From the Estate of Robyn Gebroe, West Orange, NJ

Estimate: $200 - $400

Two Stained Glass Religious Window Panels
including a panel depicting Saint Paul during the shipwreck at Malta, shown praying amid a storm and accompanying figures, and a panel depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, each rendered in polychrome glass leaded construction, both mounted for display, 19th century
24″ x 21″ each

Estimate: $300 - $500