Past Highlights
OTIS KAYE (American, 1885-1974)
Hot Stock-Tip Securities
Oil on panel
Sold in July 2025
Hammer: $34,000
OTIS KAYE (American, 1885-1974)
Watch Yer Money
Oil on panel
Sold in July 2025
Hammer: $22,000
IMPORTANT ULM PTOLEMY MAP of ITALY, c. 1486
Germanus, Donnus Nicolaus. Tabula Moderna Italie. Ulm: Johann Reger, 1486
Sold in July 2025
Hammer: $20,000
HIPPOLYTE CAMILLE LAMY (1875-1942) GOLD MOUNTED VIOLIN BOW
Paris, France, circa 1905
Sold in July 2025
Hammer: $14,000
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985) SUITE
Cirque, Lithographies Originales de Marc Chagall, Paris: Tériade Editeur, 1967 (M. 490-527; C. books 68) the complete set of 23 unsigned lithographs in colors and 15 unsigned lithographs
Sold in March 2025
Hammer: $50,000
RARE PAIR of CHINESE PORCELAIN ‘BOYS’ BOWLS
Yongzheng mark and possibly of the period (1723-1735)
Sold in March 2025
Hammer: $34,000
ARNALDO POMODORO (California / Italy, b. 1926)
Torre E Spirale, Studio I
Bronze with golden patina
h. 17 w. 5-1/2 d. 5-1/2 in.
Creation: 1985, signed and ed. 3/9 on base
Sold in July 2024
Hammer: $24,000
MICHAEL POWOLNY, "FOUR SEASONS" WIENER KERAMIK
Vienna, Austria, early 20th century
Porcelain, glazed
h. 14-3/4 in. (ea. approx.)
Sold in March 2024
Hammer: $29,000
MARY SHEPARD GREENE BLUMENSCHEIN (1869-1958)
Stylized portrait of a woman, Oil on canvas
Sold in November 2023
Hammer: $40,000
ALEX KATZ (American, b. 1927)
'Dad'
Oil on board, 12 x 10-3/4 in.
Sold in July 2023
Hammer: $36,000
CHARLES DICKENS' COPY OF VANITY FAIR
'Vanity Fair', Ist ed. 1848 with both Dickens's bookplate and the Gadshill Place, June 1870 Label, plus memorandum from: Charles Scribner's sons
Sold in July 2023
Hammer: $15,000
(12pc) ARTHUR STONE STERLING & GOLD SPOONS
Arthur Stone sterling silver and gold demitasse spoons with reticulated handles; all together 7 ozt, h. 5 in.
Sold in July 2023
Hammer: $18,000
AMERICAN STONEWARE FACE JUG (UGLY JUG)
19th century, alkaline glaze, h. 7 1/2 in.
Sold in March 2023
Hammer: $46,000
IMPORTANT ANTIQUE MOONSTONE RING
Designed as an impressive approximately 30 carat oval cabochon moonstone (26 x 15.3 x 7.25 mm), centered by four 1/4 carat old mine cut diamonds in a border of antique full cut melee diamonds, set in platinum and 14k yellow gold
Sold in December 2022
Hammer: $20,000
SANFORD R. GIFFORD (American, 1823-1880)
Clay Bluffs on No Man's Land (sketch)
Oil on canvas, 9 x 16-1/2 in.
Sold in July 2022
Hammer: $23,000
ENGLISH SCHOOL (16th Century)
Portrait of an unknown lady (Elizabeth I)
Oil on panel
Sold in November 2021
Hammer: $120,000
ARNALDO POMODORO (b. 1926)
Asse Del Movimento 1
Gilded bronze, ed. 9/9
h. 22 w. 21-1/2 d. 22 in.
Sold in November 2021
Hammer: $55,000
ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976), TAPESTRY
Blue & Red Nails
62 x 91 in.
Sold in November 2021
Hammer: $80,000
EARLY GUSTAV STICKLEY OAK BOOKCASE, #512
Circa 1901, having a glazed door with three interior shelves
Sold in November 2021
Hammer: $50,000
LOUIS VUITTON WARDROBE STEAMER TRUNK
h. 55 x w. 22 x d. 22-1/2 in.
Sold in November 2021
Hammer: $15,000
(11vol) AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1785-1851)
The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, New York: J. J. Audubon, and Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1840-1844; and The Quadrupeds of North America, by John James Audubon and John Bachman, New York: V.G. Audubon, 1849-1854
Sold in July 2021
Hammer: $44,000
ENGLISH REGENCY PENWORK SOFA TABLE
Early 19th century, black ebonized ground decorated with ornate overall pen work
Sold in July 2021
Hammer: $23,000
19th C. CHASED SILVER & ENAMELED SINGING BIRD BOX
Swiss origin, purchased at Parke-Bernet Galleries in 1953
Sold in July 2021
Hammer: $27,000
OLD MASTER DRAWING
Bacchus and two females
Pen and ink on paper, 7-1/4 x 11 in.
Sold in July 2021
Hammer: $36,000
2.36ct CIRCULAR BRILLIANT CUT DIAMOND RING
Sold in July 2021
Hammer: $17,000
DE SEDE DS-600 'NON STOP' SOFA (14)
”Snake” sofa, comprising 14 modular articulating sections
Sold in July 2021
Hammer: $16,000
IMPORTANT ENGLISH SILVER & BLOWN GLASS CLARET JUG
London, ca. 1893, silver mounts by Richard Hodd & Sons
Sold in March 2021
Hammer: $12,000
(4pc) LEAD GARDEN BASINS, MRS. PAUL MELLON COLLECTION
Baroque style cast in lead, likely late 19th/early 20th century; dia. 24 in.
Sold in March 2021
Hammer: $26,000
TIFFANY & Co. TALL CASE CLOCK
Circa 1917, arched top mahogany case
Sold in March 2021
Hammer: $15,000
FRANCIS BACON (British, 1909-1992)
Triptych, color aquatint and etching
Each pencil signed, ed. of 99
Sold in November 2020
Hammer: $18,000
FIRST EDITION of THOREAU'S WALDEN WITH AUTOGRAPH
"Walden; or, Life in the Woods. By Henry D. Thoreau, ...Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854," first edition, lithographic map facing page 307, 8 pages of publisher's ads inserted between end papers dated October 1854, with tipped-in autograph receipt in Thoreau's hand
Sold in November 2020
Hammer: $13,000
MOHTASHAM KASHAN 'TREE OF LIFE' MEDITIATION RUG
c. 1900, wool and silk, the rust ground with entwined flowering trees, animals, and birds engaged in various activities, before a body of water with fish and ducks, surrounded by an Arabic text border
Sold in November 2020
Hammer: $17,000
CHINESE CARVED PALE JADE WATER COUPE
low-form carved pale jade water, one side carved and decorated with two bats among leafy branches, the opposite side with a formed carved spout, resting upon a conforming openwork carved wood stand; weight of jade 252.5
1-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 4-1/4 in.
Sold in July 2020
Hammer: $32,000
LAURENCE A. CAMPBELL (American, b. 1939)
Philadelphia, PA; snowy scene with figures and automobiles on a street lined with American flags before a view of the Ben Franklin Bridge; signed lower left; titled and signed on stretcher board
oil on canvas, 22 x 18 in.
Sold in March 2020
Hammer: $23,000
EARLY AMERICAN CARVED SPOON RACK, c. 1724
18th Century, incised 'SC 1724' with old black paint, over red, carved with three outset flowerhead medallions over a rectangular backplate with relief carving of similar medallions throughout and two rows of spoon slots over a lidded box
h. 28 in.
Sold in November 2019
Hammer: $21,000
CARVED SPINACH JADE & PORCELAIN STANDISH
having porcelain painted inkwells with carved agate bird finials
4 x 8-3/4 x 5-1/2 in.
Sold in March 2020
Hammer: $34,000
CLAUDE VENARD (French, 1913-1999)
signed lower left, inscribed on verso 'F.V. 873' and 'P.H. 17 - 4 - 75', and with the current owner's (and original purchaser's) name in chalk, also with piece of tape inscribed 'Vercel' (Galerie Felix Vercel, Paris / New York), framed
oil on canvas, 38-1/4 x 51-1/4 in.
Sold in November 2019
Hammer: $20,000
UNIQUE PAIR ARTS & CRAFTS LEADED GLASS WINDOWS
both of long rectangular shape with nine glass roundels surrounded by geometric designs in lead piping with art glass panels(possibly Lalique) behind, one with hinges and a latch for use as a door, the other appears to just be a panel
h. 63-1/2 in.
Sold in November 2019
Hammer: $20,000
CHINESE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD PORCELAIN VASE
Transitional period (early 17th Century), decorated in blue and white, of gu-form with a slightly raised band at waist, depicting magpies and butterflies among chrysanthemum and other floral devices divided between three incized scrollwork bands
h. 7-1/2 in.
Sold in November 2019
Hammer: $16,000
FERNANDO CUETO AMORSOLO (Filipino, 1892-1972)
Portrait of a young woman, 1926
oil on panel, 20 x 16 in.
Sold in March 2019
Hammer: $170,000
PAIR CHINESE ARCHAISTIC JADEITE VASES & COVERS
19th/early 20th Century, possibly earlier, the jade of a bluish-white color with russet inclusions, four-character Qianlong reign marks on lids, h. 12-3/4 in.
Sold in March 2019
Hammer: $95,000
FINE BOSTON CLASSICAL SMALL SIZE PIER TABLE
Circa 1820, possibly the shop of Emmons & Archibald, h. 33 w. 36 d. 19 in.
Sold in March 2019
Hammer: $29,000
JOAQUIN SOROLLA Y BASTIDA (Spanish, 1863-1923)
oil on canvas, 7-1/2 x 12-1/2 in.
Sold in March 2019
Hammer: $40,000
ABEL GEORGE WARSHAWSKY (American, 1883-1962)
Above the streets of Paris
oil on canvas, 32 x 26 in.
Sold in March 2019
Hammer: $34,000 (record)
GEORGE INNESS (American, 1825-1894)
Roman landscape, c. 1873
oil on canvas, 18 x 26 in.
Sold in March 2019
Hammer: $60,000
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Tsukuda Island in Musashi Province (Buyo Tsukudajima) from the series Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), ca. 1830-31, signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), horizontal oban
10-1/4 x 15-1/8 in.
Sold in March 2019
Hammer: $18,000
FAIRFIELD PORTER (American, 1907-1975)
Bushes, 1962
casein on canvas, 24 x 22 in.
Sold in July 2018
Hammer: $80,000
4.08ct ROUND BRILLIANT DIAMOND
G color, VVS2, Very Good Cut, Good Symmetry, No Fluorescence
Sold in July 2018
Hammer: $65,000
(13pc) TIFFANY & Co. 18k GOLD DRESSER SET
Sold in July 2018
Hammer: $23,000
MANNER OF ANTOINE WATTEAU, 17th/18th Century
chalk on paper, 10 x 14-1/2 in.
Sold in July 2018
Hammer: $19,000
Alfred Jacob Miller (American, 1810-1874)
Caravan en route, circa 1837
pen, pencil, and ink-wash on paper, 7-1/4 x 13-3/4 in.
Sold in March 2018 and purchased by the Museum of Nebraska Art
Hammer: $40,000
Paul Evans Sculptured Metal ‘Stalagmite’ Dining Table, 1970
Sold in March 2018
Hammer: $16,000
(37vols) Mark Twain: Definitive Edition: New York: Gabriel Wells, 1924
8vo., no. 11 of 1024, with two working autograph manuscript leaves tipped in
Sold in November 2017
Hammer: $15,000
Edward Steichen (American, 1879-1973)
Voulangis landscape, 1909
oil on canvas, 24 x 25 in.
Sold in November 2015
Hammer: $90,000
3.44ct OLD MINE CUT DIAMOND
G color, VS2
Sold in November 2017
Hammer: $38,000
![[FRANCIS FRY'S COPY] BISHOP'S BIBLE
Bishop’s Bible, 1572, London: Richard Jugge, the second folio edition, with autograph letter on inside cover by English bibliographer and book collector Francis Fry (1803-1886)
Sold in March 2018
Hammer: $10,00](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68c1d2b16b938955e6cca98d/c615b2d6-9d3c-445a-9f79-9ddd9ad1f647/early_bible.jpg)
[FRANCIS FRY'S COPY] BISHOP'S BIBLE
Bishop’s Bible, 1572, London: Richard Jugge, the second folio edition, with autograph letter on inside cover by English bibliographer and book collector Francis Fry (1803-1886)
Sold in March 2018
Hammer: $10,000
YANZHOU XU (Chinese, 1961-)
Chatting Among the Yimeng Villages, 1982-83
oil on canvas
56-1/2 x 70-1/8 in.
Sold in July 2017
Hammer: $25,000
(2pc) DAVID HOCKNEY (British, 1937-)
Stanley & Boodgie and Stanley & Boodgie II, 1995
two colored etchings with aquatint
Sold in November 2017
Hammer: $18,000
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
a very rare autograph sketchleaf containing music to op. 117, König Stephan, written in the summer of 1810. Previously unknown by scholars, this sketchleaf was discovered and authenticated by one of our appraisers
Sold in November 2015
Hammer: $120,000
Lesser Ury (German, 1861-1931)
Evening Kurfurstendamm view, 1889,
oil on canvas
h. 12-1/4 w. 6-3/8 in.
Sold in July 2017
Hammer: $21,000
Kenneth Armitage (British, 1916-2002)
Standing Figure, 1956
bronze
h. 45-1/4 in.
Sold in March 2017
Hammer: $50,000
Norman Wilfred Lewis (American, 1919-1979)
Untitled, 1951
mixed media on paper
16-1/2 x 21-3/4 in.
Sold in March 2017
Hammer: $18,000
Feliks Khodorovich (Polish, 1840-1913)
bronze
h. 18-3/4 in.
Sold in March 2017
Hammer: $16,000
9.87ct Old European-cut Diamond, S-T color, VS2, sold in July 2017
Hammer: $60,000
Xu Yanzhou (Chinese, b. 1961-). 'Xiao shan cun' (Little Mountain Village), oil on canvas, sold in November 2016
Hammer: $21,000
Yuyu Yang (Taiwanese, 1926-1997). 'Advent of the Phoenix', 1991, stainless steel, ed. 13/20, signed, sold in November 2016
Hammer: $21,000
Familial Portrait Collection, 19th Century, comprising members of the houses Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Habsburg-Lorraine as related to Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies (1814-1898); sold in November 2016
Hammer: $23,000
Feng Zikai (Chinese, 1898-1975). Figures by a coastal residence, mixed media on silk-lined paper, sold in November 2016
Hammer: $150,000
Olaf Wieghorst (American, 1899-1988), Siesta Time, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in., sold in June 2016
Hammer: $23,000
Yuyu Yang (Taiwanese, 1926-1997). 'Tailuge xia gu' (Taroko Gorge), 1973, bronze in two free-standing parts, sold in November 2016
Hammer: $21,000
(Attrib.) Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864-1957). Dragonfly and chrysanthemums, mixed media on silk-lined paper, sold in November 2016
Hammer: $75,000
Attrib.) Zhang Daqian (Chinese, 1899-1933), hanging scroll showing figures on a boat on a misty river, sold in November 2016
Hammer: $25,000
(6pc) Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858), six extremely rare first edition woodblock prints from The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road, sold in June 2016
Hammer: $20,000
Gustav Doré (French, 1832-1883), 'Saute-Mouton' (Leap Frog), bronze, h. 14 in., sold in July 2015
Hammer: $21,000
Ludwig van Beethoven: an inscribed first edition copy of Fidelio, with dedication to Baron von Pasqualati, friend and landlord of Beethoven's at the time Fidelio was composed. From the estate of Arturo Toscanini, sold in March 2016 (pre-sale estimate: $15,000-20,000)
Hammer: $90,000
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), The Marx Brothers, screen print in colors, ed. 14/200, sold in July 2015
Hammer: $32,400
John Smith's Map of New England, 1616, the first instance where Smith coined the term "New England," in colors of the period, sold in November 2014
Hammer: $66,000 (record)
Lynn Chadwick (British, 1914-2003), '320B - Paper Hat', 1966, bronze, ed. 2/4, h. 23 1/4", sold in July 2014
Hammer: $72,000
Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664-1750), Still life with devil's trumpet and other flowers and insects, 1700, oil on canvas, 44 x 35 in., from a Harrison, NY estate, sold in February 2012
Hammer: $2,040,000 (record)
2.57ct pear-shape canary yellow diamond ring, sold in November 2015
Hammer: $22,800
Robert Indiana (American, 1928-), Decade, 1971, portfolio of 10 colored screen prints, ed, 8/200, sold in November 2014
Hammer: $30,000
Egyptian carving of a head, New Kingdom, c. 1550-1077 B.C.E., h. 6 1/2" (the head), from the estate of Walter Hauser, DDS, formerly of White Plains, NY, sold in July 2014
Hammer: $67,000
Zeng Xiaojun (Chinese, b. 1954), three scroll paintings, sold in March 2016
Hammer: $36,000
3.21ct marquise diamond engagement ring, sold in March 2016
Hammer: $38,400
(2pc) John Lee Fitch (American, 1836-1895), Pair of Hudson River views, 1883, each 4-3/4 x 13-1/4 in., sold in March 2015
Hammer: $20,400
Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain (1835-1910), The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, first edition, first issue, sold in July 2015
Hammer: $13,200
'Jan Lutma, Goldsmith', etching with drypoint and engraving, an 18th Century printing, sold in February 2014
Hammer: $22,800
Tiffany Studios leaded glass and bronze table lamp, sold in November 2014
Hammer: $21,600
Paul Evans wrought-iron and enamel console cabinet, c. 1973, sculptured and enameled iron, 7' 4", sold in April 2013
Hammer: $120,000
3.69ct fancy yellow old-mine diamond ring, sold in March 2016
Hammer: $36,000
Rubens Gerchman (Brazilian, 1942-2008), Toothpast mixed media collage, 48 x 31 1/2", identified by the gallery, sold in October 2013
Hammer: $48,000 (record)
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Paramount, from Ads, 1985, screenprint in colors, ed. 1/10, sold in February 2014
Hammer: $34,800
George Inness (American, 1825-1894), "The Brook", oil on canvas, 22 x 27", sold in April 2013
Hammer: $25,200
Diamond bracelet, with appx. 30 cts. of diamonds, sold in February 2014
Hammer: $40,800
Chinese bronze 'sun-splashed' censer, 19th Century, with apocryphal Xuande reign marks, d. 5", sold in July 2014
Hammer: $18,000
Van Cleef & Arpels 'Winston Churchill' bulldog pin, enameled 18k gold, est. $3,000-4,000, sold in July 2014
Hammer: $11,400
Four Japanese boxwood netsukes, Meiji period (1868-1912), sold in March 2016
Hammer: $18,000
American Queen Anne walnut veneer highboy, early 18th Century, Massachusetts, h. 65", sold in April 2013
Hammer: $24,000
Rare Grueby Pottery water-lily vase, c. 1899, d. 9 1/2", sold in April, 2013, a record for the form, and one of the highest prices paid for a piece of Grueby pottery at auction
Hammer: $102,000 (record)
Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899-1991), Three bathers, gouache on paper, 10 1/2 x 6 3/4", sold in April 2013
Hammer: $27,600
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), "Uncle Sam", from 'Myths', screenprint in colors with diamond dust, 1981, ed. 55/200, sold in February 2014
Hammer: $25,200
Chinese Buddhist mythological painting, 19th Century, mixed media on fabric-lined paper, 30 x 29 in., sold in November 2014
Hammer: $18,000
Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Four tapestries made for the bicentennial of the American Revolution (only one shown), sold in April 2013
Hammer: $22,440
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1885-1951), Boxwood, oil on canvas, 20 x 18 in., sold in October 2006
Hammer: $75,000
(7pc) Georg Jensen silver tea service, circa 1930, in the "blossom" pattern, sold in April 2013
Hammer: $22,800
Wilhelm Lehmbruck (German, 1881-1919), Kleine Sinnende (Pensive Woman), patinated plaster, h. 21 in., sold in February 2012
Hammer: $31,200
Pair of Meissen porcelain ewers, 19th/early 20th Century, from a Long Island, NY estate, sold in November 2008
Hammer: $21,600
Tiffany Studios bronze and glass 'Peacock' mirror', early 20th Century, from a Ridgefield, CT estate, sold in March 2009
Hammer: $31,200
Anthony Thieme (American, 1888-1954), St. Augustine view with sailors on a boat, oil on canvas, 25 x 36 in., sold in March 2008
Hammer: $72,000
Wilhelm Thony (Austrian, 1888-1949), Marseille, oil on canvas laid on board, 16-1/2 x 20 in., sold in February 2006
Hammer: $87,000
Mauritz Frederik Hendrick De Haas (American, 1832-1895), Coastal scene, oil on canvas, sold in November 2007
Hammer: $45,600
Ralph Albert Blakelock (American, 1847-1919), Woodland stream, oil on board, sold in March 2008
Hammer: $24,000
Johann Berthelsen (American, 1883-1972), NYC street scene, oil on canvas, sold in July 2007
Hammer: $26,400