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Angora Chaps with Beautiful Tooled Leather, Made by John Clark Saddlery
Located in York County, PA
1923. In this same year, Rachel was listed in the City Directory as residing at the Multnomah Hotel
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Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Objects

Materials

Leather

The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Motorcycles by Tod Rafferty
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Motorcycles by Tod Rafferty. This lavishly
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Late 20th Century American American Classical Books

Materials

Paper

"American Painted Furniture, " First Edition Book
By Susan Klein, Cynthia V.A. Schaffner
Located in valatie, NY
American Painted Furniture by Cynthia V.A. Schaffner and Susan Klein. New York: Clarkson Potter
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20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Great Escapes North America Daisann McLane Taschen
By TASCHEN
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Great Escapes North America Daisann McLane Taschen.Title: Great Escapes North AmericaPublisher
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

Materials

Paper

"A Checklist of American Coverlet Weavers" Book by John Heisey
By John Heisey
Located in valatie, NY
directory of American coverlet weavers compiled by the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art centre in
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20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Early 19th Century American Sheraton Sideboard Attributable to Duncan Phyfe
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in Dallas, TX
We have the pleasure to present to you a stunning early 19th century American Sheraton Sideboard by
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Antique Early 19th Century American Sheraton Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany, Walnut, Satinwood, Birch

Selection of 19th c American Chairs, Exhib. Catalog Signed by the Author, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
A Selection of 19th Century American Chairs by and Signed by Anne MacFarland. 1st Ed softcover
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Vintage 1970s American Books

Materials

Paper

Pair of Antique American Carved Rococo Revival Chairs in Mahogany w/ Upholstery
By Charles Boudouine
Located in Miami, FL
– January 13, 1895 was an American cabinetmaker and interior decorator, and was the patriarch of a major
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Antique 19th Century American Rococo Revival Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Antique American Flag w/ 13 Stars in the Betsy Ross Design & 45 Stars on Reverse
Located in York County, PA
13 STARS IN THE BETSY ROSS PATTERN, WITH 45 STARS ON THE REVERSE; ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE
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Antique 1890s American Other Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Schofield 1905 Art Nouveau Baltimore Rose Shakers Set in .925 Sterling Silver
By The Schofield Company
Located in Miami, FL
Manufacturing Company in 1903, his first shop was on Pleasant Street in Baltimore. The city directory for 1903
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Antique Early 1900s North American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Civil War-Era Side Drum, Made by George Kilbourn, 1859
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
established industry in America long before the Civil War. With very few exceptions, drums were made of ash or
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Antique 1850s American American Classical Musical Instruments

Materials

Iron

Card Table in the Rococo Taste
By Charles A. Baudoine
Located in New York, NY
RECORDED: cf. Anna Tobin D’Ambrosio, ed., Masterpieces of American Furniture from the Munson
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Antique Mid-19th Century North American Rococo Revival Card Tables and T...

Materials

Wood, Rosewood

Card Table in the Rococo Taste
Card Table in the Rococo Taste
H 29.25 in W 45.75 in D 15.75 in
Antique James E Blake Sterling Silver Reticulated Filigree Tray Dish 203g 9"
By James E. Blake Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
interest buy out of the company. This partnership is noted in the 1892 Attleboro directory, with their
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Antique Late 19th Century Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Rena Rosenthal, Madonna & Child, Art Deco Wood & Metal Sculpture, ca. 1920’s
By Rena Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
Germany and Austria. She was the main retailer for Hagenauer’s creations in America from 1920’s to the
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Michigan, Ports of Indiana (Great Lakes)" by Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
industrial histories and geologic wonders of the American midwest. This particular work tells the story of
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21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood

Folk Artists Biographical Index, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
to over 200 published sources of information on approximately 9,000 American folk artists from the
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20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Pair of Monumental National Air Map Company Manhattan Aerial Photo Maps, 1955
Located in San Francisco, CA
Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Hayden Planetarium. Neighborhoods
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Photography

Materials

Acrylic, Wood, Paper

Antique English Break-Front Bibliotheque Bookcase in Mahogany, circa 1870
By S.E. & R. Johnson. Warrington
Located in Miami, FL
directories as "Merchants and Factors" in Birmingham, England. They would have been middlemen having various
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Antique 1870s English Victorian Bookcases

Materials

Mahogany

Mattapoisett Basket, by Gladys Ellis, circa 1940s
Located in Nantucket, MA
the best folk artisans in the United States for the magazine Early American Life’s Directory of
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Other

Pocket Globe, Nicholas Lane, London, post 1779
By Nicholas Lane
Located in Milano, IT
after 1858) are not marked. North America only bears the names of some British colonies. California is
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Antique 1780s English Other Models and Miniatures

Materials

Leather, Wood, Paper

'Be-Andon’ Lantern Lamp by Masanori Umeda for Yamagiwa, 1996, Japan
By Masanori Umeda
Located in Chicago, IL
parchment with silver square motif delivers a glowing light. Rewired American candelabra socket. Masanori
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1990s Japanese Post-Modern Lanterns

Materials

Metal

Mattapoisett Basket, by Gladys Ellis, circa 1940s
Located in Nantucket, MA
magazine Early American Life’s Directory of Traditional American Crafts. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Other

English Antique Red Chinoiserie Six-Bell Hanging Wall Clock ca. 1830
Located in Shippensburg, PA
through his death in 1857, also being listed in Pigot's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1830 as being a
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Antique 19th Century English George III Wall Clocks

Materials

Brass, Steel

Tiffany & Co. 1900 Charles L Tiffany Edwardian Art Nouveau Sterling Trumpet Vase
By Tiffany & Co., Charles L. Tiffany
Located in Miami, FL
studios in New York city, between the 1900 and 1901. This model was designed under the directory
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Antique Early 1900s American Edwardian Vases

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Tiffany & Co. 1902 New York Art Nouveau Pair of Convertible Candelabras Sterling
By Tiffany & Co., Charles L. Tiffany
Located in Miami, FL
under the directory presidency of Charles T. Cook (1902-1907) during the Edwardian era (1901-1911) in
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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Candelabras

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Continental Germany 1900 Art Nouveau Hanau Jardiniere in .925 Sterling Silver
By Hanau
Located in Miami, FL
and America between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Berthold Mueller was an
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Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Enid Bell Palanchian, Tackle, Modernist Carved Mahogany Sculpture, ca. 1953
By Enid Bell Palanchian
Located in New York, NY
" • "Directory of American Sculpture" GALLERY REPRESENTATION: • Ferargil Gallery, New York City, NY • Roman
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mahogany

Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
a taxidermist by the legendary American naturalist and bird painter John Audubon, whom he
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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy

Materials

Other

NYC Federal Full Tester Bed Attributable to Lannuier w Four Floral-Carved Posts
By Charles-Honoré Lannuier
Located in Miami, FL
An exceptional American Federal sleigh bed with tester in fine West Indies/ Cuban mahogany with
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Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Bronze

Antique English Staffordshire Transferware Serving Creamer Jug Pitcher
Located in Dayton, OH
established himself by 1830 for in that year he married, and by 1834 he is documented in White’s Directory of
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Early 20th Century Late Victorian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Chair Year :1865, Attributed to Shapland and Petter of Barnstaple, English
By Shapland & Petter
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
wife set sail from Cardiff for America. While in America he saw a German carving machine which produced
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Antique 1860s English Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Wood

Very Rare Gillow Breakfront Library Desk Brass Gallery Burr Amboyna Wood
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in GB
detailed in Volume II of the same directory as follows “Amboyna or Ambonia, the finely coloured knotty wood
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Antique 1850s English High Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Burl

Astrid Fitzgerald Post Modern Xenos I and V Serigraphs
By Astrid Fitzgerald
Located in Garnerville, NY
Millie Siegel. Who is Who in America, since 1980 Printworld Directory of Contemporary Prints, since
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Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Prints

Materials

Metal

20th Century Single Sided Fulton Market Exterior Building Directory
By Garden City Mfg, Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
Very rare American depression-era oversized single-sided flush mount wall-mounted Fulton market
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Vintage 1930s American Industrial Signs

American .9584 Solid Silver Martele Bowl
By Charles Gottlieb Uhde 1, Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Charleston, SC
of his career when he created this bowl. He appears in the NJ city directories between 1909 and 1912
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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Serving Bowls

Materials

Sterling Silver

19th Century View of Venice by Max Weyl (American)
By Max Weyl
Located in Alexandria, VA
Max Weyl (American, 1837-1914) Venetian Veranda with Santa Maria dells Salute and Saint Marks
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Antique Late 19th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

19th Century American Oil Painting of Impressionist Landscape by Max Weyl
By Max Weyl
Located in Alexandria, VA
Max Weyl (American, 1837-1914) Cascading Stream Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right
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Antique Late 19th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Regency Lyre Tall Case Block and Shell Clock
By David Greig
Located in Providence, RI
, 1810-1831. This clock encompasses one of the most dramatic design changes in the British / American
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Antique 19th Century Australian Regency Clocks

Materials

Shell, Mahogany

Dutch wind mill, Antique Dutch Painting, Alexander Knip 1883-1967
By Willem Alexander Knip
Located in EL Waalre, NL
Medal " He exposed in Oslo, Liverpool, South Africa, North America. His works are exposed in Stedelijk
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20th Century Dutch Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Rare Magnificent Oil on Linen New Friends III Painting Leon Oks Russian
By Leon Oks
Located in New York, NY
recorded in the International Directory of Experts and Expertise. American Biographical Institute. 2006
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20th Century Paintings

Silkscrreen by Woody Crumbo Potowattomie War dance
Located in Palm Springs, CA
. www.FamilySearch.org accessed July 14, 2006; Lester, Patrick D. The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters
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Vintage 1950s American Native American Objects

Materials

Screen

British-American Paris Directory: Original 1924 Poster By Simon Monnatte
By Simon Monnatte
Located in London, GB
British-American Paris Directory under his arm. The text reads: N'oubliez pas de reclamer votre
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Early 20th Century French Posters

American Country, South by Mary Emerging, First Edition
By Mary Emmerling
Located in valatie, NY
American Country, South by Mary Emerging. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1989. Stated first
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20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Antique American U.S Navy Jack with 38 Hand-Sewn Stars and a Rare Maker's Mark
Located in York County, PA
ANTIQUE AMERICAN U.S. NAVY JACK WITH 38 HAND-SEWN STARS AND A RARE MAKER'S MARK OF FLAG AND
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Antique 1870s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Wool

Early Boston Made Hourglass or Sand Glass
By Samuel Thaxter
Located in Essex, MA
Boston Directory as a mathematical instrument maker. In the 1822-1823 edition, the business is listed as
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Antique Late 18th Century American American Colonial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Blown Glass, Wood

Tiffany & Co. 1893 Art Nouveau Desk Oil Lamp In Sterling Silver With Roman Coin
By Tiffany & Co., Charles L. Tiffany
Located in Miami, FL
very rare round oil lamp, was realized under the directory period of Charles L. Tiffany (1891-1902) in
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Antique 1890s North American Art Nouveau Desk Sets

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Bronze

Tiffany & Co. 1927 Art Deco Chiseled Arabesque Box with Lid .925 Sterling Silver
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Miami, FL
Studios in New York city, back in the 1927. This nice trinket box was realized during the directory
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Vintage 1920s North American Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Oval Tilt-top Candlestand in Mahogany, New England, c. 1800
Located in Atlanta, GA
from the end of the 1700s, and American in origin, Federal Period, possibly Massachusetts.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Ta...

Coney Island by George Schwacha
By George Schwacha Jr
Located in Sheffield, MA
American Art and International Directory of Arts. His work is represented nationally in over 30 museums
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Coney Island by George Schwacha
Coney Island by George Schwacha
H 37.5 in W 43.5 in D 1 in
Large Modern Chrome on Black Marble Kinetic Sculpture by Michael Cutler
By Michael Cutler
Located in San Diego, CA
for his work at Allied Artists of America (NYC), Texas Fine Arts Assoc. (Austin), and Laguna Gloria
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Late 20th Century American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Chrome

Bruno Stobbione '1926' "Sentimental Objects" Oil on Board Trompe L'œil Painting
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Encyclopedia ‘Leonardo’ - ‘International Directory of Arts’ - ‘American Book on Italian Painting’ - Elite 1988
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Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Huron 'Great Lakes'" by Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
histories and geologic wonders of the American midwest. Fitzgerald describes his Great Lakes series as "a
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2010s American Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

1922 Map of Chicago, Rand McNally Standard Railway Map
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
railroad guides. In 1870, the company expanded into printing business directories and an illustrated
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Vintage 1920s American Maps

Materials

Paper

Ionian Green by Stan Brodsky
By Stan Brodsky
Located in Sheffield, MA
Stan Brodsky American, 1925- Ionian Green Acrylic on canvas Dated on Reverse 1988 38 ½ by 48
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Late 20th Century American Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Ionian Green by Stan Brodsky
Ionian Green by Stan Brodsky
H 41.5 in W 51.5 in
34 Star Civil War Recruiting Flag Made Under Military Contract
Located in York County, PA
information is taken from "A Directory of American Military Goods Dealers & Makers 1785-1915 (Combined Edition
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Antique 1860s Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Pair of Card Tables with Trestle Bases and Eagle Mounts
By Thomas Seymour
Located in New York, NY
the present pair of tables have appeared, including one published by Israel Sack, Inc., in American
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Antique 1810s Card Tables and Tea Tables

Materials

Brass

38 Star Flag, In Rare Oval Medallion with a Large Center Star
Located in York County, PA
and primarily a maker of clothing, documented in "A Directory of American Military Goods Dealers
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Antique 19th Century Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Antique Satinwood Carlton House Writing Desk Druce & Co 19th C
By Druce & Co.
Located in London, GB
quality furniture. In the Marlebone Trade Directory of 1853, they described themselves as 'Furnishers
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Satinwood

13 Star U.s. Navy Small Boat Ensign Flag
Located in York County, PA
important that American ships be easily recognized on the open seas and the fear was that this might deter
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Antique 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Patriotic Base Drum from the Geneseo Cornet Band, ca 1862-1901
Located in York County, PA
American folk art, with the most bold and spectacular colors and imagery that I've ever encountered on such
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Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Wood

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