Gilt framed oil on canvas on board entitled New Trails signed and dated lower right by the artist Newell Convers Wyeth (American, (1882 - 1945) 1934 50x86 Replacement Value: $1,900,000 N. (Newell) C. (Convers) Wyeth (October 22, 1882-October 19, 1945), is one of the most celebrated
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Set of 3 leather bound books entitled The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (Complete Set) by the author Audubon and Bachman published by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and Rev. John Bachman (1790-1874) copyright New York 1845-1848 1st edition 3 volumes, 150 hand-coloured lithographs. Replacement Value: $1,200,000
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Tiffany favrile glass and gilt bronze Curtain Border floor lamp, 76 inches tall. Replacement Value: $125,000 The first Tiffany lamp was created around 1895. Each lamp was handmade by skilled craftsmen, not mass- or machine-produced. Its designer was not, as had been thought for over 100 years,
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Cushing & White molded and painted copper Liberty Goddess dated September 12, 1865 weathervane Waltham, Massachusetts: Property From The Alvin E. Friedman-Kien Foundation, 24x10x5 Replacement Value: $805,000 Exhibiting a graceful pose and a vibrant animation characteristic of the most successful of weathervanes, this magnificent Liberty Goddess weathervane
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Elmer Crowell (East Harwich, MA 1852-1952) carved and painted wood Great Grey Heron c. 1890's decoy 48 inches tall. Replacement Value: $300,000 A. Elmer Crowell (1862 – 1952) was a master decoy carver from East Harwich, Massachusetts. Crowell specialized in shorebirds, waterfowl, and miniatures. Crowell's decoys are consistently
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Gilt framed oil on board entitled Deer Hunting by Moonlight by the artist George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872) 18x26 Replacement Value: $500,000 Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin became the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own
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Steinway grand piano with stool Serial Number 557809H1484 Replacement Value: $57,000 Steinway & Sons was founded on March 5, 1853 by German immigrant Henry Engelhard Steinway in a Manhattan loft on Varick Street. Henry was a master cabinet maker who built his first piano in the kitchen
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Limoges, France: Haviland & Co. porcelain Presidential (Abraham Lincoln) dinner plate from the White House State Dinner Service ordered by Mary Lincoln in May 1861 9 inches wide Replacement Value: $35,000 White porcelain, 9 in. diameter, shaped edges. Hand-painted in New York by Edward Lycett: in the
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A Magnificent Multi-Blade Exhibition Knife, English, circa 1895. Replacement Value: $17,000 Exhibition knives of the nineteenth century are arguably the finest knives that have ever been made. In all likelihood, their equal will never be seen again. This spectacular knife would has been made with antiquated hand
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Leather bound book entitled The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages by the author Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) published by Charles L. Webster copyright New York, 1887 Inscribed by Samuel Clemens to Harriet Beecher Stowe signed 1887 Replacement Value:
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