Catalog Information:

500 lots with images

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Viewing Notes:

TWO DAY AUCTION: SATURDAY, Nov. 7, 2009 - 11:00 AM and SUNDAY, Nov 8, 2009 - 11:00 AM. Our final auction of 2009 has developed into our most important event of the year, featuring Fine Art, Sculpture and Furniture from the estate of Anne Bigelow Stern of New York City.

Sale Notes:

A documented oil painting by John Singer Sargent highlights an impressive list of Fine Art to be offered on Day One, including works by Andrew Wyeth, Robert Dunning, Jack Gray, and Alessandro Magnasco, plus old master portraits in the manner of Lucas Cranach the Elder and Balthasar van der Ast. Gilt bronze and wood figures from the 15th through 17th centuries top an impressive list of European, African, Indian and Oriental three-dimensional work. A rare 1764 Sea Chart Atlas by Joseph Roux is only 1 of 6 examples known to exist. Other important ephemera include the 1633 Botanical Book by John Gerard, Civil War medical papers and correspondence of Dr David Merritt, a 1595 edition of 'Dante', important early Bibles and several lots of Civil War journals, and autographs. Fine American furniture include a set of 8 circa 1790 mahogany Hepplewhite side chairs, a circa 1775 Boston serpentine front desk, a Chippendale walnut chest-on-chest, a circa 1790 cherry chest-on-chest and a circa 1790 Massachusetts mahogany card table. We are excited to offer 16 lots of 19th c. Japanese miniatures, including furniture, weapons, figures, & musical instruments, over 300 individual pieces in all. A collection of Mechanical Shooting Gallery fixtures from 19th c. Eastern Europe will be offered. Examples of antique carpets and rugs include; Chinese palace size, signed ca. 1900 Persian, ca 1900 Heriz, ca 1890 Lillihan and ca 1890 Sumac plus a rare pictorial silk rug depicting King Solomon, 50 carpets in all. Native American artifacts, firearms including a rare "Stone Bow" Crossbow, 5 early samplers, 3 tall case clocks, rosewood and mahogany barometers, and a fine selection of European and Chinese porcelain complete this first day.