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Improbable Gifts for Impossible People

by Webb's

53 lots | 52 with images

2012

New Zealand

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The Emerging Artist Captain Castle and the

Lot 1: The Emerging Artist Captain Castle and the

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Description: The Emerging Artist Captain Castle and the Ultrafast broadband booster'. Ceramic and found object. By Sue Collins, 2012.

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The'88 Krug

Lot 2: The'88 Krug

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Description: The'88 Krug

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The Raccoon Skull

Lot 3: The Raccoon Skull

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Description: The Raccoon Skull

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The Doll Lovingly created by a love lost seaman

Lot 4: The Doll Lovingly created by a love lost seaman

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Description: The Doll Lovingly created by a love lost seaman sometime in the 19th century. This piece was originally created from hippopotamus ivory (If you look at it with a magnifying glass you will see the tight parallel lines of the hippopotamus grain).The ebony feet were later added by local master carver Owen Mapp, who confirmed that it was common for sailors in the 19th century to pick up hippo tusks around the African Coast to carve and trade. Such sailors would often be inspired by the distant memories of their long left girlfriends.

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The Christ This little survivor of faith is in

Lot 5: The Christ This little survivor of faith is in

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Description: The Christ This little survivor of faith is in beautiful condition, although he seems to have lost his cross to bear. Hand carved from wood with lead hands. The rather explicit finish is typical of Lima Peru circa late 1700's early 1800's. Purchased in 1992 from Antiqua Milafores.

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