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Pair of Bright-cut Silver Sugar Tongs
Lot: 1358Estimate: $150 - $250Pair of Bright-cut Silver Sugar Tongs, Samuel Drowne II, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, late 18th century, with shell pinchers, the back engraved "JNP" with in an oval cartouche, the inside of the tong ...
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Two Shotguns
Lot: 1293Sold for: $406$325Two Shotguns, a W & C Scott and Son 12 gauge shotgun, and a Hollis & Sheath 10 gauge shotgun. ...
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Arthur Beecher Carles (American, 1882-1952) Seated Nude
Lot: 336Sold for: $3,250$2,600Arthur Beecher Carles (American, 1882-1952) Seated Nude Identified and dated to c. 1929 on a label from Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, affixed to the backing. Oil on canvas, 20 1/4 x 26 ...
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Besler, Basil (1561-1629) Six Hand-colored Botanical Engravings.
Lot: 1369Sold for: $4,305$3,500Besler, Basil (1561-1629) Six Hand-colored Botanical Engravings. Each large folio copper-plate engraving printed on laid paper with bunch of grapes watermarks depicting the Sunflower, Flos Solis ...
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Bijou Theatre, Boston, Anniversary Souvenir Fan.
Lot: 1370Sold for: $185$150Bijou Theatre, Boston, Anniversary Souvenir Fan. Boston: Heliotype Printing, 1883. Wood and paper fan with chromolithograph on recto by Hollis with center panel detailing the cast for The Beggar ...
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British Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket Prize Rifle
Lot: 319Sold for: $2,337$1,900British Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket Prize Rifle, c. 1860, .577 caliber, walnut stock with checkered wrist and forestock, with a silver plaque on the right side of the butt engraved "PRIZE FOR ...
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Engraved, Watercolor, and Manuscript John B. and Dorcas Hollis Family Register
Lot: 91Sold for: $1,968$1,600Engraved, Watercolor, and Manuscript John B. and Dorcas Hollis Family Register, engraved by Richard Brunton, early 19th century, the sheet decorated with figures representing the four seasons, ...
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Engraved, Watercolor, and Manuscript John and Deborah Newell Family Register
Lot: 93Sold for: $1,169$950Engraved, Watercolor, and Manuscript John and Deborah Newell Family Register, engraved by Richard Brunton, early 19th century, the sheet decorated with figures representing the four seasons, birds, ...
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Various Artists: Eight Plates from A Portfolio of Thirteen Photographs to Commemorate...the New Home of the Anthology Film Archives...
Lot: 139Sold for: $861$700Various Artists: Eight Plates from A Portfolio of Thirteen Photographs to Commemorate...the New Home of the Anthology Film Archives..., 1981-82, edition of 75 plus proofs: Rudy Burckhardt ...
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Paul Gottlieb Weber (German/American, 1823-1916) Autumn Landscape
Lot: 251Sold for: $3,567$2,900Paul Gottlieb Weber (German/American, 1823-1916) Autumn Landscape Signed and dated "Paul Weber./1855." l.r. Oil on canvas, 26 1/2 x 33 1/4 in. (67.3 x 84.5 cm), in a period frame. Condition: ...
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Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Document Signed, 1 December 1844.
Lot: 1007Sold for: $1,230$1,000Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Document Signed, 1 December 1844. Single leaf secretarial document authorizing Lloyd Selby to deliver the results (in triplicate) of Mississippi's presidential vote to ...
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Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) A Yankee in Canada with Anti-slavery and Reform Papers.
Lot: 1190ASold for: $308$250Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) A Yankee in Canada with Anti-slavery and Reform Papers. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. First edition, octavo, bound in publisher's zigzag textured green cloth, ...
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Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) Cape Cod.
Lot: 1190BSold for: $135$110Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) Cape Cod. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition, octavo, with publisher's catalogue dated December 1864; bound in brown bead-grain textured publisher's ...
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Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) Excursions.
Lot: 1190CSold for: $431$350Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) Excursions. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First edition, octavo, engraved portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, bound in publisher's full greenish blue zigzag ...
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Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) Letters.
Lot: 1190DUnsoldThoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) Letters. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition, octavo, spotting, stains, and toning throughout, ex library the Alva Gage Guild Library from the 19th ...
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Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) The Maine Woods.
Lot: 1190ESold for: $369$300Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) The Maine Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. First edition, octavo, some tears to advertisement leaf facing title, no edition statement on copyright page, no ...
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American Sterling Silver Center Bowl
Lot: 425UnsoldAmerican Sterling Silver Center Bowl, early 20th century, maker's mark similar to Hartford Silver Co., central mark "PC," with enameled holly motif to rim, dia. 8 in., approx. 18.0 troy oz. ...
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Frame with Eight Silhouettes of the Gould Family of Hollis, New Hampshire
Lot: 328Sold for: $1,599$1,300Frame with Eight Silhouettes of the Gould Family of Hollis, New Hampshire, early 19th century, frame composed of hollow-cut silhouettes of Ambrose Gould and Susan Farley Gould and their six children ...
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J. Hollis & Sons Hammer Gun
Lot: 1191Sold for: $74$60J. Hollis & Sons Hammer Gun, c. mid-19th century, walnut stock with a checkered wrist, lock marked "J.HOLLIS & SONS," barrel marked in the rib "LONDON FINE TWIST," overall lg. 47 1/2 in. ...
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Sadie Irvine for Newcomb College Pottery Holly Candlestick
Lot: 118Sold for: $492$400Sadie Irvine for Newcomb College Pottery Holly Candlestick, New Orleans, Louisiana, early 20th century, impressed Newcomb College cipher, "232," "NP68," and artist's cipher, ht. 7 1/4 in. ...
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South View of the Several Halls of Harvard College.
Lot: 329Sold for: $1,169$950South View of the Several Halls of Harvard College. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard & Co., 1823. Engraving by William B. Annin (1791?-1839) and George Girdler Smith (1795-1878) after Alvan Fisher ...
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Red-painted Wall Box
Lot: 93Sold for: $3,075$2,500Red-painted Wall Box, America, early 19th century, the shaped cresting with small lollipop hanger, open top compartment over a single drawer with brass knob, square nail construction, ht. 12, wd. 9 ...
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Wrought Iron Trammel Rushlight and Candleholder
Lot: 123Sold for: $1,046$850Wrought Iron Trammel Rushlight and Candleholder, 18th century, adjustable ratchet bar with hanging hook and single candle socket with large drip catcher, closed lg. 24 in. Provenance: Hollis ...
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Red-painted Pine Queen Anne Mirror
Lot: 151Sold for: $3,444$2,800Red-painted Pine Queen Anne Mirror, New England, 18th century, scroll cresting over a rectangular mirror with molded frame, ht. 19, wd. 10 7/8 in. Provenance: Hollis Broderick. The Collection ...
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Leather Hunting Pouch and Two Powder Horns
Lot: 176Sold for: $338$275Leather Hunting Pouch and Two Powder Horns, America, 19th century, the bag with flap and single pocket on a short shoulder strap, a small powder flask decorated with an Indian and wolf, the second ...
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Georgian-style Inlaid Mahogany Cylinder Desk
Lot: 354Sold for: $431$350Georgian-style Inlaid Mahogany Cylinder Desk, England, early 20th century, inlaid with satinwood and holly banding, two locking side file drawers, over single drawer, raised on tapered legs, ht. 44, ...
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Mahogany Regency Sewing Table
Lot: 400Sold for: $554$450Mahogany Regency Sewing Table, England, 19th century, mahogany with holly banding, gilded metal accents, curvilinear legs support middle shelf, tripartite legs ending in hairy paw metal fittings and ...
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South View of the Several Halls of Harvard College.
Lot: 1338UnsoldSouth View of the Several Halls of Harvard College. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard & Co., 1823. Engraving by William B. Annin (1791?-1839) and George Girdler Smith (1795-1878) after Alvan Fisher ...
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Frederick Carl Frieseke (American, 1874-1939) Paesaggio
Lot: 1274Sold for: $923$750Frederick Carl Frieseke (American, 1874-1939) Paesaggio. Incised signature "FCFrieseke" l.r., titled on a handwritten gummed label on the stretcher, identified and dated "circa 1901/..." on a ...
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English Brass-barrel Blunderbuss
Lot: 253Sold for: $1,476$1,200English Brass-barrel Blunderbuss, c. 1840s-50s, walnut stock with checkered wrist, brass fittings, back lock engraved with foliate designs, brass-barrel marked "HOLLIS CHELTENHAM," wooden ramrod ...