Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 24

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Paintings & Engravings

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 586		Unknown. Oldest Christian Church Build in America by Cortez and the Incas in 1594. Oil on canvas, 10½ x 12. Dated 1848 on back. Original frame makes overall size 15 x 17 in. Only part of the outer walls of the church remain. There are a couple of tiny scratches in the sky, and the frame has a scratch and a few dings. A reminder of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 587		Leone, Len. Original 19 x 31 in. painting, c. 1970, by noted paperback book cover artist and art director Len Leone, who signed in the lower left corner. The painting features a beautifu and scantily-clad island woman sitting on the shore, examining a shell. According to world-renowned pin-up and illustration art historian and author charles Martignette, this very painting was used to produce a lithograph. Mixed media on heavy paper. Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 588		*Forty 18th Century Bird and Fish Copper-Plate Engravings.* An exotic grouping of 40 different late 18th century copper-plate engravings of birds and fishes. Multiple different species on each plate. Many classic birds, including the Eagle, Flamingo, Swallow Tailed Falcon, the King of Vultures, Horned Parrot, the Grand Pomerops, the Guinea Fowl, Balearic Crane, Watled Heron, etc. Twenty-nine of the plates are of birds; the balance are fishes, turtles, insects, and a few mammals, such as the Wild Boar of Cape Verde. Uniform plate size, including border, is 8 x 5 in. Nice dark imprints. Light toning, mostly in margins. These pieces can be beautifully colored, matted, and framed. An attractive grouping. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 589		*Napoleon I.* Mid 19th century stone lithograph of Napoleon, 24½ x 14 inches. A waist-up image in uniform--pink (originally red), white, and blue; his eyes are pale blue and his hair brown. Set in a very attractive 30 x 24½ inch gilt-painted wood frame, also mid 19th century. The frame has the look of metal, with crossed strips on all sides. Ready for display. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 590		Berger, Jacques. Marie Antoinette. Eighteenth century oval profile portrait engraving of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI, both of whom were guillotined during the French Revolution. The youthful portrait has "J. Berger fecit" penciled below (by the artist?). Actual portrait size is 3¾ x 3 in. Plate size is 6 x 4¼ in. Two corner creases at lower left, just touching the edge of the plate, not affecting the portrait. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 591		Desnoyers, Auguste B. Marie Louise. Beautifully hand-tinted engraving, c. 1810-1811, of Marie Louise, Archduchess of Austria, Empress of France, and Queen of Italy. Note in French says that it was painted in miniature in Vienna by Guérard. In 1810, Napoleon divorced his beloved wife Josephine, to marry the young Marie Louise (daughter of Francis I of Austria), in order to sire an heir. This lovely 8½ x 5¼ in. engraving is matted in an antique frame. Overall size is 12½ x 8½ in. Light overall toning, else Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 592		Holbein, Hans. Anna Boleyn. Delicately handcolored mezzotint portrait of Anne Boleyn, c. late 18th or early 19th century, entitled "Anna Boleyn." Plate imprint states, "From an Original Picture by Hans Holbein in the Possession of M. Wooher at Basle." Print size is 12¼ x 9 in. Beautifully mounted in an original, antique gilt frame, 22½ x 16¼ in. A lovely portrait by Holbein, who was court painter to Henry VIII. Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife and mother of Elizabeth I, was charged with adultery, convicted and beheaded in 1536. A very fine and scarce image. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 593		Holbein, Hans. Christina, Duchess of Milan. A rare, handpainted mezzotint portrait of Christina, Duchess of Milan, who waas one of the eligible ladies of royalty presented to Henry VIII for possible marriage after the execution of one of his wives. Holbein, who was Henry VIII's court painter, was sent to Europe to do portraits of possible candidates. Presented here is an engraved mezzotint after Holbein by well-known engraver Charles Bird, limited to 250 copies and published in 1909. A holograph statement in pencil by Bird in the lower border says, "Engraved & painted in colour at one printing without retouching. Charles Bird." The portrait, in original black wood frame, is 12½ x 6½ in; the frame is 15 1/8 x 9¼ in. Printed label on the back states the artist's name, the process, and the limit of the edition to 250 copies. A very fine English Tudor memento. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold