Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 68

The June 30th Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Fine Art

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 723		Chinese 19th Century (Fukinese) Mulberry Root Carving. This elaborate wood carving, made in the 19th Century from a Mulberry root, consists of a base and three figures, each of which has a large peg at its base which enables the figure to be removed from the base. The dimensions are as follows: The base is approximately 36" wide, 16" tall and 21" in depth. Each of the 3 figures is about 24" tall and 30" in diameter. The center figure of the trio is Pu-Tai, the obese Buddha with exposed belly, a Chinese version of Maitreya. This Mo-Lo-Fo is the laughing Buddha and he carries an alms dish in his right hand. The figure on the left is Ta-Mo, the first Indian Patriach of Chinese Buddhism. In his reight hand he carries a shoe in which he as crossed the Yangtze river. The figure on the right is Lohan holding in his left hand a ball symbolising the universe. His right hand is outstretched in hope. The carving is beautifully done and in superb condition. Total weight approximately 100 lbs. Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. Purchased from Bagott Church Street Ltd Antique Dealers, Gloucestershire, England May 5, 1994. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $8,100
Lot 724		Antique Japanese Clay Figurine. Signed on back: Mikainav? With an old tag No. 485 Made in Japan. Measures: 4" x 3¾" . Estimated Value $200 - 300. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 725		Various. (18th-Early 19th Century Group of British Drawings and Ephemera). Five items, some related to the Walpoles: Red chalk drawing of a gentleman, c. 1770, possible Horace Walpole, on laid paper watermarked with a fleur-de-lis surmounted by a coronet and the letters "F.R." below, 12¾ x 10¼ in.; crease and chip in upper left corner do not touch image; Pencil portrait of a seated gentleman, c. 1810, 10¾ x 8½ in.; Wash drawing of Chiswick Church by Elizabeth Walpole (1759-1842), daughter of Thomas Walpole, who was the second son of Horatio, 1st Baron Walpole of Waterton (Horace Walpole's uncle); Pencil and wash drawing of the chapel at Fort Manoel, Malta, dated 1838, 7¾ x 11¼, mounted to 10½ x 14 in. sheet; *Cover leaf of a letter addressed to Miss Walpole / Petersham / near Richmond with seal remnants and red stamped "1835";. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 726		August Kaufmann. The Traveling Circus. Oil on canvas laid on masonite. Size: 31.7 x 42.9 in. (80.6 x 109 cm). Size with frame: 38.75 x 50 in. Signed at lower right: "August Kaufmann AFT and dated "1883." Condition report: The canvas was lined approximately 40 years ago to a sheet of masonite; no tacking edges. Approximately 3 x 3 in. repaired tear in the upper right corner in the middle of the horizontal wooden beam. Micro-cracking, primarily in the areas on the left. Scattered thin areas from a prior cleaning, to the left of the macaws and above the lion's cage on the left. Recently professionally cleaned to remove an old layer of varnish. This painting formerly belonged to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alfred Gitelson, known for his order mandating de facto racial integration of Los Angeles schools by September, 1971. Estimated Value $15,000 - 20,000. Sotheby's, 19th Century European Art Sale, October 24 & 26, 2006. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 727		Ludwig Bemelmans. Yolanda and the Thief. Gouache on paper and wood, 1945 Image size: 24 x 20 inches Size with frame: 40½ x 36½ inches Bemelmans extends the design of the piece onto an ornate frame. It is signed/ dated on frame's wood inset in black: '45 Bemelmans. This piece is perhaps an initial design for a poster for the film.A unique original painting by Madeline's beloved creator who, like so many others, gave Hollywood a whirl - briefly. Working with MGM's fabled Arthur Freed unit, Bemelmans' whimsical story for Yolanda and the Thief - starring Fred Astair and directed by Vicente Minelli - should have been a hit, but wasn't. Instead, it become a cult classic, involving con men on the lam, a fictional Latin American country, guardian angels, and a well-swindled fortune falling prey to love. In addition to writing the screenplay for the 1945 fantasy/musical/romance, Bemelmans' also gave designing the poster a try. This is his attempt and although it never was used for the poster, what with his artfully painted frame and hint of Madeline's nun-like Miss Clavel, it as enchanting as any Bemelmans, ever. Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 728		Peter Max. Head Portrait (Zero In Blue). Acrylic on canvas, 15½"x 9 ¾" in a 20"x25½" gold gilt frame with a 2½". An abstract portrait of a lady's profile against a sky-blue background. Estimated Value $8,000 - 10,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 729		Unknown. Spanish Riding School In Vienna. Oilil painting, 18¼"x 24", depicting the Spanish Riding School in Vienna with equestrians clad in early 18th century clothing and in carousel formation. German legend at base of painting reads: "Carousel--Executed by the highest noblemen in the presence of His Majesty The King Of Prussia". Elaborate gilt period frame, 32"x34", includes a clock. Estimated Value $5,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 730		Moshe Kupferman. Untitled. Watercolor, 19¼ x 27 in. Signed in Hebrew and dated 72 at lower right. Matted and framed to 21½ x 29¾. Kupferman (1926-2003) was born in Poland. He spent World War II in internment camps and his powerful abstract paintings are influenced by his experience as the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. In 1948 he emigrated to Israel and helped establish Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot (Ghetto Fighters' Kibbutz). His paintings hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Haifa Museum and the Tel Aviv Art Museum in Israel, the Harvard Art Museums, and other museums around the world. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. Purchased from an art gallery in Israel. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 731		John Marshall Gamble. 16 � x 10 in. oil on canvas in a 22 x 16 in. fancy gilded frame depicting a vase on its side with grapes. Influenced by French Impressionist Claude Monet, Gamble was a well-respected and sought after California painter whose career spanned 72 years. Starting in San Francisco, he also trained in Paris, eventually moved to Santa Barbara (from San Francisco after The Big Fire) in 1906, where he lived until his death in 1957. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 732		Leroy Neiman. A 38"x23½" serigraph of male and female downhill skiers bordered by a 3½" white double matting with blue trim. The frame measures 48"x35". (269/300). Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 733		Jean Rigaud. Still Life With Decanter. Oil on canvas, 21½"x18", signed and dated (1958) at lower left. Framed size: 29"x25". Still life of two bottles and two cloves of garlic against a red and black background. Born in Bordeaux, France in 1912, Rigaud was the son of famed French artist Pierre Gaston Rigaud (1874-1949). Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 734		Joseph R. Areno. Santa Barbara Harbor. Oil on panel, 9 x 11¾ in. Signed at lower right. Joseph R. Areno (1950-2006) was born in Montreal and studied in schools and studios in Montreal, Paris, New York and Santa Barbara. He is known for figurative life drawing and painting, portraiture, landscape and cityscapes. He worked in oil, charcoal, pastel, and watercolor. His work reflects daily life and experiences, much of it in Santa Barbara. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,200
Lot 735		Joseph R. Areno. Cliff's Edge - Elwood - Santa Barbara. Oil on panel, 11 x 14 in. Signed at lower right. Framed to an overall size of 17¾ x 20½ in. Joseph R. Areno (1950-2006) was born in Montreal and studied in schools and studios in Montreal, Paris, New York and Santa Barbara. He is known for figurative life drawing and painting, portraiture, landscape and cityscapes. He worked in oil, charcoal, pastel, and watercolor. His work reflects daily life and experiences, much of it in Santa Barbara. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 736		Jean Rigaud. Table Still Life. Oil on canvas, 17½"x 9¾", signed and dated (1955) at lower left. Still life of oysters, five on a black plate and one on the green table. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 737		Jean Rigaud. Still Life With Garlic. Oil on canvas, 17¾"x10½", signed and dated (1955) at upper right. Frame size: 21"x13½". Depicting four cloves of garlic against a black background. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 738		Harpo Marx. Peasants. Oil on board, 23½ x 17½ in., signed "Harpo '62" at lower right. While one woman grinds maize by hand, a woman with a long black pigtail, wearing a red skirt, squats with her back to the front, facing a dilapidated building surrounded by long grasses. Harpo Marx (1888-1964) was one of the famous Marx Brothers, best known for his red wig, playing the harp, and never speaking during performances. He also loved to paint. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,320
Lot 739		Speck, Gene. The Barn on the Hill. Oil on board, 9" x 14". Born in 1936 in South Dakota, this is typical of Speck's paintings: a scene from the Great Plains that he saw as a child. Superb conditon and framed to an overall size of: 19½" x 14½". Estimated Value $700 - 900. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate accquired at Latman Art Galleries, Carmel by the Sea, CA. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $408
Lot 740		Post, Charles Johnson. (Wounded Soldier and Three Soldiers - Unfinished Sketch). Two watercolors: One of a wounded soldier, 11¾ x 9 in., signed at lower center, matted and framed to an overall size of 19¾ x 17 in.; the second is of three soldiers going up a hill (San Juan Hill?), with unfinished background, 11 x 10½ in., signed at lower right, matted and framed to an overall size of 19 x 18½ in. Both are scenes from the Spanish American War. Accompanied by the July 7, 1958 issue of LIFE magazine which has an article on Post. p 52-61. Charles Johnson Post was born in 1873 in New York City. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City under John Twachtman, Kenyon Cox, J. Carroll Beckwith, and Harper Pennington. Post enlisted as a private in 1898 with the 71st New York Infantry, U.S.V., which served with a regiment of the Fifth Army Corps. Post served as an illustrator for the Army and contributed a series of sketches from the Spanish American War in and around Siboney, Cuba in 1898. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 741		Charlotte Seay. Clown. Mixed media portrait of a sad clown by Texas artist Charlotte Seay, 9 7/8"x13½", signed at lower right. Housed in a 19¾"x23½" gold gilt frame. Estimated Value $500 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 742		English Minitures on Ivory. Indentified as R.H.V… Walpole, his Father, Mother and Brothers (born 6-12-1800). Each framed in copper, matted and all in one frame (12" x 7½"). Estimated Value $500 - 600. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate. Purchased at White & Dalton, Exhibition Gallery, London in the 1960's. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 743		Unknown. Clown. Oil on canvas, 9"x11". Portrait of a clown, framed to 16½ x 19". It is possible, but not confirmed, that famed comedian Red Skelton, who was known for his clown paintings, painted this piece and gifted it to William Boyd (who played Hopalong Cassidy). Skelton often did not sign his paintings but he was a close friend and neighbor of Mr. Boyd, to whom this painting belonged. Estimated Value $400 - 600. From the William Boyd Estate. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 744		Blasnavski. Landscape With Dancing Children. Primative (naive) painting with parents and children standing in and walking towards a gazebo, 17½x20"; framed to 26½"x24". By Polish artist Blasnavski (1920 -). Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 745		Barto Oil Painting. Oil on canvas, 11 1/3"x 24", framed to 17½"x 30". Depicting a European street scene. Estimated Value $300 - 400. From the William Boyd Estate. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 746		Jesse Sutherland. Oil on canvas, 23½"x17", in a 29"x 23" frame. A lovely mountain, tree, and floral desert scene set at dusk, painted mostly in pastel colors. Sutherland's paintings have been on exhibit and for sale for several years at the Desert Art Center in Palm Springs. Estimated Value $300 - 400. From theWilliam Boyd Estate. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 747		HB. (Polish Miniature Oil on Board). Hand-painted with artist's monogram, 1975. 4 x 3¾ in. in a custom wooden frame; overall size: 7 x 6¾ in. Depicts a soldier of the 1st Mounted Rifle Regiment, 1807-1814. Description in Polish on the back. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details	Unsold
Lot 748		Japanese Antique Glaze Tile. 4½ x 2" tile, depicting three figures. Housed in an elaborate wooden frame. Estimated Value $200 - 300. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 749		Glazier, N. Walrus Bull. Oil on board 19¾ x 15½", framed to 31¼ x 27". Signed at upper right. An enormous walrus bull looms in the frame. One of his tusks is broken, probably from fighting with other bull walruses. The intricacies of his coat are vividly displayed. The artist lives in Nevada where she can observe wildlife first hand. Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000. Ex Beverly Hills Gallery, 1974. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 750		Adams, Ansel. White Post and Spandrel. Gelatin Silver Photograph. Full signature in pencil beneath lower right edge. Negative Date: 1953, printed by Ansel Adams, 1974. Edition Number: #24/110. Print Size: 19½ x 14 inches. Mount Size: 29 x 23 inches. From Portfolio VI, plate 7. Identified VI-7 24/110 in pencil mount recto, left lower margin. "Ansel Adams / Portfolio VI" stamp mount verso. Complete with Certificate of Authenticity #022060 from The Ansel Adams Gallery. Late in his life, Adams felt he had been unfairly pidgeon-holed as a nature photographer, and produced Portfolio VI in response. White Post and Spandrel, an image made in the ghost town of Columbia, California is a stark example of a body of work of architectural detail. Estimated Value $3,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 751		Weston, Brett. Untitled Succulent. Gelatin Silver Photograph. Full signature and date (1967) in pencil at lower right edge of mount. Print Size: 9½ x 7 5/8 inches. Mount Size: 15 x 13¼ inches. Weston (1911-1993) was the second son of famed photographer Edward Weston; called "the child genius of American photography." His first one-man museum retrospective was at the De Young Museum in San Francisco in January, 1932. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $554
Lot 752		Yaacov Agam. Untitled. Serigraph, artist's proof, hand signed in pencil at lower right and "E.A." in pencil at lower left. 11¾ x 25½ in. Matted and framed to 17½ x 30¾ in. Yaacov Agam (1928 -) is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist best known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 753		Picasso, Pablo. La Ronde II. Color lithograph, 25¾ x 20 in., 1959, signed and dated in the plate: Picasso 2.7.59. Matted and framed to an overall size of 31 x 24½ in. People of different races hold hands and dance around the dove of peace. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 754		Picasso, Pablo. 60 Years of Graphic Works. Color lithograph poster in 12 colors created for a Los Angeles City Museum of Art exhibition, signed in the plate at lower right and dated 28.6.66 at lower left. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. 24 x 20 in, matted and framed to an overall size of 29 20¼ in. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 755		Rembrandt van Rijn. Saint Jerome Praying. Etching signed and dated in the plate: "Rembrant fv 1632." 4 x 3 in. (108 x 81 mm). BB21-B. Arched print H-94. B101. B1-72. Triple matted and framed to an overall size of 11½ x 10¼ in. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $630
Lot 756		Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn. The Adoration of the Shepherds, A Night Piece. Etching, on fine laid paper, c. 1652, 5 7/8 x 7 5/8 inches, on 6¾ x 8¾ in. sheet. Matted and framed to 12¼ x 14¼ in. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 757		Erté. The Nile. Silkscreen on silk with embossed foil stamping, signed at lower left. 35½ x 35 in. Matted and framed to 42 x 41½. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 758		John Pine (1690-1756). [The Spanish Armada Entering the English Channel, 1588]. Plate VI from Pine's The Tapestry Hangings of the House of lords Representing the several Engagements between the English and Spanish Fleets, in the ever memorable Year 1588…London: John Pine, 24 June 1739. Drawn by Clement Lemprière, engraved and published by Pine. Engraved plate printed in blue, within a decorative border drawn printed from a second plate. Plate size: 14¾ x 23¾ in. Matted and framed to 23½ x 33½ in. Very good condition; not examined out of frame. The print shows the Spanish Armada anchored off Dover, with the English blocking their retreat. In the decorative border are eight roundel portraits of the English commanders. The depiction is from one of ten tapestries commissioned from the Dutch marine painter Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom by Lord Howard of Effingham in 1591 to commemorate the defeat of the Armada. Unfortunately, they were destroyed when the Houses of Parliament burned down in 1834, leaving Pine's book as the only record. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $630
Lot 759		Two English 19th Century Sailing Prints. Both by W.J. Huggins (1781-1845), British marine painter to his Majesty William IV. Consists of: "South Seas Whale Fishery" published January 1, 1825. Framed to an overall size of 26" x 32". Together with: "Ships of the General Steam Navigation Company with her Majesty's Mail," leaving from the port of Hamburg. Published 1842. Framed to an overall size of 28" x 36½". Lot of 2 prints. Estimated Value $500 - 700. From a Gentleman in Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 760		Set of 3 English 19th Century Nautical Prints. Consists of 3 framed prints as follows: "Steam Frigate Cyclops" dedicated to Sir Wm Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy by his obedient & humble servants. Framed to an overall size of 23" x 30.5". "Clipper Ship Shannon 1450 Tons", engraved by E. Duncan. Framed to an overall size of 26" x 32". "The View of the River & Shipping at Limehoute". Artist: Robert Dodd (1748-1815). Framed to an overall size of 27.5" x 36.5". Lot of 3 prints. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 761		Stern, Bert. Marilyn Monroe "Avant Garde". Serigraph from Bert Stern's "The Last Sitting," 11½ x 11 in. Image was the cover for "Avant Garde, II" magazine, which debuted a portfolio of pop-art photo serigraphs after Stern's "Last Sitting" photographs. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 762		Kuzel, Wolfgang. Exotic Car Poster Collection. Collection includes: a Mercedes 300SL, 31 x 23½ in.; a Lamborghini Countach LP 500 S, 23¾ x 31½ in.; a Bentley (UE 7710), 25½ x 23½ in.; a Rolls Royce (EXW 77), 21½ x 23½; and a BMW Turbo Experimental, 31½ x 23½ in. The Lamborghini and the BMW are red; the other three are shades of blue and silver. Each piece is handsigned by the artist. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 763		Two English 19th Century Nautical Prints. Both by Samuel Walters (1811-1882) known as the "Aristocrat of the 19th Century British Marine Painters." "The Independence" No. 181, and "The Roscoe" No. 182. Each framed to an overall size of 27" x 36" . Lot of 2 prints. Estimated Value $400 - 500. From a Gentleman in Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 764		Lalande, Jacques - "Sunning" (1921-present). French lithograph #34/250. Endearing children playing seaside. Beautifully framed to an overall size of: 27½" x 33". Estimated Value $200 - 300. From a gentleman in Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 765		Lindner, Richard. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. 1968 poster created from an ink and watercolor drawing for the production of the Bertold Brecht play by the Minnesota Theatre Company at The Guthrie Theater. 30 x 20 in. Very colorful; some fading. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 766		Barraud, W. & H. Mr. Charles Davis On 'The Traverser'. London: published by James Sheldon, engraved by Edward Hacker. Plate size: 19 x 21¾ in. Matted to 26¾ x 32 in. Fox hunt print dedicated to the Earl of Bessborough. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 767		Abrecht Dürer. The Patron Saints of Austria. Woodcut, 1515, Bartsch 116, 7 1/8 x 14½ in. Fine, clear impression with titles and added text. Originally the block contained only six saints: Quirinus, Maximilian, Florian, Severinus, Coloman and Leopold. The two saints at right, Otto and Poppo, were probably added in 1517 by Dürer's student, Hans Springinklee. Ther are a couple of small spots at top margin. Matted and framed to an overall size of 16½ x 22½ in. Not examined out of frame. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $504
Lot 768		Matisse, Henri. Détail du Projet Pour la Grande Vièrge de la Chapelle de Vence. Lithograph poster for the Musée d'esquisses de l'art monumental, Arkiv för dekorativ konst Université de Lund Suède, 39 x 27 in., c. 1948-51. Numerous small holes at right center margin, not touching the Virgin and Child. Matisse designed the Chapelle de Vence for the Dominican nuns who took care of him during his later years. Estimated Value $200 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 769		*Hand Illumined Manuscript Page, c. Early 1800s.* 14 x 8 in., matted and framed to 21½ x 14½ in. Portraying the Persians fighting the Mongols. Script refers to Kubla Khan attacking Baghdad, Tabriz and Hamedan. Handcrafted paper. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $432
Lot 770		Miro, Joan. Miro Cartons. Color lithograph poster for his exhibition at the Galerie Maeght in 1965, 25 15/16 x 18 13/16 in. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 771		Audubon, John Woodhouse. Neotoma Drummondii, Rich. Rocky Mountain Neotoma. No. 6, Plate XXIX.From the The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, marked "Lith. Printed & Col'd. by J.T. Bowen, Phila, 1843". 19" x 25" (visible), matted and nicely framed to 25.5" x 31.5". The pair of neotomas shown in actual size. A small blue "E.D.S. Library/Peabody" stamp is unobtrusively located at the lower edge of the print. Minor areas of toning (possible damp staining) are seen at the borders, not affecting the image. With the help of his son, John Woodhouse Audubon, John James Audubon began to document and paint the mammals of North America in 1839. When John James' health declined in 1846, John Woodhouse took over the project. Rev. John Bachman researched and described each species and J.T. Bowen produced the lithographs, which were then hand-painted. Several mid-19th century editions were published. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold