ESTATE AUCTION. STERLING SILVER. KPM. MEISSEN. DRESDEN. . VIENNA BRONZES. FINE ART & FURNISHINGS

ESTATE AUCTION. THE ESTATE OF ELFRIEDE LITTMAN, ALGONAC, THE WARREN DELANO PROPERTY (GRANDFATHER OF FDR), BALMVILLE, NEW YORK AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WEISSMAN LIFETIME COLLECTION OF STERLING SILVER, KPM PLAQUES, DRESDEN AND MEISSEN FIGURES AND PORCELAIN. 

SAT. JAN 15TH 2 PM

EXHIB. FRI. JAN. 14TH 12 NOON-3PM & DAY OF SALE 12 NOON.

179 TEMPLE HILL ROAD NEW WINDSOR NY 12553

FINE FRENCH, ITALIAN , ENGLISH PERIOD  FURNISHINGS  Pr. of Federal period carved gilt mirrors; 19TH C.  ornate French Trumeau mirror; pr. of French Neo-classical bronze mirrors; French mahogany server ormolu bronze mounted and with marble top;  pr. of  French ormolu mounted fruitwood chairs; French ornate gilt stand; sandalwood stepped cabinet with brass hardware; French ormolu mounted ladies desk;  19th C. Italian Renaissance carved walnut chair; pr. of French Empire mahogany chairs; antique carved china closet; pr. of Victorian mahogany ottomans; antique mahogany curio cabinet and several other display cabinets and table; Chippendale style mahogany pie crust table;  English inlaid mahogany table; unusual Victorian wicker hooded love seat with custom cushion;20TH c. Moroccan style mother of pearl inlaid mirror;  Hollywood Regency plant stands (4);  Hollywood Regency coffee table, glass top; Fancy Art Deco brass and chrome plated bed; American folk art painted low table; painted golfing tables; McKenzie Childs 3 tier porcelain table top sweet stand; several examples of lacquered furniture of quality to include trunks, server etc KPM. MEISSEN. DRESDEN : KPM paintings on porcelain plaques to include classical woman and lion; young man sgd. Max; classical scene sgd. A. John, others. KPM figure sgd. Julius. ; Geisha girl etc.; Meissen groupings including a monumental Neptune grouping, 18”H. x 22”L; Lovers Playing Music; Baroque Lovers; Birth of Venus; Lovers with Dogs; Lovers Under a Tree and many others. Meissen 18th C. covered jar. German figure of Hephaestus. Dresden figures. STERLING SILVER OF NOTE: Heavy multi branched ornate and repoussed candelabra; 19th C. warming pot; compotes; basket ; creamer; French sterling gravy boat/ladle/undertray; trays; collection of sterling miniatures to include settee, chaises, chairs, tables, tea set ; Twenty-Seven German 800 silver enameled spoons.  AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PAINTINGS: Edward Alfred Cucuel;Gerzso; A. R. Penck; Edgar Payne; Everett Longley Warner; W, L. Metcalf;  Charles Dana Gibson watercolors (2) (From the Estate of Gibson) J. H. Bacon; Charles Vickery; E. Montoya; H. L. Redman; Phillip Lattard; Douglas Grant; M.W. Laughlin; J. P. Funt; Lucius W. Hitchcock; William T. Richards (attr. to); Kohner; Gustave Cherie; after Teniers; William H. Chandler pastels (2); Jason (Dutch winter scene); manner of Thomas Sully; Hans Knochl; several antique Hudson river landscapes of quality WORKS ON PAPER:  Hilair, Jansem, ORIENTALIA to include four Chinese watercolor panels, framed, 81” x 26”; 19th C. Chinese chinoiserie cabinet; Chinese Elmwood altar cabinet; carved teakwood stand; 19th C. gilt and lacquered mirror; Oriental shrine Chinese watercolor ancestral painting ; lacquered  & other garden seats; palace vases; fishbowls; carvings; jade figures and discs Chinese onyx and wood chess set. Japanese champlevé vases; Japanese cloisonné.

RARITIES: ILLUMINATED KORAN PRAYER BOOK PAGE , 13TH CENTURY (HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BY KARPELES MUSEUM, CALIF.) 1775 MAP OF L. I. AND NEW YORK; EARLY 19TH C. LOUIS 18TH DOCUMENT WITH HUGE WAX SEAL; 18TH C. BOOK SELECTION; M. CRETELLA BRONZE OF A NUDE (LARGE SIZE FOR THE SCULPTEUR); JEFFERSON DAVIS & HIS GENERALS , F. GUTTEKUNST (HUNG IN DAVIS HDQTRS.); JOAN MIRO POTTERY VASE. SIGNED ; ANCIENT ROMAN VESSEL 1ST-2ND C. A.D.; SADDAM HUSSEIN AND UDAY HUSSEIN PROPERTIES SEIZED IN A PALACE RAID WITH STATEMENT OF MILITARY PERSON WHO PARTICIPATED.

OTHER PROPERTIES:  Pr. of Tiffany favrile art glass bowls; Lalique dish; Hawke vase; Waterford; antique Russian bronze, sgd.; Collection of antique Vienna bronzes (some in unusual sizes);  Mettlach 1724 incised fireman's stein, Villeroy & Boch stein ;19th C. historical, Western and other American documents and letters; Civil War Epaulettes  (Ex. Harrisburg Coll.); Bettie Page negatives and photographs by Paula Klaw (Ex. Movie Star News Coll.); superb Manning & Bowman Art Deco building shaped  clock; Rosenthal 100 plus  pc. Dinner service , cobalt and gilt, best quality. Coll. Of African to include Benin and Ashanti masks, figures, shield etc.  Oceanic carved floor standing wood totem ; unusual Turkish shoe shine box; Vintage Henri Toulouse Lautrec poster, Maxfield Parrish prints;  two Blickensderfer typewriters, No. 5 and No. 7; vintage cameras; vintage watches.