Sale of Bric-a-Brac, Antiques, Armor and Arms, Statuary, Etc. [cover] = Catalogue of Rare and Valuable Works of Art, such as Cloisonne-Enamel and Painted Porcelain Vases ...[tp]
New York: The Messrs. Leavitt, Auctioneers, 1876. Softcover. Tan paper wraps, 28 pp., 2 BW illus., kept in an archival folder. G (Booklet is housed in archival folder for protection; booklet has some edgewear and consistent aging on covers, and pages are relatively clean; terrific for its age.). Item #147479
Full title on tp: "Catalogue of Rare and Valuable Works of Art, such as Cloisonne-Enamel and Painted Porcelain Vases, Mammoth Vases of Lacquered Porcelain, Satsuma Ware, a Marie-Antoinette Table Made at Sevres, Etc. Etc., Ancient Pottery, from Cyprus, Nola, Egypt, and Peru, Fine Oriental Lacquers, Enamels, and Bronzes; a large collection of Medieval and Modern Armor and Arms; a number of Important Pieces of Marble Statuary, by Powers, Rogers, Miss Hosmer, Miss Stebbins, and other Eminent Artists, Etc. Etc." ISSUED in conjunction with a 1876 auction of 703 specific items. No illus. or expanded annotations for each entry, although there is a nice engraving of the building on the first text page and one of a vase on the cover. Included are 30 lots of Inca pottery obtained t Chimbote, Peru, by Mr. O. F. Nichols of Brooklyn.
Price: $60.00