Decorative Arts & Collectables 10 31, 2020 View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1001-1081 of 1081. Previous|1...4567891011|Next1234567891011 Image Lot # Item Title Quantity Time Left Your Bids 1000 J. PAUL GETTY/ETHEL LE VANE: "Collector's Choice:The Chronicle of an Artistic Odyssey through Europe". [W.H.Allen, London, first edition, 1955]. Inscribed (in Le Vane's hand) on title page "To Michael Pochna (Getty employee), with the best wishes of Ethel Le Vane" and also SIGNED BY GETTY "J. Paul Getty, Dec. 1955"; 360pp hardbound with red cloth boards, photographic illustrations within. Rare presentation copy of this book by the enigmatic tycoon and collector. Estimate$250 - $350StatusCLOSED! View details 1001 MARC CHAGALL: "Ausstellung 1959 - Hamburg, Munich, Paris" Catalogue of the 1959 travelling exhibition of Chagall's work:- Hamburg, Feb. 6 - Mar. 22, Munich, Apr.7 - May 31 and Paris, Jun.14 - Sep. 30; SIGNED BY CHAGALL in full in graphite on title page; square octavo with 109 leaves of black & white or colour plates of artwork featured in the exhibition. Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 1002 OSKAR KOKOSCHKA - Marlborough-Gerson Gallery (New York), Exhibition Catalogue. Illustrated stiff card covers with Kokoschka's 1966 self-portrait on the front cover with KOKOSCHKA'S INSCRIPTION "Oskar Kokoschka, 23.X.66, New York" alongside, profusely illustrated with colour and black & white plates, catalogue essay by E.H. Gombrich; small quarto, 133pp. Rare catalogue, inscribed by the great Austrian expressionist and master of modernism. Estimate$600 - $800StatusCLOSED! View details 1003 VICTOR VASARELY - Four Volume Presentation Set [Galerie du Griffon, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1969, 1971, 1974 & 1979]. Magnificent set of books on the Optical Art master of the 20th century. Volume 3 three inscribed "To Dean Allen Austill in appreciation for your kind invitation - Vasarely" plus a loosely enclosed 1984 press release for Vaserely to deliver a lecture at the New School for Social Research, New York, Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 1004 "ART OF THE SIXTIES" (Kunst Der Sechziger Jahre) - PETER LUDWIG, ANDY WARHOL, et al. [Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Koln, 4th edition, 1970]. Bilingual publication comprising 170 leaves each interleaved with glassine transparencies, and with tipped-in colour plates, featuring some of the greatest pop and modern artists of the period. Quarto, flexible plastic binding with metal rivets. Estimate$250 - $350StatusCLOSED! View details 1005 RUGS & CARPETS: selection with hardbound titles comprising "Oriental Carpets" by Schurmann, "World Rugs & Carpets - Comprehensive Guide to the Design, Provenance and Buying of Carpets" edited by David Black, "Oriental Carpets in the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin" by Spuhler, "Caucasian Rugs of Yesterday" by Fokker; also softbound "Rugs & Carpets from Central Asia - the Russian Collections" by Tzareva. (5 items). 5 Estimate$60 - $80Price Realized$30StatusSold View details 1006 ANDY WARHOL - "Films and Paintings". [Peter Gidal, Studio Vista, 1971] Octavo, pictorial dustjacket, illustrated, 160pp. The very scarce hardbound edition. Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 1007 "HENRY MOORE IN AMERICA" - Artist signed. [Henry Seldis, Praeger Publishers, New York in association with Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973]. First edition with gilt lettered black cloth boards and illustrated dust jacket, SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY HENRY MOORE, black & white illustrations; quarto 283pp, hardbound. Estimate$120 - $160Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 1008 HENRY MILLER - "Grandeur Nature". [Gallimard Publishers, Paris,1975]. Illustrated dust jacket, showing portrait of Miller by esteemed photographer Brassai, SIGNED INSCRIPTION BY BRASSAI on the half title page - "Pour Baby et Marion Sulzberger, bien amicalement, Brassai. Paris, le 29 dec 1975", features 16 crisp photogravure illustrations of people and places from Miller's life in Paris; octavo 264pp, softbound with stiff card covers. LIMITED EDITION OF 25 COPIES. Estimate$500 - $750StatusCLOSED! View details 1009 GROSS, Chaim (1909-1991) "A Retrospective", [Lowe Art Museum, New York, 1977]. Featuring tapestries, watercolours, drawings and lithographs. Signed and inscribed on the title page "To Bob Raphael - best wishes Chaim Gross", with small SELF PORTRAIT in pencil; quarto, 46pp, softbound. Estimate$100 - $200StatusCLOSED! View details 1010 ANDY WARHOL - "Portrait of the 70s". [Random House, editor David Whitney, first edition, 1979]. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art (Nov. 20, 1979 to Jan.27, 1980), SIGNED BY WARHOL on title page, illustrated in colour with reproductions of the painted photographs of celebrities for which Warhol is best known; with an essay by Robert Rosenblum; square quarto, illustrated stiff card covers, 141pp. Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 1011 ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG WERKE - "STAATLICHE KUNSTHALLE, BERLIN" (1980) Substantial exhibition calatalogue, boldly SIGNED BY RAUSCHENBERG in black marker on inside front cover, extensively illustrated; 379pp softbound. Estimate$400 - $600StatusCLOSED! View details 1012 BRUCE WEBER - "O RIO DE JANEIRO" (Photographic Journal). [Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1986]. Fully illustrated photo-book with several fold-out plates, folio format. One of the great photo-books of the twentieth century featuring voyeuristic images of the fashionable youth of Rio set against the sun kissed backdrop of the tropical metropolis. Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$450StatusSold View details 1013 RITA GALLE - "CORIANDOLI" Oblong folio housed in slip case, with eight watercolour reproductions, plus original SIGNED ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR BY GALLE, poems by Lorenzo Perrone, numbered #89 of limited edition of 125 copies, signed by artist and poet. Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! View details 1014 BLAIS,Jean-Charles "De Memoire", [Franck Bordas, Paris, 1995]. Artist's book consisting of seven lithographed folding sheets by Blais, octavo (21 x 16cm), housed within folder and slipcase; limited edition of 125 copies, signed and numbered on the colophon. Estimate$600 - $800StatusCLOSED! View details 1015 "THE VANISHING BORDER: A Retrospective of China and Hong Kong through Maps" published by Credit Lyonnais Securities (Asia) Ltd. [Hong Kong, 1997], limited edition of 3000 copies, embossed yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering and blue thread binding, in original slip case, inscribed and endorsed by Jodie Allison (Project Manager) Estimate$60 - $80Price Realized$280StatusSold View details 1016 DAMIEN HIRST/GORDON BURN: "On the Way to Work". [Faber & Faber, first edition, 2001] hardbound with original silver papered boards showing geometric design to upper board, in original protected dust jacket, SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY HIRST; fully illustrated in colour and black & white, 232pp. Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 1017 CLINTON, Bill. My Life [New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 2004], First edition, octavo, gilt-lettered boards in original dustjacket. With photographs. Signed by Bill Clinton to the title page. Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 1018 ED RUSCHA - "Make New History". Objet d'art designed by Ruscha to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, consisting of approximately 600 plain white leaves with block text "MAKE", "NEW" & "HISTORY" on the three sides of the sheet edges, hardbound with grey cloth boards, SIGNED BY RUSCHA on the colophon page. Limited edition of 1,000 copies, only distributed to attendees at the anniversary gala; includes the original custom printed cardboard box. Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! View details 1019 POSTCARDS & PHOTOGRAPHS: selection in album with 12 WWI photographs of Australian Troops on the Western Front some showing religious services/parades, two showing athletic events; postcards with European views of Brussels, Marseilles, Paris, Gibraltar, plus a few South African cards. (88) Estimate$100 - $140Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 1020 POSTCARDS: Zoo animals, Australian real photo, ships etc (59 cards) 59 Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 1021 TITANIC White Star Line postcard, commercially used with reference to an acquaintance that went down with the ship; together with a bound volume of the London Illustrated News with exposé on the Titanic disaster, (2 items), 2 Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 1022 Cuban 1881 International Exposition meat platter, English transfer porcelain, 43cm across Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$50StatusSold View details 1023 1900 PARIS EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE: Bronze medal by Chaplain, (63mm) awarded to Cornelius Reitsammer. Superb condition. Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 1024 1900 Exposition Universelle de Paris: Postcard & Trade Card collection in album; mainly chromo-lithographic types with advertisements on reverse. Noted Liebig, Maison Paul Mairesse, Grands Magasins du Musee de Cluny, H. Gatinois, Pygmalion Nouveautes, Creme Express, Ch. Jux Confiseur, Perles du Japon, Biscuits Ninot & Bastide, Societe Anonyme Le Grand Credit Parisien, Le Chocolat Lombart, etc. (225+) Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 1025 1925 PARIS EXPOSITION DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNES bronze plaque by Ray Martin in rare original case of issue. Superb condition. Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 1026 The 1925 International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts: A collection of the superb real-photo postcards issued by A.N.Paris. Includes night scenes and a few hand-coloured versions. All different. (157).The International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts (French: L'Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes) was a World's Fair held in Paris, from April to October 1925. The term "Art Deco" was derived by shortening the words Ar... Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 1027 "COMEDIAN HARMONISTS SINGEN NUR FUR ODEON" poster by Friedel, 70 x 93cm. Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 1028 [TRAVEL POSTER] Walter MAHRER GENEVA Switzerland circa 1949 offset lithograph Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! View details 1029 c.1950s evocative French magazine advertising cut-outs for Gillette Razors or for Gibbs Razor Blades, mounted on thin card, each overall 42x30cm. Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 1030 Circa 1960s travel "ENCHANTED BALI, Java Chine - Japan LIJN Line" with artwork by TYRA KLEEN, 85 x 57cm, frame 112 x 86cm overall Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 1031 c.1970-71 ART EXHIBITION POSTERS: comprising Gallery of Primitive Art "Ancient Aboriginal Rock Engravings", "Art from Bali" & African Art", Powell Street Gallery "Sepik Art" & "New Paintings" (Stephen Earle & Robin Wallace-Crabbe), Chapman Powell St. Gallery "The Tit & Toe Show" (Bob Jenyns sculpture), Age Gallery "Paint it Yourself Exhibition"; also 1984 Christine Berkman poster for "Women's Art Register" plus a small Labour Party political poster. (9 items) Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 1032 KEITH HARING [1958-90] "INTO 84" Exhibition poster for the Haring show at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York (Dec.83 - Jan.'84). 89 x 59cm.One of Haring's most iconic lithographic images, this piece features choreographer Bill T. Jones from a photograph by Tseng Kwong Chi. Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 1033 THE UNION OF BURMA: A collection of large-format black & white silver gelatin photographs, each with the violet handstamp of the Office of Instruction verso, circa 1950s, all approx. 37 x 29cm or 29 x 37cm. (27 items). Images include working elephants, making jewellery and handcrafts, temples and shrines, crowds at political rallies, dancers, etc. Estimate$400 - $600StatusCLOSED! View details 1034 Platform destination signed from Clifton Hill station in Melbourne, 20th century, 150cm high, 96cm wide, 30cm deep Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 1035 SYDNEY TRAMS engine plate "The Clyde Engineering Co. Ltd. Granville & Sydney, N.S.W.", painted cast iron, early 20th century, 19 x 18.5cm Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 1036 A VIC RAIL washstand, carved and turned oak, 19th century, stamped "V.R." with crown, 88cm high, 50cm wide, 46cm deep Estimate$600 - $800StatusUnsold View details 1037 Early 20th century scratch built 2" scale model of an Edward Morgan (Hamiton, New Zealand) steam traction engine built for Hamilton City Council, green livery with gold trim; front wheel diameter 16cm, rear wheel diameter 30cm, length 85cm, width 40cm, height 59cm, weight approximately 100kg. Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusCLOSED! View details 1038 BASSETT LOWKE live steam model of British GNR (Great Northern Railway) '4-4-2' Atlantic steam engine with 6-wheel tender, livery in green, 3½ inch gauge; length (with tender) 110cm, width 16.5cm, height 28cm, weight 25kg. Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Price Realized$2,300StatusSold View details 1039 20th Century 3" scale model of Chas. Burrell & Sons Ltd (Thetford, England) steam traction engine. Sturdy metal construction exhibiting quality workmanship, maroon livery with black, red & gold trim; front wheel diameter 27cm, rear wheel diameter 42cm, length 111cm, width 53cm, height 75cm, weight approximately 130kg. Estimate$10,000 - $12,000Price Realized$8,000StatusSold View details 1040 Set of antique dominoes, whalebone and ebony, 19th century, each tile 5cm high Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 1041 Set of antique ivory billiard balls in original mahogany box with green felt lining, 19th century, the box 20.5cm wide Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 1042 Four antique ivory billiard balls, 19th century, 4 Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 1043 A rare antique Continental treen ware card press with four box compartments, two removable porcelain scoreboards and pencils, plus antique cards, 19th century, 22cm high,29cm wide, 15cm deep Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 1044 An antique games box, coromandel, gilt metal and cabochon agate, interior fitted with red leather and blue silk compartments housing ebony and ivory counters and scoreboards plus antique playing cards, 19th century, 9.5cm high, 30cm wide, 19cm deep Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$450StatusSold View details 1045 A finely crafted two storey doll's house with dormer window, 20th century, 82cm high, 85cm wide, 62cm deep Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 1046 DOMINOES, whalebone and ebony in wooden case, 19th century, the case 18cm wide Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 1047 MARIKO MORI 1998 "STAR DOLL" - prepared for Parkett No.54 (International Art Magazine), unopened in superb condition with original box and packaging, limited edition numbered #48 (of 99) with CofA; box 32 x 15 x 8cm. Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! View details 1048 TOURTE violin bow with silver mounts, 19th century, stamped "TOURTE", 74cm long Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 1049 A ¾ size antique violin bearing the label "Jacobus Stainer", Bohemian, 19th century, in a period coffin case, 59cm long Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 1050 "AMPLION, The Worlds Standard Loud Speaker" vintage enamel sign, early 20th century, 76 x 50cm Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 1051 ELVIS PRESLEY: Attractive display featuring image of a seated Elvis aboard a train, demo 45rpm recording of "My Happiness" (Sun Records, 1953) and commemorative plaque for the "My Happiness" recording; stated to be a limited edition, numbered '438' of 500; framed and glazed. 88 x 45.5cm overall Estimate$120 - $160Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 1052 ELVIS PRESLEY: display with 78rpm recording of "Teddy Bear", replica poster for performance by Tupelo's Own "Elvis Presley"' and image of a young Elvis singing; framed & glazed, 52 x 60cm overall Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 1053 ELVIS PRESLEY: display featuring 1958 78rpm recording of "Elvis" LP (RCA Records) with album sleeve alongside, and USA 29c Elvis stamp plaque framed & glazed, 62.5 x 69cm overall Estimate$120 - $160Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 1054 ELVIS PRESLEY: attractive displays for Elvis 45rpm recordings "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel", In the Ghetto/I Can Dream", "Blue Suede Shoes/Tutti Frutti" and "All Shook Up/Teddy Bear"; all framed & glazed, each 47.5 x 55cm. (4 items) Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 1055 ROLLING STONES 45rpm picture disc "Brown Sugar" and "Bitch", Westminster Music Ltd. 1984 Promotone B.V. Estimate$30 - $50Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 1056 Gent's head portrait pipe, carved meerschaum and amber with silver collar in leather case, late 19th century, 14cm long Estimate$150 - $250StatusCLOSED! View details 1057 An antique hand-painted porcelain pipe bowl and a German long pipe with silver mounts (no mouthpiece), 19th century, (2 items), the German pipe 69cm long 2 Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 1058 An antique German pipe, silver, meerschaum, wood, brass and horn, engraved "1827", 50cm long Estimate$150 - $250StatusCLOSED! View details 1059 An Austro-Hungarian horse head carved meerschaum pipe in plush fitted box marked "C.K. WIEN" with royal crest, 19th century, 13cm long Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 1060 An antique English corkscrew with crown patent, whalebone, bristle, brass and steel with ratchet mechanism, 19th century, 19cm high Estimate$400 - $600StatusCLOSED! View details 1061 A can can dancer's leg pipe, carved meerschaum, timber and amber in original leather case, 19th century, 13cm long Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 1062 An antique English corkscrew with applied coat of arms, whalebone, bristle, brass and steel, 19th century, 17cm high Estimate$400 - $600StatusCLOSED! View details 1063 A Georgian corkscrew, whalebone, bristle and steel, 19th century, 15cm high Estimate$250 - $350StatusCLOSED! View details 1064 A horse and rider with dog carved meerschaum pipe with amber mouthpiece in fitted case, 19th century, 11cm long Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 1065 Ladies head pipe, carved meerschaum and amber with silver collar in leather case, late 19th century, 13.5cm long Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 1066 Two eagles claw pipes, carved meerschaum, amber and silver in leather cases, 19th century, 13cm and 14cm long 2 Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 1067 Three assorted meerschaum pipes, horses with rider, cherub, and a dog, two in fitted cases, 19th century, the largest 16.5cm long 3 Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 1068 Two pipes, one in the form of a revolver, the other an American civil war soldier, 19th and early 20th century, 12.5cm and 10cm long 2 Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 1069 Four assorted French portrait clay pipes, two in the form of an Ottomans heads, 19th century, the largest 8.5cm long 4 Estimate$150 - $250StatusCLOSED! View details 1070 Three assorted meerschaum pipes, late 19th and early 20th century, the largest 15cm long 3 Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 1071 Two antique pipes, timber with decorative silver mounts in fitted cases, late 19th and early 20th century, 16cm and 14cm long 2 Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 1072 Five assorted cigar holders, amber with gold and silver mounts, all in plush fitted cases, 19th century, the largest 7.5cm long 5 Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 1073 Three assorted antique pipes, meerschaum, silver and amber, all in plush fitted cases, 19th century, the largest 15cm long 3 Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 1074 Four novelty pipes, carved timber American Indian, lion, Chinese figures and a Boer war example engraved "DIYATALAWA, BOER CAMP", 19th and 20th century, the largest 16cm long 4 Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 1075 Two antique pipes, carved meerschaum in the of hands with amber mouth pieces, both in fitted cases, 19th century, 9.5cm and 10cm long 2 Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 1076 Three assorted carved meerschaum pipes in fitted cases, 19th century, the largest 11cm long 3 Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 1077 Eight assorted antique and vintage pipes including silver mounted, corn cobb, carved timber and horn, 19th and 20th century, the largest 14.5cm long 8 Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 1078 Antique silver pipe cleaner, silver and pearl shell opium pipe, a Chinese carved horn opium pipe and a silver cigar holder case, 19th century, the largest 15cm long 4 Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 1079 Five assorted pipes, carved timber, one in the form of a hand, 19th and 20th century, the largest 19.5cm long 5 Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 1080 CIGAR BOX LABELS: 1950s-60s cigar labels in two folders, many colourful lithographed types for brands including "Alhambra", "Alvarez Lopez", "Imperio Del Mundo", "Wascana" oval label showing native American Indian and tipis, superb large label (25.5x14.5cm) for "Jose Garcia Valle" showing river scene with caimans, etc; condition variable, mostly fine. 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