Decorative Arts & Collectables 03 18, 2023 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 1-9 of 9. Previous|1|Next Image Lot # Item Title Quantity Time Left Your Bids 1494 [VIOLINISTS] Yehudi Menuhin, fine signature to the title page of his "Yehudi Menuhin Unfinished Journey" [London : MacDonald & Jane's; 1976] with dust jacket; and, Isaac Stern autographed label affixed to the blank front endpaper of his "Isaac Stern : My First 79 Years" [New York : Alfred A. Knopf; 1999] with dust jacket. (2 vols.) Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 1495 RICHARD OWEN (1804-1892) signature on single page note headed British Museum, fully signed Richard Owen, and addressed to his college Prof. Paul Gervais, April, 1872. Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 1496 QUEEN VICTORIA (1819 - 1901) "Victoria Reg" full ink signature in upper left corner of a partly printed military appointment; counter-signed by the Earl of Cranbrook (L. Gathorne Hardy) and with two embossed seals. The impressive document records the appointment of Charles Cecil Oates to a Lieutenant's Commission in the Land Forces, dated December 1874. Attractively mounted, framed & glazed together with a portrait of Queen Victoria & a plaque describing Victoria & her reign. Overall 64 x 86cm Estimate$2,000 - $2,500Price Realized$1,700StatusSold View details 1497 JULES MASSENET (1842-1912), undated autographed letter sheet, circa 1900, addressed to a friend, fully signed. Massenet composed more than 30 operas, of which the two most frequently staged today are "Manon" (1884) and "Werther" (1892). Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 1498 RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste (1841 - 1919). Autographed letter, signed "Renoir" and dated August 7, 1901; single sheet (200 x 125mm) written entirely in Renoir's hand to an unidentified friend ("Cher ami"); the artist apologizes for not having been able to attend the funeral of his friend's loved one, "Despite a bad attack of rheumatism for the last few days I had been hoping, nonetheless, to be near to you during your sad ceremony. But at the same time my wife had a third boy. Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Price Realized$2,000StatusSold View details 1499 RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste (1841 - 1919) Autograph note, ink on single sheet (110 x 85mm); dated "Juedi" (without month or year) and signed at the foot "Renoir". Addressed to an unidentified woman, the artist writes to accept her invitation to dinner on the following Tuesday. He notes "I have a touch of the flu ("Grippe"), otherwise I would have stopped by to see you..", window mounted, framed and glazed together with a picture of the artist, overall 29 x 37cm. Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusCLOSED! View details 1500 RODIN, Francois Auguste Rene (1840 -1917), hand-written message on notepaper (175 x 120mm) dated "Paris 17 Mai 1912" and headed "77 Rue de Varenne"; signed at the foot "Aug. Rodin". Addressed to an unknown gentleman advising that Rodin would be delighted to receive at Rue de Varenne on the following Monday afternoon between 2 and 4 o'clock. Mounted, framed and glazed together with an original postcard of Rodin. Overall 33 x 39cm. Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 1501 ANATOLE FRANCE (1844-1944), autograph letter sheet headed La Bechellerie, addressed to "Cher Poete", dated 9th June, 1915. France is sending his praises for a work, titled "Mystery of Deliverance" that his friend has sent him for comment. "It is a work of art.....I admire and love you." Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 1502 DACRE SMYTH: autographs on large quantity of philatelic items, mostly first day covers; all are clear signatures. (650 items) Estimate$60 - $80Price Realized$60StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next
