November 10, 2011 Auction
    
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ESTATES OF EDGAR V. SEELER/EDGAR SEELER, JR./CAROL ISHIMOTO
  

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Lot 1 :
after JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (American, 1785-1851)
Chipping Squirrel: Hackee, No. 2, Plate VIIILith. Printed & Cold. J.T. Bowen, Phila.from Quadrupeds of North Americasheet size, 26.75 by 21.25 in., unframedEx: library of Edgar V. Seeler, Cambridge, MACondition: vivid color, some discoloration in margins  
Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Realized: $500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 2 :
after JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (American, 1785-1851)
Oregon Flying Squirrel, No. 3, Plate XVLith. Printed & Cold. J.T. Bowen, Phila.from Quadrupeds of North Americasheet size, 27 by 21.5 in., unframedEx: library of Edgar V. Seeler, Cambridge, MACondition: vivid color, dime size stain upper right near leaf, minor…  MORE
Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Realized: $375 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 3 :
after JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (American, 1785-1851)
Four-Striped Ground Squirrel, No. 5, Plate VIIILith. Printed & Cold. J.T. Bowen, Phila. 1843from Quadrupeds of North Americasheet size, 21.25 by 27 in., unframedEx: library of Edgar V. Seeler, Cambridge, MACondition: some foxing in lower margin, spot near gop edge  
Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Realized: $350 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 4 :
after JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (American, 1785-1851)
Common Flying Squirrel, No. 6, Plate XXVIIILith. Printed & Cold. J.T. Bowen, Phila. 1843from Quadrupeds of North Americasheet size, 27 by 21.25 in., unframedEx: library of Edgar V. Seeler, Cambridge, MACondition: vivid color, minor discoloration at edges  
Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Realized: $750 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 5 :
after JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (American, 1785-1851)
White Footed Mouse, No. 8, Plate XLLith. Printed & Cold. J.T. Bowen, Phila. 1844from Quadrupeds of North Americasheet size, 21.5 by 27 in., unframedEx: library of Edgar V. Seeler, Cambridge, MACondition: vivid color, bottom edge minor chips, spot in sky…  MORE
Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Realized: $375 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 6 :
after JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (American, 1785-1851)
Fox Squirel, No. 14, Plate LXVIILith. Printed & Cold. J.T. Bowen, Phila. 1845from Quadrapeds of North Americasheet size, 21.25 by 27 in., unframedEx: library of Edgar V. Seeler, Cambridge, MACondition: vivid color, band of discoloration bottom margin up to mid…  MORE
Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Realized: $1,200 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 7 :
after JOHN WOODHOUSE AUDUBON (American, 1812-1862)
Northern Meadow Mouse, No. 26, Plate CXXIV (V crossed out with X above)Lith., Printed & Col. by J.T. Bowen, Philad.1848from Quadrupeds of North Americasheet size, 21.25 by 27 in., unframedEx: library of Edgar V. Seeler, Cambridge, MACondition: vivid color, some…  MORE
Estimate: $600 - $800

Realized: $125 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 8 :
after JOHN WOODHOUSE AUDUBON (American, 1812-1862)
Richardson's Meadow Mouse, No. 27, Plate CXXXVLith., Printed & Col. by J.T. Bowen, Philad.from Quadrupeds of North Americasheet size, 21.25 by 27 in., unframedEx: library of Edgar V. Seeler, Cambridge, MACondition: vivid color; some discoloration at edges; 2 small tears…  MORE
Estimate: $600 - $800

Realized: $175 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 9 :
after JOHN WOODHOUSE AUDUBON (American, 1812-1862)
Severn River Flying Squirrel, Rocky Mountain Flying Squirrel, No. 29, Plate CXLXLIIILith., Printed & Col. by J.T. Bowen, Philad. 1845from Quadrupeds of North Americasheet size, 27 by 21.5 in., unframedEx: library of Edgar V. Seeler, Cambridge, MACondition: vivid color, lower…  MORE
Estimate: $600 - $800

Realized: $375 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 10 :
(approx. 35 plates) after JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (American, 1785-1851)
fascicles of The Birds of America, octavoNew York: J.J. Audubon, 86 White St., 1840, Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, 70 Dock St.all with blue paper covers w/ subscriber list on reverseNo.1, text 1-74, pl. 1-2-3-4-5 (cover torn); No. 2, pl. 6-7-8-9-10; No.3,…  MORE
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500

Realized: $2,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 11 :
PRINT: after JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (American, 1785-1851)
Black and White Creeper, No. 18 Plate 90 Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, Jan. 1830 impression size, 19.5 by 12.5 in., framed under glassCondition: not examined out of frame  
Estimate: $300 - $500

Realized: $650 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 12 :
attrib. JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (American, 1785-1851)
portrait of young girlwatercolor laid down on board, 16.4 by 13.5 in., framed, under glassold family handwritten label affixed to reverse: This portrait by John Jas. Audubon..Keep it carefully. E.V.S. (Seeler)From the estate of Edgar and Katherine Seeler, Cambridge, MAAudubon…  MORE
Estimate: $500 - $600

Realized: $550 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 13 :
PRINT: (on 14) BOTANY and BIRD
five 18th c. various hand colored plants;a falcon, 1790, London, by Nodder; and seven colored bird prints, (4) Gronwolds; also Bartlett's Village of Sing Sing  
Estimate: $100 - $200

Realized: $75 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 14 :
PRINT: 18/19TH C. ORNITHOLOGICAL
BLACK TAILED GODWIT, Summer & Winter Plumage, Plate XXIsgn. in plate..?, hand colored, 20 by 24.5 in., framed under glassProvenance: a Madison, New Jersey collector  
Estimate: $100 - $200

Realized: $50 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 15 :
PRINT/ORNITHOGICAL: (on 3)
Whip-poor-will Female, drawn from nature by A. Wilson, engraved by J. G. Warnicke, colored engraving, 13.5 by 10 in. (sight), matted, framed under glass;The Small Kingfisher of a Green and Orange color...the Bleru Lizard from the Island of Nevis, 245,…  MORE
Estimate: $100 - $200

Realized: $45 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 16 :
JAPANESE WATERCOLOR FOLDER (on 6)
each gilt edged card signed, mostly birdsFrom Mr. and Mrs. H. Hara to Mr. and Mrs. E.V. SeelerEstate of Carol Ishimoto, Cambridge, MA  
Estimate: $100 - $200

Realized: $125 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 16A :
PRINTS/JAPANESE/BIRDS: (on 9)
bird on branch Hiroshige; (2) birds by Kano; a small kingfisher, a and crane at sunset by Hokusai; an owl in pine bough; a kingfisher; a small stork; bird on branchEstate of Carol Ishimoto, Cambridge, MA  
Estimate: $150 - $200

Realized: $200 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 17 :
PRINT/18TH C.: (pair) after GIOVANNI BATTISTA FERRARI (Italian, 1584-1655)
LUMIA VALENTINA, plate 321hand colored copper plate engraving, impression 11.75 by 7.75 in.LIMON PONZINUS CHALCEDONIUS, plate 297hand colored copper plate engravings on paper, impression 12 by 8 in.both matted and framed under glass  
Estimate: $200 - $300

Realized: $475 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 18 :
PRINT: (pair) FRENCH, 18th c.
Marie Stuart S'Echappant du Chateau de Loch-lewen, plate II andMarie Stuart Marchant al la Morte, plate IVParis, hand colored engravings, image 9.25 by 11.5 in., French matting, framed under glass  
Estimate: $200 - $300

Realized: $50 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 19 :
PRINT: (pair) 18TH C. FLORAL PRINTS
after Pieter Casteels (Flemish, b. 1684)February and October, dated in margin 1730hand colored engraving, H. Fletcher 17 by 12.5 in. (sight), in Hogarth frames, under glass (overall foxing)Provenance: a Madison, New Jersey collector  
Estimate: $300 - $500

Realized: $625 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 20 :
PRINT: (on 2) MEZZOTINTS, 18TH C.
John Wilkes, Esq. after R.E. Pine; 14 by 10 in., the otherThe Lord Villiers and Lady Mary Villiers, 14.75 by 9.25 in.reverse prints on glass, both original framesManheim Gallery, New York labelEstate of a Madison, New Jersey collector  
Estimate: $300 - $500

Realized: $350 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 21 :
PRINT: (on 2) 17TH C.
CHARLES DE LA PORTE DUC DE LA MELLERAYE PAIR ET MARESCHAL DE FRANCE, CHEVALLIER DES ORD. DU ROYNantueil Sculpebat, Justus Pinxit (van Egmont) 1648impression 14.5 by 10.75 in.; andHENRY DE LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE VICOMTE DE TURENNENantueil Sculpebat, on left, Champaigne…  MORE
Estimate: $300 - $500

Realized: $175 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 22 :
PRINT/WOODBLOCK: HARTMANN SCHEDEL (Germany, 1440-1514)
Creation of AdamLiber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle); text by Hartmann Schedel, woodblock design by Michael Wohlgemuth, published by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493. 15 by 9.5 in., matted, framed under glassEx.: collection of Dr. Lloyd Hawes Condition: not examined out of the…  
Estimate: $300 - $500

Realized: $100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 23 :
PRINT/WOODCUT: HANS SCHOTTEN, Germany, 16th c.
(two images framed together)The Creation of Eve and title page of Concordanr...depicted around title, the Expulsion, Cain and Abel, the Sacrifice of Isaac, and Moses and the Brazen Serpent, Strasburg, 1524, each image 10 by 7 in.(sight), framed, under glassEx.:…  MORE
Estimate: $300 - $600

Realized: $50 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 24 :
PRINT/18TH C. : ITALIAN
The Temptation of Adamengraving, unknown artist, printed by Peter Mariette, Paris and Florence9 by 10 in., matted, framed under glassEx.: collection of Dr. Lloyd HawesCondition: not examined out of frame  
Estimate: $200 - $300

Realized: $100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 25 :
PRINT/WOODCUT: ANTON SORG, GERMAN (active 1475-1493)
from Menschlicher Behaltnis (Speculum humanae salavatorius); Augsburg, 1476depicting, the Lord God presents Eve to Adam; below, the Devil, in the form a winged and crowned angel with a serpent's tail, presents the fruit to Eve, with color8 by 5 in.,…  MORE
Estimate: $250 - $450

Realized: $100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 26 :
PRINT/WOODCUT: (on 2) MAINZ, 1492
from Chronik der Sachsen, depeicting Adam and Eve in the garden being spoken to by God in the form of an angel, 9.5 by 7 in. ; together witha framed facsimile of the same subject, 16th c. for comparison (two…  MORE
Estimate: $200 - $400

Realized: $90 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 27 :
PRINT/EARLY: (on 4)
The Touring Path sgn. and titled in plate Seymour Haden, also sgn. in pencil in margin, image 5.5 by 8.5 in.; along with two small old master portraits, one sgn. in plate A.Retaer? 1621; and a farmyard genre view, all…  MORE
Estimate: $100 - $200

Realized: $150 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 28 :
PRINT: ROSSINI, ITALIAN
ruins depicting classical architectural elementsengraving, l.l. Rossini, Roma 1826image 21 by 17 in., matted, framed under glass(folded horizontally, tears on left and right edge, stain upper right) 22 by 17.5 in. (sight)  
Estimate: $60 - $80

Realized: $80 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 29 :
PRINT: attrib. CONSTANT, JEAN-JOSEPH BENJAMIN (French, 1845-1902)
chained Far Eastern prisonerengraving, initialed l.l. in plate B.C.image 9.5 by 7.5 in., matted, framed under glassEx: Allan Forbes estate  
Estimate: $200 - $300

Realized: $60 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 30 :
PRINT: (on 12) RICHARDS, F. DE BOURG (American, 1822-1903)
Folio of Original Etchings by....Philadelphia, 1884sheet size 16.5 by 12 in., unframedpaper cover detached, some foxing and edge stainingEx: library of Edgar V. Seeler, Cambridge, MA  
Estimate: $100 - $200

Realized: $65 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 31 :
PRINT: 19TH C. GOLF
The DrivePAINTED BY DOUGLAS ADAMSLondon Published May 15th 1894 by Henry Graves & Co. 6. Pall Mall. s.w Copyright Registered. Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1894 by the British Art Publishers Union Ltd. New York. and…  MORE
Estimate: $200 - $300

Realized: $50 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 32 :
PRINT: MASONIC, 18th c.
KEEP WITHIN COMPASS AND YOU SHALL BE SURE, TO AVOID MANY TROUBLES WHICH OTHERS ENDURE-INDUSTRY PRODUCETH WEALTHprinted by Carrington Bowles, London, 1784hand colored print, 14 by 10 in., Hogarth frame, under glassThe Old Print Shop, New York label (some small…  MORE
Estimate: $150 - $250

Realized: $250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 33 :
PRINT: (pair) 18TH C.
The Pleasures of Skaiting, or A View In Winter, 310 andA Soft Tumble After A Hard Ride, 300 (minor tear in upper left)pub. Carrington Bowles, hand colored prints, 6 by 4.5 in., period frames, under glassEstate of a Madison, New…  MORE
Estimate: $80 - $120

Realized: $350 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 34 :
PRINT/19TH C.: QUEBEC
VIEW OF THE CITY OF QUEBEC Taken from the Rocks of Point Leviafter Geo Heriot and D. Post, engraved by J.C. Stadler, London,1805 engraving, image 12.25 by 19.5 in.; 14.75 by 21.75 (sight), Old Print Shop, NY labelframed under glass…  MORE
Estimate: $100 - $200

Realized: $650 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 35 :
PRINT: LOCOMOTIVE
THE HINKLEY LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, BOSTONC. H. CROSBY & CO. LITH, BOSTONsgn. by artist in plate l.l. D. Drummondcolored chromolithograph, 17.5 by 27.5 in., shrink wrapped (slight edge browning, staining in field)  
Estimate: $200 - $300

Realized: $650 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 36 :
PRINTS/AMERICAN: 20TH C. (on 5)
A. Adel, The Oyster Shacks and Provincetown Fishermen; litho by Ruth Sutton, Evening at Long Pond, Nantucket; S. Wilson, Family Tree; another of ship dated 1924, sgn. ?; all unframedEx: library of Edgar V. Seeler, Cambridge, MA  
Estimate: $150 - $250

Realized: $150 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 37 :
PRINT: HASSAM, CHILDE (American, 1859-1935)
Home Sweet Home Cottage #2 initialed and dated l.r. in plate East Hampton 1923, CHalso sgn. in margin and imp original etching proof, image 6 by 9 in., framed, under glassF. Kappel & Co. label on reverse with title and…  MORE
Estimate: $600 - $800

Realized: $900 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 38 :
PRINT: KEARNS, JAMES JOSEPH (American, b. 1924)
portfolio of artist proofs titled: THE PERFORMERS, A SERIES OF (12) ETCHING BY AMES KEARNS, each signed and titled by the artist, WITH AN IMPRESSION BY JOHN CIARDI...limited to fifty numbered portfolios and ten artist proofsPhiladelphia: C. Hunsbergerimage size, 8.75…  MORE
Estimate: $400 - $800

Realized: $90 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 39 :
PRINT/FOLIO: DENT PROMPT, CHAR and ERNST
Rene Char and Max Ernstboxed folio of (10) colored lithographsCopyright Au Pont des Arts, Galerie Lucie Weill, 1969the frontpiece Exempler 95, signed in pencil by Char and ErnstEstate of Mimi Houghton, Beacon Hill, Boston(slip case weak, torn at hinge and…  MORE
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Realized: $600 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 40 :
PRINTS/FOLIO: (on 13) AMERICAN 20TH C.
Famous American Paintings, Living American Art, 1939seven of eight in original printed folder with explanation insert inc. Bellows, Brook, Burchfield, Dehn, Eakins, Homer, Inness, Whorf; along withsix prints from another folioEx: library of Edgar V. Seeler, Cambridge, MA  
Estimate: $60 - $90

Realized: $10 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 41 :
PRINT/20TH C.: BUHOT, FELIX (French, 1847-1898)
Cavalier Bronze, Japonisme, 1883verso: title, Buhotetching, image 9.5 by 6.25 in., unframed, mattedEstate of Carol Ishimoto, Cambridge, MA  
Estimate: $250 - $450

Realized: $250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 42 :
PRINT/20TH C.: (on 2) BENSEN, FRANK W and TUTTLE, H.E.
Dawn, sgn. l.l. in pencil Frank W. BensenPrint Club Publication No. 5, Special Publication for 1928, Gift to the members of The Print Club (Cleveland, Ohio) from the Artistetching, image 7 by 9.75 in.; along with Eight Copper, artist proof,…  MORE
Estimate: $100 - $200

Realized: $250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 43 :
WALT DISNEY: (on 2)
pencil and crayon drawing Bunny from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfscopyright Walt Disney Productions, paper 10 by 12 in., small image with age discolorationDoll and Richards, Boston label; along with a colored print of sleeping bunnies Estate of Carol…  MORE
Estimate: $80 - $100

Realized: $50 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 44 :
PRINT: BROWNSCOMBE, JENNIE (American, 1850-1936)
The Porchl.l. painted by Jennie Brownscombel.r. etched by F W Freer, sgn. by both in plateprint, 22 by 32 in. (sight), matted, under glass; good Victorian carved oak frame(acid stripe down middle)  
Estimate: $150 - $250

Realized: $80 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 45 :
( on 2) PENNELL, JOSEPH (American, 1857-1926)
Italian landscape pen and ink drawingsTrevi, Oct. 1884, sgn. and titled in margin, 5.5 by 12.5 in. (sight)Lessina, May 8th, 1894, sgn and titled in margin, 10 by 13 in. (sight)  
Estimate: $100 - $200

Realized: $110 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 46 :
PRINT: HOMER, WINSLOW (American, 1836-1910)
The Lookout 'Alls Well' by Winslow Homeroriginal owned by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, issued by the Hamburg-American Line, Pub. John A Lowell Bank Note Company Boston, USA Copyright 1906, remarque in lower left of steamship, overall, 27 by…  MORE
Estimate: $200 - $400

Realized: $225 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 47 :
PRINTS: WATANABE, SADAO (Japanese, 1913-1996)
bound limited edition of (6) colored prints, 198/200, 1975 (kpappazuri, stencil printing)From the estate of Carol Ishimoto, Cambridge, MA, a relation of the artist by marriage.Watanabe is one of Japan's most successful artists of the 20th c. Becoming ill with…  MORE
Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Realized: $475 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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