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American dance orchestra signs, in original wooden case
United States: late nineteenth century. Six wooden signs, measuring 2 x 12.25 inches, hand-painted in crimson and green on both sides, with wire loops for hanging; string cords (likely renewed). Housed in original hinged and fitted wooden carrying case, measuring 3.5 x 3 x 12.75 inches, hand-painted in crimson and.....
Price: $1,600.00
The Fairy Drama of Marina; or, The Truant Heart (theatrical playbill)
Loton Park, Shropshire: R. Davies, Printer, 7 High Street, Shrewsbury, 1845. Broadside, measuring 12.25 x 7.5 inches, printed in bright blue and black. Decorative border, with royal arms at head of sheet. Light rubbing, central crease from folding. Matted to 17 x 11.5 inches.
Price: $1,000.00
Four silhouette illustrations on storybook themes
England: nineteenth century. Four ink and graphite illustrations on paper, mounted to a single backing sheet. Entire sheet matted to 13 x 9.75 inches. Occasional light discoloration to paper, edge of one drawing creased.
Price: $175.00
The Indian Slipper
Philadelphia: Charles J. Peterson, 1876. Color-printed embroidery pattern, image measuring 8.5 x 7 inches on sheet measuring 10.25 x 8.5 inches, printed recto only. Horizontal crease from folding, shallow chipping and closed tears to foot and righthand margin, not affecting image. Matted to 14 x 11.5 inches.
Price: $100.00
Original nineteenth-century painting of shopkeepers at work
No place: no publisher, nineteenth century. Gouache painting, measuring 3.75 x 6.25 inches, mounted to a grey backing sheet, in an old mahogany frame measuring 6.75 x 9.5 inches. Later pencil inscription to verso of painting: “Handelskontor 1820.” Backed in the frame by a cabinet card of a young boy.....
Price: $600.00
Silhouette illustration: The Hero Arrives
England: nineteenth century. Ink and graphite on paper, mounted to a second sheet, the whole mounted again to a backing sheet. Image measures 5 x 7 inches, matted to 8 x 10 inches. Occasional stray speck to paper.
Price: $175.00
Silhouette illustration: The Recognition
England: nineteenth century. Ink and graphite on paper, mounted to a backing sheet. Image measures 5 x 10 inches, matted to 8 x 13.5 inches. Light discoloration to righthand and lower edges of original paper.
Price: $175.00
No Dress Rehearsal, Baby
New York: Ink, Inc., no date. Five loose broadside sheets, measuring 18 x 13 inches, wrapped in original glassine and mylar wrapper blindstamped “Ink, Inc. / New York.” Woolf, Chandler, and Nabokov broadsides printed in two colors. Glassine split at fold and chipped at edges, broadsides fine.
Price: $450.00