A GENTLEMAN COLLECTOR--Part 1

A GENTLEMAN COLLECTOR—Part 1

This is a huge sale in West Ridge, Chicago, so it will be a two weekend sale!

This gentleman amassed a huge collection Asian art, art, books, china, antique brass, interesting objects, militaria and more.

PRE-SALE APPOINTMENTS—Presale appointments will be on Tuesday and Thursday (sorry, on Wednesday, I have tickets to the Cubs Wildcard playoff game, so don’t ask). Call me at 773-729-0638 to make an appointment.

DIRECTIONS—The sale is very close to Touhy and Sacramento and there is plenty of free street parking. For CTA users, you can either take the Brown Line to Western and the #11 Lincoln bus to Touhy and Kedzie OR you can take the Red Line, Purple Line or Yellow Line to Howard and catch the #290 Pace bus to Touhy and Sacramento OR take the Red Line to Morse and catch the #96 Lunt bus to Touhy and Sacramento.

.NET USERS—You will only be able to see 125 pictures on .net, but if you click on my company page and then go to my website and click the link .org, then you can see ALL the pictures, 491+!

ITEMS ON OFFER

• A very fine pair of Sino-Tibetan champleve gilt bronze alms bowls, 19th century
• Abstract lithograph by Joan Miro, numbered 303/375 in pencil, signed in plate
• A Menilmontant, De Bruant, Yvette Guilbert, lithograph, after Toulouse-Lautrec, original plate
• Antique Russian icon of Our Lady of Smolensk, circa 1750
• The Promenade or Death and the Lovers, Albrecht Durer, engraving, 19th century reprint from the original plate
• Red, white and blue Chinese Peking glass ginger jar, late 19th/early 20th century
• Hiroshige, as well as many other fine Japanese woodblocks
• A large collection of Chinese cloisonné vases, jars, boxes, bowls and teapots, most late 19th or early 20th centuries
• A large bronze head of the Lucky Buddha, Chinese, pre-1700
• A large stone Buddha head, Indonesian, pre-1700
• An antique African lock, made of wood, mounted on a stand
• A vintage Chinese wood sculpture of a koi fish
• Vintage Asian figurines
• Large antique Chinese seal chop
• Carved wooden vintage wooden triptych Buddha
• Antique Chinese blue and white porcelain hat stand
• Elegant 20th century Japanese pottery vase with fish
• Asian style bookends, foo dogs and cranes
• 20th century Chinese carved turquoise colored table screen
• Vintage Chinese and Japanese porcelain vases, jars and plates
• Antique green glazed Chinese pottery chopstick holder
• Vintage Chinese pipe and pewter teapot decorated with framed paintings under glass
• Antique Chinese embroidered lotus shoes plus vintage and antique Chinese boxes
• Vintage Chinese soapstone carving
• Tall antique Chinese blue and white vase, rectangular shape 
• A pair of antique Chinese blue and white porcelain vases
• Antique Japanese lacquer pillow box
• Antique Chinese reverse glass painting mirror
• Large antique Chinese bronze foo dog
• Antique Chinese carved wooden tea caddy/tobacco jar
• Antique Japanese painting on silk, autumn, chrysanthemum and red maple leaves
• Antique Japanese/Chinese painting on silk, landscape with mountains
• Japanese blown glass fishing net float
• Antique Japanese red lacquer box
• Vintage yellow polychrome figure of Kwan-Yin
• A BIG BOX OF US COINS—plus some foreign ones—all are circulated, condition varies, they will be sold as one lot—not all coins are pictured—quantities are approximate 
  • 1 US 1/2 cent coin, 19th century
  • 1 US 2 cent coin, 19th century
  • 30 Morgan silver dollars
  • 1 Columbus half dollar coin, 19th century
  • 1 Brooker T Washington half dollar coin
  • 1 seated liberty half dollar
  • 16 Barber head half dollar coins
  • 27 Indian head nickels
  • 7 liberty head nickels
  • 102 Mercury dimes
  • 9 Eisenhower dollar coins
  • 1 Susan B Anthony dollar coin
  • 1 Sacajawea dollar coin
  • 6 large Liberty one cent coins, early 1800s
  • 7 WW2 steel pennies
  • 29 .9 silver nickels
  • 38 rolls of vintage pennies
• Antique bronze Buddha mounted an acrylic, pre-1700, probably Thai
• Sculpture of Gwan Yin, blanc de chine
• Antique Chinese stone sculpture of Kwan Yin, pre-1700, mounted
• Chinese enamel boxes
• Asian lacquer Buddhist offering box
• Antique Chinese embroidery, cloisonné and carved Chinese bookends
• Very pretty Chinese painted panel with flowers and birds
• Antique Chinese embroidery, maybe from a Manchu shoe
• 20th century Japanese paintings
• Modern Japanese woodblocks
• Chinese carved wall panels
  • STAY TUNED—THERE IS MORE TO COME!