Rare Books, Baker Furniture, Art, Baccarat, Porcelain, Barware, and MORE!

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• Furniture and Fine Furnishings
  • Baker Furniture curved front tambour doors fruitwood server
  • Louis XVI style side table with pierced brass gallery
  • Marble-topped curved front side table cabinet
  • Black leather Ingmar Relling Siesta Chairs
  • Pair of faux bamboo rattan cane barrel back armchairs
  • Vintage French style carved arm chair in button back blue fabric
  • Upholstered skirted armchair
  • Vintage Asian wooden inlaid and painted folding screen,
  • Bedroom furniture - John Widdicomb French Provincial Bedroom Set
  • Pair of beautiful Hepplewhite style demilune folding game tables 
  • A triangular 2-tier side table
  • Lamps - table lamps, standing floor lamps, lamps for bedroom, living room, study
  • Howard Miller carriage / mantel clock
  • Antique Gilbert Manufacturing American mantel shelf clock
  • Cuckoo Clock Manufacturing Co German Style King Shelf Mantle Skeleton Brass Triple Chime Clock in brass case
  • Vintage French style gilt framed wall mirror
  • Vintage brass andirons and fire screen
  • A 19th Century Chinese hard wood carved Buffalo and Man on original carved wooden stand
  • Vintage large solid brass stag deer sculpture with candleholders in antlers
  • Pair of vintage Mottahedeh decorative white glazed ceramic campagna urns with applied fruit, flowers, and handles, made in Italy
  • Vintage Foster & Co. upright player piano
• Kitchen Ware
  • Ninja indoor grill / air fryer
  • Coffee mugs, drinking glasses
  • White dishware – plates, bowls, serving platter
  • Pyrex measuring cups
  • Vintage Corning Ware casserole dishes and baking dishes
  • Set of eight porcelain handled knives in original case that reads Fine Sheffield Cutlery, Sheffield, England 
  • Cuisinart food processor
  • Coffee makers, blender, toasters, blender, knife sharpener
  • Blue luster ware creamer, sugar bowl, cups and saucers
  • Cookbooks
  • Linens/dish towels
• Vintage Clothing and Shoes
  • Men's coats, jackets, blazers; shirts, sports jerseys, sweaters; pants/trousers, jeans
  • Men's shoes and boots (and shoe rack) – loafers, golf shoes, wing tips, tennis shoes, Skechers GoWalk shoes size 8.5
  • Vintage men's ties in many colors and patterns
  • A lovely Christian Dior Lingerie robe and nightgown set, size Medium 
• Cameras and Binoculars
  • Polaroid Land Camera Automatic 100 camera and carrying case and accessories
  • Nikon D3000 & 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR
  • Olympus XA A11 camera
  • Canon T50 camera
  • Keystone Regal 35 camera
  • Kodak Duaflex III camera with Kodak flash attachment
  • Olympus Superzoom 120 MultiAF camera
  • Pristine Optics 8x21 binoculars with carrying case
  • Bushnell 8x21 binoculars
  • Tasco 7x50mm waterproof binoculars 
• Glassware, Porcelain
  • A rare pair of Steuben Glass pheasants, circa early 1930s; shape 6504 designed by Frederick Carder and Bolislav Manikowski
  • Baccarat stemware in Genova pattern
  • Large set of Royal Worcester bone china in Lavinia pattern
  • Pair of vintage Bohemian blue cut-to-clear crystal decanters
  • Three Ferro and Lazzarini cobalt blue, ruby red, and pale blue glass 22K gold leaf vases
  • Vintage Bohemian Czech cabochon panels gilt hand painted lidded glass box
  • Set of antique Victorian era Moser style Bohemian amber hand cut crystal and etched glass Wine or Water drinking goblets / glasses
  • Various sets of cut crystal stemware and barware
  • Set of vintage barware glasses with painted decoration of ducks and pheasants
  • Cartier crystal ashtray set in original Cartier box
  • Set of 6 colored and clear glass brandy / cognac snifters balloon glasses with Napoleon logo and crown in gold, with gold rims
  • Very collectible vintage Kentucky Derby glasses from 1945, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956 (five of these, a pair of the "2 stars, 2 tails" and three of the "1 star, 3 tails"), 1960, 1978, 1983
  • Libbey Glassware Jockey Club Horse Racing glasses, set of five: Saratoga, Santa Anita, Churchill Downs, Belmont, Suffolk Downs
  • Vintage Fitz & Floyd "Vegetable Garden" pattern tureen and lid with ladle and underplate
  • Rare Bing & Grondahl Denmark 2079 Greyhound Whippet Porcelain Figurine
  • Vintage Saint Clément barbotine majolica duck pitcher
  • Goldscheider Everlast hallmarked Chinese fan dancer figurine by Barbara Loveday
  • Pair of 1940's hand blown Venetian Murano vases with gold leaf infused ribbed glass, embellished with applied roses and matching rose-colored trim at the base and opening and applied prunts, made by Barovier E Toso
  • A 1940s-1950's Hedwig "Hedi" Schoop tall Asian woman figurine
  • Vintage large porcelain St. Bernard rescue dog figurine
  • Vintage MCM 1960 Samson Import Co. Lady in a Yellow Dress planter L403c
  • Blanc de Chine porcelain Guanyin figurine
• Books
  • Large selection of antique and vintage books, including:
    • An antique illustrated 4-volume set of Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, published in 1887 by Chapman and Hall, London; inside pages attest "This edition is limited to 2,000 copies, in 500 of which the plates are printed on India paper."
    • The Democratic Book 1936, original gilt-lettered brown leather with the original pictorial wraps bound in. Signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt beneath a color image of the White House on the limitation leaf, #533 of an unstated limitation of 2500 copies
    • The Works of Shakespeare, hardcover, 9 volumes, published 1863 by Macmillan and Co., special edition dedicated to the Duke of Devonshire
    • The Spirit Land by S. B. Emmons, hardcover, 1859
    • A rare limited edition three-volume set of Robinson Crusoe by Robert Louis Stevenson, hardcovers, 1925
    • History of the United States Secret Service by General L. C. Baker, hardcover, 1867
    • The Beautiful The Wonderful and The Wise by L. N. Chapin, hardcover, printed/published in 1886
    • The Idylls of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus, by J. A. Banks, hardcover, first edition, 1853
    • Journal and Correspondence of Miss Adams, Daughter of John Adams,  hardcover, published 1841 by Wiley and Putnam
    • Antique 4-volume set of Poe's Works, or The Works of the Late Edgar Alan Poe, published 1859 by Redfield, New York
    • The Political Writings of Thomas Paine, 2-volume set, hardcover, leather, 1824, printed/published in Massachusetts
    • Rare first edition of Leaven for Doughfaces or Threescore and Ten Parables Touching on Slavery, by Darius Lyman; hardcover, 1856
    • First edition of A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, hardcover, 1853, printed in Boston
    • First edition of The American Woman's Home by Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, hardcover, 1869
    • First edition of Star Papers; or Experiences of Art and Nature by Henry Ward Beecher, hardcover, 1855
    • First edition of Drops from Flora's Cup, or the Poetry of Flowers, with a Floral Vocabulary by Miss Mary M. Griffin, 1849, hardcover
    • First edition of The Rifle, Axe, and Saddlebags: And Other Essays by William Henry Milburn, hardcover, 1857
    • First edition of The Book-Hunter by John Hill Burton, 1862, hardcover
    • First edition of Norfolk's Epitaphs, or Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs by Horatio Edward Norfolk, hardcover, 1861
    • Signed copy of Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great, Book Two, by Elbert Hubbard, hardcover, 1910; hand-written dedication and signature of Elbert Hubbard
    • The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum, hardcover, published 1915 by The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago
    • The Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum, hardcover, published 1904 by The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago
    • The Wizard of Oz Waddle Book by L. Frank Baum, hardcover, published 1934 by Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., New York
    • The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum, hardcover, published 1918 by The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago
    • The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum, hardcover, published 1919 by The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago
    • First edition of The Scalawagons of Oz by L. Frank Baum, hardcover, published 1941 by The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago
    • Smoky by Will James, hardcover, published 1929 by Charles Scribner's Sons
    • Life of George Washington for Children by E. Cecil, hardcover, 1860, published in Boston 
    • Whimsicalities by Thomas Edward Hood, hardcover, 1852
    • Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1895, hardcover, Brunswick Edition
    • History of the English Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill, bound in fine leather, four volumes, 1956–1958
    • Heidi by Johanna Spyri, hardcover, gift edition, published in 1919 by J. B. Lippincott Company
    • Girls Who Became Famous by Sarah K. Bolton, hardcover, published 1886; copyright Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York; printed by J. S. Cushing & Co., Boston
    • A Fable for Critics by James Russell Lowell, hardcover, published 1890 by Houghton, Mifflin, and Company
    • A Heap o' Livin' by Edgar A Guest, hardcover, circa 1918
    • The Life and Times of Charles Sumner by Elias Nason, hardcover, published 1874 by B. B. Russell
    • The Works of Charles Lamb, Volume IV, hardcover, published 1864
    • Out to Old Aunt Mary's by James Whitcomb Riley, hardcover, 1904
    • Women Themselves by Johanna Johnston, hardcover, 1973
    • Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson, hardcover, 1939
    • The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, hardcover, 1870's, Hurst & Co., New York, illustrated by Alfred Crowquill
    • The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Holbrook Jackson, hardcover, 1951
    • Two Memoirs Upon the Catholic Question by John Joseph Dillon, 1810 (copies are in collections at Royal Collection Trust, and National Library of Ireland)
    • Emerson Essays, 2 volume set, leather bound hardcover, 1903
    • High Art: From the Brush and Sport from the Quill, hardcover, 1875
    • Advice to Young Men on Their Duties and Conduct in Life by T. S. Arthur, hardcover, 1853
    • Selections From the Works of John Donne, hardcover (1840?)
    • An American Bible, edited by Alice Hubbard, 1918
    • French Folly In Maxims Of The Stage by Henri Pene Du Bois, hardcover, 1894
    • Little Coin, Much Care: or How Poor Men Live by Mary Howitt, hardcover, 1843
    • Satan in Society by A Physician, hardcover, 1872
    • Biographical Sketches of Eccentric Characters, hardcover, 1832
    • Washington and the American Republic by Benson J. Lossing, Volumes I–III, hardcover, 1870
    • Letters on the Improvement of the Mind by Mrs. Chapone, leather hardcover, 1822
    • Collection of Interesting Tracts Explaining Several Important Points Scripture Doctrine, hardcover, 1817
    • Representative Men, Nature, Addresses and Lecture by Ralph Waldo Emerson, hardcover, 1883
    • Leather bound hardcover set of Carl Sandburg's series on Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years volumes I and II, and The War Years volumes III and IV
    • Three volumes of Lincoln Finds a General by Kenneth P. Williams, hardcover
    • Three volume set of Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman, hardcovers
    • Rare first edition of Leaven for Doughfaces or Threescore and Ten Parables Touching on Slavery, by Darius Lyman; hardcover, 1856
    • Rare first edition of Leaven for Doughfaces or Threescore and Ten Parables Touching on Slavery, by A Former Resident of the South; hardcover, 1856
    • Heroes and Hero Worship by Thomas Carlyle, hardcover, 1890 
    • Volume 1 of Chrysal; Or, The Adventures Of A Guinea by Charles Johnstone, hardcover, 1816 
    • The Poetical Works of William Motherwell, hardcover, 1855 
    • American Common-Place Book of Prose by George Barrell Cheever, hardcover, 19th Century
    • Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving, hardcover, 1882
    • Hale's United States by Salma Hale
    • Americus Vespucius by C. E. Lester, hardcover, 1903
    • A Collection of the Writings of John James Ingalls, hardcover, 1902
    • Domestic Economy by Miss Catherine E. Beecher, hardcover, 1845
    • Bryant's Popular History of the United States, volume I and II, 1878
    • Notre Dame de Paris and Quatrevingt-treize by Victor Hugo; hardcovers
    • La Légende des Siècles Nouvelle Série by Victor Hugo, volumes I and II, leather hardcovers, 1879, Paris
    • The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Together With his Essays, hardcover, 1853
    • Tiresias and other Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, hardcover, 1885
    • Friends and Neighbors by T. S. Arthur, hardcover, 1859
    • History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott, Volume II, hardcover, 1856
    • The Homes of the New World; Impressions of America by Fredrika Bremer, Volume I, hardcover, 1854
    • A New Concordance to the Holy Scripture by the Reverend J. Butterworth, hardcover, 1821
    • Norwood by Henry Ward Beecher, hardcover, 1868
    • The Pleasures of Literature and the Solace of Books compiled by Joseph Shaylor, hardcover, 1898
    • The Young Lady's Cabinet of Gems: A Choice Collection Pieces in Poetry and Prose, by Virginia De Forrest, hardcover, 1859
    • The Winking Ruby Mystery by Carolyn Keene, hardcover, 1957
    • A Compendious History of New-England by Jedidiah Morse, D.D. and Elijah Parish, D.D; hardcover, 1820
    • The New Universal Letter Writer by Thomas Cook, hardcover, 1805
    • History Of The United States From Their First Settlement As Colonies To The Close Of The War With Great Britain In 1815 by Salma Hale, hardcover, 1826
    • Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, volume I and II, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, hardcover, 1856
    • An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume II, by John Locke, hardcover, 1825
    • The Works of Flavius Josephus, translated by William Whiston, hardcover, 1830
    • The Work Of Atget, Volume 2: The Art of Old Paris, by Maria Hambourg, John Szarkowsk, hardcover, 1982, shrink wrapped
    • Dali, Edited and Arranged by Max Gérard, hardcover, 1968, silver dust jacket
    • Dali, Edited and Arranged by Max Gérard, hardcover, 1968, gold dust jacket
    • Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett, hardcover, 1887
    • Moby Dick by Herman Melville, illustrated by Rockwell Kent, hardcover, 1930, Random House, Lakeside Press
    • Japan: A History In Art by Bradley Smith, hardcover, 1968; #143 of 500 limited first edition signed copies; spectacular black silk brocade covers with gold woven medallions, bevelled edges - gold leaf patterned endpapers, signed by author Bradley Smith
    • Puppies - Paintings by Diana Thorne - 1935 - Vintage Children's Book
    • The Arabian Nights, Helen Marion Burnside (arranger), hardcover, 1892, Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
    • The Golden Cockerel by Elaine & Willy Pogany, hardcover, 1938
    • James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, hardcover, 1961
    • Juanita by Leo Politi, hardcover with dust jacket, 1948
    • Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, hardcover, Art Memorial Edition, 1897
    • Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, hardcover, The Washington Square Classics edition
    • Under The Mistletoe by Robert Ellice Mack, illustrated by Lizzie Lawson; hardcover, 1886, lithographed and printed in Germany by Ernest Nister
• Artwork
  • Four signed framed watercolor paintings of children in whimsical poses, signed Joyce Ann '68
  • Framed color print of "Harmony in Red" by Henri Matisse
  • Hand signed color serigraph poster of America's Cup 26 1987 by Keith Reynolds
  • 1960's Impressionist oil on canvas painting, framed, landscape scene of poppies in field with water in distance. Appears to be signed "John Morris Cannes 69"
  • Framed vintage color print of "Wooding Up On The Mississippi" by Currier & Ives 
  • John Rogers sculpture "Wounded to the rear. One more shot." statue of two Civil War soldiers
  • Framed antique photo (daguerrotype?) of Civil War era soldier in uniform
  • Framed signed painting of Civil War officer, his great coat draped over muskets, with flag and tents of a soldier camp in the background
  • Framed print of 1861 Harper's Weekly page of illustrations of Civil War soldiers, the "Ellsworth's Zouaves"
  • Framed vintage print of illustration "The Assassination of President Lincoln"
  • Framed vintage print of illustration "Death of President Lincoln"
  • Hand carved Our Lady of San Juan de Los Lagos statuette
  • Tall pair of vintage 1960's female figural candle holders by Mexican artist Eleanore de Romero
  • Pair of vintage Russian Khokhloma hand painted wood folk art USSR lacquered cups
• Miscellany
  • ION USB Turntable Vinyl Converter to Digital Archiver
  • Samsung flatscreen TV
  • Vintage vinyl records/LPs, VHS tapes, cassette tapes
  • HP OfficeJet Pro printer
  • Fellowes Powershred W11C Cross-Cut Paper Shredder
  • Microphone stands
  • The Original Blue Danube harmonica with case
  • Christmas ornaments
  • New in box / NIB  vintage tablecloths and napkins
  • Huge collection of sports trading cards sets - baseball, basketball/NBA, hockey, and more!
  • 1977 Notre Dame Team Signed Football -  includes signatures from Coach Dan Devine, players including Joe Montana, Bob Golic, Vagas Ferguson, Rusty Lisch, Dave Wagmer, Kris Haines and many more.  Appears to hold +50 signatures.
  • Bell & Howell projectors
  • Bell & Howell 671 KL Focus-matic movie camera
  • AIWA boombox
  • Exercise equipment
    • Recumbent bicycle
    • Treadmill
  • Vintage 1940's embroidered "naughty" handkerchief set
  • Large collection of vintage guest towels, some with risqué decoration, 1920s–1950s
  • Charming vintage hand painted baby blanket with angel and lambs theme