Glow, Feather & Folk Art II: The Curiosities Continue

This collection opens the cabinet even wider, revealing a lifelong fascination with folk art, natural history, travel, craftsmanship, and the unusual. Feather art, botanical studies, Asian and Latin American pieces, antique books, textiles, minerals, vintage décor, and handcrafted objects reflect a collector drawn to color, detail, and stories from many places and periods. Highlights include John Gould and Audubon bird prints, Mexican feathercraft, Japanese kokeshi dolls, antique engravings, Tonalá pottery, Kuna molas, Persian and Guatemalan textiles, Syroco, Bradley & Hubbard, John Boos, Thorens, vintage cameras, Robert Vavra art, fossils, crystals, NASA imagery, and other distinctive finds gathered across decades.

This auction is packed with an eclectic mix of folk art, antiques, vintage décor, natural history, textiles, books, furniture, vehicles, tools, collectibles, artwork, kitchenware, and unusual conversation pieces from around the world. Highlights include extensive Mexican feathercraft and real feather bird art, John James Audubon and John Gould ornithological prints, botanical art, Pierre-Joseph Redouté floral prints, Maria Sibylla Merian botanical and insect art, antique engravings, European architectural prints, Sungott Art Studios, Rudolf Lesch Fine Arts, Syroco wall sconces, Bradley & Hubbard lighting, vintage gilt mirrors, carved wood furniture, Victorian cabinets, sideboards, china cabinets, leather recliners, Persian-style and hand-knotted Kashan wool rugs, Guatemalan and Indonesian textiles, Kuna molas, macramé, vintage lace and crocheted linens, and Chinoiserie décor. International and folk art collectors will find Japanese kokeshi dolls, an antique Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock triptych attributed to Yōshū Chikanobu, Tonalá Mexican pottery, Southwestern pottery, Chinese silk embroidery, Asian porcelain, Middle Eastern brass, Mexican folk art, handwoven textiles, and carved decorative boxes. Natural history and curiosity collectors will find fossils, crystals, polished stones, minerals, petrified wood, seashells, mushroom and fungi drawings, foraging books, botanical studies, bird art, and vintage Audubon Society and Peterson field guides. Book collectors will find antique leather-bound books, religious books from the 1820s and 1830s, poetry, travel and adventure books, vintage cookbooks, gardening books, art and museum books, Walt Kelly Pogo comics, an 1896 War in Cuba volume, and University of Wisconsin Badger yearbooks featuring John Bardeen and Karl Guthe Jansky. Other standout collectibles include a vintage NASA Apollo 17 “Blue Marble” Earth photograph, 1963 JFK assassination newspapers, political pinback buttons, 1937 J.B. Rhine ESP Zener cards from Duke University, vintage advertising from Fleer, Topps and Domino Sugar, antique sewing pins, a Hamilton printer’s drawer, antique office storage, vintage California license plates, Artstyle tins, Mary Gregory glass, Royal Albert china, Franciscan Canton dinnerware, Edwin M. Knowles china, Aynsley bone china, etched crystal, cranberry opalescent glass, vintage glassware, California pottery, cast iron trivets including Wilton, vintage JZH trivets, Ball Mason jars, and Vera Neumann linens. Kitchen and entertaining items include John Boos maple cutting boards, ChefSofi granite mortar and pestle, Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus, Melitta pour-over coffee maker, Chefman grinder, Salton Espresso Pro, vintage cookware, serving pieces, and decorative tableware. Music and media include Beatles CDs, classic rock, world music, Jimmy Buffett, Buffalo Springfield, vinyl records, TekNmotion and Case Logic storage, and a Thorens Swiss disc music box with metal discs. Art highlights include Robert Vavra’s signed “The Whisperer’s Horse” printer’s proof, Carl Reichert lithography, Lucien Margelidon signed etching, Corot-style pastoral art, Darius Hill “Gone With the Wind” portraits, botanical and wildlife artwork, original drawings, watercolors, and framed European scenes. The sale also includes a 2000 Toyota Tacoma SR5 V6 4WD, Subaru Outback AWD with Thule roof cargo basket, Weber Spirit 3-burner gas grill, Sun Joe electric pressure washer, gardening tools, miscellaneous tools, extension ladder, gasoline cans, storage cabinets, two TidalForce electric bicycles, vintage Kodak Six-16 Brownie camera, Blink Mini camera, designer upholstery fabrics by Covington and Richloom, vintage lamps and lamp restoration supplies, furniture, storage, home décor, collectibles, and many one-of-a-kind finds for antique lovers, decorators, resellers, collectors, natural history enthusiasts, folk art buyers, and vintage treasure hunters.