Stair Galleries

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Lot 552

Large Elk Head Trophy  5 ft. x 40 in. x 44 1/2 in.  Estimate $ 450-650

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Lot 488

Pair of Anglo-Irish Cut-Glass Goblets and Covers  14 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.  Estimate $ 300-500

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Lot 317

Victorian Mahogany Hall Tree  The upright center with mirror plate S-scroll arms and metal drip pan. 6 ft. 6 3/4 x 34 1/2 x 11 in.  Estimate $ 400-600

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Lot 196

Italian Rococo Style White Painted Commode  The serpentine-fronted top above a bombé body fitted with two short and two long drawers, ending in cabriole legs. 32 x 40 x 18 1/2 in.  The Collection of John Alexander Limited  Estimate $ 300-500

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Lot 154

Group of Eighteen Issues of "The Journal of Decorative Art and British Decorator"  Variously dating from 1889, 1890, 1891, 1906, 1907 and 1908. 3 1/4 x 9 in.  The Collection of John Alexander Limited  Estimate $ 50-75

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Lot 130

English Leather and Walnut Folio Stand  Of typical form. 43 3/4 x 38 x 22 in.  The Collection of John Alexander Limited  Estimate $ 300-400

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American Walnut Rocking Chair, Signed Thomas Moser, Auburn, Maine, 1996.

The Collection of John Alexander Limited

Estimate $200 - 400

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COCO DE MER SHELL, PRALINE ISLAND  One metal stem and lucite base. 12 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.  Estimate $ 1,000-1,500

Sold for $1,300

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RUSSIAN OVAL CUSHION CUT SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND MOUNTED 14K YELLOW GOLD BROOCH  Modeled as two entwined serpents enclosing the sapphire mount and four old-mine cut diamonds; sapphire 3.75 cts., approx. 9.20 x 8.0 x 5.72 mm.; diamonds approx. 0.20 cts., fitted leather case.  Estimate $ 1,800-2,400

Sold for $17,000

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FABERGÉ IMPERIAL CARVED HARDSTONE PORTRAIT FIGURE OF KAMER-KAZAK N.N. PUSTYNNIKOV, THE PERSONAL COSSACK BODYGUARD OF EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA, ST. PETERSBURG, DATED 1912

Estimated $500,000 to $800,000

Sold for $5,200,000

Nicholas II commissioned Fabergé to produce this portrait figure of N.N.Pustynnikov, the personal Cossack bodyguard (Kamer-Kazak, or Chamber-Cossack) to the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna , and also a second figure, of the Kamer-Kazak to the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.

To view the full history and catalog description, please click here. 

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CONTINENTAL GILT-BRONZE RELIEF GROUP: HERCULES BATTLING THE CENTAUR  Modeled with the hero wielding a club above the prone figure of his opponent, on rosewood stand. 6 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (figure), 7 1/2 in. on stand. Provenance: The Collection of Denys Sutton, London. 

Estimate $ 300-500

Sold for $4,250

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Gorham Silver Cocktail Shaker 

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A coat rack from the John Alexander Collection, Part II - to be sold on November 16th at 6pm. For additional information, please click here.