August Exceptional Estates Auction

Nearly 500 lots. One of the broadest selections of treasures we’ve offered in years.
Gallery is open for preview Friday, August 18, from 10-5 AND auction day at 11 AM.
AMERICANA: Historical U.S. artifacts & rarities, early NASA items.
Colt single action revolvers. Historic images (CDV and cabinet cards). A 1759 powder horn made by a Revolutionary War soldier. Several Civil War documents. Nice selection of old Navajo jewelry, as well as beaded items and Native American pottery. Autograph book from the 1880s with Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford Hayes, William Tecumseh Sherman and more. A commission signed by Calvin Coolidge. A collection of original NASA photographs and equipment from a Gemini & Apollo-era Goddard Space Flight Center engineer. A selection of Native American primitive arrowheads and tools, originally collected in the 1890s by a geologist/paleontologist. Non-firing, almost all-original Browning M1919 machine gun – a BATF non-firearm.
FINE ART: Paintings and sculpture by listed artists.
Thomas Hart Benton, Herb Booth, Rembrandt etchings, Frederick E. Hart, Hoon Kwak, Leo Roth, Michael Calles, Teofilo Patini, Al Proom, Alan Cottrill, Howard Helmick, Kurt Larisch, Gustav Likan, Norman Rockwell, Josef Israels, Leonard Wells Volk, Frederic Remington, Salvador Dali, Louis Icart, Pierre Henri Matisse and many more.
JEWELRY: Fine gold and platinum, many designer-signed.
3.09 carat GIA certified pear shape diamond. Tiffany & Co. 18k diamond necklace. A massive 14k gold charm bracelet. Australian black opal pieces. Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Victorian, Edwardian, contemporary. Literally dozens of extraordinary jewelry pieces, including rings, pins, necklaces, bracelets and other items.
SPORTS CARDS & MEMORABILIA: Some items you’ll likely never see again.
First issue of Sports Illustrated. Unmarked 1926 and 1931 Yankees score cards with Ruth and Gehrig. Rare 1895 Robert Fitzsimmons boxing match ticket. Photos signed by Mickey Mantle, Sandy Koufax, Satchel Paige. Muhammad Ali signed boxing glove. Tiger Woods signed 2002 US Open ticket. Ted Williams signed baseball. 1981 Topps Larry Bird, graded PSA 9. Three Kobe Bryant rookie cards, all graded PSA 9. Media guide from Super Bowl I.
COINS & BULLION: Numismatic rarities & fine gold.
1799 Draped Bust silver dollar. 1875 silver 20c coin. 68 years of US proof sets. A HUGE selection of graded and raw gold pieces, including 19C to modern. Key date 1925 Canadian nickel. And the nicest Liberty V nickel you’ll ever see, a 1903 graded MS-66+.
FIREARMS: Antique & modern, a massive selection.
More than 70 antique and modern firearms, many high-end. The best selection we’ve ever offered. Rare and desirable COSMI shotgun, original .44 Automag, Noveske AR10, LC Smith, Kimber, FN, Heckler & Koch, Colt, Smith & Wesson, Glock, Ruger, Springfield, Remington, Savage Fox, Parker Brothers, Winchester and more. Also broomhandle Mausers, Nambu and other military firearms, old and new. Old Colt single action revolver parts, as well.
STERLING SILVER
Rare 1958 GIO PONTI for Reed & Barton “Diamond” service for 12, Georg Jensen serving pieces, a sterling Buccellati vase, and much more.
ASIAN ART & CERAMIC ITEMS: A fine selection of Chinese & Japanese treasures.
Porcelain and stoneware vessels, many very old. Cloisonne. Erotic carved netsuke collection. Old carved glass snuff bottles. Antique hand painted scrolls. 
ANCIENT ROMAN & PRECOLUMBIAN ITEMS
Roman terracotta figures with unimpeachable, century-old provenance directly from the Smithsonian Institute and documented succession through the present day. Several Chancay pre-Columbian vessels from an archaeologist’s estate.
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