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A Baroque Holiday: The Selby Collection

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  • Collection (7) framed devotionals and dioramas
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    Collection (7) framed devotionals and dioramas

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  • (3) Continental cherub creche, incl. Sanmartino
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    (3) Continental cherub creche, incl. Sanmartino

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  • Continental devotional diorama
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    Continental devotional diorama

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  • (4) Continental Baroque Christ Child creche
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    (4) Continental Baroque Christ Child creche

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  • Nura Woodson Ulreich (attrib), (3) works on paper
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    Nura Woodson Ulreich (attrib), (3) works on paper

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  • Continental model of the Christ child
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    Continental model of the Christ child

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  • Group Continental reliquaries & devotional objects
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  • Continental Baroque walnut votive display cabinet
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    Continental Baroque walnut votive display cabinet

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  • Continental School, Guardian Angel, oil painting
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    Continental School, Guardian Angel, oil painting

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  • (2) Continental carved and giltwood stands
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  • Large Neapolitan carved wood creche figure
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    Large Neapolitan carved wood creche figure

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  • Collection (6) framed devotionals & Klosterarbeit
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    Collection (6) framed devotionals & Klosterarbeit

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  • Italian Baroque carved giltwood frame
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    Italian Baroque carved giltwood frame

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  • Continental carved wood figure of the Infant Jesus
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    Continental carved wood figure of the Infant Jesus

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  • Pair Continental giltwood angel candle prickets
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  • Group Victorian devotional bead and wirework
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    Group Victorian devotional bead and wirework

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  • Large Neapolitan polychromed creche figure
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    Large Neapolitan polychromed creche figure

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  • Italian Baroque devotional aureole frame
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    Lot 66

    Italian Baroque devotional aureole frame

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  • Continental Provincial painted jewelry chest
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    Continental Provincial painted jewelry chest

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  • Pair Italian Baroque painted giltwood urn lamps
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  • (2) Large Neapolitan angel creche
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    (2) Large Neapolitan angel creche

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  • Continental Baroque model of an Archangel & Child
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    Continental Baroque model of an Archangel & Child

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  • Large Continental gilt & silvered brass wall light
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    Large Continental gilt & silvered brass wall light

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  • Italian Rococo carved giltwood frame
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    Italian Rococo carved giltwood frame

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  • Collection creche accessories & devotional objects
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    Collection creche accessories & devotional objects

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  • Neapolitan creche figure of St. Joseph
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    Neapolitan creche figure of St. Joseph

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  • Group (3) antique devotional objects
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    Group (3) antique devotional objects

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  • Continental polychromed wood devotional sculpture
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    Continental polychromed wood devotional sculpture

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  • (9) antique Continental devotional objects
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  • Continental Baroque carved and painted wood frame
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    Continental Baroque carved and painted wood frame

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  • (3) Spanish Baroque style picture frames
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    (3) Spanish Baroque style picture frames

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  • Continental carved polychromed models of angels
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    Continental carved polychromed models of angels

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  • Antique creche backdrop display
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    Antique creche backdrop display

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  • Continental Baroque carved giltwood picture frame
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    Continental Baroque carved giltwood picture frame

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  • Collection antique 'Sacred Heart' Ex Votos
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    Collection antique 'Sacred Heart' Ex Votos

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  • Pair Continental Baroque models of cherubs
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    Pair Continental Baroque models of cherubs

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  • Collection devotional jewelry, Ex Votos & medals
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    Collection devotional jewelry, Ex Votos & medals

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  • Spanish Colonial carved polychromed wood santo
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    Spanish Colonial carved polychromed wood santo

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  • (4) Continental devotional paintings and Ex Voto
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    (4) Continental devotional paintings and Ex Voto

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  • Pair Continental Baroque style giltwood Amorini
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    Pair Continental Baroque style giltwood Amorini

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  • Group antique Continental devotional jewelry
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    Group antique Continental devotional jewelry

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  • Continental & Colonial devotional paintings
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    Continental & Colonial devotional paintings

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  • Nura Woodson Ulreich, oil on canvas, 1930
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    Nura Woodson Ulreich, oil on canvas, 1930

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  • Large Continental Baroque giltwood amorino
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    Large Continental Baroque giltwood amorino

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  • Pair Continental Baroque carved wood angels
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    Pair Continental Baroque carved wood angels

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  • Continental Baroque carved wood Christo Morto
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    Continental Baroque carved wood Christo Morto

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  • Pair Continental Baroque ecclesiastical figures
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    Pair Continental Baroque ecclesiastical figures

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  • Pair Continental framed reliquaries
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    Pair Continental framed reliquaries

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Auction Description

A Baroque Holiday: The Selby Collection by Millea Bros. Ltd.

Linn Howard Selby, building on the collection begun in 1925 by her mother, Loretta Hines Howard, continued the tradition of presenting the elaborate Nativity scene at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art each Christmas. Beginning in 1957, more than two hundred 18th-century Neapolitan creche figures have been given to the Museum by the family. The families collection has also been displayed at the White House during both the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations, with President Kennedy participating in arranging the Bethlehem scene. Loretta Hines Howard was an American artist (1904-1982) who studied at the Ashcan School of Robert Henri. Her paintings are included in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art and her papers are held by the Smithsonian. Her home at 36 East 74th St was a 6-level double brownstone that had an extensive collection of art and collectibles that included many of the items available. 

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