Categorized Listing Of Lots

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Lot 466: Marguerite Kirmse, English, 1885-1954, b&w etching, Stymied, 7 1/4" x 5 1/2", pencil signed and titled, Sessler's label verso, minor foxing
Estimate: 400-600
Lot 467: After F. Stewart colored lithograph "Chippewa Indian Lodge". Image size 3 7/8" x 6.25" in period walnut frame.
Estimate: 75-125
Lot 468: F.O.C. Darley engraved illustration of children watching blacksmith. Rosewood veneer frame. 5.5" x 7.5"
Estimate: 50-75
Lot 469: Two maps of Delaware, one highlighting New Castle County, one highlighting Kent County. Published by A. Finley, Philadelphia. Formerly laid down with glue stains on back. Stains and foxing. Sheet size 13" x 10" and 11.5" x 14.25".
Estimate: 75-125
Lot 470: R. B. Gillespie B&W engraving St. Ann's, Middletown, Del., Erected 1768. Water stains along lower edge of 9" x 13" sheet. Image size 6" x 9"
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 471: F.O.C. Darley, two B&W engraved title pages "The Battles of America by Sea and Land" and "A Dictionary of the English Language". Stains and foxing. Approx. 10" x 7" each.
Estimate: 75-125
Lot 472: After W. Brotherhead by H.J. Toudy & Co. Centennial lithograph of Wilmington Delaware. Walnut Victorian frame. 10.75" x 8.75" sight size.
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 473: D. Reyam, B&W lithograph, Thompsons Bridge, Erected 1834, Replaced 1935. 8" x 11.75" sight size.
Estimate: 75-125
Lot 474: After A.T. Scott by P.S. Duval & Co. B&W lithograph Red Lion Camp Meeting 1853 New Castle County Delaware, published Cyrus Stern, 29 N. Market, Wilmington, Delaware. Browning, foxing & staining. 9" x 14" image size.
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 475: Robert Shaw colored lithograph Old Hanover Presbyterian Church Wilmington, Delaware 1909. Pencil signed & titled. 8.25" x 12.5" image size.
Estimate: 75-125
Lot 475A: Complete Works of Shakespeare in 3 vols, edited by William Cullen Bryant, illustrated by Felix O.C. Darley
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 475B: Longfellow's Evangeline, with illustrations by F.O.C Darley, stitch bound in paper, Riverside Press 1884
Estimate: 100-200
Image not Available Lot 475C: Compositions in outline by Felix O.C. Darley, from Judd's Margaret, Redfield, NY 1856, some stains and foxing, binding in poor condition
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 475D: Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter w/ illustration by FOC Darley, riverside Press 1884, some foxing and stains, stitch bound in paper
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 475E: Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter w/ illustration by FOC Darley, riverside Press 1884, some foxing and stains, stitch bound in paper
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 475F: Character sketches from Dickens by FOC Darley, 8 plates, stains and foxing
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 475G: Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, illust. By FOC Darley, full leather binding, front board seperated at spine, 1849
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 475H: Illustrations of Rip Van Winkle designed and etched by FOC Darley, 1848, cloth binding, spine in poor condition
Estimate: 75-125
Lot 475I: Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, illust. By FOC Darley, full leather binding, red leather and boards in good condition, 1849
Estimate: 250-350
Lot 475J: Illustrations of Rip Van Winkle designed and etched by FOC Darley, 1848, green leather and marble boards
Estimate: 75-125
Lot 475K: Illustrations of Rip Van Winkle designed and etched by FOC Darley, Paper pamphlet, 1848, some stains and foxing
Estimate: 25-50
Lot 475L: Lot of glass negatives, 2 of front of Colonial Revival house, 4 others of Friend's Meeting House and Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, dated 1901
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 475M: Group of ephemera incl. c. 1900 photo of covered bridge, photo of Robert Shaw etching of Hanover Presbyterian Church, Wilm., 14 photos of the Norwood Family and Harmon Family- Nanticoke Indians of Lower Delaware, Pilot's Boat, Lewes, DE, Market St. Bridge, Wilm., and 3 other large Brandywine Valley bridge photos
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 475N: Group of 12 assorted book plates and engravings by FOC Darley, some in color, along w/ pamphlets and newspapers incl. picturesque America, American artists, illust. Christian Weekly, and Harper's Weekly
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 475O: 10 unframed and 4 framed FOC Darley book plates, etchings and illust., along w/ 4 pamplets from the War w/ the South also illust. by FOC Darley, parts 1,2,4 & 5,
Estimate: 300-500
Image not Available Lot 475P: Large lot of unframed book plates, prints, & lithos by FOC Darley, Howard Pyle and others
Estimate: 300-500
Lot 476: After Gayle Hoskins. Two colored prints. "The Rifle Frolick" & "Trade from the Monongahela". Inscribed in ink "To Allen & ? Gayle Hoskins". 16" x 23.5" sight size.
Estimate: 75-125
Lot 477: After Gilbert Stewart engraved by David Edwin. Colored engraved portrait of Thomas McKean, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Late 19th Century gilt frame. 12.75" x 8 5/8" sight size.
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 478: After Robert W. Wier B&W engraving landing of Hendrick Hudson published 1866. 5 /18" x 7.5" Sight size.
Estimate: 75-125
Lot 479: Robert Shaw, American, 1859-1912, B&W engraving. Sunnyside, Home of Washington Irving, with a remarque of Irving's bust, 8.25" x 12.75" sight size.
Estimate: 100-150
Lot 480: Robert Shaw B&W engraving. Monticello? With a remarque of a stone gate. 8.25" x 12.75" sight size.
Estimate: 100-150
Lot 481: Robert Shaw framed triptych of Brandywine views. 3" x 5" each
Estimate: 100-150
Lot 482: Robert Shaw B&W engraving. Mill building with a remarque of a mill race. 8.25" x 12.5" sight size.
Estimate: 100-150
Lot 484: Robert Shaw B&W engraving. Brick residence with brick wall. 7 7/8" x 5 5/8" sight size.
Estimate: 75-125
Lot 485: B&W engraving. Framed engraved illustration clipped from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion July 5, 1956 depicting the seal of the State of Delaware and hunting scene. Also included is the top half of the page. Walnut Victorian frame. 7" x 9.5" sight size.
Estimate: 50-75
Lot 486: Hand colored engraved map, Titled "Theatrum historicum ad annum Christi quadringentesimu. in quo tu. Imperii Romani tu. Barbarorum circumincolentium status ob oculos ponitur. Pars orientalis. Auctore Guillelmo Delisle e Regia Scientiarum Academia. Parisiis, apud Autorem in Ripa vulgo dicta le Quai de l'Horloge cum Privilegio Regis ad Vicennum, 1705". Extensive water stain in lower right. In walnut Victorian frame. Image size 19" x 26"
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 487: Vintage colored photograph Wilmington, Delaware 1890, Market Street at Eighth. Titled in mat. Foxing and stains. 13" x 18" sight size.
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 488: Robert Shaw B&W engraving. Mill building with a remarque of a small farmhouse. 8" x 12.25" image size.
Estimate: 75-125
Lot 489: Robert Shaw B&W engraving. Moonlight snowscape with a remarque of a soldier. 8.25" x 12.5" image size.
Estimate: 75-125
Lot 491: Robert Shaw B&W engraving Old Swede's Church with a remarque cemetery gates, Beckman 82. Some foxing and discoloration. 10.75" x 18.75" image size.
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 492: Robert Shaw, American, 1859-1912, B&W engraving, Brandywine Walk, Wilmington, DE, with a remarque of pedestrian suspension bridge, Copyright 1892, Beckman 10. Stains & foxing. 15.5" x 25" image size.
Estimate: 200-350
Lot 493: Robert Shaw, American, 1859-1912, B&W engraving, Old Barley Mill, Wilmington, DE, with a remarque of a child sledding.Beckamn 73, foxing and discoloration. 15.5" x 25.75" image size.
Estimate: 150-250
Lot 494: Robert Shaw, American, 1859-1912, B&W etching, Brandywine Walk, Wilmington, Delaware, with a remarque of a pedestrian bridge. Foxing and stains. 21.5" x 15" image size.
Estimate: 150-250
Lot 495: Robert Shaw B&W engraving of The Old Bridge Mill Built 1830 with a remarque of a millstone. Stains and foxing. 10 3/8" x 16.75" image size.
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 496: Robert Shaw, American, 1859-1912, B&W engraving Cows in a Stream, with a remarque of a farmhouse, Stains & foxing. 11" x 18" image size.
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 497: Robert Shaw, American, 1859-1912, B&W etching of the Old Bridge with a remarque of a Conestoga wagon. Stains & foxing. 10.5" x 18" image size.
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 498: Robert Shaw, American, 1859-1912, B&W engraving of Rockford Tower 1902 with a remarque of a covered bridge. Stains & foxing. 16.5" x 12.75" image size.
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 499: After George L. Brown, B&W etching of boy fishing along stream. Enraved by SA Schoff, publ by W. Pate & Co, Stains & foxing. Walnut Victorian frame. 8.75" x 13" sight size.
Estimate: 50-100
Lot 501: Printed colored map of the State of Delaware with various historical vignettes for the Delaware Tercentenary 1938. 21.5" x 15.5" sight size.
Estimate: 100-150
Lot 502: Samuel Margolies, American, 1897-1978, Silent Sentinels, b&w etching, 10 3/4" x 12 3/4", pencil signed & titled
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 503: Samuel Margolies, American, 1897-1978, Lengthening Shadows, b&w etching, 12 1/4" x 10", pencil signed & titled
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 504: Samuel Margolies, American, 1897-1978, Winter's Symphony, b&w etching, 8 1/4" x 10", pencil signed & titled
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 505: Robert Riggs, American, 1896-1972, On Stage Four, b&w lithograph, sheet size 18" x 22", image size 14" x 18 1/2", pencil signed and titled, laid down on mat around margins, some mat burn and even browning, otherwise very nice
Estimate: 600-800
Lot 506: Robert Riggs, American, 1896-1972, Elephant Act, b&w lithograph, sheet size 18" x 22", image size 14 1/4" x 19 1/2", pencil signed and titled, laid down on cardboard with laid down mat, not easily separated to view inside
Estimate: 800-1,200
Lot 507: Cloth bound collection of 54 Old Master reproduction prints, titled on spine, Collection Max Flersheim, Paris, overall 25" x 22" x 4 1/4"
Estimate: 500-1,000
Lot 508: Black and white engraving, Washington and His Family, engraved by Wm. Sartain, Phila., After a painting by G. Schussele, 1884, image 17 3/4" x 25", water stain across entire image 5" from bottom, 2" tear at left edge, 1" tear top edge
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 509: William D. White, American, mid 20th C., LE black and white litho of Barefoot Bearson's barn 22/50, with history of artist and barn depicted which burned in 1930-32 in Claymont, DE
Estimate: 200-300
Lot 510: J. Palacios, Spanish, color lithograph, La Lidia, Cite en Corto Para Banderillas de Frente, bullfight arena, 19" x 12" image size, good condition, nicely framed
Estimate: 50-100
Lot 511: B&W lithograph, 1841 Temperance Association Pledge and Membership Certificate, John Wilcox elected a member, Frankford, PA, 13 1/2" x 10 1/2" image, stains, veneer losses on mah Empire frame
Estimate: 50-100
Lot 512: Hand colored printed birth certificate, G.S. Peters, Harrisburg, Pa, stains, in an early pine frame, 19" x 16" overall
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 513: Leo Russell, b. 1917, colored lithograph, Defensive Talisman, image size, 18 1/2" x 15" , signed, titled, and numbered 190/200 in pencil, not examined out of frame
Estimate: 100-200
Lot 514: Sadao Watanabe, Japanese, b. 1913, untiteld color woodblock, 17 1/2" x 21", some loss to blue pigment
Estimate: 200-400
Lot 515: Tamami Shima, Japanese, 20th c, 2 woodblocks, 1961, Wooded Landscapes, signed, titled in Japanese, numbered, 35/100, 57/100, image 15" x 22 1/2"
Estimate: 200-400
Lot 516: Robert Shaw, American, 1859-1912, B&W etching, Bruton Parish Church, Communion silver remarque, 8" x 12 1/2" image size, trimmed within 1/2" of image, nicely framed
Estimate: 100-150
Lot 516A: Robert Shaw, American, 1859-1912, B&W etching, Old Swedes Church, remarque of Churchyard Gates, 11" x 18 1/4" image size
Estimate: 100-150
Lot 516B: Robert Shaw, American, 1859-1912, B&W etching, 8" x 12 1/2" image size, The Early Home of John Howard Payne, author of "Home Sweet Home", Southhampton, Long Island, musical remarque, lighht foxing apparent
Estimate: 100-150
Lot 516C: Robert Shaw, American, 1859-1912, b&w etching, 198" x 132", The Old Bridge, Wilm. w/ Conestoga Wagon remarque
Estimate: 100-150
Lot 516D: Robert Shaw, American, 1859-1912, b&w etching, 9 7/8" x 15 3/4" Belmont Hall, Smyrma, w/ remarque of tiled fireplace, andirons, laid down w/ 3/4" border, 1 1/4" on bottom
Estimate: 200-300