nline only auction October 27, 2023 at 9a.m. EST with 600 lots including fine art, antiques, sterling silver, jewelry and more.
FINE ART includes print sets from "The Philadelphia Print Shop Ltd" Henry Bradbury's Nature Printed Ferns from "Thomas Moore's Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. London: T. Moore, 1855, similar botanicals, ship paintings including one of Captn Jurgen Rahlff von Fenmarn, 19th C Colored "Ivorytype" Glass Photo, Oil on Canvas Painting Attributed to Luca Giordano, KPM Hand Painted Porcelain Plaque of Moses,
STERLING SILVER includes rare Bailey, Banks & Biddle Sterling Candle Stands, 19th C Philadelphia tea pots and more, piecees by JE Caldwell, Kirk, Chitry
GOLD watches, coins and medallions, and jewelry; designer watches.
Satava, Galle, Abelman art glass and others, duck decoys plus Jan Calvert's carved sparrow, antique and collectible books such as Georges Bloch 1970 Book "Picasso 347" and Books 1 & 2 of Catlin's "North American Indians."
Collection of items from Mary Gibson and her family, Mary Gibson Henry was a notable botanist and her plant collections were the first in creation of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia.
There are also a few lots of fine and interesting furniture.
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LOT 326:
Jan Calvert Carved Lifelike Dead Sparrow
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Sold for: $450
Start price:
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Estimated price :
$1,000 - $1,500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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Jan Calvert Carved Lifelike Dead Sparrow
Very finely carved and painted lifelike dead English Sparrow by Jan Calvert, champion woman carver in the 1970s. It comes in original storage box. There is a photo of the dead sparrow that was used as reference for the carving. Measures approx 5.75" L. Also includes a carved duck pin by Jan Kitty Bradshaw 1974. (From the direct descendants of Baynard & Mary Gibson Henry. Both were prominent figures and contributors in Philadelphia. Mary Gibson Henry was a notable botanist and her plant collections were the first in creation of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia.)
