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	BRIGGS AUCTION, INC. SPECTACULAR ESTATE ANTIQUE AND FINE ART AUCTION FEBRUARY 3^rd, 2006 This Exciting Auction Featured an Excellent Assortment of: Fine Art, including Paintings and Sculpture Antique Furniture Quality Reproduction Furnishings Sterling; Fine Porcelains, China, and Glass Estate Fine Jewelry Decorative Accessories, and much more With Items from MAIN LINE and DELAWARE VALLEY Homes and Estates including the Estate of Constance Biddle, Newtown Square, PA, a Collection from Historic New Castle, DE, and additions.
SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS: (Note: All prices include 10% Buyer's Premium)
FINE ART
Fern T. Coppedge, Oil Summer at Lake Winnipesaukie; 16" x 16" $31,900	Bronze by Chopin, Cossack Kissing Woman on Horseback $9,680	Bronze Statue of Caesar on Marble Pedestal $6,930
Pair of English Hunt Scene Oils; Unsigned $3,630	Unsigned Oil, Genre Scene Outside "Swann Inn" $3,080	Bostelle 1957, Oil; Portrait of Constance Biddle $1,320
Unsigned Oil, Portrait of Renaissance Lady with Gloves $1,980	Unsigned Oil, Portrait of Renaissance Gentleman in fur-lined Cape $1,870	A.E. Martin, 1927; Oil Torpedo (Constance Biddle's favorite horse) $1,045
NOT PICTURED: Unsigned Oil, "Peasants at Rest": $2,420 Japanese Block Print of Boats with Bridge: $962.50 2 A. Sampson Landscape Oils: $990 (total) Darley Print and Engraving of Union Soldiers on Horseback: $880
ANTIQUE AND CUSTOM REPRODUCTION FURNITURE
Federal Walnut 2-pc. Corner Cupboard with Architectural Door $4,180	Sleigh reproduction Tall-case Clock in Mahogany Case $3,300	Sheffield Furniture Co. Mahogany Scretary Desk $2,860
Biedermeyer tilt-top Dining Table $3,630 and set 4 inlaid Dining Chairs $935	Biedermeyer inlaid-Satinwood kidney-shaped Writing Desk $1,650	Empire Mahogany Sideboard on Claw Feet $1,485
Mahogany serpentine-front Sideboard $1,210	Pair of Bill Wallick Windsor-style Armchairs $1,210 and set 4 Bill Wallick Windsor-style Side Chairs $1,012	Long ornately-carved antique Blanket Chest $1,100
NOT PICTURED: Set 10 Empire Dining Chairs with rush seats: $1,485 Lexington Furniture Bookcase: $1,265 Primitive Pine Bench-Table: $852.50 Tall Mahogany Chest with 7 Drawers: $770 Globe "Ideal" Tall File with tambour door: $687.50
SILVER
4-pc. Ornate Sterling Tea Set made for Bailey, Banks & Biddle $5,060	Pair of Lownes Goblets $4,620 Shown with: Sheffield Hot-water Urn $363 Pr. unusual figural Candlesticks $407	Federal 3-pc. Coin Silver Tea Set marked Sayre $2,750
Tiffany Sterling Punch Bowl (Biddle wedding commemorative, dated December 30, 1922) $1,210	English Sterling Footed Pitcher $990	4-pc.Georgian Silver Tea Set (Hallmarked) $990
NOT PICTURED: Pr. Early Hallmarked Wine Coasters: $1,650 Sterling Bookmark with cut-out design: $220 Early Silver Nutmeg Grater: $467.50	Jensen Sterling Salad Set $550	Victorian Gentleman's Travel Kit fully outfitted w/sterling lids $550
FINE PORCELAINS, CHINA, GLASS, ETC.
English Chamberlain's Meat Platter with perforated insert $2,970	Two Early Slip-decorated Redware Plates Top: 10.5" $2,640 Bottom: 11" $1,540	Steuben Gold Aurene Art Glass Center Bowl $1,980 Pr. Steuben Gold Aurene Art Glass Candlesticks $1,045
Blue Fitzhugh Meat Platter with perforated insert $1,650	Two Blue Canton Platters $1,292.50	Pair of Blue Gaudy Platters $825
NOT PICTURED: Mochaware Pitcher (Repaired): $2,090 English Blue Delft Plate: $632.50 Blue Fitzhugh Meat Platter: $550 Blue & White English Tankard with Pewter Top: $495 Oriental Bottle Vase: $440
DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES / ORIENTAL CARPETS, ETC.
Pr. Gilt-framed Silk Mourning Pieces $1,540	Candace Biddle's Louis Vuitton Trunks Top: $1,430 Bottom: $742.50	Cast Iron Stable Boy Garden Statue $1,100
Period Andirons, including Pr. Brass and Iron Aesthetic Movement design $1,430 Pr. Brass with "lemon" finials and "penny" feet: $852.50	Lot of apx. 59 Lead Soldiers (mostly Britains), sold in 5 Lots $1,727 total	Mahogany Knife Box $275
NOT PICTURED: Armor-piercing knife with sheath: $412.50 Large gilt-framed Wall Mirror with decorated top: $770	20' Oriental Runner $1,650	Oriental area-size Carpet with 4 "star" medallions $1,210
ESTATE FINE JEWELRY
2ct Diamond Ring in Platinum setting with Yellow Gold band $5,720	14k Waltham closed-face Pocket Watch $935	18k Necklace with Sphere, Star, and Circle design $687.50
14k large-link Necklace $577.50	Ring with 3 interlocking Diamond Bands $440	3 Tiffany Paretti Bangles (one Sterling, 2 Lacquer) $220
NOT PICTURED: Set with pr. 18k Cufflinks and 4 Studs with chalcedony intaglios: $852.50 Gold Snake-design Bracelet with enamel (as is): $412.50 18k Ring with Opals and Blue Sapphires: $357.50 Ornate Brooch with reverse painting on front and back: $550 14k Open-link Bracelet with cabochon stones: $495

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