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	BRIGGS AUCTION, INC. SPECTACULAR ESTATE ANTIQUE AND FINE ART AUCTION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23^rd, 2005 This Exciting Auction Featured an Excellent Assortment of: Fine Art, including Paintings and Sculpture Antique Furniture Quality Reproduction Furnishings Oriental Carpets Estate Fine Jewelry Sterling, Fine Porcelains & China, Crystal & Glassware Decorative Accessories, and much more Items from MAIN LINE and DELAWARE VALLEY Homes and Estates in Westtown, Chester Co.; Havertown, Lansdowne, & Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, & Newark, DE, with additions.
SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS: (Note: All prices include 10% Buyer's Premium)
FINE ART
Milton Avery, 1954, White Hen; Oil, 16" x 12" $68,200	William Aiken Walker, Man on a Mule; Oil, 9" x 12" (Image) $26,400	William Aiken Walker (Attrib.) Darky Boy Buck Dancing; Oil/Cigar-box Lid, 7.5" x 4.5" (image) $5,500
Walter Emerson Baum, Snowy Landscape with Farm Oil, 3.5" x 5.5" (image) $2,970 Walter Emerson Baum, Snowy Landscape with Stream Oil, 3.5" x 5.5" (image) $2,420	Lee Gatch, Fetish Tree, 1959 (Abstract in Grey and White) Oil & Collage on Canvas, 12" x 11" $2,750	F Leger, '43; Ink Drawing of Nude with Yellow, Red, Green Striped Background 18" x 14" (image) $2,090
Robert Kulicke, Still Life with Flowers Oil, Signed "Kulicke 59"; 10" x 9", in Kulicke Frame $1,980	Michael Bergt, Prometheus; Egg Tempera, 15.5" x 19.5" $1,870 Michael Bergt, Male Nude in Rocky Landscape Egg Tempera; 7.5" x 9.5" $1,540	Kathe Kolliwitz, Suffering Man; Charcoal, 17.5" x 21" $1,650
Edna Hibel, Fields of Portugal; Oil, 16" x 20" $1,650 Edna Hibel, Asian Family in Field with Child; Oil, 13-3/4" x 15" $1,210	Nicholas Francois Chifflart, 1854 The Death of LaSalle; Oil/Canvas, 11.5" x 19" $1,430	Helen Farr Sloan, Our Front Yard--Santa Fe; Oil/Board, 11-1/4" x 15-1/4" $1,430
Dean M. Larson, Studio Mantle; Oil/Panel, 9" x 11" $1,320	Bronze, signed C.M. Russell; Stagecoach and Team of Six $650	Rogers Grouping, "The Council of War" $275
Leonard Volk, Bronze Head Abraham Lincoln; 12.5" Tall $220	NOT PICTURED: Bronze Male Figure by Lane Casey: $1,320 Bronze Hare by Joel Tea: $550

ANTIQUE FURNITURE
Federal Inlaid-Mahogany Sideboard with Bow-front and Wine-drawer Sides $11,000	Pair of Mahogany Bookcases with full Figural-carved column ends, Bronze-framed glass doors; Aprox. 9' and 6' wide $6,380	Mahogany Drop-front Desk with full Figural-carved columns, Bronze-framed glass-doors Bookcase sides and fitted interior Aprox. 6'9" wide, 4'8" tall $4,400
Sheraton Mahogany Sideboard with Serpentine Front; Aprox. 69" Wide, 41" Tall, 29" Deep $3,410	Pennsylvania Pine Step-back Cabinet $1,650	Oak Renaissance-Revival Heavily-carved Sideboard $1,595
Mahogany Heavily-carved Center Table with Figural legs, Dragon motifs $1,540	Queen Anne Walnut Candlestand with Birdcage Support; Aprox. 28.5" Tall, 19-1/4" Diameter $1,375
QUALITY REPRODUCTION FURNITURE
Cherry VA Galleries Henkle-Harris "New Market" Tall Chest with 3-over-2-over-4 Drawers $4,290	Cherry VA Galleries Henkle-Harris Corner Cupboard $2,200	Cherry VA Galleries Henkle-Harris Triple Dresser with Mirror and 4-poster Bed $1,842.50
Cherry VA Galleries Henkle-Harris Tall Chest $1,760	NOT PICTURED: Baker Inlaid-Walnut Dining Table with 2 Leaves: $3,850 Bench-made Furnishings by Robert Trent Hoag, West Chester, PA: - Walnut Sideboard: $770 - QA-style Tea Table: $374 - Walnut QA-style Tilt-top Table: $254
ESTATE ORIENTAL CARPETS
Room-size Carpet (7'7" x 7'9") $3,410	Runner (10'2" x 4'8") $2,310	American Indian Flat-weave Area-size Rug $1,540
ESTATE FINE JEWELRY
Lot 17: Man's 18k Patek Philippe Wristwatch marked Tiffany & Co. $4,400	Lot 51: Platinum-set Diamond Ring Aprox. 1.60ct tdw $3,520	Lot 41: Pair of 18k Cufflinks with aprox. 2.49ct of Emeralds, made by Oscar Heyman, NY 2001 $1,210
Lot 60: 14k Bold-link Necklace and matching Bracelet; Marked "585" $1,155	Lot 50: Art Deco Platinum Brooch with Diamonds and Sapphires and detachable Gold vine-desig Frame $880	Lot 14: 18k Ring with Intense Green Jade Cabochon $687.50
Lot 10: 18k Signet Ring with 18^th C. Carnelian Intaglio, engraved with coat of arms (modern American setting) $687.50	Lots 39 and 40: 2 Pair of modern 18k Cufflinks in Snail-shell design, with Enamel, Mother of Pearl, and half-pearl; Made by Schepps, NY $632.50 each	Lot 9: American Hand-made 18k Replica of Eiffel Tower set with intaglio engraved Citrine Matrix (Citrine c.1800-1820); Made c.1990 by Albert Pujol, Inc. $605
STERLING
Pr. Sterling Tiffany Compotes, Chrysanthemum Pattern $6,325	Set Stieff Rose Sterling Flatware in Fitted Box (Aprx. 83 pcs) $1,540	Stieff Repousse Oval Covered Vegetable (bottom Left) and Oval J.E. Caldwell Sterling Tray (Top) $1,100 each
Two pair of ornate Master Salts, each with matching Shaker with Swan bases $1,100	Pair of Sterling Compotes (Left and Right), Marked J.E. Caldwell $770 (pair)	Stieff Sterling Repousse Tea Strainer (shown on left) $231
NOT PICTURED: Lot Stieff Repousse Sterling Flatware Apx. 46pcs. $660 Lot of Unmarked Repousse Sterling Flatware, Apx. 42pcs.: $440
FINE PORCELAINS & CHINA / CRYSTAL & GLASSWARE
*Large Set of Rosenthal The Sunray* China $1,870**	Square Rose Medallion Covered Box (Shown in front) $495	Large Rose Medallion Charger (24.5" Diameter) $495
Glass Paperweights, including: Inkwell with Millefiori Design: $412.50 Large Vase, "Orient & Plume": $412.50 Swan Decorated by Daniel Salazar, Lindberg Studios: $286 Rosenthal, with Garden Vegetables: $264	Large Staffordshire Blue & White Transfer India Temple Platter (apx. 21.5" x 18.5") $412.50	Pair of Steuben Candlesticks $330
NOT PICTURED: Hand-painted Oyster Plate $253
DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES
Mira Table-top Music Box with aprox. 22 15.5" Discs $2,860	Large Victorian Crystal Chandelier $1,485	Framed Sampler dated 1813, Signed "Sarah Pitt, aged 7 Years" $935
Art Deco Fountain with Figural Finial, Slag-glass Bowl, Ornate Stand $577.50	Framed Sampler dated March, 1835, with Deer Motif $495	Miniature Enameled-case Carriage Clock (Left): $220 Lucite-case Clock with LeCoultre Works: $220
NOT PICTURED: Large Wall Mirror in ornately-carved column-side Mahogany Frame: $1,265 Classical Garden Sculpture: $605 Vintage Child's Empire Electric Stove: $275 Stoneware T.F. Reppert Crock with incised blue decoration: $220
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