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IMPORTANT ESTATE ANTIQUE AUCTION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17^th, 2003 Featuring items from DELAWARE VALLEY HOMES AND ESTATES, in GLADWYNE, LANSDOWNE, and MEDIA, PA, and GREENVILLE, DE, with Selected Additions. This Exciting Auction Features 18^th and 19^th Century Furnishings • Fine Reproduction Furniture Decorative Accessories • Oriental Carpets Fine Artwork Silver • Fine Porcelains and China • Crystal and Glassware Collectibles and Unique Treasures Fine Estate Diamond, Platinum, and Gold Jewelry and Much More
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: (Note: All prices include 10% Buyer's Premium)
ANTIQUE FURNITURE
Diminutive Mahogany Butler's-type Desk with Bookcase-top $2,750	Georgian Mahogany 7-drawer Tall Chest $2,420	Diminutive Chippendale Walnut 4-drawer Chest on Ogee Bracket Feet (36" wide) $4,510
Oil/Board, W. Chadwick (William Chadwick, 1879-1962) 18-1/4" x 14-1/4" $2,860	Set of 6 Federal Dining Chairs with inlaid Backs $2,750
FINE ART
Oil on Board by Atherton Still Life with Corn, Apples, and Mums; 20" x 18" $11,000
STERLING SILVER
85 pcs. Kings Pattern Flatware in fitted chest $1,430 65 pcs. Kings Pattern Flatware in fitted chest $962.50	Pr. Sterling filigree-border, low-pedestal Plates by "Shreve, Crump & Low Co." $2,090	3 Georg Jensen Serving Pieces • Wooden Spoon with Sterling Handle in Acorn Pattern; 1909-1914 mark • Wooden Spoon with Sterling Handle in Cactus Pattern; 1909-1914 mark • Small Tongs; 1933-1944 mark $2,035
Sterling 6-pc. Tea Set, with Sterling Tray $1,760
FINE ESTATE JEWELRY
Platinum Solitaire Diamond Ring with Modern-cut Diamond and side Baguettes. • Center Diamond: - aprox. 2ct - aprox. VVS2 clarity - aprox. G-H color • Baguettes: - aprox. 0.30 ct $11,550	18k YG and Diamond Bangle Bracelet. Diamond-accented cover opens to reveal 21 in-line Princess-cut Diamonds. - aprox 10.0ct tcw - aprox. 6.5ct-princess cut - aprox. 2.62 oz. Gold $8,250	Platinum-set Ring with Blue Sapphire surrounded by Diamonds. - Sapphire: aprox. 7.91 ct - Diamonds: aprox. 1.5ct tcw $4,400
14k YG Bell, marked "Tiffany" $1,430	14K Gold Presentation Box from Irénée DuPont, dated 1953 $3,300
CLOCKS / DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES / ORIENTAL CARPETS , ETC.
Mahogany-case MIRA Upright Music Box with 36 18-1/2" Discs and Double Comb $14,300	8' Cast Iron and Lead Garden Fountain, with 5' Diameter Resevoir $8,250	Room-size Sarouk; 14'9" x 8'8" $3,410
Document Signed by President John F. Kennedy: Appointment of Edwin O. Lewis as Commissioner of the US Constitituion 175th Anniversary Commission - May 22, 1961 $2,530	Waterbury Oak-case Regulator No. 59 Wall Clock $7,260
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