Concert 8 Model upright piano by C. Bechstein, Berlin, Germany. Serial No. 187433. Beautiful rosewood, with burl. Dimensions: 131 cms. ht. x 154 cms. width x 62 cms. depth. Purchased in 2002 (manufactured in 2000). Condition: wonderful playing condition, with a beautiful tone; chip to the block beneath the lowest E key of the keyboard (see photos), and some minor blemishes on the left end. This piano is an excellent value, priced at a fraction of the new retail price which approaches $30,000...

For centuries, the Chinese practiced ancestor worship as a religious ritual. Ancestor (also known as) or Spirit tablets were a ritual object commonly seen in temples and shrines and on household altars. Usually made of one or 2 pieces of wood...

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A Jizhou bowl was beautifully applied with whitish tortoiseshell glaze.
Sited on the characteristic shallow walled nearing flat foot ring, the bowl was slightly inverted on the mouth rim.
The body clay revealed at the bottom was in loosening-feel quality and was fired in light buff tint.
Molding scar was left at the foot ring too.
Due to long time of age, enduring old crackles were yielded in the glaze.
The agate-like glaze was in very fine condition...

A rare early Ming dynasty 15th century blue and white large bowl, rounded side with flared rim, straight foot and glazed base, bowl outer wall decorated with fine under glaze blue of butterfly motif in different position, center with reverse blue base and white conch motif.
Bowl is in very good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration, crackled at glaze surface semi porcelain.
Size: 15cm diameter.

Louis Vuitton Wardrobe Trunk in Monogram canvas covering. Sold at Saks and CY in New York; I am guessing that this dates circa 1920's to 1930's. It is in great vintage condition with all brasses intact. The trunk contains one drop-front drawer and four lift-out drawers, and an interior leather belt to fasten loose items in the bottom of the trunk. The trunk also retains it's original handles, and 6 signed Louis Vuitton hangers. Sorry, there is no key...

Square vase in decorated matte with a floral motif of Wisteria on one side and anemones on the other. Glaze colors are blue, green, purple, red, yellow and white, glaze is heavy in spots, and has some small burst air bubbles (pinhead size). Glaze did pool at base of article, and there are three small glaze pulls at lower edges. No cracks, chips, or repairs. Vase measures 7.5 inches (19 cm) Tall by 5.8 inches (14.7 cm) wide by 2.25 inches (5.7 cm) deep...

Louis Vuitton briefcase with combination locks in the Monogram pattern. This roomy briefcase measures 16.75 inches (42.5 cm) tall by 12.9 inches (32.8 cm) wide by 3.4 inches (8.6 cm) deep. Pockets and compartments for pens, pencils, credit/business cards, folders; all your business needs. Interior is clean and shows almost no wear. Exterior brasses, including feet, are in very good condition, with one latch release on one lock having minor plating loss (see photos)...

Georgian sterling silver teapot, London, 1784, by famous silversmith Robert Hennell. This pot has shaped sides with bright cut and beaded decoration to the cover and top portion. Wooden scroll handle and ebony finial. Condition: some old repairs to the underside seam on the bottom, minor dents at base of spout, a non-structural split in wooden handle. Clear hallmarks on base and with original assay office's silver testing scrape marks...

Pair of English George I table spoons in the Hanoverian pattern with rat tail bowls, London, 1716 - 1717, Britannia standard (95.84% pure silver), with indistinct maker's marks. Length: 8 inches. These early Georgian tablespoons have a pronounced midrib to the front of the handles and are engraved with owner's block shaded initials R*C over earlier erased initials. They are bottom marked on the stem with hallmarks that include the date letter for 1716-1717, a seated Britannia and Lion's head...

Polychrome squat bottle vase by Barbini, pale amethyst glass with bubbles with a coroso finish with splashes of dark amethyst, cobalt and blue-green. Excellent condition, no chips, cracks or repairs. Very minimal wear to bottom due to being protected by 3 small felt patches.Signed Barbini Murano in script on base. Measures 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) tall and is 5 inches (12.7 cm) wide and 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) deep. Circa 1970's

George III two-handled cup or porringer with repousse floral decoration, sterling silver, London, 1763, by silversmith William Cripps, engraved with owner's initials 'S*R' and date of '1764' in a cartouche. Legible hallmarks struck under base. Size: 6 1/4" across handles x 3 3/4" high x 3 5/8" diameter. Excellent condition with no repairs or erasures. Weight: 5.47 troy ounces

Marguerite Elizabeth Kumm (American, 1902-1992) painting of two seated dancers in black dresses. Oil on canvasboard. Circa 1930. Size: 19.75 inches x 15.75 inches. Unsigned, but with pencil inscription on reverse,"M.E.Kumm" and with provenance from the artist's estate, and then deaccessioned by Georgetown University in 1996. Excellent condition. Offered in a gilt wood frame.

Large English Victorian sarcophagus form tea caddy, fashioned of rosewood veneers with mother-of-pearl floral inlay to cover and front, resting on compressed ball feet. Two lidded interior tea storage compartments with traces of original tinning, but missing the original glass mixing bowl. Mid 19th century. Very nice condition, with some minor chipping at corners, tight crack on back, and with some inlay missing on cover and escutcheon. Size: 12 3/8" long x 6 1/4" deep x 7 1/2" high.

Worcester Barr, Flight & Barr period porcelain tea cup and saucer in Queen Charlotte or whorl pattern. Circa 1792-1803. Impressed on underside with letter "B" and with British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA) labels of authenticity. Excellent condition with no chips, cracks or repairs; only some rubbing to gilding on rims.

Vadim Federovich Korobov (Russian/Ukrainian, b.1931), oil on artist board; signed, titled and dated 1977 on the reverse. Size: 13 7/8 inches x 19 1/4 inches. Excellent condition. This genre painting depicts young people planting trees and is titled 'Spring.' Korobov is a Ukrainian painter. After his discharge from the Soviet Army in 1950, he enrolled in the Lugansk Art School, where he studied with the renowned Soviet artist, A. Filbert. Korobov's works are found in some 35 museums across R...

Bernard Corey (American, 1903-2000) landscape painting of a harbor at low tide. Oil on board, 9 inches x 14 inches. Signed lower right. Excellent condition; offered in a modern frame. Bernard Corey was born in Grafton, MA and became a teacher of art and a plein air landscape painter in oils and watercolor, who is best known for his many renderings of the New England countryside. He was a member of the Rockport Art Association, the North Shore Art Association, the Salmagundi Club, American Wa...

Cesare A. Ricciardi (Italian/American, 1892-1973) oil on canvasboard marinescape of a Misty Morning in a New England harbor. Dated 1954. Size: 20 inches x 24 inches. Cesare Ricciardi emigrated from Italy to the United States as a young boy. His art studies began at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, but he eventually enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied with Thomas Anschutz, Cecilia Beaux, Hugh Breckenridge, Robert Henri and Leopold Seiffert. He is mainly known as ...

Rare carriage clock by the Vermont Clock Co., Fair Haven, VT. Brass case with beveled glass panels on all sides and carrying handle. 8-day movement with engine turned, decorated steel back plate. Rectangular porcelain dial with Roman numerals in black and minute divisions. Condition: excellent running condition; minor chip to porcelain at top left corner of dial (barely noticeable when viewed from the front view). Size: 6 inches ht. with handle extended x 3 inches wide x 2 5/8 inches deep.