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 2:
Henry Bradbury Fern "Nature Printing" (4)
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Sold for: $650
Start price:
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Estimated price :
$300 - $500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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Henry Bradbury Fern "Nature Printing" (4)
Set of 4 "Museum Quality" framed "Nature-Printed" ferns by Henry Bradbury (1831-1860) OD approx 17.25" x 24.25" / ID 14.5" x 21.5". Framed in 1993. They include a letter on the back with letterhead "The Philadelphia Print Shop Ltd" explaining Bradbury's Nature Printed Ferns process and reads in part "Thomas Moore's Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. London: T. Moore, 1855. Folio. Nature printed intaglio prints. Printed in colors. Full margins. Very good condition.". The 4 plates are: Plate XXXIV (The Lady Fern), Plate XXVII (The Hay-Scented Fern), Plate XXVII (The Mountain Buckler Fern), Plate XLIV (The Common Brakes, or Bracken).
