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May 2003 Fine Art and Antiques Auction Catalog

Aspire Auctions, Inc.


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Lots

Antiquities
1-10
11-20
Paintings
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-67
Works on Paper
68-82
83-97
98-112
113-127
128-142
143
Furniture & Decorative Arts
144-153
154-163
164-173
174-180
Porcelain, Pottery & Ceramics
181-190
191-200
201-210
211-220
221-222
Glass
223-231
Silver
232-241
242-251
252-253
Estate Jewelry
254-263
264-273
274-283
284
Orientalia
285-294
295-304
Oriental Carpets
305-313
Books, Photographs & Autographs
314-328
329-343
344-358
359-373
374-388
389-403


Character Postcard Signed by Enrico Caruso, 1909

314. Character Postcard Signed by Enrico Caruso, 1909


Inscribed post card to Sybil Selgman, thanking her for her telegram and not signed Caruso, however "Goose". Card apprx 5-1/2" x 3-1/2".

300/500 Sold: $287.50

Signed Letter By Enrico Caruso, 15/7/1909

315. Signed Letter By Enrico Caruso, 15/7/1909


Inscribed on gray paper with the address "13, Clarendon Court, Maida Vale,W.". Written to long time friend "Mia Cara Signora Sybil", (Sybil Seligman). Overall paper size apprx 10" x 6-3/4".

300/500

Signed Letter By Enrico Caruso, 29/12/1912

316. Signed Letter By Enrico Caruso, 29/12/1912


On stantionary from The Hotel Knickerbocker, NY, inscribed by Caruso to Annie, writing "...I am thin. It is true everyone tells me that I look better, you are always the same even a bit heavier caused by the summer... the 18th of March I will come to Montecarlo where I will sing Tossca, Luccia Rigoletto...". Overall paper size apprx 10" x 6-1/2".

300/500 Sold: $230.00

Inscribed Photocard of Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)

317. Inscribed Photocard of Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)


Caruso with bucket, pretending to be ill at a picnic. Framed and matted photograph/postcard of Enrico Caruso with personal inscription. Apprx image size 3" x 5", apprx overall size 8" x 10".

250/500 Sold: $230.00

Enrico Caruso Signed Telegram, 1904

318. Enrico Caruso Signed Telegram, 1904


A London telegram receipt dated June 27th, 1904. Enrico writes that he will see you in one hour. paper apprx 5-1/2" x 8-1/2".

200/400 Sold: $115.00

The 1462 Fust & Schoeffer Bible

319. The 1462 Fust & Schoeffer Bible


Koening, Eberhard. THE 1462 FUST & SCHOEFER BIBLE. Introduction by Christopher de Hamel. With an Original Leaf from the 1462 Bible. Akron & Evanston: Bruce Ferrini / Hamill & Barker, 1993. Folio (approx. 20" tall). Limited 1/166 copies, quarter morocco over paper boards, original leaf in linen portfolio, both housed in linen clamshell box. This deluxe production contains one leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible, the first dated bible and the first bible with a Colophon.

2,000/3,000 Sold: $2,070.00

Braque - Paulhan (Illustrated Book)

320. Braque - Paulhan (Illustrated Book)


Mourlot, Fernand and Castor Seibel. DEUX LETTERS DE JEAN PAULHAN ET QUATRE REPONSES DE GEORGES BRAQUE, Paris: Pierre Bordas et Fils, 1984. Limited #169 of 230 copies. Quarto, wraps, unsewn in publisher's slipcase. Illustrated lithographs.

2,500/3,000 Sold: $690.00

Vous en ferez ce que vous voudrez (Illustrated Book)

321. Vous en ferez ce que vous voudrez (Illustrated Book)


n.a. VOUS EN FEREZ CE QUE VOUS VOUDREZ. Paris: du Lys, 1972. Folio, wraps, unsewn in publisher's clam shell box. Suite of 26 monochrome etchings by Gautier-Constant, R.

200/300 Sold: $57.50

Henry Moore Sketchbook 1980

322. Henry Moore Sketchbook 1980


Moore, Henry. HENRY MOORE SKETCHBOOK 1980. Much Hadham: Raymond Spencer Company Limited, 1985. Limited Artist's Edition (roman numeral VI of X), SIGNED and numbered by Moore. The Facsimile sketchbook is housed in a Solander box with a vellum spine, sides covered with a Richard de Bas handmade paper. LACKING the two etchings.

1,500/2,500 Sold: $517.50

Pierre Eugene Clairin (Illustrated Book)

323. Pierre Eugene Clairin (Illustrated Book)


Clairin, Pierre Eugene. PIERRE EUGENE CLAIRIN. Paris: Rombaldi, 1946. Limited. Small folio, wraps, unsewn in publisher's box. 10 original illustrations by Clairin. Foxing throughout, foxing heavy on box and title page, box seperating at joints.

200/400 Sold: $34.50

Marino Marini: Catalogue Raisonne

324. Marino Marini: Catalogue Raisonne


(Marini, Marino); Coen, Alfredo and Carlo (editors). MARINO MARINI: ETCHINGS AND LITHOGRAPHS 1919-1980, Tokyo: Shorewood Japan Co., 1991. Quarto, black cloth in dust jacket. Limited 1/5000 copies, includes two lithographs bound inside the book, printed at Mourlot Atelier, in Paris, France, in 1991. Text in English and Japanese. A clean, tight copy.

100/150 Sold: $149.50

Marino Marini: Catalogue Raisonne of the Sculptures

325. Marino Marini: Catalogue Raisonne of the Sculptures


Caradente, Giovanni. MARINO MARINI: CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE SCULPTURES, Milan: Skiro, 1999. First Edition, quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 369 pp., with 782 illustrations, 32 color plates. As New in publisher's shrink wrap.

100/150 Sold: $115.00

Marino Marini: Catalogue Raisonne of the Graphic Works

326. Marino Marini: Catalogue Raisonne of the Graphic Works


Guastalla, Giorgio and Guido. MARINO MARINI: Catalogue Raisonne of the Graphic Works (Engravings and Lithographs) 1919-1980. Liverno, Italy: Leslie J. Sacks and Graphis Arte Editions, 1993. Limited Edition 1/1000 copies, quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. 275 pp., profusely illustrated, text in English.

100/150 Sold: $103.50

Two Art Books: Thomas Hart Benton and Contemporary Lithographic Workshop Around the World

327. Two Art Books: Thomas Hart Benton and Contemporary Lithographic Workshop Around the World


Baigell, Matthew. THOMAS HART BENTON, New York, Abrams, (1973). Oblong quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 278 pp., with 229 illustrations, including 101 plates in color. Shows minor wear and soiling. Knigin, Michael and Murry Zimiles. CONTEMPORARY LITHOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP AROUND THE WORLD, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1974). First Edition, cloth in dust jacket, 318 pp., illustrated. Dust jacket chipped and torn, book remains clean and tight.

50/100 Sold: $46.00

Goya His Life and Work

328. Goya His Life and Work


Gassier, Pierre and Juliet Wilson. GOYA HIS LIFE AND WORK: with a catalogue raisonne of the paintings, drawings and engravings. London: Thames and Hudson, (1971). Quarto, cloth with dust jacket in publisher's slipcase. 400 pp., with 2148 illustrations, including 48 tipped-in color plates. Shows light wear and soiling.

40/80 Sold: $46.00

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