Charles and Ray Eames
(American, 1907-1978 | American, 1912-1988)
Pair of DAX Chairs, c. 1950sHerman Miller/Zenith Plastics, USA
molded fiberglass with rope edge, enameled steel, rubber
manufacturer's label to underside
H 31 1/2 x W 24 1/2 x D 23 inches
Property from the George M. Irwin Trust, Quincy, Illinois
409 PW’s-(2) 18S Illinois; Miller Model 3 15J 18S coin OF and a Currier transitional
This lot sold on November 18, 2006 for $200
Unframed mixed media painting on weathered canvas laid on stretched canvas, "Making a Guide," signed lower right Papanek-Miller (Mary Ann Papanek-Miller, Illinois, Texas, 20th/ 21st c.), dated 1993, Inman Gallery label verso with title, overall: 14"h, 14"w, 1.25lbs
CAMPAIGN POSTER ASSORTMENT(6) items including 1920 Warren G. Harding / Calvin Coolidge jugate “America Always First” inscribed and signed “For Congress / S.P. Powell” and accompanied by initialed typed letter from Powell on Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney letterhead; a chromolithograph portrait of FDR after John Doctoroff (American, 1893-1970) mounted on a gold ink on blue acetate foil backing having emblem and motto of the National Recovery Act; a Goldwater and Miller jugate; a 1911 Carter N. Harrison “Harrison and Chicago” mayoral campaign; a round-format Al Smith “For President”; a 1969 Illinois Constitutional Convention delegate’s certification typed form letter signed by Paul Powell, Secretary of State; all framed
IRISH GEORGE II CARVED MAHOGANY TEA TABLEcirca 1750, dished top, bracketed apron, foliate and shell carved knees, cabriole legs, feathered trifid feet, underside with old "Pickfords LD" shipping label, 27-1/2 x 33 x 21-1/2 in.
Provenance: Miller & Schweizer, Evanston, Illinois, January 1986; Private Collection, Charleston, South Carolina
Condition:
retains good structural integrity, top appears to have been reset with minor shrinkages, refinished some time ago, scattered marks, abrasions, and general wear from age and use
JULIE HEFFERNAN (AMERICAN, 1956-) STUDY FOR SELF-PORTRAIT AS BIRD CATCHER I, 2001 Oil on canvas: 36 in. (diameter) Verso: signed, dated, and titled J. Heffernan/ (c) 2001/ Study for Self Portrait as Bird Catcher I Provenance: Peter Miller Gallery LTD, Chicago Illinois, purchased for $11,150 May 23 2003, by descent to the present owner, Private Collection, Washington, D.C.
510 Illinois 18S Miller KWKS 15J S#67598 in 9K YG HC, c1880 TP 2,200. Mvt is gilt and signed "Adjusted". RN SS dial is signed "Illinois". R&A case is probably low karat gold.
This lot sold on June 18, 2006 for $550
508 Illinois 18S Miller Model 1 15J S#351 in 4 oz coin OF case with flyback, c1872 TP 654. SS dial signed "Springfield Watch Co". Gilt mvt was 50th Miller grade manufacture. Illinois 1st year. A 3 star watch.
This lot sold on June 18, 2006 for $325
MASSIVE MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE, MOSTLY WWI-WWII, AMERICAN, ALLIED, GERMAN, JAPANESE.This archive is a lifelong collection of the consignor who has a publishing company and had hoped to publish photo history books utilizing images from this incredible archive. This dream never came to fruition and a change in life has instead led to the consignment of this treasured photoarchive. Archive consists of about 33,000 vintage and first generation photographic prints and 18,900 negatives, over 500 slides. Also included are five 8mm newsreel films, one 16mm newsreel film (original German newsreel footage of Fallshirmjager troops parachuting into Holland), 25 stereo-cards and miscellaneous ephemera belonging to photographers whose work is now preserved in this photoarchive including letters, correspondence and military service records. A large percentage of this archive is dedicated to WWI and WWII Air Corps and aviation. Many of the groupings are from professional American military photographers, German military photographers and soldiers in the field. A small percentage of this archive is made up of other content including trains, ships, cars (including 1919 Indy Race winners Ralph DePalma & Howdy Wilcox at a race on the Sheepshead Bay, NY track in their winning Indy car), Gar Wood & his co-pilot in executing an Oct. 1930 speed record run in the Harlem River as they ran the incredible speed boat, Miss America VIII, powered by twin Miller V16 supercharged engines, the 1939 World's Fair showing the Lifesaver parachute tower ride later used for paratrooper training at Ft. Benning and many portraits and landscapes of 19teens-1940s that would be perfect for publishers as well as movie costume and movie set designers. The images are concentrated in WWI-WWII era, but there are earlier photos and more military photos from Korean War and even Vietnam War. Many negatives included in this archive are large format and glass plates. Virtually all of the archive has been researched for the historical content, placed in acid free archival sleeves and boxes and labeled. All the 8x10 custom-made, wet-process prints were made by the consignor who has had fifty years of experience working in photo darkrooms. A partial summary of contents includes: WWI Aces Eddie Rickenbacker, Raoul Lufberry and photo positive of his death certificate; Douglas Campbell, Albert Ball-Victoria Cross (V.C.) (in his aircraft and with his squadron), William 'Billy' Bishop-V.C., Georges Guynemer, Irish Ace Edward 'Mick' Mannock-V.C., James McCudden-V.C., Frank Luke (known as the "Balloon Buster") ,WW1 German aces including Hermann Goering, Baron Manfred vonRichtofen (the Red Baron and photo of his death certificate), photos of the Lafayette Escadrille and other historically important WWI squadrons, photo of Quentin Roosevelt's terrible end and his death certificate , 9th AERO, dead WWI tankers, 7 WWI airplane postcards and 5 boxes of Vietnam War color slides. Vintage photos and negatives all taken by Marine tanker John Quas on Iwo Jima, vintage battleships, Bombardier Squadron 97, vintage prints of Spanish-American War era Illinois National Guardsmen also a Spanish-American War era Cavite coastal gun vintage photo. P-39 Airacobra 8x10 1st generation photos, 3175th Signal Service (pre-war or early WWII with shots of General Claire Lee Chenault, Flying Tiger's leader), B-29s, 1936 Olympics, war-time and post-war Europe, Generals, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 82nd Airborne, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Raff's Ruffians) negatives (no proofs or prints) showing Generals Jim Gavin, Matthew Ridgeway, Dwight D. Eisenhower and others just before D-Day, truly amazing photo negatives of an 82nd A.B., 507th P.I.R squad in full combat gear training prior to D-Day, very young and very old German soldiers surrendering, Guam Photos, 8x10 1st generation enlargements of 8th AAF, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels" photographed by Milton "Chic" Cantor. Included in this lot of original 4x5 negatives are several shots of 82nd A.B. parachutists watching over German civilians that they made to disinter civilian victims of a Nazi slaughter. The incident is described in "Jumpin" Jim Gavin's autobiography "On To Berlin" but the photo negatives of this incident have never been published. Custom made 8x10 prints from copy negatives of Eastern Front (Operation Barbarossa), WWI glass plate negatives, photo positives and prints of 94th Aero Squadron including Ace Reed Chambers, German & Italian leaders including Hitler looking at bomb damage and Mussolini with the Italian king photos. Pre-WWI & WWII aircraft, aviators, Polish soldiers, European theater and Italy vintage photos of Mussolini death and WWI aircraft. Quad 50 AA crew, guns, battle shots, B-26, 9th AAF 387th BG, 558th BS B26s, scenes, bases, soldiers, Paris (one showing Notre Dame cathedral sandbagged against bomb damage), 3rd Army in Europe, 9th AAF, Generals Hap Arnold, George C. Marshall, P-38s in the Pacific and North Africa and B29s, GIs in Europe, rail guns, Liege Belgium turrets in forts ruined in WWI and WWI monument, P-47 Thunderbolt Tallahassee Lassie 510th FS, 5th AAF crewman burial Okinawa 1945 and DC3s "The Scout" and others. Scenes from India, Burma, Suez Canal taken by WWII Signal corps photographer Robert W. Lavelle with two books of his negatives, truly excellent photographs and 200 1st generation 8x10 custom prints. Very rare Finland combat negatives with custom made, 1st generation B&W prints of the Finnish War of Continuation. The negatives in this amazing and rare lot with original Finnish language-descriptions of each film negative's contents, also English translation of same and over 200 custom 8x10 black and white prints (no negative count, but many rolls of 35mm). The works of WWI photographer L.R. Dold, Co. B, 314 Engineers 89th Div. from Trinidad, Colorado which contains negatives and photos of the Western Front, aerials of trenches, views of Verdun and the cavelike tunnel system, the Meuse River, camouflage roads, barbed wire entanglements on the Western front and much, much more. There are G. Warden Clark's AAF negatives of B-24 noseart and bombing missions over Europe. Some of the most incredible shots in the archive were taken by a Signal Corps photographer attached to the 82nd A.B. 507th P.I.R. and shows scenes such as Generals James (Jumpin' Jim) Gavin, Matthew Ridgeway and Gen. Eisenhower right before D-Day. Over 1,000 photos (most 4x5 and 8x10) The works of WWII photographer of Charles P. Carter 168th Signal Photo Co; the works of A.M. Berkson, Far Eastern Air Force photographer in WWII with the 5th AAF, 38th B.G. original negatives and a three-ring binder of vintage aerial photos showing Japanese bases on New Guinea and New Britain being pounded by U.S. Army Force B25 medium bombers. There are vintage photos in this 38th B.G. archive showing Japanese Navy vessels being destroyed, Japanese air bases demolished, the Japanese stronghold at Rabaul, New Britain being pulverized and Cape Gloucester being gloucesterized. Also great vintage photos of legendary aircraft in this bombing group and their aircrews as well as amazing photos of the natives and their villages. The works of WWII U.S. Navy Photographer, Daniel G. Reiber are in the photoarchive, WWII multiple photo groups: Marine aerial recon, old news photos, Yokosuka Naval Air Base, Army base (possibly Camps Shanks), Japanese surrender on Missouri. Pelileu Andrew Felbinger bombardier 133rd anti-aircraft, Bushmaster "Jake" Jacobsen photos and negatives, vintage photos of a Navy S.W. Pacific P.T. Boat Base; Guadalcanal, 870 Chemical Co., P-40, P-47, B-25s aircrews, B-26s, B-17s and 5th Service Command. WWII Navy and WWI Schuerz negatives and prints, 21 WWII photo albums, two WWI photo albums, Burma China album has negatives (several show Eddie Rickenbacker addressing pilots in the 14th AAF) and 500 South Pacific Coast, 16 negatives. Five WWII Castle newsreel films (news and parades), WWII China B-24 bombers, 14th AAF 308th BG and Chinese evacuating. Negatives and proofs of Luke, William & Ajo AAFB, plus Okinawa and Japan Army Base photos by George Kiener. European theater Battle of the Bulge, unknown photographer, European photos (France Maginot Line), 158th Regimental Combat Team Jake Jacobsen, 8th AAF 389th GB, 566th BS and Tobi and Fana Islands, Japanese surrender, 660 photos. Sino-Japanese War 1930s, air crashes at U.S. Naval Air Station, Japanese Gun in the Admiralty Islands, 5th and 13th AAF, PB4Y1 Tidewater Tiller and 660 vintage photos. Spanish-American War, WWI aircraft 1920s, Coast Guard station in Florida in the late 1930s, German spy ship Schwabenland in an American harbor and album labeled "1939-1940 World's Fair". Gar Wood in Miss America VIII in the Harlem River, Oct., 1930 and Florida Military school. Incredible photographic record of an WWII German Luftwaffe flak unit, photographer unkown, (about 300 negatives, 55mm and 3-1/2"x 2-1/2") in Germany and at the Pas de Calais. The works of a very talented U.S. Navy photographer Billie Greer Smoak from Georgia, WWWII U.S. Navy South Pacific photos, negatives and ephemera (564 photos, 316 negatives). Five 8mm WWII news films by Castle Films News Parade. 795 4x5 vintage negatives from the 1920s-1940s by New Yorker Mr. Elam (his works encompass the time period from the 19teens until the mid 1940s and include the Gar Wood negatives and the Indy winner negatives), WWI, Spanish-American War, WWI ANZAC 112 glass plates, 278 negatives WWII U.S. Army, 1940-1950's, Pvt. Herman Doll, 109th Inf., 46 negatives, WWII 8a8th MP 46 negatives, WWI Rainbow Div., E.H. Brown, 9th AAF C.J. Ginther negatives (some of the best in the archive), Marine Aircraft Group MAG 32, Marine Aircraft Group 13 (both in the South Pacific, some photo negatives of PBY Ctalina known as a "Black Cat") 276 negatives, Pacific WWII, WWII German B&W negatives, Luftwaffe, AA searchlight and 370 negatives MG unit, Europe and war generals and Victory Expo in Paris. Alsolso vintage prints of the liberation of a concentration camp. 351st BG (Heavy) 8th U.S.A.A.F., WWII, 197-4"x5" B&W acetate negatives. All prints and negatives in archival storage sleeves. All negatives are proofed, 49 half proof sheets. Shots include missions, personnel, aircraft, barracks and vehicles. U.S. Navy Photographer S. A. Szabo WWII _ 52 custom made 8"x10" B&W prints (some are vintage), 1 vintage 5"x7" print _ 72-4"x5" acetate negatives 12 of which are accompanied by 4"x5" contact proofs. Most photos are of Navy personnel, especially photo branch, some shots are of Navy aircraft and personnel. S/Sgt. Bob Lavelle, China/Burma/India WWII _ 161 custom made 8"x10" B&W prints with two 4"x5" vintage prints and five 8"x10" vintage prints. 166 2-1/2 x 3-1/2" negatives in two folios, each negative in a numbered glassine sleeve and identified in inventory at front of folio. Shots of people, personnel, RAF PBY, wrecked Japanese aircraft, captured Japanese aircraft spare parts, Gurkhas, temples, scenery, Suez Canal, British AC carrier, newspaper headlines about the war and more. Warren Boyen, European Theater _ 16 custom made 8"x10" 1st generation B&W prints, 78 small vintage prints. 558-35mm B&W negatives, 12 2-1/4" x 3-1/2" B&W negatives. Also an analog, German made photo exposure calculator. Photos include subjects such as convoy to Europe leaving from New York, scenes from England, France, Germany, armored vehicles, men, women, men with women, the Paris Expo under the Eiffel tower after the war with shots of an A 20 Havoc and Hub Zemke's P47, camp life and clubs. 1935 Military Exercises, Pine Camp, N.Y. _ 33 -4"x5" B&W negatives all with proofs (contact prints), men in formation, war game, men in camp, officer's and horses. 35 _ 2-1/4" x 2-1/2" B&W negatives with proofs. German Army, WW1, scenery, soldiers, trenches, trains, Krupp manufactured Big Bertha howitzer in place with crew and with burst barrell and destroyed villages. 7 _ 2-1/4" x 3-1/4" B&W negatives with proofs. U.S. Navy submarine Division 9 rafted up at North river, New York City in May 1920. R & S boats along with Navy ships. Includes 7, 8"x10" custom made 1st generation B&W prints. 89 -35mm B&W negatives with proofs. Family photos of houses, vintage autos, Navy personnel on leave. One custom made 8"x 10" 1st generation B&W print of a new, 1954 2-door Pontiac Chieftan. 16 B&W negatives with proofs, Korean War, U.S. Army, men, camp and helicopters. 6 _ 3"x2" B&W copy negatives with proofs of high ranking Nazi officers like Field Marshall Rommel, General Major Ringel and more. 6 _ vintage WWII prints B-29 Superfortress "Better 'N' Nuttin'" 2 - 4"x5" prints, 3 _ 3 1/8" x 2 1/8" prints. Crew members, aircraft on ground and in flight. Vintage 8"x10" B&W AP Wire photo from U.S. Army Signal Corps Radio Photo of B-25 Mitchell medium bomber "Jeanette" shot up in a raid on Sicily. Unknown Pennsylvania photographer who served in the Army in 1950s and in the Merchant Marine. 52 rolls of 35mm B&W film containing a total of 839 negatives. There are also 93-2-1/2" x 1-5/8" B&W negatives. Images on negatives range from early 1950s to 1961. Subject matter includes airshow at Philadelphia airport in 1955, tanks and half-tracks in Germany 1955, Merchant Marine ships at sea and in port, G.I.'s in Europe on maneuvers, European cities in France, Belgium, Germany, Greece, old cars, gas station in the 1950s, family and babies. 27 - 8"x10" custom made 1st generation prints of Philadelphia air show in 1955. Includes shots a B36 and a B56. 39 B&W 4"x5" negatives. 14th AAF, 308th BG (H) in B24 Liberators. Images are of bombing missions, aircraft in flight, bomb damage to Japanese held targets in China (8-4"x5" negatives with data written on them). 31-4"x5" negatives, also with information, of evacuation of Chinese from Japanese held parts of China. Some damage to a few of the negatives, but very poignant images, excellent focus and exposures show good contrast. Truly a magnificent record of a difficult time in Chinese history. 2 custom made, 1st generation 8"x10", B&W prints. All 31 of the evac negs have been proofed and 2 of the 8 combat mission negs have been proofed. Photos/photo negatives taken by Major Barnett, USAAF who served in the 12th AAF, 321st BG flying in a North American B25D Mitchell Medium bomber. Flew missions and photo recon. Grouping consists of 47-4"x5" B&W negatives with excellent subject matter such as large numbers of captured German troops, some no older than high school age, and gear in Italy. All 47 come with a proof sheet. There are a total of 516 35mm x 25mm B&W negatives, 374 have been proofed and many of these have multiple proofs, 145 have no proof sheets at all. Subject matter includes aircraft in the 12th AAF, wrecked and abandoned German and Italian aircraft and machinery at Bizerte, Tunisia, air recon missions, some personnel, the bombed ruins of Monte Casino, lots of aerials showing the Italian countryside. 36 first generation, custom made B&W 8"x10" prints from some of the 519-35mm x 25mm negatives. 7 vintage B&W aerials of Randolf Field in Texas (1930s), 14 vintage B&W aerial recon photos of target sites in Italy like Milan and Naples. Also some paper ephemera like magazines, military issue pamphlets, post cards and booklets. 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment, 81mm mortar platoon. Includes 53 8"x10" custom made, 1st generation, B&W prints. 257-35mm B&W negatives showing scenes from Marine basic training, Marines in full gear, Marines graduating from boot camp, small aircraft carrier, aircraft on carrier, jungle camp in Pacific, Okinawa scenes and combat, US Fletcher class destroyer. There are 15 proof sheets showing 221 images so not all the negs are proofed. Pfc. John Quas Jr., photographer was in the 4th Marine Division, 25th Regiment Tank Battalion. He served on Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Includes a photo album with 86 vintage B&W prints of various sizes. Subject matter includes Oahu, Hawaii, troops along with tanks, self propelled guns and artillery on revue; Marines on landing craft heading into the beach at Iwo, Iwo scenes, destroyed Japanese positions, captured Japanese weaponry, Marine tanks ashore, disabled Marine Sherman, Marine Sherman ashore with the landing fleet in the background. Very dramatic
after battle scenes, lots of casualties. There are also 58-30mm x 40mm B&W negatives and 52 custom made, 1st generation 8"x10" B&W prints made from the negatives. 4 vintage B&W 8"x10" prints, one marked on back "Official U.S. Navy Photograph" all in rough shape, fold lines and foxing evident. 1.)photo labeled "Giving first aid to wounded 10th Army man at Okinawa May 30, 1945. 2.) photo labeled "Carrier based planes of third fleet strike Kushiro on Hokkaido _ buildings set on fire plus locomotive _ July 14, 1945 _ The attack occurred during the Third Fleet's daring sweep of the Jap's home islands." 3.) The "Duke of York" pulling into Apra Habor, Guam Admiral Fraser on board to see Nimitz." 4.) Combat Marines on a break gathered around an older man in Marine uniform who appears to be signing autographs. 86 vintage B&W prints, photographer unknown, maybe a Sea Bee, most of the prints are 4"x5" , some are 2"x3 1/8". Most are of Guam, wreckage of battle, destroyed Japanese defenses, destroyed Japanese tanks, U.S. invasion fleet, B-29 bombers, cemetery, bivouacs, Guam scenery, Japanese staff at Guam hospital, also shots of Okinawa invasion wreckage and after battle scenes and sailing back into San Francisco harbor Golden Gate bridge ahead. 15 vintage 4"x 2-3/8" B&W prints of B17s in the 306th Bomb Group "The Reich Wreckers" on Gibralter and in flight. Photos taken by Joseph W. Long of Milford, Michigan. (116 negatives). 5 vintage 3 1/4" x 2" B&W prints of "Joey at Camp Bowie, Texas, 1943." Also 15 2-1/4" x 3-1/4" B&W negatives, all proofed. 77 B&W negatives, all proofed, unknown Army photographer, scenes show camp training, bivouacs, some scenes in Germany, troops on ship heading home. 49 B&W negatives 3 1/8" x 2-1/4" in size with 1 B&W negative 4-1/4" x 2-1/4" in size, all proofed on 16 custom made proof sheets. Photographer unknown, U.S. Army, most show G.I.s in Europe, post war. Scenes in Holland, Germany and France. A number of photos of troops on revue. Several shots of an airfield with numerous aircraft, one is a B-29, plus shots taken from cockpit of B-29 in flight showing inside of cockpit also aerials of Paris. 3 B&W glass negatives 3-1/2" x 2-3/8" in size all proofed on 2 custom proof sheets. Photographer unknown. U.S. Army, WWII era. Locations unknown. G.I. with fuel truck, G.I. in class A uniform, view of equipment storage yard on Marston Mat and bivouac in background. 22 B&W negatives all proofed on 3 custom made proof sheets, photographer unknown, ANZAC troops, scenes of ANZACs in what appears to be North Africa. 37-B&W 4"x5" professional negatives, all custom proofed on 9-8"x10" sheets and two on 4"x5" sheets. 69-4"x5" B&W vintage prints. All by Navy photographer Ensign G.W. Hollenbeck, photographic officer, Utility Squadron VJ 19. Subject matter includes aerial shots of atolls in the South Pacific, the U.S. Fleet at Ulithi atoll, The Battleship North Carolina underway seen from the air, Navy personnel, USO party, P-51D-20 Mustang tail number 44-72558 in the 458th Fighter Squadron/506th Fighter Group "A Neat Package", Beechcraft SN B-2 in flight over the Pacific, Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat on an aircraft carrier, Navy aircraft, Navy aircraft on aircraft carrier, Navy base, life on the base etc. 20-8"x10" vintage prints of aircraft (mostly in flight over the pacific) included in these are several excellent prints of Navy North American PBJ medium bombers in flight with some Chance-Vought F4U Corsairs, great shot of F4-U in flight, great shot of a Navy SBD Douglas Dauntless in flight, Douglas A-26 (Navy target tug designation JD-1) on Marston mat runway. One 5"x7" print of superstructure on an Australian aircraft carrier. 12-3"x2" vintage B&W prints showing Navy life on base in Pacific. 17-3"x 2-1/2" vintage B&W prints of VJ 19 personnel, 3-3 _" _ 2 _" vintage B&W prints showing VJ 19 personnel. Vintage B&W prints of VJ 19 personnel on deck of an aircraft carrier. 10-4"x5" B&W negatives, all proofed on 3-8"x10" sheets. Unknown photographer, U.S. Army basic training. Great shots, all sharp focus, good contrast. One favorite is of soldiers lined up in front of tent with girls smiling and looking out from tent. 139-2-1/4" x 2- 1/4" B&W negatives, all proofed, unknown photographer in either the 45th or the 96th EVAC Hospital. Scenes in Germany and Yugoslavia including U.S. personnel, hospital, wrecked German aircraft, death camp photos, buildings, ovens, etc. 20-4-1/2" x 2-1/2" B&W negatives all proofed, 20-3-1/4" x 2-1/4" B&W negatives all proofed. Photos taken by Lt. S.W. Sloane in the 925 Engineer Aviation Battalion showing scenes in England and North Africa. This unit landed on Omaha Beach in July 1944 and paved the way across Europe for the 9th AAF by building landing fields. Army Air Force personnel, bivouacs, English buildings, a wrecked searchlight on a beach, Army medics and a hospital. From Eastern Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain, 598-3-1/4" x 2-1/4" B&W negatives, about 100 additional negatives of larger size, custom made 495 8"x10" B&W wet process, continuous tone B&W prints from these negatives. Most likely the combined works of multiple photographers. Subject matter includes ships in Norway port and in ocean, scenes from Holland with Fallshirmjager, Fallshirmjager in jump uniform with weapons, Operation Barbarossa (Eastern Front) scenes of battles, destroyed Russian tanks and after battle scenes, occupied Paris, portraits of Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe ground combat troops on eastern front, some members of a Cossack unit, POWs in a camp, outer perimeter and guard tower of a POW camp, Wehrmacht troops with newly awarded combat badges, scenes from Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Feldgendarmerie unit, Luftwaffe radio-teletype communication mobile unit on the eastern front, Wehrmacht troops in captured Bren gun carriers at Dunkirk, German graves in Russia, Russian POWs, Wehrmacht driving school in Germany, destroyed German city, blown bridges, wrecked BF109 on a beach, scenes from a French beach (Le Pilat Plage, De La Cote d'Argent, Wehrmacht troops at a seafood restaurant on the beach), Wehrmacht troops at Nice, France, Wehrmacht troops in Denmark, Luftwaffe funeral ceremony, wreckage of Bf109 and grave of pilot on eastern front (probably the son of General Julius 'Papa' Ringel who commanded the 3rd Mountain Division, 5th Mountain Division, LXIX Corps, Wehrkreis XI and the Army Corps Ringel), Werhmacht life in trenches on the Eastern Front, Wehrmacht target practice, Dornier Do 17Z unit, wrecked and destroyed Russian aircraft, trainloads of Soviet Polikarpov I-16s captured and disassembled, Wehrmacht troops being welcomed in Eastern European towns, JU52M 3M Medical Transport in flight, on ground and unloading "commissbrot" commissary bread, FLAK tower being built, trucks delivering food to troops, troops preparing chickens and cooking chickens, horse drawn covered wagons moving through forest on dirt road, German field artillery with blown barrels, German field artillery in emplacements, German medium field gun _ K.39 149mm being serviced, smoke from combat with soldiers marching toward the battle, Wehrmacht soldiers on the barrel of a Soviet heavy tank that is out of commission and more, More Operation Barbarossa. 275-35mm B&W negatives still in old film containers. 13-35mm color slides making for a total of 288 images. None are proofed. No prints made, unknown photographer. Subject matter includes Eastern Front scenes; Wehrmacht troops in bivouac, blown bridges, family scenes, Wehrmacht officers at a party, stunning portraits of a Soviet P.O.W., Wehrmacht officers in a trench on the Eastern Front, soldiers with horse drawn sled in snow, Wehrmacht in Niewport, Belgium, port scenes, portraits of soldiers, buildings on East Front, after combat scenes, lots of destroyed Soviet tanks, German town, target practice, bridge building, mail delivery to troops, horses, hay delivery and more. The 13 color slides are of a Wehrmacht soldier at home in the country with horses and his lady friend/wife. 281-35mm B&W negatives still in old film containers. None are proofed, no custom made B&W prints. Unknown photographer(s). Subject matter includes: Eastern Front scenes, after battles, blown bridges, wrecked Soviet tanks, oceans of mud and vehicles stuck in same, partisan danger sign, bodies, German graves, Oct. 1941-June 1942, Wehrmacht soldiers in Paris (Eiffel Tower _ Arc de Triomph _ marching on the Champs Elysee), Wehrmacht at Joan of Arc monument, blown artillery pieces, artillery pieces, truck soldiers, soldiers marching, vehicles traveling, villages, horse mounted Wehrmacht soldiers, horse care, scenery. Interestingly there are two rolls of German Agfa 35mm film in this lot which show what appears to be U.S. G.I.s in Germany with St. Bernard dog and puppy, Sherman tank, playing baseball, wrecked industrial plant, wrecked German city and several photos of a flow chart showing Brig. Gen. William R. Woodward. 304 total B&W negatives of German FLAK unit, 168-3-1/2" x 2- 1/4" negatives and 136 55mm x 43mm negatives all in archival sleeves. Accompanied by 285 custom made, wet process, 1st generation 8" x 10" B&W prints. The photo negatives are of a Luftwaffe FLAK unit assigned to a 2 cm FLAK 30. The crew's deployments are shown. They were deployed by a city on a river (Rhine?), then an industrial area, then Pas des Calais. There are shots of English soldier's graves (Dunkirk?), sea mines that washed ashore, life in their quarters, soldiers goofing around (alcohol was almost certainly involved), General inspecting the facilities, bunkers and gun emplacements on the Atlantic wall at the Pas de Calais. A number of negatives are shots of bombs exploding during an Allied bomb raid on the Pas de Calais and then shots of the aftermath, blown trains and buildings. Also shots of a mass burial of German soldiers, date on one of the crosses shows July 1, 1940 as the date of demise. Amazing photos, some of the best in the archive. 26-5"x7" B&W copy negatives of the WWII battles on Saipan. Good, sharp copy negatives depicting the horrors of combat, battlefield deaths and destruction. 500 total WWII East Front/Operation Barbarossa/Norway B&W negatives. Includes 197-3 3/8" x 2-1/4" B&W negatives, 48-2-1/4" x 2-1/4" B&W negative, 302-35mm B&W negatives. 39-8" x 10" custom made, wet process, continuous tone 1st generation B&W prints made from the negatives. Negatives document Wehrmacht-Combat Unit IR 489 with their commander H.H. Behrend. Subject matter is of Wehrmacht and SS troops moving to encircle Leningrad. Army group north sector. 4th Politzei Panzergrendier Division which was fighting with the 269th Infantry Division at the Battle of Luga, 1941. Photos of SS graveyard includes several showing the grave of SS Gruppenfuhrer und Generalleutnant der Schutzpolizei & Commander of the 4th SS Politzei Division Artur Ferdinand Mulverstadt. Also shown are wrecked German aircraft, German STUKA bombing Russian positions, Wehrmacht soldiers advancing into Russia, Wehrmacht assaults on Russian positions, lots of destroyed Russian tanks, German armored columns, German truck convoys, bivouacks, Wehrmacht soldiers with MG 32s in position, blown trains, 70Km from Petersburg, dead Russian soldiers, destroyed Russian equipment, lots and lots of German graves. Also shots of occupied Bergen, Norway (Ole Bulls Plass) ships in Norwegian harbor and underway with German troops on board. Pastoral scenery, German soccer match, troops unloading weapons and more. Incredible lot of photos. 303rd BG (Heavy) 8th U.S.A.A.F. "Hell's Angels" WWII. All shots taken by squadron's official photographer, Milton "Chic" Cantor. 36 custom made 8"x10" B&W prints. 152 WWII German negatives all proofed. Scenes include guest houses, restaurants in Austria, Wehrmacht soldiers with horses, caring for horses, captured African soldiers in French uniform, artillery unit in Russia, Wehrmacht in earthworks, captured French soldiers, wrecked buildings in Russia, soldier's portraits, battle scenes, Catherine the Great's Palace at St. Petersburg/ Leningrad, wrecked Russian tanks, wounded soldiers on train, Russian buildings, camouflaged artillery, Germans sitting on the barrel of a huge Russian artillery piece 1 negative & 1 print WWII 10/24/44 U.S.S. Darter, SS 227 aground on Bombay shoal, S.W. of Palawan, her crew was taken off and she was shelled extensively by the sub Nautilus to prevent the Japanese from salvaging the boat, in this photo she is being used for target practice by U.S.N. aircraft. WWII German, soldier on guard duty, soldier riding horses, soldiers physical training, Bivouac, crossing river on ferry, hospital, Christmas, scenes in Germany, Hermann (otherwise known as Arminius) Monument, Teutoberg Forest, Germany, 95 negatives no proofs WWII German Operation Barbarossa, 82-35mm copy negatives of German advance across Russia destroyed tanks, German armored columns, tank battles, lots of combat photos, 77 B&W 8"x10" prints. WWII U.S. Army, 14" x11", brown embossed leatherette. Album contains 434 vintage photos, 5 photo post cards of Australia, 3 maps, pages from AAF magazine article on Biak Island near New Guinea: start at March 1943 training at Camp Barkley, TX for Medical Reserve Training Corps, then to Australia Camp Perry Park-Brisbane, then to Biak Island, then Philippines; included in this album is a vintage prints of Joe Rosenthal's iconic photo of Marines on Iwo raising U.S. Flag; native women; combat shots on Saipan & New Guinea, combat shots in the Philippines, Iwo Jima; casualty shots; General Yamashita surrender to General Wainright & General Wainright is refusing to shake Yamashita's hand. WWII German Photo Album 8.8 cm flak unit+ (66 photos); German "Eighty-Eight" unit, camouflaged artillery, battery of 8.8s towed by half tracks, high ranking officer, ski troop, LW plane postcard photos, aerials, portraits, 2 death notices, 2 pics of N. Africa or Greece. WWII German, 1427 35mm negatives, 34 custom made 8"x10" B&W prints, covering time period Oct. 1940 to June 1942. Contains shots of Dresden, Germany before it was bombed on some strips; Dresden 1941; family photos; German Judge; tank columns; lots of graves; unit photos; East Front; artillery position; artillery spotters; German officers in field; Paris Eiffel Tower great shots; Germans take France; wrecked French tanks; towns & defenses; big cannons in train yard; shots of Croatia (Zagreb), Austria. Hitler's Operation Barbarossa is well covered in this archive, from the Black Sea to the Baltic. Especially of interest are the Finnish negatives and custom-made, 1st generation wet-process B&W prints made from them showing the part that Finland played in the operation and its War of Continuation against the Soviet military. Over 1,000 sample images and a brief description of the contents are shown in our on-line catalog. Prospective bidders should examine this archive in person. CONDITION: Very good to fine overall. There are images that have damage, though vast majority are fine. Interested parties should examine lot in person. 52429-1
An Italian Alabaster Figure of a Tiger: An Italian Alabaster Figure of a Tiger. Late 19th Century. Height 14 x length 22 inches. . Property from the Collection of Marilyn Miller, Edwardsville, Illinois Condition . For condition inquiries please contact fdcr@hindmanauctions. com
Sale 345 Lot 100
* A Collection of Reference Books Pertaining to Japanese Prints and Decorative Arts, comprising James A. Michener The Floating World with commentary by Howard A. Link, 1983; Cynthea J. Bogel, Israel Goldman Hiroshige, Birds and Flowers translated by Alfred H. Marks, 1988; Amy Reigle Newland, Jan Perree, & Robert Schaap Crows, Cranes, & Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945 2001; Miyeko Murasae Masterpieces of Japanese Screen Painting 1990; Amy Newland & Chris Uhlenbeck Ukiyo-e to Shin hanga: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Prints 1990; Margaret Miller Kanada Color Woodblock Printmaking: The Traditional Method of Ukiyo-e 1989; Amy Reigle Newland The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints: Volume 1 2005; Amy Reigle Newland The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints: Volume 2 2005; Mikhail Uspensky One Hundred Views of Edo: Woodblock Prints by Ando Hiroshige 1997; Sandra Andacht Collector's Value Guide to Japanese Woodblock Prints 2000; Sebastian Izzard The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido: Hiroshige/Eisen 2007; Peter Morse Hokusai: One Hundred Poets 1989; Suzanne Kotz A Thousand Cranes: Treasures of Japanese Art 1987; Matthi Forrer Hiroshige: Prints and Drawings 1997; Matthi Forrer Hokusai: Prints and Drawings 1991; Jocelyn Bouquillard Hokusai's Mount Fuji: The Complete Views in Color translated from the French by Mark Getlein, 2007; Seiji Nagata Hokusai: Genius of the Japanese Ukiyo-e 1995; Amy Reigle Newland Visions of Japan: Kawase Hasui's Masterpieces 2008; Charles Hemming with Mark Aldbrook The Folding Screen 1999. (19) Illinois
Ernest Hemingway FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS 1940 First Printing Spanish Civil War Novel American Literary Classic In Scarce Dust Jacket Title: For Whom the Bell TollsAuthor: Ernest Miller Hemingway - Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy and understatement, strongly influenced 20th-century fiction, as did his life of adventure and his public image. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works during his lifetime; a further three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of his works are classics of American literature.Hemingway was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After leaving high school, he worked for a few months as a reporter for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to become an ambulance driver during World War I. In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home within the year; his wartime experiences became the basis for his novel “A Farewell to Arms.” In 1922, Hemingway married Hadley Richardson, the first of his four wives, and the couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent. During his time there, he met and was influenced by modernist writers and artists of the 1920s expatriate community known as the "Lost Generation". His first novel, ”The Sun Also Rises,” was published in 1926.After divorcing Hadley Richardson in 1927, Hemingway married Pauline Pfeiffer; they divorced following Hemingway's return from covering the Spanish Civil War, after which he wrote “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940; they separated when he met Mary Welsh in London during World War II. During the war, he was present during the Normandy Landings and the liberation of Paris.Shortly after the publication of “The Old Man and the Sea” in 1952, Hemingway went on safari to Africa, where he was almost killed in a plane crash that left him in pain or ill-health for much of the rest of his life. Hemingway had permanent residences in Key West, Florida, and Cuba during the 1930s and '40s, but in 1959 he moved from Cuba to Ketchum, Idaho, where he committed suicide in the summer of 1961.Publisher: Charles Scribner's SonsCity: New YorkYear: 1940Printing Information: First PrintingBinding Style: HardcoverPagination: 471 pagesWidth: 6.25" Height: 8.75"Book Details: "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to a republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of Segovia. The novel is regarded as one of Hemingway's best works, along with "The Sun Also Rises," "The Old Man and the Sea," and "A Farewell to Arms."Condition / Notes: This is a scarce first printing of Hemingway's Spanish Civil War novel, with letter "A" on copyright page. This volume is bound in publisher's full oatmeal boards, with black lettering on the red panels on the spine and the author's stamped facsimile signature on the front cover. The book shows moderate external wear, with light soiling to the covers. The binding is firm. The pages are clean and without markings. The intact dust jacket displays very light shelfwear. The intact jacket, with the price of $2.75 on the front flap, exhibits wear, with small tears along the edges and a white label, with the author's last name, to the bottom of the spine. The front flap displays minor loss at the fore edge and a closed tear to a portion of the text (without affecting legibility). This is a second-issue dust jacket, with the photo credit stating "Photograph by Arnold - Sun Valley," under the photo of Hemingway on the rear panel.For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $4.50
Sale 504 Lot 893
* A Pair of Needlepoint Samplers peggy miller and jacobin miller (probably sisters), circa 1760 & 1769 Each 23 1/2 x 10 inches (framed). Illinois
GEORGE NELSON HOME / OFFICE DESK 4658 FOR HERMAN MILLER George Nelson and Associates Home Office desk model 4658, manufactured by Herman Miller circa 1950. The floating upper storage with leather-covered sliding doors and divided interior with organization, leather top writing surface, flip-top compartment on the left opens to dividers and organization, slide-out perforated aluminum waste basket right side. Measures 41 x 54 x 28.5 inches. Provenance: The estate of mid-20th century Kansas City architect David Benton Runnells (1913 - 1973),whose biography reads like the Five W's of Modern Design. After graduating the University of Illinois, Runnells discovered Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto while studying at the University of Stockholm on scholarship. Around 1940, he attended Cranbrook Academy of Art and studied under Finnish Architects, Eliel and Eero Saarinen. Following graduation from Cranbrook he stayed on to work with the Saarinens on projects that included the groundbreaking architecture of Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois. After Cranbrook he became head of the industrial-design department at the Kansas City Art Institute. From 1943 to 1946 he was director of planning for the Kansas City Planning Department. He then entered private practice and designed the art-school building for the Kansas City Art Institute with fellow Cranbrook alum George Matsumoto. August of 1958 to August of 1959 was spent teaching at the Vienna Technical University in Vienna, Austria on a Fulbright Fellowship. The whole Runnells family lived that year in Austria and in their spare time tooled around Europe in a VW Bug. According to Mrs. Runnells' diary, on May 14, 1959 they visited the Pablo Picasso workshop showroom on the French Riviera and purchased a Pablo Picasso Figure de Proue double spout ceramic jug. The attached photograph, taken by Charlie Eames in 1941 on the steps at Cranbrook pictures David Runnells, Art Brewer, Eliel Saarinen, Avely Winter, Eero Saarinen, Jerry Schilling and Ed Lenders. In 2009, KCMODERN organized the Runnells House Tour, a rare visit to eight Runnells design homes in Leawood, Prairie Village and Mission Hills Kansas.
George Nelson & Associates
(American, 1908-1986)
Slat Bench, model 4690Herman Miller, USA
birch, lacquered wood
manufacturer's label to underside
H 14 x W 56 1/2 x D 18 1/2 inches
Property from the George M. Irwin Trust, Quincy, Illinois
ILLINOIS WATCH COMPANY "BUNN SPECIAL" OPEN FACE POCKET WATCH, railroad grade, model 9 size 16, 21 jewel, Wadsworth quality 14kt gold filled case. Back cover engraved "Frank S. Dickson March 31,1903/Feb. 17, 1981". Includes chain and Miller knife.
Sale 438 Lot 509
* A Walnut Desk, George Nelson for Herman Miller second half 20th century having a rectangular top and three drawers. Height 29 1/2 x width 42 x depth 17 inches. Illinois
408 PW’s-(2) 18S Illinois; Bunn 17J HC s#1381741 and a Miller KWKS OF
This lot sold on November 18, 2006 for $300
A Group of Sixteen American and Mexican Silver Table Articles
comprising a weighted 3-light candelabrum, Fisher Silversmiths Inc., Jersey City, NJ; a Mexican leaf-form dish; a pair of salt and pepper shakers, Avon Sterling; a circular hand mirror, Towle Silversmiths, Newburyport, MA; a Mexican compact; a silver and tortoise shell comb, Wilcox Silver Plate Co., Meriden, CT; two button hooks stamped Sterling; a nail file stamped Sterling; a shoe horn stamped Sterling; 2 cuticle knives stamped Sterling; a cuticle knife stamped F&B Sterling; a nail buff, Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., Wallingford, CT and a nail buff, The McChesney Co., Newark, NJ; 16 items total.
14 ozt 14 dwt weighable
Property from the Collection of Leonard Stark, Chicago, Illinois
A lot of five American fraternal order swords
Comprising: 1) Knights of St. John & Malta, retailed by H.H. Miller of Aurora, Illinois, late 19th century, etched and gilt blade J.A. Cole, silvered hilt and scabbard mounts, enameled details, see KM-304, The American Fraternal Sword. 2) Masonic sword by M.C. Lilley, early 20th century, etched and gilt blade, gilt hilt and scabbard mounts, enameled Latin cross on scabbard. 3) Order of the Knights of Malta, by Henderson-Ames, circa 1900, etched blade Charles Harold Ramsden, silvered hilt and scabbard mounts with enameled details, chain guard, chain hanger. 4) Order of the Knights Templar, by B. Pasquale of San Francisco, early 20th century, etched and gilt blade H.M. Lorber, silver mounts with enameled details, nickeled scabbard with etched owner's name, original leather case. 5) Masonic sword, etched and gilt blade Warren Newell gilt mounts and scabbard with enameled details, ebonized grip with enameled patriarchal cross.
Condition: 1) Blade fine, hilt with traces of silver. 2) Very good, some wear to gilding. 3) Showing dark patina and wear. 4) Excellent, silver with dark patina. 5) Blade worn, scabbard badly dented.
Sale 438 Lot 505
* A 670 Rosewood Lounge Chair, Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller Height 31 1/2 inches. Illinois
Charles and Ray Eames
(American, 1907-1978 | American, 1912-1988)
Lounge Chair and Ottoman, c. 1956model 670 and model 671Herman Miller, USA
rosewood plywood, leather, enameled aluminum, rubber
manufacturer's paper and foil labels to underside
Chair | H 32 x W 33 x D 34 inches, Ottoman | H 16 x 25 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches
Property from the George M. Irwin Trust, Quincy, Illinois
509 Illinois 18S Miller KWKS 15J S#1780 in scarce aluminum ET HC, c1872 TP 654. Mvt is gilt with Currier's Pattern regulator from 2nd run of Miller’s. SS RN dial signed "Springfield Watch Co" which is 1st year of Illinois production.
This lot sold on June 18, 2006 for $200
An Isamu Noguchi ''Rudder'' stool, model IN Designed 1944, unsigned, Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988 American), the circular birch wooden seat over a parabolic beech leg and two straight zinc-plated steel legs mounted with steel brackets to a plywood block mounted to underside of seat, 17.75'' H x 14'' W x 19.25'' D, est: $8000/12,000
Literature: Alexander von Vegesack et al, eds., Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, exh. Cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2002, pp. 120 - 124, models in different finishes illustrated p. 121. Provenance: This lot, as well as the other Noguchi pieces on offer, was purchased by the Consignor circa 1949 directly from the Herman Miller Showroom at Chicago's Merchandise Mart in order to suit the decor of the Consignor's newly acquired modern apartment in Chicago's iconic Brockton building. The set has remained in the same Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois, ever since
An Isamu Noguchi ''Rudder'' dinette table, model IN Designed 1944, unsigned, Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988 American) for Herman Miller, of birch and zinc-plated steel, the free-form top over three parabolic legs, 26.25'' H x 50'' W x 35.5'' D, est: $6000/9000
Literature: Alexander von Vegesack et al, eds., Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, Vitra Design Museum, 2002, pp. 120 - 124, model in birch with inset flower vase illustrated p. 121. Provenance: This lot, as well as the other Noguchi pieces on offer, was purchased by the Consignor circa 1949 directly from the Herman Miller Showroom at Chicago's Merchandise Mart in order to suit the decor of the Consignor's newly acquired modern apartment in Chicago's iconic Brockton building. The set has remained in the same Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois, ever since
An Unusual Illinois Exhibition Back Pocket Watch ca. 1912 White metal open face pocket watch with exhibition back; double sunk porcelain dial marked with black pigment Arabic numerals and red pigment five minute interval track signed J. Miller Cleveland O; front and back bezel engraved "Illinois Watch Co Springfield"; Benjamin Franklin USA 17 jewel movement adjusted number 2418738.
[DICKENS - PICKWICK]. A group of 7 works about The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, including:: [DICKENS - PICKWICK]. A group of 7 works about The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, including: . . SEYMOUR, [Robert]. An Account of the Origin of The "Pickwick Papers. " London: for the author, 1901. Original green cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. REPRINT ISSUE, number 42 of 50 printed only for subscribers, SIGNED BY KITTON. ALS BY KITTON tipped in. Provenance: Henry Alexander (bookplate). [With:] MILLER, W. -- STRANGE, E. H. A Centenary Bibliography of the Pickwick Papers. London and Worcester: The Argonaut Press, 1936. Original cloth. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY STRANGE TO THOMAS HATTON: "To Thomas Hatton My master, my rival, my colleague, my friend, " with an additional inscription in Russian. A FINE ASSOCIATION. [With:] DAVIS, George W. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Some New Bibliographical Discoveries. London: Marks & Co. , n. d. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY. ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT LAID IN. THOMAS HATTON'S COPY with his signature and notes. -- And 3 others. Condition generally fine. . . . Estimate $200-300 . . Property of an Illinois collector .
Ernest Hemingway FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS 1940 First Printing Spanish Civil War Novel American Literary Classic Title: For Whom the Bell TollsAuthor: Ernest Miller Hemingway - Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy and understatement, strongly influenced 20th-century fiction, as did his life of adventure and his public image. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works during his lifetime; a further three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of his works are classics of American literature.Hemingway was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After leaving high school, he worked for a few months as a reporter for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to become an ambulance driver during World War I. In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home within the year; his wartime experiences became the basis for his novel “A Farewell to Arms.” In 1922, Hemingway married Hadley Richardson, the first of his four wives, and the couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent. During his time there, he met and was influenced by modernist writers and artists of the 1920s expatriate community known as the "Lost Generation". His first novel, ”The Sun Also Rises,” was published in 1926.After divorcing Hadley Richardson in 1927, Hemingway married Pauline Pfeiffer; they divorced following Hemingway's return from covering the Spanish Civil War, after which he wrote “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940; they separated when he met Mary Welsh in London during World War II. During the war, he was present during the Normandy Landings and the liberation of Paris.Shortly after the publication of “The Old Man and the Sea” in 1952, Hemingway went on safari to Africa, where he was almost killed in a plane crash that left him in pain or ill-health for much of the rest of his life. Hemingway had permanent residences in Key West, Florida, and Cuba during the 1930s and '40s, but in 1959 he moved from Cuba to Ketchum, Idaho, where he committed suicide in the summer of 1961.Publisher: Charles Scribner's SonsCity: New YorkYear: 1940Printing Information: First PrintingBinding Style: HardcoverPagination: 471 pagesWidth: 6.25" Height: 8.75"Book Details: "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to a republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of Segovia. The novel is regarded as one of Hemingway's best works, along with "The Sun Also Rises," "The Old Man and the Sea," and "A Farewell to Arms."Condition / Notes: This is a scarce first printing of Hemingway's Spanish Civil War novel, with letter "A" on copyright page. This volume is bound in publisher's full oatmeal boards, with black lettering on the red panels on the spine and the author's stamped facsimile signature on the front cover. The book shows moderate external wear, with light soiling to the covers. The spine panels display discoloration. The binding is firm. The top edge is tinted. The pages are clean and without markings.For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $4.50
CHARLES WILLIAM DAHLGREEN, ILLINOIS, INDIANA (1864 - 1955), THE CALL OF WINTER, OIL ON BOARD, 23"H X 29 1/8"W, 29"H X 35"W (FRAME)Charles William Dahlgreen, Illinois, Indiana, (1864 - 1955) The Call of Winter, oil on board Signed lower right. Biography from the Archives of askART: Chicago native Charles W. Dahlgreen was born on September 8, 1864. After working in commercial art as a painter of banners and emblems and trying his hand at prospecting in the Klondike, Dahlgreen decided at age forty to study art seriously and to become a painter. Dahlgreen enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago where he worked under John H. Vanderpoel, Frederick Freer, and Wellington J. Reynolds. Already in 1906 he was exhibiting his paintings at the Art Institute (he continued to show over one hundred works there until 1943). Around 1908 he moved on to study with Charles F. Browne and the portrait painter John C. Johansen. A year later he sought more training in Düsseldorf, choosing Germany rather than France, as did many midwestern art students. Dahlgreen was a student at a time when American impressionism was at its peak and he must have absorbed that movement's theories at home and on the Continent. Dahlgreen worked en plein air, as did most of his generation of landscapists. He visited Brown County, Indiana as early as 1914; during the 1930s he was photographed in front of his curious truck-studio. Dahlgreen also went to the Southwest but his activity there remains uninvestigated. An interesting still-life entitled Breakfast Table (ca. 1934) shows Dahlgreen's experimental side and proves that he was no opponent of modernism (illustrated in Logan, 1937, p. 111). There is a tension between naturalistic spatial construction and cubist-inspired abstraction. Dahlgreen's success as a landscape painter and etcher can be measured by the number of awards he earned beginning in 1915 with an Honorable Mention at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. There, thirty-one of his prints were on display. His work can be seen in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Decatur (Illinois) Art Center, the Vanderpoel Art Association Collection in Chicago, and the Museum of Science and Art in Los Angeles. By the time Dahlgreen died in 1955, he had spent fifty years in his second career as a painter, working in Chicago and its Oak Park suburb. So fond was Dahlgreen of Brown County that he instructed his ashes to be spread at the foot of his favorite giant oak tree there (Letsinger-Miller, 1994, p. 183). He had taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and became a member of various local art societies: the Art Service League of Chicago, Art Students League of Chicago, Chicago Painters and Sculptors, the Chicago Society of Etchers, and the Chicago Gallery of Art. Dahlgreen passed away in 1955. Sources: "At 40 Charles Dahlgreen Took Up Art," Art Digest 2 (1 April 1928): 6; Thompson, A. History of Art in Illinois. Exh. cat. Chicago: Union League, 1962; Sparks, Esther, "Biographical Dictionary of Painters and Sculptors in Illinois 1808-1945." Diss., Northwestern University, 1971, vol. 2, p. 348; Love, Richard H., Louis Ritman: From Chicago to Giverny. Chicago: Haase-Mumm, 1989, pp. 123, 218; Letsinger-Miller, Lyn, The Artists of Brown County. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994, pp. 179-180, 183; Love, Richard H. and William H. Marshall, The Marshall Collection. Chicago: Haase-Mumm, 1999, pp. 28-29; Love, Richard H. and Michael Preston Worley, Reflections of Reality: American Paintings from the Collection of John and Susan Hainsworth. Chicago: Haase-Mumm, 2005. Submitted by Richard H. Love and Michael Preston Worley, Ph.D. oil on board Dimensions: 23"H x 29 1/8"W, 29"H x 35"W (frame)
507 Illinois 18S Miller 15J S#53373 in fancily engraved 18K HC, c1878 TP 300. Mod 2 unadjusted. SS RN dial signed "Illinois Springfield Watch Co". Case is European with crown and lion hallmarks indicating 18K. Chain guard on bow.
This lot sold on June 18, 2006 for $900
576 Illinois 18S YGF HC KW Miller S#35657.
This lot sold on June 18, 2006 for $200
Sale 459 Lot 605
* A Collection of Four American Silver Presentation Articles comprising three bowls and a vase, by Towle Silversmiths and Baldwin & Miller Inc. 15.81 ozt gross Diameter of largest 9 inches. Illinois
Irving Ramsey Wiles (American, 1861-1948) Sunlight in the Studio Signed and dated "Irving R. Wiles 1888" l.r., titled on a presentation plaque. Oil on canvas, 18 1/8 x 22 3/16 in. (46.0 x 56.3 cm), in a period frame. Condition: Lined, stable craquelure, mild surface grime. Exhibitions: Winter Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, December, 1888; World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, May 1-October 30, 1893. N.B. Sunlight in the Studio by Irving Ramsey Wiles was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 and is listed in the Fine Art exhibition checklist as cat. no. 1122 (Lent by Charles D. Miller, Jersey City.) In a letter regarding this painting, Wiles scholar Geoffrey Fleming noted that the work had been described in detail in The Nation when it was first exhibited at the winter exhibition at the National Academy of Design in December, 1888, and was subsequently listed as having been exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in several other sources. Wiles received a bronze medal at the World's Columbian Exposition, but research thus far has not revealed which of his works was so honored. Wiles showed six oil paintings at the Exposition, among which was A Girl in Black, lent by William Merritt Chase, and The Sonata, lent by W. G. Evans of New York, the latter being illustrated in the official exposition art catalog, The Art Gallery Illustrated (p. 235). The theme of a figure in an interior was favored by Wiles. In Sunlight in the Studio, golden light passes through the shaded window and falls on the reclining figure and on the accoutrements within the artist's studio: the oriental rug and vase, silver samovar, handsome furnishings, as well as the overstuffed artist's portfolio. The model in this painting was thought to be the artist's wife, but Geoffrey Fleming has noted that at the time of this painting, May Wiles would have been about to give birth (or just given birth) to the couple's only child, Gladys, so this may not be accurate. However, the true subject of the painting is revealed in its title, Irving Ramsey Wiles was born in Utica, New York. He was introduced to painting by his father, artist Lemuel Wiles (1826-1905), but it was not until he studied at New York's Art Students League under James Carroll Beckwith and William Merritt Chase that he determined to make his father's profession his own. Chase became Wiles' mentor, and the two men remained lifelong friends. After two years at the Art Students League (1879-1881), Wiles went on to Paris to study at the Académie Julian, perhaps at the suggestion of another of the League's teachers, Thomas Wilmer Dewing. In Paris in 1882, Wiles also entered the atelier of Carolus-Duran, an influential teacher who counted John Singer Sargent among his pupils. Like many of his late 19th-century contemporaries, Wiles used the "new" vitality of the Impressionist brush stroke and palette to express the beauty of the world around him. Not unlike Chase, Wiles was known for his dexterous and energized portraits, which often idealized his subjects by placing them in elegant attire and settings. Wiles often depicted his female subjects in white dresses. When set outdoors, they were frequently drenched in warm sunlight and dashed with blue brushstrokes of shadow, a technique regularly employed by Chase, as well as John Singer Sargent and Frank Weston Benson. Although portraiture was considered his forte, Wiles also painted the hills and shores of Long Island. In the late 1890s Wiles built a studio and cottage on the shores at Peconic, and he summered there regularly with his family. Here he found painting the out-of-doors a pleasant change from the bustle of portrait painting in the city. We wish to thank Geoffrey K. Fleming, Director of the Southold Historical Society and author of Irving Ramsay Wiles, N.A., 1861-1948: Portraits and Pictures, 1899-1948 for his kind assistance with the cataloging of this lot. A letter from Mr. Fleming accompanies the lot. The lot is also accompanied by period books about the Exposition, including : Kurtz, Charles, ed., The Art Gallery Illustrated, Official Illustrations from the Art Gallery of the World's Columbian Exposition (Philadelphia: George Barrie 1893); White, Trumbull and William Igleheart, The World's Columbian Exposition (Philadelphia: World Publishing Company, 1893); The Official Directory of the World's Columbian Exposition, A Reference Book (Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1893); Official Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition, compiled by John J. Flinn (Chicago: The Columbian Guide Company, 1893); and copies of other ephemera relating to the fair. Estimate $100,000-150,000 With a label from W.H. Powell Artists' Materials, New York, affixed to the stretcher. Inscribed in pencil "Lewis & Son 18 x. ..." on the back of the frame. Glue lined some years ago, probably early 20th century. No visible evidence of retouch under UV examination. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
An Isamu Noguchi ''Rudder'' stool, model IN Designed 1944, unsigned, Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988 American), the circular birch wooden seat over a parabolic beech leg and two straight zinc-plated steel legs mounted with steel brackets to a plywood block mounted to underside of seat, 17.5'' H x 13.875'' W x 20'' D, est: $8000/12,000
Literature: Alexander von Vegesack et al, eds., Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, exh. Cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2002, pp. 120 - 124, models in different finishes illustrated p. 121. Provenance: This lot, as well as the other Noguchi pieces on offer, was purchased by the Consignor circa 1949 directly from the Herman Miller Showroom at Chicago's Merchandise Mart in order to suit the decor of the Consignor's newly acquired modern apartment in Chicago's iconic Brockton building. The set has remained in the same Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois, ever since
DAI VERNON'S CARD STARS OF THE U.S.A. PLAQUE. OAK PARK,...Dai Vernon's Card Stars of the U.S.A. plaque. Oak Park, Illinois, ca. 1955. Engraved brass plaque mounted to polished walnut, bearing the text, ÒMagic's most exclusive organization/limited to ten living members/Honors/Dai Vernon/With life membership/Card Stars of the U.S.A.Ó 9 x 6Ó. Good. In Greater Magic (1938), an entire chapter was devoted to the magic of ten living Òcard starsÓ of the United States. 1955, Jay Marshall revived the idea of a Òcard starÓ list. After conducting a poll, an impressive membership was created, consisting of: Cardini, Dai Vernon, Stuart Judah, Bill McCaffrey, John Scarne, S. Leo Horowitz, Francis Carlyle, Paul LePaul, Ed Marlo, and Charlie Miller. Only two of the eleven plaques presented to the members of this austere group are known, this example, and Cardini's.
1226 PW’s-(2) 18S Illinois; Miller transitional recase and a coin case s#132540
This lot sold on November 19, 2006 for $100
An Isamu Noguchi ''Rudder'' stool, model IN Designed 1944, unsigned, Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988 American), the circular birch wooden seat over a parabolic beech leg and two straight zinc-plated steel legs mounted with steel brackets to a plywood block mounted to underside of seat, 17.5'' H x 13.875'' W x 19.5'' D, est: $8000/12,000
Literature: Alexander von Vegesack et al, eds., Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, exh. Cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2002, pp. 120 - 124, models in different finishes illustrated p. 121. Provenance: This lot, as well as the other Noguchi pieces on offer, was purchased by the Consignor circa 1949 directly from the Herman Miller Showroom at Chicago's Merchandise Mart in order to suit the decor of the Consignor's newly acquired modern apartment in Chicago's iconic Brockton building. The set has remained in the same Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois, ever since
ILLINOIS WATCH COMPANY "BUNN SPECIAL" OPEN FACE POILLINOIS WATCH COMPANY "BUNN SPECIAL" OPEN FACE POCKET WATCH, railroad grade, model 9 size 16, 21 jewel, Wadsworth quality 14kt gold filled case. Back cover engraved "Frank S. Dickson March 31,1903/Feb. 17, 1981". Includes chain and Miller knife.
426 PW’s-(2) Illinois 18S KWKS OF; IWC and Miller
This lot sold on November 18, 2006 for $250
674 (6); Elgin Miller 18S s#1833026 coin silver OF KW, Illinois 18S s#16440 silveroid, Elgin 18S 15J OF s#6888804 ore silver, Continental 21J s#16388 OF, Hampden 18S OF 21J s#2563392 and an Elgin 17J OF s#20374404
This lot sold on September 24, 2006 for $450
(INDIANA.) Group of 15 regimental histories. 8vo, publisher's or early bindings, some wear and soiling. Vp, vd
S. F. Horrall. History of the Forty-Second Indiana. Chicago, 1892 * William Hartpence. History of the Fifty-first Indiana. Cincinnati, 1894 * A. L. Kerwood. Annals of the Fifty-Seventh Regiment. Lacks the front free endpaper. Dayton, 1868 * John J. Hight. History of the Fifty-Eighth Regiment. Princeton, 1895 * Edwin High. History of the Sixty-Eighth Regiment. Metamora, 1902 * B. F. McGee. History of the 72d Indiana. Signed by General A. O. Miller. Lafayette, 1882 * History of the Seventy-Ninth Regiment. Indianapolis, 1899 * George Morris. History of the Eighty-First Regiment. (Louisville, 1901) * A. G. Hunter. History of the Eighty-Second. Indianapolis 1893 * J. Grecian. History of the Eighty-Third Regiment. Cincinnati, 1865 * James Barnes and others. The Eighty-Sixth Regiment. Crawfordsville, 1895 * D. R. Lucas. History of the 99th Indiana Infantry. Lafayette, 1865 * E. J. Sherlock. Memorabilia of the Marches and Battles in which the One Hundredth Regiment of Indiana Infantry Volunteers Took an Active Part. Kansas City, [1896] * Andrew King. A Complete History of the Old Persimmon Brigade [116th Indiana]. Clipped newspaper article appearance of the history, mounted into a 4to binding. Np, nd * W. E. Biederwolf. History of the One Hundred and Sixty-first. Logansport, 1899.
From the Library of the Illinois Commandery, M.O.L.L.U.S.
All the books from this library contain a large bookplate and a label on the backstrip; some books also carry an inked stamp and/or wax pencil numerical notations on the title.
Each of these lots is being sold as is.
Sale 436 Lot 972
* Four American Silver Presentation Bowls Various Makers comprising examples by Baldwin & Miller Inc., Reed & Barton, Alvin Manufacturing Co. and Gorham Mfg. Co. 28 ozt 2 dwt Diameter of largest 9 1/4 inches. Illinois
MARY ANN PAPANEK-MILLER ABSTRACT PAINTINGUnframed mixed media painting on weathered canvas laid on stretched canvas, "Making a Guide," signed lower right Papanek-Miller (Mary Ann Papanek-Miller, Illinois, Texas, 20th/ 21st c.), dated 1993, Inman Gallery label verso with title, overall: 14"h, 14"w, 1.25lbs
An Italian Alabaster Figure of a Tiger
Late 19th Century
Height 14 x length 22 inches.
Property from the Collection of Marilyn Miller, Edwardsville, Illinois
Collection prints and photographs, unframed Salvador Dali (France/Spain, 1904-1989) TWO WORKS: CRUCIFIXION, stone lithograph, signed in pencil, H15" W11"
Gregory Masurovsky (New York/French, 1929-2009) CANDLE, etching, signed, titled, numbered & dated in pencil, H15" W11"
Lynd Kendall (New Jersey, 1905-1985) GOD'S MAN, wood engraving, unsigned, H9 3/8" W6 1/4"
Arnold Belkin (New York/Canadian, 1930-1992) MAN WITH A BIRD, lithograph, signed, titled & numbered in pencil, H17 1/4" W13 1/8"
Robert Bero (New York, 1941-2007) SNOW MOUNTAIN III, etching, signed, titled & numbered in pencil, paper size: H15 5/8" W13 3/8"
Jeffrey Kutzeman (American, 20th century) WESTERN LANDSCAPE, color photograph, signed on matte board, H10 1/4" W13 3/8"
Charles Beckendorf (Texas, b. 1930) SCREECH OWLS FOR MARTHA GOLDSMITH, lithograph, signed, inscribed & numbered in pencil, H11" W14"
Richard Aberle Florsheim (Illinois, 1916-1979) MOORED BOATS, lithograph, signed & inscribed in pencil, H13" W17"
Eric Gill (British, 1882-1940) CHRIST, color woodcut, unsigned, H12 1/2" W9 1/4"
Enrico Molino (French, 20th century) STALLION AGNES DELACROIX, lithograph, signed, numbered & titled in pencil, H10 1/4" W12"
Robert Allan Haas (American, 20th century) HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN, print, signed & numbered in pencil, H17" W10"
Jonathan Talbot (New York, b. 1939) DAYDREAM, engraving, signed, titled & numbered in pencil, H9 5/8" W13"
E. Heineman (American, 20th century) WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, etching, signed, titled & numbered in pencil, H8" W10"
Peter Hurd (New Mexico, 1904-1984) THE WATER TANK, lithograph, unsigned, H11" W14 1/2"
American school (20th century) TWO WORKS: PLANTS, wood engraving, signed & numbered in pencil illegibly, H10" W13" and H12" W17 3/4"
Jacques Hnizdovsky (New York, 1915-1985) ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, signed, titled, dated & numbered, H12 1/2" W10 1/4"
Dan Quest (American, 20th century) THE MILLER AND GRAIN THIEF, woodcut, signed & numbered in pencil, H13" W10 1/2"
Roger Buchanan (American, 20th century) CEMETERY, color photograph, signed on matte, H10 3/4" W13 1/4"
(20pcs)
Provenance: Estate of Arthur A. Goldsmith, Jr. Ex Libris collection, Clarksville, Tennessee.
(3) Edward Laning (1906 (3) Edward Laning ( New York, Missouri, Illinois, 1906 - 1981) Nude Studies from the estate of Edward Laning. Ink/paper. Sight size: 12.5 x 8.5 ins. Laning studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1923-24) then at the University of Chicago (1925-27). He received further art instruction for the following three years at the Art Students League in New York under Max Weber, John Sloan, Boardman Robinson, Thomas Hart Benton and Kenneth Hayes Miller. Laning owes much of his style to the latter. Laning would have been exposed to the classical monumentality of Renaissance and Baroque mural painting in Rome, where he was in 1929 and 1931. He won travel grants (Guggenheim and Fulbright), exhibited widely, and took part in WPA mural projects. Meanwhile, Laning became an instructor at the Art Students League (1932-33), at the Cooper Union (1940-43) and headed the department of painting at the Kansas City Art Institute (1945-50). Unframed.
George Nelson & Associates
(American, 1908-1986)
Slat Bench, model 4690Herman Miller, USA
birch, lacquered wood
manufacturer's label to underside
H 14 x W 48 x D 18 1/2 inches
Property from the George M. Irwin Trust, Quincy, Illinois
Sale 438 Lot 510
* A Model 6833 Leather Sling Sofa, George Nelson for Herman Miller having a four-cushion seat. Width 110 inches. Illinois
Dai Vernon's Card Stars of the U.S.A. plaque. Oak Park, Illinois, ca. 1955. Engraved brass plaque mounted to polished walnut, bearing the text, ÒMagi Dai Vernon's Card Stars of the U.S.A. plaque. Oak Park, Illinois, ca. 1955. Engraved brass plaque mounted to polished walnut, bearing the text, ÒMagic's most exclusive organization/limited to ten living members/Honors/Dai Vernon/With life membership/Card Stars of the U.S.A.Ó 9 x 6Ó. Good. In Greater Magic (1938), an entire chapter was devoted to the magic of ten living Òcard starsÓ of the United States. 1955, Jay Marshall revived the idea of a Òcard starÓ list. After conducting a poll, an impressive membership was created, consisting of: Cardini, Dai Vernon, Stuart Judah, Bill McCaffrey, John Scarne, S. Leo Horowitz, Francis Carlyle, Paul LePaul, Ed Marlo, and Charlie Miller. Only two of the eleven plaques presented to the members of this austere group are known, this example, and Cardini's.
531 PW’s-(3) Illinois 18S; 17J Contract Hoenniger silver OF, a Miller Model 15J Model 1 SW and a contract C Petersen SW SO 17J Honesdale, PA
This lot sold on November 18, 2006 for $300