M. J. TOBIAS PATENT LEVER ENGRAVED 18-KARAT YELLOW KEY-WIND GOLD HUNTING CASE POCKET WATCH, 40MM, 43.1 GROSS DWTM. J. Tobias Patent Lever Engraved 18-Karat Yellow Key-Wind Gold Hunting Case Pocket Watch, 40mm, 43.1 gross dwt
Pocket watch, stamped and tested 18K yellow gold, lever set and wind, movement stamped "M.J. Tobias, Liverpool", 15 jewels, back cover stamped "1717485", open face engraved with medieval castle scene, back engraved with woman spinning on dockside, 1 3/4" dia., 57.3 gms, 36.8 dwt; comes with custom-fit case.
COLLECTION OF FORTY-TWO FRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKS: Twenty-one fully leather band and twenty-one quarter bound. Including: O. Henry ÒSelected StoriesÓ, Illustrated by Betty Maxey, 1978, Leather Bound; Ivan Turgenev ÒFirst Love and Other TalesÓ, Translated by David Magarshack. , Illustrated by Joseph Isom, 1978, Leather Bound; Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire ÒCandideÓ and ÒZadigÓ, Translation of Tobias Smollet, Illustrated by Van Kaufman, 1977, Leather Bound; Hans Christian Anderson ÒFairy TalesÓ, Translated by Erik Christian Haugaard, Illustrated by Robert Lo Grippo, 1977, Leather Bound; Bernard Malamud ÒThe Magic BarrelÓ and ÒIdiots FirstÓ, Illustrated by Bert Silverman, 1978, Leather Bound; Thomas Mann "Various Stories", Illustrated by Jane Sterrett, 1978, Leather Bound; Geoffrey Chaucer ÒCaterbury TalesÓ, Translated by David Wright, Illustrated by Frederick Schneider, 1978, Leather Bound; Vladimir Nabokov ÒNabokovÕs DozenÓ, Illustrated by John Keely, 1977, Leather Bound; John Steinbeck ÒTortilla FlatÓ, ÒOf Mice and MenÓ and ÒCannery RowÓ, Illustrated by Herbert Tauss, 1977, Leather Bound; Honore de Balzac ÒDroll StoriesÓ, Translated by J. Lewis May, Illustrated by Elaine Raphael/Don Bolognese, 1978, Leather Bound; Sidonie Gabrielle Colette ÒStoriesÓ, Illustrated by David McCall Johnston, 1977, Leather Bound; Johnathan Swift ÒGulliverÕs TravelsÓ, Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, 1977, Leather Bound; Guy de Maupassant ÒStoriesÓ, Illustrated by Lily Harmon, 1977, Leather Bound; Isak Dinesen ÒSeven Gothic TalesÓ, Illustrated by Bernard DÕAndrea, 1978, Leather Bound; F. Scott Fitgerald ÒThe Stories of F. Scott FitzgeraldÓ, Illustrated by John Collier, 1977, Leather Bound; Nathaniel Hawthorne ÒStoriesÓ, Illustrated by Ron Keller, 1978, Leather Bound; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ÒThe Best of Sherlock Holmes", Illustrated by Ben. F. Stahl, 1977, Leather Bound; Ernest Hemingway ÒThe First Fort-Nine StoriesÓ, Illustrated by Bernard Fuchs, 1977, Leather Bound; George Orwell ÒAnimal FarmÓ and Ò1984Ó, Illustrated by Margaret Cusack, 1978, Leather Bound; Anton Chekhov ÒPeasants and Other StoriesÓ, Introduction by Edmund Wilson, Illustrated by Frederick Schneider, 1977, Leather Bound; Giovanni Boccaccio ÒStories from the DecameronÓ, Translated by G. H. McWilliam, Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi, 1977, Leather Bound; Mark Twain ÒThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnÓ, Illustrations from the 1885 First Edition by Edward Windsor Kemble, 1979, Quarter Bound; Rudyard Kipling "Various Stories", Illustrated by Howard Rogers, 1980, Quarter Bound; "AesopÕs Fables" From the Translations of Thomas James and George Tyler Townsend, With the Illustrations of Grandville, 1982, Quarter Bound; ÒRomantic Poets William Blake to Edgar Allan PoeÓ, Edited by W. H. Auden and Norman Holmes Pearson, Illustrated by Eugene Karlin, 1982, Quarter Bound; James Fenimore Cooper ÒThe Last of the MohicansÓ, Illustrated by Ben Wohlberg, 1982, Quarter Bound; Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall ÒMutiny on the BountyÓ, Illustrated by Ronald Keller, 1982, Quarter Bound; ÒThe Red Book of Animal StoriesÓ, Selected and Edited by Andrew Lang, Illustrated by H. J. Ford, 1983, Quarter Bound; William Makepeace Thackeray ÒVanity FairÓ, With Illustrations by the Author, 1981, Quarter Bound; Henry Fielding ÒThe History of Tom JonesÓ, Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson, 1980, Quarter Bound; Leo Tolstoy ÒAnna KareninaÓ, Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, With the Paintings of James Tissot, 1980, Quarter Bound; Ernest Hemingway ÒA Farewell to ArmsÓ, Illustrated by Bernard Fuchs, 1979, Quarter Bound; Miguel De Cervantes ÒDon QuixoteÓ, Illustrated by Jose and Luis Jiminez y Aranda, 1979, Quarter Bound; ÒTales of Edgar Allan PoeÓ. , Illustrated by Harry Clarke, 1979, Quarter Bound; ÒTales from Arabian NightsÓ, Translated by Sir Richard Burton, Illustrated by Leon Carre, 1980, Quarter Bound; Herman Melville ÒMoby-DickÓ, With whaling prints selected by Willard Thorp, 1979, Quarter Bound; Anthony Trollope ÒBarchester TowersÓ, Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, 1982, Quarter Bound; Louisa May Alcott ÒLittle WomenÓ, Illustrated by Ben Stahl, 1982, Quarter Bound; Charles Dickens ÒDavid CopperfieldÓ, Illustrated by Paul Degen, 1980, Quarter Bound; Thomas Hardy ÒTess of the dÕUrbervillesÓ, Illustrated by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, 1982, Quarter Bound; ÒTwenty-Two TalesÓ, Introduction by Kenneth D. McCormick, Illustrated by Dennis Lyall, 1981, Quarter Bound; and Daniel Defoe ÒThe Adventures of Robinson CrusoeÓ, Color Woodcuts by Pierre Falke, 1979, Quarter Bound.
M.J.Tobias 18k Gold Hunters Case Pocket Watch
Key wind.
TWO ENGLISH KEY WIND OPENFACE POCKET WATCHES: A) J. Shaw & Sons Bolton swing-out fusee movement #1627 Chester hallmarked sterling silver case with 1877 date letter; B) M.J. Tobias Liverpool #14136 mid-19th century.
FU MANCHU (DAVID BAMBERG). FU-MANCHU.Ca. 1940. Full color lithograph poster bears a striking portrait of the magician in costume with his hands outstretched, his portrait encircled by a snarling dragon as a woman looks on. Inscription in bottom corner reads: “To Edwin J Fechter, Buenos Aires, Argentina Feb. 23, 1950. Obtained from “Fu-Manchu” Compliments of H.A. Morlock.” 29 x 43 ¼". Minor repairs; A. The last of the Bamberg dynasty of magicians, Fu Manchu was born into a career in front of the footlights. His father, Okito (Tobias Bamberg), trained him to think like a magician, but ultimately it was the tension in their relationship that inspired the younger Bamberg to become the most successful of all the magicians in his family. In addition to his father, David Bamberg, learned the business of magic from The Great Raymond, with whom he served as an assistant, and in the company of the magicians he grew up near: Kellar, Houdini, and Thurston. After years of struggling to develop his own show, he found fame and fortune with a full-evening program that played across Latin America with exceptional results, breaking box-office records at many of the finest theaters in the Spanish-speaking world. After the outbreak of World War II, his father, then retired in his native Holland, joined David and became a featured act in his show for a time. Okito would eventually retire to America, but Fu Manchu remained a star of the stage in South America for years to come. As Fu Manchu, he went on to appear in several Mexican films (which he later called “potboilers” in his candid autobiography, Illusion Show), and finally retired to Argentina where he owned and operated a magic shop and magic school.
WATCH - M.J. Tobias Liverpool double time keeper full jeweled sweep hand stop and start cycle escape K.W. O.F. silver case serial #98592 key wind key set good condition inside cover hinge detached.
JEWELRY: Three pocket watches featuring Tobias and Waltham, one silver, one with 14K rose gold inlay, and one gold-filled: silver M.J. Tobias open face case key wind pocket watch, silver exterior engraved with German castle scene, case # 21634, inside cover base metal and engraved, the key wind and set movement is bar-type, dial chipped at 9 o'clock, some discoloration, comes with key, pocket watch movement is 40mm, including case 47mm, not in running condition, 78.84 gms, 50.70 dwt; Waltham open face pocket watch with base metal case and 14K rose gold engraved inlay depicting steam engine, black Waltham stamp, back case screws off, case stamped, movement # 12046275, 17 jewels, adjusted, pocket watch movement is 42mm, including case 55mm, watch winds and is in running condition but not tested for accuracy, 155.06 gms, 99.71 dwt; along with gold-filled Waltham hunting case pocket watch, inside cover engraved "James Shea", 3" h., expected surface wear throughout.
M.J. TOBIAS 18KT YELLOW GOLD POCKET WATCH With engraved face and second sweep. Diameter of face 1 7/8."
ESTATE M.J. TOBIAS 18KT GOLD CASE POCKET WATCHEstate 18kt gold case open face pocket watch, marked M.J. Tobias, Liverpool, guilloche case, scenic engraved dial with Roman numeral hour markers, seconds subdial, key wind thirteen jewel movement, hallmarked 18K at pendant, case: approx 44 mm, 52.1 grams (inclusive of movement and crystal) **Provenance: From the estate of Dr. Penelope Campbell (Maryland/ Georgia, 1935-2023), former professor at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. Estate proceeds will fund a scholarship at Agnes Scott College** **Note: Jewelry lots realizing over $5,000 must be paid by BANK WIRE**
LITERATURE
INCLUDING Shakespeare, William The Plays. 1811. 9 volumes, 8vo, contemporary diced calf gilt; Sibbald, J. Chronicle of Scottish Poetry. Edinburgh, 1802, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf; Scott, Walter [Works]. Edinburgh, 1806, 7 volumes, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; Smollett, Tobias The Miscellaneous Works. Edinburgh, 1817, 6 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; and a quantity of bindings, mainly French, sold not subject to return (quantity)
[Marivaux, P.C. de C. de]
The virtuous orphan. London: L. Hawes &c., 1770. Fifth edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, 3 engraved plates, contemporary calf, the plates slightly cut down, rebacked; Gay, John Poems on several occasions. London: J. & R. Tonson, 1762. 2 volumes, 12mo, engraved plates, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; Smollett, Tobias The adventures of Peregrine Pickle. London: R. Baldwin, 1776. 4 volumes, 12mo, 4 engraved plates, later blue half morocco, one plate repaired with loss, some soiling and spotting; and 5 others, miscellaneous (13)
Two Framed Leaping Stag Calligraphic Exercises, America, 19th century, ink on paper, the larger excecise inscribed "Drawn by William Curtis Mar 13 1894 Kirksville Mercantile College Kirksville Mo.," sight size 18 1/2 x 24 1/2; the smaller example with red and gold highlights and accented with quill pen and grain stalks is inscribed "David Tobias/A.J. Mc Gill," sight size 14 3/4 x 18 3/4 in., both in period molded giltwood frames.
Fu Manchu (David Bamberg). Fu Ca. 1940. Full color lithograph poster bears a striking portrait of the magician in costume with his hands outstretched, his portrait encircled by a snarling dragon as a woman looks on. Inscription in bottom corner reads: “To Edwin J Fechter, Buenos Aires, Argentina Feb. 23, 1950. Obtained from “Fu-Manchu” Compliments of H.A. Morlock.” 29 x 43 ¼". Minor repairs; A. The last of the Bamberg dynasty of magicians, Fu Manchu was born into a career in front of the footlights. His father, Okito (Tobias Bamberg), trained him to think like a magician, but ultimately it was the tension in their relationship that inspired the younger Bamberg to become the most successful of all the magicians in his family. In addition to his father, David Bamberg, learned the business of magic from The Great Raymond, with whom he served as an assistant, and in the company of the magicians he grew up near: Kellar, Houdini, and Thurston. After years of struggling to develop his own show, he found fame and fortune with a full-evening program that played across Latin America with exceptional results, breaking box-office records at many of the finest theaters in the Spanish-speaking world. After the outbreak of World War II, his father, then retired in his native Holland, joined David and became a featured act in his show for a time. Okito would eventually retire to America, but Fu Manchu remained a star of the stage in South America for years to come. As Fu Manchu, he went on to appear in several Mexican films (which he later called “potboilers” in his candid autobiography, Illusion Show), and finally retired to Argentina where he owned and operated a magic shop and magic school.
Tobias 18k Pocket Watch
Mid 19th Century. 18k gold hunt case key-wind pocket watch by Tobias in Liverpool, England. Porcelain dial with second hand at 6 o'clock. Marked "Patent Lever / Full Jeweled / Tobias Liverpool". In original velvet box from E.J. Hertz, Philadelphia, with original key. 1 1/2" diameter case has minor dents front and back. Needs cleaning.
A J.M. Tobias Gold and Silver Plated Pocket Watch with Display Dome, 19th Century, A J.M. Tobias Gold and Silver Plated Pocket Watch with Display Dome, 19th Century,
Having an engraved dial, numbered #3289.
H: 6 D: 3 7/8 in.
1870'S M. J. TOBIAS ENGLISH POCKET WATCH: Circa 1875 coin silver case with British hallmarks. Case back and dust cover have matching serial numbers of 5272. Movement is Swiss bar type, cylinder escapement. Signed M. Tobias, Liverpool, case is marked Argent with hallmarks. Silver dial with large Roman numerals. Bullseye crystal, most likely original to watch.CONDITION: Watch does not run, mainspring is entirely wound, but appears to only need cleaning to run well.
JEWELRY: 18K OPEN FACE M.J. TOBIAS POCKET WATCH, KEY WIND AND KEY SET MOVEMENT, NO KEYS ACCOMPANY WATCH, DUST COVER IS ENGRAVED “NO. 20261, CYLINDER 4 HOLES, JEWELED, HANDS, M.J. TOBIAS, LIVERPOOL”, TESTED 18K YELLOW ...JEWELRY: 18K Open face M.J. Tobias pocket watch, key wind and key set movement, no keys accompany watch, dust cover is engraved "No. 20261, Cylinder 4 Holes, Jeweled, Hands, M.J. Tobias, Liverpool", tested 18K yellow gold case with base metal dust cover and bow, back is engraved with floral and scroll motif, diameter: 48mm, silver color dial with subsidiary second's dial, engraved with a waterfront scene and had silver, Roman numeral hour markers, wear to finish consistent with age and use. [Total weight: 64.8 grams]
AN EIGHTEEN KARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED POCKET WATCH WITH GOLD CHAIN AND KEY, M.J. Tobias, Liverpool, mid-19th century, key wind and set, highly engraved case back, gold face with architectural engraving over subsidiary seconds dial, presently running.
M.J. TOBIAS KEY WIND SILVER POCKET WATCHM.J. Tobias key wind silver hunter's case pocket watch. Front interior cover engraved JF 36932. Back interior cover stamped ARGENT 7468 also JF 36932. Dust cover engraved M.J. TOBIAS/LIVERPOOL/HANDS NO. 36932/PATENT LEVER/FULL JEWELLED. Dust cover interior engraved 36932.
THREE KEY WIND POCKET WATCHES 19th century including: 1) Auguste Saltzman Chaux-de-Fronds Swiss #26613 c. 1860's; 2) Jules Calame Le Locle Swiss 13 jewels #289 c. 1870's; 3) M.J.Tobias Liverpool 13 jewels mid-19th century.
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) WHITE, WALTER. Archive of more than 250 letters congratulating Walter White on 25 years of service with the NAACP. 4to, some on personal stationery, compiled by Arthur B. Spingarn, President of the NAACP. should be seen. Vp, 1943lynchings and eight race riots and worked tirelessly to bring these issues before Congress. The letters are arranged alphabetically and include: Claude Barnett, founder of the Associated Negro Press, Marshall Best, noted editor at Viking Press, Sterling Brown, Henrietta Buckmeister, Horace Cayton, Allan Knight Chalmers (head of the Scottsboro Defense Committee), Oscar Chapman (Dept. of the Interior), Marc Connoly, (Green Pastures) Marian Cuthbert, Mrs. Clarence Darrow, Elmer Davis, Ira A. De Reid, Hubert T. Delany (civil rights advocate), Dean Dixon (African American conductor), artist Aaron Douglas, R. B. Eleazer, Edward Embrie, Morris Ernst (co-founder of the ACLU), Clifton Fadiman, George Field (Freedom House), E. Franklin Frazier, Lewis Gannett, Shirley Graham (Du Bois), Lester B. Granger, Bishop J. A. Gregg (A M.E. Church), Inez Haynes Gilmore Irwin (Suffragette), Stanley Isaacs, Harold Jackman, Mrs. James Weldon Johnson, Daisy Lampkin (African American suffragette), Lawrence Langner (founder Theatre Guild), Rayford Logan, Z. Alexander Looby, Enolia P. McMillan (First woman president of the NAACP), Herbert Marshall, Benjamin E.Mays, Pearl Mitchell, Henry Lee Moon, Carl Murphy, Mary White Ovington, William Pickens, Langdon Post, A Phillip Randolph, Richetta G. Randolph, F. B. Ransom (Bus. manager C. J. Walker Co.), Leon Ransom, Lawrence D. Reddick, Dr. Carl Glennis Roberts, Joel Augustus Rogers, Will Rogers Jr., Herbert J. Seligman, David O. Selznick, Cecilia Cabaniss Saunders, Emmet J. Scott, George S. Schuyler, A Maceo Smith, Amy Spingarn, Mabel Staupers, Sue and Howard Thurman, Channing H Tobias, Oswald Garrison Villard, Laura Wheeler Waring, Robert C Weaver, Roy Wilkins, Pearl and Joe Williams, Horace White, Max Yergan, and Darryl F. Zanuck, among many others.
Silver open face pocket watch, M. J. Tobias, Liverpool. 2”dia.
18K YELLOW GOLD M. J. TOBIAS OPEN FACE POCKET WATCH NO. 6355 the pocket watch has the key and a gold-filled chain (2)
ENGLISH SILVER-CASED POCKET WATCH By M.J. Tobias of Liverpool. Key wind. Gilt face with foliate engraving. Engine-turned back. Complete with fob. Also includes a pocketknife and a gilt football keepsake marked Auburn A.A. City Championship '28". Diameter of pocket watch face 1¾"."
A group of three silver pair cased pocket watches
the first of large size, the circular enamel dial with 'JOSEPH WALTON' for the numerals, subsidiary seconds hand, the verge movement inscribed M Tobias and Co. London; another by Robert Ray Liverpool; another by J Ellard Stockingford; and a 9ct gold cased keyless wind open faced pocket watch; a plain silver csed demi-hunter cased pocket watch (5)
SMOLLETT (TOBIAS)
THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD EDITION OF SMOLLETT'S NOVELS
eleven vols, uniform green cloth, Oxford: 1925, and miscellaneous general shelf stock, mainly English literature, including 19th c editions of Trollope and Edgeworth, travel, including C M Doughty, Arabia Deserta, two vols, Pevsner, Buildings of England, Kilvert's Diary, three vols, illustrated, including A Tagore, W Goble, C F Tunnicliffe, Shorelands Summer Diary 1952, I Wedgwood, Fenland Rivers 1936, H N Cautley, Suffolk Churches and Their Treasures, Master Worsley's Book on the History and Constitution of ..... Middle Temple, Chiswick Press, 1910, W J Loftie, The Inns and Court of Chancery, folio, 1893 and Records of the Skinners of London (approx 140)
Josephus, Flavius. Historien und Bücher: Von alten Jüdischen Geschichten, zwentzig, sammt eynem von seinem Leben: Vom Jüdischen Krieg, und der Statt Jerusalem... Strassburg, Th. Rihel, 1595. Title in red and black with woodcut border, [5] ll., 946 pp., [20] ll. With woodcut printer's mark and num. woodcut illustr. after Tobias Stimmer. - Bound with: Hegesippius. Fünf Bücher: Vom Jüdischen Krieg, und endlicher zerstörung der Herrlichen und gewaltigen Statt Jerusalem. Strassburg, Th. Rihel, no year [1575]. Title in red and black with woodcut border. Cont. pigskin on wood boards with blind tooling (stained, rubbed and bumped, some worm damage, upper cover damaged, classps missing). Fol. VD 16, J c988 (Flavius).
TOBIAS MUSICANT OIL ON MASONITE, THE FLAMETobias Musicant (American 1921-2004) , oil on masonite, titled The Flame , ca. 1945-1950, signed upper right, 24" x 20". Provenance: Island Weiss Gallery, New York; The Estate of Robert J. Bergelson.
NO in-house shipping for this lot.
Condition:
Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
POCKET WATCH. Marked 18 karat yellow gold open face pocket watch M. J. Tobias Liverpool. Circular case gold face with Roman numeral and dot dial displaying subsidiary seconds dial face etched with scene of port city reverse of case with engraved cartouche key wind movement displaying serial no.1176. 2''d. including lens and movement. 2.18 troy oz including lens and movement. Neither front nor back cases latch. Lens is loose.
M.J. Tobias Pocket WatchCuvette marked "No 13664/Detached Lever/Thirteen Jewels/ M.J. Tobias/ Liverpool". Key wind and key set. Missing second hand. Not running.
[LEATHERBOUND BOOKS.]
An assembled group of 55 books, mostly half leather and marbled boards but with some bound in full leather, and one book in full cloth. All books 8vo or smaller. Titles include:
*Cooper, James Fenimore. The Deerslayer; or, The First War-Path. [with] Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea. Albany: James B. Lyon, n.d., with 4 other volumes of Cooper. * Cowper, William. Poems. London: J. Johnson, 1805. 2 volumes. * [Smollett, Tobias.] The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. London: W. Strahan & others, 1785. 4 volumes.
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M.J. Tobias and Two Other European Watches and Assorted Chains, England and Switzerland, the Tobias a 13-jewel, key-wind, key-set movement no. 16568 in an open-face case, and two Swiss watches, a 17-jewel Peugeot in a base metal hunting case, and a 17-jewel Record W. Co. in an open-face gold-filled case, dia. 40 to 53 mm, sold with eight gold-filled watch chains and some modern keys. Estimate $200-300 Tobias and Record currently running, Peugot ticks but does not stay running. 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.
AMERICANA: 16 SIGNATURES. ANS Judge Edwards Pierrepont, November 3, 1860
Signature, J.D. Long, Secretary of Navy, January 16, 1900
TLS, W.G. McAdoo, August 1, 1913
TLS, Newton Baker, June 25, 1919
DS, A. J. Dallas, July 31, 1815
DS, Oliver Wolcott, September 22, 1796
DS, Tench Francis
Sig., Joseph Reed
Sig., Horatio Gate
DS, Samuel Huntington
LS, Tobias Lear, with his free frank
ALS, Robert Morris, June 11, 1796; some defects
ADS, Henry Clay
ALS (2),by Hannibal Hamlin
PROVENANCE: Museum of American Presidents, Strasburg, VA
Five European Pocket Watches, England and Switzerland, two M. J. Tobias open face watches with engraved gold-tone dials, 4-jewel, key-wind, key-set movements, a Swiss 15-jewel bar movement in a fully engraved, base metal, hunting case, an unmarked Swiss movement in a fully decorated base metal case with a porcelain dial with Hebrew numerals, and a Marcel & Cie stopwatch. Estimate $200-300 Watches are ticking but may need cleaning and lubrication. 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.
Two 18kt Gold Bangles, an Art Deco 14kt Gold Open Face 15-jewel Waltham, and Two English 12kt Gold Etched Dial 13-jewel Key-wind Pocket Watches, one signed "M.J. Tobias & Co./Liverpool," the other "M.J. Tobias & Co./London."
Gold plated pocket watch marked M. J. Tobias. : A gold plated pocket watch marked M. J. Tobias in a case with stand. ++ Watch marked "M. J Tobias" on dust cover. "18" with a crown on the cover. Appears to be a 19th/20th century replica. Condition works but has a broken minute hand.
A collection of 11 pocket watches
various ages
Including re-cased repeater; an interesting verge with visible balance; a center seconds Chinese market lever; fusee verge with pierced top plate and painted dial; Girardier Laine with painted dial; Tobias, Liverpool with painted dial; J.G.Graves, Liverpool; Jameson, London; Richards, London and two others various sizes (11)
14kt Gold Cased Vacheron & Constantin Open Face Pocket Watch, movement no. 266199, case no. 4743; together with a Swiss hunting case Tissot key-wind savonnette, the cuvette engraved and inscribed "M.J. Tobias & Co."
Jacek Malczewski (Polish 1854-1929) Angels and Tobias oil on cardboard signed J. Malczewski (lower right) 13 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches.
SMOLLETT TOBIAS. "THE ADVENTURES OF RODERICK RANDOM" London J. Osborn 1748. First edition 12MO 2 volumes. Three-quarter morocco by Riviere. A few pages with foxing spots. Smollett's first novel. Page 182 has letterpress "I" at bottom.
J. F. TOBIAS & CO PHILADELPHIA WHISKEY BOTTLE. With applied handle, melon shaped with vertical ribbing. Medium amber. SIZE: 7”. CONDITION: Dirty. 9-97568-42 (500-600)
SIGNED M.J. TOBIAS ENGLISH 19TH-C 18K POCKET WATCH: Outer case is 18k gold, inner case 10K. Not guaranteed to be by Tobias.
Thirteen Swiss and Liverpool Key-wind Watches: Thirteen Swiss and Liverpool Key-wind Watches, two M. J. Tobias examples, five Swiss lady's pendant watches, and six others, all in non-precious metal open-face and hunter cases. . Estimate $200-400 . . . Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. 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 shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Irish 18 karat yellow gold open face pocket watch with chainmichael j. tobias, liverpool, early 19th century