Late 19th c.
Iron
Diminutive size
18 long x 6-1/4 high
SOLD
Late 19th c.
Original paint and paddles
Beautifully carved; graceful figure
Ex Harvey Kahn collection
20 high with paddles extended
# 9195
Late 19th c.
Could have been placed above the entrance of the factory.
34 wide x 21 high
# 9228
c. 1900
Rusted tin with residual painted lettering
Reads Homespun Wool Hats & Mittens
20-1/2 long x 16 high
SOLD
c. 1925
Pine
A pair of remarkable wood and polychrome cheetahs
from a traveling carnival show celebrating the discovery
of King Tut's tomb in 1924. The halves can be mounted
on a wall - nose to nose - or displayed free standing.
80" long x 57" high
# 8667
SALE: $6,700 the pair
c. 1900
Found in Wisconsin
Old paint in superb condition
16-1/2 high on stand with paddle extended
# 9179
c. 1940
Until recently this sign hung in an upstate New York diner
Painted masonite
67 wide x 48 high
SOLD
1999
Artist: Larry Calkins
Wax, soot, cloth, dye, paint, metal
38" wide x 45" high
# 9143
c. 1930
Brass
Faithfully rendered replica of double edge blade razor used as a pharmacy promotion.
16-1/2" long x 7-3/4" wide
# 8968
SALE: $700
c. 1880
Wood with dimensioned lettering. Dry paint surface. Square nails.
42 long x 7 high
# 9118
SALE: $2,000
(One of Several)
c. 1960
Work of a female furniture painter in Cape Giradeau, Missouri.
Said to have been sold to vacationers furnishing their cabins in the Ozarks.
Bold, comtemporary rendering.
36 high x 10 wide
SOLD
Artist: David Montgomery, Hudson, New York
The poor man's Nike of Samothrace
38" wide x 54" high
# 8776
c. 1825
Found in Bordues, France
Limestone with lichen
Dramatically carved drapery
14 wide x 9 deep x 38 high
# 9188
c. 1900
Wonderful, folky quality
Perhaps had rockers at one time
26" long x 23-1/2" high x 7" deep
# 8327
c. 1875
Lincolnshire, England
The carving is rendered in the grotesque style, thought of as a talisman to ward off evil.
Mounted on custom stand.
17-1/2 deep x 10 wide x 19-1/2 high (on stand)
# 9189
c. 1870
Amish childrens' playthings
Pennsylvania or Ohio
Pine, horsehair, leather, pine, polychrome.
A collection of beautifully executed carvings.
12-1/2" long x 9" high
# 8649
c. 1940
Enamel over tin
Bold, striking graphic
59-1/4 wide x 36 high
SOLD
1912
This wonderful horse was made by Abraham Neuenschwander
for his young nephew in 1912. The horse was carved from a tree root
uncovered during field clearing in Oregon. Family history available.
38" long x 26" high (on stand) x 9" deep (stand)
# 8195
c. 1910
These striking ornaments adorned a building in Philadelphia,
probably in celebration of the return of the comet.
11" long x 29" high (on mount) each
# 8904
SALE: $7,500, the pair
2002
Larry Calkins
Cloth, wax, ash
Extraordinary texture and form.
17 wide 57 high
SOLD
c. 1900
Carver unknown
Wood with metal button eyes and star badge
Metal paddles replaced
ex Robert Greenberg collection
35" high (on stand)
# 8795
SALE: $8,000
