The dimensions are Approx. 4.25″x 6.25″ (small variances can occur). This lot is located in Boca Raton, Fl and its shipment will be made directly by Artelisted. Shipping insurance is the responsibility of the buyer. Ask us if you want to add insurance cost. Note that if there is loss or damage due to bad handling by the transporter, this loss will be assumed only by the buyer. Enquires are welcome, do not hesitate to contact us at your convenience, we are looking to providing you with an excellent service.

Fine Chinese reticulated tortoiseshell cricket box 18th century, pierced figural landscape carved design throughout, lobbed bombe form lid and conforming body, H5″ L7″ W5″

Provenance: Albrecht Antiquitaten, Baden-Baden, 1937
Mr. & Mrs. Charles V. Hickox
Estate of Katrina Hickox Becker

Condition: Condition statement: cover with small break to lobe, as well as border and rim. Base with old glued repairs.

The dimensions are Approx. 8″x 10″ (small variances can occur). This lot is located in Boca Raton, Fl and its shipment will be made directly by Artelisted. Shipping insurance is the responsibility of the buyer. Ask us if you want to add insurance cost. Note that if there is loss or damage due to bad handling by the transporter, this loss will be assumed only by the buyer. Enquires are welcome, do not hesitate to contact us at your convenience, we are looking to providing you with an excellent service.

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classical, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A very rare depiction of a bloodletting ceremony finely carved on a conch shell pectoral. The white shell surface is carved with two figures facing each other above a geometric pattern. The right figure is larger than the figure on the left, denoting rank and elite status as the royal queen. The ritual between them consists of the queen passing a rope studded with thorns through her tongue, while the priest or other attendant watches it unfold. Many Maya ritual objects used for the ceremony have been found, and although somewhat grisly, a fully depicted bloodletting scene is a thrill to find! Size: 8.5″ L x 5″ W (21.6 cm x 12.7 cm); 9.25″ H (23.5 cm) on included custom stand.

Bloodletting was a ritual practice used throughout ancient Mesoamerica – scholars posit that the Olmec and the Maya elite were enthusiasts of the practice. Archaeologists have found obsidian blade, stingray tails, and bone needles, all believed to have been used in this practice, which allowed an individual to experience a heightened state of consciousness and thus communicate with the gods. The blood given also served as a sacrifice, the price paid by high ranking and royal Maya peoples in order to make contact with the supernatural.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex- Ian Arundel collection, California, USA, the Old Curiosity Cabinet, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA, collected 1950s to 1970s

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Description: *Ralph Eugene Cahoon, Jr (Massachusetts, 1910-1982)
INTERRUPTED PICNIC
oil on plywood, framed, signed on verso and No. R103
H18 3/4″ W25 1/2″

Description: *Sebastiaen Vrancx (attributed to) (Flemish, 1573-1647)
THE FORGER (one from a series of four monumental works: The Forger, The Fish Market, The Bird Market, and The Fruit & Flower Market)
oil on canvas, unframed, unsigned
H66″ W94″

Gorham Narragansett pattern sterling silver salad serving set circa 1884, realistically-chased and cast design, one in the form of a trident, the other with oyster-shell bowl, all encrusted with barnacles, seashells, cockles, sand, seagrass and kelp accented with crabs; engraved with initial, marked: Gorham Mfg Co lion-anchor-G, STERLING; spoon L11 1/4″, fork L10 7/8″, and Total 10.0ozT (2pcs)

Allan Houser
(Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994)
Lot is located and will ship from Cincinnati, Ohio.Earth Mother, 4/6, 1986
bronze
signed and dated on base
39 x 24 in.; weighs 246.5 lbs

Mixed media on paper. Abstract Composition. 1991. Signed and dated lower right. From an Irvington, NY collection. – Dimensions: Sheet: 26″ high x 19.75″ wide

“Artelisted is proudly offering for auction the “First Rendered Master Disney Stock Certificate”. This enlarged certificate is the first international stock with color characters and the only one of its kind known to exist. It is significant that this certificate was the very first International stock certificate ever sold by an entertainment company. It resulted in generating 1.4 billion dollars for Disney. The Disney name is the most known name around the world. This historical document represents an extraordinary event that catapulted the dream and vision of Walt Disney. It chronicles the company’s historical milestone and pivotal moment in 1985 that established the Disney Corporation’s listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange bringing in over a billion dollars to the company. It was an unprecedented global success that later changed American culture and impacted the world. This event launched Disney into reaching incredible heights and becoming the world’s most powerful and influential entertainment empire. The architect of this work and event was Mr. Luther Reese Marr, once Secretary to the Board and later Walt Disney Company’s Vice President of Corporate and Stockholders Affairs. Luther, a key figurehead, was also one of the seventeen founding executive officers dating back to the opening of Disneyland, Disney World, Disney Tokyo and Euro Disneyland during the Michael Eisner presidency. This one-of-a-kind unnumbered certificate was created for and delivered to Mr. Marr by the company for orchestrating the Tokyo Stock Exchange listing. It is the first one with colored Disney characters on the stock. Subsequent to this spectacular accomplishment, Luther supervised the greatest rate ever of monetary investments into the company during this historic period of high growth and signed all stock purchases for 22 years with Disney’s presidents as the acting host for the annual stockholder conventions. Mr. Luther Reese Marr, at 89 years of age, passed away on February 27, 2025 in Laguna Niguel California. Mr. Marr is survived by his three children: Michelle Marr Spicer, Stephen Luther Marr, Christelle Marr Bunge and 10 grandchildren. The reason Mr. Stephen Luther Marr son of Mr. Luther Reese Marr is offering this historical document for bid is that a way used to raise money for nonprofit organizations including the Cancer Society. We are including an important number of images with information related to Mr. Luther Reese Marr, biography and his relation to Disney.