METAL: 18k Rose Gold. MEASUREMENTS: Case – 26mm x 23mm. 18k gold bracelet – 6.75″ long (comes with 1 extra link, detached). Dial signed Patek Philippe & Co, Geneva. MOVEMENT: Manual wind, running order, ref. 2075. WEIGHT: 122.4 grams (without the extra link).Watches are guaranteed to be in running order, if described as such, at the time of listing only. Watches have not been tested for features functionality, unless otherwise stated in description.
Condition
Preowned. Running order. With 1 extra link. kb

The larger tinware canister is attributed to the Filley family. It has a hinged lid and a brilliantly painted body that consists of red, yellow and green fruits, foliage on a black asphaltum ground, borders of white and yellow scallops, stars and feathering. It stands at 8 – 3/8″. The smaller is a paint-decorated canister with a fitted hinged lid and wire loop handle. It is decorated with a broad white band with red blossoms and green leaves and is also heightened with scallops of bright yellow on black asphaltum ground. It stands at 4 – 3/4″. Paperwork: Condition: Dimensions: Larger: 8 – 1/2″ x 8 – 3/4″ x 8 – 3/4″.

For a similar example, see plate 66 on page 41 in “Of Arms and Men: Arms and Armor at the Metropolitan 1912-2012” published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This circa 1510-1520 suit consists of composite elements of steel with shallow fluted and ribbed surface ornamentation of such close similarity that it gives a homogeneous appearance. The suit was assembled by Dr. Bashford Dean, who was the first president of the Arms & Armor Society formed in New York in 1921. Dr. Bashford Dean was also the first curator of the Arms & Armor Gallery of the Metropolitan Museum, the corselet (breast and backplates) as well as the taces are from the armor of Prince Carl of Prussia. The suit is comprised of a closed helmet with a bold, roped comb and a four-pointed bellows visor, with two vision slits and ten ventilation slits. The right side features a lifting peg. The neck guard is composed of three lames and the gorget has four plates in the front and rear. The rounded breastplate has movable gussets and the backplate is deeply struck with the Nuremberg mark. The besagues appear to be later. The spaulders each have five lames. Full arm defenses with heart shaped side wings, one wing is later. The suit has mitten gauntlets, a skirt comprised of four plates, three plate tassets, a culet also comprised of three plates, and a full leg harness with winged polenys with articulated sabatons with later spurs. Most surfaces are fluted and engraved, the main edges are roped and plain. The suit is well-mounted on a covered dummy dressed with a mail short of riveted rings. The armor is mounted on a well-molded wooden base. The suit is complete with an extensive file of provenance and information, including copies of the catalog from Christie’s of London in July of 2002 and a presentation binder with photographs and a detailed description of this armor. There are also photographs of Bashford Dean’s armor gallery in New York, a biography of Bashford Dean, a photograph of Joe Kindig, Jr. with this armor from the Antique Arms Annual from 1971, a copy of a letter on Joe Kindig Antique letterhead signed by Joe Kindig III, and a photograph of Joe Kindig III with the armor, still packaged, when it arrived from London in 2002. This important suit of armor is extremely attractive and has an important and extensive provenance. Also includes “Handbook of the Collection of Arms and Armor” by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Bashford Dean; “Metropolitan Museum of Art Handbook No. 15” by Bashford Dean; “Catalog of a Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art” 2,500 copies printed in 1911; and “Friends Exiled to Virginia” written in 1777 and signed by Thomas Gilpin. CONDITION: all components retain a homogeneous, bright grey patina. Some minor restorations to edges. Nuremberg mark is excellent. An extremely attractive and important period suit of armor with extensive documentation. PROVENANCE: Anon. sale (Bashford Dean), American Art Association, New York, 23 November 1928, lot 142; Harriet Martine Dean (Bashford Dean’s sister), The Estate of Harriet Martine Dean, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 14 October 1943, lot 316 (US $475 to Kindig); Joe Kindig, Jr., A private collector, Anon sale, Christie’s East, New York, 23 November 1988, lot 207 (US $66,000 including premium). LITERATURE: John S. DuMont, ‘Joe Kindig, Jr., Master of Antiquities”, Antiques Arms Manual, 1971, Page 152; The armor was assembled by Bashford Dean in the early 1920’s, using elements from various provenances including Carl, Prince of Prussia and the Princes Radziwill, Nieswiez Castle, Lithuania. Paperwork: Condition: Dimensions: 75″ x 27 – 1/2″ x 24″.

Négroni and Métal Meuble for Galerie Steph Simon
1958
lacquered mahogany, enameled steel, laminate, upholstery
26½ h × 101¾ w × 27½ d in
67 × 258 × 70 cm

The ex-Charles G. Renaud
1951 Ferrari 212 Inter Cabriolet
Coachwork by Vignale
Chassis no. 0159E
Engine no. 0159E

2,562cc SOHC V-12 Engine
3 Weber Carburetors
170bhp at 6,500rpm
5-Speed Manual Gearbox
Front Independent Suspension – Live Rear Axle
4-Wheel Drum Brakes

Classic Torso with Hands, 1952
Gelatin silver, printed later
13-5/8 x 10-1/2 inches (34.6 x 26.7 cm)
Signed in pencil mount recto. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil with the photographer’s stamp mount verso.

1927-D Double Eagle, Ex: Dr. Steven Duckor, MS65+
Rarest Regular-Issue 20th Century American Coin
Likely Seven Examples Publicly Available
1927-D $20 MS65+ PCGS. CAC. Ex: Fox-Duckor. It is an honor and a privilege whenever Heritage Auctions has the opportunity to offer a 1927-D double eagle, the rarest regular-issue United States coin — whether gold, silver, nickel, or copper — struck during the 20th century. The present example, certified MS65+ by PCGS, rests solidly in the lower Condition Census for the issue, behind the finest-known Phillip Morse coin in MS67 and four other pieces in MS66 at PCGS (11/19).

It has been five years now since we handled a 1927-D double eagle, the previous appearance coming during our March 2014 sale of the Donald E. Bently Collection, when we offered the piece listed as #7 in the roster below. That MS63 PCGS coin crossed our auction block at $1,292,500.

The small surviving population of 1927-D double eagles, 12 or 13 pieces all told, is neatly divided into three classes:

–Those which have appeared with some regularity (although not frequency) in the marketplace, and here we count seven pieces (#1-#7 below);

–Those one or two numismatic phantoms, coins that have seemingly disappeared from the numismatic marketplace, possible duplicates, one unseen since 1973, the other (if indeed it is another) unseen since 1957 (#8 and #9, respectively); and

–The four coins presumably off the market forever, ensconced in longstanding museum collections — the Connecticut State Museum piece and the three in the Smithsonian (#10-#13 below).

The foregoing summary, showing an effective maximum population of seven coins in the marketplace, should make it quite plain to potential bidders how seldom auction or private offerings can be expected to occur.

It is noteworthy, examining the roster below, that only a single example of the 1927-D is currently graded MS63 by PCGS, while the majority of survivors that have traded in recent years are in the MS65-MS66 grade range at PCGS.

The present offering, the MS65+ PCGS example listed as #6 below, traces its provenance back to legendary Dayton, Ohio, dealer James Kelly (1907-1968). We recently had the pleasure of discovering that this example, prior to coming to the present consignor, was earlier in the Dr. Steven Duckor Collection. Dr. Duckor held the coin for nearly 15 years, having purchased it from Auction ’84 for $198,000 including buyer’s premium. Dr. Duckor later consigned it to the Dr. Thaine B. Price auction, cataloged by David Akers in 1998. It was unknown to most collectors, but Dr. Thaine B. Price never owned a 1927-D double eagle, even though he certainly had a monumental collection in many regards. Dr. Duckor’s 1927-D, at the time graded MS65 PCGS, brought $577,500. Three years later it went unsold (as far as we can determine) in a Superior auction. It then appeared in our FUN Signature Platinum Night session in January 2014, where it realized $1,997,500 before making its way to our current consignor.