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John Wickett Museum - Session 1

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This auction will combine the liquidation of the John Stone Wickett Museum and the remaining items of the Eugene O. Perkins estate held back from Christy's single consignor auction in 1989.

The contents of San Francisco's most exclusive private museum will be going up for sale to the highest bidder.

The John Stone Wickett Museum of Ethnographic Arts and Memorabilia opens to the general public at auction Thursday, August 19, Friday, August 20 and Saturday, August 21. Referred to as "an elegant treasure house of artistic, cultural and historic artifacts," the museum is filled with antique icons from China, Southeast Asia, India, Africa and the Middle East. Also featured is local "Playland at the Beach" amusement park memorabilia.

Collectors of fine art will appreciate unusual and rare items such as an 18-inch crystal Buddha from Nepal, authentic headdresses and crowns worn by Asian royalty, palanquins that carried ancient queens, eastern religions artifacts and colorful tapestries. Of note is a 27-inch carved rhinoceros horn, similar to the one seen in the movie, "The Italian Job." Wickett, a well known figure in San Francisco since the early 1970’s and a Bay Area native, hoped that guests of the museum would walk away with an appreciation of how international arts and cultures have contributed to American society. He died in July 2003.

Mr. Perkins was a world renowned scholar and collector of rare Chinese porcelain and rare paper items. Paper items will include items such as letters from Napoleon, King George III, Lord Byron and more. Porcelain items will include Ming and Tang items, Famille Verde Porcelain, Georgian Silver, important Estate Jewelry, Chinese Frescos, Chinese Bronze Sculpture, Palace size Royal Vienna Vase and so much more.
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African Mask1 - African Mask
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African mask 12" Long x 5" wide
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Balinese Dragon Mask2 - Balinese Dragon Mask
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Balinese Dragon Mask, repaired - 9" high
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 700.00
 
 
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African Mask3 - African Mask
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Carved African Mask, 19th Century - 10" tall x 8 1/2" wide
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African Mask4 - African Mask
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African mask 13" long x 9" wide x 7" deep
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 500.00
 
 
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African Mask with Hair5 - African Mask with Hair
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African mask with human hair 13" long x 8" wide
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Indonesian Demon Mask6 - Indonesian Demon Mask
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Indonesian Polychrome Demon Mask with hair, 11 1/2"
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Mud Mask7 - Mud Mask
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Mud Mask, conditional issues - 10" high x 11 1/2" wide
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African Mask8 - African Mask
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African carved and painted mask, repaired, 12" x 8"
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African Butterfly Mask9 - African Butterfly Mask
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African Butterfly Mask, 48" wide
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Mother of Pearl Wall Hanging12 - Mother of Pearl Wall Hanging
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Mother of pearl wall hanging diarama of Dome of the Rock, 12 1/2" high
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Japanese Wall Hanging Mask and Fan13 - Japanese Wall Hanging Mask and Fan
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Japanese wood & lacquer wall hanging of Okina mask & fan, 11 1/2" wide
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Massive Tibetan Phurba14 - Massive Tibetan Phurba
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Massive Tibetan Phurbu with double vajra-form shaft and deer-head-form handle, circa 1900 - 59" high x 12" wide
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Massive Tibetan Double Vajra15 - Massive Tibetan Double Vajra
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Massive Tibetan gilt and patina bronze double Vajra, 20th century, 30 x 30 x 9.5
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Large Sino-Tibetan Vajra16 - Large Sino-Tibetan Vajra
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Large Sino-Tibetan gilt-bronze Vajra, 18th Century, 32” long x 11” wide
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Buddhist Ritual Vajra 17 - Buddhist Ritual Vajra
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Tantric Buddhist ritual vajra - 17 1/2"
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Thai Bronze Bell18 - Thai Bronze Bell
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Thai heavily cast bronze bell. 19th century, losses - 10" high x 10 1/2" wide
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Large Nepalese Bell19 - Large Nepalese Bell
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Large Nepalese bell with raised floral decoration, topped with a figurine of Ganesh, 12"
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Tibetan Vajra Bell20 - Tibetan Vajra Bell
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Tibetan bronze bell topped with Vajra
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Antique Bronze Vajra21 - Antique Bronze Vajra
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Antique Bronze Vajra, 6" long
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
 
 
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Double Vajras22 - Double Vajras
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Double Vajras - 6 1/2" x 6 1/2"
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
 
 
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