"Raise a Glass to Yesteryear" 2023 August Auction

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Day 1, Thursday, August 24th
Art & Artifacts from around the world (Lots 1000-1227)
Paintings, Prints, Native American Artifacts, Sculptures, Textiles, Boxwood Root Sculptures, Viewing Stones
Display Minerals & Fossils (Lots 1228 – 1340)
Calcite, Fluorite, Mineral Groups, Quartz, Fossils
Stocks & Bonds (Lots 1341 – 1499)
Mining, Railroad, Petroliana, Etc.

Day 2, Friday, August 25th
General Americana (Lots 2000 -2495)
Antiquarian Books, Transportation, Ephemera, Autographed, Photographs
Mining (Lots 2308-2491)
Ephemera, Ore Specimens, Mining Equipment
Tools (Lots 2492-2496)

Day 3, Saturday, August 26th
Bottles (Lots 3000-3124)
Saloon, Brewery & Beer Tray Collection (Lots 3125-3254)
Gaming (Lots 3255-3265)
Cowboy (Lots 3266-3281)
Railroadiana (Lots 3282-3291)
Military (Lots 3292-3310)
Firearms & Weaponry (Lots 3311-3330)
License Plates (Lots 3331-3346)
Signs (Lots 3347-3359)
General Collectibles (Lots 3360-3475)
Toys, Musical, Furnishings, Etc.


Day 4, Sunday, August 27th
Philatelic (Lots 4000-4099)
Postal History, Postcards, Stamps, Wells Fargo & Express
Numismatics (Lots 4100-4420)
Bullion, Coins, Potty Coins, US Mint Sets, Fractional Currency, Foreign Coins, Ingots & Assay, Medals
Tokens (Lots 4421-4539)
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Vintage Cochiti/Santo Domingo Bowl  [150729]1100 - Vintage Cochiti/Santo Domingo Bowl [150729]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very old Cochiti or Santo Domingo red ware bowl with black, white and red geometric design. Round bottom with signs of use. 4"x7". 1.5&quo...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to d*******f for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Flared Caddo Pot  [163462]1101 - Flared Caddo Pot [163462]
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Ancient Caddo flared jar, deeply incised. c. 1400-1600, Red River Drainage area, 5"x5.5". Professionally reconstructed. Texas
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Fluted Caddo Bowl  [162454]1102 - Fluted Caddo Bowl [162454]
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Ancient Caddo large bowl with gently fluted rim. Repaired crack. 3.5"x10.25". No apparent chips. Texas Gary Bracken Collection
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Early Grey Southwest Repaired Pots, 3  [168415]1103 - Early Grey Southwest Repaired Pots, 3 [168415]
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3 grey early Southwest pots that have all be professionally restored or repaired. 8.5" internal stripe, 6.5" internal triangle pattern, 9....
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to d*******f for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Historic Caddo Pot  [163465]1104 - Historic Caddo Pot [163465]
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Ancient Caddo pot with small handles and fingernail type impressions around pot. 3.5" x 5.5". No apparent chips or cracks.
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Corner Tang Knife from Kay County OK  [160017]1105 - Corner Tang Knife from Kay County OK [160017]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a corner tang knife at 1.5 in./ 39 mm in length. Found in Kay County, Oklahoma. From the Late Archaic to Woodland Period 4000-2000 BP. From th
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to k*****f for (150.00 + 33.00BP) = 183.00
 
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Points and Arrow Shaft Straighteners from OK  [169204]1106 - Points and Arrow Shaft Straighteners from OK [169204]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This lot has six arrow shaft straighteners of sandstone; one large point at about 5 in., one point at 3 in. one hammer tool at 4.5 in., a scraper at 2
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stone Scraper or Mallet - Large  [162788]1107 - Stone Scraper or Mallet - Large [162788]
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Basalt oblong stone with central groove. One end is blunt and shows wear, other end is shaped into an edge. Could have been mounted on some sort of ha
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stone Scrapers - 3  [162787]1108 - Stone Scrapers - 3 [162787]
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Two basalt and one granitic stone scrapers of unknown origin. These may have been handed down from generation to generation. One is labeled St. Louis
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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South American Hide Chest  [168931]1109 - South American Hide Chest [168931]
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An old, perhaps 100 years of age, hide and hair chest purchased in South America a long time ago. Made by natives in well used condition. Majority of
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Long Woven Southwestern Rug  [161721]1110 - Long Woven Southwestern Rug [161721]
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This is a big one. Woven Southwestern rug with many bands of color going across the short dimension. 58x187", 1.5" hole and some edge fray...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Woven Small Wool Rug  [161656]1111 - Woven Small Wool Rug [161656]
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Imported runner size small woven wool rug. Blue, red and tan are main colors. 40x23". No holes or tears, some fringe stains.
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Turkish Style Area Rug, Vintage  [140181]1112 - Turkish Style Area Rug, Vintage [140181]
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105" long x 56" wide. Turkish Style, possibly prayer rug. Circa 1900 or before. Shows wear in numerous places but generally very good. N...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Persian Style Hall Runner Rug, Vintage  [140180]1113 - Persian Style Hall Runner Rug, Vintage [140180]
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10 feet long x 42 inches. Classic Persian Style, wide hall runner. Early repair on the back in one section and along several edges. Colors remain vi
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Snuff Bottle from Tombstone  [158769]1114 - Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Snuff Bottle from Tombstone [158769]
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Original carved Chinese cinnabar lacquer snuff bottle that came out of Hotel House in Tombstone, Arizona in 1882. Approximately 2 5/8" high. O...
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Red Stromatolite Limestone Items (3)  [150934]1115 - Red Stromatolite Limestone Items (3) [150934]
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3 stone items with lids ( 1 is a toothbrush style holder lid) and 1 cube piece with a clipped corner. Jars measure 5 x 3" and cube is 3" ...
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 240.00
 
 
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Stone Celadon Vase  [149372]1116 - Stone Celadon Vase [149372]
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Crazed glaze celadon colored vase. Measures 6" diameter by 9" in height. China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Tan & Grey Marble Vase  [149366]1117 - Tan & Grey Marble Vase [149366]
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vase measures 6" in diameter by 12.5" tall and has varying shades of grey, tan, and cream. China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
 
 
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Travertine Vase  [149365]1118 - Travertine Vase [149365]
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Brown travertine vase measuring 4" x 10" highly polished. Stunning! China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to d*******f for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Italian Marble Vases (2)  [170317]1119 - Italian Marble Vases (2) [170317]
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Two very ornate Italian marble vases. Each measures 2'x 11" with a 6"x 6" base. Tthere are repairs, so these pieces are being so...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Marble Vase  [149390]1120 - Marble Vase [149390]
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13"x 6 " marble vase with colors of cream, grey, beige, mauve, green. China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Green Fluorite Elephants Sculpture  [150910]1121 - Green Fluorite Elephants Sculpture [150910]
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two elephants and a sphere. 10 x 9 x 2 China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Greenstone Warrior Sculpture  [160597]1122 - Greenstone Warrior Sculpture [160597]
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Hand carved greenstone sculpture of a Native American warrior. Unsigned, originally purchased from the now closed Out West Gallery in Coleville, CA.
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Zimbabwe Spring Stone Sculpture by Didani Masaya  [160655]1123 - Zimbabwe Spring Stone Sculpture by Didani Masaya [160655]
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Spring stone carving of a smiling, rotund, little man crouching down by Didani Masaya of Zimbabwe. Sculptor's name is carved on the bottom edge...
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Zimbabwe Stone Sculpture of a Man by Maikosa-Kanyeredza  [168576]1124 - Zimbabwe Stone Sculpture of a Man by Maikosa-Kanyeredza [168576]
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Green stone sculpture by Maikosa-Kanyeredza of a man. He has his hands tucked under his chin. Lighter green highlights on his knees and feet. "...
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ben Franklin Metal Sculpture, 19th Century  [170245]1125 - Ben Franklin Metal Sculpture, 19th Century [170245]
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Very fine 19th (possibly early to mid 19th c) sculpture of Ben Franklin sitting in his chair. The piece is constructed in two parts, a separate base,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to i********h.. for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Vanishing Breed, Bronze Sculpture (Farming), By Sharlene Hare  [170247]1126 - Vanishing Breed, Bronze Sculpture (Farming), By Sharlene Hare [170247]
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Vanishing Breed, Bronze Sculpture (Farming), By Sharlene Hare. An attractive heavy bronze sculpture depicting two work horses in the field. This piece
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to d*******f for (425.00 + 106.25BP) = 531.25
 
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Original Wood Duck Decoys, 5  [168853]1127 - Original Wood Duck Decoys, 5 [168853]
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5 original wooden duck decoys that were used on Butte-de-Morts Lake in WI. (near Oshkosh). c. 1900-30. About 6.5x14", heavily used. Two of the ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to t*******l for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Mexican Ladies Figure  [160680]1128 - Mexican Ladies Figure [160680]
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Attractive figure of 2 Mexican ladies. A lady sitting down in a red, black and white covering, and a standing lady with a white head covering touching
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Zapata Mexican Revolutionary Head Sculpture  [160596]1129 - Zapata Mexican Revolutionary Head Sculpture [160596]
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Sculpture of Mexican man, most likely Zapata, who was a legendary leader of the Mexican Revolution and champion of the rural poor in southern Mexico.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
Sold to b*******r for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Pacific Northwest Hand-Carved Paddle Signed by Artisan  [162514]1130 - Pacific Northwest Hand-Carved Paddle Signed by Artisan [162514]
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Gorgeous, hand carved, Pacific Northwest display relic. This is a Salish carved paddle at 54 inches. Signed "E. TIENN" at the top. Constru...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to d*******f for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
 
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Mayan Man and Woman Carved Wood Sculpture  [160642]1131 - Mayan Man and Woman Carved Wood Sculpture [160642]
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Attractive hand-carved piece depicting figures in traditional dress and both adhered to wood base. People 16x6". Base 7.75x14.5x1.25". Uns...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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African wood carvings - Head and torso of a man and a woman (2 Pieces)  [160661]1132 - African wood carvings - Head and torso of a man and a woman (2 Pieces) [160661]
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Hand carved unsigned African dense brown wood man and lady heads and upper torso. High quality carvings. Man 14.5x6.5x6.5" with 3" and 5&q...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Red Bean Tree Carving - Bodhisattva Sculpture  [149126]1133 - Red Bean Tree Carving - Bodhisattva Sculpture [149126]
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A beautiful intricate carving from the tree base with its carved roots. 38 x 30 x 56" Guanyin province China
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Start Price : 2,500.00 | Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,500.00
 
 
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Tiger Carved Wood Sculpture  [149120]1134 - Tiger Carved Wood Sculpture [149120]
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Gorgeous carved wood tiger, polished. 48" x 36" x 16" China
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Guan Yin Bodhisattva - Nine Dragons of Guangxi  [149031]1135 - Guan Yin Bodhisattva - Nine Dragons of Guangxi [149031]
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This magnificent sculpture by Chinese artist Zhang Lizi is titled "Nine Dragons of Guangxi." It is a representation of the Chinese goddess...
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Start Price : 30,000.00 | Estimate : 30,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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Boxwood Root Sculpture: Eagle  [149220]1136 - Boxwood Root Sculpture: Eagle [149220]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
15 x 17 x 13" China
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Boxwood Root Sculpture: Spread Eagle  [149083]1137 - Boxwood Root Sculpture: Spread Eagle [149083]
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32 x 25 x 11" China
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Boxwood Sculpture: Happy Buddha w/Rock  [149202]1138 - Boxwood Sculpture: Happy Buddha w/Rock [149202]
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includes a base. 15 x 17 x13 China
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Boxwood Carved Root Sculpture Buddha & Stone  [149218]1139 - Boxwood Carved Root Sculpture Buddha & Stone [149218]
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19 x 20 x 13" China
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Boxwood Root Sculpture: Dragon w/Large Stone  [149193]1140 - Boxwood Root Sculpture: Dragon w/Large Stone [149193]
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with base. 23 x 30 x 18" China
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Boxwood Root Sculpture: Dragon w/Stone  [149194]1141 - Boxwood Root Sculpture: Dragon w/Stone [149194]
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with base. 20 x 33 x 16" China
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Man Bearing Stone Sculpture  [149223]1142 - Man Bearing Stone Sculpture [149223]
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comes with base. 18 x 19 x 12" China
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Bird in Flight  [149001]1143 - Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Bird in Flight [149001]
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Exquisitely sculptured and polished roots of a Chinese boxwood tree which had grown around a calcareous rock that remains entwined in the roots after
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Bird of Prey  [149191]1144 - Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Bird of Prey [149191]
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Sculpture made of the polished roots of a Chinese boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. Carved eagle or falcon. 17x15x26 Fujian Province C
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Chinese Boatman  [149003]1145 - Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Chinese Boatman [149003]
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Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. This carved figure is of a quintessential Chinese sage rowing a
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Chinese Buddha w/4 smaller figures  [149054]1146 - Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Chinese Buddha w/4 smaller figures [149054]
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Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. A happy buddha figure rests against a rock with two, smaller fig
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Chinese Fish Deity  [149005]1147 - Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Chinese Fish Deity [149005]
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Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. This carved figure is of an Asian deity pouring water from a bot
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Chinese River Goddess  [149051]1148 - Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Chinese River Goddess [149051]
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Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. A tall Asian goddess figure, possibly Guan Yin, holds a bottle p
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Chinese Sage  [149002]1149 - Boxwood Root & Stone Sculpture: Chinese Sage [149002]
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Sculpture made of the polished roots of a Chinese boxwood tree which had grown around a calcareous rock. This carved figure is of a quintessential Chi
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
 
 
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