THE DECEMBER AUCTION

December 7, 2008 12:00 PM EST
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539 Lots

1: WILLIAM OTIS BEMIS (American 1819-1883) AT

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold: $2,400

2: DUTCH SCHOOL (17th/18th century) FISHING

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000

Sold: $5,250

3: ATTRIBUTED TO VICTOR DEGRAILLY (French

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold: $1,800

4: DUTCH SCHOOL (19th century) VIEW OF AMSTERDAM

Estimate: $600 - $800

Sold: $1,900

5: CARL HUBNER (German, 1814-1879) THE READING HOUR oil on canvas;

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Current Bid: NaN Bids

6: CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (18th/19th century) LANDSCAPE WITH MAN AND DOG oil on paper laid down on panel;

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold: $100

7: CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (19th century) PAIR OF FLORAL STILL LIFES two oils on canvas;

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold: $375

8: CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER (English, 1646-1723) PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY oil on canvas;

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Current Bid: NaN Bids

8A: AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th century) TWO OVAL ANCESTRAL PORTRAITS two oils on canvas;

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold: $100

8B: CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (18th century) ALLEGHORICAL BATTLE SCENE oil on canvas;

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Sold: $1,400

9: ANTOINE FRANCOIS SAINT-AUBERT (French, 1715-1788) THE FISH MARKET AT CAMBRAI oil on canvas;

Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000

Sold: $18,000

10: ERNEST MEISSONIER (French, 1815-1891) MILITARY SKETCH AND LETTER pen and ink;

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold: $400

11: FRENCH SCHOOL (19/20th century) SET OF EIGHT DRAWINGS DEPICTING SOLDIERS IN FRENCH MILITARY UNIFORMS pencil and gouache;

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

Current Bid: NaN Bids

12: JOHN LEECH (English, 1817-1864) YES MY DEARS, NOT A BAD IDEA, and DON'T MOVE THERE three chromolithographs;

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold: $600

13: ENGLISH SCHOOL (19th century) THREE HAND COLORED ENGRAVINGS

Estimate: $500 - $700

Current Bid: NaN Bids

14: CARL VERNET (French, 1758-1836) LA CHASSE gouache over aquatint;

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold: $600

15: JOHN LEWIS BROWN (French, 1829-1890) THE MEET oil on panel;

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold: $1,500

16: ITALIAN SCHOOL (19th century) THE BARQUE ANGELA BREWER ENTERING PALERMO watercolor and gouache;

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

Sold: $4,000

17: JAMES MCNEIL WHISTLER (American, 1834-1903) BEQUET etching on Japan paper;

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold: $1,500

18: JAMES MCNEIL WHISTLER (American, 1834-1903) EARLY MORNING BATTERSEA drypoint;

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold: $550

19: JAMES MCNEIL WHISTLER (American, 1834-1903) ANNIE SEATED etching;

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold: $1,600

20: JAMES MCNEIL WHISTLER (American, 1834-1903) JO'S BENT HAND drypoint;

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold: $600

21: JAMES MCNEIL WHISTLER (American, 1834-1903) ROTHERSTITHE etching;

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Sold: $3,500

22: CHARLES MERYON (French, 1821-1868) THE STRYGE etching;

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold: $2,100

23: KATHE KOLLWITZ (German, 1867-1945) DAS BANGER lithograph on brown laid paper;

Estimate: $600 - $800

Current Bid: NaN Bids

24: GIOVANNI BOLDINI (Italian, 1842-1931) LA PARISIEN AUX CHAMPS (The Parisien Fields) watercolor;

Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000

Sold: $20,000

25: B. PICARD (French, 19/20th century) COUP D'OEIL (The Glance) oil on panel;

Estimate: $300 - $400

Sold: $150

26: EUROPEAN SCHOOL (19th century) PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN oil on canvas;

Estimate: $400 - $600

Current Bid: NaN Bids

27: MARC-ANTOINE PARELLE (French, 18th century) FEMME AU BAIN INTERROMPU oil on canvas;

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold: $1,800

28: AMERICAN SCHOOL (20th century) LEAVE oil on board;

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold: $300

29: FRENCH SCHOOL (18th century) BACKGAMMON IN THE GARDEN reverse painting on glass;

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Current Bid: NaN Bids

30: TWO FRAMED PORTRAIT MINIATURES, signed indistinctly and dated '07

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

Sold: $1,100

31: EUROPEAN SCHOOL (18th century) POLICHINELLE reverse painting on glass;

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Current Bid: NaN Bids

32: NICOLAUS MICHAEL SPENGLER (German, 1700-1776) SCENE DE CABARET, AFTER TENIERS two reverse paintings on glass;

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

Sold: $1,200

33: EUROPEAN SCHOOL (19th century) PAIR OF FRAMED REVERSE PAINTINGS ON GLASS

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold: $350

34: LUCIO ROSSI (Italian, 1846-1913) IN TIME FOR ROSES oil on canvas;

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Sold: $3,000

35: HONORE DAUMIER (French, 1808-1879) SET OF FIVE CARTOON PRINTS lithographs;

Estimate: $400 - $600

Current Bid: NaN Bids

36: JULIUS VOGEL (Swiss, 19th century) COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS 17 pencil sketches;

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold: $200

37: ENGLISH SCHOOL (19th century) PAIR OF COCK FIGHTING PAINTINGS two oils on canvas;

Estimate: $500 - $700

Current Bid: NaN Bids

38: GEORGE WRIGHT (English, 1860-1942) HUNTSMAN CALLING oil on canvas laid down on board;

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold: $550

39: CORNELIUS PLOOS VAN AMSTEL (European, 1726-1798) TRAVELERS IN A LANDSCAPE watercolor and gouache on vellum, laid down on panel;

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold: $750

40: ADOLPH STADEMANN (German, 1824-1895) SKATERS IN A WINTER LANDSCAPE oil on panel;

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold: $1,800

41: WILLIAM BRADFORD (American, 19th century) CROSSING THE CHANNEL OFF LABRADOR oil on canvas, laid down on panel;

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

Sold: $5,000

42: CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (18th century) PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE PORT OF GENOA oil on canvas;

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

Sold: $5,500

43: GRANVILLE PERKINS (American, 1830-1895) MIDNIGHT IN THE TROPICS oil on canvas;

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold: $1,100

44: GRACE CLARK (American, 20th century) GLOUCESTER HARBOR oil on canvas laid down on masonite;

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Current Bid: NaN Bids

45: J. PAUL (English, 19th century) HORSE AND DOGS IN PASTURE oil on canvas;

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold: $1,100

46: AMERICAN SCHOOL (20th century) FLORAL STILL LIFE pastel on black paper;

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold: $150

47: G. THOMPSON (American, 19th century) HUNTER ON A PATH BY A RIVER watercolor;

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold: $150

48: HENRY MCDANIELS (American, 1906-2008) MORNING REVERIE watercolor;

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Sold: $1,500

49: ROSS TURNER (American, 1847-1915) CHURCH watercolor

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold: $150

50: AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th century) THREE COLORED LITHOGRAPHS OF MILITARY SCENES

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold: $450

51: EUROPEAN SCHOOL (19th century) LANDSCAPE WITH ABBEY AND CASTLE RUINS oil on metal;

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold: $600

52: GEORGE W. WATERS (American, 1832-1912) LAGO D MAGGIORE oil on canvas;

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Current Bid: NaN Bids

53: EDMUND BERNINGER (German, 1843-1909) BAY OF NAPLES oil on canvas;

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold: $2,500

54: JOSEPH DECAMP (American, 1858-1923) PORTRAIT OF FRANCIS ARMORY oil on canvas;

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Current Bid: NaN Bids

55: WILLIAM MCGREGOR PAXTON (American, 1869-1941) FREDERICK REDFIELD WEED oil on canvas;

Estimate: $5,000 - $10,000

Sold: $2,500

56: PAUL INGBRETSON (American, b. 1949) SUMMERTIME ON THE RIVER oil on canvas;

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Sold: $1,000

57: MABEL WOODWARD (American, 1877-1945) SUMMER LANDSCAPE oil on canvas laid down on panel;

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold: $1,500

58: JOHN W. BENTLEY (American, 1880-1951) WINTER LANDSCAPE oil on canvas;

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold: $5,250
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Grogan & Company

Location: Boston, MA, US

Phone: 617-720-2020

Payment

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