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Cased, Inscribed and Custom Made Set of Colt Model 1851 Navy and Model 1855 Pocket Sidehammer Revolvers, Property of Loren Ballou, a Trusted Employee of Colonel Samuel Colt
Auction 6073 | Lot: 33022 | Sep 18, 2011

Sold For: $575,000.00
Neil Armstrong's Tru-Bal Throwing Knife Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, Certified by Collectibles Authentication Guaranty with Photo Certificate.
Auction 6205 | Lot: 52144 | Nov 1, 2018

Sold For: $21,250.00

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Guy Pène du Bois (American, 1884-1958)
Enjoying the Show, The Jumble Shop Tea and Tap Room, The Bal Masque, 1934
Oil and charcoal on canvas
51 x 40 inches (129.5 x 101.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Guy Pene du Bois 34

Auction 8163 | Lot: 67077 | May 15, 2024

Sold For: $20,000.00

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Guy Pène Du Bois (American, 1884-1958)
The Ladies Room, The Jumble Shop Tea and Tap Room, The Bal Masque, 1934
Oil and charcoal on canvas
55-1/2 x 40 inches (141.0 x 101.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Guy Pène Du Bois / '34

Auction 8200 | Lot: 68027 | May 16, 2025

Sold For: $16,250.00

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A Fabergé Gold-Mounted Opalescent Oyster White Guilloché Enameled Leather Carnet de Bal with Pencil
Fabergé, Workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908
Original fitted case stamped with Imperial warrant, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Odessa
3 x 2-1/4 x 0-3/8 inches (7.6 x 5.7 x 1.0 cm) (carnet de bal)
3-1/4 inches (8.3 cm) (pencil)

Auction 8216 | Lot: 84013 | May 13, 2025

Sold For: $10,000.00
Dior VIII Grand Bal Dentelle Lady's Diamond, Ceramic, Stainless Steel Automatic Wristwatch

Auction 5237 | Lot: 54079 | Dec 7, 2015

Sold For: $8,750.00
James Ensor (Belgian, 1860-1949)
Le bal fantastique, 1889
Etching and drypoint
3 x 4-1/2 inches (7.6 x 11.4 cm)
Second state (of 2)
Signed and dated lower right in pencil: James Ensor 1889

Auction 8033 | Lot: 69081 | Dec 4, 2020

Sold For: $2,750.00
Eller (Lucien Roudier) (French, 1894-1940)
Dancing, Bal Musette, circa 1925
Watercolor and ink on paper
15-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches (39.4 x 39.4 cm) (sight)
Signed lower right: Lu Ro Eller

PROVENANCE:
Papillon Gallery, Los Angeles, California;
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

EXHIBITED:
Cité de la musique-Philharmonie de Paris, Paris, "Django Reinhardt, Swing of Paris," October 6, 2012-January 23, 2013.

Auction 5314 | Lot: 65075 | Mar 17, 2017

Sold For: $2,000.00
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) (Russian/French, 1892-1990)
Bal Tabarin, costume design, 1966
Gouache on paper
11-1/4 x 8-3/4 inches (28.6 x 22.2 cm) (sight)
Signed lower right: Erte
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed verso: Bal Tabarin / 1966 / 16330 / Erte

Auction 5225 | Lot: 63807 | Sep 13, 2015

Sold For: $1,875.00
A Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Group of Signed Agreements, 1950s.
Auction 7053 | Lot: 46144 | Mar 30, 2012

Sold For: $1,875.00
Jean-Yves Mitton Silver Surfer, Shalla Bal and Mephisto Specialty Illustration Original Art (undated).
Auction 7345 | Lot: 52264 | Oct 8, 2023

Sold For: $1,500.00
A FRAMED FRENCH LITHOGRAPH: JOSEPHINE BAKER
Paris, France, circa 1927
Marks: CARON, M. DUCELIER, IMP., PARIS, 1927
31 inches high x 25 inches wide (78.7 x 63.5 cm)

Auction 5104 | Lot: 89473 | Jun 13, 2012

Sold For: $1,500.00
Josephine Baker au Bal Negre (1970s). Rolled, Very Fine/Near Mint. French Poster (25.25" X 31.25") André-Charles Caron After Paul Colin Artwork.

Auction 7280 | Lot: 87000 | Nov 20, 2022

Sold For: $1,320.00
Neil Armstrong's Tru-Bal Throwing Knife Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG Certified.
Auction 6206 | Lot: 50351 | May 9, 2019

Sold For: $1,250.00
JANINE NIÈPCE (French, 1921-2007)
La Bal, 1959
Gelatin silver, printed later
9-3/8 x 14 inches (23.8 x 35.6 cm)
Recto: signed in ink
Verso: titled and dated in ink

Auction 5077 | Lot: 74019 | Nov 19, 2011

Sold For: $1,195.00
Neil Armstrong's Tru-Bal Throwing Knife Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG Certified.
Auction 6219 | Lot: 50970 | Nov 15, 2019

Sold For: $1,000.00
Italian Royal Enamel Carnet de Bal
1913

The cover enameled with the crowned initials of Victor Emanuel III, ...
Auction 5003 | Lot: 36112 | Apr 24, 2008

Sold For: $657.25
MAURICE LELOIR (French 1853 - 1940)
Richelieu le Bal
Ink and watercolor on paper
20 x 16 in.
S...
Auction 7005 | Lot: 88099 | Mar 13, 2009

Sold For: $609.45
Jacques de Loustal Le Vif-Focus Un bal sur la plage Illustration (Le Vif-Focus, 2010).
Auction 7188 | Lot: 71131 | Jun 2, 2018

Sold For: $575.00

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Lydia (Minerva, 1946). Italian 2 - Foglio (38.75" X 55").

Auction 7098 | Lot: 83946 | Jul 20, 2014

Sold For: $507.88
Rat Tail Balkans Miquelet Pistol.
Auction 6194 | Lot: 40669 | Dec 9, 2018

Sold For: $375.00
Joel Chandler Harris. Uncle Remus. His Songs and Sayings. Appleton, 1881. First edition, BAL first state.
Auction 6100 | Lot: 36535 | Oct 17, 2013

Sold For: $300.00
Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Tom Sawyer Abroad. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co...
Auction 683 | Lot: 57617 | Jun 4, 2008

Sold For: $298.75
Thomas L McKenney and James Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs Embellished With One Hundred and Twenty Portraits. From the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington. Philadelphia: Frederick W. Greenough (volumes I and II) and Daniel Rice & James G. Clark (volume III), 1838 (volumes I and II), 1844 (volume III). First edition. BAL's state A of volumes II and III, state C of volume I. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 6201 | Lot: 45289 | Sep 14, 2017

Sold For: $66,250.00
The Silver Surfer #17 (Marvel, 1970) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. Mephisto has captured Shalla Bal and forced the Silver Surfer to battle S.H.I.E.L.D.! And as if that weren't enough, the Fantastic Four also make a brief appearance. The issue has interior art by John Buscema. The cover is by Barry Smith. Overstreet 2005 NM- 9.2 value = $100. CGC census 5/05: 9 in 9.2, 25 higher.
Auction 817 | Lot: 1294 | Aug 13, 2005

Sold For: $92.00

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New York, NY- Bal de la Grande Duchesse 1871 Ad Note
An interesting ad note which is a nice currency lookalike, particularly on the reverse, which notes that the season opening ball will aid the sufferers of Manistee, Michigan. Extremely Fine.
Auction 329 | Lot: 983 | Sep 27, 2003

Sold For: $86.25
Herman Melville. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. First American edition. Octavo. xxiii, [1, blank], 634, [1, "Epilogue"], [1, blank], [6, ads], [4, blank] pages. BAL first binding of publisher's drab
Auction 6058 | Lot: 37122 | Sep 14, 2011

Sold For: $11,352.50
1851 $10 Baldwin Ten Dollar VF35 NGC. K-4, High R.6. After starting with such promise and high hopes, the reputation of Baldwin & Co. was quickly dashed on the rocks of public opinion after the release in March, 1851 of an unfavorable assay report. This assay, which was conducted by U.S. Assayer Augustus Humbert, showed that the firm's Ten Dollar coins only averaged $9.74 in value (a 2.6% discount). The commercial interests in San Francisco soon discounted the firm's coins by 5%, and later as much as 20%. After striking between $1 and $2 million dollars worth of gold coins, George Baldwin left California for the East Coast by way of Panama on April 15, 1851. His coins were extensively melted over the next several years and today they are very scarce.

This is the first Baldwin ten we have handled in several years. The striking details are soft in the centers, as one would expect, with abundant wear from years of circulation on each side, but there are no singularly mentionable marks or problems. Deep antique-gold color shows overall and lends eye appeal. Listed on page 302 of the 2005 Guide Book. (PCGS# 10031)
Auction 372 | Lot: 9197 | May 7, 2005

Sold For: $20,700.00
James Fenimore Cooper. The Last of the Mohicans. A Narrative of 1757. Philadelphia: H. C. Carey & L. Lea, 1826. First edition, with all textual points as laid out in BAL and State A of copyright notice in second volume. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6222 | Lot: 45123 | Mar 4, 2020

Sold For: $8,437.50

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Harriett Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1852. First edition, first issue in BAL's uncommon "A" binding of original wrappers. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6222 | Lot: 45181 | Mar 4, 2020

Sold For: $7,187.50
James Fenimore Cooper. The Last of the Mohicans. A Narrative of 1757. Philadelphia: H. C. Carey & Lea, 1826. First edition, BAL's A state of the copyright notice of volume II. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6208 | Lot: 45102 | Mar 6, 2019

Sold For: $5,000.00
Herman Melville. Pierre; Or, The Ambiguities. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. First edition. Octavo. viii, 495, [1, blank] pages. Publisher's slate cloth, elaborately stamped in blind. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Brown coated endpapers. Spine and board edges sunned. Corners mildly bumped. Spine ends rubbed, with a miniscule tear to spine head. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown; miscellaneous minor pencil notations on rear pastedown. Still, a very good copy. BAL 13666.
Auction 6108 | Lot: 36322 | Apr 2, 2014

Sold For: $4,687.50
Abraham Lincoln's "Petite Point" Suspenders. Intricately decorated with diamond-shaped arrangements of tiny brass bal...
Auction 6014 | Lot: 61011 | Nov 20, 2008

Sold For: $11,352.50
Clement Clarke Moore. Poems. New York: Bartlett & Welford, 1844. First edition. Inscribed by Moore, "Mr Miller, / From the author, / Dec. 1849" on the half-title page. Octavo. [2, blank], xiv, [15] - 216, [2, blank] pages. Contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards. Spine ruled in black with gilt titles and five raised bands. Corners bumped and showing. Rubbing to leather extremities. Foxing to endpapers, with offsetting to adjacent flyleaves. A very good copy of this rarity. This is the first appearance of the classic that would come to be known as "The Night Before Christmas." BAL 14348.
Auction 6108 | Lot: 36326 | Apr 2, 2014

Sold For: $4,062.50
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. First edition, first issue as per BAL.
Auction 6208 | Lot: 45126 | Mar 6, 2019

Sold For: $3,750.00
Mark Twain. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1876. First edition, first printing. Half-title and frontispiece on different leaves. Follows the BAL collation. Wove paper.
Auction 6174 | Lot: 45330 | Mar 8, 2017

Sold For: $3,750.00

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Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer¹s Comrade). With one hundred and seventy-four illustrations. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First American edition, first issue, with the following points: page [13], the illustration captioned "Him and another Man" is incorrectly listed as at p. 88 (BAL first state); page 57, the eleventh line from the bottom reads "with the was" instead of "with the saw" (BAL first state). MacDonnell's first state of "Huck Decided" on page 9.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36351 | Apr 10, 2013

Sold For: $3,750.00
Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First U. S. edition, early issue, with the following points: page [13], the illustration captioned 'Him and another Man' is incorrectly listed as at page 88 (BAL first state); page 57, the eleventh line from the bottom reads 'with the was' instead of 'with the saw' (BAL first state). MacDonnell's first state of 'Huck Decided' instead of "Huck Decides" under "Chapter VI" on page [9].
Auction 6201 | Lot: 45173 | Sep 14, 2017

Sold For: $3,500.00
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (Allied Artists, 1958). One Sheet (27" X 41"). Allison Hayes, our heroine, is kidnapped by a bal...
Auction 660 | Lot: 28596 | Mar 31, 2007

Sold For: $10,157.50

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Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. First edition, first issue as per BAL. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 6212 | Lot: 42053 | Sep 5, 2019

Sold For: $3,125.00
CRISTÓBAL DE VILLALPANDO (Mexican, 1649-1714)
Portrait of Christ, 1690
Oil on canvas
18 x 11 inches (45.7 x 27.9 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Villalpando / 1690

Auction 5069 | Lot: 64001 | Nov 8, 2011

Sold For: $10,157.50

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Joel Chandler Harris. Uncle Remus. His Songs and His Sayings. The Folklore of the Old Plantation. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First edition, BAL first state, of the author's first book (with "presumptive" in the last line on page 9, and the advertisements on page [233] beginning "New Books. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine").
Auction 6174 | Lot: 45354 | Mar 8, 2017

Sold For: $2,250.00
James Fenimore Cooper. The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757. Philadelphia: H. C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. First edition. BAL state A of the copyright notice in volume II.
Auction 6091 | Lot: 36275 | Oct 4, 2012

Sold For: $2,125.00
Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First U. S. edition, first issue, with the following points: page [13], the illustration captioned 'Him and another Man' is incorrectly listed at page 88 (BAL first state); page 57, the eleventh line from the bottom reads "with the was" instead of "with the saw" (BAL first state); Silas Phelps illustration on page 283 in suppressed first state with a curved fly. MacDonnell's first state of "Huck Decided" instead of "Huck Decides" under "Chapter VI" on page [9].
Auction 6201 | Lot: 45172 | Sep 14, 2017

Sold For: $2,000.00
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. First edition, first printing, per the title page and all issue points in the BAL. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6085 | Lot: 36200 | Apr 11, 2012

Sold For: $2,000.00
Joel Chandler Harris. Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First edition, first issue. Octavo. [1]-231, [8] publisher's advertisement pages. Frontispiece, seven inserted plates, and other illustrations in text by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. Original brown cloth with Br'er Rabbit vignette stamped in gilt, other decorations printed in black, and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Butterfly-pattern endpapers. A beautiful, bright copy with some light abrading to spine ends and lightly bumped corners. Minor repair to front hinge. Very light toning. Otherwise, in about fine condition. This copy is housed in a beautiful half morocco clamshell case with titles stamped in gilt in compartments with five raised bands on the spine. BAL 7100. From the James and Deborah Boyd Collection.
Auction 6085 | Lot: 36232 | Apr 11, 2012

Sold For: $1,875.00
Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First American edition with the following first issue points, per BAL: "Him and another Man" with "88" on page [13]; "with the was" on page 57; and "Huck Decided" instead of "Huck Decides" under "Chapter VI" on page [9], a first issue point per MacDonnell (Firsts, p. 31).
Auction 6091 | Lot: 36325 | Oct 4, 2012

Sold For: $1,750.00
Roy G. Krenkel - Original Illustration for Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins (Canaveral Press, 1963). One of the finest fantasy illustrators of the twentieth century, Roy G. Krenkel began is career as a student of Burne Hogarth and assistant to Wally Wood, Harry Harrison, and Al Williamson. A mainstay of pulp magazines throughout the 1950s, it was his work for Ace Books in the early 1960s that really put Roy on the map. It was at this time as well that Canaveral Press arranged for Krenkel to illustrate four of their Tarzan editions, including Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins, the only story Burroughs ever wrote specifically for a younger audience. Krenkel contributed the dust jacket illustration and 19 interior pieces, of which this is certainly one of the finest. The piece measures approximately 7" x 11" overall, with an approximate image area of 5" x 7.75". The caption at the bottom, apparently written in Krenkel's own hand, reads, "'I am Tarzan of the Apes", pg. 224 (Twins and Jad Bal Ja)." A stunning piece, it is initialed by the artist in the lower right.
Auction 807 | Lot: 9464 | Jul 20, 2003

Sold For: $1,725.00

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