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Premier Auction - Session I - March 24, 2023

Fri, Mar 24, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 431

Six Portrait Miniatures including Shakespeare, Napoleon, Marquis de Lafayette

Estimate: $600 - $900

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(British and Continental, 19th century)

Young Man, watercolor on paper, 2-1/8 in. dia.; French Gentleman, enamel on copper, 2-5/8 in. dia.; Shakespeare, after Joseph Taylor, watercolor on ivory, 3 x 2-5/8 in.; Lafayette, watercolor on ivory, 3-1/4 x 2-3/8 in.; Napoleon, engraving, 4-1/4 x 3-3/8 in.; Gentleman in a Library, watercolor on paper, 9-1/2 x 7-1/2 in.; largest frame, 12-1/4 x 8-3/4 in.

Note: ◉This lot contains animal or plant material that may be restricted under federal, state and/or local law. Prospective bidders should check all applicable government wildlife restrictions prior to placing a bid. The buyer is solely responsible for obtaining any necessary licenses or permits from federal, state and/or local authorities applicable to their purchase or transport of the object. Please note that bidders in New Jersey may notbid on any lots containing elephant ivory, mammoth ivory, or rhinoceros horn.

Condition

not examined out of frames, "young man" with some toning, enamel with some abrasions at edges, Shakespeare with fading, abrasions at edges, Napoleon with toning and foxing,

Private Collection, Middleburg, Virginia