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Fri, Mar 27, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 223

Two Early Leather and Painted Boxes

Estimate: $300 - $500

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
American, 19th century, leather and brass studded box, brass escutcheon and swing handle, paper lined interior, label for "Jesse Delano, Saddle, Harness, and Trunk Maker, New York" to lid interior, 5-3/4 x 11-3/4 x 6-3/4 in.; grain painted book form lidded box, brass escutcheon, on ball and peg feet, 5-3/4 x 11-3/4 x 10 in., Provenance: Collection of Laurence and Helen Alspaugh, Greensboro, North Carolina

Condition

leather box with cracks, peeling, and losses to leather, losses to paper lining; book form box with scattered surface scratches, cracks, and chips, paint loss, lid loose at hinges, feet loose, slight warping to lid