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Premier Auction - Session I | November 11, 2022

Fri, Nov 11, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 444

Two Neapolitan Creche Figures

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

Italian, 19th century or earlier, comprising: female figure in layered dress, with painted hair and face, with hexagonal painted wood stand, inscribed illegibly and numbered "3495", figure 14 x 7 in.; male figure in coat and pants, with painted hair and face, on painted wood stand with gilt siding, figure 12-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.

Provenance: Estate of Ben Smith, Newnan, Georgia

Condition

missing fingers, staining, fraying, surface accretion, loss to paint/gilt; female figure with hole and loss to head, detached from stand, damage to feet area, protruding pins and metal wire, possibly associated sticks; male figure loose on stand

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