CRN Auctions - Collections and Estates Auction - June 2021

CRN AUCTIONS-COLLECTIONS AND ESTATES AUCTION 244: BRONZE HUMIDOR USD 500 - 700 late 19th/early 20th c., good patina, reticulated scrolling bronze floral vines fitted with removable wood box with two compartments, 4"h; 12"w; 6"d 245: CHARLES DICKENS LETTER / AUTOGRAPH USD 800 - 1,200 " Tavistock House/.... seventh april, 1853/ Dear Mr Allenprot (?) /I will be at the National Debt office tomorrow afternoon half past two exactly. Ron (?) will meet me there. Faithfully yours / Charles DickensTavistock House was the London home of Dickens and his family from 1851 to 1860. Here he wrote Bleak House, Hard Times, Little Dorrit and Tale of Two Cities. The house was demolished in 1901. 245A: NORMAN ROCKWELL AUTOGRAPH USD 200 - 300 on cut-in-half print of children 246: SMALL-SIZED ENGLISH WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT USD 1,000 - 1,500 3-part, removable arched crest, above section with three glazed doors, the center one with applied fretwork; the lower section with cupboard doors; the flanking doors set back, 91"h; 57"w; 14.5"d 247: ENGLISH GEORGIAN MAHOGANY LIBRARY TABLE USD 500 - 700 rectangular top with straight fluted legs, 28"h; 48"w; 25.5"d 248: ENGLISH GEORGE II CHINOISERIE CABINET ON STAND USD 1,500 - 2,000 two-doors with etched brass hardware, the interior with ten drawers with brass bale handles, overall scenic gilt decoration; on original ebonized stand with conforming decoration and cross stretcher; 66"h; 40.25"w; 21"d 249: (7) COLLECTION OF EARLY DUTCH BRASS TOBACCO BOXES USD 800 - 1,200 18/19th c., an unusual oval lidded box with an interior lid with locking mechanism, all surfaces finely etched of family scenes, 4"; (4) cigar-shaped boxes with embossed and incised decoration to both sides, 6.6" to 5"; a rectangular box with embossed donkey, 5" (as is); along with a cylindrical box on chain with raised donkey decoration, 2.5"