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Lamps
2106. Antique French, c. 1930's, a porcelain art deco lamp, “Jazz Man”. Void lamp. Clad in white tuxedo, jazz man plays instrument. H: 7.5". Rare. E. $850 Image
2107. Antique European porcelain vase of a standing Nubian wearing wonderful green outfit with real black feathered headdress. His right arm is wrapped around a tall white and gold lamp. Signed on bottom BET #22-216. Top of headdress with losses otherwise G. H: 7.5". $700 Image
2108. Antique French, c. 1930's, a porcelain art deco drummer and cymbal player. Clad in all white tuxedo with black lapels and pin stripes on pants. Cymbals and rim of drum are painted gold. Signed by Lyons, A. Jon; stamp Rob Parie. E. H: 6". $700 Image
2109. Hand painted porcelain chef pepper shaker. Wears hat and holds cooking utensil in right hand. In red, blue and brown. Head reattached; age crack on lower back side. E. H: 8". $100 Image
2110. A beautiful and highly decorative ceramic table lamp with head of Nubian in turban. Female wears earrings and necklace with large pendant. Her turban and neck covering are in line green color; everything else is jet black. Attractive black shade with swirl and ruffled pattern. E. French or Italian. Artist unknown. Nice! E. H: 19". $1000 Image
2111. An antique and wonderful hand carved wood lamp in the form of a Moroccan standing man. He wears red jacket, yellow-green short pants, has dagger in his front belt and has fruit basket on top of his head. Purchased by Whitten in Paris in 1970. H: 23" (just height of carving).Nice white shade with vertical fold pattern throughout. E. H: 23". $1000 Image
2112. An antique ceramic lamp of a Nubian servant holding a parasol as the lamp. Beautifully painted in red and green, the young male wears a long sleeve red jacket with green shorts and red turban. He stands on elevated square base. Height of just Nubian and base is 27". Very attractive gray shade with red lace border. E. H: 25". $1000 Image
Office Items
2113. Antique hand painted iron “Sultan” desk cardholder. Made in Europe. Sultan stands with arms outstretched forwards to hold cards. He stands on rectangular base and wears a blue jacket with pale yellow pants and turban. H: 7.5". Some paint loses otherwise G. $500 Image
2114. Antique Australian porcelain minstrel head pencil holder with Victoria crown seal on bottom. H: 4.225", W: 3.5". E and choice. $350 Image
2115. Antique European desktop iron and brass pen holder in shape of standing Nubian. Head of Nubian with crystal cut eyes is affixed to the top of the pen. Earrings, necklace and base are adorned with turquoise cut accents. H: 4.5". E and choice. $1200 Image
2116. Bust, perhaps a bookend. A hand sculpted ceramic male head. Some chipping. Overall condition is G. Height including square ceramic base is 10". $100 Image
2117. Antique bronze inkwell and envelope holder set with boy’s face at center. Of European manufacture, number 3104. H: 8" x W: 9". Choice and E. $300 Image
2118. Inkwell and stamps holder. Bronze head in the form of a young boy wearing hat. Made in Vienna. Face and hat of boy lift off rectangular base to reveal small glass vial for storing ink and stamps. S: 6" x 3". Some of original paint still evident. Choice and E. $500 Image
2119. An attractive hand painted cast iron butler business card holder entry stand. Butler is clad in black tuxedo with white shirt and black bow tie. He hold flat rectangular wood tray with both hands at his waist. Stamped on bottom 16393-94. Some slight paint chipping otherwise E. H: 37".$400 Image
Paints
2120. Antique “Dinah Black” enamel paint can. One quarter pint. Boston Western Company. H: 2.25". G. $125 Image
2121 Antique Carter’s “Kongo” Permanent Black Ink for fountain pens. Made in U.S.A. Box stained with panel damaged, G. H: 3". $100 Image
Perfume
2122. Antique Golliwogg perfume bottle. Made in Vigny, Paris, France. Ea de Cologne. Glass bottle with plastic top in the shape of a flat black head. H: 5.75". E. $300 Image
2123. Antique frosted crystal Golliwogg large perfume bottle. Glass bottle with black head as top with fur hair. H: 6". E. $400 Image
2124. Antique frosted crystal Golliwogg small perfume bottle. Glass bottle with black head as top with fur hair. H: 3.5". E. $200 Image
Pewter
2125. Standing man holding cymbal in left hand, his right hands grabs the back of his right ear. He wears top hat with brim extending over forehead. He stands on raised round base. Nice detail throughout. Choice and .E. H: 5.5". $450 Image
Tobacciana
2126. Antique pewter match holder as bale of cotton. Two boys kneel before a large bale with “COTTON” clearly marked at top of bale. E. H: 2.5". $250 Image
2127. Antique ceramic match holder with kneeling man colorfully painted holding conch shell up to his right ear. H: 3.5". F with some repair and loses. $150 Image
2128. Antique chrome plated African girl cigarette lighter. European. H: 3.5". G with some chrome degeneration. $50 Image
2129. Antique bronze match holder with woman wearing bonnet seated to left of basket for holding matches. European in manufacture. H: 3.25", W: 3.5". E. $150 Image
2130. Antique wooden carved ebony French Gentleman. He is wears a light brown top had with white eyes. Hat removes to reveal cigarette lighter. H: 3.5". Choice and .E. $450 Image
2131. Antique European bronze “Minstrel” match holder. Coon Chicken In. Bust depicts a winking and smiling face with teeth showing wearing a white polka dotted bow tie. Matches fit inside of his hat. H:3.5". E condition with some casting imperfections. $400 Image
2132. An antique ceramic pipe with head of boy as bowl, L: 4.5". A plastic stick man wearing top hat, H: 6". A set of wooden hand painted young Aunt Jemima salt and peter shakers, H: 2.5". A hand painted porcelain of a Nubian sultan wearing a turban with a gold crescent at top. H: 3". A contemporary 3 angel Xmas ornament, H: 5". A plastic toy of a bell man holding an enclosed dish containing two dice. One leg off base, H: 4". A contemporary choir singer in red robe, H: 3.75" and in original box. Lastly a book entitled, Devere’s Negro Recitations and End-mens gags, Chicago, 1946, 130 pages. $250/lot Image
2133. Antique European humidor in the form a bearded man’s head. He wears a hat which is the cover of the jar. Man with his mouth agape, stares to the left as if in amazement. Small chip on brim of hat; some overall paint loses. Still quite attractive and E. H: 6", W: 5". See Black Americana by Kyle Husfloen, page 230. $750 Image
2134. Antique European porcelain “slave boy” humidor (missing hat as lid). Boy smokes pipe (chipped) on the left side of his mouth. H: 3.75". F condition and paint. $300 Image
2135. A pristine tobacco can, “Nigger Hair, Smoke or Chew, Smoking Tobacco”. By Leidersdorf Co., Milwaukee, Wis. H: 6.75". With original blue broken seal dated, February 26, 1926. E. Not a Whitten piece. $800 Image
2136. Antique porcelain “boy with mule potty cart”, “For Ashes” written on side of toilet. Toilet has movable wooden lid for dropping cigarette ashes. Boy hold mule’s reigns with right hand and wears only orange shorts. H: 3", W: 5". Made in Japan on bottom. E. $250 Image
2137. Antique European ceramic humidor in the shape of a slave’s head. Lid is that of the top of head. Eyes are painted white, lip are bright red. E condition; some minor chipping. H: 6", W: 6".$800 Image
2138. Antique European porcelain black jockey head humidor. Cap is painted in pastel yellow and pink with a green band. Cap removes to reveal jar. E with slight old chip under bill of his cap. E. H: 4.75". $600 Image
2139. Antique European porcelain black jockey head humidor. Cap is painted in pastel yellow and pink with a green band. Cap removes to reveal jar. Slight old chip under bill of his cap. E. H: 5.25". $800 Image
2140. Antique European ceramic humidor in the form of a head. Hat or lid is missing. White facial features; he wears a green jacket with bow tie. H: 5". E with some paint loses. Nice. $500 Image
2141. Antique European porcelain slave woman head humidor. Her creme and pale green striped head scarf removes as lid. E, right ear with some loses. Nice! H: 5". $400 Image
2142. Metal and iron slave boy cigar holder and tray. Upper torso (bronze) of boy wearing a cowboy (iron) hat is affixed to large broken egg shell (used for storing cigars); his 2 feet (bronze) project from front of shell. He hold large oval bowl above the eggshell for ashes. Quadruple palte, Wilsox Silver Plate Company, with crossed hammer seal. Serial #1780. H: 9". G. $300 Image
2143. Antique bronze ashtray of European manufacture with bust of black male tipping his top hat while facing to left. D: 7". E and choice. Numbered 6587 on bottom. $150 Image
2144. Antique metal bobbing head cigar smoking boy ashtray. Of European manufacture, the boy is wearing trousers and hat and leans forward over ashtray. E. H: 4.5". $350 Image
2145. A lot of several small and interesting items. Included are 2 porcelain ashtrays. One with 3 boys on a clothes line, the other with a single boy. Both brightly colored and clearly marked, Ashes, Cigarettes, Matches, H: 2.5" and 3.5". Also “The Cooking Chef”, a cellulose acetate baker with frying pan with oil that bubbles as a reaction to your body heat. In original box, S: 3" x 2" x 1.5". Also a naked angel playing cymbals from Peru, H: 3.5". Finally a small porcelain with a boy feeding a goose, H: 3". All in nice condition. $200/lot Image
2146. Antique European ceramic ashtray in the form a Parisian boy with a fly on the tip of his nose and mouth agape. He wears a spiral designed bennie atop his head. H: 2.5". E. $300 Image
2147. An antique ceramic pair of hand painted ashtrays. Each with a boy eating a watermelon. Some paint loses and G. H: 3.25" and 3". $250/2 Image
2148. A lot of several small interesting collectibles. A bronze belt buckle with applied color photo of woman smoking a pipe, S: 2.5" x 4". A porcelain doll with articulated arms and legs, H: 5". Another similar porcelain doll, H:4.5". An iron miniature of a porter colorfully painted, H: 3". Another similar porcelain doll wearing diaper. , H:4.5. An antique bronze head paperclip, H: 4.5". A small porcelain ashtray in the shape of a genie boy, H: 4.5" and made in Japan. A great toy of a man on a gymnastic high bar complete with articulated arms and legs, H: 8". An Aunt Jemima clothing pin, H: 2.5". Lastly an antique ivory clothing pin of a female head in profile wearing a tall headdress, H: 2.75". All in nice condition. $200/lot Image
2149. A lot of 2 antique items. First a porcelain match holder in the form of a minstrel head. European and hand painted. E. H: 4". Also a porcelain of a boy pulling a potty wagon with wood hinged seat and personal writing on it. H: 2.25". F. $300/2 Image
2150. An interesting lot of small items including a book by Gene Kessler, Joe Louis The Brown Bomber: condition is poor, 237 page. A contemporary angle on cloud in original box. Antique boy on pot porcelain salt shaker, H: 3". An angel drummer boy, H: 2.25". Antique miniature porcelain thimble in form of a butler holding a black top hat, H: 1.5". Two antique miniature ladies brooches, 1" and 2". Black Boy an antique small can of bb’s for an air rifle and made in London. An antique ceramic angel with wings, L: 2". A pair of identical miniature iron butlers in white jacket with black pants, H: 1.75" each. An antique miniature wooden blue bell boy, H: 2". $200/lot Image
2151. A lot of 2 antique porcelain items. The first a match and cigarette holder with “Who left this behind” on front. Made in Japan. H: 2.5". Second piece a soap dish with boy in dandy suit. With cane and flower he sits inside of a seashell. “959" on bottom. E. H: 4.75". $375/2 Image
2152. Antique porcelain bust of a boy, cigar and cigarette holder. Partially painted and made in Germany by CD Kenny Company. H: 3.25". E. $300 Image
2153. A lot of 2 fabulous antique humidors. One in the shape of a young black boy’s head with Caucasian features and smoking a pipe. H: 4.5". Also an antique porcelain slave woman head humidor. Her mouth agape and painted bright orange. She wears a creme scarf with pale green stripes. Both are in pristine condition. H: 4.5".Both not Whitten pieces. $1000/2 Image
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Soaps
2154. Antique original orange colored cardboard box of Fairbank’s “Gold Dust” twins washing powder, Polvos Para Lavar. Unopened. Lever Brothers, New York. Net wt. 5oz. H: 4.75". E condition. $100 Image
2155. Antique can of Fairbank’s “Gold Dust” twins Scouring Powder. Unopened. Made by Gold Dust Corporation, New York, St. Louis, Montreal. G condition. H: 2.75". $125 Image
2156. Antique linen bound, hand painted book of soap sheets. Made in NY, “Oh WHAT’S De Use” on cover of book. Made by Savonoidntg Company, September 3, 1895. S: 2.5" x 4.5". $50 Image
Toys & Games
2157. Two noise makers. An antique tin noise maker with minstrel player walking from let to right. H: 5.5". Also a tin black faced bell. 5 adorn the top of the bell which has a bright red wood handle. H: 4". E. $100/2 Image
2158. Antique cellulose acetate saxophone player “bobble head” doll with vibrating eyes. Attractively painted in pastel colors. H: 7". E. $500 Image
2159. An interesting antique mechanical, “The Biting Gentleman”. L: 4", H: 4.5". Nice condition with all of original paint and in working condition. E. $300 Image
2160. Antique cellulose acetate baby doll with articulated arms and legs, “Japan” label on back side. His torso painted in shades of red and beige. H: 9". E. $300 Image
2161. Antique cellulose acetate standing boy with articulated arms and wearing only a red t-shirt, “Japan” label on back side. H: 6.5". E. $200 Image
2162. European stick puppet. Wood, hand carved head, feet and hands. Face nicely detailed with red lips, white teeth and eyes. Clad in long green robe. H: 28". E. $650 Image
2163. Antique cellulose acetate miniature baby with articulated arms and legs and wearing only a red and beige jump suit. “Japan” label on back side. H: 6.5". E. $150 Image
2164. A choice wood bellhop stick puppet. He wear red shirt with white polka dots and red top hat. E. H: 14". $150 Image
2165. Tin “Amos and Andy” mechanical wind-up car. “Fresh Air Taxi Cab Co of America Incorporated”, Copyright: Corell & Godsen; made by Otis Mark and Company, N.Y. Orange painted cab is laced with decals, front side and back while Amos and Andy and their dog go for a ride. E condition. H: 5", L: 8". $500 Image
2166. Plastic “Be-Bop Jigger”, dancing on brightly painted drum shaped tin stand. Clad all in yellow and wearing a top hat, dancer moves in all directions when key wound lever is set in action position. E. $500 Image
2167. Antique tin toy, a wind-up “Dapper Dan Coon Jigger, The Jigging Porter” mechanical dancing toy. Dressed as a porter with red coat and blue pants he dances on large travel chest with a multitude of USA city stickers posted all over. Licensed and manufactured under “Letters Patent”, U.S. Pat. May 24, 1910, other patents pending. Louis Marx Co., 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. E. H: 10". $650 Image
2168. Antique tin toy, “Jazzbo Jim, The Dancer on the Roof” a wind-up mechanical banjo playing, tap dancing man on roof. Jim is dressed in blue plaid pants and a red plaid jacket and is atop a small rectangular building with a red roof and yellow walls. Made by Unique Art Mfg., Co., 60 Shipman Street, NJ, U.S.A.,. Copyright Oct. 1921. G with some paint loses; right arm is missing. H: 10". $400 Image
2169. Antique tin toy, “Jazzbo Jim, The Dancer on the Roof” a wind-up mechanical banjo playing, tap dancing man on roof. Jim is dressed in blue plaid pants and a red plaid jacket and is atop a small rectangular building with a red roof and yellow walls. Made by Ferdinand Strauss Corporation, New York, U.S.A.. Copyright Oct. 1921. E. H: 10". $400 Image
2170. Antique tin mechanical wind-up buggy with driver. Driver wears a red coat and sits behind larger white rider who wears long coat and holds his top hat in his right hand behind his head. Made by Mark E. Leman, DR patent, D.R.G.M. G. H: 5.5". $400 Image
2171. Antique school boy in fabric costume wid-up mechanical toy. He wears blue and white checkered pants and hat and orange long sleeve shirt. Feet are attached to snow board like platforms to enable him to walk when toy is wound up, H: 6'. E with some wear to shirt. $300 Image
2172. Hand puppet in plastic with blue fabric shirt of boxer Floyd Patterson. Made in Hong Kong, the mechanical puppet enables you to throw punches with both his right and left hands. H: 9". E.$150 Image
2173. A pair of baseball legends bobble head dolls. A Hank Aaron, 1974 in a Brewers uniform. H: 7.5". E. Also a 1962 Willie Mays doll. H: 6.75". Both are E. $250/2 Image
2174. An antique wind up tin woman doll. She wears long dress and holds yellow parasol. H: 5" G. $300 Image
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Trading Cards
2175. Heroes of the Blues, A set of 36 cards. Yazoo Records, 245 Waverly Place, New York, New York 10014. Cards include Roosevelt Sykes, Peetie Wheatstraw, Big Bill, Memphis Jug Band and more! Excellent condition with original box. Box is 3" x 4". $200 Image
2176 Early Jazz Greats, A set of 36 cards. Yazoo Records, 245 Waverly Place, New York, New York 10014. Cards include, Coleman Hawkins, Bix Beiderbecke, Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds and more! F. Box is 3" x 4". $200 Image
2177. Golliwog , A Round Game, playing cards. Made by H.P. Gibson & Sons, Ltd. London. 48 pictorial cards. From Florence K. Upton, original design. Size of deck is 3" x 4". G. $100 Image
2178. Antique double box of playing cards by Russel Art Craft Co. In original box. One deck is blue, one red. Both have 6 bellmen carrying luggage. Box is 4" x 5". Nice and G. $50 Image
2179. Heroes of the Blues, 3 sets of 36 cards. Reproductions. Yazoo Records, 245 Waverly Place, New York, New York 10014. Excellent condition with original box. Box is 3" x 4". $50 Image
Varia
2180. Advertising ceramic, c. 1800's. Hand painted of European worker rolling barrel. “Lemon Heart Rum” on side of barrel. “The Golden Spirit” embossed in yellow paint on green rectangular base. Youthful figure wears white short sleeve shirt with red and white vertically striped pants. Nice condition with some slight paint loses. On bottom of base it is inscribed CURZON ENTERPRISES Ltd. LONDON ENGLAND. E. H: 9.5", W: 8.5".$400 Image
2181. A lot of 2 items. Both in creme colored porcelain. One a kneeling sultan holding a scallop shell as a soap dish, H: 7.5". The other a simple shaving brush cup (small rim chip), H: 4". Both made by Fitz and Floyd Inc. Both E. $300/2 Image
2182. A lot of 20 interesting and finely made black face clothing buttons. Also a lot of 4 matchbooks. All in nice condition. $100/lot Image
2183. A pair of hand painted thermometers made in resin resembling wood.. Each with hunched over boy wearing only swimsuit as he holds thermometer gage almost as a shield. Both made my Multi Products Inc. In 1949. Each E and H: 5.5". Also a “Golden Shred” marmalade plastic thermometer (glass broken). H: 18". $150/3 Image
2184. A wonderful antique carved Meerschaum pipe made in Vienna c. 1850 of a man’s head wearing tall wicker hat as the pipe bowl. L: 6.5". E. $500 Image
2185. A tall wood flat replica of a standing porter. He wears red jacket with blue pants and red had saying “De Valk”. Some repair and loses. H: 58". $200 Image
2186. A lot of 2 interesting items. Antique English advertising souvenir in resin(?) for “Euthymol Tooth Paste”. Head of a black man with full grin showing all of his teeth and wearing red fez hat. The artist is Beritex Hancor Mitcham. H: 8". E. Also a pipe bowl in pale yellow Meerschaum of a black man wearing a wicker hat. Choice detail. Void of pipe. Back of bowl extension chipped. L: 2.5". $500/2 Image
2187. A lot of several small and interesting items including 2 antique miniature iron frying pan with profiles of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Remus in relief on inside, L: 4.5". Also a miniature porcelain of an outhouse with two boys, H: 2". Another porcelain outhouse with one man opening the door while a second man sits inside, H: 2.5". An antique tin button hook “Leonard’s Shoe Shine Shop”, L: 6.25". 3 large campaign buttons, one “Aunt Jemima Breakfast Club”, Northrup, King & Co.’s”, and “Trixy Old Style Cooking Molasses”. Also a set of 2 miniature ceramic porters, H: 2.5".The Fort Sumter Hotel in Charleston, S.C., Women of Distinction, Blanco y Negro, made in Spain, and Mammy’s Shanty. Antique paper cutout dandy with cigar. A set of 7 brass cloisonne golliwog pins. Two more political buttons, “Tom Bradley for Mayor” and a black face. All very nice. All items in this lot are in choice condition. $400/lot Image
2188. A lot of several interesting items. Darkie Tooth Paste with original box, H: 5". A plastic letter opener and pencil holder from San Antonio in the shape of an alligator with top of pencil as head of black man extending from gator’s mouth, L: 8". Another letter opener in plastic with slave boy cradling gator, L: 7". A black porter emblem badge, BLACKS, H: 3" in brown cloth. An antique tin toy party noise maker, H: 6.5". Also a bronze letter opener with top as head of farmer, L: 10.5". Also a small bullet shaped carving of a black figurine with red painted torso, H: 3". Last piece is in bent bronze and in the shape of an open work fish, L: 4.5". $400/lot Image
2189. Ku Klux Klan, a lot of 2 items. A bronze belt buckle, with Klansman on front holding American flag. On back side says, “ Imperial Order of the Ku Klux Klan”, S: 2.5" x 4". Also a KKK business card in plastic “You Have Been Patronized by the KKK”, Denhan Springs, LA.. $100/2 Image
2190. A mixed lot of several small and interesting items. Includes a set of 4 antique wood clothing brushes hand painted in red, green and yellow and in the shape of a mammy, L: 4.5". A contemporary ceramic painted angel playing a violin, H: 2.5". A miniature porcelain Aunt Jemima pitcher, H: 1.75". Also an antique brass ladies brooch with glass banana hat and made by Sandor, H: 2". A ceramic Santa Claus ornament, H: 3.5". An antique porcelain salt shaker wearing a hand woven straw hat, H: 1.75". Last piece is an antique pygmy nose bone, L: 6". All in nice condition. $400/lot Image LA. $50/2
2191. An interesting lot consisting of many different types of items. Starts with a set of 6 miniature ladybugs playing musical instruments, H: 1.5". Also a miniature doll with ceramic head, H: 4.5". An antique round paper box, “Solidhed Eyelets”, D: 2". Another ceramic baby doll, H: 4". Another miniature doll wearing red dress with white polka dots, H: 3". An antique porcelain chef, H: 3". Also 2 antique paper cutout dolls (incomplete with damage), H: 9", 4". $200/lot Image
2192. A lot of several small and interesting items including a pair of miniature fabric clothed golliwogs, H: 2.5". An antique frosted crystal golliwog perfume bottle, H: 2.5". An antique iron boy on a fence eating watermelon, H: 3.5". An antique blown glass man with blue body and black face, H: 3". Also a rubberized porter wind up toy brightly colored in red, white and blue, H: 4.25". A small colorful porcelain figure with movable head, H: 3". A pair of miniature cellulose girls in grass skirts, H: 2" and 3". A miniature iron jockey painted red and white (paint faded), H: 3.5". An island boy in felt costume, H: 4". A pack of “Black Black” Lotte chewing gum in original wrappers, L: 3". A plastic pill box and a plastic hallelujah boy, both about 1". Also a small box containing 10 miniatures. $350/lot Image
2193. Lot of 3 items. A “Fun-To-Wash” Washing Powder box. Manufactured by Hygienic Laboratories Inc. Of Buffalo, NY. F. H: 7.5". Also a paper can for “Bigger Hair Smoking Tobacco”. B. Leidersdorf Company, Milwaukee. Missing lid. H: 6.75". P. Lastly a wooden spice rack with 4 porcelain chef spice shakers. A salt, cinnamon, paprika and pepper. E. H: 3.5". $200/3 Image
2194. An interesting group of smaller items. Including a glass paper weight with photo marked “Madchen aus Togo” beneath head of aa young girl. Glass with small chip, S: 4 x 2.5" x 1" and made in Germany. Also standing girl in porcelain wearing only flower wreath around her waist, H: 4". Also a set of 3 small items which include a salt and pepper shaker and a spice dish. All are in the shape of heads. Nicely painted and in choice condition, H: 1.75" each. A box with 7 pieces of Canel’s Chewing Gum. The first black manufactures who made and distributed the gum in the US and in Mexico as “Goma De Mascar”. Also a hand crocheted island doll made on chicken wishbone, H: 4.5" Lastly 3 tin buttons, One with photo of a young Louis Armstrong, one in Cloisonne of Mohammed Ali and the last saying “Vote Socialist Workers Reid for Vice-President”. $350/lot Image
2195. Ceramic statue of “Sachmo” Louis Armstrong. He wears tuxedo and holds trumpet in right hand and handkerchief in left. E with some chipping. $200 Image
2196. Lot of 2 items. First a carved wood plaque entitled, “Crapped Out” by Dave Powell. Sleeping hobo dressed in pin stripped yellow and brown suit. Wine bottle and small suitcase at his side. S: 11.5" x 5.25". Also a mold made plastic plaque with a bowling scene. S: 11" x 9". E. $200/2 Image
2197. Pewter boy with hickory nut body standing on brass base. Fine workmanship. H: 4.25". E. $200 Image
2198. A lot of 3 tall painted wood items. Including a pair of butler figures. Both are entire figure in profile holding a serving tray in front of chest. H: 33" each. Also a sprinkler boy. He wears blue dungarees and holds (broken) garden hose with right arm. H: 32.5". $200/3 Image
2199. Lot of 2 items. Small framed Sepia-tone etching by “RENC”. Numbered 17/25. View in shades of red-brown of upper torso of boy as viewed from his backside. Size of etching is 2.5". Also a reproduction of Halloween greeting card with jack o lantern by the Old Print Factory, New Baltimore, Michigan. H: 9". Both E. $100/2 Image
2200. A small ceramic seated barefoot boy with basket behind his left arm. He wears white pants and shirt. H: 4.5". Implement being held in left hand (partially there). F. H: 4.5". $100 Image
2201. A 3 piece set of porcelain pieces. 2 are of “Aunt Jemima”. One as a pepper shaker, the other as a creamer (chipped at top). Both wear identical green blouse with long white shirt. Third piece is a chef salt shaker. He wears a yellow shirt, green pants and a white apron. Head has been reattached. All E. $300/3 Image
2202. Lot of two items. A wood shoe shine box. Label on front reading, “Mason’s Challenge Blacking”, 3 Doz. No. 4, Challenge Blacking, Roiginal and Genuine. Box is 12" x 5" x 8". F. Also a coffee tin, “Mammy’s Favorite Brand Coffee”. Made by C.D. Kenny Co., Baltimore, MD. Rusted and P. Can is Cylindrical, H: 11", D: 6". $150/2 Image
2203. A lot of 3 items including 2 “Luzianne” coffee tins. Made by Wm. B. Reily and Company, Inc. Of New Orleans. One red, one white, both one pound cans. Both E. Also an antique folk art hand painted Aunt Jemima salt and pepper stand, hand painted. H: 7.5". Painted blue. $400/3 Image
2204. Late 1800's, a tall ebony wood carved business card holder in the young man. He wears only white shorts, both of his arms are outstretched. Glass eyes and teeth, he wears multi-decorated necklaces. E. H: 17". $500 Image
2205. Late 1800's, a tall ebony wood carved business card holder in the young man wearing turban and is dressed like a sultan. Belt and undershirt are painted red. . Glass eyes and teeth; he holds feather in his left hand. E. H: 18". $600 Image
2206. A lot of 2 items. First is an antique paper cutout of a stand up porter wheeling a large trunk on a dolly. Nice colors. Left arm missing. F. H: 9.5". Also a very nice antique European hand painted paper mache mask. Black face with red painted lips, eyes are painted white and blue. E. H: 10". $100/2 Image
2207. A lot of two clay portraits. First of Granville T. Woods, 1856-1910, “with his invention, trains stopped traveling blind”. Second of Benjamin Banneker, 1731-1806, “A Negro put the White House where it is today”. Both in dark brown clay. Some chipping to both. $50/2 Image
2208. Antique brass Nubian boy walking one leopard and one tiger on 3/4" marble base. Height is 9", L: of stand 18". In need or re-wiring. E. $500 Image
2209. Antique tin can in yellow with large white goose chasing black boy who cries as he attempts to flee. H: 3.5, D: 6". $100 Image
2210. G.A. Seydel Sohne “Blues” harp. Made in Germany. Excellent condition and in original box (torn). L: 4.25. $100 Image
2211. Antique brass stylized French, 1920-1930's. African woman’s head on marble base. She wears scarf and bandanna. H: 14.5". E. $400 Image
2212. A lot of 2 items. An advertising label from ‘King Brand Louisiana Porto Rican Sweet Potatoes Hand Selected Hand Packed Yams”. Nice Colors. Encased in glass cover (broken). Size is 10" x 9", G. Also a wooden shoe shine box with advertising label for shoe shine products affixed to the inside cover. Label made by Raynor Wemple & Co., New York. Box is painted blue and is 12" x 9" 3". G. $300/3 Image
2213. An antique porcelain child football flower plant vase made by Inarco, #E-4358, E. $150 Image
2214. A lot of paper items. First, a southern church fan advertising, “Honey, Does you Lub yo’ man?”. H: 13". G. Also an advertising cut paper stand-up for Dunlap Shoes. G. H: 11". Also a contemporary miniature shopping bag by Gilson & Rogers 1938 Lowes print, made in Hong Kong of Buckwheat, M.G.M. S: 4" x 3.5". E. Also a 1908 postcard entitled, “He lubs me-he lubs me not”. G. Also a set of 5 antique stereoscopic hand tinted viewing cards. Titles, “Dis am the Pick of dat Patch”, “I bet dis am a Good one”, “Dem Brats Done Gone and Stole dat Melon”, “ Playing High Stakes”, I’se gwine to tan yo’r hide”. All G. S:7" x 3.5". Finally a small paperback entitled, The Coontown Wedding, a Mock Marriage in Blackface”. By Harriet Love, Boston, 1925. P. $300+/lot Image
2215. A large and very interesting lot of primarily paper collectibles. Everything from antique postcards and magazine covers to photos, prints, letter and more! This is a lot you’ll need to examine in person to explore all of it’s treasures. $1000+/lot Image
2216. Antique porcelain “Uncle Tom” holding small white girl. Colorfully painted, Uncle Tom is sitting and holding his yellow top hat with his left hand and supports a small girl that is standing on his right leg with his right hand. H: 10.25". E. $750 Image
2217. A large cast green glazed ceramic sculpture of a nude woman, seated and bending over to comfort a resting fawn. Stamped on bottom “Ages, France. Possibly circa, 1850-1860. Choice, E. H: 12", W:13", Depth 7". A large and powerful piece! $500+ Image
2218. Antique French art deco porcelain of a standing jazz guitarist. Clad in a white tuxedo, he leans forward as he serenades the room. Possibly one in a 3 piece set. Made by Robi Parie; unsigned. H: 7". $300 Image
2219. An antique porcelain jazz ashtray and cigarette holder. “Miami, Fla.” printed on the inside. Made in Japan stamped on the bottom. Horn player sits in the center of piece holding gold painted instrument. H: 3.75". E. $150 Image
2220. A lot of 2 items. First a one pound jar of “Golden Shred” marmalade. E. Also a lead Haitian lady pot bearer. Native lady clad in white skirt has pole over her shoulders with a pot tethered from each end. H: 4". E. $300/2 Image
2221. Antique and hand painted figure “8" gourd of “Aunt Jemima” by E. Herr. Body painted in bright blue, with black face and bright red scarf. H: 9". E. $100 Image
2222. A large and heavy backyard ornament. A painted concrete young boy in sitting posture with his hands held together in his lap holding a fishing pole (missing). Painted in pastel pink jacket and green pants. Chipping with some deterioration at his neck. P. H: 21". $250 Image
2223. A lot of 2 tin cans. First a red painted Luzianne, Coffee and Chicory. Wm. B. Riley & Co. Inc. New Orleans and Baltimore, U.S.A. In shape of paint can. H: 7.5". Also a smaller can (5.5") of Everybody’s Cane and Corn Syrup, New Orleans. Pecknick & Ford Ltd. 1942. Both G with rust. $100/2 Image
2224. A fine antique ceramic entitled. “Three of a Kind” with 3 multi-colored standing men, all wearing hats. Some paint loses and G. H: 4.25". $150 Image
2225. A lot of 2 needlework pillows. One circa 1920's and depicts 2 young boys sitting. Other pillow is smaller with “Free Cotton and Free Woo” embroidered above and to the sides of facing woman. Both about 17" square with some slight staining. $200/2 Image
2226. Antique wood black printing plate of “Aunt Jemima”. S: 3.75" x 3.5". Nice. $50 Image
2227. Antique framed miniature poster, “NOTICE! STOP, Help Save the Youth of American, DON’T BUY NEGRO RECORDS. If you don’t want to serve Negroes in your place of business, then do not have negro records on your juke box or listen to Negro records on the radio. The screaming, idiotic words, and savage music of these records are undermining the morals of our white youth in America. Call the advertisers of the radio stations that play this type of music and complain to them. Don’t let y our children buy, or listen to these Negro records”. E. S: 8" x 10" $100 Image
2228. 1920's European ceramic head of a beautiful lady with ponytail. Hand painted, part of a set. Numbered 1262A. E. H: 11". $125 Image
2229. Antique framed print of a boy nicely dressed in coat and tie. In circular black frame. D: 6.5". E. $125 Image
2230. Antique European porcelain vase of a standing Nubian wearing wonderful green outfit and turban headdress. Both of his arms are crossed across his chest. He wears a wide gold belt, gold shoes and earrings. E. H: 9.5". $1200 Image
2231. Antique Royal Copley porcelain European Nubian vase in shape of a man wearing a yellow colored turban and pale blue shirt. H: 8.5" Choice E. $500 Image
2232. Antique bronze “newsboy” statue. Of solid bronze, the boy carries bundles of paper under his right arm and wears ball cap. H: 6.5". Choice .E $700 Image
2233. A set of 2 antique porcelain “boy and girl eating watermelon”. Both as either plant or pencil holders. Both made in Japan. Kneeling girl in pink with blue scarf, boy with his legs crossed and wearing purple cap. Both sit on grassy knoll with container as tree stump at their backs. Each H: 5" and E. $500/2 Image
2234. A wonderful antique Staffordshire white bone china dish with scalloped rim commemorating “The Great Contest Between Crib and Molineaux 1811" (written on bottom in black). Nicely rendered on the inside of the bowl in black paint are the two boxers are pictured facing off in the ring as the 2 referees and a large crowd watch. Also embossed on the bottom are “Forward, Made to the Order of the Marquis of Queensbury”. Excellent condition. H: 1", D: 8.5". $600 Image
2235. Antique hand painted porcelain of yellow aproned chef wearing white chef’s hat with spoon held in his right hand. H: 4". Choice E . $200 Image
2236. A pair of antique porcelain figures. One a European boy sitting on a pot and holding a slice of melon in his left hand, a 10 pence piece at his back. H: 4". G. Portion of left foot missing. Also a porcelain of a young girl on pot, her hands on her knees. H: 4.5". E. $400/2 Image
2237. Antique porcelain of “Aunt Jemima” sitting atop a yellow flower dish; possibly of European manufacture. H: 5". E. $350 Image
2238. A lot of 2 items. A contemporary jazz musician picture frame with photo of crane flying and delivering 2 babies. S: 7" x 5.5". E. Also a an antique carved round head, mounted on a tin base with red cap that removes as an ashtray. H: 5". G with a portion of the base dented. $250/2 Image
2239. A pair of identical antique porcelain vases .Each with standing boy clad in long blue and white striped robe holding a melon under his left hand. Of European manufacture. Both with serial number 7165 stamped on bottom. H: 7.75". E. $300/2 Image
2240. Antique porcelain jungle boy on tiger hunt. Boy sits atop elephant while elephant tramples tiger with front legs. A second tiger is making a surprise attack from the back side of the elephant. H: 5". G with some repair to front tiger. $500 Image
2241. A lot of 3 antique porcelain figurines. All play different musical instruments. One plays and upright bass fiddle, second a fiddle, the third a drum set. All made in occupied Japan. All are E. From 4.5"-5" tall. $750/3 Image
2242. A lot of 4 painted ceramic pot holders. Each brightly painted, 2 depicting a girl and depicting a boy, all eating a large slice of watermelon. All are about 6" x 5" and E. $250/4 Image
2243. Lot of 2. A contemporary tin postcard from the Monterey Jazz Festival. #372, July 1989. S: 5.75" x 4". Also an antique hand painted wooden framed stain glass painting of a boy on trunk. “T.H. McAllister Optican, NY. S: 4" x 7". Both E. $250/2 Image
2244. Antique story book entitled, The Whistling Coon. 6 page children’s book. Book has whistle inside front cover and whistles when squeezed. E. Also an antique cutout paper “Nu” face mask, sample 514. G. L: 14". Also a Jackie Robinson Black Heritage USA 20 cent postage stamp. G. Lastly an Antoine “fats” Domino postcard, 1991 by Laura Levine, E. $100/4 Image
2245. A lot of 2 items. First an antique painted ceramic head plaque of an island woman wearing red turban. Chipped. H: 9". Also an antique ceramic hand painted wall hanging note pad and pencil holder in the form of “Aunt Jemima”. H: 10". Both are G. $200/2 Image
2246. European brass hand painted wall mounted “tie” hanger. 5 arms extend from wide plaque with black male head wearing hat in center. Made in Vienna. #1592 on back. Choice with much of original paint still present. H: 7", W: 13". E. $350 Image
2247. An attractive pair of antique ceramic hand painted European heads as hidden wall mounted banks. Male head wears top hat. Female wears bonnet with two dangling balls and large hoop earring. Both are about 6" tall. Both G. $300/2 Image
2248. An antique European porcelain beer stein. Rotund man in tuxedo wearing red cap with his head as mounted flip lid. Pewter handle. Beautifully painted torso. Crest imbedded image of a friar and boy inside the cup. Made in a monastery. Choice E. $450 Image
2249. A lot of 2 items. First an antique ceramic entitled, “I SE REGUSTED”. Hand painted with 2 men standing on either side of an open barrel. H: 7.5".Some chipping, F. Also a fine ceramic Civil War soldier standing with rifle and wearing blue Union Army uniform. E. H: 5.5".$250/2 Image
2250. Outstanding antique porcelain woman sitting on a bamboo chair playing banjo and wearing lime green long ruffled dress. Exquisite detail throughout. Made in Vienna. E. $2500 Image
2251. Contemporary ceramic of elderly man and woman sitting on wood bench. Fine detail and beautifully painted. H: 4.25", L: 6". E. $200 Image
2252. A pair of antique porcelain banjo players dressed in white gowns. Stamped on bottom of each, “Made in occupied Japan”. H: 2.25". E. $100/2 Image
2253. Antique porcelain of chef clad in blue shirt as he holds 2 bowls, one in each hand. H: 4". E. $150 Image
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