New Orleans Auction



112		Gilt-Brass-Mounted Malachite-Grained Wooden Desk Box, by Maitland-Smith, in the neoclassical taste, the interior sponged in malachite green throughout, the cover centered with a gilt-brass upright pomegranate, the base retaining the Maitland-Smith printed gilt-foil label, h. 6-1/4", w. 4-1/4", l. 9". Estimate: 60 - 90

310		Attractive Eleven-Piece White Linen Table Dressing, consisting of an oval tablecloth, w. 67", l. 112", and ten matching square napkins, w. 16-1/2", each with a stylish applied coral linen scalloped edge and monogram of "KFR". Estimate: 75 - 125

382		Contemporary Bridges Brass and Graphite Walking Stick, by the West Georgia Golf Company, Tallapoosa, Georgia, model WC14012A, the polished brass handle in the "1913 Pot of Flowers Doorknob" design, the carbon graphite shaft of the same material as the famed Bridges golf clubs, l. 36". Estimate: 40 - 70

557		Attractive Group of American Ink, Graphite and Watercolor Portraits, first quarter 19th century, one oval and two circular, presented in a black eglomise mat with triple apertures, the period frame of "lemon-gilt" wood in the neoclassical style, the center ovoid portrait of a young woman, the flanking circular portraits of two young men, one of them in profile, overall 11-1/8" x 15". Estimate: 100 - 200

568		American Hand-Wrought Copper Figure of an Egret, depicted in flight in the "weathervane" style, the support rod with a printed silver foil label "Good Directions", the whole with verdigris patination, h. 25", l. 29". Estimate: 100 - 200

572		American Colonial Revival Pine Hanging Wall Shelf, ca. 1900, in the Chippendale taste, the scalloped crest over three graduated shelves, the lowermost over a pair of drawers, with a scalloped apron, h. 43-1/2", w. 23", d. 7-1/2". Estimate: 200 - 400

580		Large Carved and Painted American Wooden Sign, for Cape Cod, Massachusetts, crafted of weathered barn wood and featuring a large wooden decoy of a seagull, in the American style, h. 29-1/2", w. 36". Estimate: 300 - 500

584		Vernacular Oak and Mixed Woods Pull Wagon, fourth quarter 19th century, with a caged box, the wooden wheels with iron threads, h. 47", w. 25", d. 43". Estimate: 500 - 800

594		Pair of American "Muse" Girandole Garniture Vases, third quarter 19th century, composed of gilt-lacquered brass and marble, each seated Muse holding a reticulated gilt-brass trumpet vase frame with period "corn starch blue" glass liner in her proper left hand and a dove in her upraised proper right hand, presented on oblong pale gray-veined white marble bases, the rare bright and matte finish gilt lacquering largely intact, h. 14-1/4", w. 7". Estimate: 700 - 1000

600		Large American Foil-Ground Eglomise Floral Still Life, third quarter 19th century, presented in a good period bright- and matte-finished deep giltwood neoclassical frame, overall 22-1/4" x 19-3/8". Estimate: 200 - 400

700		Group of Three Red Adair and Company Die-Cast Model Banks, fourth quarter 20th century, each by the Ertl Co., Dyersville, Iowa, including a model of an 1826 Seagrave fire truck, l. 8-1/4", and two 1932 Ford delivery vans, l. 6-1/2", each with decals reading "Red Adair Co. Inc. Wild Well Control Oil Well Fires Blowouts". Estimate: 150 - 300

704		World War II-Era U. S. Navy Lifeboat Binnacle Lamp, the 5" fluid gimbaled brass compass by John Bliss & Co., New York, serial number 7369, the black and white card divided into 124 points (2.81 degrees) with fleur-de-lis north point, fitted in a black-painted brass and copper case with white interior, side kerosene lamp and stirrup-shaped wire handle, the case by the Lionel Corp., New York, overall h. 10", w. 8-1/2", d. 7-1/4". The Lionel Corporation, famous for its electric model trains, ceased toy production in 1942 to assist the war effort by producing items for the U.S. Navy of which this, the Lifeboat Binnacle Lamp, was undoubtedly the most iconic. The company resumed the production of model trains in late 1945. Estimate: 250 - 400

893		Promotional Model of the United States Liner "Project America", ca. 1999, l. 28-1/4", identified by small plaque, presented in a wood and plexiglass case, h. 11-1/2", w. 8-3/4", l. 33-7/8". "Project America" was the code name for a pair of luxury liners contracted by the short-lived American Classic Voyages of New Orleans, a subsidy of the United Stated Lines. Soon after its 1999 inception, the company acquired American Hawaii Cruises and the Delta Steamboat Company, operators of the Delta Queen. The company then purchased the 704-foot, 34,000-gross ton Nieuw Amsterdam from the Holland America cruise line and re-christened her the Patriot to operate in Hawaii. This ship, however, was merely a precursor to their grand design of building, with the assistance of generous government loans, two 850-foot, 72,000-gross ton liners: their "Project America". Construction on the first ship began at the Litton Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, in June 2000; the liner was to have featured a four-deck atrium, a 1,060-seat dining room, an 840-seat theater, an outdoor stage, a 590-seat cabaret lounge, 950 cabins (77 percent of them "outside"), with a health spa, gymnasium and conference rooms. The aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks, however, plunged the company in to financial difficulty and ultimately bankruptcy in October 2001, leaving the ship - which would have been the first U.S. cruise ship constructed in 40 years - no more than a partially constructed hull. The Norwegian Cruise Line purchased the hull and materials in late 2002 and modified the ship's design to increase her size to 920 feet and 81,000 gross tons. Completed at Lloyd Werft Shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany, the ship was christened the Pride of America and finally entered service on July 23, 2005 in Hawaii, where it remains the only major American-registered cruise ship serving the Hawaiian market from Honolulu. Estimate: 500 - 800