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February 4 & 5, 2012

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Giuseppe Gambogi (Italian, 19th/20th c.), A Very Fine Carved Alabaster Figure of a

Seated Beauty, sd., height 28 in.

William Henry Buck (American/N.O., 1840-1880), “School House by the Shore, LA Bayou,” o/c, initialed, estate prov., 14 x 20 in.

An American Rococo Carved Rosewood Étagère, mid-19th c., attr. J.H. Belter, NY.

An American Carved Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, mid-19th c., in the Gothic taste.

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Neal Auction CompanyImportant Estates Auction

February 4 & 5, 2012Featuring:

Part I, Estate of Renowned Architect and Artist, James R. Lamantia, Jr., FAAR, New Orleans and New York, featuring an extensive collection of important architectural, old master, European and American drawings,

folios, prints and maps

Part II, Succession of Harry T. Howard III, New Orleans

Part II, Estate of Richard Godchaux Hirsch, New Orleans

Part III, Property from the Collection of Texas Antiquarians Jack and Kate Wheeler

Estate of Dr. Paul W. Thompson, Baton Rouge, LA

Property from the Collection of a Natchez, MS Lady

Property of a Distinguished Gentleman Antiquarian

and much more

Exhibition beginning Monday, January 23, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Evening Preview Reception, Thursday, February 2, 5 to 7 p.m.

AUCTION SCHEDULESaturday, February 4, 10 a.m., 4038 Magazine StreetSunday, February 5, 10 a.m., 3923 Carondelet Street

A Fine American Classical Paint and Gilt-Decorated Sofa, c. 1815-1825, Baltimore. Illus: Boor. Philadelphia Empire Furniture, p. 386, fig. 240.

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An Associated Pair of American Classical Lyre-Form Mahogany Games Tables, 19th c., Boston.

An American Classical Mahogany Work Table, early 19th c.

An Antique Napoleon III Mahogany and Bronze-Mounted Regulateur,

height 87 in.

An American Coin Silver Coffee and Tea Service, Gelston & Treadwell, NY, c. 1845.

Jacques Courtois (Giacomo Cortese), called Il Borgognone (French/active Italy, 1621-1676), “The Battle of Podhajce,” 1667/1676, o/c, extensively inscr. en verso, 37 1/2 x 62 3/4 in.

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A Fine Continental Ivory and Inlaid Walnut Vargueno, late 17th/early 18th c., associated stand.

An American Classical Brass-Mounted Carved Mahogany Dressing Chest, early 19th c., attr. John Seymour, Boston.

A Fine French Carved and Gilded Mirror, 19th c., labeled, height 83 in.

Theodore “Fonville” Winans (American/LA, 1911-1992), “Dixie Belles,” 1938, silver gelatin photograph, signed sd.,

dtd., 20 x 24 in.

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Luis Graner y Arrufi (Spanish, 1862-1929, active N.O. c. 1914-1922), “Young Girl in a Verdant Garden,” 1911, o/c,

sd., dtd., 50 x 40 in.

An American Classical Mahogany Mixing Table, early 19th c., Phila.

A Tall Paris Porcelain Polychrome and Gilt Vase, c. 1818, probably Darte

Frères, height 18 in.

A George IV Carved Mahogany Rent Table, c. 1825.

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Sir John Everett Millais, P. R. A. (British, 1829-1896), “Reclining Female Nude” (recto), and “Standing

Male Nude” (verso), c. 1845, chalk on paper, initialed, inscr., 17 3/8 x 12 1/4 in.

George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882-1925), “The Death of Gold,” 1922, Conte crayon and pencil, sd., ttd., H.V. Allison and Co., NY label,

sight 22 x 22 in.

A Good Charles X Scagliola and Mahogany Center Table, c. 1825. Owen Jones, The Grammar of Ornament, 1856, 1st ed., large folio (22 in. x 14 1/2 in.), Day and Son,

London, 100 chromolith., plus decorative title page, original morocco binding.

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An American Renaissance Gilt Bronze-Mounted, Ebonized and Extensively Marquetry Inlaid Center Table, c. 1860, N.Y.

An American Chippendale Carved Mahogany Chest-on-Chest, c. 1760, probably Delaware Valley.

An Antique Sèvres Biscuit Porcelain Portrait Bust of Napoleon, mid-19th c., after Jean-Antoine Houdon

(French, 1741-1828), cast sig., inscr. “Buste Of-ficiel/Napoleon/Empereur/1805,” height 27 1/4 in.

Luigi Rossini (Italian, 1790-1857), Le Antichita Romane, 1819-23, vol. I only, large folio, with 51 pl., includes frontispiece, sheets 27 1/2 x 19 in.

Giambattista Nolli (Italian, 1692-1756), Nuova Pianta di Roma Data in Luce, 1748, 1st ed., 2nd issue, folio (19 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.), marbled boards.

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A George III Carved Mahogany Serpentine Chest, c. 1790.A Fine Antique Continental Patinated Bronze and Marble Athenienne, 19th c., height 57 in.

John Ruskin (British, 1819-1900), “The Roman Arch at Susa in Piedmont,” c. 1830s/40s, graphite with gouache,

6 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.

Benjamin West, P. R. A. (British, 1738-1820), “Seated Female Figure,” probably c. late 1770s/early 1780s, graphite on buff laid

paper, 7 5/8 x 8 1/2 in.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), “The Pier with a Lamp,” c. 1760, etching, from Carceri d’invenzione, WE 40, R 41,

sheet 18 3/4 x 24 3/8 in.

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Bror Anders Wikstrom (American/LA, 1854-1909), “Sailing Ship, Gulf Coast,” 1909, o/c, sd., dtd., 12 x 17 in.

A Chinese Jadeite and Diamond Pendant.

A Chinese Jadeite and Diamond Ring.

William Robinson (American/MS, 1861-1945), “Biloxi Ferry,” 1937, o/c, sd., dtd., 18 x 24 in.

Achille Peretti (American/N.O. 1857-1923) “Pirates Alley,” (one of a pair) o/c, sd. 29 x 20 in.

Ellsworth Woodward (American/N.O., 1861-1939), “French Market, N.O., LA,” 1886, w/c and gouache, sd., dtd., ttd., inscr., 12 7/8 x 17 3/4 in.

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A Northern Italian or German Neoclassical Burled Walnut and Inlaid Cabinet Desk, late 18th/early 19th c.

A Fine Antique Persian Serapi Carpet, 14 ft. 5 in. x 9 ft.

A Good Pair of Louis XV/XVI Carved Beech Fauteuils, late 18th c., probably Lyon. Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (British, 1812-1852), “The Eschenheim Tower, City

Gate of Frankfurt,” c. 1833/34, graphite on paper, sd., 9 7/8 x 7 in.

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An American Patinated Bronze Sinumbra Lamp, early 19th c., sd. Hooper & Co., Boston,

height 29 in.

Robert Lewis Reid (American, 1862-1929), “Portrait of Miss Elise Mason Smith (1896-

1990),” 1921, o/c, sd., dtd., 36 x 24 in.

A Confederate Staff Officer’s Sword, blade marked “Dufilho/N.Orleans,” the quillion with “C.S.” and pelican insignia.

A Fine George III Inlaid Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, c. 1780.

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An Irish Highly Carved Mahogany Console Table, mid-19th c., after the designs of Thos. Chippendale.

Conrad Wise Chapman (American, 1842-1910), “River Landscape,” 1882, o/c, sd., dtd., 24 x 41 in.

Richard Clague (French/N.O., 1821-1873), “Louisiana Rigs in the Marsh,” o/c, sd., estate prov., 16 1/8 x 24 in.

Part of a Collection of Newcomb College Art Pottery.

A Rare Baltimore Eagle Inlaid and Carved Mahogany Tall Case Clock,

c. 1760.

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A Regency Inlaid Mahogany and Calamander Games Table, early 19th c.

Colette Pope Heldner (American/N.O., 1902-1990), “Napoleon House, French Quarter, N.O. - Bastille Day,” o/c, sd., ttd.,

40 x 34 in.

A Fine French Rococo Carved Giltwood Mirror, 19th c., height 55 1/4 in.

A Rare George Ohr Art Pottery Teapot, c. 1883-1898, stamped “G.E. Ohr, Biloxi, Miss.,” width 8 1/2 in.

Edward Hopper (American, 1882-1967), “Yachting Scene,” c. 1905, w/c, Kennedy Galleries, NY label, 5 x 6 3/4 in.

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Built c. 1800 • Braithwaite, Louisiana

Part I of the Estate of James R. Lamantia, Jr.,AIA, featuring an exten-sive collection of important architectural, old master, European and American drawings, folios and prints and maps. Lamantia was a New Orleans archi-tect, Fulbright Fellow, Tulane Professor, paint-er, gallerist and Piranesi expert. Lamantia’s architectural designs included many New Orleans churches and schools, along with facilities of the World Trade Center and Lincoln Center in addition to overseeing the renovation of the Presbytere on Jackson Square. Lamantia’s collection includes drawings by John Ruskin, George Bellows, Rockwell Kent, Josef Hoffman, Augustus Pugin, Simeon Solomon, Benjamin West and Sir John E. Millais. His print and folio collec-tion includes iconic selections from the 16th through 20th c., including Palladio, Jones, Rossini, F.L. Wright, Nolli, Soane, Chambers and an extensive collection of the works of Giovanni and Francesco Piranesi.

Period English and Continental furniture and decorative arts incl. fine Irish console table, Wm. IV campaign chest, Regency brass-mtd. sofa table, Geo. III inlaid sideboard, fine set of four Regency faux rosewood side chairs, set of eight Regency dining chairs, pair satinwood armchairs, antique “Carlton House” desk, Empire bronze-mtd. bureau plat, Italian Baroque painted desk, good French mah. and bronze-mtd. gueridon, Dutch marquetry envelope table, several period commodes, gentleman’s estate collection of antique English furniture, numerous forms, etc.

Fine American furniture features a highly carved three-pc. walnut N.O. bedroom suite, signed Mitchell & Rammelsburg B.R. suite, a Phila. center table, rare Am. Gothic bookcase, fine Boston desk, several high-style chairs by J.H. Belter, Horner bookcase and library desk, a Virginia walnut blanket chest, painted Southern corner cabinet, Am. Late Classical rosewood cen-ter table, and much more.

American art including Robert L. Reid, John Marin, Jane Peterson, Conrad Wise Chapman, Ernest Fiene, William Thompson Russell Smith, Benjamin

West, Rembrandt Peale (attr.),Xanthus Russell Smith, Randall Vernon Davey, Eugene Berman, Jamie Wyeth, Oleg Stavrowsky, Aiden Lassell

Ripley, and much more.

Southern Regional art offerings include works by Bror Anders Wikstrom, W.A. Walker, Philippe Regis de Trobriand, “Fonville” Winans, E.J. Bellocq, A.J. Drysdale, Robert Rucker, Paul Ninas, Alfred Hutty, Elizabeth O’Neill Verner, Knute Heldner, Emil Holzhauer, Anne Wilson Goldthwaite, Mac Anderson, Emmitt Thames, Mildred N. Wolfe, Rhoda Stokes, Clementine Hunter, Mose Tolliver, Jewel A. W. Simon, Noel Rockmore, Charles Richards, Henry Casselli, Ida Kohlmeyer, George Bauer Dunbar, Simon Gunning, Hunt Slonem, David Nixon, James Michalopoulos, George Rodrigue, Paul Mersereau, Will Ousley, Gardner Reed, Ethel Hutson, Nina Harper, Marie and Emilie de Hoa LeBlanc, and many others.

A fine collection of sculpture also incl: Pierre-Jules Mene, Antonio Frilli, Émile-Louis Picault, Nikolai-Ivanovich Lieberich, Arthur Waagen, Ferdinand Pautrot, Jean-Jules-Bernard Salmson, and Christophe Fratin.

Select English and Continental paintings including; Jacques Courtois, Maurice Milliére, Adolf Schreyer, Conrad Kiesel, Ferdinand Lepié, Bernard Picart, Auguste François Gorguet, Haynes King, Carlos Vazquez, Edwin Cooper, Charles Nicholls Woolnoth, Peter Kraemer, and Alphonse Le Gros.

American, English and Continental silver from numerous estates. Hyde & Goodrich and other Southern flatware, Mitchell & Tyler presenta-tion tea service, Dominick & Haff tea service and tray, also examples of Kirk repousse, Gorham and Whiting. Good Georgian sterling silver and Sheffield plate; makers include Wm. Chawner, Wm. Eley & Wm. Fearn, Chas. Aldridge, Matthew Boulton and James Dixon & Son.

Asian art incl. Chinese and Japanese paintings, porcelain, jade, jadeite, textiles, cloisonné and more.

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Important Estates Auction

February 4 & 5, 2012

The successful bidder agrees to pay a buyer’s premium fee in the amount of 22% of the hammer price up to and including $200,000, plus 10% of the hammer price greater than $200,000. There will be no exceptions.

La. Auc. Lic. , Neal Auction Co. #AB-107, Alford #797, LeBlanc #1514, Hinschelwood #1715

Attr. Rembrandt Peale (Am., 1778-1860), “Portrait of Mary Davenport Kimball, “ o/c,

21 x 17 in.