Archive of Past Sales (2023)
A Collection of Gas Powered Tether Cars
Annual Year-End
Two-Ring Antique Auction
December 28th 2023
Our Annual Between-The-Holidays Antique Auction has something for absolutely everyone.
The preliminary overview includes:
Fifty Lots of Antique German Halloween
A Large Collection of Mesh, Beaded, and Other Antique Purses
First Installment from a Top Notch Collection of Maxfield Parrish Prints
Victorian Gambling Devices and Other Mantiques
An Early 20C Wood and Steel Coaster Car
Coin Op, Slots, and Trade Stimulators
Floor & Table Model Alcohol Powered Fans
A Reverse-Painted Door Insert Chicago Pool Hall, Circa 1900, Published in Pool and Billiard Collectibles by Mark and Connie Stellinga
Science and Technology,
Including a Rare Edison Stock Ticker
- Furniture, Lighting, Prints, Paintings and Mirrors
- Art Glass, Art Pottery, Porcelain and China
- Sterling Silver Flatware and Hollow Ware, Silverplate
- Rare Early 20th Century Alcohol Powered Fans
- Several 28-inch German Bisque Antique Dolls
- African and Native American Tribal Arts
- Antique Canes and Walking Sticks
- Fountain Pen and Antique Inkwell Collection
- Hundreds of Antique Purses and Fans
- A Large Library of Antique & Other Books on Golfing
- Stained Leaded Glass Shades by Richard Bennett
- Strange Antique Scientific & Quack Medical Devices
- Antiques and Collectibles of Many Different Types
- Antique Advertising and Country Store Items
- First Installment of Choice Maxfield Parrish Prints in Fine Frames From a Large Collection
- Antique Gold Jewelry and U.S. Gold Coins
Fifty Lots of Antique German Halloween
A Large Collection of Mesh, Beaded, and Other Antique Purses
First Installment from a Top Notch Collection of Maxfield Parrish Prints
Victorian Gambling Devices and Other Mantiques
An Early 20C Wood and Steel Coaster Car
Coin Op, Slots, and Trade Stimulators
Floor & Table Model Alcohol Powered Fans
A Reverse-Painted Door Insert Chicago Pool Hall, Circa 1900, Published in Pool and Billiard Collectibles by Mark and Connie Stellinga
Science and Technology,
Including a Rare Edison Stock Ticker
Six Whizzer Motorized Bicycles
High Grade Sporting Firearms and Ammo
Spool, Tobacco, and Other Cabinets with Advertising
THE DIXON
One of The Rarest Pencil Sharpeners Ever Made, Circa Late 19th Century
Four 1958 Kansas City Athletics Roger Maris Team Signed Baseballs with PSA DNA Authentication and Original Box
A Large Collection of Elaborate Hand Fans
A Collection of Prison Art
Mid-Americana at Auction
December 10th 2023
Featuring Folk, Tramp, Outsider & Native American Art
with Country Furniture and Accessories in Old Paint
1883 Applique Quilt with the Stitched Hand of T.B. McNabb and Extensive Provenance
An 80-Inch Wild Woman Totem Attributed John Livingston (1959‑2019)
KWAKWAKA’WAKW
Attributed Cushing and White
Fancy Butternut Pie Safe with Heart & Star Tins
One of Three Good Whirligigs
Tramp Art Crown of Thorns with Painting in Carved Corn Frame
A Massive Inuit Whale Bone Carving
An Outstanding Near Life‑Sized Lady Lion Tamer Shooting Gallery Target, Circa 1890
A Rare Large Fisher Boy Iron Shooting Gallery Target
Nineteenth Century Trade Signs
The Classic 35-Inch Iron Cowboy Target
Large Full Bodied Cow Weather Vane with Iron Head Attr. Harris & Sons
A Fine Selection of Quilts, 1840 to 1940
Shooting Gallery Target Collection Including This Rare Brass and Copper Plated Target Signed C.W. Parker, Abilene, Kansas
A Rack of Knock‑Down Targets
Fine Folk Art Including this Pull Toy Exhibited at The Museum of American Folk Art, Former Kahn Collection
Attributed J.W. Fiske, NY
Signed A.L. Jewell, Waltham, Mass
Two and Three Dimensional Outsider Art
Parade Saddles, Trick Saddles, Western and High Back Saddles by Kansas City Makers
The Royle Collection
Session Two
November 18th 2023
Saddles, Chaps and Leather Goods by Kansas City Makers including Charles P. Shipley.
Plus, American Royal Artifacts, Reams of Saddlery and Stockyard Ephemera, Reams of Historical Ephemera, Books Relating to Local and Regional History, Biographies on Local Outlaws and Folk Heroes; Stockyard, Cowboy and Drover Collectibles, Small Advertising Objects and much more.
Charles P Shipley Leather Goods
American Civil War Subject Matter
Shipley and Other Parade Saddles
Stamped Rhodes, Kansas City
First Edition Books
Stamped Rhodes of Kansas City
A Large Library of Local History with Emphasis on Border War, Civil War and Post War Outlaws.
1000s of Pieces of Related Ephemera as well
Early High Back Saddles by Kansas City Makers
Pairs of Shipley Cuffs and Chaps
Rare Saddlery and Stockyards Advertising
Birger Sandzen (1871‑1954), 30 x 40 Inch, Oil on Canvas, 1921
October Gallery Auction
Featuring Regionalism & Kansas City Art History
October 14th 2023
Select items from Estates and Institutions around the Midwest, including paintings from the home of Rita and Thomas Hart Benton.
Choice examples of Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Lighting, Palace Size and Other Persian Carpets, Fine Silver, Tiffany Studios Accessories, French Art Glass, Asian Arts and More; along with 100s of Paintings and Pencil-Signed Prints by The Big Three: Benton, Curry and Wood; Lesser-known Regionalists, Artists of the Kansas City School, Southwest Art, Modern Art and much more.
Thomas Hart Benton (1889‑1975)
Two Related Works
- Tempera Study on Board
- Graphite on Linen
The 14 x 10 inch study was preliminary for a 58 x 28 inch sketch on linen by Benton for his wife, Rita, to embroider circa 1922, the year of their marriage. This composition was included in the traveling exhibition Thomas Hart Benton: Drawing from Life, various museums 1990 – 1991, and published in an associated hardback book of the same name by Henry Adams.
Birger Sandzen (1871‑1954)
40 x 30 Inch, Oil on Canvas, 1929
Classic 19th Century Decorative Arts from a Home at The Walnuts
A Very Fine 18th Century English Inlaid Breakfront
Large Sterling Silver Salver, 27 Inches, William Ker Reid, London 1833
Pierre August Renoir (1841‑1919)
La Danse à Bougival
Etching, Signed in the Margin
Large Format Thomas Hart Benton
Lithographs from Small Editions
Roger Medearis (1920‑2002)
Six Lithographs
A Very Rare Louis Vuitton Chassure, Circa 1920
French Cameo Glass Signed Cristallerie de Gallé Nancy
John Steuart Curry (1897‑1946)
Five Pencil‑Signed Lithographs
Portrait of Rita and T.P. Benton by Margaret Birsbane (B. 1901) commissioned by the Benton Family in 1934
Tade Styka (1889‑1954)
Portrait of Wanda Styka and Sons
John Stockton de Martelly (1903‑1979)
Five Lithographs
Ross Braught (1898‑1983)
Pencil‑Signed Lithographs from the Artist's Estate
Arthur Kraft (1922‑1977)
Newly Discovered Early Mural
Charles Hechter (1886‑1951)
Oil on Canvas
Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal
Lighting & Accessories
from a Home in the Walnuts
Fine Spode Imari Influence Ice Buckets in Admiral Nelson Pattern
Gene Kloss (1903‑1996)
Louis Freund (1905‑1999)
Oil on Artist's Board
Grant Wood (1891‑1942)
Seven Pencil‑Signed Lithographs
John Rogers Cox (1915‑1990)
Important Tulsa Estate Auction
Online Only | 550 Lots of Art &Antiques
August 15th 2023
This re-creation of a Victorian Mansion is filled with over 100 Lamps, Lights & Chandeliers, Massive Repro Gasolier Fixtures, High Style Inlaid Furniture attributed to Joan Busquets, Herter Bros, Karpen & Bros, John Jelliff and others, many Antique Oil Paintings & Prints, Busts, Sculpture, Textiles, Victorian Clothing Displays, Rugs & Carpets, Art Nouveau, Decorative Accessories, Victoriana, a Rock-Ola Model 1428 Juke Box, a large Halloween of Collection including a Coffin and Vintage Funeral Sign, Antique Glass Domes showcasing arrangements of Shells, Silk Flowers, Hair Wreaths, Wax Fruit and Elaborate French Wedding Keepsakes and much more! Many lots are large and filled with multiple items.
1948 Rock Ola, Model 1428
A Collection of French Globe de Maire
A Fine Etagere with Elaborate Carved Crest
An Important Catalan Modernisme Art Nouveau Vitrine, Attributed to Joan Busquets (1874‑1949),
See Gaudí House Museum Barcelona for this same design
A 19th Century French Bronze Centerpiece
American Renaissance Stand with Marquetry
A Rare Catalan Modernisme Art Nouveau Rosewood Escritoire Barcelona, Circa 1900, Attributed to Joan Busquets (1874‑1949)
Rosewood Arm Chair and Other Beaded Needlework Items
A Collection of Antique and Vintage Halloween
The Dining Room with Important Art Nouveau
Frederick Ballard Williams (1871‑1956) Oil on Canvas
Herter Brothers and Other Renaissance Revival Furniture
Massive Reproduction Gasolier
in Entry with Ceilings 22 Feet High
Kansas City Cowboy Gear and Regalia Collection
1880 – 1960
June 17th 2023
Featuring:
Historical Objects from American Royal Livestock Show and Predecessor The National Hereford Show
Chaps, Cuffs and Gun Leather Branded by Askew and Other Kansas City Makers
Good Early High Back Saddles
Thirty Saddles by Charles Shipley and Other Kansas City Makers
Charles P Shipley Cut‑out Boots to 1950 Rodeo Champ Eddy Williams
Stockyard and Commission Company Fobs, Buttons and Novelties
- Rare Chas P. Shipley Saddles & Leather Goods
- Rancher, Drover and Stockyard Advertising Artifacts
- 100 Years of Kansas City American Royal Relics
- State and County History Volumes 1880 to 1960
- Missouri Civil War, Outlaw and Folk Hero Histories
- Reams and Reams of Related Antiquarian Ephemera
- Novelties, Relics & Souvenirs of Jackson County History
Historical Objects from American Royal Livestock Show and Predecessor The National Hereford Show
Chaps, Cuffs and Gun Leather Branded by Askew and Other Kansas City Makers
Good Early High Back Saddles
Thirty Saddles by Charles Shipley and Other Kansas City Makers
Charles P Shipley Cut‑out Boots to 1950 Rodeo Champ Eddy Williams
Stockyard and Commission Company Fobs, Buttons and Novelties
Stockyards Self Closing Gate Patent Model, Circa 1890
Batwing, Shotgun and Woolly Chaps Branded Chas P. Shipley
A Collection of Kansas and Missouri City, State and County History Volumes
Early 20th Century Saddlery Trade Catalogs
Roy Lichenstein, 'Pyramids,' Pencil‑Signed Lithograph,
Published by the Artist for the Print Collectors of Kansas City Friends of Art, 1969
Published by the Artist for the Print Collectors of Kansas City Friends of Art, 1969
Soulis Auctions' 25th Annual
Spring Fine Art Auction
June 16th 2023
Paintings, Pencil‑Signed Prints, Sculpture and Modern Design from Estates and Corporate Collections Around the Region.
Highlights include:
Milo Baughman Rotating Rosewood Cocktail Table, Circa 1968
Birger Sandzen (1871‑1954) Watercolor, 22 x 28 Inches, Dated 1934
'The Race' and Other Rare Thomas Hart Benton Pencil‑Signed Lithographs
Complete Run of Every Prairie Print Maker Gift Print
John Ferry Oil on Panel
Roy Lichtenstein (1923‑1997) Pencil Signed Lithograph, Dated 1964
Signed Charles Lotton
An Iconic Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair, Circa 1969
Hans Wegner Valet Chair for Johannes Hansen, 1965
Roger Shimomura Lithograph
Zoe Mozert (1907‑1993) Pastel on Panel
Bruce Beasley (Born 1939)
- A Complete Run of Prairie Print Maker Gift Prints for the years 1931–1965
- American Regionalist Paintings Circa 1940
- Classic Danish Modern Design Circa 1969
- Monumental Works by Modern Midwest Masters
Milo Baughman Rotating Rosewood Cocktail Table, Circa 1968
Birger Sandzen (1871‑1954) Watercolor, 22 x 28 Inches, Dated 1934
'The Race' and Other Rare Thomas Hart Benton Pencil‑Signed Lithographs
Complete Run of Every Prairie Print Maker Gift Print
John Ferry Oil on Panel
Roy Lichtenstein (1923‑1997) Pencil Signed Lithograph, Dated 1964
Signed Charles Lotton
An Iconic Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair, Circa 1969
Hans Wegner Valet Chair for Johannes Hansen, 1965
Roger Shimomura Lithograph
Zoe Mozert (1907‑1993) Pastel on Panel
Bruce Beasley (Born 1939)
(i) Poul Norreklit Danish Rosewood Credenza for Georg Petersens, Circa 1969
(ii) Jerry McKeehan Oil on Canvas,
(iii) Bruce Beasley, Bronze Sculpture
Regionalist Paintings and Prints, Circa 1930s
A Fine Pair 19th Century Sioux Beaded Possible Bags
Barbara Mueller (B. 1937) Airbrushed Watercolor and Stencil
Salvador Dali Don Quichotte Suite with Inscription and Original Sketch
The Oxbow As Seen From Mt Holyoke 60 x 80 Inches Honorable Mention ARC 8th International Salon Competition Mark Flickinger (B. 1965)
Several Exhibited and Published Original Works by Francis Blackbear Bosin (1921‑1980)
A 40 Year Kansas Collection of
Native American Art and Objects
The Estate of Susan Koehn
April 22nd 2023
A 20th Century Totem, 71 Inches High
Argillite and Other Carvings
Navajo Weavings
Plateau Region and Other Beadwork
A Fine Large Beaded Bandolier Bag
Beaded Bags, Pouches and Cases
Lester Raymer (1907‑1991)
One of Two Allan Houser (1914‑1994) Bronze Sculptures
Birger Sandzen (1871‑1954) Oil on Artists Board
100s of Examples of Artist Signed Jewelry
A Good Tlingit Frontlet with Abalone
Child's and Other Beaded Moccasins
Francis Blackbear Bosin (1921‑1980) Sculpture and Paintings
Sioux and Other Beadwork
Unusual Examples of Basketry
A Large Plique‑à‑Jour and Silver Boat, Signed Marius Hammer
Late Winter Gallery Auction
March 18th 2023
Coming just two days before spring, this year’s Late Winter Gallery Auction of Art & Antiques will be later than usual to accommodate the arrival of important pieces from the collection of Josephine Bird Hall (1888–1948). Mrs. Hall’s father was a principal of Emery, Bird, Thayer, Kansas City’s oldest and finest department store (founded in 1884) and her collection was assembled in the early days of the 20th century. Most retain their tag lettered THE BIRD COLLECTION. A few items, like Josephine's 14 karat gold feeding spoon, date to her childhood.
Tom Benton and The Art of the American Ballad
Many of Thomas Hart Benton’s most popular works were inspired by the ballads and folk lore of everyday Americans. A proficient harmonica player in his own right, Benton loved music and knew well all the old songs that, for generations, had preserved and shared our oral histories (and tall tales) long before records and radios.
His painting and subsequent lithograph Ten Pound Hammer pays homage to the ballad of folk hero John Henry “The Steel Drivin’ Man” who lost his life driving more steel faster than a steam hammer could -- while the bawdy 19th century saga of Frankie and Johnny that my father used to sing is retold in both the Missouri Capitol mural and a rare, large format lithograph from 1936 -- then there’s the raucous I Got a Gal on Sourwood Mountain where a cockeyed chandelier swings wildly over dancing couples and a bouncing fiddle player in a topsy-turvy farmhouse parlor -- and Wreck of The Ol` 97 is the story of the 1903 rail disaster that was set to verse and shared orally for decades before becoming a standard of Country Music performed by Johnny Cash and many others.
All of these prints, along with a dozen other rare lithographs illustrating Benton’s take on America, including the rare large format Huck Finn, will be up for bid in this auction opportunity unlike any other.
Additional highlights include:
Birger Sandzén (1871–1954) Oil on Canvas, 28 x 30 Inches
An Edwardian Platinum and Diamond Pendant
An Important Beverly Pepper (1922‑2020) Maquette for Normanno Wedge 1979, Western Washington University
A Collection of High Karat Meiji Ojime
Fernando De Jesus Oliveira
Oil On Canvas for the United Nations and Truman Library
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Charles Burchfield (1893‑1967)
Lithograph for the Print Club of Cleveland Ohio
The Schwab Collection of Fine Antique Paperweights
Huck Finn, 1936, Pencil Signed Lithograph, Edition of Only 100 Prints, from The Missouri State Capitol Mural Series
Grand Tour Sculpture in both Bronze and Marble
Large Bronze Figure of Mercury From the Entrance of Emery Bird Thayer Department Store, Circa 1900
A Rare Melkite Icon with Arabic Script
- A collection of Early 20th Century American Paintings and Prints
- Fine, Rare Sterling Holloware by Georg Jensen, Paul Storr, Tiffany & Others
- Grand Tour Bronze and Marble Sculpture on Massive Pedestals
- An Important Table-top Maquette by Beverly Pepper (1922–2020)
- Fine artist-signed Continental Porcelain Tableware
- Fine Asian Antiques including a Collection of High Karat Gold Ojime
- A Collection of Scandinavian Plique a Jour Enamel on Silver Objects
- Early 20th Century Art Glass and More than Fifty Paperweights
Birger Sandzén (1871–1954) Oil on Canvas, 28 x 30 Inches
An Edwardian Platinum and Diamond Pendant
An Important Beverly Pepper (1922‑2020) Maquette for Normanno Wedge 1979, Western Washington University
A Collection of High Karat Meiji Ojime
Fernando De Jesus Oliveira
Oil On Canvas for the United Nations and Truman Library
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Charles Burchfield (1893‑1967)
Lithograph for the Print Club of Cleveland Ohio
The Schwab Collection of Fine Antique Paperweights
Huck Finn, 1936, Pencil Signed Lithograph, Edition of Only 100 Prints, from The Missouri State Capitol Mural Series
Grand Tour Sculpture in both Bronze and Marble
Large Bronze Figure of Mercury From the Entrance of Emery Bird Thayer Department Store, Circa 1900
A Rare Melkite Icon with Arabic Script
John Bodman Carrington, Massive Sterling Tray, London 1905
Birger Sandzén (1871–1954) Oil on Canvas
Charles Lotton Double Layer Multi Flora
Lester Raymer (1907‑1991), Oil on Artist's Board
Jack Lorimer Gray (1927‑1981), Newtown Creek, Between Brooklyn and Queens, New York City
Rare Georg Jensen Holloware, Including Grape Basket 542
Rare Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica
Thirteen Royal Doulton Orchid Botanical, Signed Keates
Estate Auction of
Silver and Golden Age Railroad Art and Ephemera
March 11th 2023
Featuring Important Original Art for the Styling Department of GM's Electro‑Motive Division
More than 30 Original Paintings by Ben Dedek, Hugh Bockewitz and Paul Meyer | Thousands of Pieces of Ephemera 1880 to 1960 | Rare Pocket Maps, Timetables, Travel Brochures and More.
Many thanks to the curator of Streamliner-Memories for historical background information on the subjects in this collection.
50 Year Estate Collection of
Toys, Bears, Dolls and Character Items
February 20th 2023
SPECIAL MONDAY AUCTION!
- A Collection of more than 60 Antique and Vintage Teddy Bears
- Steiff Bears, Animals, Hand Puppets, Dolls, Etc.
- A Large Collection of Children’s Books 1880 to 1950
- A Collection of Doll Dishes and Baby Dishes with Characters
- Vintage Holiday Items including Santa Claus, Easter, etc.
- Many Boxed Wind-up, Battery Op and Other Toys, Games and Vehicles
- Collections of Pin-back Buttons, Radio Premiums and Cracker Jack Premiums
- Cast Iron and Pressed Steel Cars and Trucks
- Farm and other Cast Toys
- Tons of Character Items from Pie-eyed Mickey to Dick Tracy to The Flintstones
- Many Walt Disney Related Toys, Books and Character Items
- Akro Agate and Painted China Marbles
- Postcard albums with themes including Teddy Bears and Santa Claus
- Albums of Victorian and Other Valentines, Trade Trade Cards, Etc.
- French and German Bisque Head Dolls up to 36 Inches
- 100s of Britains Soldiers Boxed and Otherwise
- Bakelite (Catlin) Disney and Other Pencil Sharpeners and Napkin Rings
A Lifetime Collection of
Rare and Interesting Smalls and Art Objects
Session Number Two
January 11th 2023
- Rare Stoneware Mini Jugs
- Vintage Figural Iron Bottle Openers
- Iron Pup Paperweights with Advertising
- Pre-Prohibition Beer Advertising Striker Mugs
- Pictorial and Other Bill Clips C.1920s
- Antique Figural Wax Seals
- Antique Art Pottery Tiles
