Featured Lots

Vintage Michelin Tire Bibendum Statue

LOT 143.
Vintage Michelin tire Bibendum statue. 32" Ht.. Repainted.
Estimate: $1,000-1,500
Sold Price: $3,240

Auction: Transportation & Music Auction, March 29, 2024
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Michelin Man

Pair of Cast Iron Lion Urns

LOT 101.
Pair of cast iron lion motif 2-piece garden urns. 62" ht, 29" diameter
Estimate: $500-700
Sold Price: $3,240

Auction: Garden, Outdoor, & Patio Auction, April 18, 2025
Category: Estate & New Years Day Auctions, Garden & Outdoor
Tags: Cast Iron, Lions, Urns

Pair 19th c. Continental Painted Stands

LOT 675.
Pair 19th c. Continental painted stands. 20" x 12" x 29" Ht..
Estimate: $75-100
Sold Price: $3,240

Auction: Estate Auction, November 22, 2025
Category: Estate & New Years Day Auctions
Tags: Continental, Night Stands

19th c. Ship's Figurehead

LOT 61.
Scarce 19th c. wooden polychrome painted Viking ship's figure head figure. Figure 18" W., 22" D., 58" Ht.. Base 30" x 47 1/2" x 30" Ht. (at back of base where figure is mounted in). From a private Nautical collection, owners purchased it in Maine in the 1960's. Professional grade custom made base.
Estimate: $10,000-15,000
Sold Price: $3,218

Auction: Estate Auction, September 23, 2017
Category: Estate & New Years Day Auctions
Tags: Sculpture, Ship's Figurehead

Zachary Taylor Signed Letter

LOT 29.
Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), February 4, 1850, signed letter, as president, to Epentus Wheeler, New York City, thanking him for the gift of a box containing a proclamation by General Benedict Arnold after his treason and apologizing for the lack of acknowledgement because the box was misplaced, framed with an engraved portrait of Zachary Taylor by D. Appleton Co.. Letter 10" Ht., 8" W., engraved sheet 10" Ht., 6 1/4" W., overall frame 16" Ht., 18 3/4" W.. Light mat burn to letter, light foxing and toning to engraving, with tears along left side from binding. Provenance: Lansdell K. Christie Estate, Muttontown.
Estimate: $3,000-3,500
Sold Price: $3,186
Category: Estate & New Years Day Auctions
Tags: Signatures, Zachary Taylor