2011 Lot Description Price - Clars Auction Gallery

Clars Auction Gallery
Prices Realized
June 11th 12th, 2011
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French Revolutionary Tribunal document, Extrait Du Registre Des Audiences, Du Tribunal Revolutionnaire,
Establi au Palais, a Paris, an extract from the Register of Audiences of the Revolutionary Tribunal, ''1st Prairial,
Year II of the French Republic, one and indivisible, by judgement rendered in a public hearing of the court at
which Citizen Dobsen filled the function of President, Bravet and Masson, Judges and Jury, Clerk, The court
decrees that on the report of the jury, Marie Claudine Lucas de Blayre, aged 27 years, has been condemned to
death., Born at St. Dominigue and having resided in Paris from the age of 8 years, her property has been
declared confiscated for the profit of the Republic'', document: 10'' x 7.5'' $ 175
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand‐Perigord (1754‐1838), signed letter, Paris, August 26, translation, ''I sincerely
regret that your departure from Paris, where I shall remain only a few days, has deprived me of the pleasure
of seeing you again., My health remains fairly good although the trip fatigued me extremely., I am going to the
country to try to restore, with baths of pressed grapes, a little strength to my legs which have the greatest
need of it., When one is condemned to repose, as I am, one feels most keenly the need and the charm of
witty conversation, full of ideas., This sort of enjoyment is very rare in our fine France., It is a long distance
from the bottom of Berry to Normandy., Good‐bye., I wish you wealth and happiness., Talleyrand, I will do
your errand for Madame de Dino the moment she arrives, I am expecting her this evening or to‐morrow'',
letter: 8.25'' x 5.25'' $ 250
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, MP, PC (1705 ‐ 1774), signed letter, War Office 8th August 1746, addressed to
the Judge Advocate General of Great Britain, charging and supporting the court marshall of General James
Edward Oglethorpe (1696 ‐ 1785), note: Oglethorpe was the founder of the colony of Georgia, letter 9.25'' x
7.25'' $ 150
(Lot of 2) Thomas Rowlandson (1756 ‐ 1827) attributed sketches, possibly for the Comic Almanac, one pen
and ink, and one pencil, largest 9'' x 7.25'' $ 130
(lot of 4) Associated signed British letters, including an envelope addressed to Edward Whitby Esq., 1835, with
an armorial wax seal, and sent from Scott, a letter sent to Beauford, Clifton, Bristol, together with a letter, a
letter on Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire, letterhead, with three letters from different people, including
a Reverend, and Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, Prime Minister of Great Britain,
signed Beaconsfield, largest 9'' x 7.25'' $ 150
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Richard Varick (1753‐1831) signed city of New York document, dated 1796, Mayor of New York City (1789‐
1801), providing John Williams a license to keep an Inn or Tavern, ''...he will not permit any Cock‐Fighting,
Gaming, or Playing with Cards or Dice, or keep any Billiard‐Table....'', 13'' x 8.5'' $ 130
2144 Persian Kerman carpet, circa 1935, 10'6'' x 8'7'' $ 175
2145
Louis XV style inlaid bureau plat circa 1850, executed in walnut, kingwood, and fruitwoods, the well executed
serpentine top decorated with figures seated amidst a garden landscape centering the floral and swag
reserves above the three drawer case having gilt bronze mounts and rising on cabriole legs terminating on
sabots, 30.5''h x 50''w x 30''d (key in office) Provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Eaton, San Francisco,
California $ 2,000
2147
Louis XVI style gilt carved bergere, circa 1930, upholstered in baby blue velvet having shaped back with
downswept arms and carved acanthus accents raised on tapered and fluted legs $ 300
2148
Neoclassical style marble top commode, the serpentine top above a conforming inlaid case executed in
kingwood and fruitwood banding with gilt bronze wreath form pulls and rising on French feet terminating in
sabots, 39.5''h x 42''w x 20''d Provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Eaton, San Francisco, CA (key in
office) $ 1,300
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