Pair of French prayer chairs with rush seat, made by a cabinet maker from Southern France. This chair was made in the 1870's. Everything is original and nice patina! Very good condition. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-38" (15" from floor to seat)/ w-17"/ d-16"

This is a lot of vintage photographic equipment. Itranges from good used condition to unusued, and many are in boxes. * Included are the following: * Spot-O-Matic enlarging meterAirequipt 4-Way enlarging easelPremier measuring easel2 bags of Kodak Detol developerPrinz film developing stainless steel tankKodak and Ilford photograhic paperFederal dustelss metal negative plates * These are collectible and useful for film development.

1945-1984 - Patrick Nagel was born in Dayton, Ohio, but was brought up in the Los Angeles area, where he spent most of his life. He studied art at Chouinard Art Institute, and in 1969 received Nagel's Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California State University at Fullerton. Beginning in 1976, Patrick Nagel began contributing regularly to Playboy, which extended the exposure and popularity of "the Nagel Woman" to a huge and loyal audience. In 1978, he created his first poster image for Mirage Editions. He also painted the cover of rock group Duran Duran's Rio album, which became the number one album in the world. The feeling of Patrick Nagel's work is reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints as well as of Art Deco styling, yet it is completely contemporary and universal in appeal. Starting from a photograph, Nagel would create a simplified drawing, the translate the drawing to a painting -- always "simplifying, working to get more across with fewer elements," note Elena Millie. Bold, dark lines shape perspective out of flat, cool colours and stark white spaces; the result is what some have described as "fantasy realism

Beautiful New 2.40 ctw. Aqua Marine Round Brilliant cut 14 ct. White gold ring. size 6 1/2. 2.4 g.Top Quality and Color AAA rated in color and clarity.Stunning Ring. valued at over $1,100.Start Low bid price. 1/3 of low est. value.

17 1/2 x 22 Giclee on Canvas Hand Embellished

The best team in basketball is back in the playoffs and boy do we have something that keep those playoff spirits high. Offered here is a Addidas fitted Chicago Bulls hat. The size is 7 3/4 and the hat is brown (fuzzy) with white spots, kind of resembles the color of a cow. Also included in this lot is a 5x NBA Champion pin. What's a better way to cheer on the red hot Chicago Bulls than bidding on this great lot today!

Set of 6 French Le Thiers steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate". The handles are made of 6 different wood handles (Olive, wenge, bubinga, rosewood, oak, birch) in wood box & the blade made of very high grade stainless steel was stamped, ground and polished with 25 different manual production stages. All pieces are forged, stamped, flattened, hardened, honed, burnished, and sharpened to the highest of standards. What is the famous "Le Thiers"? Born of the reflection of an entire profession, "Le Thiers" bears the name of his city, the capital of French cutlery. This knife is harmonious lines subject to a Jurandi based on tradition cutlery Thiernois Basin, the charter consists of manufacturing quality and territoriality at every stage of product realization. The board then valid authorization for use of name and form, which each cutler apply its know-how. Finally, teachers visitors are empowered to monitor compliance with these rules from the manufacturer, which is a guarantee of quality for "The Thiers" and certify an authentic French manufacture. 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Pino, born Guiseppe Dangelico in Bari on November 8, 1939, began his studies at the city's Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan's Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent for painting nudes. In the two years he studied at the Academy, he came under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaioli. From 1960 to 1979, his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe. He was also commissioned by Italy's two largest publisher's, Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations. However, he felt restricted in Milan. He wanted more artistic freedom, which he believed he could find in the United States. In 1979 he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery, where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. His struggle here became the greatest of his life. His sponsorship barely allowed him to feed his family. His English was limited and his means of transportation was a bicycle. After knocking on many doors, in February of 1980, "Zebra Books Publishers" promised him a job, commissioning him to do a book cover.His interpretation was new, fresh and sensual. Stylistically, he brought the characters into the foreground where his technique and talent for painting the anatomy was celebrated. His illustrations were so successful that he gained entrée into creative relationships with many leading publishers of romance novels. His popularity grew within the literary community and he became the artist-in-demand for Zebra, Bantam, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Penguin USA and Dell. From 1980 to 1993 he dedicated himself totally to this art where his style dominated and influenced the market. His illustrations combined elements fresh from Europe with a powerful sensuality, bringing this medium to new heights.Although Pino devoted 13 years to illustrating book covers, he never abandoned his desire to return to fine art. His desire to create pieces that emerge free from outside restrictions motivated him to find the time to devote himself to fine art again. In 1993, he contacted a major gallery. He sent out five paintings, which were well received, launching him into a new arena. Pino finally found the freedom he had always desired; to explore the profundity of his talents without restraint.Pino has been producing works of a highly romantic nature with a unique and innovative touch. Exploring the depths of his experiences, he puts on canvas subjects that embody life's simple pleasures. These works have a veil of nostalgia and the characters have subtle suggestions of complexity. Dressed in soft flowing fabrics, the colors of their garments in relation to the sea, sand, sky and sun elicit feelings of warmth, a perception of preciousness and a notion of an uncomplicated world.Reminiscent of his childhood environment, Pino's paintings are generally set in coastal, sunny, and vibrantly floral places. He uses a colorful pallet to create tender pleasurable feelings. His fine art is rich with sensuality, rousing the memory through all the senses. Pino's paintings resurrect in us the incidents of those simple, priceless moments we have stored in our memories and have so frequently forgotten.

A wonderful piece. Unframed 12x14 by Brooke J.

Janet Treby was the youngest of four children, born in London in 1955, and grew up in a small country village in Bedfordshire. Janet Treby has always loved the countryside and has a great passion for wildlife. It was at the age of around 11 years that Janet realised she wanted to become an artist and had a choice between art or acting and art won. Having made this choice Janet Treby was on a mission upon leaving school and embarked on a two year foundation course at Barnfield College, Luton followed by a degree at West Surrey College of Art and Design specialising in printmaking and sculpture. After learning many skills there Janet treby went onto the Slade School of Fine Art and completed a two year post graduate in printmaking. Whilst at the Slade School, she started lecturing in printmaking specialising in mezzotint. Upon leaving college Janet Treby lived in a studio apartment in Wapping, East London. She had already built up a successful relationship with a gallery called the Curwen Gallery who held her first one-women exhibition in the 80s.Janet Treby won several awards ­ 'The Lloyds Young Printmaker of the Year' and the 'Elizabeth Greenshield award' which allowed her to paint for a year. Throughout all of this in the 80's, Treby was lecturing and doing other various jobs to support herself and her art. However, although it made me realise just how hard it was to earn a living, she was still only interested in painting full-time.Through going to the Slade School she brushed past the great and the good ­ Ewan Uglio, Lucien Freud, Sir William Coldstream, Francis Bacon to name but a few. And as time goes she herself, can see how these and many others have influenced her work, without even realising.Janet treby's work is essentially figurative; she trys to create an intimate mood using colour and the figure or figures. Treby uses models a lot of the time, and sometimes she sees different things in the models; perhaps certain vulnerabilities or strengths that others don't see. There has also always been a strong feeling of narrative in Janet Treby's work and in some pieces it is more obvious than in others.Treby likes the images to be left open so that the viewer can put their own interpretation on things. She simply trys to create an environment which people can hopefully relate to, be it fantasy or more realistic.Janet Treby paints a lot of nudes as she feels that the body holds experiences, which even if the figure has its back to you, it tells you its own story at that particular moment in time.Currently, Janet Treby is fascinated with colour and the effect it has on the things around it. As she works on paintings which are often repainted many times they go through a gambit of different colours from cool to hot and dark to light. At the moment Treby is working in oils. She likes to have some form of texture to work on. Janet treby is probably more known for my drawing which comes from her sculpture background as she loves form and tends to, even when painting, visualise the other side of the subject.

Pino, born Guiseppe Dangelico in Bari on November 8, 1939, began his studies at the city's Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan's Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent for painting nudes. In the two years he studied at the Academy, he came under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaioli. From 1960 to 1979, his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe. He was also commissioned by Italy's two largest publisher's, Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations. However, he felt restricted in Milan. He wanted more artistic freedom, which he believed he could find in the United States. In 1979 he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery, where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. His struggle here became the greatest of his life. His sponsorship barely allowed him to feed his family. His English was limited and his means of transportation was a bicycle. After knocking on many doors, in February of 1980, "Zebra Books Publishers" promised him a job, commissioning him to do a book cover.His interpretation was new, fresh and sensual. Stylistically, he brought the characters into the foreground where his technique and talent for painting the anatomy was celebrated. His illustrations were so successful that he gained entrée into creative relationships with many leading publishers of romance novels. His popularity grew within the literary community and he became the artist-in-demand for Zebra, Bantam, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Penguin USA and Dell. From 1980 to 1993 he dedicated himself totally to this art where his style dominated and influenced the market. His illustrations combined elements fresh from Europe with a powerful sensuality, bringing this medium to new heights.Although Pino devoted 13 years to illustrating book covers, he never abandoned his desire to return to fine art. His desire to create pieces that emerge free from outside restrictions motivated him to find the time to devote himself to fine art again. In 1993, he contacted a major gallery. He sent out five paintings, which were well received, launching him into a new arena. Pino finally found the freedom he had always desired; to explore the profundity of his talents without restraint.Pino has been producing works of a highly romantic nature with a unique and innovative touch. Exploring the depths of his experiences, he puts on canvas subjects that embody life's simple pleasures. These works have a veil of nostalgia and the characters have subtle suggestions of complexity. Dressed in soft flowing fabrics, the colors of their garments in relation to the sea, sand, sky and sun elicit feelings of warmth, a perception of preciousness and a notion of an uncomplicated world.Reminiscent of his childhood environment, Pino's paintings are generally set in coastal, sunny, and vibrantly floral places. He uses a colorful pallet to create tender pleasurable feelings. His fine art is rich with sensuality, rousing the memory through all the senses. Pino's paintings resurrect in us the incidents of those simple, priceless moments we have stored in our memories and have so frequently forgotten.

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta vase made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-8.5"/ w-6.75"/ d-6.75"

A very nice pair of French faience mugs made by Pornic, France. These pieces were hand-painted by the artist (On the photo, you can see the stamp of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of mugs made in Pornic, Brittany is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-4/ w-5/ d-3.5

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

Very beautiful Louis Philippe period chair, Circa.1830 made of walnut-wood with original handmade rush seats (you can see on photos, the quality of the rush seat). I purchased this chair during my last trip in France. In great condition! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

This is a vintage German-made Olympia Typewriter. It is a portable model, in the original Case. * * Condition: Good, appears to be working properly (needs to be cleaned a little)Made in Western GermanyTypewriter size: 12" widthSize of case: 14" x 14"Has a handle & lock switch * *

This elven woman has a pixie on her hand, while magical creature gaze out from the dark branches. * Artist: Brian Froud * Signature: In pencil, lower right Title: Something Rich and Strange * Medium: Print on paper Edition: Numbered out of 1500 * Sheet Size: 18" x 24" Condition: ExcellentBiography: * * Brian Froud (1947- _) is an English fantasy illustrator known for his imainginative creatures. Some of his creatures were the inspiration for films, including The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, making him a favorite among the fantasy genre.

A beautiful acrylic 30 x40 in bright colorful tones..  A real treasure.

Known the world over for his striking, vibrant depictions of sporting events, leisure activities and other social gatherings, LeRoy Neiman is indisputably one of the most popular and widely known artists of the modern era. From 10 years in the classroom as an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago early in his career after completing his own studies there, to being the official artist at five separate Olympiads and even working for CBS as a Super Bowl computer artist, LeRoy Neiman has come to be defined by his spectacular ability of taking everyday life events and turning them into magnificent works of art. Born on June 8, 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota, LeRoy Neiman was raised by his mother and two different stepfathers after his biological father abandoned the family early in his childhood. Living his early years in a rough blue-collar St. Paul neighborhood, Neiman's initial interest in art began at a very young age when a painting be made of a fish in the sixth grade won a prize in a national art competition. He went on in his teenage years to earn extra money by painting images of fruit, vegetables and meat on the windows of local grocery stores. He even painted portraits of the shopkeepers themselves. While serving in the United States Army beginning in 1942, LeRoy Neiman began to gain significant recognition amongst his Army colleagues when he painted a number of eye-catching, sexually suggestive murals on the walls of military kitchens and dining halls that drew great praise from both men and women. Neiman would later go on to be a contributing artist for Playboy magazine in the 1950's, to which he still contributes illustrations to this day.In 1953, LeRoy Neiman held his first solo art shows to display some of his earliest works at galleries in Chicago and Lincoln, Illinois. Art lovers and novices alike immediately recognized and developed great respect for Neiman's unique style, willingness to take risks and incredible ability to appeal to people of all ages, ethic groups and socio-economic backgrounds. Since the remarkable success of those first shows in 1953, Neiman has gone on to create some of the most beloved and well known paintings in United Stated history.Citing Leonardo da Vinci and Rubens as two of his biggest personal influences, LeRoy Neiman describes his own work in the following way " A day at the races... A night at the opera... These two lines, I think, reflect the spirit of my work and my pleasures, of my art, prints and posters. In a sense, they capture the range of my environment. I have painted and sketched in casinos, hotels, bars, massage parlors, steam baths, in the salons of elegant restaurants (and sometimes their galleys), on battlefields and football fields, in law courts and tennis courts, in pool rooms and swimming pools, from the decks of luxury liners and yachts and the doorways of skid-row missions. To me, it's all Neimanland." Throughout the course of his distinguished career, LeRoy Neiman has been the recipient of countless awards and recognitions, including an Award of Merit from the American Athletic Union in 1976 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association in 1986, among countless others. To date, more than 150,000 LeRoy Neiman prints have been purchased, having an estimated market value exceeding $400 million! LeRoy Neiman has certainly left his distinctive, incontrovertible mark on the art world and then some, and continues to do so to this day. Neiman currently lives in New York City with his wife of more than 50 years, Janet, at the Hotel des Artistes, which has been their home together for more than 30 years

22 x 28 Etching Sepia Tones.

Here is a Fenton Burmese Melon Pitcher, featuring pale yellow and rose colors, and hand painted rose design. * Condition: ExcellentSize: 5 1/2" tall, 4" in diameterSignatures: Hand painted by C. Griffith; W.C. FentonYear: 1990

Sokol-HohneArtist's Biography Starlie Sokol-Hohne was born in 1958 in Santa Monica, California and completed her studies at UCLA in 1980. Combining images of antiquity with contemporary mixed media printmaking techniques, Starlie creates visually interesting images, combining past and present elements. As with many contemporary artists, photography and technology play a part in the achievement of the artists' expression. Sokol images are conceived and assembled with parts of images from a variety of sources. As with Rauchenburg, the final product is the result of the unique combination and juxtaposition of photographic images. Physical collage and hand painting blend these elements into a more cohesive and realistic perspective. The result is the reality of her idealized image. It is that unique result which is distinctively a Sokol.

Michael Schofield "12th at Augusta"Original Serigraph Signed NumberedFramed 43x36 outside frame size

Artist: Hiro Yamagata Title: Normandies Year: 1979 Medium: Original Serigraph Size: 18" by 31" Paper: Gallery 100 No. of Colors: 61 Total Edition Size: 340 Artist's Proofs: 1-25/25 Printer's Proofs: 1-5/5 Screens: Destroyed Printer: Accent Studios, Los Angeles Publisher: Naif International, Ltd. Los Angeles

Here is a Peach Crest Jack in the Pulpit Vase from Fenton. It features a clear crimped rim, white exterior, and pink peach interior. * Condition: ExcellentSize: 8 1/2" tall

This 3 piece Vanity Set was made by Fenton in 1943. It is in the Blue Overlay Melon color, and includes two perfume bottles and one powder jar. The are complete with clear glass stoppers and lids. * Condition: ExcellentSize: 4" and 4 3/4" tall; 3" and 4" in diameter

Set of 6 French Laguiole steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate" DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL. The VERY FAMOUS set of 6 French steak-KNIVES "LAGUIOLE"...with Authenticity Certificate. The handle was made of bubinga wood & the blade made of very high grade stainless steel was stamped, ground and polished with 25 different manual production stages. The world renowned knives has been crafted in the heart of France for over 200 years. This Company was created in 1920, in the capital of French cutlery (Auvergne, center-France). These knives are the result of a family tradition of fine workmanship and very high quality products. Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery. Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products. It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations. The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962. Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development. Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives. Quality is an integral part of the company policy. Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #98/13691 /**ThinViewJs**/ var ifr = function() {}; ifr.browserDetect = function() {this.bFirefox = this.bWebTV = this.bOpera = this.bNav = this.bIE = this.bSafari =this.bWin = this.bMac = this.bMacppc = this.bMactel =this.bWinXp = this.bXpSp2 = this.bAOL = this.bVista = false;this.iVer = this.fVer = -1;this.fMinorVer = 0;this.init = function() {var nv = navigator, agt = nv.userAgent.toLowerCase(), i = 0, ver;with (this){if (agt.indexOf('webtv') != -1){bWebTV = true;i = agt.indexOf('webtv/') + 6;}else if (agt.indexOf('firefox') != -1){bFirefox = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('firefox') + 8;}else if (agt.indexOf('safari') != -1){bSafari = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('safari') + 7;}else if(typeof(window.opera)!='undefined'){bOpera = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('opera') + 6;}else if (nv.appName == 'Netscape'){bNav = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('/') + 1;}else if (agt.indexOf('msie') != -1){bIE = true;i = agt.indexOf('msie') + 4;if ((agt.indexOf('aol') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('america online') != -1))bAOL = true;}ver = bOpera?window.opera.version():agt.substring(i);iVer = parseInt(ver);fVer = parseFloat(ver);fMinorVer = fVer - iVer;bWin = (agt.indexOf('win') != -1);bWinXp = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 5.1') != -1));bVista = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 6.0') != -1));bXpSp2 = (bWinXp && (agt.indexOf('sv1') != -1));bMac = (agt.indexOf('mac') != -1);bMacppc = (bMac && ((agt.indexOf('ppc') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('powerpc') != -1)));bMactel = (bMac && (agt.indexOf('intel') != -1));}}this.init();return this;}var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();if (oCl.bFirefox) { ifr.init(1); } ifr.addLoadEvent = function(func) { var oldonload = window.onload;if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {window.onload = func;}else {window.onload = function() {if (oldonload) {oldonload();}func();}}};ifr.addLoadEvent( function() { ifr.init(2); } ); ifr.init = function(callerId) {var lastInitCall = '';var bSafari = oCl.bSafari;var bFirefox = oCl.bFirefox;var iVer = oCl.iVer;var bWin = oCl.bWin;var cTime = new Date().getTime();if (!window.bError) {var el = new Date().getSeconds();var lt = (el - window.bl);}if (typeof(clientErrorLog) !== 'undefined') {if (lt > clientErrorThresholdTime) {ifr.process(lt);}}if (((callerId !== 2) && (lastInitCall !== '') && ((cTime-lastInitCall) = 9 && (h==10000) && document.getElementById('EBdescription')) { h = document.getElementById('EBdescription').scrollHeight; }} else {h = document.body.offsetHeight; if (oCl.bSafari && oCl.iVer >= 523) {w = document.body.scrollWidth;} else {w = document.body.offsetWidth;if (window.scrollMaxX !== 0) {w += window.scrollMaxX;}}}if (isNaN(w)) {w = 0;}if ((oCl.bFirefox && oCl.bWin) && (h > 32000)) {h = 32000;}rv[0] += h;rv[1] += w;return rv;};ifr.resizeIt = function(callerId) {var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();var size = ifr.getSize();if (size) {if (!oCl.bSafari) {var rf = window.document.referrer;var re = new RegExp('^http\://cgi\.');var re2 = new RegExp('^(http\://www\.)([a-z]{2}\.)?([0-9a-z]{5}\.)?([a-z]{2}\.)?([a-z]{4}\.)([a-z]{3}|[a-z]{2})(\.[a-z]{2})?(/itm/)');if ((rf.toString().match(re) !== null) || (rf.toString().match(re2) !== null)) {parent.resizeFrame(size);}}ifr.setData(size, callerId);};}

Beautiful mixed media art piece on extra thick arches paper. Measures 35½" x 24½". Hand signed and numbered by the artist. This is numbered from a limited edition of 750. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Born in the English West Midlands, Benfield studied at Stourbridge College of Art and then went on to do further study at Wrexham College of Art. After leaving the academic world, he set up his own studio near London and concentrated on drawing and painting figures. Within a few years, his work was collected throughout Europe and he reputation was firmly established. An award-winning illustrator, Benfield has a natural talent for depicting things as seen. His work is spontaneous and is reflected by his drawn lines and dashes of color. The figures dissolve in and out of their backgrounds and move across the surfaces of his paintings and graphic works. He paints rapidly and discards most of his paintings and drawings, keeping only those that he feels are perfected in their conception rather than overwork those he feels are not correct. In recent years, his work has begun to be exhibited in galleries in America as well as in Europe.

This is an original production animation model cel from the television series "Top Cat". * This cel has the main gang of alley cats, all with their names listed. * Bob Singer's signature appears in black Sharpie at the bottom of the cel. * Bob Singer is an American animation artist, character designer, layout and background artist and storyboard director of animated television programs, most memorably of several Hanna Barbara productions such as The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, Droopy, Tom and Jerry, The Jetsons, The Smurfs, Superfriends, and the Harlem Globe Trotters cartoons. * Top Cat, called T.C. by close friends, is the leader of a gang of New York City alley cats: Fancy-Fancy, Spook, Benny the Ball, The Brain, and Choo Choo. A frequent plot-line revolved around the local policeman, Officer Charles "Charlie" Dibble, and his ineffective attempts to evict the gang from the alley. The only reason that he wanted to be rid of them was that Top Cat and his gang were constantly attempting to earn a quick dollar-usually through an illegal scam. Dibble's appearance was modeled on Allen Jenkins, who did his voice. Dibble, previously only an implement for making holes for planting seeds, has acquired a second meaning in the vernacular as slang for police officers. * Original Animated Cel, hand-painted, with peg holes along the bottom edge Overall Size of the Cel: 10 1/2" x 12 1/2" Excellent Condition -ready to be matted and framed * This is an original cel used in the production of "Top Cat". Each one-of-a-kind set-up represents a slight change in position of the characters. When individually photographed and projected in rapid succession, the images appear to move. * To create production cels, the original animator's drawing is transferred onto an acetate cel (by hand-inking and/or photo copying). The cel is then hand-painted on the reverse side. * * *

Highly collectible old piece of pottery from Alsace (Eastern France). This charming Alsatian jug pitcher was made in the very early 1900's. This dark green, brown "terre vernissee", or glazed pottery, with its decorative flowers, comes from the village of Soufflenheim. A little part of France in your home. No cracks, one small chip. h-8"/ w-8"/ d-7.5" Good condition! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France).

Le Grenouillere By Monet Numbered Giclee 17x22 1/2Hand Embellished on Canvas

Here is a very nice French painted Louis XV style chest of drawers made by a French cabinet maker probably in the mid. 1900's (3 drawers). I bought this piece during my last trip in Southwestern France (well known in France for the quality of the country pieces). Very good condition! Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France).h-32.5"/ w-38"/ d-18"

Set of 6 French Laguiole steak knives with stainless steel handles designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate". DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL.Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery.Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products.It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations.The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962.Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development.Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives.Quality is an integral part of the company policy.Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #97600

French old print of Paris, dated 1955: Montgolfieres in Paris in 1789. Very good condition (no damage)...the frame is new. h-16.75"/ w-16.5". This print will be a great part of France in your home! Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France!)

Authentic French porcelain Limoges box signed "Limoges France" This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Excellent condition! (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2"/ diameter-3.75"

Canal by Baker ~ Rare Venice Canal A Bright wonderful poster unavailable anywhere else...Piece is signed in the plate and is not numbered.Perfect Condition guaranteed.Piece is unframed

Hey Chicago fans, remember the glory days when people like Walter Payton, Richard Dent, Kevin Butler, and coach Ditka were with the Bears? Well here's you chance to relive those glory days. Offered here is a 10th Anniversary coin set of the 1985 Super Bowl Champs, the Chicago Bears. The set comes with eight coins placed in coin holder with the Bears logo in between the two X's. On the back is a print of Bears sideline during Super Bowl XX. The set is in near mint condition. Here's your chance to relive Supper Bowl XX by bidding on this fabulous coin set today!! *

Authentic French porcelain Limoges box signed "Limoges France" This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Excellent condition! (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2.25"/ diameter-5"

Excuisite piece by Leroy Neiman FRAMED. Linen Matting Gold Wood Insert for liner.

Pablo Muñoz Artist's Biography Pablo Munoz was born in Peru and studied at the School of Arts of Cuzco. He is descended from a long line of painters that flourished in Cuzco. In fact, Pablo claims that his ancestors actually assisted the famous Spanish artists, who came to Cuzco, and who were sponsored by the Spanish elite to spread the word of God through religious art. Munoz's techique can best be described as classical. It has been literally perfected and passed down from generation to generation throughout the centuries. Munoz's landscape paintings offer enigmatic and surreal vistas; ones that are at once inviting yet forboding. Overcast skies and shadows are pierced by ribbons of light and sporadic flashes of intense color that serve as focal points. Focus shifts through dark fields and forests towards a mysterious light. In a Munoz painting there is a sense hope and optimism that is characterised by the contrast between lights and shadows. Munoz's message is philosphically profound: the light guides one through the mysterious, often dark journey of life. This light guides the journeyer through a dark terrain and gives incentive to complete the journey - pointing the way to it's end. Munoz is gaining a reputation as a formidable South American artist. His exhibitions, which mostly take place in Cuzco (the place of his birth), attract enormous accolades and critical acclaim . Munoz's paintings are housed in many prestigious collections throughout Peru, the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Authentic French porcelain Limoges box "Lourdes, La Basilique" signed "Limoges France" This box was created and signed by the artist Jammet Seignolles, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Excellent condition! (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2.75"/ diameter-5"

Here is a French Louis Philippe oval table with 2 drop leaves, made of solid fruitwood during King Louis Philippe reign (Circa 1850), by a French cabinet maker. I bought this piece during my last trip in Southwestern France (well known for the quality of the antique country pieces). h-29"/ w-43"/ d-40"Very good condition! We ship from Texas (not from France).

HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE French piece of pottery from Alsace(Eastern France). Charming Alsatian piece of Pottery dating from very early 1900. This brown "terre vernissee", or glazed mold cake (Kouglof in Alsatian, very famous cake from this part of France), with its irregular shape, comes from the village of Soufflenheim. A little part of France in your home. No cracks, no chips. Very good condition. Our prices are very reasonable because we buy directly in France. We ship from Texas (not from France). h-3.5"/ diameter 7.5"

This 11 piece Blue Ridge Pitcher Set is from Fenton's 80th anniversary in 1985. It includes a blue ridged pitcher and 10 clear/white glasses, all with white stripes. * Condition: ExcellentPitcher size: 9 1/2" tall, and 8" deep from front to handleGlass size: 5" tall, 3" in diameterMarkings: Fenton 80th, 2, on the bottom *

Oil on canvas by Axel HAIM (dated 1951). SUBJECT: "Pastoral Landscape". Here is an excellent landscape painting with cows. This is a painting of cows grazing in a field and a little church in the background. It is a high quality painting.ready for hanging! Wood frame. Height: 26.25" (w/frame: 31.25") Width: 34.75" (w/frame: 40"). Title: Pastoral landscape Very good condition (painting and frame) Very good value!!! We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Very nice reproduction of French clock "Paris, Cafe des Artistes, 112 Rue du Theatre". This clock is made individually, hand assembled with the finest composents...hand-antiqued, die-cut steel hands with time-worn patinas and beautifully finished frame. It is a quarz clock movement. It is a new item! We ship from Texas (not from France).Diameter 18"

Kovrigo was born and educated in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1989, after completing his art education, which focused on the restoration of antique paintings, he began to show his own work in exhibitions throughout Russia, Germany, Slovakia, Greece, Teh Czech Republic, Poland and Italy.His art is now included in the National Art Museum of Russia as well as numerous private collections. Combining oil paints, gouache and collage techniques, Kovrigo creates images both colorful and rich in texture that never fail to warm the viewer.

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

This is Robert Silverberg's novel about futuristic human colonists of the waterworld. * Author: Robert SilverbergTitle: "The Face of the Waters"Edition: Deluxe EditionType: Hardcover Publisher: Bantam Books, New YorkCondition: Mint, sealed in original publisher's shipping box

A wonderfu Pastel. Roberta Coleman's art hang in private collections around thew world.

Offered here is a brilliant limited edition print on canvas by the very popular Harley Davidson licensed artist Scott Jacobs: * Title: "Ultimate Champion" * Lithograph on canvas * 22 × 30 * Signed by the artist * Numbered from a limited edition of 675, plus 75 APs * Excellent condition; stretched, unframed * Certificate of Authenticity * Retail gallery price USD 800 * * Licensed by Harley-Davidson, Scott Jacob's work is remarkable for its photo realistic excellence. His work is owned by celebrities such as Peter Fonda, Willie G. Davidson, Lorenzo Lamas, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, John Elway, and Karl Malone. *

Highly collectible pitcher from Alsace (Eastern France). Here is a charming Alsatian stoneware jug-pitcher from the village of Betschdorf made in the 1880's. No cracks (very little chip as you can see on photo). Very good condition! h-8/ w-5.5/ d-5.5. We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Exceptional ANTIQUE FRENCH BONNETIERE (Armoire one door) Louis XV Provincial from the SouthWestern France. This piece was made of solid fruit wood and burled elm by a cabinet maker in the late 1700's to very early 1800's. This bonnetiere is in a very good condition (one back leg was repaired), with original and exceptional hardware and key!!! TRULY UNIQUE! Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France).h-90.25/ w-43/ d-26

This is a beautiful etching, after Rembrandt, by master engraver Amand Durand. Titled "ADAM AND EVE" (year of original 1638). This piece is in excellent condition, and has never been framed. Measurements: image size is 7 x 5" on 14" x 10" Somerset paper. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Ref. #28 according to the British Catalogue, circa 1797, is a hand pulled-ETCHING from the AUTHENTIC & Original copper Rembrandt plates by Armand-Durand (1831-1905) overseen by Art World Industries, inc. Amand Durand blindstamp SEAL on lower right. Rembrandt was born in 1606 in Leiden, Holland . Before his 30th birthday, the name Rembrandt had become synonymous with artistic excellence. The Dutch master was known worldwide for his highly prized series of classical etchings. These images are known for their delicacy of tone and intricacy of detail. To raise funds in 1657, Rembrandt sold the plates at an auction of his entire estate to a prestigious European family with the expressed stipulation that not even one of the etchings could be printed until a full 100 years had passed after his death. The family faithfully honored the binding agreement. Owing to their great popularity and soft metallurgical consistency, the original plates became worn by the mid 1800's. To save these genius-inspired works, Amand Durand, a master engraver, born in France in 1831, spent the major part of his career exactly duplicating the genius of Rembrandt onto hard, lasting copper plates. Art historians and critics have been stunned by the incredible quality Durand achieved through his own technical genius. Historical references indicate that Armand Durand's amazing skills were well known to expert of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many esteemed art critics and curators feel that Durand's works not only do great justice to Rembrandt's original concepts but subtly improve on the legendary Dutch master in a technical sense. The copper plate was reworked by Amand Durand in the late 1800s and this piece was made from that plate. It is beautiful.

This is a limited edition original hand signed deluxe giclee on canvas by Guillaume Azoulay titled "LE LION". Each handmade giclee by Azoulay averages 90 color screens.Each piece is hand signed and numbered by Guillaume Azoulay from an edition of 300. Image Size: 16 3/4" x 26" Comes with a publishers certificate of authenticity. Comes unframed. In Mint Condition!

Highly collectible antique piece of pottery from from South of France. It is a very rare and very old French jug pitcher with its irregular lines, dating around very early 1800's, made of terracotta and green glaze at the top part. Very little chips and no cracks . One dark spot and one light spot. h-9.5/ w-6.25/ d-6.25. We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Born in 1942 and educated in the fine arts at the prestigious Art Students League in New York City, John Pitre evolved to become a master of fantasy and surrealism. Pitre has been a significant influence in the art world for over thirty years, and carries the distinction of being one of the most widely published artists in modern history.As a storyteller, Pitre uses his paintbrush to comment on the most profound questions concerning man, and to create a reflection of our times and the world in which we live. He creates entire imaginary worlds completely from his mind, using artistic expression as a vehicle for powerful social commentary. Well before they became the significant social issues of our times, Pitre's surrealistic renditions of the threat of overpopulation, the ominous shadow of nuclear war, and the ecological deterioration of our planet became widely popular as poster images, selling in the millions. One image alone, "Restrictions", sold an estimated seven million copies. Through his art Pitre continues to bring to our attention important aspects of our human condition, and as a result of his visionary talents, his social commentary paintings are now considered twentieth-century classics.A modern day DaVinci, Pitre holds numerous patents to his name. He is a pioneer in many fields; he explored the depths of the oceans with diving gear he designed himself, long before commercial dive equipment was available. His affinity for the high seas led to designs for generating electricity from ocean waves and currents. Pitre is also an accomplished pilot who has learned to fly every form of aircraft available to him, including a unique, one of a kind configuration that he personally conceived of, engineered, and built. Still an adventuring aviator; he now owns and flies his own helicopter.Based on his meticulous study of human anatomy in the arts, Pitre has designed some of the world's most advanced fitness equipment, that can be seen today in many of the world's finest gyms. His credits in this field include the Questar line of fitness equipment and the ROM (Range of Motion) machine, which was awarded the "Best of What's New" designation in 1993 by Popular Science Magazine; and the Time Works device that led to one of TV's most successful infomercials. He also developed and patented a new proprietary formulation for artist's paint based on space age polymers, that is now sold worldwide. (Genesis Paint)Look beyond the surface, and into the depths of paintings by John Pitre, and you will look into the mind and soul of one of mankind's great thinkers. Through his social commentary art and visionary paintings he shares his vision of our purpose in the universe, and reminds us of the responsibilities we have as moral beings and as stewards of our planet. He tells about life as a human citizen here on Earth, warning about its difficulties and pitfalls, but also portrays the beauty and magic that each one of us possesses within. He encourages us to follow our longings and aspirations to achieve our dreams, but to hold dear the relationships we have with all other men.Pitre's work is transcendental in nature and many people derive their own profound yet private meaning from his paintings. When describing Pitre's work, most people speak not of its appearance, amazing as it is, but rather of their own personal moment of epiphany inspired by the paintings of this master.

These items are tributes to America's military. * First is a limited edition Operation Iraqi Freedom beer stein. This classic style stein was made in Germany from a design by Joadrian Malesca. It is ceramic with pewter top and front plaque. The half liter size is 9" tall and 4 3/4" in diameter. There are terrific details, including a timeline of the Iraq War. It is in excellent condition. * The DVD is a 2 disc set is titled "American Soldier: the Army National Guard." It is full of historic footage of their heroic battles, and missions, plus an interactive PC game. It is sealed and in mint condition. * These are two terrific modern military items, already collectors items.

Here is a wonderful set of 8 French coffee cups and plates made by a famous potter (Lamerand) from the village of Salernes (famous for the quality of the pottery made in this part of Southern France) in Provence. These pieces were hand-made by Mr Lamerand. He also made his own color with natural materials. Each piece is signed by the artist "Salernes". We also have a set of diner and salade plates. We ship from Texas, not from France.h-2.5"/ w-5"/ d-5"

Highly collectible antique piece of pottery from Charente from Southwestern France. It is a rare and very old French walnut oil jar with its irregular lines, dating around 1850's, made of stoneware and glazed. This piece comes from a village of Charente, in the Cognac area. In the 1800's, people used this pottery to keep walnut oil (Many walnut trees in this region of France). No cracks, one chip at top part as you can see on photo. h-8.25/ w-6.5/ d-6.5 We ship from Texas (not from France)!

This is a Fenton Glass Bon-Bon Dish known as the aqua crest by the aqua and clear ruffled rim on white glass. Included is a purple stand * Condition: ExcellentSizes: 4" and 5 3/4" in diameter

Set of 24 pieces (knives, forks, spoons) of French ivory color Laguiole designed by the famous Company Jean Dubost. These knives, forks, spoons are dishwasher safe (acrylic handles). DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL.Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery.Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products.It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations.The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962.Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development.Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives.Quality is an integral part of the company policy.Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #07/13152 /**ThinViewJs**/ var ifr = function() {}; ifr.browserDetect = function() {this.bFirefox = this.bWebTV = this.bOpera = this.bNav = this.bIE = this.bSafari =this.bWin = this.bMac = this.bMacppc = this.bMactel =this.bWinXp = this.bXpSp2 = this.bAOL = this.bVista = false;this.iVer = this.fVer = -1;this.fMinorVer = 0;this.init = function() {var nv = navigator, agt = nv.userAgent.toLowerCase(), i = 0, ver;with (this){if (agt.indexOf('webtv') != -1){bWebTV = true;i = agt.indexOf('webtv/') + 6;}else if (agt.indexOf('firefox') != -1){bFirefox = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('firefox') + 8;}else if (agt.indexOf('safari') != -1){bSafari = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('safari') + 7;}else if(typeof(window.opera)!='undefined'){bOpera = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('opera') + 6;}else if (nv.appName == 'Netscape'){bNav = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('/') + 1;}else if (agt.indexOf('msie') != -1){bIE = true;i = agt.indexOf('msie') + 4;if ((agt.indexOf('aol') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('america online') != -1))bAOL = true;}ver = bOpera?window.opera.version():agt.substring(i);iVer = parseInt(ver);fVer = parseFloat(ver);fMinorVer = fVer - iVer;bWin = (agt.indexOf('win') != -1);bWinXp = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 5.1') != -1));bVista = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 6.0') != -1));bXpSp2 = (bWinXp && (agt.indexOf('sv1') != -1));bMac = (agt.indexOf('mac') != -1);bMacppc = (bMac && ((agt.indexOf('ppc') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('powerpc') != -1)));bMactel = (bMac && (agt.indexOf('intel') != -1));}}this.init();return this;}var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();if (oCl.bFirefox) { ifr.init(1); } ifr.addLoadEvent = function(func) { var oldonload = window.onload;if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {window.onload = func;}else {window.onload = function() {if (oldonload) {oldonload();}func();}}};ifr.addLoadEvent( function() { ifr.init(2); } ); ifr.init = function(callerId) {var lastInitCall = '';var bSafari = oCl.bSafari;var bFirefox = oCl.bFirefox;var iVer = oCl.iVer;var bWin = oCl.bWin;var cTime = new Date().getTime();if (!window.bError) {var el = new Date().getSeconds();var lt = (el - window.bl);}if (typeof(clientErrorLog) !== 'undefined') {if (lt > clientErrorThresholdTime) {ifr.process(lt);}}if (((callerId !== 2) && (lastInitCall !== '') && ((cTime-lastInitCall) = 9 && (h==10000) && document.getElementById('EBdescription')) { h = document.getElementById('EBdescription').scrollHeight; }} else {h = document.body.offsetHeight; if (oCl.bSafari && oCl.iVer >= 523) {w = document.body.scrollWidth;} else {w = document.body.offsetWidth;if (window.scrollMaxX !== 0) {w += window.scrollMaxX;}}}if (isNaN(w)) {w = 0;}if ((oCl.bFirefox && oCl.bWin) && (h > 32000)) {h = 32000;}rv[0] += h;rv[1] += w;return rv;};ifr.resizeIt = function(callerId) {var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();var size = ifr.getSize();if (size) {if (!oCl.bSafari) {var rf = window.document.referrer;var re = new RegExp('^http\://cgi\.');var re2 = new RegExp('^(http\://www\.)([a-z]{2}\.)?([0-9a-z]{5}\.)?([a-z]{2}\.)?([a-z]{4}\.)([a-z]{3}|[a-z]{2})(\.[a-z]{2})?(/itm/)');if ((rf.toString().match(re) !== null) || (rf.toString().match(re2) !== null)) {parent.resizeFrame(size);}}ifr.setData(size, callerId);};}

Known the world over for his striking, vibrant depictions of sporting events, leisure activities and other social gatherings, LeRoy Neiman is indisputably one of the most popular and widely known artists of the modern era. From 10 years in the classroom as an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago early in his career after completing his own studies there, to being the official artist at five separate Olympiads and even working for CBS as a Super Bowl computer artist, LeRoy Neiman has come to be defined by his spectacular ability of taking everyday life events and turning them into magnificent works of art. Born on June 8, 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota, LeRoy Neiman was raised by his mother and two different stepfathers after his biological father abandoned the family early in his childhood. Living his early years in a rough blue-collar St. Paul neighborhood, Neiman's initial interest in art began at a very young age when a painting be made of a fish in the sixth grade won a prize in a national art competition. He went on in his teenage years to earn extra money by painting images of fruit, vegetables and meat on the windows of local grocery stores. He even painted portraits of the shopkeepers themselves. While serving in the United States Army beginning in 1942, LeRoy Neiman began to gain significant recognition amongst his Army colleagues when he painted a number of eye-catching, sexually suggestive murals on the walls of military kitchens and dining halls that drew great praise from both men and women. Neiman would later go on to be a contributing artist for Playboy magazine in the 1950's, to which he still contributes illustrations to this day.In 1953, LeRoy Neiman held his first solo art shows to display some of his earliest works at galleries in Chicago and Lincoln, Illinois. Art lovers and novices alike immediately recognized and developed great respect for Neiman's unique style, willingness to take risks and incredible ability to appeal to people of all ages, ethic groups and socio-economic backgrounds. Since the remarkable success of those first shows in 1953, Neiman has gone on to create some of the most beloved and well known paintings in United Stated history.Citing Leonardo da Vinci and Rubens as two of his biggest personal influences, LeRoy Neiman describes his own work in the following way " A day at the races... A night at the opera... These two lines, I think, reflect the spirit of my work and my pleasures, of my art, prints and posters. In a sense, they capture the range of my environment. I have painted and sketched in casinos, hotels, bars, massage parlors, steam baths, in the salons of elegant restaurants (and sometimes their galleys), on battlefields and football fields, in law courts and tennis courts, in pool rooms and swimming pools, from the decks of luxury liners and yachts and the doorways of skid-row missions. To me, it's all Neimanland." Throughout the course of his distinguished career, LeRoy Neiman has been the recipient of countless awards and recognitions, including an Award of Merit from the American Athletic Union in 1976 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association in 1986, among countless others. To date, more than 150,000 LeRoy Neiman prints have been purchased, having an estimated market value exceeding $400 million! LeRoy Neiman has certainly left his distinctive, incontrovertible mark on the art world and then some, and continues to do so to this day. Neiman currently lives in New York City with his wife of more than 50 years, Janet, at the Hotel des Artistes, which has been their home together for more than 30 years

This is a beautiful etching, after Rembrandt, by master engraver Amand Durand. Titled "PHARISEES IN THE TEMPLE (JEWS IN THE SYNAGOGUE)" (year of original 1648)Measurements: image size is 3" x 5". Paper size is: 8" x 11". Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Ref. #126 according to the British Catalogue, circa 1797, is a hand pulled-ETCHING from the AUTHENTIC & Original copper Rembrandt plates by Armand-Durand (1831-1905) overseen by Art World Industries, inc. This piece is in excellent condition, and has never been framed.Rembrandt was born in 1606 in Leiden , Holland . Before his 30th birthday, the name Rembrandt had become synonymous with artistic excellence. The Dutch master was known worldwide for his highly prized series of classical etchings. These images are known for their delicacy of tone and intricacy of detail. To raise funds in 1657, Rembrandt sold the plates at an auction of his entire estate to a prestigious European family with the expressed stipulation that not even one of the etchings could be printed until a full 100 years had passed after his death. The family faithfully honored the binding agreement. Owing to their great popularity and soft metallurgical consistency, the original plates became worn by the mid 1800's. To save these genius-inspired works, Amand Durand, a master engraver, born in France in 1831, spent the major part of his career exactly duplicating the genius of Rembrandt onto hard, lasting copper plates. Art historians and critics have been stunned by the incredible quality Durand achieved through his own technical genius. Historical references indicate that Armand Durand's amazing skills were well known to expert of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many esteemed art critics and curators feel that Durand's works not only do great justice to Rembrandt's original concepts but subtly improve on the legendary Dutch master in a technical sense. Amand -Durand was a great admirer of Rembrandt. He desired to study the plates and techniques of this genius. Unfortunately at the time there only remained about 100 known plates, which were available to produce fine quality impressions. For 100 years the bulk of Rembrandt's plates were shrouded in mystery. As time moved on some of Rembrandt's plates began to surface. By this time Rembrandt's plates were miserably worn and dull. Amand-Durand, who by now had made the ranks of a noted engraver, decided to remedy this with his own gifted talents. He researched and intensely studied pieces that were available only in collections. From here on he spent the major part of his life exactly duplicating Rembrandt's images onto copper plates. These recreations were called Amand-Durand's after Rembrandt. Their unbelievable clarity and exactness were achieved because Amand-Durand used as his guide, not the worn and dull plates, but the first and second state etchings of the master's original works. By this time Durand's talent were known to experts of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1855, Conservator of the Cabinet de Estampes, George Duplessis so appreciated the genius of this man that he had his work published in books which belong to the Bibliotheque Nationale in France. Amand-Durand was used as master etcher in an anthology of European engravings, which became so valuable that they were kept under locked scrutiny in most libraries. What we have is a noted master duplicating a master some 200 years later. Soon after Amand-Durand's death in 1905, his original copper plates were obtained by the prestigious French book publishing family, DOMINIQUE VINCENT et Cie. They mainly published the work for book illustrations to the Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum as beautiful exact duplications of Rembrandt's etchings. Sporadically they sold to private parties interested in this unique creation. It was this reproducing that caused hushed rumor that spread throughout the entire art world. It was discreetly rumored among noted art circles, that in the early 1900's numerous Amand Durand after Rembrandt etchings found their way into famous collections much to the dismay of many. This was the rumor until 1985. An American art dealer doing research on the availability of Rembrandt etchings came across some so questionably perfect that he decided to research even further. Fierce studying proved that these were in fact Amand-Durand etchings that had been rumored and gossiped about for so many years. Completely aware of what information he and come across and the problems that developed when they were placed in the wrong hands, he resolved to locate the original copper plates. This took quite some time. However with unbelievable resourcefulness he was able to locate the Dominique Vincent family who had been completely unaware of the stories that were inadvertently created with these prints. The Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum in Paris had been acquiring these etchings to allow the French to see the unimaginable story behind them. The American dealer purchased all 348 original copper plates. This allowed the American public to also see this unimaginable story of how a noted artisan through his talent and dedication for the great master Rembrandt, created effects of such quality that the repercussions were felt throughout the entire art world for many, many years. Over a century after Amand-Durand painstakingly recreated Rembrandt's etching, the benefits of his devotion to quality and beauty are again felt throughout the art world. The piece was made from the re-worked original copper plate by Amand Durand in the late 1800s. It is absolutely beautiful

Signature: In the plate, lower rightMedium: Print on paperImage size: 7 1/2 x 19 1/2 inchesFraming: In black metal frameFrame size: 8 1/4 x 20 inches Condition: Excellent; minor frame wear

Here are two German beer steins, each in a different distinctive shape. * One is a Domex made in Germany, and it was originally purchased at a Disney resort. It is ceramic with pewter lid, and features a crest of the state of Bayern. The size is 6" tall to the lid and 4 1/2" in diameter. * The other stein is older, being made in Western Germany. It is an Original King, numbered 4/10. It is ceramic with pewter hinge. The size is 8" tall to the lid and 3 1/2" in diameter. Both are in excellent condition. They are authentic and nicely detailed, and perfect for your biergarten.

Artist: Hiro Yamagata Title: Autumn Afternoon Medium: Original Serigraph Year:1988 Size: 34" by 42" unframed Paper: 320g Coventry Rag No. of Colors: 53 Edition Size: Edition Size: 566, Artist's Proofs: 1-50/50, Printer's Proofs: 1-10/10, Museum: 1-25/25 Screens: Destroyed Printer: Maxwell-Nova Fine Arts, New York Publisher: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions Inc. Van Nuys, CA

Edition of 50 pieces with 20 A/PMint Condition

This piece is facsimile signed which means that it has a copy of Picasso's original signature on it. Pencil numbered from a limited edition of 500. Measures 25" x 19.5". Printed on high quality archival paper. In excellent condition, comes unframed. Comes with a certificate

Known the world over for his striking, vibrant depictions of sporting events, leisure activities and other social gatherings, LeRoy Neiman is indisputably one of the most popular and widely known artists of the modern era. From 10 years in the classroom as an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago early in his career after completing his own studies there, to being the official artist at five separate Olympiads and even working for CBS as a Super Bowl computer artist, LeRoy Neiman has come to be defined by his spectacular ability of taking everyday life events and turning them into magnificent works of art. Born on June 8, 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota, LeRoy Neiman was raised by his mother and two different stepfathers after his biological father abandoned the family early in his childhood. Living his early years in a rough blue-collar St. Paul neighborhood, Neiman's initial interest in art began at a very young age when a painting be made of a fish in the sixth grade won a prize in a national art competition. He went on in his teenage years to earn extra money by painting images of fruit, vegetables and meat on the windows of local grocery stores. He even painted portraits of the shopkeepers themselves. While serving in the United States Army beginning in 1942, LeRoy Neiman began to gain significant recognition amongst his Army colleagues when he painted a number of eye-catching, sexually suggestive murals on the walls of military kitchens and dining halls that drew great praise from both men and women. Neiman would later go on to be a contributing artist for Playboy magazine in the 1950's, to which he still contributes illustrations to this day.In 1953, LeRoy Neiman held his first solo art shows to display some of his earliest works at galleries in Chicago and Lincoln, Illinois. Art lovers and novices alike immediately recognized and developed great respect for Neiman's unique style, willingness to take risks and incredible ability to appeal to people of all ages, ethic groups and socio-economic backgrounds. Since the remarkable success of those first shows in 1953, Neiman has gone on to create some of the most beloved and well known paintings in United Stated history.Citing Leonardo da Vinci and Rubens as two of his biggest personal influences, LeRoy Neiman describes his own work in the following way " A day at the races... A night at the opera... These two lines, I think, reflect the spirit of my work and my pleasures, of my art, prints and posters. In a sense, they capture the range of my environment. I have painted and sketched in casinos, hotels, bars, massage parlors, steam baths, in the salons of elegant restaurants (and sometimes their galleys), on battlefields and football fields, in law courts and tennis courts, in pool rooms and swimming pools, from the decks of luxury liners and yachts and the doorways of skid-row missions. To me, it's all Neimanland." Throughout the course of his distinguished career, LeRoy Neiman has been the recipient of countless awards and recognitions, including an Award of Merit from the American Athletic Union in 1976 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association in 1986, among countless others. To date, more than 150,000 LeRoy Neiman prints have been purchased, having an estimated market value exceeding $400 million! LeRoy Neiman has certainly left his distinctive, incontrovertible mark on the art world and then some, and continues to do so to this day. Neiman currently lives in New York City with his wife of more than 50 years, Janet, at the Hotel des Artistes, which has been their home together for more than 30 years

VERY NICE French Louis Philippe period table with one drawer, in very good condition (Circa 1850). This piece was made of walnut wood by a French cabinet maker. You can use this piece as a TABLE or as a VERY NICE DESK! In very good condition and gorgeous patina! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France).h-30.5/ w-47/ d-29.5

Licensed by Harley-Davidson, Scott Jacob's work is remarkable for its photo realistic excellence. His work is owned by celebrities such as Peter Fonda, Willie G. Davidson, Lorenzo Lamas, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, John Elway, and Karl Malone. And now YOU have a chance to add a signed limited edition print by this talented contemporary artist to your collection! * Title: "The Factory" * Giclée on paper * 22 × 22 * Signed by the artist * Numbered from a limited edition of 100, plus 15 AP * Excellent condition; never mounted, matted or framed * Certificate of Authenticity * Retail gallery price USD 650 * * A great print at a great price! * * * SPECIAL SHIPPING NOTE: This print will be shipped rolled in a heavy duty mailing tube.

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta dish drageoir made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-1.5"/ w-6"/ d-6"

This is an original, double-sided print from the antique book Pictures of People by Charles Dana Gibson. The book and this print were published in 1896, and this U.S. edition was limited to 500 copies, many of which have probably been discarded or lost over time. * * Front side: Title "CHEER UP GIRLS!"Back side: UntitledArtist's signature appears in the plate Original sheet size: 11 3/8 x 17 3/8 inches (edges have been trimmed down slightly) Condition: Very goodFrom the political cartoon of the boat, to an intimate dining scene, Gibson knew how to capture the scenes of the times. * The famous "Gibson Girl," created by Charles Dana Gibson represents the epitome of American womanhood. Aloof, independent, confident and serene in character and personality, the Gibson Girl was-first and foremost-a "stunner." She was portrayed as finely featured, her hair piled on top of her head in defiance of gravity, and always impeccably dressed. * * The illustrations of Charles Gibson both influenced and reflected the "zeitgeist" of their day. Appearing in a number of popular magazines, notably Scribner's, Harper's, Colliers and The Century. Gibson's drawings were an immediate hit with the public. His images are among the first examples of popular merchandising; at the height of her popularity, the Gibson Girl appeared on china plates, umbrella stands, stick pins, wallpaper and match boxes. All of these items - but especially the illustrations themselves - are avidly sought by collectors. *

Elk Family Bronze Sculpture, After PJ Mene, 16"H x 16"W x 8"D40 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!Pierre Jules Mêne, (1810 -1879), was a French Sculptor and animalière. He is considered the pioneer of animal sculpture in the nineteenth-century.Mêne produced a number of animal sculptures, mainly of domestic animals including horses, cows and bulls, sheep and goats which were in vogue during the Second Empire. He was one of a school of French animalières which also included Rosa Bonheur, Pierre Louis Rouillard, Antoine-Louis Barye, Auguste Caïn, and François Pompon.His work was first shown in London by Ernest Gambart in 1849. Mêne specialized in small bronze figures which explains why none of his works exist as public statuary. His work was a popular success with the bourgeois class and many editions of each sculpture were made, often to decorate an increasing number of private homes of the period. The quality of these works is high, comparable to Barye's. Mêne also seems to have enjoyed a longer period of success and celebrity than his contemporaries. He is considered to have been the lost-wax casting expert of his time, later surpassed only by Auguste Rodin.

Authentic hand-painted Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Poodle" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: L-V as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2.5"/ w-2.5"/ d-1.75"

Set of 6 French Laguiole steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate" DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL. The VERY FAMOUS set of 6 French steak-knives "LAGUIOLE"...with Authenticity Certificate. The handle was made of French oak & the blade made of very high grade stainless steel was stamped, ground and polished with 25 different manual production stages. Blade: 4.5"/ total: 9.25"The world renowned knives has been crafted in the heart of France for over 200 years. This Company was created in 1920, in the capital of French cutlery (Auvergne, center-France). These knives are the result of a family tradition of fine workmanship and very high quality products. Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery. Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products. It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations. The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962. Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development. Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives. Quality is an integral part of the company policy. Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #98/13744 /**ThinViewJs**/ var ifr = function() {}; ifr.browserDetect = function() {this.bFirefox = this.bWebTV = this.bOpera = this.bNav = this.bIE = this.bSafari =this.bWin = this.bMac = this.bMacppc = this.bMactel =this.bWinXp = this.bXpSp2 = this.bAOL = this.bVista = false;this.iVer = this.fVer = -1;this.fMinorVer = 0;this.init = function() {var nv = navigator, agt = nv.userAgent.toLowerCase(), i = 0, ver;with (this){if (agt.indexOf('webtv') != -1){bWebTV = true;i = agt.indexOf('webtv/') + 6;}else if (agt.indexOf('firefox') != -1){bFirefox = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('firefox') + 8;}else if (agt.indexOf('safari') != -1){bSafari = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('safari') + 7;}else if(typeof(window.opera)!='undefined'){bOpera = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('opera') + 6;}else if (nv.appName == 'Netscape'){bNav = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('/') + 1;}else if (agt.indexOf('msie') != -1){bIE = true;i = agt.indexOf('msie') + 4;if ((agt.indexOf('aol') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('america online') != -1))bAOL = true;}ver = bOpera?window.opera.version():agt.substring(i);iVer = parseInt(ver);fVer = parseFloat(ver);fMinorVer = fVer - iVer;bWin = (agt.indexOf('win') != -1);bWinXp = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 5.1') != -1));bVista = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 6.0') != -1));bXpSp2 = (bWinXp && (agt.indexOf('sv1') != -1));bMac = (agt.indexOf('mac') != -1);bMacppc = (bMac && ((agt.indexOf('ppc') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('powerpc') != -1)));bMactel = (bMac && (agt.indexOf('intel') != -1));}}this.init();return this;}var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();if (oCl.bFirefox) { ifr.init(1); } ifr.addLoadEvent = function(func) { var oldonload = window.onload;if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {window.onload = func;}else {window.onload = function() {if (oldonload) {oldonload();}func();}}};ifr.addLoadEvent( function() { ifr.init(2); } ); ifr.init = function(callerId) {var lastInitCall = '';var bSafari = oCl.bSafari;var bFirefox = oCl.bFirefox;var iVer = oCl.iVer;var bWin = oCl.bWin;var cTime = new Date().getTime();if (!window.bError) {var el = new Date().getSeconds();var lt = (el - window.bl);}if (typeof(clientErrorLog) !== 'undefined') {if (lt > clientErrorThresholdTime) {ifr.process(lt);}}if (((callerId !== 2) && (lastInitCall !== '') && ((cTime-lastInitCall) = 9 && (h==10000) && document.getElementById('EBdescription')) { h = document.getElementById('EBdescription').scrollHeight; }} else {h = document.body.offsetHeight; if (oCl.bSafari && oCl.iVer >= 523) {w = document.body.scrollWidth;} else {w = document.body.offsetWidth;if (window.scrollMaxX !== 0) {w += window.scrollMaxX;}}}if (isNaN(w)) {w = 0;}if ((oCl.bFirefox && oCl.bWin) && (h > 32000)) {h = 32000;}rv[0] += h;rv[1] += w;return rv;};ifr.resizeIt = function(callerId) {var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();var size = ifr.getSize();if (size) {if (!oCl.bSafari) {var rf = window.document.referrer;var re = new RegExp('^http\://cgi\.');var re2 = new RegExp('^(http\://www\.)([a-z]{2}\.)?([0-9a-z]{5}\.)?([a-z]{2}\.)?([a-z]{4}\.)([a-z]{3}|[a-z]{2})(\.[a-z]{2})?(/itm/)');if ((rf.toString().match(re) !== null) || (rf.toString().match(re2) !== null)) {parent.resizeFrame(size);}}ifr.setData(size, callerId);};}

A very nice French faience earthenware plate made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This plate was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed the plate, you can see on the picture #4). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Diameter 9.75"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

This painting was done by Natalie Krol and is 30" X 40" and is certain to be a wonderful addition to any collection. Natalie's pieces are in public collections as well as private collections around the world.

This terrific image is by Burton Morris, a remarkably popular and avidly collected contemporary artist who has put his own energetic spin on Pop art! * Title: "American Pop Red" * 1998 * 40 × 45 * Original serigraph on paper * Signed by the artist in pencil and dated LR * Avalon Publishing Group blind stamp LR * Numbered LL * Bright and fresh; never mounted, matted or framed * Certificate of Authenticity * Morris first gained national attention in the mid-1990's when his artwork was chosen to hang on the set of the NBC television series "Friends," where it has remained throughout the show's run. He has created artwork for national campaigns for Absolut Vodka, Perrier, Gallo Winery and AT&T. Morris was chosen by the United States Olympic Committee to be an official artist for the U.S. team at the 2004 Games in Athens and also designed the 2004 Oscar poster.

Pino, born Guiseppe Dangelico in Bari on November 8, 1939, began his studies at the city's Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan's Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent for painting nudes. In the two years he studied at the Academy, he came under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaioli. From 1960 to 1979, his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe. He was also commissioned by Italy's two largest publisher's, Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations. However, he felt restricted in Milan. He wanted more artistic freedom, which he believed he could find in the United States. In 1979 he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery, where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. His struggle here became the greatest of his life. His sponsorship barely allowed him to feed his family. His English was limited and his means of transportation was a bicycle. After knocking on many doors, in February of 1980, "Zebra Books Publishers" promised him a job, commissioning him to do a book cover.His interpretation was new, fresh and sensual. Stylistically, he brought the characters into the foreground where his technique and talent for painting the anatomy was celebrated. His illustrations were so successful that he gained entrée into creative relationships with many leading publishers of romance novels. His popularity grew within the literary community and he became the artist-in-demand for Zebra, Bantam, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Penguin USA and Dell. From 1980 to 1993 he dedicated himself totally to this art where his style dominated and influenced the market. His illustrations combined elements fresh from Europe with a powerful sensuality, bringing this medium to new heights.Although Pino devoted 13 years to illustrating book covers, he never abandoned his desire to return to fine art. His desire to create pieces that emerge free from outside restrictions motivated him to find the time to devote himself to fine art again. In 1993, he contacted a major gallery. He sent out five paintings, which were well received, launching him into a new arena. Pino finally found the freedom he had always desired; to explore the profundity of his talents without restraint.Pino has been producing works of a highly romantic nature with a unique and innovative touch. Exploring the depths of his experiences, he puts on canvas subjects that embody life's simple pleasures. These works have a veil of nostalgia and the characters have subtle suggestions of complexity. Dressed in soft flowing fabrics, the colors of their garments in relation to the sea, sand, sky and sun elicit feelings of warmth, a perception of preciousness and a notion of an uncomplicated world.Reminiscent of his childhood environment, Pino's paintings are generally set in coastal, sunny, and vibrantly floral places. He uses a colorful pallet to create tender pleasurable feelings. His fine art is rich with sensuality, rousing the memory through all the senses. Pino's paintings resurrect in us the incidents of those simple, priceless moments we have stored in our memories and have so frequently forgotten.

Jay BlanchardInfluenced by the masters Manet, Van Delk, and Monet he uses a palette knife painting directly on the canvas and then uses a brush in combination to give a heavy textural feeling that can only be accomplished by the use of both knife and brush - Jay quotes "the art seems to come alive". Born in 1955 in Tigne France, his father was a physician and his mother owned a small gift shop where she decorated her shop with many of her son's paintings. He also had his work displayed with friend Max Anderman at one of the local galleries in town. His work can mainly be seen at local street exhibits throughout France. He resides and studies in Paris France from where he paints on any given day in the warm weather where he can be found with his easel painting the images he loves. 2800

Marilyn Monroe defied the concepts of beauty and eloquence, she was in her own category. This artist shows you why she was a goddess among men. * Artist: Shen Medium: Lithograph print on paper Signature: in pencil, lower right Edition: Artist Proof Size of Image: 14 1/4" x 18 7/8" Size of Paper: 16 3/4" x 23 1/8" Condition: Excellent

Here is a very nice French Farm table-desk with one drawer and curved legs, in very good condition (Circa 1850). This piece was made of fruitwood by a French cabinet maker from Eastern France. You can use as a TABLE or as a VERY NICE DESK! In very good condition and gorgeous patina! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!H-30.25/ W-42.25/ D-31.5

This is an original signed production cel and printed background are from the hit series X-Men. Stan Lee signature is located on the top right of cel in black sharpie. * Under a cloud of increasing anti-mutant sentiment, Professor Xavier creates a haven at his Westchester mansion to train young mutants to use their powers for the benefit of humanity, and to prove mutants can be heroes. Xavier recruited Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast and Jean Grey calling them "X-Men" because they possessed the "x-gene", an ability normal humans lacked. Early issues introduced the team's arch enemy, Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, who would later battle the X-Men for years. * What is going on here?!? * * Original Animated Cel and Printed Background * Overall Size of the Cel: 10 1/2" x 12 1/2" Overall Size of the background: 10" x 14" Excellent Condition This is an original hand-painted cel set-up used in the production of an episode of X-Men titled "Beauty and the Beast." Each one-of-a-kind set-up represents a slight change in position of the characters. When individually photographed and projected in rapid succession, the images appear to move. * To create production cels, the original animator's drawing is transferred onto an acetate cel (by hand-inking and/or photo copying). The cel is then hand-painted on the reverse side. The background accompanying this set-up is a reproduction background. * The cel and original background is ready to be matted and framed. The animators notations are located at the bottom of the cel and top of the background. The Certificate of Authenticity is from Choice Collectibles. The cel and background come in a protective sleeve. *

Set of 2 antique roof tile sconces. Antique roof tiles from the South of France. The roof tiles from which these sconces were made were produced in 1820's in South of France. They were the products of women who created the distinctive tapered shape by folding sheets of clay over their thighs. As the thighs vary naturally, so do these tiles (Each tile varies a little since they are handmade). Due to their age, none will be in brand new condition. Sometimes, there are OLD chips but they are antique tiles (not reproduction) which have wear and tear due to their age. Materiel: Terra cotta Our prices are very reasonable because we buy directly in France. h-19"/ w-6.5" We ship from Texas (not from France)!

A wonderful print of Fall Trees. Beautiful Pieece.

Set of 4 authentic French Parisian Bistro chairs, Circa 1920, directly from an old Cafe from Paris. I purchased these chairs during my last trip in France. I am sure you know, that it is VERY HARD to find a set of this kind of chairs in good condition and sturdy. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-32" (top of the back) and 19.25" (top of the seat)/ w-16.5"/ d-14.5"

This guitarist figure was hand crafted from layered pieces of metal, and painted to give a natural weathered look. It is a wonderful decorator piece for a musician, or anyone who loves music. * Medium: Painted metalSize: 28 x 34 inchesCondition: Mint, with original tag.

Duck Family Bronze Sculpture, After Barye, 14 "H x15"W x 8"D35 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!Antoine-louis Barye (1796 - 1875) Originally trained as a goldsmith, Antoine-Louis Barye served in Napoleon's army before studying sculpture and painting. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1818 and adapted the romantic-style subject matter of violent and majestic animals. After his crocodile-like sculpture entitled Tiger Devouring a Gavail, won a medal at the Salon of 1831, Barye became a successful and independent sculptor and painter. His animal sculptures competed at the Salon alongside the more traditional and revered human figures. In 1845, Barye began a foundry that produced smaller and more affordable bronze statues. He was appointed the keeper of plaster casts at the Louvre and professor of zoological drawing at the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle, both in Paris. Elected to the Academie in 1868, Barye inspired a later generation of animal sculptors who called themselves the animaliers.

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

Cap Martin by Monet Numbered Giclee 17x22 1/2Hand Embellished on Canvas

Here is an antique French Henri II style "Buffet deux corps" (1 bottom part with 2 doors & 2 drawers + 1 top part with 2 doors) made by a French cabinet maker (of solid walnut wood) in the 1880's - 1890's. We bought this piece in South West of France (well known in France for the quality of the antique country pieces). Good condition!h-90.5"/ w-54.75"/ d-22.75"We ship from Texas (not from France).

Falcon Bronze Sculpture, After Barye, 16"H x 7"W x 5"D12 lbs This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!Antoine-louis Barye (1796 - 1875) Originally trained as a goldsmith, Antoine-Louis Barye served in Napoleon's army before studying sculpture and painting. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1818 and adapted the romantic-style subject matter of violent and majestic animals. After his crocodile-like sculpture entitled Tiger Devouring a Gavail, won a medal at the Salon of 1831, Barye became a successful and independent sculptor and painter. His animal sculptures competed at the Salon alongside the more traditional and revered human figures. In 1845, Barye began a foundry that produced smaller and more affordable bronze statues. He was appointed the keeper of plaster casts at the Louvre and professor of zoological drawing at the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle, both in Paris. Elected to the Academie in 1868, Barye inspired a later generation of animal sculptors who called themselves the animaliers.

A very nice French hand painted faience earthenware plate (Decor Annecy) made by Pornic, Brittany, France. This plate was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (On the photo, you can see the stamp to guarantee this signature of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of plate made in Pornic, Britany is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Diameter" 10.50"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Highly collectible pitcher-jug from Alsace (Eastern France). This charming Alsatian piece of pottery (hand-made and hand-painted), dating around 1920's, come from many different villages throughout the region. The dark blue "terre vernissee", or glazed pottery, with its decorative flowers, comes from the village of Soufflenheim. Good condition (No cracks, very little chips as you can see on photo). h-5.5/ w-7.25/ d-5. We ship from Texas (not from France)

Here are three Fenton Crystal Button & Diamond pattern Fan Dishes. One is cobalt blue, and the other two are clear. They are in very good to excellent condition, and one clear dish has minor rim nicks. The dimensions are 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. * These are very pretty for anyone who loves fans.

Very nice reproduction of French clock "Bistro Leon, L. Morissat, Paris" with its key holders. This clock is made individually, hand assembled with the finest composents...hand-antiqued, die-cut steel hands with time-worn patinas and beautifully finished frame. It is a quarz clock movement. It is a new item! We ship from Texas (not from France).15.25" x 15.75"

A very nice French hand painted teeth brush holder made by Pornic, France with "Fleur de Lys". This teeth brush holder was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist(with stamp to guarantee this signature of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of pottery made in Pornic, Britany is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2.75"/ w-4"/ d-3"

Here is an Antique French country working table, made of French solid pine in the mid 1800's by a cabinet maker from Champagne Region (Eastern France) and used in a vineyard in Epernay area. One drawer on the front. The painting seems original. w:37"/ d: 26"/ h: 31". It will be great for a kitchen table or as a desk. Very sturdy, gorgeous patina!!! Very hard to find! A nice piece and a very good price for this small part of France in your home. We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Beautiful reprint of a Concert by Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.Iconic pop/rock stars of the 1960'sSex/drugs and rock and roll were the 1960's Peace demonstration and sitins were the insiration for the music of these two great singers.Poster is framed.Bidding starts at low Bid.

This is a large French baker's rack made of iron with 3 shelves. It measures 67"H x 25.5"W x 12"D. Excellent quality & workmanship. Folds easily for storage or transport. A small part of France in your home! For the shipping, we ship from Texas (not from France).

We love this signed, limited edition print by popular contemporary artist Burton Morris! * Title: "Penny A Pop" * 1998 * 32 × 45½ * Original serigraph on paper * Signed by the artist in pencil and dated lower right * Numbered from an edition of 250 lower left * Bright and fresh; never mounted, matted or framed * Certificate of Authenticity * Morris first gained national attention in the mid-1990's when his artwork was chosen to hang on the set of the NBC television series "Friends," where it has remained throughout the show's run. He has created artwork for national campaigns for Absolut Vodka, Perrier, Gallo Winery and AT&T. Morris was chosen by the United States Olympic Committee to be an official artist for the U.S. team at the 2004 Games in Athens and also designed the 2004 Oscar poster.

A special piece and is an etching. Aproximately

AUTHENTIC PIECE OF POTTERY (terrine with its lid) FROM SOUTH of FRANCE, Circa 1930... No chips, No cracks. You can see the glaze outside. Very good condition! We ship from Texas (not from France).5.5 x 9 x 9

This charming "naif" print is by the very popular artist Nobou "Nicky" Watanabe: * Title: "Honeymoon Express" * 1991 * Limited edition serigraph on paper * Signed and numbered from a limited edition of 300 * 24 × 30 inches * Excellent condition; never mounted, matted or framed * Certificate of Authenticity * * A master of detail, Nobou Watanabe applies meticulous definition to every face, tree and snowflake in his paintings. Watanabe was born in Japan and did not move to the United States until after he graduated college. His style incorporates the influence of his boyhood in Japan as well as "naif" styles and motifs. * * A delightful addition to any collection! * * * SPECIAL SHIPPING NOTE: This print will be shipped rolled in a heavy duty mailing tube.

Fighting Lion and Serpent Bronze Sculpture, After Barye, 9"H x 12"W x 7"D24 lbs This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Natural Columbian Emerald1011.85 carats oval shape Dark green, faceted cut Emerald. Stone is not heated or treated in any way. Appraisal replacement value of $106,244.Appraised by C. Cruz, Graduate Gemologist from GIA. Appraisal comes with Emerald.Shipping will include confirmation and insurance. Pay with PayPal.

Here is an antique French book (wrote in French) dated 1802 as you can see on page #2. Subject: "Beaux Exemples de Piete Filiale et de Concorde Fraternelle", history of famous children and life of Joan of Arc by Anne-François-Joachim Fréville which was "un homme de lettres français" 1749-1832. This book was printed in Paris. Leather cover, 478 pages. Condition: Fair (or less) condition for its age (a few pages missing at end of the book)! h-7"/ w-4"/ d-1.5" We ship from Texas (not from France)

Here is an antique French book (wrote in French) dated 1837 as you can see on page #1. Subject: "Histoire de la Sainte Bible", History of the Holly Bible by Sieur De Royaumont. This book was printed in Clermont. Leather cover, 420 pages. Condition: Good condition for its age! h-7"/ w-4"/ d-1.25" We ship from Texas (not from France)

Set of 5 antique Resin pots from Landes(Southwestern France) These clay pots were used, in the 1800's (made between early 1800's to mid.1800), to collect resin from pine-trees. Pine resin was collected manually by resiniers, who 'hurt' or damaged the pine tree trunk so that it 'bleeds'. The raw resin, which of itself has little commercial use, was then distilled to produce two products: turpentine, and rosin (colophane in French). In some parts of Southwestern France, resin-tapping had been done since the Middle Ages and before. Size: about h-5"/ diam-5.5" Because the clay pots were hand-made in mid.1800's, each one is unique (the photos enclosed are to show samples...possible little difference in shape and colors). Due to their age, none will be in brand new condition. Sometimes, there are OLD chips but they are antique pots (not reproduction) which have wear and tear due to their age. Can be used for topiaries, plants, potpourri, decoration, etc. A small part of France in your home! This price is for THE SET of 5 pots For the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Have you ever wonder what it would be like to control the life/lives of people that isn't your own? Well here's your chance to do that. Offered here is a great lot of The Sims 2 PC-CD's that you can't pass up on. In this lot you will receive: * The Sims 2 The Sims 2 Special DVD Edition The Sims 2: University, Open for Business, Pets, and NightlifeThis wonderful lot comes with four bonus PC-CD's from the original The Sims. They include: Hot Date, Living Large, House Party, and Vacation. All the discs are in there original case, have been used, and there conditions range from very good to near mint. * The Sims 2 has the same concept as its predecessor and sequel, The Sims 3, players control their Sims in various activities and form relationships in a manner similar to real life. The Sims 2, like its predecessor, The Sims, does not have a defined final goal; gameplay is open-ended. Sims have life goals, wants and fears, the fulfillment of which can produce both positive or negative outcomes. All Sims age, and can live to 90 sim days depending on the degree to which their aspirations are fulfilled. The Sims 2 builds on its predecessor by allowing Sims to age through six stages of life and incorporating a 3D graphics engine. Although gameplay is not linear, storylines exist in the game's pre-built neighborhoods. Pleasantview is based 25 years after the town in the original The Sims. Strangetown's storyline is based on the supernatural, and is loosely connected with Pleasantview. Veronaville's characters are based on Shakespearian characters. *

Very nice French mirror. The frame was made of iron with cream color. Very good condition. h-21.5"/ w-21.5"/ d-2" We ship from Texas (not from France)

Here is a signed limited edition fine art print by the popular motorcycle artist Tom Fritz: * Title: "Thunder on the Wall" * Giclée on paper * 21 × 26½ * Signed and numbered from a limited edition of 150, plus 20 APs * Excellent condition; never mounted, matted or framed * Certificate of Authenticity * Retail gallery price $1000 * * Tom Fritz, a talented and versatile painter from Newbury Park, California, received his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University Northridge. He worked for over 20 years for a major defense/aerospace corporation as the staff artist, and as a successful freelance commercial illustrator. In 1999, Fritz completed a four-piece commission for Harley-Davidson Motor Company, which depicts the history of the Harley-Davidson motorcycles in America in their early years. The finished paintings today are in the corporate collection of Harley-Davidson. His talents have been widely acclaimed and his work can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world. * * * SPECIAL SHIPPING NOTE: This print will be shipped rolled in a heavy duty mailing tube.

Beautiful Watercolor of Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona Az. Framed Museum Quality as shown 34 x 38

Authentic hand-painted Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Cat" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: T-R, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2.5"/ w-2.25/ d-1.75"

Rare natural Australian Black Opal, DoubletFULL OF FIRE!.80 carat Stone. Beautiful stone. Great for ring!

Peter Max was born in Berlin in 1937 but his family moved to China when he was still very young. In fact the young Max would move frequently with his family, learning about a variety of cultures throughout the world while traveling from Tibet to Africa to Israel to Europe until his family moved to the U.S. In American Max was trained at the Art Students League, Pratt Institute, and the School of Visual Arts, all in New York. After closing his design studio in 1964, Peter began creating his characteristic paintings and graphic prints.From visionary pop artist of the 1960's, to master of dynamic neo Expressionism, Peter Max and his vibrant colors have become part of the fabric of contemporary American culture. In the 1960's Max rose to youthful prominence with his now-famous "Cosmic '60s" style, a bold linear type of painting which employed Fauvist use of color and depicted transcendental themes. Peter Max revolutionized art of the 60's just as the Beatles transformed the music of the decade. As his expressionistic style evolved, becoming more sensuous and painterly, Max's unique symbolism and vibrant color palette have continued to inspire new generations of Americans throughout the decades. Peter Max is a passionate environmentalist and defender of human and animal rights, often dedicating paintings and posters for these noteworthy causes. He has celebrated our nation's principles of freedom and democracy with his famous paintings of American icons of freedom including Lady Liberty and the American Flag.Peter Max has received many important commissions including the creation of the first "Preserve the Environment" Postage Stamp commemorating the World's Fair in Spokane, Washington; 235 Border Murals at entry points to Canada and Mexico commissioned by the U.S. General Services; and a painting of each of the 50 states, resulting in a book, "Peter Max Paints America" in celebration of the Bicentennial. In 1981 he was invited by President and Mrs. Reagan to paint six Liberty portraits at the White House. Max has painted for five U.S. Presidents - Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton. Max has exhibited in over 40 international museums and over 50 galleries, worldwide. His work can be found in many prominent museum and private collections around the world. American Fine Art Editions, Inc. is proud to feature the work of this internationally acclaimed master of Pop art and his famed "Cosmic 60's" style. In addition to Peter Max, the gallery hosts a variety of other renowned masters including: Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Joan Miro, Andrew Wyeth, LeRoy Neiman, Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall, and more. Visit our 12,000 sq. ft. showroom in Scottsdale, AZ or call today. Our website is offered only as a limited place to browse or refresh your memory and is not a reflection of our current inventory. If you need to learn more about collecting, pricing, value or any other art information your International Art Consultant will assist you and give you the one on one attention you deserve. We hope you find our website helpful and look forward to seeing you in Scottsdale soon.

Kaiko Moti, Indian (1921 - 1989) Kaiko Moti was born in Bombay, India in 1921. As a young man, he attended the Bombay School of Fine Arts for five years. Upon receipt of a scholarship from University College, he moved to London.In 1950 Moti moved to Paris, where he studied sculpture under Ossip Zadkine. Lack of space in Paris was a challenge to Moti, so he turned from sculpture to printmaking. He studied at Atelier 17 with Stanley Hayter. Noted for his ephemeral aquatints, Moti also taught at the University of Wisconsin. Moti's work has been shown all over the world, most notably the Biennale in Venice, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, the New York Public Library and the New Delhi Museum of Art. His work can be found in public and private collections including Victoria and Albert Museum in London; the French National Museum of Modern Art and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.

Jay BlanchardInfluenced by the masters Manet, Van Delk, and Monet he uses a palette knife painting directly on the canvas and then uses a brush in combination to give a heavy textural feeling that can only be accomplished by the use of both knife and brush - Jay quotes "the art seems to come alive". Born in 1955 in Tigne France, his father was a physician and his mother owned a small gift shop where she decorated her shop with many of her son's paintings. He also had his work displayed with friend Max Anderman at one of the local galleries in town. His work can mainly be seen at local street exhibits throughout France. He resides and studies in Paris France from where he paints on any given day in the warm weather where he can be found with his easel painting the images he loves.

Known the world over for his striking, vibrant depictions of sporting events, leisure activities and other social gatherings, LeRoy Neiman is indisputably one of the most popular and widely known artists of the modern era. From 10 years in the classroom as an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago early in his career after completing his own studies there, to being the official artist at five separate Olympiads and even working for CBS as a Super Bowl computer artist, LeRoy Neiman has come to be defined by his spectacular ability of taking everyday life events and turning them into magnificent works of art. Born on June 8, 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota, LeRoy Neiman was raised by his mother and two different stepfathers after his biological father abandoned the family early in his childhood. Living his early years in a rough blue-collar St. Paul neighborhood, Neiman's initial interest in art began at a very young age when a painting be made of a fish in the sixth grade won a prize in a national art competition. He went on in his teenage years to earn extra money by painting images of fruit, vegetables and meat on the windows of local grocery stores. He even painted portraits of the shopkeepers themselves. While serving in the United States Army beginning in 1942, LeRoy Neiman began to gain significant recognition amongst his Army colleagues when he painted a number of eye-catching, sexually suggestive murals on the walls of military kitchens and dining halls that drew great praise from both men and women. Neiman would later go on to be a contributing artist for Playboy magazine in the 1950's, to which he still contributes illustrations to this day.In 1953, LeRoy Neiman held his first solo art shows to display some of his earliest works at galleries in Chicago and Lincoln, Illinois. Art lovers and novices alike immediately recognized and developed great respect for Neiman's unique style, willingness to take risks and incredible ability to appeal to people of all ages, ethic groups and socio-economic backgrounds. Since the remarkable success of those first shows in 1953, Neiman has gone on to create some of the most beloved and well known paintings in United Stated history.Citing Leonardo da Vinci and Rubens as two of his biggest personal influences, LeRoy Neiman describes his own work in the following way " A day at the races... A night at the opera... These two lines, I think, reflect the spirit of my work and my pleasures, of my art, prints and posters. In a sense, they capture the range of my environment. I have painted and sketched in casinos, hotels, bars, massage parlors, steam baths, in the salons of elegant restaurants (and sometimes their galleys), on battlefields and football fields, in law courts and tennis courts, in pool rooms and swimming pools, from the decks of luxury liners and yachts and the doorways of skid-row missions. To me, it's all Neimanland." Throughout the course of his distinguished career, LeRoy Neiman has been the recipient of countless awards and recognitions, including an Award of Merit from the American Athletic Union in 1976 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association in 1986, among countless others. To date, more than 150,000 LeRoy Neiman prints have been purchased, having an estimated market value exceeding $400 million! LeRoy Neiman has certainly left his distinctive, incontrovertible mark on the art world and then some, and continues to do so to this day. Neiman currently lives in New York City with his wife of more than 50 years, Janet, at the Hotel des Artistes, which has been their home together for more than 30 years

All Diamonds 14K White Gold Cross Pendant * Total Weight of round cut Diamonds - 0.60 ct14K White Gold - 2.60 gramsAppraised Value: $ 3,660.00 *

Here is a vintage Fenton Colonial Green Hobnail Basket. It features a crimped rim, and handle with lines. The dimensions are 8 1/2" tall and 8 1/4" in diameter. The condition is excellent, with no chips or cracks. * This basket will look lovely in your collection.

Wonderful Louis XV Provincial armoire from Western France (Nantes region), made in late 1700's to very early 1800's by a Breton cabinet maker with solid Fruit wood and inlay (top and bottom parts). Original hardware (made of brass), lock and key. Great shape. You can see on picture #1 a little space between the crown and the top of the armoire...it is not a new piece but an old lady! We ship from Texas (not from France)!h-87/ w-53/ d-24.5

Beautiful Amethyst Gemstone that is 12.32 ctw.Medium purple color and well faceted Pear Shape Amethyst Gem. 13x18 mmMSRP.$200.Great for Valentines day! # 33

Beautiful Fenton Cream Glass Angel with hand painted Gold Guilding highlights.Angel is hand made and approx. 6 inches high. Made By the Fenton Glass Company USA.

Authentic hand-painted Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "First tooth" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: A-M, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-1.25/ w-1.5/ d-1.5

Large beautiful Champange colored Imperial Topaz.Excellent Stone. Beautiful color and quaility.Stone is a natural topaz that has been heat treated.Top quaility Topaz.Well faceted and oval shape.Low starting bid price!

Authentic hand-painted Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "I LOVE YOU" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. h-0.75"/ w-2.75"/ d-2"For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

This is an original bank wrapped roll of 2010-P Abraham Lincoln Dollars, containing 25 coins. It is the sixteenth in the Presidential dollar series. * Condition: Mint, Gem uncirculatedNote: Roll you receive may look slightly different from the one shown *

Beautiful 2 ctw. Octagon Purple Natural Amethyst.Excellent color and clairity.Very Fine Stone.Starting bid only 25% of low estimated value!Perfect for a ring!

Michael and Janet Jackson duet of Gold record "Scream". Very Rare,Limited edition of only 7000 total in the world. Be a part of history and own Michael Jackson"s Gold record.This gold record is a vintage reproduction of the original gold record which was given to Michael and Janet.

AAA Genuine Amethyst 14 ct. Solitaire Ring. (New)Round Cut 2.0 ctw. stone. Top quaility stone.Beautiful color purple and qualityWell Faceted.Size 6 1/2 ringMSRP $700.00

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901). Many immortal painters lived and worked in Paris during the late 19th century. They included Degas, Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Seurat, Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec. Toulouse-Lautrec observed and captured in his art the Parisian nightlife of the period. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born on Nov. 24, 1864, in Albi, France. He was an aristocrat, the son and heir of Comte Alphonse-Charles de Toulouse and last in line of a family that dated back a thousand years. Henri's father was rich, handsome, and eccentric. His mother was overly devoted to her only living child. Henri was weak and often sick. By the time he was 10 he had begun to draw and paint. At 12 young Toulouse-Lautrec broke his left leg and at 14 his right leg. The bones failed to heal properly, and his legs stopped growing. He reached young adulthood with a body trunk of normal size but with abnormally short legs. He was only 1.5 meters tall. Deprived of the kind of life that a normal body would have permitted, Toulouse-Lautrec lived wholly for his art. He stayed in the Montmartre section of Paris, the center of the cabaret entertainment and bohemian life that he loved to paint. Circuses, dance halls and nightclubs, racetracks--all these spectacles were set down on canvas or made into lithographs. Toulouse-Lautrec was very much a part of all this activity. He would sit at a crowded nightclub table, laughing and drinking, and at the same time he would make swift sketches. The next morning in his studio he would expand the sketches into bright-colored paintings. In order to become a part of the Montmartre life--as well as to protect himself against the crowd's ridicule of his appearance--Toulouse-Lautrec began to drink heavily. In the 1890s the drinking started to affect his health. He was confined to a sanatorium and to his mother's care at home, but he could not stay away from alcohol. Toulouse-Lautrec died on Sept. 9, 1901, at the family chateau of Malrome. Since then his paintings and posters--particularly the Moulin Rouge group--have been in great demand and bring high prices at auctions and art sales.

Felix Mas was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1935. He studied art at Saint Jordi and joined the military, where he stayed until 1957. After leaving the military he joined the Spanish art agency Seleciones Illustrada and started working for various romance comics for companies like Fleetway and Valentine. He also drew the detective story Lt. Kane for T.V. Heroes. During the 1960s Mas worked in Scandinavia as an illustrator. He returned to comics in 1969 with D.C. Thomson's Romeo.Felix Mas joined Warren Publishing in 1972 and drew a total of 17 horror stories for Creepy and Vampirella until January 1975. The story 'The Vampiress Stalks the Castle at Night' from Vampirella 21 was included within a list of the top 25 Warren stories in The Warren Companion by David Roach. After leaving Warren, Mas moved to Venezuela and stopped his comic work, choosing instead to focus on painting. He would later move to Florida.

This is a superb religious statue of Jesus and the Sacred Heart in plaster and orginal colors.It was made in France in the late 1800's. Original condition, no repairs. Very good condition (Very small parts of painting missing on the top and bottom parts as you could see on pictures). h-13.5"/ w-3.5"/ d-3.5" We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Aldo Luongo was born in Argentina of Italian heritage. Shortly after his graduation from the Academy of Fine Arts in Argentina, Luongo came to the US for his 2 loves: art and soccer.A series of black and white unlimited edition prints brought his name to popularity. Aldo has continued his reign at the top of the contemporary art world for over four decades - a distinction that puts him in a class of his own. He has received numerous awards and honors, including being named a 4 - time official Olympic Artist (Summer 1988, Summer 1996, Winter 2002, and the upcoming Winter 2010 in Vancouver); an official World Cup Artist (1998); an official U.S. Women's World Cup Artist (1999); the 1999 Sports Artist of the Year (U.S. Sports Museum); and commissioned by the White House to join in the famous Easter Egg Hunt, which is now housed in the Smithsonian.From his acrylics to his fine art prints, all of Aldo Luongo's pieces embody the same sense of fluidity and intensity, the result of a true artist engaged in the passionate process of creation. His bold, impressionistic style has often been referred to as 'Romance On Canvas'. Central to all of Luongo's paintings is the balance between memory and hope, sorrow and humor, freedom and control. These dynamics are clearly apparent in his figurative works, especially those portraying the Hawk, an archetypal character based on the memory of his father and the discovery of his future self. Aldo Luongo's artwork captures more than just the viewers gaze...it echoes the experiences of life lived to the fullest

Highly collectible old Gargoulette pitcher from, Provence, South of France. This French charming Pottery, dating around 1940's, comes from the region of Vallauris, Provence (well known for famous potters)..."terre vernissee", or glazed pottery, with its beige color. Very good condition...a very little chip at the lip, no cracks. h-8.75"/ w-7.5"/ d-6.25" We ship from Texas (not from France)!

When Louis XIV died, stiff, formal subjects disappeared and everything became an excuse for seductive gallantries. Throughout the reign of Louis XV, the tapestry makers gave free rein to their imagination. Boucher excelled in gallant scenes. This scene is remarkable for the variety and fineness of its colors and the elegance of its details, is an exquisite illustration of his style. This tapestry by Boucher, the king`s artist and protege of Madame de Pompadour, expresses this new style. This tapestry is a "jacquard" and a reproduction (machine-made)...it is an example of the classic work from LES GOBELINS Manufacture with pastel colors. No frame for this tapestry. H: 23.5/ W: 61. Perfect quality. Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France).

Peter Max is one of the most important artists of our time. He evolved from a visionary pop artist of the 1960's to a master of neo-expressionism, and his techniques of vibrant color have become a part of the contemporary American culture.In his global causes, Max is a passionate environmentalist and defender of human and animal rights. Max often uses American symbols in his artwork and has done paintings and projects for Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. In 1994, Max created a "Peace Accord" painting for the White House to commemorate the historic signing. Max has completed his fourth Grammy Award poster, redesigned NBC television's symbolic peacock, was appointed as the official artist for 5 Super Bowls, the World Cup USA, the U.S. Tennis Open, and the NHL all-star game. Recently he created six poster images in response to the September 11th attacks. Proceeds from the sale of these works were donated to the September 11th, Twin Towers, and Survivors relief funds. In October 2002, Max created 356 portrait paintings of the firefighters who perished in the September 11th terrorist attacks. Each painting was presented to the surviving families of the firefighters at a ceremony at Madison Square Garden. Also in 2002, Harry N. Abrams, Inc published a new hardcover book, The Art of Peter Max, written by Charles Riley III, PhD.

HANS J. WEGNER PEACOCK CHAIR PP550 PP MoblerDesign: Hans J. Wegner (1914-2007) Manufacturer: Manufactured under license in Denmark by PP Mobler Design Year: 1947 Material/Finish: Ash/Soaped Dimensions (in): 40.5 h | 30.3 d | 30.3 w | seat: 14.2 h Condition: Excellent condition. Please contact us with specific questions concerning condition before bidding. Design History: When Finn Juhl first saw this chair he immediately noticed its characteristic back and named it The Peacock Chair - a name which stuck with the chair. Its consciously modern lines are not merely a matter of looks. Rather, the sweeping back with its extravagantly shaped sticks are a feat of ergonomic aesthetics. The flat part of the sticks, which gives it its peacock-like appearance, are placed where the shoulder-blades meet the chair's back. Retail: $12500.00

Here is a rare vintage Fenton Gold or Amber Crest cake stand. It is traditional milk glass with crimped rim, and pedestal stand. The dimensions are 5 1/4" tall and 13 1/2" in diameter. The condition is excellent, with no chips or cracks. * This is one of the most sought after of the crested cake stands.

JAIME SONCCO SACO was born in 1971 in Lima Peru. He hails from a long line of artists from the southern city of Arequipa, a city famous for the mountain landscapes and watercolor artists. Since he was a child, he showed an interest in landscape drawing, and at the age of 12 he moved to Chorrillos, a neighborhood of Lima close to the sea. It is at that time his infatuation with maritime themes began. In 1998, he studied oil painting at the Lima Art Museum and in 1989 he entered the national School of Art where he studied for 6 years. While there, he came in contact with many new styles and techniques, and experimented with several materials like oil painting, watercolor and acrylic painting. Upon completing his formal art education, he decided to paint maritime art, including typical Peruvian fisherman boats. He shows his work in the USA, Dominican Republic and Argentina. © 2008-2011 Amour d'Art design and development by --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mark King describes his approach to painting as ninety percent preparation. â?oIt takes a great deal of time for meâ?¦ but once I begin, I work with great impetus, with immense bursts of energy. It is not until the last ten or fifteen minutes before completion that I am able to see where the painting is going and to catch the mood of the moment.â?Born in Bombay, India to British parents in 1931, Mark Kingâ?Ts childhood was one of exotic experience and privileged education. After graduating from La Martiniére College in Calcutta, the sixteen-year-old King sailed to England to attend Bournemouth College of Art. There he studied painting, sculpture, architecture and theatre design. Subsequently, he spent seven years as the resident scenic designer at the Oxford Playhouse Theatre. In 1961, he decided to concentrate on painting, and he moved to Paris, where he studied at the Ã?cole des Beaux-Arts and the Louvre. It was there that he developed his impressionistic style, influenced by the wealth of examples of European masters.

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

Here is a big collection of photo prints of great sports stadiums across the nation. * * Condition: ExcellentSize: 8" x 10"Publisher: Aerial Views PublishingPhotos:Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (Washington, DC)Milwaukee (Miller Park)Cincinnati (Ohio)Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, Massachusetts)Seattle (Washington)St. Louis (Busch Stadium)Kansas City (Arrowhead Stadium)Cole Field House (Final Game March 3, 2002 College Park, Maryland)MiamiToronto (Skydome in Toronto, Canada)Green Bay (Old Lambeau Field)Phoenix (Arizona)Jacksonville (Inaugural Game Sept 3, 1995)CharlotteNashville (Coliseum)Louisville (Kentucky)Giants StadiumBaltimore (Opening Game Sept 6, 1998)San Diego (Petco Park)Denver (Colorado) *

Authentic French porcelain Limoges box signed "Limoges France" This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Excellent condition! (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2.25"/ diameter-5"

Set of 6 French Laguiole steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate" DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL. The VERY FAMOUS set of 6 French steak-knives "LAGUIOLE"...with Authenticity Certificate. The handles were made of 6 different woods (Olive wood, Norvegian birchwood, French oak, bubinga wood, rosewood, wenge wood) & the blade made of very high grade stainless steel was stamped, ground and polished with 25 different manual production stages. Blade: 4.5"/ total: 9.25"The world renowned knives has been crafted in the heart of France for over 200 years. This Company was created in 1920, in the capital of French cutlery (Auvergne, center-France). These knives are the result of a family tradition of fine workmanship and very high quality products. Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery. Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products. It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations. The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962. Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development. Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives. Quality is an integral part of the company policy. Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #98/13000

Artist: Jane Wooster Scott Good Wishes, Good Cheer Medium: Offset Lithograph Size: 18" by 24" Paper: Lustro 100% Archival Edition Size: 495 Artist's Proofs: 95 Hand SignedDescription Jane Wooster Scott Biography Jane Wooster Scott entered the millennium prepared to establish new records. She concluded the last millennium named by the Guinness Book of Records as the most reproduced artist in America , beating out runner-up Pablo Picasso for that distinction. TIME magazine was quick to report the surprising news, pleasing her countless collectors and admirers. Today this versatile and productive artist stands alone as the finest painter of Americana on the planet. Her works hang in museums, in public buildings and private homes in Europe , Asia and South America as well as in the United States . She has become legendary for her exceptional scenes of America 's celebrations and holidays, providing a trove of visual lore unlike any other. A dazzling coffee-table book of Scott's astonishing canvases continues to be a bestseller. Her paintings trace the cavalcade of the American experience. From her studio in Sun Valley , Idaho , Scott continues to discover new venues, celebrated traditions and everyday pleasures and beauty in this land of boundless joys and effervescent cultural diversity. In the years ahead, this dedicated artist will scour the country's nooks and crannies finding unusual, colorful panoramas of life, some typical, others rare and some so commonplace they go unnoticed by the casual observer. Wooster Scott has an unfailing eye for the charm and magnificence of her native land and paints it in her own breathtaking style for the ages. Youthful and energetic, and possessed with an aura of glamour, the personable Wooster Scott is as much at home among celebrities as she is with the ordinary folk who populate her paintings. Indeed, she has become a celebrity herself. She mingles comfortably with scores of stars, political lights and sports figures at her shows. She is in demand socially wherever she finds herself. Her collectors include Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marlon Brando, Charles Bronson, Steve Wynn, Merv Griffin and many, many other prominent art-lovers. Her enormously successful shows have been hosted by Sylvester Stallone, Dyan Cannon, Kirk Douglas, Carol Burnett and the late actors Henry Fonda and Gene Kelly. Wooster Scott has embarked on a series of campus paintings, which include University of Pennsylvania and the University of Southern California . Several others are in the planning stages. Scott is all for progress but laments the toll it takes on the landscapes she paints so poignantly. "It gets increasingly difficult to find the United States as I imagine it was a century ago-the barns, stables, cottages and town halls. Water pumps and windmills, covered bridges and one-room school houses are disappearing. But I intend to continue to seek out the remaining treasures of our heritage and paint them for my own joy and for people who share my love of country."

Authentic hand-painted Porcelain Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Paloma" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: M-B, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)!1.5x1.5x1.5

A very nice French faience pitcher made by Pornic, France. This piece was hand-painted by the artist (On the photo, you can see the stamp to guarantee this signature of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of pitcher made in Pornic, Brittany is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-5.75/ w-6.5/ d-4.75

Native American Squaw in Canoe Bronze Sculpture, After Duchoiselle 13"H x15W" x 7"D 25lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

A wonderful Black and White Hand Colored Lithograph numbered and signed in the plate!

These Japanese made figurines are celluloid, made to resemble carved ivory. They are beautifully detailed, and in very good condition overall, with black wooden bases. They come in the original boxes, which are aged and partly worn. The sizes of these figures ranges from 4 to 6 inches long. * Included are the following: * Oxen and cart with rider and standing driver, with hanging lanternsMan pulling a woman in a cart with parasolTwo men carrying a small woman (marked SSS underneath)Dragon boat with dragon head and figures insideRooster on bird house with stand (rooster broken at his foot, could be glued)Man pouring a bucket into a tub (marked with a K underneath) * Some of these have stickers marked Made in Japan. These were elegant and affordable gifts in their time, and now they are appreciated by collectors.

AUTHENTIC porcelain Limoges box made by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a "Golf ball" Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection.Diameter: 2"We ship from Texas (not from France)

Artist Biography: Gary was born and raised in the Black Hills of South Dakota. He began painting and drawing as a child. He developed a love for the outdoors and old west while spending summers on the ranches of relatives in western South Dakota. In High School he was an active member of the Dakota Artists Guild and the Black Hills Art Association.He majored in Fine Arts at the University of North Dakota. One of his instructors was the noted contemporary artist, Brian Paulsen. His art career was put on hold when he was accepted to Medical School at the University of South Dakota. As a full time physician he only painted a limited amount during the next 30 years. He never exhibited his work during this time. He did execute some commissions during this period, including illustration for medical schools and portraiture for the Veterans Administration.In 2003, he was able to limit his busy medical practice enough to resume drawing and oil painting in earnest. He attended painting workshops in Laguna Beach and Scottsdale and trained extensively with the renowned English painter, Paul Abbott.Paul Abbott apprenticed with the noted English painter Robert Lenkiewicz. Gary was influenced heavily by both of these artists' representational styles.His first public exhibition since childhood was in 2005 in Prescott, Arizona, where he now resides. Gary won First Place, 2-D, for his oil painting in the 2006 Arizona Visions Art Competition. His studio was selected to participate in the 2006 Smithsonian CultureFest in Prescott, Arizona. Gary is now retired from the medical profession and paints full time in his studio in Prescott, Arizona. Gary is the drawing instructor at Ecosa Institute, also in Prescott. He illustrates for the periodical, "Territorial Times". The artist works almost exclusively in oils, pencil and conte. He uses a representational style to create portraiture, landscape, seascape, western and plein air works of art. He has evolved his style into the production of abstract works in oil as well. Studied: University of North Dakota 1970'sLaguna Art WorkshopsScottsdale Artists SchoolPaul Abbott(English Artist), Prescott, Arizona Books: 2010, C.M. Russell Art Auction, AAF Great Falls, 167 pages (color), Exhibition Catalog Exhibition Record (Galleries and Art Shows): 2005 Eye on the Mountain Gallery, Prescott, AZ2006 Prescott Fine Arts Gallery/Show, First Place 2D2006 Smithsonian Culturefest, Featured Studio, Prescott, AZ2007 Whiskey Row Artist Studio, Permanent Exhibit, Prescott, AZ2008 Au Natural International Juried Exhibition, Astoria, Oregon2009 Side by Side, Three Artist Show, The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA2009 Don't Stop At Dali Show, Honorable Mention 2D, Prescott, AZ2010 Dance and Music, First Place 2-D, Prescott, AZ2010 C.M. Russell Art Auction, Great Falls, MT2010 36th Annual Phippen Museum Art Show, Prescott, AZ Magazine and Newspaper References: 2009, Territorial Times, Featured Illustrator Artist Statement: If one needs an explanation for the meaning of art, they have already missed the point of art.

Seated Native American Indian Bronze Sculpture, 11"W x 8"H x 9"D 24 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Highly collectible crock from Alsace (Eastern France). Here is a charming Alsatian and large stoneware crock from the village of Betschdorf made in the 1880's. No cracks and a little chip at bottom of the piece. Very good condition! h-8.5/ w-8.5/ d-8.5. We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Bust of A Woman By Picasso Giclee Numbered 20x26Hand Embellished on Canvas

This is a 5 piece set of Fenton Colonial Blue sherbet or dessert dishes. They have thumbprint patterns, with the traditional attractive blue color. * Condition: ExcellentSize: 4 1/4" tall, 3 3/4" in diameter

Here is a Fenton glass Fairy Light or Lamp with hand-painted floral and dragonfly design. The painting was done by P. Hayhurst, and it is signed inside. The color is Vaseline yellow with pink and white flowers, green leaves, and white dragonfly. The dimensions altogether are 4 3/4" tall and 3 1/4" in diameter. The condition is excellent, with only a flea bite on the inner rim of the painted portion. * This little fairy light is unique with its painted design.

This is a replica of the 1998 Chicago Fire MLS Championship ring. It features the slogan Fire: 12th Man. The ring is from Henry Kay Jewelers. * It is in near mint condition. * Recall this Greatest Team, put it in your collection, or wear it while your watching the new generation of the Chicago Fire!

This is a VERY NICE Writing desk (Bureau de pente) in original condition (Circa 1800), with its sloping top. This piece was made of solid fruit wood by a cabinet maker from South west of France. In very good condition ang gorgeous patina! Our price is very reasonable because we buy directly in France! h-34.25"/ w-37"/ d-27"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

French print of Paris, "Eiffel Tower" with its frame. Very good condition h-23" (with frame)/ w-19" (with frame). This print will be a great part of France in your home! Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France!)

Beautiful Cottage Scene by Sargon. Very difficult to find.

The Artist by Picasso Numbered Giclee 20x26Hand Embellished on Canvas

Here is a wonderful French Provincial Faux Bois Tall Case Clock, 19th c., the case with floral and bird painting, with a brass repousse frame around the enamel floral painted dial with an elaborate brass repousse pendulum, The case was made of pine with hand-painted bird and flowers. The clock movement works well. You can see on the front of the movement, at the top "L. Memain" for the name of the clockmaker and at the bottom "Melle" for the name of the town where was sold this clock. Melle is a small town of 3,600 inhabitants, in the west of France (North of Cognac). It is a seven days clock, chimes the hours (twice) and the half hour. Good condition. H.- 92 3/4 in., W.- 22 1/2 in., D.- 8 3/4 in. We ship from Texas (not from France).

This is a French prayer chair with original rush seat, made in the late 1800's by a French cabinet maker...Everything is original. From our last trip to France. Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France)!

18x24 Original Oil Hand SignedOriginal Oil Signed Jane Wooster Scott Biography Jane Wooster Scott entered the millennium prepared to establish new records. She concluded the last millennium named by the Guinness Book of Records as the most reproduced artist in America , beating out runner-up Pablo Picasso for that distinction. TIME magazine was quick to report the surprising news, pleasing her countless collectors and admirers. Today this versatile and productive artist stands alone as the finest painter of Americana on the planet. Her works hang in museums, in public buildings and private homes in Europe , Asia and South America as well as in the United States . She has become legendary for her exceptional scenes of America 's celebrations and holidays, providing a trove of visual lore unlike any other. A dazzling coffee-table book of Scott's astonishing canvases continues to be a bestseller. Her paintings trace the cavalcade of the American experience. From her studio in Sun Valley , Idaho , Scott continues to discover new venues, celebrated traditions and everyday pleasures and beauty in this land of boundless joys and effervescent cultural diversity. In the years ahead, this dedicated artist will scour the country's nooks and crannies finding unusual, colorful panoramas of life, some typical, others rare and some so commonplace they go unnoticed by the casual observer. Wooster Scott has an unfailing eye for the charm and magnificence of her native land and paints it in her own breathtaking style for the ages. Youthful and energetic, and possessed with an aura of glamour, the personable Wooster Scott is as much at home among celebrities as she is with the ordinary folk who populate her paintings. Indeed, she has become a celebrity herself. She mingles comfortably with scores of stars, political lights and sports figures at her shows. She is in demand socially wherever she finds herself. Her collectors include Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marlon Brando, Charles Bronson, Steve Wynn, Merv Griffin and many, many other prominent art-lovers. Her enormously successful shows have been hosted by Sylvester Stallone, Dyan Cannon, Kirk Douglas, Carol Burnett and the late actors Henry Fonda and Gene Kelly. Wooster Scott has embarked on a series of campus paintings, which include University of Pennsylvania and the University of Southern California . Several others are in the planning stages. Scott is all for progress but laments the toll it takes on the landscapes she paints so poignantly. "It gets increasingly difficult to find the United States as I imagine it was a century ago-the barns, stables, cottages and town halls. Water pumps and windmills, covered bridges and one-room school houses are disappearing. But I intend to continue to seek out the remaining treasures of our heritage and paint them for my own joy and for people who share my love of country

Here is a very nice Louis Philippe cabinet (with 2 shelves) made by a French cabinet maker from Brittany (Western France) of solid fruitwood. This piece, great to display your personal collection was made in the Mid.1800's (and probably earlier...you can see King Louis XV influence on photo #3, very popular in late 1700's). h-82.5"/ w-51.75"(with crown)/ d-22". Good condition. We ship from Texas (not from France).

Jiang was born in 1938, in Ningbo, Zhejiiang Province, in China. Even as a child he displayed a great love and talent for painting and drawing, and early on he knew the course his life would take.In 1959, in a highly competitive exam he won admission to the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. From 1962-64 he studied with the famous Chinese artist Huang Yong-yu, who first exposed him to the paintings from the Dunguang caves. In 1964 he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree. This was the last class to graduate before the cultural revolution. Jiang also learned about traditional Chinese art, an influence which would remain with him. Upon graduation in 1964 Jiang and a small number of other artists volunteered to go down to the Yunnan province. This turned out to be a blessing. This beautiful province is on the Vietnamese border. It is lush and tropical, filled with exotic flora and fauna,and is home to more than 20 different minority peoples. His new home allowed his talents to burst forth. Jiang's talent was so obvious that from 1966-73 the Chinese Government assigned him to produce "Socialist Realism" propaganda posters and sculptures during the Cultural Revolution. He even painted the famous large red-faced poster of Chairman Mao. But this sterile exercise did nothing to release the emotional side of Jiang's nature, and at night he worked in his small room, on his bed, to create his own style. The natural beauty of the Yunnan province inspired him. With two other artists, He Neng and Liu Shaohui, Jiang secretly formed the nucleus of what was first called the "Heavy Colorist" school and is now known as the "Yunnan School," began. The Progress of Jiang's CareerJiang's work quickly gained prominence and even the repressive authorities had to concede his talent. He became one of the most well-known illustrators of children's books in China. In 1974 he illustrated "Two Little Peacocks." In 1976 he designed the animated cartoon of the same book. In 1978, Jiang began to teach as an Associate Professor at the Yunnan Art Academy, where he would continue until 1983. In 1979, the Chinese Government commissioned him to paint a mural representing Yunnan Province for the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The project took seven months and used six full panels of silk. This was the "Stone Forest" mural, one of Jiang's finest works. Jiang himself says: "This mural was the first time I had ever let my own true style show publicly. The color, energy, and fantasy of my painting was not appreciated by the government during Mao's Cultural Revolution. While I was painting "Stone Forest" an official came by and said I shouldn't do it that way. I said "Okay" as if I would change it. But I didn't change a thing. Later he came back and said "Oh, that's much better." He didn't know what he was talking about. He was just comforted to think that he, a government official, had control over this strange, dangerous art."For Jiang, success followed success. In 1979 he illustrated "The Secret of Jinchun Tree," which won the first prize as the best illustrated book out of Jiangsu Province. His painting "The Legend of the Water Sprinkling Festival of the Dai" was featured in the documentary film "Yunnan Scene." In 1980 the illustrated books "Little Red Riding Hood"; "The Ugly Duckling"; and "A Shi Ma" were published. For "A Shi Ma" Jiang was awarded Second Place in an international United Nations competition of illustrated books. In 1981, Jiang's work was featured in the "10 Artists From Yunnan" show in Beijing, and then, in 1982, was prominently featured at a show in Hong Kong, which also featured the Yunnan artists as well as some of their followers.But as early as 1981 the Chinese Government had returned to its repressive policies. Government officials publicly stated that they feared China was losing its "socialist morality" and becoming "morally polluted." Art officials favored a return to Socialist Realism painting and they expressed their displeasure by refusing to select paintings by Jiang, Liu Shaohai, or He Neng for the permanent collection of the National Art Gallery. Jiang was the prime target of their wrath--his paintings were excluded from television coverage and a seminar was even officially organized to criticize his work. His work was criticized as "...too daring and audacious...a nightmare." Jiang did have defenders. Liu Shaohai said that he would be glad to have nightmares every night if he could paint like that. The President of the Central Academy of Art and Design, Zhang Ding, wrote an article praising Jiang's work but withdrew it on the eve of its publication at his wife's urging, who remembered how Zhang Ding had been beaten and publicly humiliated during the Cultural Revolution. Even so, Zhang Ding did on a number of occasions speak out and express his admiration for Jiang and some of the other young artists.All of this was making life increasingly difficult for Jiang. In 1982 a National Geographic reporter who was doing a story on China saw Jiang's paintings, and brought some back to the U.S. A friend of the reporter brought them to the Fingerhut Gallery in Minneapolis, where Jiang's work met with great success. In 1983, Jiang came to the United States as part of a cultural exchange program with the University of Southern California, where he became a visiting Professor of Art.Under the sponsorship of Allan Fingerhut, Jiang moved to Minnesota with his wife Zhaolin. For Jiang, success in America quickly followed. His rich, strong color, and exotic but intimate imagery struck an immediate response with the American public.Jiang's talent and uniqueness quickly brought his work to the attention of critics and museum curators nationwide, and this resulted in many public exhibitions. In 1984, Jiang had an exhibition at the University of Southern California Gallery; in 1985 at the New England Center of Contemporary Art in Connecticut; in 1986 at the Portland Museum in Virginia; in 1987 at the Springfield Art Center in Ohio; in 1988 at the Connecticut College Art Gallery; in 1989 at the Museum at Northwestern University in Massachusetts; and in 1990-91 at the Everson Museum in New York; the Springfield Art Museum in Ohio; the Michelson Reeves Museum in Texas; the Valdosta Museum at Valdosta State University in Georgia; the Art & Cultural Center in Florida; and the Olin Fine Art Center in Pennsylvania. During this period Jiang also had 52 one-man gallery shows in cities all over the country. Artistic InfluencesTraditional Chinese InfluencesModern Western influences played a part in the formation of the Yunnan school, but traditional Chinese art--such as the sculpture from the Han Dynasty (221 B.C.-220 A.D.) played by far the most important role.The "flung ink" technique.This method, invented by the ancient zen artists more than 1500 years ago, is the precursor of abstract expressionism. By flicking the paint of the end of the brush the artists could create a totally energized surface. This is precisely what Jackson Pollock rediscovered in the 1940s and 50s. But the Chinese had always used this technique, and Jiang uses it masterfully.The Dunguang CavesBut the greatest Chinese influence was the art created in the Dunguang caves in central China. In 1907 European explorers rediscovered the Buddhist caves on the Ancient Silk Road that led from China through Persia and finally to the West. At Dunghuang, the last caravan stop with a plentiful amount of water and supplies before travelers from China ventured into the perilous Takla Makan desert, the explorers discovered a group of more than 400 caves with paintings of extraordinary quality which had been very well preserved by the dry desert climate. These paintings had been created over a period of 700 years, from roughly 300 to 1000 AD. They were commissioned as devotional acts by pious Buddhists: warriors, princes, kings, merchants, peoples from all walks of life--created in the same spirit as were the Gothic cathedrals of Europe. But by the 12th century wars and other geopolitical forces caused the abandonment of the caves, and they lay forgotten until their rediscovery by the Europeans in the 20th century.In 1942, a well-known and respected traditional Chinese artist Zhang Daqian led an expedition to the caves. He spent 2 1/2 years studying and copying the astounding paintings there. When his work became available to other artists and scholars it caused great excitement, for just as African and Iberian art and the cave paintings of Lascaux had inspired and liberated Picasso, so the revelation of the free flowing qualities of line and form and the rich mythic traditions of the Dunguang cave paintings inspired and liberated the young Chinese artists. Jiang was particularly moved by the colors, the linear quality, and the mythic stories of the cave painting--and we see this in his work. Jiang's colors are of unsurpassed richness. A colorist, Jiang's intention was to reverse the trend of the stale Chinese tradition of painting in gray, black, and white. Jiang says: "Chinese art had reached a sick level due to its lack of color." Jiang's credo is: "Long live the Line!" He is a genius at using line to give the illusion of depth to a flat two-dimensional surface--almost like an x-ray. Jiang's paintings are like cubism: by using superb drawing he creates transparency, and thus he reveals more than one level of reality in each painting. Jiang is a storyteller. His paintings are steeped in Buddhist and Chinese mythology. Each figure has a symbolic meaning. The paintings have so much complexity and visual fascination that the viewer is constantly seeing something new. Jiang says "For every picture there is a story, and for every story there is a picture."But above all, the cave art was an indigenous Chinese tradition, a tradition that gave the artists similar freedoms to those won by the artists in the west, but at the same time it was a tradition that the artists could freely pursue without fear of being accused of being Anti-Chinese. The traditional mythic themes and images, and the rhythmic flow of the cave art have found their way over and over again into paintings of Jiang and the other "Yunnan School" artists.The influence of the Dunguang imagery and style combined with European Cubist influences, such as the use of transparent washes of colors to allow for a multileveled view of reality, characterize Jiang's work to this day.Jiang would also incorporate many of these traditional Chinese folkloric images into his art. Jiang's PopularityWhat is the secret of Jiang's popularity?Jiang's colors are of unsurpassed richness. A colorist, Jiang's intention was to reverse the trend of the stale Chinese tradition of painting in gray, black, and white. Jiang says: "Chinese art had reached a sick level due to its lack of color."Jiang's use of imagery. As noted above, Jiang is a storyteller. His paintings are steeped in Buddhist and Chinese mythology. Each figure has a symbolic meaning. The paintings have so much complexity and visual fascination that the viewer is constantly seeing something new. Jiang says "For every picture there is a story, and for every story there is a picture."Jiang's vision has continued to grow and expand. Probably because of his personal experience in two cultures he has increasingly seen the world as a single system, as a meeting place of diverse forces. This is reflected in the number of environmental and ecologic themes which have recently begun appearing in his work, notably in such pieces as "Nature Suite," "Genesis," "Lovers Trees," and "My World."The secret and essence of Jiang's work is best expressed by the artist himself:"An artist is not a photographer; my work is my understanding of life. It is difficult for me to remember what distances I have traveled, how many mountains I have climbed, how many rivers I have crossed, and how many villages I have passed through. I can only recall the countless joyous moments and hardships of the past years from the many pictures I have painted. My deep love of the colorful earth and for Xishuangbanna, a region of the Yunnan Province, has encouraged me to explore and create unceasingly. Such a mysterious land blessed with unique beauty offers innumerable subjects to be painted. My paintings are not only pictures: they are also music and poetry that is bewitching, sweet dreams that are being dreamed."

Here is an EXCEPTIONAL antique French wedding sideboard (Buffet) Louis XV made by a French cabinet maker (of solid Fruit wood) in the 1770's. Look at the floral carving on the bottom. It is a 2 doors/ 2 drawers. We bought this piece in South West of France (well known in France for the quality of the antique country pieces). Condition: Fair, Good for its age!!! h-44"/ w-53.5"/ d-23.75"We ship from Texas (not from France).

Here is an very nice French Antique bookcase or curio cabinet with "Chapeau de Gendarme", Second Empire period, circa 1860 (during Napoleon III reign), made of walnut by a cabinet maker from Southern France. 3 shelves. H.80"/ W.38.5"/ D.21" Great condition!!! A nice piece and a very good price for this small part of France in your home. We ship from Texas (not from France)!

A fine art casting"Coming Through the Rye" was Frederic Remington's most ambitious sculpture. It depicts a group of four cowboys on running horses, the men shouting and shooting pistols into the air. Whether the "Rye" in the title refers to the plains' grasses or the variety of whiskey is anyone's guess!In 1989, a set of 23-part set of plaster molds were purchased from the son of Eric Heikka, an artist and friend of Frederic Remington. These molds still had waxes within them, which we carefully removed and restored over a period of several months. While we cannot say whether these waxes date from the period of Remington's original castings of this piece, there is no doubt that the castings from these molds are exceptionally fine. Our "Coming Through the Rye" is available in a limited edition of 100 bronze castings, each individually numbered and recorded. The artwork is signed "Frederic Remington" in the bronze, stands 29" high by 30" wide by 25.5" deep, and weighs a hefty 262 lbs. It is mounted onto a marble base.

Very nice reproduction of French clock "Paris, Exposition universelle, 1889" with its brass pendulum. This clock is made individually, hand assembled with the finest composents...hand-antiqued, die-cut steel hands with time-worn patinas and beautifully finished frame. It is a quarz clock movement (the pendulum runs too). It is a new item! We ship from Texas (not from France).Diameter 13"

This bronze sculpture is mounted onto a green marble base, stands 23" high, and is signed with the artist's name in the bronze.

This wonderful French hand-painted trunk from Alsace (Eastern France)was used in the 1860's. I am not sure the paint is the original but it seems old. No key for this trunk. Excellent condition!!! From our last trip in France. Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France).h-27/ w-39.75/ d-20.5

Original Painting by Krol

Here is a wonderful French Wine Bottle Demijohn carboy used in late 1800's to early 1900's in a vineyard of Bordeaux region. This Vintage 15" Round Wine Bottle features beautiful wavy glass with bubbles in it, and a fairly large opening at the top. This is a very cool Wine Bottle that would make a great decorator item in many areas, especially your home bar or kitchen! Excellent/Mint Condition No Chips or Cracks Wine Bottle Height = 15" (approx) Bottle Width = 11" (approx) We ship from Texas (not from France)

Authentic hand-painted porcelain Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This Limoges box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Egg" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: R-G, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2.25"/ w-2"/ d-2"

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 - November 8, 1978) was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine for more than four decades.[1] Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter (although his Rosie was reproduced less than others of the day), Saying Grace (1951), The Problem We All Live With, and the Four Freedoms series. He is also noted for his work for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA); producing covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations.

The Wood Wife is a friend to all creatures of the wood, and there certainly are some magical ones in this print. * Artist: Brian Froud * Signature: In pencil, lower right Title: The Wood Wife * Medium: Print on paper Edition: Numbered out of 1500 * Sheet Size: 18" x 24" Condition: ExcellentBiography: * * Brian Froud (1947- _) is an English fantasy illustrator known for his imainginative creatures. Some of his creatures were the inspiration for films, including The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, making him a favorite among the fantasy genre.

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta dish mustard with its lid and wood spoon made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-4"/ w-4"/ d-3"

Beautiful Fanta Orange Spessartite Garnet1.8 ctw. stone Excellent color and quality. Top rated stone!May contain iron, manganese, and aluminim, which gives it its orange color.Stone is heat treated.

Beautiful Red African RubyRound Cut Stone from Africa3.68 ctw. Stone. well colored and heat treated.Starting at $15. less than $ 5.00 per carat. less than half of its value!

Kovrigo was born and educated in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1989, after completing his art education, which focused on the restoration of antique paintings, he began to show his own work in exhibitions throughout Russia, Germany, Slovakia, Greece, Teh Czech Republic, Poland and Italy.His art is now included in the National Art Museum of Russia as well as numerous private collections. Combining oil paints, gouache and collage techniques, Kovrigo creates images both colorful and rich in texture that never fail to warm the viewer.

American Artist Max Karp is one of the few contemporary painters to use enamel for his artistic work. He is internationally acclaimed as the father of modern enameling. His place in art history is assured, both because of his enormous talent and the fact that he has perfected unique processes, which allow the creation of museum-quality, kiln-fired collectibles. A self-taught artist, Karp was born in Ohio in 1916 and raised in California. He lives in Southern California. Karp began painting by recording in his oils various species of birds and insects for his father who was an ornithologist/entomologist. In the mid-1960's, Karp became interested in the enamel process. Beginning on a small scale, he taught himself the enamel technique and later experimented with the large paintings in enamel for which he is best known. During the last decade, Karp's enamel paintings have received critical recognition. In 1970 Hamilton Mint commissioned Karp to produce four paintings of the seasons of the year, which were then issued as a limited edition of plates on precious metal. In 1980 Karp's 20 x 24-inch enamel portrait of Beverly Sills was presented to the American Queen of Opera following her final performance on full-length opera. In addition, numerous private art collectors, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Happy Rockefeller and Sarah Churchill, have acquired works by Max Karp for their collections.

Offered here is a vintage brass, Shabbat candle holder. The candelabra has three candle stick holders with the word Shabbat (Sabbath) in Hebrew going down the center. Surrounding the word are funky vine designs. It measures out to be 8" x 9", with some candle wax residue on the bottom and around the candle stick holders, and is in good condition. *

This peach Murrhina Vase from Fenton is Rose Mist colored in a lovely pattern, with white interior, and ruffled edges.; * Condition: ExcellentSize: 9" tall, 5" in diameterMarkings: Singed Frank Fenton, with hallmark, on the undersideFenton label on the neck (curled edges)

Beautiful Heart Shaped 7.2 ctw. Brazilian Pink Topaz.Excellent VVs stone., no blemishes seen Large 7.2 ctw stone for ring or pendant.The perfect gift for Valentines Day.

Set of 2 Authentic French newspapers dating 1915 & 1916.Here is a first original antique French newspaper "Pages de Gloire" (printed on March 28, 1915)...and a second antique French newspaper "Pages de Gloire" (printed on March 12, 1916)...which appeared weekly during World War I in France. Photos on front page and back page, and pictures + text are inside. It is a 14 pages newspaper. We have more if you are interested. This is a great purchase for people who have a passion for WWI! h-12.25"/ w-9"Good condition!

A very nice French faience plates made by Pornic, France. This plate was hand-painted by the artist (On the photo, you can see the stamp to guarantee this signature of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of plates made in Pornic, Brittany is highly collectible in France. Lovely pieces for your collection or for the decoration of your home! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

A mysterious woman of the wood peers from behind a mask in this alluring art print. * Artist: Brian Froud * Signature: In pencil, lower right Title: The Wild Wood * Medium: Print on paper Edition: Numbered out of 1500 * Sheet Size: 18" x 24" Condition: ExcellentBiography: * * Brian Froud (1947- _) is an English fantasy illustrator known for his imainginative creatures. Some of his creatures were the inspiration for films, including The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, making him a favorite among the fantasy genre.

Purple hand made Fenton Carnival Glass Basket.Basket is approx.8 inches across and has an approx 7 in. high handle.The iredecent basket has purples,blues,greens, and gold as it shimmers in the light.Hand made by the Fenton Glass Co. premier glass Company.

This is an original lithograph and is numbered 328 of 450 as is the others. It is from the same set. A truly rare find.

Male and Female Elk Bronze Sculpture, After Barye 13"H x 12"W x 9"D 22 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!Antoine-louis Barye (1796 - 1875) Originally trained as a goldsmith, Antoine-Louis Barye served in Napoleon's army before studying sculpture and painting. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1818 and adapted the romantic-style subject matter of violent and majestic animals. After his crocodile-like sculpture entitled Tiger Devouring a Gavail, won a medal at the Salon of 1831, Barye became a successful and independent sculptor and painter. His animal sculptures competed at the Salon alongside the more traditional and revered human figures. In 1845, Barye began a foundry that produced smaller and more affordable bronze statues. He was appointed the keeper of plaster casts at the Louvre and professor of zoological drawing at the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle, both in Paris. Elected to the Academie in 1868, Barye inspired a later generation of animal sculptors who called themselves the animaliers.

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta bread basket made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-3"/ w-9.5"/ d-7"

This Fenton Glass Messenger Blue Burmese Tumble Up is an Exclusive, and was available to subscribers only. It features a hand-painted purple floral design on a pink and light blue surface. * Condition: ExcellentSize: Both together 7" tall, 4" in diameterSignature: Hand painted by K. BrightbillNumber: 3009Year: 2003Includes wooden base with plaque for display (not shown)

This very beautiful Crystal dish comes from the famous Crystal glassworks of Lorraine, in Eastern France. You can see the stamp of the Crystal glassworks (Cristallerie de Lorraine) on the picture. h-2.25"/ w-8.5"Excellent condition! We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

A very nice pair of French faience plates made by Pornic, Brittany, France. Each plate was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (On the photo, you can see the stamp to guarantee this signature of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"...Ceramar, France). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of plates made in Pornic, Britany is highly collectible in France. Lovely pieces for your collection or for the decoration of your home!Diameter: 9.25"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Authentic French hand-painted porcelain Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a POODLE hand-painted Porcelain box...Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2"/ w-2.25"/ d-1.5"

original mezzotints of G. H. Rothe. 1935-2007. Born as the daughter of a master goldsmith, G.H. Rothe grew up at Wiedenbrück a small town in the heart of Germany. Her first training was of a technical kind consisting of the drawing and goldsmithery practiced in her family. Shortly after finishing her studies of painting and art history she was awarded with the Villa-Romana-Prize which enabled her to live and work in Florence, Italy for a year. Her study trips included Paris, London, Vienna, Moscow, Madrid and Uruguay before she settled first in New York and later in Carmel, California. Museums all over the world appreciate her work. Rothe masters nearly all painting techniques but for the most suitable form of expression her choice is the technique of the mezzotint which is centuries old, skillfull and rarely used.

Wonderful Etching 12x14 Framed

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta butter dish with its lid made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-3"/ w-6.75"/ d-4.75"

This is a hand signed serigraph by Isaac Maimon titled "CAFE DE LION". Beautiful extra large art piece on extra thick paper. Image measures: 32" x 45". Paper measures 37.5" x 50". Hand signed and numbered by the artist. This piece is numbered from a limited edition of 275. Comes unframed. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. In mint condition!

Here is an absolutely wonderful French Louis XV Provincial wedding armoire from Normandy, made in the very early 1800's with solid French oak. This armoire is a wedding piece (very valuable). We recognize the wedding antiques by this hand carved pieces with flowers and bunch of grapes. This piece was ordered by a father when his daughter was born...for her wedding gift (In France, it was usual, at this time). Will be a great and unique entertainment center! Good condition. h-92/ w-57/ d-22 We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Chagall, Marc, Original Color Litho, 1983 {Bouquet Over The Town}Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Bouquet Over The Town, Original Color Lithograph, Signed & Numbered, FramedARTIST: Marc Chagall (1887-1985)TITLE: Bouquet Over The TownMEDIUM: Original Color LithographIMAGE SIZE: 18 1/2" x 12 1/2" (47cm x 31.5cm)SHEET SIZE: 25" x 19" (65cm x 48cm)FRAMED SIZE: 28" X 33" (71.1cm x 83.8cm)SIGNED: This work is hand signed by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) in pencil in the lower right margin.EDITION: Numbered 34/50 in pencil in the lower left margin. Out of the total edition of 50 signed & numbered proofs on Arches wove paper (aside from 12 black artist's proofs, signed & numbered) CONDITION: In excellent condition with bright, saturated colors throughout.

Susan Rios' ability to evoke familiar feelings through her paintings is the hallmark of her work. A nationally renowned artist, Susan works with a palette of soft, warm colors, inviting viewers to step into a world where one tranquil moment can last an eternity. Largely self-taught, Susan's artistic potential was apparent even as a child. Her love of the outdoors inspired her to begin drawing scenes from nature. Today, she continues to find inspiration in the gentle-hearted beauty of everyday life. Susan's surroundings are reminiscent of the images she paints. Working from her home-based studio in Glendale, Ca, many aspects of her world are subjects in her paintings - daughter Olivia, granddaughter Rosie, her cats and countless collectibles. A painter of feelings and emotions, Susan creates familiar scenes that exude peace, harmony and romance. Images of cozy interiors, lush floral gardens and soothing seashores uplift the senses and the spirit. When painting, she devotes herself to one image at a time. The close relationship she develops with each painting radiates from the canvas, evoking a sense of emotional closeness and intimacy that distinguishes her work from other contemporary artists. She prefers working with acrylics because they dry quickly, allowing her to catch a little moment in time and then share it with others. A professional artist for more than 25 years, Susan spent the early years of her career working as a floral designer. She soon discovered that blending flowers was similar to mixing colors on a palette. To this day, flowers are an ever-present motif in many of her paintings, as are other "favorite things" - wicker chairs, love seats draped with afghans, intricate bits of lace, china cups and teapots. An active participant in causes that touch her heart, Susan devotedly supports charities and nationwide organizations, including the Los Angeles Children's Hospital, Saddleback Community Outreach (Orange County), Taylor Family Foundation, Make a Wish Foundation and The Ronald McDonald House of Orange County. Over the last quarter-century, Susan's work has attracted the attention of many noted collectors and celebrities who have added her paintings to their private collection such as Jane Seymour, Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Dern, Priscilla Presley, Phyllis George, Ann Gillian, Sandy Duncan, Shelley Fabres, Andre Agassi, Mr. & Mrs. Brian Wilson and Mr. & Mrs. Walter Mathau. The timeless, enduring beauty of her work continues to garner attention from art enthusiasts, young and old alike

12.55 ctw. Natural Purple Amethyst GemstoneOval Shape and well Faceted with great color.Great stone for price. No Visible flaws notedapprox. $7.00 a carat.

Alvar Suñol Munoz-Ramos was born on January 29, 1935, in Montgat, a Catalan fishing village on the Mediterranean coast near Barcelona. He started painting oils at age twelve and at age seventeen was accepted at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Jorge, the prestigious fine art school in Barcelona. Before graduating from the Belles Artes, he gave his first solo exhibition at Galleries Layetana in Barcelona in 1957. Alvar also won the Bolsa de Viaje Alhambra de Granada, a summer scholarship study trip to Granada. At age 18, Alvar entered a painting in a competition for the Young Painters Prize sponsored by the City of Barcelona. His painting won the grand prize and it is now in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain. Due to his early artistic successes, Alvar received many invitations for shows in other Spanish cities. During his military service, he submitted one of his canvases for the Institut Francais annual painting competition in Barcelona. The Institut Francais awarded him the grand prize and a scholarship to study in Paris. Alvar arrived in Paris to paint in 1959. He met Juan Fuentes, a fellow Spaniard and director of the prestigious Parisian Galerie Drouant. Fuentes encouraged Alvar in his painting and brought Alvar's first group of Paris oil paintings to the gallery. Fuentes' gallery sold the paintings in one week.In 1960 Alvar returned to Barcelona to marry his childhood sweetheart, Rosella Berenguer. They returned to Paris and lived there for ten years. Alvar's paintings were exhibited in the United States for the first time at the Monede Gallery, New York in 1962. Alvar produced his first original lithographs for a one-man show at Galerie Drouant in 1963. Since a decisive solo exhibition in Paris in 1963, Alvar has exhibited regularly throughout Europe, the United States, Canada and Japan. For a comprehensive list of Alvar's museum and private exhibitions, please see the additional information provided.Alvar's hometown of Tiana hosts one of his permanent public installations. In September 2001, a commissioned mixed media mural by Alvar was unveiled. The mural reflects on the four seasons and is affixed to The Four Seasons Building, named in reference to Alvar's mural. In 2003, city officials in Montgat, Spain, commissioned Alvar to create another permanent public installation: an 18-foot sculpture titled "Mediterranea" dedicated to the city's personality and seaside character, which now stands in the newly opened Plaza de Mallorquines.Perhaps one of the most prestigious honors Alvar has received was in 2006 when Restaura, a Spanish real estate company that is dedicated to building restoration projects for cities, asked Alvar to create a sculpture to honor the famous Spanish cellist and composer Pablo Casals (1876 - 1973). In early 2008, the sculpture was placed on a street in the Boulogne Billancourt area of Paris that after a major renovation has also been renamed for Pablo Casals.In addition to the sculpture, Restaura also commissioned Alvar to create a large painting and lithograph suite honoring Pablo Casals.The lithograph is displayed in their headquarters as an honor to their fellow Spaniards Casals and Alvar.In 1993 a book devoted to the artist's paintings was published in Spain and the United States. In 2001, Alvar: Thirty Years of Lithography, a book chronicling the lithographic creations of Alvar was published. In 2005, Alvar in Color and Poetry, a book by Dr. Betty Jean Craige, Marjorie Agosin, and Alvar was published.

Highly collectible! A very nice and old Apothecary pot made of faience by an artist from Italy. This pot was hand-painted by an Italian artist. Very good condition (a little chip under the lid)! Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! 11" x 5"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

12.55 ctw. Natural Purple Amethyst GemstoneOval Shape and well Faceted with great color.Great stone for price. No Visible flaws notedapprox. $7.00 a carat.

Here is an absolutely wonderful Louis XV Provincial buffet (sideboard) from Normandy, France, made in the very early 1800's with solid French oak. This French buffet is a wedding piece (very valuable). We recognize the wedding antiques by this hand carved pieces with flowers and bunch of grapes. This piece was order by a father when his daughter was born...for her wedding gift (In France, it was usual, at this time). Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France).h-59.5/ w-55.75/ d-22.5

This 3 piece Vanity Set was made by Fenton in the 1940's. It is in the Rose Melon color, and includes two perfume bottles and one powder jar. The are complete with clear glass stoppers and lids. * Condition: ExcellentSize: 4" and 7" tall; 3" and 4" in diameter

Pino, born Guiseppe Dangelico in Bari on November 8, 1939, began his studies at the city's Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan's Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent for painting nudes. In the two years he studied at the Academy, he came under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaioli. From 1960 to 1979, his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe. He was also commissioned by Italy's two largest publisher's, Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations. However, he felt restricted in Milan. He wanted more artistic freedom, which he believed he could find in the United States. In 1979 he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery, where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. His struggle here became the greatest of his life. His sponsorship barely allowed him to feed his family. His English was limited and his means of transportation was a bicycle. After knocking on many doors, in February of 1980, "Zebra Books Publishers" promised him a job, commissioning him to do a book cover.His interpretation was new, fresh and sensual. Stylistically, he brought the characters into the foreground where his technique and talent for painting the anatomy was celebrated. His illustrations were so successful that he gained entrée into creative relationships with many leading publishers of romance novels. His popularity grew within the literary community and he became the artist-in-demand for Zebra, Bantam, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Penguin USA and Dell. From 1980 to 1993 he dedicated himself totally to this art where his style dominated and influenced the market. His illustrations combined elements fresh from Europe with a powerful sensuality, bringing this medium to new heights.Although Pino devoted 13 years to illustrating book covers, he never abandoned his desire to return to fine art. His desire to create pieces that emerge free from outside restrictions motivated him to find the time to devote himself to fine art again. In 1993, he contacted a major gallery. He sent out five paintings, which were well received, launching him into a new arena. Pino finally found the freedom he had always desired; to explore the profundity of his talents without restraint.Pino has been producing works of a highly romantic nature with a unique and innovative touch. Exploring the depths of his experiences, he puts on canvas subjects that embody life's simple pleasures. These works have a veil of nostalgia and the characters have subtle suggestions of complexity. Dressed in soft flowing fabrics, the colors of their garments in relation to the sea, sand, sky and sun elicit feelings of warmth, a perception of preciousness and a notion of an uncomplicated world.Reminiscent of his childhood environment, Pino's paintings are generally set in coastal, sunny, and vibrantly floral places. He uses a colorful pallet to create tender pleasurable feelings. His fine art is rich with sensuality, rousing the memory through all the senses. Pino's paintings resurrect in us the incidents of those simple, priceless moments we have stored in our memories and have so frequently forgotten.

This Fenton Sea Mist Hand Painted Decanter was signed by Bill Fenton's youngest daughter Shelley Fenton, as well as the artist. It features subtle spiral stripes, and was hand painted in pink and purple floral pattern with yellow, and green leaves. It comes with a sea mist color stopper. * Condition: ExcellentSize: 9" tall, 5" in diameterMarkings: Fenton markSignatures: Shelley Fenton; Hand painted by L. EversonYear: 1997

Artist and Composer Mark Kostabi was born in Los Angeles in 1960 to Estonian immigrants. He was raised in Whittier, California and studied drawing and painting at California State University Fullerton. In 1982 he moved to New York and by 1984 became a leading figure of the East Village art movement. He developed a provocative media persona by publishing self-interviews that commented on the commodification of contemporary art. In 1988 he founded Kostabi World - a studio, gallery and office complex known for openly employing painting assistants and idea people.The Mitsukoshi Museum in Tokyo (1992) and the Art Museum of Estonian Tallinn (1998) have held retrospective exhibitions of his work. Kostabi's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Groninger Museum in Holland. In 1988 he painted a mural in the Palazzo dei Priori in Arezzo, Italy and completed a commissioned public sculpture To See Through is Not to See Into, for the city of San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.Kostabi's music has been performed in New York, Japan, Italy and Estonia by orchestras and soloists including Rein Rannap, Kristjan Jarvi, Maano Manni, the Chamber Staff of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, and Kostabi himself. His first CD, I Did It Steinway, of solo piano music composed and performed by himself, was released in 1998. Kostabi has designed album covers (Guns 'N' Roses' Use Your Illusion, Ramones' Adios Amigos) and numerous products including a Swatch watch, limited-edition vases, and computer accessories. Kostabi has been profiled on"60 Minutes," "Eye to Eye with Connie Chung," "A Current Affair," "Nightwatch" (with Charlie Rose), "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," "West 57th," CNN, MTV and numerous television programs throughout Europe and Japan. In print he has been featured in The New York Times, People, Vogue, The Face, Playboy, Forbes, New York Magazine, Domus, Artforum, Art in America, ARTnews, Flash Art and Teme Celeste.Kostabi produces a weekly cable TV show, Inside Kostabi in Manhattan.Kostabi lectures regularly worldwide and has published seven books, including Sadness Because the Video Rental Store Was Closed, Kostabi: The Early Years and Conversations with Kostabi.

G. H. Rothe. 1935-2007. Born as the daughter of a master goldsmith, G.H. Rothe grew up at Wiedenbrück a small town in the heart of Germany. Her first training was of a technical kind consisting of the drawing and goldsmithery practiced in her family. Shortly after finishing her studies of painting and art history she was awarded with the Villa-Romana-Prize which enabled her to live and work in Florence, Italy for a year. Her study trips included Paris, London, Vienna, Moscow, Madrid and Uruguay before she settled first in New York and later in Carmel, California. Museums all over the world appreciate her work. Rothe masters nearly all painting techniques but for the most suitable form of expression her choice is the technique of the mezzotint which is centuries old, skillfull and rarely used.

This delightful print — so charmingly detailed — is by the very popular contemporary artist Nobou "Nicky" Watanabe: * Title: "Hay Ride" * Serigraph on paper * Signed and numbered from a limited edition * 22 × 30 inches * Excellent condition; never mounted, matted or framed * Certificate of Authenticity * Retail gallery price USD 1200 * * A master of detail, Nobou Watanabe applies meticulous definition to every face, tree and snowflake in his paintings. Watanabe was born in Japan and did not move to the United States until after he graduated college. His style incorporates the influence of his boyhood in Japan as well as "naif" styles and motifs. * * A wonderful addition to any collection or décor! * * * SPECIAL SHIPPING NOTE: This print will be shipped rolled in a heavy duty mailing tube.

Kovrigo was born and educated in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1989, after completing his art education, which focused on the restoration of antique paintings, he began to show his own work in exhibitions throughout Russia, Germany, Slovakia, Greece, Teh Czech Republic, Poland and Italy.His art is now included in the National Art Museum of Russia as well as numerous private collections. Combining oil paints, gouache and collage techniques, Kovrigo creates images both colorful and rich in texture that never fail to warm the viewer.

This piece is facsimile signed which means that it has a copy of Picasso's original signature on it. Pencil numbered from a limited edition of 500. Measures 18.5" x 15". Printed on high quality archival paper. In excellent condition, comes unframed. Comes with a certificate.

This print portrays a mysterious woman and the dragon in the sword. * Artist: Robert Gould * Signatures: Signed by two people in black marker, lower left and rightTitle: Dragon in the Sword * Medium: Print on paper Edition: Numbered out of 100 * Sheet Size: 13" x 25" Condition: Excellent

Steynovitz was born in Legnica, Poland and immigrated to Israel in 1957.[1] He aspired to become a painter from childhood, and had prior to leaving Poland begun his artistic activity. He immigrated to Israel in 1957. Steynovitz studied at both the Art School in Tel-Aviv and at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.Upon completing his studies he began his artistic activity in earnest; he established his place in the art world after exhibiting his work in one-man exhibitions and art fairs around the world. Steynovitz's images are reflections of both his Jewish and Eastern European heritage. His work suggests the style of Marc Chagall combined with the use of color of the present generation of artists.Zamy's art displays chromatic and thematic richness. His choice of subjects was strongly influenced by Jewish tradition and folklore, displaying general themes: Paris, still lifes, flowers, angels, circuses and landscapes. In the early stages of his work he used rich pastels, ink, watercolors and light brush strokes. However during his travels in South America during the 1980s his work was influenced by the new surroundings and enhanced by the local light and colours. His art gained chromatic power; the palette became richer in tones, the fixtures thicker, the backgrounds darker and more colorful. Through these developments Steynovitz's thematic elements persisted in his creation allowing him to develop into a sensitive and mature artist.Zamy expresses a universal humanistic idea in his creations: man's connection to his heritage and physical surroundings. He established his place in the art world after exhibiting his work in one-man exhibitions and art fairs around the world. Zamy is known in the circles of the Norwegian Nobel Institute as a result of his devotion to world peace. Consequently he is acquainted with many Nobel prize winners like Anwar Sadat, Menahem Begin, the Dalai Lama, Itzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Elie Wiesel, Desmond Tutu as well as many other politicians and artists.

Very interesting French-Country Nursing chair (circa 1860's) made of wood with original handmade rush seat. This kind of chair, with low seat, was the best way to give milk to the French babies. Good condition!We purchased this armchair during my last trip in France. h-33"/ w-15.5"/ d-14.5"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

28 diamonds * 2 or 3 pts eachTotal: 82 pts

Size: 22.5" height, 18" length, 9.5" wideby Frederic Remington

Here is an very nice French Antique bookcase or curio cabinet with "Chapeau de Gendarme", Second Empire period, circa 1860 (during Napoleon III reign), made of walnut by a cabinet maker from Southern France. 3 shelves. H.80"/ W.38.5"/ D.21" Great condition!!! A nice piece and a very good price for this small part of France in your home. For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Set of 6 French multicolor Laguiole steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate" These knives are dishwasher safe (acrylic handles with 6 different colors...see photo). DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL.Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery.Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products.It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations.The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962.Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development.Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives.Quality is an integral part of the company policy.Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #97131

Bear Family Bronze Sculpture, After Barye 17"H x 9"W x 10"D 24 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!Antoine-louis Barye (1796 - 1875) Originally trained as a goldsmith, Antoine-Louis Barye served in Napoleon's army before studying sculpture and painting. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1818 and adapted the romantic-style subject matter of violent and majestic animals. After his crocodile-like sculpture entitled Tiger Devouring a Gavail, won a medal at the Salon of 1831, Barye became a successful and independent sculptor and painter. His animal sculptures competed at the Salon alongside the more traditional and revered human figures. In 1845, Barye began a foundry that produced smaller and more affordable bronze statues. He was appointed the keeper of plaster casts at the Louvre and professor of zoological drawing at the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle, both in Paris. Elected to the Academie in 1868, Barye inspired a later generation of animal sculptors who called themselves the animaliers.

Pair of ANTIQUE FRENCH BRASS CANDLESTICKS, Mid. 1800's, in very good condition. One has a denting on a side. They are heavy. I just bought these candlesticks from my last trip in France! Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France)!10x3x3

Old green & brown galzed plate (French Majolica/ Barbotine faience) probably from the famous manufacture of North East France "Sarreguemines", circa 1920. The subject is Saint Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (French: Jeanne d'Arc), is considered a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint. In good condition (a little chip on the edge as you can see on photo). We ship from Texas, not from France.

There are 82 issues here--nearly a complete set of 1985-1991 Playboy Magazines. The only ones missing are January 1989, and March 1986. Their condition varies, with moisture damage to a couple of the covers and page. But if you don't mind that, there's still plenty of entertainment to be had, in seven great years of late 1980's and early 90's life and culture. These are great to look through, so take a peek at this alluring collection!

American Artist Max Karp is one of the few contemporary painters to use enamel for his artistic work. He is internationally acclaimed as the father of modern enameling. His place in art history is assured, both because of his enormous talent and the fact that he has perfected unique processes, which allow the creation of museum-quality, kiln-fired collectibles. A self-taught artist, Karp was born in Ohio in 1916 and raised in California. He lives in Southern California. Karp began painting by recording in his oils various species of birds and insects for his father who was an ornithologist/entomologist. In the mid-1960's, Karp became interested in the enamel process. Beginning on a small scale, he taught himself the enamel technique and later experimented with the large paintings in enamel for which he is best known. During the last decade, Karp's enamel paintings have received critical recognition. In 1970 Hamilton Mint commissioned Karp to produce four paintings of the seasons of the year, which were then issued as a limited edition of plates on precious metal. In 1980 Karp's 20 x 24-inch enamel portrait of Beverly Sills was presented to the American Queen of Opera following her final performance on full-length opera. In addition, numerous private art collectors, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Happy Rockefeller and Sarah Churchill, have acquired works by Max Karp for their collections.

Here is a wonderful French Antique curio cabinet or bookcase, Second Empire period, circa 1860 (during Emperor Napoleon III reign), made of walnut and burled walnut by a cabinet maker from Southern France. 2 doors amd 2 shelves. H.74.5"/ W.39"/ D.18.5" Great condition!!! A nice piece and a very good price for this small part of France in your home. For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Yaacov Agam"Life In Spain " 1977Limited Edition PrintSerigraphSize: 39.75 x 15.5 inEdition #: 34/99Hand Signed: Framed with Plexiglass Black lacquer, linen mat, Original Owner. Private collection.Retail Price: $11,000 USDAsking Price: $7,500 USD87 Views

A very nice pair of large French faience/ earthenware plates made by Pornic, France. Each plate was hand-painted by the artist (On the photo, you can see the stamp to guarantee this signature of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of plates made in Pornic, Brittany is highly collectible in France. Lovely pieces for your collection or for the decoration of your home! We ship from Texas (not from France)! Diameter: 10.5" We have 9 plates available.

This is a woderful piece by Lynn Baker. Makes 1 feel as though they were at the beach and is very beautiful. it is 33" x 25"

Artist: Hiro Yamagata Title: Rainbow Medium: Original Serigraph Year:1983 Edition Size: 470 Artist's Proofs: 1-50/50 Prnter's Proofs: 1-10/10 Printer: Accent Studios, Los Angeles Publisher: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, Inc. Van Nuys, CA

These two paper art collages are by a California artist who calls herself Just Shauna. Both have pink and mauve pastel hues, with delicate yet expressive designs. * One has a feather with thread-wrapped stem, tiny beads, and layers of richly textured hand-made paper. It is shrink-wrapped inside a matching color matte that meaures 16 x 20 inches. * The other piece features a mask with feathers, cloth and paper, and it is signed in pencil by the artist. It comes wrapped in plastic, 5 x 7 inches, with an envelope for mailing. * Both these are in excellent condition. They will make lovely mixed media artworks for your home.

Stunning 10 ctw. Red African Ruby.Oval Shaped natural Ruby.Well colored and cut with treatment.Estimated appraised value of $750.00Start at low bidding price.! $5.00 per carat!

French prayer chair with its rush seat, made of fruit wood by a cabinet maker from Southern France. This piece was made in the mid.1800's. Everything is original and great patina! Very good condition. For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Very nice pair of cast iron French Fleur de Lys, excellent for decoration, book-ends... The English translation of "fleur-de-lis" (sometimes spelled "fleur-de-lys") is "flower of the lily." This symbol, depicting a stylized lily or lotus flower, has many meanings. Traditionally, it has been used to represent French royalty, and in that sense it is said to signify perfection, light, and life. Legend has it that an angel presented Clovis, the Merovingian king of the Franks, with a golden lily as a symbol of his purification upon his conversion to Christianity. Others claim that Clovis adopted the symbol when waterlilies showed him how to safely cross a river and thus succeed in battle. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-6"/ w-3.5"/ d-1.25"

Highly collectible faisselle pot from Alsace (Eastern France). This charming Alsatian piece of pottery (hand-made and hand-painted), dating around 1940's, come from many different villages throughout the region. The dark brown "terre vernissee", or glazed pottery, with its decorative flowers, comes from the village of Soufflenheim. A faisselle is a container pierced with tiny holes (as this piece), in which fresh cheese is placed so the whey will drain out. But then metonymy came into play (or perhaps came in to play) and the word now also designates an unsalted soft curd cheese sold in such a container, itself nested in a larger, bucket-shaped tub. This clever contraption allows the whey to flow freely around the cheese, keeping it fresh and moist. And when you want to use the cheese, you simply lift the inner rack from the tub, and decide how much of the liquids you want to keep, depending on the consistency you're looking for. Good condition (No cracks, no chips). h-7/ w-9.25/ d-7.25. We ship from Texas (not from France)

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Here are 7 antique photograph portraits. They are black and sepia toned, on card backings, and measure from 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" to 4 3/4" x 7". There are four studio shots, three dated 1890, 1899, and 1903. One is from Europe. There are three outdoor group shots, and they are marked Aunt Frank's Family, The Pickeringe Group, and No. 13 school, Yonkers, New York. Overall they are in very good condition, aside from the grandmother which has some dents. * This is a nice grouping for a collector.

Rock and Roll band of the 60's Steppenwolf with Special Guest: Sugarloaf Concert PosterVintage Reproductiion of Concert poster of Concert by Steppenwolf from early 1960's at the Hoholulu Internation Center, dated Oct. 17th at 8 pm. 777 Ward Ave. Honolulu, Hi.96814Beautiful colored lithograph framed poster.

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

Here is an original hand made Japanese print portraying a man and smaller man, possibly a teacher and student. Japanese characters appear on the right side. It is done in blue, gray, black, and rose colors, with black outlines. * Artist: Harada KeigakuMedium: Print on rice weave paperSheet size: 12 x 9 inchesPresentation: On two separate sheets of paper, taped together vertically at the centerAge: Appears to be original, circa mid to late 19th centuryCondition: Very good, with a few slight wrinkles and stains along the lower edge, and smudge mark, lower right

Here is a rare Plum Opalescent Hobnail Epergne. It has three separate flowers or vases that are 6" tall, and fit into the base of the bowl. The dimensions altogether are 6 1/2" tall and 8" in diameter. The condition is excellent, with no chips or cracks. * With a little water this epergne can be used to hold fresh cut flowers for a beautiful display.

Here is a wonderful set of 7 French plates made by a famous potter (Lamerand) from the village of Salernes (famous for the quality of the pottery made in this part of Southern France) in Provence. These plates were hand-made by Mr Lamerand. He also made his own color with natural materials. Each piece is signed by the artist "Poterie du Chateau, Salernes, France". We also have a set of salade plates and a set of coffee cups. We ship from Texas, not from France. 9.75" diameter

Vintage reproduction poster of Martha and the Vandellas at the Apollo Theater, March 24th, (early 60's)Dance and Show 9 p.m. until ?plus The Marvelettes and OrchestraMartha Reeves witht eh Vandellas, great poster 12x18 in. framed 19x24 in.

Stevie Wonder Vintage reproduction PosterSoulful Stevie Wonder at the Apollo Theater253 W. 125th Street Harlem, New York4.2 In Concert12x18 in. poster framed 19x25 in.

Kovrigo was born and educated in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1989, after completing his art education, which focused on the restoration of antique paintings, he began to show his own work in exhibitions throughout Russia, Germany, Slovakia, Greece, Teh Czech Republic, Poland and Italy.His art is now included in the National Art Museum of Russia as well as numerous private collections. Combining oil paints, gouache and collage techniques, Kovrigo creates images both colorful and rich in texture that never fail to warm the viewer.

American in Paris, 1986 Original Serigraph, 35" by 28" Screen: Destroyed Artist: Hiro Yamagata Title:American in Paris Medium: Original Serigraph Year: 1986 Size: 35" by 28" unframed Paper: Arches Coventry No. of Colors: 73 Total Edition Size: 507 Artist's Proofs: 1-50/50 Printer's Proofs: 1-10/10 Museum: 1-25/25 Printer: Studio Heinrici Ltd,. New York Publisher: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, Inc. Van Nuys, CA

French prayer chair with rush seat, made by a cabinet maker from Southern France. This chair was made in the 1870's. Everything is original and nice patina! Very good condition. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-38" (15" from floor to seat)/ w-17"/ d-16"

This romantic print was originally done in the 1930's, and it tinges on the erotic. A woman holds a letter over her heart, gazing longingly for her love. * Artist: Marcel Le BoulteTitle: "Loves Message"Medium: Print on paperSize: 14 x 18 inchesCondition: Very good; some edge creasing, small tears

Roy Fairchild (English b.1953)Born in 1953 in Surrey, England, Roy Fairchild lives and works most of the year in his country home. This peaceful environment is fundamental to Fairchild's well-being and stability as an artist, although he travels throughout Europe to obtain new sources of inspiration. Fairchild is particularly influenced by the painters of the Renaissance and often visits Italy to study the frescos, tapestries, and paintings to see for himself the techniques with which they were executed.Fairchild's vision is colored by his immersion in this past. Fairchild's surfaces are rich and sumptuous and he uses varied interwoven elements such as fabrics and flowers in his work. The crumpling plasterwork seen in ancient frescos are also alluded to in his use of plaster as base for acrylic and oil over-painting.Experimenting with different techniques, Fairchild developed entirely new methods of achieving effects in serigraphy to obtain qualities of light and color that are now in general use. Fairchild eventually gained sufficient financial security to be able to give up his commercial illustrations and return full time to his own painting and printmaking which he does under his family name, Fairchild.As a printmaker, Fairchild has found most favor with serigraphy where the rich, opaque colors of his work are furthered by the medium, although his figure drawings he still prefers to translate into etchings. Roy Fairchild's art is eagerly sought and purchase by astute collectors throughout the world.American Fine Art Editions, Inc. highlights the work of Roy Fairchild at our welcoming 12,000 sq. ft. showcase gallery in Old Town Scottsdale, AZ. Call one of our International Art Consultants today to receive the one on one attention you deserve in building your extraordinary collection of fine art. We specialize in the original 20th century masters of fine art including Picasso, Miro, Warhol, Neiman, Wyeth and more.

Leonardo Nierman Mendelejis (born 1932) is a Mexican artist and sculptor. Often referred to as the Jackson Pollock of Latin art[citation needed], his work is known for its vibrant colour.Born in Mexico City on November 1, 1932 to parents of Eastern European descent,[1] his first artistic endeavours were in the field of music. Academically, he was interested in both physical and mathematical sciences, and graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with a Bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics in 1951.Upon graduating, Nierman turned his attention to painting while applying his knowledge of music, physics and mathematics to his art. These traits, especially music, are readily seen throughout his work.[1]In 1969, Nierman was awarded the prestigious Palm d'Or des Beaux Arts, Monaco. He has held numerous exhibitions around the world and his works are held in many public collections including the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Israel and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts.

This is a silk screen scroll tapestry with both Buddhist & Hindu imagery. The size is 24 x 39 3/4 inches, and it hangs from a wooden stick. This very colorful tapestry is also considered lucky. At the center is Shiva with arms out, surrounded by Goddesses, all a symbol of love, wealth, and power. The more arms Shiva has, the more that can be loved, embraced, and gained. Above sits Buddha in a sitting position with 2 other figures, one on each side. The soft colors are beautiful, with elegant details. It is bordered in red and black patterned silk, and draped in yellow on back. * This will make an attractive covering for your wall.

This is a Salvador Dali lithograph titled "Homage to Lincoln Dalivision". It's complete title is "Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea Which at Twenty Meters Becomes the Portrait of Abraham Lincoln". Made on archival quality paper, facsimile pencil signed, numbered from an edition of 500. Measures 14" x 20" on 18" x 24" paper. In excellent condition, comes unframed. Comes with a

DotyNeal Doty was born in 1941, in Glendale, California. He studied at the Art Center School of Design (Los Angeles, 1967); Los Angeles City College (AA Degree, Fine Art, 1971); and California State University at Northridge (BA Degree, Fine Art, 1973).A student of the late Ben Duer, Mr. Doty was awarded 1st Place in the 1976 Larchmont Art Exhibit in Los Angeles and, in 1977, worked as a commissioned artist with Paramount Studios in Hollywood.Mr. Doty's works have appeared at the N.Y. Art Expo in New York City, the Wash Art Fair in Washington, D.C., and the Basel Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland . Neal, a Viet Nam veteran, attended the USC School of medicine in 1974 and worked as a paramedic in the City of Glendale, California for a few years then relocated to his current residence in Palm Desert, California.Neal has "pushed the envelope" in his innovative printmaking and painting techniques and has a vast body of work collected around the world.

A master of fantasy and surrealism, John Pitre has been a significant influence in the art world for over thirty years, and carries the distinction of being one of the most widely published artists in modern history.As a story teller, Pitre uses his paintbrush to comment on the most profound questions concerning man, and to create a reflection of our times and the world in which we live.He creates entire imaginary worlds completely from his mind, using artistic expression as a vehicle for powerful social commentary. Well before they became the significant social issues of our times, Pitre's surrealistic renditions of the threat of overpopulation, the ominous shadow of nuclear war, and the ecological deterioration of our planet became widely popular as poster images, selling in the millions. One image alone, Restrictions, sold an estimated seven million copies. Through his art he continues to bring to our attention important aspects of our Human condition, and as a result of his visionary talents, his social commentary paintings are now considered twentieth-century classics. A modern day DaVinci, Pitre holds over thirty patents to his name. He is a pioneer in many fields; he explored the depths of the oceans with diving gear he designed himself, long before commercial dive equipment was available. His affinity for the high seas led to patents for generating electricity from ocean waves and currents. He learned to fly every form of aircraft available to him, including a unique, one of a kind configuration that he personally conceived of, engineered, and built. Still an adventuring aviator; he now owns and flies his own Helicopter. Through his scrupulous study of human anatomy in the arts he has also designed some of the worlds most advanced fitness equipment, that can be seen today in many of the worlds finest gyms. His credits in this field include the Questar line of fitness equipment and the ROM (Range of Motion) which was awarded the Best of What's new in 1993 by Popular Science Magazine, and the Time Works that was one of TV's most successful infomercials. He also developed and patented a new proprietary formulation paint for artists' based on space age polymers. (Genesis Paint)Look beyond the surface, and into the depths of paintings by John Pitre, and you will look into the mind and soul of a great thinker. Through his social commentary art and visionary paintings he shares with you his vision of our purpose in the universe, and reminds us of the responsibilities we have as moral beings and as stewards of our planet. He tells us about life as a human citizen here on Earth, warning you about its difficulties and pitfalls, but also portrays the beauty and magic that each one of us possesses within. He encourages you to follow your longings and aspirations to achieve your dreams, but to hold dear the relationships we have with all other men.

Set of 6 French authentic Laguiole steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate" DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL. The VERY FAMOUS set of 6 French steak-knives "LAGUIOLE"...with Authenticity Certificate. The handle was made of wenge wood & the blade made of very high grade stainless steel was stamped, ground and polished with 25 different manual production stages. The world renowned knives has been crafted in the heart of France for over 200 years. Blade: 4.5"/ Total: 9.25"This Company was created in 1920, in the capital of French cutlery (Auvergne, center-France). These knives are the result of a family tradition of fine workmanship and very high quality products. Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery. Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products. It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations. The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962. Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development. Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives. Quality is an integral part of the company policy. Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #98/13740

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta bread basket made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-3.5"/ w-8.5"/ d-8.5"

Painting, Oil on canvas "Maids at work" signed HL. H: 23" W: 29.5" with frame (H: 20" W: 26" for the painting). The scene for this painting is maids at work, probably in Northern France. On the bottom left, you can see the signature of artist (see photo #2). A small price for this nice piece of art! Very good condition !!! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Natural Oval Shape Purple Amethyst11.76 ctw. 13 x 17 mm.Color and Clarity are exceptionalTop quality stoneMSRP: $200Start bids at $ 70.00less than $ 7.00 a carat.Very nice size Stone!

Khemosabi+++ is the most favorite Arabian Ever. Done in1985 is an Original Serigraph. 36 x 24. It is limited numbered Impressions. There are 300 numbered impressions 50AP 9PPSigned by The Artist.  

Michel Delacroix is truly a French original: an acclaimed master of the Naïf tradition and one of the most popular and successful artists in the world today. A self-styled "painter of dreams and of the poetic past," Delacroix has devoted five decades to painting a city he calls "the Paris of then," the magical place where he was born, where he spent his boyhood, and where he continues to live to this day. But the Paris Delacroix paints is not the urban metropolis of the present. It is the dream-like place the city became in the 1940's, during the Occupation, when "we suddenly jumped fifty years into the past. No more cars in the streets, very few lights. Paris suddenly became very quiet, very dark, and, though people were afraid, there was a brotherhood and spirit that was very delightful." For Delacroix, who was then a child of seven and spared by his age from understanding "the cruelties and absurdities" of war, it was "the one great adventure of my life." And it is to this special Paris - the Paris of by-gone years and innocent splendors - that Delacroix has returned to over and over again in his gentle works. Theses works, renowned for their graceful balance of "the earthy and the urban, the cosmic and the ordinary," have captivated private collectors, museums and ordinary people alike throughout the world, earning the artist both universal acclaim and numerous awards. In the U.S. alone, Delacroix's work has been featured in over 275 one person shows, from New York City, Boston, and Washington D.C., to Los Angeles, Carmel, Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco. Abroad, his work has been exhibited in France, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, England, Japan, and forms part of the permanent collections of the Musee International d'Art Naïf and the Foundation Max Fourny in Paris, and of private collections around the globe. In 1994, Michel Delacroix was named an Official Artist of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games by the U.S. Olympic Committee and commissioned to paint a work marking the hundredth anniversary of the modern Olympic Games. The work, entitled 1896 Olympics, was used to create an Official Poster for the 1996 Games and a special Limited Edition. In 1995, Delacroix also became an Official Artist of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) which commissioned him to celebrate the site of the 1996 Games in a work entitled Atlanta 1896-1996. Delighted with the work, ACOG selected it to serve as a 1996 Olympic Games' Official Poster and a Limited Edition. Following Atlanta 1896-1996, ACOG again honored Delacroix by commissioning him to create the Commemorative Painting and Cover Art of the Official Five CD Music Box Set of the 1996 Olympic Games.

Highly collectible pitcher from Alsace (Eastern France). Here is a charming Alsatian and large stoneware jug-pitcher from the village of Betschdorf made in the 1880's. No cracks and no chips. Very good condition! h-16/ w-10.5/ d-10.5. We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Elephant Bronze Sculpture, After Barye, 11 "H x17"W x 7"D32 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

This dynamic limited edition print on canvas is by the very popular motorcycle artist Scott Jacobs: * Title: "Flawless" * Giclée print on canvas * 26 × 34 * Signed by the artist * Numbered from a limited edition of 100 plus 15 AP * Excellent condition; never mounted, matted or framed * Certificate of Authenticity * * Licensed by Harley-Davidson, Scott Jacob's work is remarkable for its photo realistic excellence. His work is owned by celebrities such as Peter Fonda, Willie G. Davidson, Lorenzo Lamas, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, John Elway, and Karl Malone. * * * * SPECIAL SHIPPING NOTE: This print will be shipped rolled in a heavy duty mailing tube.

Here is a very nice French Louis Philippe table with two drop-leaves, made of fruitwood, circa 1850. h. 29.25"/ w. 45"/ d. 43.5". This table was made by a cabinet maker from Eastern France! Very sturdy, gorgeous patina!!! A nice piece and a very good price for this small part of France in your home. For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-29.25 w-45 d-43.5

This delightful "folk art" print is by the avidly collected contemporary artist Nobou "Nicky" Watanabe: Title: "County Fair" Serigraph on paper Signed and numbered from a limited edition and 50 APs 24 × 30 inches Excellent condition; never mounted, matted or framed Certificate of Authenticity issued by Midwest Estate BuyersA master of detail, Nobou Watanabe applies meticulous definition to every face, tree and snowflake in his paintings. Watanabe was born in Japan and did not move to the United States until after he graduated college. His style incorporates the influence of his boyhood in Japan as well as "naif" styles and motifs. * A very happy and energetic image, certain to brighten up any collection or décor! * * SPECIAL SHIPPING NOTE: This print will be shipped rolled in a heavy duty mailing tube.

This 3 piece Vanity Set was made by Fenton in the 1940's. It is in the White Melon color, and includes two perfume bottles and one powder jar. The are complete with clear glass stoppers and lids. * Condition: ExcellentSize: 4" and 4 3/4" tall; 3" and 4" in diameter

Here is a French table with one drawer, made during King Louis Philippe reign (Circa 1850), by a French cabinet maker from Eastern France (Alsace). This piece made of walnut wood is in very good condition. You can use this piece as a TABLE or as a VERY NICE DESK! Gorgeous patina! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-30.75/ w-47/ d-29.25

Here are two pieces of Fenton Glass. One is an amber hobnail vase, 4 1/2" tall. The glass goes to a tumble up set. It is 3 1/2" tall, light blue, hand painted with purple flowers, and signed by the artist. * Condition: Excellent

This exciting limited edition print is signed by the very well-known and avidly collected motorcycle artist Scott Jacobs: Title: "Triple Threat" Giclée on paper 20 × 28 Signed by the artist Numbered from a limited edition of 200 plus 50 APs Excellent condition; never mounted, matted or framed Certificate of Authenticity Retail gallery price USD 750 Scott Jacobs' work is remarkable for its photo realistic excellence. His work is owned by celebrities such as Peter Fonda, Willie G. Davidson, Lorenzo Lamas, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, John Elway, and Karl Malone. * * * SPECIAL SHIPPING NOTE: This print will be shipped rolled in a heavy duty mailing tube.

Wonderful Dali piece. Signed and numbered.78/350Original Color Lithograph. 30x213/8. Is in the Official Catalog of The Graphic Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field. Guaranteed Original or Money back.

Here is an original hand made Japanese print portraying Kyogen actors of the traditional Japanese comic theater. Japanese characters appear on the right side. It is done in blue, gray and red colors, with black outlines. * Artist: Harada KeigakuMedium: Print on rice weave paperSheet size: 8 1/4 x 12 inchesPresentation: On two separate sheets of paper, taped together vertically at the centerAge: Appears to be original, circa mid to late 19th centuryCondition: Very good, with a few slight wrinkles and stains along the lower edge, and smudge mark, lower right

John, Paul George and Ringo Original Cartoon Cell. 1960'sOriginal cell from Beatles Cartoon that was made in the 1960's after the Beatles started their wrld domination of the Rock and Roll music world. valued at $300-$450. History channel TV show "Pawn Stars" has a cell from same show has had one at $500.00

Pair of Retriever Dogs Bronze Sculpture, 15"H x 17"L x 10"D 46 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

This is a 1 of a kind piece done as a series of single images.

Shirley Temple Colbalt Blue Mug with Shirly Temple Face on Surface.Mug from 40s-and 50's soap boxMug in excellent conditions, no cracks or chipsestimated value of $75-$125.Start low bid of $35.

A wonderful cheery print.

Bart Simpson and the entire family sitting around the Dinner table at their home in Springfield. USABeautifully colored sericel of Cartoon characters. Cell not framed.Estimated value of $500.00 or more

This is a brilliant limited edition print by the very popular motorcycle and sports car artist Scott Jacobs: * Title: "Endless Summer" * Print on heavy paper * 33¼ × 45 * Excellent condition; unframed * Signed in pencil by the artist LR * Numbered from a limited edition of 300 * Certificate of Authenticity issued by Midwest Estate Buyers * * Licensed by Harley-Davidson, Scott Jacob's work is remarkable for its photo realistic excellence. His work is owned by celebrities such as Peter Fonda, Willie G. Davidson, Lorenzo Lamas, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, John Elway, and Karl Malone. *

Soviet artist and sculptor Yankel Ginzburg was born Yuri Zhukov on March 23, 1945 in the Soviet Republic of Khazakhstan. For three decades, Yankel Ginzburgâ?Ts paintings and sculpture have been exhibited the world over. His works have graced the walls of the Bat-Yam Museum, Marc Chagall Museum, Scirball Museum, The Modern Museum of Art-Mexico, and the Cairo Museum. In Washington, Ginszburg had his American debut at the Washington Gallery of Art. Whether it is from Los Angeles to New York, London to Paris, Cairo to Moscow, or Tokyo to Hong Kong, Yankel Ginzburgâ?Ts art is well known and admired by critics and art lovers alike.

This is a beautiful etching, after Rembrandt, by master engraver Amand Durand. Titled "Clump of Trees with a Vista" (year of original 1652). Signed in the plate. Measurements: image size is 5" x 8-1/4" on 11" x 15" Somerset paper. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Ref. #222 according to the British Catalogue, circa 1797, is a hand pulled-ETCHING from the AUTHENTIC & Original copper Rembrandt plates by Armand-Durand (1831-1905) overseen by Art World Industries, inc. This piece is in excellent condition, and has never been framed. Rembrandt was born in 1606 in Leiden , Holland . Before his 30th birthday, the name Rembrandt had become synonymous with artistic excellence. The Dutch master was known worldwide for his highly prized series of classical etchings. These images are known for their delicacy of tone and intricacy of detail. To raise funds in 1657, Rembrandt sold the plates at an auction of his entire estate to a prestigious European family with the expressed stipulation that not even one of the etchings could be printed until a full 100 years had passed after his death. The family faithfully honored the binding agreement. Owing to their great popularity and soft metallurgical consistency, the original plates became worn by the mid 1800's. To save these genius-inspired works, Amand Durand, a master engraver, born in France in 1831, spent the major part of his career exactly duplicating the genius of Rembrandt onto hard, lasting copper plates. Art historians and critics have been stunned by the incredible quality Durand achieved through his own technical genius. Historical references indicate that Armand Durand's amazing skills were well known to expert of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many esteemed art critics and curators feel that Durand's works not only do great justice to Rembrandt's original concepts but subtly improve on the legendary Dutch master in a technical sense. Amand -Durand was a great admirer of Rembrandt. He desired to study the plates and techniques of this genius. Unfortunately at the time there only remained about 100 known plates, which were available to produce fine quality impressions. For 100 years the bulk of Rembrandt's plates were shrouded in mystery. As time moved on some of Rembrandt's plates began to surface. By this time Rembrandt's plates were miserably worn and dull. Amand-Durand, who by now had made the ranks of a noted engraver, decided to remedy this with his own gifted talents. He researched and intensely studied pieces that were available only in collections. From here on he spent the major part of his life exactly duplicating Rembrandt's images onto copper plates. These recreations were called Amand-Durand's after Rembrandt. Their unbelievable clarity and exactness were achieved because Amand-Durand used as his guide, not the worn and dull plates, but the first and second state etchings of the master's original works. By this time Durand's talent were known to experts of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1855, Conservator of the Cabinet de Estampes, George Duplessis so appreciated the genius of this man that he had his work published in books which belong to the Bibliotheque Nationale in France. Amand-Durand was used as master etcher in an anthology of European engravings, which became so valuable that they were kept under locked scrutiny in most libraries. What we have is a noted master duplicating a master some 200 years later. Soon after Amand-Durand's death in 1905, his original copper plates were obtained by the prestigious French book publishing family, DOMINIQUE VINCENT et Cie. They mainly published the work for book illustrations to the Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum as beautiful exact duplications of Rembrandt's etchings. Sporadically they sold to private parties interested in this unique creation. It was this reproducing that caused hushed rumor that spread throughout the entire art world. It was discreetly rumored among noted art circles, that in the early 1900's numerous Amand Durand after Rembrandt etchings found their way into famous collections much to the dismay of many. This was the rumor until 1985. An American art dealer doing research on the availability of Rembrandt etchings came across some so questionably perfect that he decided to research even further. Fierce studying proved that these were in fact Amand-Durand etchings that had been rumored and gossiped about for so many years. Completely aware of what information he and come across and the problems that developed when they were placed in the wrong hands, he resolved to locate the original copper plates. This took quite some time. However with unbelievable resourcefulness he was able to locate the Dominique Vincent family who had been completely unaware of the stories that were inadvertently created with these prints. The Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum in Paris had been acquiring these etchings to allow the French to see the unimaginable story behind them. The American dealer purchased all 348 original copper plates. This allowed the American public to also see this unimaginable story of how a noted artisan through his talent and dedication for the great master Rembrandt, created effects of such quality that the repercussions were felt throughout the entire art world for many, many years. Over a century after Amand-Durand painstakingly recreated Rembrandt's etching, the benefits of his devotion to quality and beauty are again felt throughout the art world. The piece was made from the re-worked original copper plate by Amand Durand in the late 1800s. It is absolutely beautiful!

Artist: Hiro Yamagata Title: Winter Day Medium: Original Serigraph Year:1989 Size: 19" by 35 1/2"

Authentic French Fashion newspaper in a frame dating 1924. Authentic antique French newspaper which appeared weekly during the early 1900's. "Le Petit Echo de la Mode" was a famous fashion newspaper in Paris (the first one was print in 1889). It is an original printed on 8/31/1924 (the frame is new). h-15.75"/ w-12.5" We ship from Texas (not from France)!

If "You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans," then this delightful "naif" print by the very popular artist Nobou ("Nicky") Watanabe may be exactly what you've been looking for! * Title: "Jackson Square" * Serigraph on paper * Signed and numbered from a limited edition and 50 APs * 24 × 30 inches * Excellent condition; never mounted, matted or framed * Certificate of Authenticity * Retail gallery price USD 1000 * * A master of detail, Nobou Watanabe applies meticulous definition to every face, tree and snowflake in his paintings. Watanabe was born in Japan and did not move to the United States until after he graduated college. His style incorporates the influence of his boyhood in Japan as well as "naif" styles and motifs. * * A delightful addition to any collection!

Very nice French chandelier Louis XV style with 6 lights. Excellent condition! A small part of France in your home. 14x20.5x20.5We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Hey Hey Hey--it's Fat Albert & Friends in a great hand painted animation cel! This scene finds them all in the kitchen ready to chow down, and Fat Albert's going all healthy with a big salad. * Medium: Hand painted cel acetate with printed backgroundEdition: 17/250Sheet size: 14 1/2 x 16 1/2 inchesPublisher: Royal Animated Art, Inc. (certification sticker, upper right)Condition: Excellent

Authentic hand-painted Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Dog" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: G-V, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)!1.75x1.5x1

Wonderful Blessing for ANY Home. Signed and Numbered.

This marvelous "naif" (naive) print is by the very popular and avidly collected contemporary artist Nobou "Nicky" Watanabe: * Title: "Singing in the Rain" * 1989 * Serigraph on paper * Signed and numbered from a limited edition of 300, plus 100 Roman, and 50 APs * 20 × 26 inches * Excellent condition; never mounted, matted or framed * Certificate of Authenticity * * A master of detail, Nobou Watanabe applies meticulous definition to every face, tree and snowflake in his paintings. Watanabe was born in Japan and did not move to the United States until after he graduated college. His style incorporates the influence of his boyhood in Japan as well as "naif" styles and motifs. * * A delightful addition to any collection! * * * SPECIAL SHIPPING NOTE: This print will be shipped rolled in a heavy duty mailing tube.

This is a Salvador Dali lithograph titled "Cosmic Horseman". Made on archival quality paper, facsimile pencil signed and pencil numbered from an edition of 500. Image measures 19" x 15" on 24" x 22" paper. In excellent condition, comes unframed. Comes with a certificate of authenticity.

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 - November 8, 1978) was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine for more than four decades.[1] Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter (although his Rosie was reproduced less than others of the day), Saying Grace (1951), The Problem We All Live With, and the Four Freedoms series. He is also noted for his work for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA); producing covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations.

Siberian Bengal Tiger Bronze Sculpture, After Debvt, 14"L x 9"H x 8"D22 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Artist: Ven ClerySignature: In pencil lower rightMedium: Photograph on paperEdition: Limited 25/250, marked lower leftPrint size: 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 inchesFraming: In white matte inside white metal frameFrame size: 26 1/4 x 30 inches Condition: Excellent

This original animation cel is from the Nickelodeon TV show SpongeBob Squarepants. The story takes place under the deep blue sea in Bikini Bottom, where SpongeBob resides. SpongeBob, who is a yellow, porous sponge, is your typical happy-go-lucky character, as he is always cheerful and enjoys making people laugh. Patrick Star, SpongeBob's neighbor who is a starfish, is your average children's show idiot, as he boasts knowing nothing and is often getting himself into ridiculous situations. Between the homes of these two lies the home of the miserable Squidward, a squid, who is known for being grouchy and playing tricks on SpongeBob and Patrick. Both SpongeBob and Squidward work at the Krusty Krab, a fast food business run by the greedy money-loving Mr. Krabs, a crab, the arch rival of the evil, possibly misunderstood, Plankton. Another neighbor, Sandy Cheeks, an athletic squirrel who normally wears an astronaut's space suit, was introduced in "Tea at the Treedome." She spends most of her time inventing and experimenting. * SpongeBob has 3 kites * Original Production Animated Cel Overall Size of Cel: 13 1/2" x 16 1/2" Very Good ConditionThis is an original hand-painted cel set-up used in the production of an episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants." Each one-of-a-kind set-up represents a slight change in position of the characters. When individually photographed and projected in rapid succession, the images appear to move. * To create production cels, the original animator's drawing is transferred onto an acetate cel (by hand-inking and/or photo copying). The cel is then hand-painted on the reverse side. * The cel is ready to be matted and framed. The animator's notations are at the bottom of the cel. *

A very nice set of 2 French table-sets made by Pornic, France with "Fleur de Lys". Excellent condition. Lovely pieces for your collection or for the decoration of your home! We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-12"/ w-17.5"

Seated Hound Dog Bronze Sculpture, After Mene - 10 1/2"H x6"W x 6"D12 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!Pierre Jules Mêne, (1810 -1879), was a French Sculptor and animalière. He is considered the pioneer of animal sculpture in the nineteenth-century.Mêne produced a number of animal sculptures, mainly of domestic animals including horses, cows and bulls, sheep and goats which were in vogue during the Second Empire. He was one of a school of French animalières which also included Rosa Bonheur, Pierre Louis Rouillard, Antoine-Louis Barye, Auguste Caïn, and François Pompon.His work was first shown in London by Ernest Gambart in 1849. Mêne specialized in small bronze figures which explains why none of his works exist as public statuary. His work was a popular success with the bourgeois class and many editions of each sculpture were made, often to decorate an increasing number of private homes of the period. The quality of these works is high, comparable to Barye's. Mêne also seems to have enjoyed a longer period of success and celebrity than his contemporaries. He is considered to have been the lost-wax casting expert of his time, later surpassed only by Auguste Rodin.

Authentic hand-painted porcelain Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a "Duck" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted)Limoges France, signed: K-G as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-1"/ w-3.25"/ d-2"

Set of 6 French Laguiole steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate" DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL. The VERY FAMOUS set of 6 French steak-KNIVES "LAGUIOLE"...with Authenticity Certificate. The handle was made of bubinga wood & the blade made of very high grade stainless steel was stamped, ground and polished with 25 different manual production stages. The world renowned knives has been crafted in the heart of France for over 200 years. This Company was created in 1920, in the capital of French cutlery (Auvergne, center-France). These knives are the result of a family tradition of fine workmanship and very high quality products. Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery. Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products. It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations. The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962. Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development. Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives. Quality is an integral part of the company policy. Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #98/13691 /**ThinViewJs**/ var ifr = function() {}; ifr.browserDetect = function() {this.bFirefox = this.bWebTV = this.bOpera = this.bNav = this.bIE = this.bSafari =this.bWin = this.bMac = this.bMacppc = this.bMactel =this.bWinXp = this.bXpSp2 = this.bAOL = this.bVista = false;this.iVer = this.fVer = -1;this.fMinorVer = 0;this.init = function() {var nv = navigator, agt = nv.userAgent.toLowerCase(), i = 0, ver;with (this){if (agt.indexOf('webtv') != -1){bWebTV = true;i = agt.indexOf('webtv/') + 6;}else if (agt.indexOf('firefox') != -1){bFirefox = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('firefox') + 8;}else if (agt.indexOf('safari') != -1){bSafari = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('safari') + 7;}else if(typeof(window.opera)!='undefined'){bOpera = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('opera') + 6;}else if (nv.appName == 'Netscape'){bNav = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('/') + 1;}else if (agt.indexOf('msie') != -1){bIE = true;i = agt.indexOf('msie') + 4;if ((agt.indexOf('aol') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('america online') != -1))bAOL = true;}ver = bOpera?window.opera.version():agt.substring(i);iVer = parseInt(ver);fVer = parseFloat(ver);fMinorVer = fVer - iVer;bWin = (agt.indexOf('win') != -1);bWinXp = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 5.1') != -1));bVista = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 6.0') != -1));bXpSp2 = (bWinXp && (agt.indexOf('sv1') != -1));bMac = (agt.indexOf('mac') != -1);bMacppc = (bMac && ((agt.indexOf('ppc') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('powerpc') != -1)));bMactel = (bMac && (agt.indexOf('intel') != -1));}}this.init();return this;}var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();if (oCl.bFirefox) { ifr.init(1); } ifr.addLoadEvent = function(func) { var oldonload = window.onload;if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {window.onload = func;}else {window.onload = function() {if (oldonload) {oldonload();}func();}}};ifr.addLoadEvent( function() { ifr.init(2); } ); ifr.init = function(callerId) {var lastInitCall = '';var bSafari = oCl.bSafari;var bFirefox = oCl.bFirefox;var iVer = oCl.iVer;var bWin = oCl.bWin;var cTime = new Date().getTime();if (!window.bError) {var el = new Date().getSeconds();var lt = (el - window.bl);}if (typeof(clientErrorLog) !== 'undefined') {if (lt > clientErrorThresholdTime) {ifr.process(lt);}}if (((callerId !== 2) && (lastInitCall !== '') && ((cTime-lastInitCall) = 9 && (h==10000) && document.getElementById('EBdescription')) { h = document.getElementById('EBdescription').scrollHeight; }} else {h = document.body.offsetHeight; if (oCl.bSafari && oCl.iVer >= 523) {w = document.body.scrollWidth;} else {w = document.body.offsetWidth;if (window.scrollMaxX !== 0) {w += window.scrollMaxX;}}}if (isNaN(w)) {w = 0;}if ((oCl.bFirefox && oCl.bWin) && (h > 32000)) {h = 32000;}rv[0] += h;rv[1] += w;return rv;};ifr.resizeIt = function(callerId) {var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();var size = ifr.getSize();if (size) {if (!oCl.bSafari) {var rf = window.document.referrer;var re = new RegExp('^http\://cgi\.');var re2 = new RegExp('^(http\://www\.)([a-z]{2}\.)?([0-9a-z]{5}\.)?([a-z]{2}\.)?([a-z]{4}\.)([a-z]{3}|[a-z]{2})(\.[a-z]{2})?(/itm/)');if ((rf.toString().match(re) !== null) || (rf.toString().match(re2) !== null)) {parent.resizeFrame(size);}}ifr.setData(size, callerId);};}

Very nice pair of large painted French Fleurs de Lys, excellent for decoration, book-ends... The English translation of "fleur-de-lis" (sometimes spelled "fleur-de-lys") is "flower of the lily." This symbol, depicting a stylized lily or lotus flower, has many meanings. Traditionally, it has been used to represent French royalty, and in that sense it is said to signify perfection, light, and life. Legend has it that an angel presented Clovis, the Merovingian king of the Franks, with a golden lily as a symbol of his purification upon his conversion to Christianity. Others claim that Clovis adopted the symbol when waterlilies showed him how to safely cross a river and thus succeed in battle. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-11"/ w-5"/ d-3.5"

A very nice French faience earthenware tureen with its lid made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-6"/ w-7"/ d-5.5"

Artist: Hiro Yamagata Title: Once Upon a Time Year: 1986 Medium: Original Serigraph Size: 36" by 29" Paper: Arches Coventry No. of Colors: 73 Total Edition Size: 505 Artist's Proofs: 1-50/50 Hors de Commerce:1-50/50 Museun: 1-25/25 Printer's Proofs: 1-10/10 Screens: Destroyed Printer: Studio Heinrici Ltd., New York Publisher: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, Inc. Van Nuys, CA

1945-1984 - Patrick Nagel was born in Dayton, Ohio, but was brought up in the Los Angeles area, where he spent most of his life. He studied art at Chouinard Art Institute, and in 1969 received Nagel's Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California State University at Fullerton. Beginning in 1976, Patrick Nagel began contributing regularly to Playboy, which extended the exposure and popularity of "the Nagel Woman" to a huge and loyal audience. In 1978, he created his first poster image for Mirage Editions. He also painted the cover of rock group Duran Duran's Rio album, which became the number one album in the world. The feeling of Patrick Nagel's work is reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints as well as of Art Deco styling, yet it is completely contemporary and universal in appeal. Starting from a photograph, Nagel would create a simplified drawing, the translate the drawing to a painting -- always "simplifying, working to get more across with fewer elements," note Elena Millie. Bold, dark lines shape perspective out of flat, cool colours and stark white spaces; the result is what some have described as "fantasy realism

Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso was born in South Spain in Malaga. Malaga is a scenic city on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. His father, Don José Ruiz Blasco and mother, Doña Maria Picasso y Lopez lived modestly. His father was a painter and naturally, Pablo was exposed to art and the creation of it, very early on in life. The first ten years of Pablo's life was spent in Málaga. The family was poor, and when two other children were born Lola (Dolorès) in 1884 and Concepción (Conchita) in 1887 it put pressure on Don to find a higher paying position. When Don José was offered a better-paid job, he accepted it immediately, and the Picassos moved to the provincial capital of La Corua, Galicia and and he studied art with his father at the Fine Arts at La Corua. In 1900 he moved to Barcelona. At that time Barcelona was home to many intellectuals and artists. Picasso headed into what now is referred to as the "blue period" (1901-1904), marked by the blue tonalities in his paintings as he shuffled back and forth from Paris to Barcelona. In 1905 Picasso moved to Paris and met George Braque. His style also took on a new look. Pinks and Grays were some recognizable color scheme of this period now known as the "rose period". In 1907 Picasso painted "Les Demoiselles d' Avignon". This is considered to be one his most important works not only of his life but in 20th century art. In 1909 just before his introduction to the U.S. Pablo began to develop his cubism style in several of his works. Picasso had his first exhibition in the U.S. at Photo - Section Gallery in New York (1911). Soon after this Picasso began to work in college and in 1914 he went to Rome to work as a designer. He worked with Sergey Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes. In 1915 Picasso met his wife, Olga, who was then a dancer. Olga Koklova became the subject of several of his paintings. The next 10 years of his life was spent designing theater sets and painting in Cubism, Classical, and Surrealism. From 1929 to 1931 he worked on a large quantity of graphic illustrations and he pioneered wrought iron sculpture with Julio Gonzalez, a good friend of his. In 1935 his daughter Maria Therese was borne. She later became the model for one of my all time favorite paintings "Girl Before the Mirror". In this painting a girl sees herself imperfectly and through Picassos use of color and his use of the reflected image, one can gain a look into the emotion of the "Girl Before the Mirror." If you have not sat and looked at this painting, you might want to consider doing so.a true masterpiece. In 1937 the world was becoming entangled by Nazi attacks. Picasso responded with his great anti-war painting "Guernica," a very powerful and disturbing portrayal of man. Death became a major subject in most of his work from 1939 to 1945. Francois Gilot became Picasso's liason during the 1940's. She borne him two children and she also appeared in many of his works from that time period. Jacqueline Roque, whom he met in 1953 and married in 1961 was his last companions to be portrayed in his art. Most of his time in the 50's was spent in southern France. He unveiled "Head of a Woman" for Chicago 's Civic Center in 1967. Towards the end of his life Picasso created 347 engravings with themes of the circus, bullfights, and love. He died April 8th in 1973. Picasso was one of the few artists to be appreciated and celebrated during his lifetime. He loved life and celebrated the beauty of it and he made a good living doing what he loved. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is one of the most important works in the genesis of modern art. The painting depicts five naked prostitutes in a brothel; two of them push aside curtains around the space where the other women strike seductive and erotic poses-but their figures are composed of flat, splintered planes rather than rounded volumes, their eyes are lopsided or staring or asymmetrical, and the two women at the right have threatening masks for heads. The space, too, which should recede, comes forward in jagged shards, like broken glass. In the still life at the bottom, a piece of melon slices the air like a scythe. The faces of the figures at the right are influenced by African masks, which Picasso assumed had functioned as magical protectors against dangerous spirits: this work, he said later, was his "first exorcism painting." A specific danger he had in mind was life-threatening sexual disease, a source of considerable anxiety in Paris at the time; earlier sketches for the painting more clearly link sexual pleasure to mortality. In its brutal treatment of the body and its clashes of color and style (other sources for this work include ancient Iberian statuary and the work of Paul Cézanne), Les Demoiselles d'Avignon marks a radical break from traditional composition and perspective. With Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso offends the Paris art scene in 1907. Showing his eight-foot-square canvas to a group of painters, patrons, and art critics at his studio, Picasso meets with almost unanimous shock, distaste, and outrage. The painter Matisse is angered by the work, which he considers a hoax, an attempt to paint the fourth dimension. "It was the ugliness of the faces that froze with horror the half-converted," the critic Salmon writes later. The painter Derain comments wryly, "One day we shall find Pablo has hanged himself behind his great canvas." In the months leading up to the painting's creation, Picasso struggles with the subject -- five women in a brothel. He creates more than 100 sketches and preliminary paintings, wrestling with the problem of depicting three-dimensional space in a two -dimensional picture plane. The original composition includes two men -- a patron surrounded by the women, and a medical student holding a skull, perhaps symbolizing that "the wages of sin are death." In the final composition, the patron is gone and the medical student -- who has been called a stand-in for the painter himself -- has become a fifth woman with a primitive mask, holding back the crimson curtain to reveal her "sisters." The painting is described as a battleground, with the remains of the battle left on the canvas. The Iberian women in the center of the canvas clash with the hideously masked creatures standing and squatting on the right. In creating Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Picasso turns his back on middle-class society and the traditional values of the time, opting for the sexual freedom depicted in a brothel. He also rejects popular current movements in painting by choosing line drawing rather than the color- and light-defined forms of Impressionism and the Fauves. The painter's private demons take shape in the figures on the canvas. Picasso later calls Les Demoiselles d'Avignon "my first exorcism painting." He likens the act of painting to that of creating fetishes, or weapons: "If we give spirits a form, we become independent." The originality of Picasso's vision and execution in Les Demoiselles d'Avignon help plant the seeds for cubism, the widely acclaimed and revolutionary art movement that he and painter Georges Braque develop in years to come. After its initial showing, the painting remains largely unseen for 39 years. It is shown at the Galerie d'Antin in Paris in 1916, then lies rolled up in Picasso's studio until it is bought in the early 1920s by Jacques Doucet, sight unseen. It is reproduced in the publication La Revolution Surrealiste in 1925, but remains relatively unknown until 1937, when it is shown at the Petit Palais in Paris. The Museum of Modern Art in New York buys it soon afterwards, and in later years it becomes a prized part of the collection.

French old print of Paris, dated 1955: Montgolfieres in Paris in 1789. Very good condition (no damage)...the frame is new. h-13.5"/ w-16.75". This print will be a great part of France in your home! Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France!)

Born in 1953 - First of all, there's artist Csaba Markus's appearance, which appears more appropriate to his Hungarian ancestry of a warrior rather than a contemporary artist. But his appearance is not the only contrast in his life. There is Csaba's art, which is world-renowned for its complexity, as his work is equally suited to both the modern and ancient eras. The classical influences in Markus's art are tied to his origins in Budapest, Hungary, where he was born in 1953. Starting from early childhood, Markus challenged himself to be the greatest artist in the world. Feeling stifled by his native country, Csaba Markus decided to escape the rigorous controls of the Communist system and arrived in the United States in 1978. Since then he has been deemed the Artisan of the Milleniums, a title which brings not only appropriate recognition but also a challenging role for Markus to fill. His art must span the ages, able to exist in either the distant past or the existing present. Markus' must incorporate the traditions, cultures, and legends of ancient eras, providing the necessary bridge to the modern era for a contemporary audience to appreciate and enjoy. It's a difficult position to uphold... and one that Csaba Markus navigates with ease and skill, as though he'd been born to fulfill the role.

This limoges Shell Shaped Ring Box is light yellow and white on the inside with beautifully hand painted flowers on the outside and inside.Museum quality peice from Estate Sale. approx. 21/2 inches across.

Excellent Mystic Pink Brilliant Cut Topaz2.02. carats of pink beauty.wll faceted natural Topaz with treatment.Starting low bid price.

Here are two pairs of different Fenton candlestick holders, both in a similar shade of green glass. Both pairs are in excellent condition, and are ready for your candles. * * Small with floral design: * Size: 1" diameter, 1 1/2 inches tallLarge with faceted design * * Size: 1" diameter, 5 inches tall

This is a beautiful etching, after Rembrandt, by master engraver Amand Durand. Titled "THE GOOD SAMARITAN" (year of original 1633)Measurements: image size is 9.5" x 8" Paper size is: 19" x 15". Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Ref. #90 according to the British Catalogue, circa 1797, is a hand pulled-ETCHING from the AUTHENTIC & Original copper Rembrandt plates by Armand-Durand (1831-1905) overseen by Art World Industries, inc. This piece is in excellent condition, and has never been framed.Rembrandt was born in 1606 in Leiden , Holland . Before his 30th birthday, the name Rembrandt had become synonymous with artistic excellence. The Dutch master was known worldwide for his highly prized series of classical etchings. These images are known for their delicacy of tone and intricacy of detail. To raise funds in 1657, Rembrandt sold the plates at an auction of his entire estate to a prestigious European family with the expressed stipulation that not even one of the etchings could be printed until a full 100 years had passed after his death. The family faithfully honored the binding agreement. Owing to their great popularity and soft metallurgical consistency, the original plates became worn by the mid 1800's. To save these genius-inspired works, Amand Durand, a master engraver, born in France in 1831, spent the major part of his career exactly duplicating the genius of Rembrandt onto hard, lasting copper plates. Art historians and critics have been stunned by the incredible quality Durand achieved through his own technical genius. Historical references indicate that Armand Durand's amazing skills were well known to expert of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many esteemed art critics and curators feel that Durand's works not only do great justice to Rembrandt's original concepts but subtly improve on the legendary Dutch master in a technical sense. Amand -Durand was a great admirer of Rembrandt. He desired to study the plates and techniques of this genius. Unfortunately at the time there only remained about 100 known plates, which were available to produce fine quality impressions. For 100 years the bulk of Rembrandt's plates were shrouded in mystery. As time moved on some of Rembrandt's plates began to surface. By this time Rembrandt's plates were miserably worn and dull. Amand-Durand, who by now had made the ranks of a noted engraver, decided to remedy this with his own gifted talents. He researched and intensely studied pieces that were available only in collections. From here on he spent the major part of his life exactly duplicating Rembrandt's images onto copper plates. These recreations were called Amand-Durand's after Rembrandt. Their unbelievable clarity and exactness were achieved because Amand-Durand used as his guide, not the worn and dull plates, but the first and second state etchings of the master's original works. By this time Durand's talent were known to experts of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1855, Conservator of the Cabinet de Estampes, George Duplessis so appreciated the genius of this man that he had his work published in books which belong to the Bibliotheque Nationale in France. Amand-Durand was used as master etcher in an anthology of European engravings, which became so valuable that they were kept under locked scrutiny in most libraries. What we have is a noted master duplicating a master some 200 years later. Soon after Amand-Durand's death in 1905, his original copper plates were obtained by the prestigious French book publishing family, DOMINIQUE VINCENT et Cie. They mainly published the work for book illustrations to the Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum as beautiful exact duplications of Rembrandt's etchings. Sporadically they sold to private parties interested in this unique creation. It was this reproducing that caused hushed rumor that spread throughout the entire art world. It was discreetly rumored among noted art circles, that in the early 1900's numerous Amand Durand after Rembrandt etchings found their way into famous collections much to the dismay of many. This was the rumor until 1985. An American art dealer doing research on the availability of Rembrandt etchings came across some so questionably perfect that he decided to research even further. Fierce studying proved that these were in fact Amand-Durand etchings that had been rumored and gossiped about for so many years. Completely aware of what information he and come across and the problems that developed when they were placed in the wrong hands, he resolved to locate the original copper plates. This took quite some time. However with unbelievable resourcefulness he was able to locate the Dominique Vincent family who had been completely unaware of the stories that were inadvertently created with these prints. The Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum in Paris had been acquiring these etchings to allow the French to see the unimaginable story behind them. The American dealer purchased all 348 original copper plates. This allowed the American public to also see this unimaginable story of how a noted artisan through his talent and dedication for the great master Rembrandt, created effects of such quality that the repercussions were felt throughout the entire art world for many, many years. Over a century after Amand-Durand painstakingly recreated Rembrandt's etching, the benefits of his devotion to quality and beauty are again felt throughout the art world. The piece was made from the re-worked original copper plate by Amand Durand in the late 1800s. It is absolutely beautiful!

Two books full of strange happenings and horror. * Author: Lord Edward Bulwer LyttonSeries: "The Novels of Lord Lytton"Presented by: The Athenaeum Society, New YorkPublisher: Little, Brown and CompanyDimensions: 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inchesDetails: Gilt and marble cover, and gilt lettering; single illustrated plate at the beginning of each volumeTitles: * "Lucretia, or The Children of the Night" published 1897 * "A Strange Story, to which is added The Haunted and the Haunters" published 1897 * Conditions: Spine cover and corner wear, torn on the front edge of the spine cover, with repair, as shown; pages good and intact

Hand sculpted Sapphire Turtle 300ctws.Made from bonded translucent Fancy SapphiresPurple, blue, dark orange Sapphires.

French prayer chair with rush seat, made by a cabinet maker from Southern France. This chair was made in the 1870's. Everything is original and nice patina! Very good condition. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-38" (15" from floor to seat)/ w-17"/ d-16"

Christiaan Karel Appel was born on 25 April 1921[1] in his parents' house at Dapperstraat 7 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. On the ground floor, his father, Jan Appel, had a barber shop. His mother, born Johanna Chevalier, was a descendant of French Huguenots. Karel Appel had three brothers.[2]At fourteen, Appel produced his first real painting on canvas, a still life of a fruit basket. For his fifteenth birthday, his wealthy uncle Karel Chevalier gave him a paint set and an easel. An avid amateur painter himself, Chevalier gave his namesake some lessons in painting.[3]

Here is a wonderful drop-leaf table with one drawer, circa 1800. This table is very narrow with its 2 leaves down. Measurement: 42" by 49.75" with the 2 leaves (13.5" with both leaves down)/ h-29". Very good condition! We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Four In The Family ~by Natalie Family of four hugging (father, mother & two children)Very special, heart warming pieceBronze sculpture on rotating bronze pedestal to view the piece from every angle!The piece is signed Size: 17.5" x 8.5"

Jack Boiredon (also paints as Boron) was born in St. Lambert, near Saumor, in 1927. He studied at the Ecole Nationale des Artes du FEU in Limoges, France, and the Beaux Artes in Limoges. He produced porcelain paintings for many years. He has had exhibitions in France since 1978 and participated in many exhibitions, winning the Silver Medal in 1993, the Brass Medal in 1994, and the Gold Medal in 1998.Special Collections: France, Spain, USA, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, Belgium, Lebanon and Germany.

Red Opal Hand Made VaseApprox. 12 1/4 inches high and 6 1/2 inches across mouth.Base Clear glass with white accents

Pair of French prayer chairs with rush seat, made by a cabinet maker from Southern France. This chair was made in the 1870's. Everything is original and nice patina! Very good condition. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-38" (15" from floor to seat)/ w-17"/ d-16"

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 - November 8, 1978) was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine for more than four decades.[1] Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter (although his Rosie was reproduced less than others of the day), Saying Grace (1951), The Problem We All Live With, and the Four Freedoms series. He is also noted for his work for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA); producing covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations.6500

Known the world over for his striking, vibrant depictions of sporting events, leisure activities and other social gatherings, LeRoy Neiman is indisputably one of the most popular and widely known artists of the modern era. From 10 years in the classroom as an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago early in his career after completing his own studies there, to being the official artist at five separate Olympiads and even working for CBS as a Super Bowl computer artist, LeRoy Neiman has come to be defined by his spectacular ability of taking everyday life events and turning them into magnificent works of art. Born on June 8, 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota, LeRoy Neiman was raised by his mother and two different stepfathers after his biological father abandoned the family early in his childhood. Living his early years in a rough blue-collar St. Paul neighborhood, Neiman's initial interest in art began at a very young age when a painting be made of a fish in the sixth grade won a prize in a national art competition. He went on in his teenage years to earn extra money by painting images of fruit, vegetables and meat on the windows of local grocery stores. He even painted portraits of the shopkeepers themselves. While serving in the United States Army beginning in 1942, LeRoy Neiman began to gain significant recognition amongst his Army colleagues when he painted a number of eye-catching, sexually suggestive murals on the walls of military kitchens and dining halls that drew great praise from both men and women. Neiman would later go on to be a contributing artist for Playboy magazine in the 1950's, to which he still contributes illustrations to this day.In 1953, LeRoy Neiman held his first solo art shows to display some of his earliest works at galleries in Chicago and Lincoln, Illinois. Art lovers and novices alike immediately recognized and developed great respect for Neiman's unique style, willingness to take risks and incredible ability to appeal to people of all ages, ethic groups and socio-economic backgrounds. Since the remarkable success of those first shows in 1953, Neiman has gone on to create some of the most beloved and well known paintings in United Stated history.Citing Leonardo da Vinci and Rubens as two of his biggest personal influences, LeRoy Neiman describes his own work in the following way " A day at the races... A night at the opera... These two lines, I think, reflect the spirit of my work and my pleasures, of my art, prints and posters. In a sense, they capture the range of my environment. I have painted and sketched in casinos, hotels, bars, massage parlors, steam baths, in the salons of elegant restaurants (and sometimes their galleys), on battlefields and football fields, in law courts and tennis courts, in pool rooms and swimming pools, from the decks of luxury liners and yachts and the doorways of skid-row missions. To me, it's all Neimanland." Throughout the course of his distinguished career, LeRoy Neiman has been the recipient of countless awards and recognitions, including an Award of Merit from the American Athletic Union in 1976 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association in 1986, among countless others. To date, more than 150,000 LeRoy Neiman prints have been purchased, having an estimated market value exceeding $400 million! LeRoy Neiman has certainly left his distinctive, incontrovertible mark on the art world and then some, and continues to do so to this day. Neiman currently lives in New York City with his wife of more than 50 years, Janet, at the Hotel des Artistes, which has been their home together for more than 30 years

French Louis XV style armchair. Floral carving on the top of the back. This armchair is very confortable and very sturdy. A very small price...because we buy directly in France! Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-36.5"/ w-23"/ d-23"

Image size is 31X20This is a very special print..It is the face of David Ben Gurion and is created in Hebrew which is the Israeli Constitution. It was signed by more people than I can list but 2 of them were Ronald Regan,and Jimmy Carter along with many other famous dignitaries. It is priceless. For COMPLETE INFO on this piece go to http://www.davidbengurion.com/   You can go to the above address and see ALL who signed this piece. This piece is not available ANYWHERE else. Great buy!!!!!

Beautiful 185.36 Carat Natural Emerald. The Emerald is dark green in color, faceted and oval shape.There is no coloring or heating to the stone. It is all natural.

MENORAH is a multi-layered papercut - Decoupage. This fabulous art piece is crafted out of multiple layers of skillfully arranged cut paper, making it completely unique and one-of-a kind. This three-dimensional treasure is displayed in a gorgeous gold shadow box frame with black matting that brings out the gorgeous brilliant colors.

Meet The Beatles Poster\1964 Tour Schedule PosterReproduction of Original Tour Schedule of the 1964 Beatles TourAll the dates of the US/Canada 1964 Beatles TourStartin Aug.10, 1964 at Cow Palace in San Francisco to the Paramount Theater Sept. 20 2964 in New York City.Poster is 12x18 in. framed 16x20 in.

Very nice reproduction of clock "Colorado clock Co, 1870". This clock is made individually, hand assembled with the finest composents...hand-antiqued, die-cut steel hands with time-worn patinas and beautifully finished frame. It is a quarz clock movement. It is a new item! We ship from Texas (not from France).Diameter 15"

AUTHENTIC hand-painted Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. This French Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!0.75 x 5

Jack Boiredon (also paints as Boron) was born in St. Lambert, near Saumor, in 1927. He studied at the Ecole Nationale des Artes du FEU in Limoges, France, and the Beaux Artes in Limoges. He produced porcelain paintings for many years. He has had exhibitions in France since 1978 and participated in many exhibitions, winning the Silver Medal in 1993, the Brass Medal in 1994, and the Gold Medal in 1998.Special Collections: France, Spain, USA, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, Belgium, Lebanon and Germany.

Authentic antique French newspaper dating 1901. Authentic antique French newspaper which appeared weekly during the late 1800's. "Le Petit Journal" was the first French newspaper to have colored pictures. This newspaper's subject is: - First page: "Military parade in Vincennes". - Last page: "An accident!". 17" x 12"We have more if you are interested. These are great to collect!

Highly collectible! A very nice and old French Apothecary pot made of porcelain by an artist from France. This pot was hand-painted by a French artist (Signature M. Dugue + peint main...hand-painted, on the bottom part). Perfect condition! Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! 9.25" x 4.25"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta vase made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-9.5"/ w-3.75"/ d-3.75"

This delicious image is by Burton Morris, a very popular and avidly collected contemporary artist who has put his own energetic spin on Pop art! * Title: "Afternoon Delight" * 1998 * Sheet size: 31 × 38 * Image size: 23 × 30 (full margins) * Original serigraph on paper * Signed by the artist in pencil and dated LR * Avalon Publishing Group blind stamp LR * Numbered from an edition of 250 LL * Bright and fresh; never mounted, matted or framed * Certificate of Authenticity * Morris first gained national attention in the mid-1990's when his artwork was chosen to hang on the set of the NBC television series "Friends," where it has remained throughout the show's run. He has created artwork for national campaigns for Absolut Vodka, Perrier, Gallo Winery and AT&T. Morris was chosen by the United States Olympic Committee to be an official artist for the U.S. team at the 2004 Games in Athens and also designed the 2004 Oscar poster.

This is a VERY NICE French Farm table-desk with one large drawer, in very good condition (Circa 1860). This piece was made of fruit wood by a French cabinet maker. You can use as a TABLE or as a VERY NICE DESK! In very good condition and gorgeous patina! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-27.75/ w-55/ d-31

HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE FAIENCE FROM FRANCE. Faience box with its lid. You can see on photo #4 insciption "La Faiencerie, peint main"...for "hand-painted" + signature of the French artist. A little part of France in your home. Fair condition (2 chips at bottom lid). For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France). h-2.25"/ w-3"/ d-3"

This is an original, double-sided print from the antique book Pictures of People by Charles Dana Gibson. The book and this print were published in 1896, and this U.S. edition was limited to 500 copies, many of which have probably been discarded or lost over time. * * Front side: Title "A LOVERS QUARREL"Back side: "HE HAD ONE PICTURE IN THE SALON"Artist's signature appears in the plate Original sheet size: 11 3/8 x 17 3/8 inches (edges have been trimmed down slightly) Condition: Very good; one lower tip of corner missingFrom the complications of love to the beauty of art, Gibson's world was always rich with characters. * The famous "Gibson Girl," created by Charles Dana Gibson represents the epitome of American womanhood. Aloof, independent, confident and serene in character and personality, the Gibson Girl was-first and foremost-a "stunner." She was portrayed as finely featured, her hair piled on top of her head in defiance of gravity, and always impeccably dressed. * * The illustrations of Charles Gibson both influenced and reflected the "zeitgeist" of their day. Appearing in a number of popular magazines, notably Scribner's, Harper's, Colliers and The Century. Gibson's drawings were an immediate hit with the public. His images are among the first examples of popular merchandising; at the height of her popularity, the Gibson Girl appeared on china plates, umbrella stands, stick pins, wallpaper and match boxes. All of these items - but especially the illustrations themselves - are avidly sought by collectors. *

Bronze Cowboy and Horse Bronze Sculpture, After Barye - 13"H x11"W x 6"D 24 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Here are two brand new Chicago Cubs fitted hats. One is a Fifty-Nine/Fifty New Era hat. It's all blue with the Cubs logo on front. All of the sizes are 6 5/8, and are an Authentic MLB cap. On top of the brim is the New Era sticker and underneath is the Authentic Collection hologram. The other item is a 1914 Chicago Cubs Road Cap. It is from the Cooperstown Collection and is liscened by the MLB. It is navy blue and has a bear holding a baseball bat. All of these caps are size 6 1/2. All of the caps in this lot are in mint condition. This is an excellent gift for any die hard Cubs fan!

Mark King describes his approach to painting as ninety percent preparation. â?oIt takes a great deal of time for meâ?¦ but once I begin, I work with great impetus, with immense bursts of energy. It is not until the last ten or fifteen minutes before completion that I am able to see where the painting is going and to catch the mood of the moment.â?Born in Bombay, India to British parents in 1931, Mark Kingâ?Ts childhood was one of exotic experience and privileged education. After graduating from La Martiniére College in Calcutta, the sixteen-year-old King sailed to England to attend Bournemouth College of Art. There he studied painting, sculpture, architecture and theatre design. Subsequently, he spent seven years as the resident scenic designer at the Oxford Playhouse Theatre. In 1961, he decided to concentrate on painting, and he moved to Paris, where he studied at the Ã?cole des Beaux-Arts and the Louvre. It was there that he developed his impressionistic style, influenced by the wealth of examples of European masters.

Authentic and original French Fashion print dated 7/31/1924. "Le Petit Echo de la Mode" was a famous fashion newspaper in Paris (the first one was print in 1889). h-14"/ w-23" Good condition! We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Fenton Blue Carnival Glass Basket Approx. 3 in. high with 4 in wide mouth. Woven basket patternBlue in color with pink, green iredecents.Beautiful one of a kind basket hand made by Fenton Glass Company. USABuy Amercan!

Pair of French prayer chairs with rush seat, made by a cabinet maker from Southern France. This chair was made in the 1870's. Everything is original and nice patina! Very good condition. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-38" (15" from floor to seat)/ w-17"/ d-16"

Wonderful contemporary silver Louis XV style mirror made in France using the same method of work than 19th century. This mirror was made of wood and plaster with beveled glass. Very good condition. Don't worry for the shipping (we ship from Texas, not from France)h-44.75/ w22

Pino, born Guiseppe Dangelico in Bari on November 8, 1939, began his studies at the city's Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan's Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent for painting nudes. In the two years he studied at the Academy, he came under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaioli. From 1960 to 1979, his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe. He was also commissioned by Italy's two largest publisher's, Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations. However, he felt restricted in Milan. He wanted more artistic freedom, which he believed he could find in the United States. In 1979 he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery, where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. His struggle here became the greatest of his life. His sponsorship barely allowed him to feed his family. His English was limited and his means of transportation was a bicycle. After knocking on many doors, in February of 1980, "Zebra Books Publishers" promised him a job, commissioning him to do a book cover.His interpretation was new, fresh and sensual. Stylistically, he brought the characters into the foreground where his technique and talent for painting the anatomy was celebrated. His illustrations were so successful that he gained entrée into creative relationships with many leading publishers of romance novels. His popularity grew within the literary community and he became the artist-in-demand for Zebra, Bantam, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Penguin USA and Dell. From 1980 to 1993 he dedicated himself totally to this art where his style dominated and influenced the market. His illustrations combined elements fresh from Europe with a powerful sensuality, bringing this medium to new heights.Although Pino devoted 13 years to illustrating book covers, he never abandoned his desire to return to fine art. His desire to create pieces that emerge free from outside restrictions motivated him to find the time to devote himself to fine art again. In 1993, he contacted a major gallery. He sent out five paintings, which were well received, launching him into a new arena. Pino finally found the freedom he had always desired; to explore the profundity of his talents without restraint.Pino has been producing works of a highly romantic nature with a unique and innovative touch. Exploring the depths of his experiences, he puts on canvas subjects that embody life's simple pleasures. These works have a veil of nostalgia and the characters have subtle suggestions of complexity. Dressed in soft flowing fabrics, the colors of their garments in relation to the sea, sand, sky and sun elicit feelings of warmth, a perception of preciousness and a notion of an uncomplicated world.Reminiscent of his childhood environment, Pino's paintings are generally set in coastal, sunny, and vibrantly floral places. He uses a colorful pallet to create tender pleasurable feelings. His fine art is rich with sensuality, rousing the memory through all the senses. Pino's paintings resurrect in us the incidents of those simple, priceless moments we have stored in our memories and have so frequently forgotten.

HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE PITCHER FROM ALSACE (Eastern France) Charming and old Alsatian jug-pitcher (with #2 on the side for 2 liters), dating around 1920's, comes from the village of Betschdorf. No cracks and no chips. Great condition! We ship from Texas (not from France)!h-10/ w-7.5/ d-6

Itzchak Tarkay was born in 1935 in Subotica on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border. Towards the end of World War II, Tarkay was sent with his family to the Mathausen concentration camp by the Nazis. Tarkay was only nine years old at this time. Tarkay's family survived and returned home after the war and Itzchak developed a keen interest in art, He won a prize for excellence in painting while still in school in Subotica. In 1949 Tarkay and his family immigrated to Israel and were sent to the transit camp for new arrivals at Beer Yaakov.The next two years were spent in a Kibbutz. In 1951 Tarkay received a scholarship to the Bezalel Art Academy where he studied for one year before he had to leave due to difficult financial circumstances at home. In order to continue his scholarship, Tarkay was allowed to study under the artist Schwartzman until his mobilization in the Israeli Army. After his service term ended, Tarkay returned to his familiar environment in Tel Aviv and enrolled in the Avni Institute of Art, which he completed in 1956.Today, Itzchak Tarkay is one of the most popular and loved artists in the world. A modern master, very much alive and very much in the moment, Tarkay draws upon the entire realm of art history in a body of work that is not only aesthetically agreeable and compositionally seductive, but a cultural phenomenon responsible for countless love letters, innumerable nights of passion and incalculable furtive glances - the very substance of visual poetry.As a successor to the giants of art history in popularity, Tarkay's graceful personal iconography has generated over a hundred million dollars of sales in a decade during which the art market can be generously described as unstable. While the dollar value of art should, in a perfect world, have no bearing on the aesthetic value of creativity, Tarkay's acceptance by serious art collectors despite that at that time the relatively low prices were charged for his originals and limited editions, all of this must be noted. What chord does this man strike in the common thread that weaves through our universal consciousness? Tarkay's roots as a painter take hold in the decisive years of modern art. The bright colors and flat patterns build on the paths forged by Matisse, Mouly, and the Fauves. Like Picasso and Tobiasse, the sculptural grows stronger than the pictorial. Tarkay constructs a perspective and then takes it away. The paintings go through an abstract transformation, the perspective dissolves into colors and shapes, her face remains, and the world reconstructs around her. She is the natural woman - satisfied, calm, and serene. With closed eyes, her blue eyelids open onto a different world. She is floating, peaceful. There is an ancient mystery in the work of Tarkay that must be discovered for oneself. This is what Tarkay's paintings achieve. Tarkay's fertile female form is a timeless enigma. The poses that Tarkay's figures manifest are every bit as classical as The Winged Victory or Venus de Milo. Tarkay dives deep into history, and brings up pearls for our times. The quality of his line is organic, the quality of his woman, his art, is magic. Visit American Fine Art to see Tarkay's most unique collection of paintings, mixed media and original serigraphs.

Steynovitz was born in Legnica, Poland and immigrated to Israel in 1957.[1] He aspired to become a painter from childhood, and had prior to leaving Poland begun his artistic activity. He immigrated to Israel in 1957. Steynovitz studied at both the Art School in Tel-Aviv and at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.Upon completing his studies he began his artistic activity in earnest; he established his place in the art world after exhibiting his work in one-man exhibitions and art fairs around the world. Steynovitz's images are reflections of both his Jewish and Eastern European heritage. His work suggests the style of Marc Chagall combined with the use of color of the present generation of artists.Zamy's art displays chromatic and thematic richness. His choice of subjects was strongly influenced by Jewish tradition and folklore, displaying general themes: Paris, still lifes, flowers, angels, circuses and landscapes. In the early stages of his work he used rich pastels, ink, watercolors and light brush strokes. However during his travels in South America during the 1980s his work was influenced by the new surroundings and enhanced by the local light and colours. His art gained chromatic power; the palette became richer in tones, the fixtures thicker, the backgrounds darker and more colorful. Through these developments Steynovitz's thematic elements persisted in his creation allowing him to develop into a sensitive and mature artist.Zamy expresses a universal humanistic idea in his creations: man's connection to his heritage and physical surroundings. He established his place in the art world after exhibiting his work in one-man exhibitions and art fairs around the world. Zamy is known in the circles of the Norwegian Nobel Institute as a result of his devotion to world peace. Consequently he is acquainted with many Nobel prize winners like Anwar Sadat, Menahem Begin, the Dalai Lama, Itzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Elie Wiesel, Desmond Tutu as well as many other politicians and artists.

Authentic hand-painted Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Egg" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: G-V, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. h-2.25"/ w-1.75"/ d-1.75"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

This is a 5 piece Fenton Burmese Green Apple Pitcher Set, which includes 4 glasses and one pitcher. All have the round apple design, and the pitcher has a crimped rim . * Condition: ExcellentMakers mark on the bottom * Size of cups: 4" tall and 2 1/2" diameterSize of pitcher: 9" tall and 4" diameter

Here is an antique French book (wrote in French) circa 1795 as you can see on page #7. Subject: Manuel du Chretien pour le temps des missions (Religious book), print in Paris. Leather cover, 684 pages. Condition: Good condition for its age! h-7"/ w-4"/ d-2" We ship from Texas (not from France)

Vintage Hand Painted Chinese Bowls Dishes Candle Holder * Made in JapanAll of the item are in excellent conditionSome are hand paintedAntique ceramic tower height: 5 inchesCandle holderheight: 8 inchesJapanese bowl (curves edges) (3) Small Japanese hand painted flower bowlsJapanes bowl (round)Ceramic cupheight: 2 inches(3) DishesSpoon rest

A very nice pair of French hand painted faience plates made by Pornic, France. Each plate was hand-painted by the artist (On the photo, you can see the stamp to guarantee this signature of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of plates made in Pornic, Britany is highly collectible in France. Lovely pieces for your collection or for the decoration of your home! We ship from Texas (not from France)! Diameter 10.25"

Anatole Krasnyansky, 1930 - Anatole Krasnyansky, now residing in California, was a prominent architect and watercolorist when he left the U.S.S.R. for the United States in 1975, where he found fertile ground for his aesthetic growth. His traditional cityscapes, much admired in Europe, have grown richer, freer and more expressive; and in recent years he has evolved a second, wholly new style with which to render the experience and ideas of his new life in the United States. With a Master's Degree in architecture and fine art, he is well versed in every aspect of the structure and design of the buildings he depicts. Since his arrival in the U.S., the artist has found important uses for his knowledge of architecture, design and his creative imagination, and he has realized his tremendous potential and achieved virtuosity in several different artistic areas. Working as a scenic artist in television, motion pictures and the theatre, he has designed sets calling for his specialized background. Always a lover of the baroque, he incorporated the strength and fluid grace of that style into his figural compositions, capturing the sense of motion with which a building makes a line flow from one area to another.

A very nice French faience earthenware plate(Decor Rouen) made by Pornic, Brittany, France. This plate was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (On the photo, you can see the stamp to guarantee this signature of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of plate made in Pornic, Britany is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Diameter" 9.25"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

This moving signed limited print is by well-known Harley-Davidson licensed artist Scott Jacobs. According to the artist, "My goal here was to match the warmth of the flame atop the Eternal Peace Light Memorial (at Gettysburg) by capturing the sunlight at the magic hour." * Title: "Peace Light" * Giclée on paper * 22 × 22 * Signed by the artist * Numbered from a limited edition of 100 plus 15 AP * Excellent condition; bright and fresh; never mounted, matted or frame * Certificate of Authenticity * * Scott Jacobs' work is remarkable for its photo realistic excellence. His work is owned by celebrities such as Peter Fonda, Willie G. Davidson, Lorenzo Lamas, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, John Elway, and Karl Malone. * * * SPECIAL SHIPPING NOTE: This print will be shipped rolled in a heavy duty mailing tube.

Painting, Oil on canvas "Greek village in the 1950's". H: 30.5" W: 42.5" with frame. The scene for this painting is a village from Greece with mountains on the back. On the bottom right, you can see the signature of artist (see photo #4). A small price for a very nice piece of art! Perfect condition !!! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Painting dated 1947, Oil on board "French Alsatian countryside in the 1940's" signed by French artist F. Muller. H: 22" W: 27.25" with frame (H: 16" W: 21" for the painting). The scene for this painting is an Alsatian house and countryside with mountains on the back. On the bottom right, you can see the signature of artist (see photo #2). A small price for a very nice piece of art! Very good condition !!! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

This is an incredible find! A vintage reproduction of a poster intended to help raise money for the 1933 - 1934 Chicago Century of Progress World's Fair. As far as we know, this poster design was never used and has not been released to the public. The poster is titled "Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration - 1933." At the bottom it says — "Be an original signer." We believe signers were the people who donated money to help build the Fair itself. The poster measures approximately 21 × 29½. The colors are vivid and striking. The design is extremely appealing, depicting a crowd of fair-goers under an arch leading to an Oz-like city in the clouds - perhaps a reference to the first Chicago World's Fair in 1893 known as the "White City." There is no signature by an artist, only the initial "CM" in the lower right corner signed in the plate. The condition of this reproduction poster is mint. * * * This is a great find for any Century of Progress, World's Fair or Chicago collector

Here is a Lithograph "The French hamlet" signed by French artist Simone Haumont. This lithograph is the #22 from a limited edition (see photo). Perfect condition! We ship from Texas (not from France) h-20.75"/ w-26"

This is a limited edition hand signed serigraph by Anton Sipos titled "PORTO VENERE". Medium: Serigraph on White Coventry Paper Hand Signed and Numbered in Pencil by the artist. Edition size: 375. Paper size: 32" x 44". Image size: 26" x 38.5". Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Comes unframed. In mint condition! Anton Sipos was born in 1938 in the small village of Donji Vakuf in the central mountain region of Yugoslavia. Drawing has been the anchor of his restless, unsettled life. He left home in his teens and supported himself as a film animation artist. His very first collaboration Surrogat (1961) won an Academy Award for best animated short subject. Six years in Paris saw him become one of the elite painters of the Ecole de Paris. His paintings from this period hang in major galleries throughout Europe, in the company of works by Pugni, Clave, Chagall, Buffet, Pignon, and others. He exhibited annually at the Salon des Artists Francais in the Grand Palais. In 1970 Anton arrived in Los Angeles and immersed himself in his work. His superb classical training won him a contract with the Eleanor Ettinger Studios in New York to work with Norman Rockwell, transposing his original oils to lithographic plates. His latest film collaboration was with Andrei Konchalovsky on Maria's Lovers (1984), a film in which Anton appears in a scene with Natassja Kinski. For more than 30 years, Anton Sipos' unflagging devotion to his own unique impressionist vision, has resulted in a rich harvest of paintings, which stand the test of time.

JAIME SONCCO SACO was born in 1971 in Lima Peru. He hails from a long line of artists from the southern city of Arequipa, a city famous for the mountain landscapes and watercolor artists. Since he was a child, he showed an interest in landscape drawing, and at the age of 12 he moved to Chorrillos, a neighborhood of Lima close to the sea. It is at that time his infatuation with maritime themes began. In 1998, he studied oil painting at the Lima Art Museum and in 1989 he entered the national School of Art where he studied for 6 years. While there, he came in contact with many new styles and techniques, and experimented with several materials like oil painting, watercolor and acrylic painting. Upon completing his formal art education, he decided to paint maritime art, including typical Peruvian fisherman boats. He shows his work in the USA, Dominican Republic and Argentina. © 2008-2011 Amour d'Art design and development by

Crawling Indian Bronze Sculpture, After Duchoiselle 8"H x 17"W x 7"D 26 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Red, Yellow, and White fancy Sapphire sculptured Dog.Made of bonded translucent Fancy Sapphires.525 carats of Sapphires.

Beautiful Federal GlassApprox. 4 inch tall sugar and creamer.Each peice has Georgian Lovebird pattern on sides.

Rhinoceros Bronze Sculpture, After Barye, 8"H x 14"L x 7"D18 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!Antoine-louis Barye (1796 - 1875) Originally trained as a goldsmith, Antoine-Louis Barye served in Napoleon's army before studying sculpture and painting. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1818 and adapted the romantic-style subject matter of violent and majestic animals. After his crocodile-like sculpture entitled Tiger Devouring a Gavail, won a medal at the Salon of 1831, Barye became a successful and independent sculptor and painter. His animal sculptures competed at the Salon alongside the more traditional and revered human figures. In 1845, Barye began a foundry that produced smaller and more affordable bronze statues. He was appointed the keeper of plaster casts at the Louvre and professor of zoological drawing at the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle, both in Paris. Elected to the Academie in 1868, Barye inspired a later generation of animal sculptors who called themselves the animaliers.

This vase has a woman's face, bird, and flower, in a Cubist style reminiscent of Picasso. The vase is earthenware pottery, with natural textured surface, and reeded pattern at the rim. It is painted blue, white, yellow, orange and green, and white on the interior. It stands 8 1/2 inches tall, and is 4 3/4 inches in diameter. Its condition is excellent. * This is an artistic vase for any admirer of Picasso's style.

Nympheas Numbered Giclee on Paper By Monet 17x22 1/2 Hand Embellished on Canvas

Pair of French prayer chairs with rush seat, made by a cabinet maker from Southern France. This chair was made in the 1870's. Everything is original and nice patina! Very good condition. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-38" (15" from floor to seat)/ w-17"/ d-16"

Highly collectible old piece of pottery from Alsace (Eastern France). This charming Alsatian milk jug was made in the very early 1900's. This yellow "terre vernissee", or glazed pottery, with its decorative flowers, comes from the village of Soufflenheim. A little part of France in your home. h-6.5"/ w-8"/ d-6.75" Good condition for its age! One crack on the handle, very little chips, a little bit of missing glaze on sides. We ship from Texas (not from France).

This is a Fenton New World Cranberry Rib Optic Glass Decanter. It is cranberry glass with white rib striped pattern. * Age: 1948-1954Condition: Excellent (missing top)Dimensions: 4" tall7" diameter *

Here is a wonderful Louis XV Style French Provincial Carved Buffet Sideboard, late 1700's. The rounded corner top over two frieze drawers, above double paneled cupboards with steel fiche hinges and escutcheons, on turned legs. H.- 39 3/4 in., W.- 50 1/2 in., D.- 22 1/2 in. This Country French sideboard (Buffet) was made by a French cabinet maker from Southwestern France (Bordeaux region). Let this charming piece touch your life. It will be a wonderful conversation piece. It will grace any room of your home with elegance. Condition: Very good for its age!!! The key is not the original one. We ship from Texas (not from France).

Here is the Robert B. Parker crime novel about a detective pursuing a psychotic murderer. * Author: Robert B. ParkerTitle: "Crimson Joy"Edition: 1st Book Club EditionType: Hardcover with slipcase Publisher: Delacorte Press, New YorkCondition: Mint, sealed in original publisher's shrink-wrap

Here is Louis Philippe table with 2 drop leaves, made during Napoleon III reign, 2nd Empire by a French cabinet maker in the Late.1800's. I bought this piece in South West of France (well known in France for the quality of the antique country pieces). Good condition! One leg is not exactly upright (you can see on photos #3...left side if you take your glasses) but very stable and sturdy. h-27.5"/ w-39"/ d/37"We ship from Texas (not from France).

Offered here is a very colorful and captivating print in the "naif" (naive) style by the very popular artist Nobou "Nicky" Watanabe: Title: "President's Parade" 1989 Serigraph on paper Signed and numbered from a limited edition of 300, plus 100 Roman, and 50 APs 25 × 33 inches Excellent condition; never mounted, matted or framed Certificate of AuthenticityA master of detail, Nobou Watanabe applies meticulous definition to every face, tree and snowflake in his paintings. Watanabe was born in Japan and did not move to the United States until after he graduated college. His style incorporates the influence of his boyhood in Japan as well as "naif" styles and motifs. * A delightful addition to any collection! * * SPECIAL SHIPPING NOTE: This print will be shipped rolled in a heavy duty mailing tube.

Authentic hand-painted porcelain Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This Limoges box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Hedgehog" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: G-V, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-1.75"/ w-2.25"/ d-1.5"

Date:December, 1926Medium:Oil on canvasDimensions:22.2 x 14 cm. (8 ¾ x 5 ½ inches)Inscription:Inscribed "Décembre 26" on the stretcher in Picasso's distinctive handwritingReferences:1. The Picasso Project (Wofsy), Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: A Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue 1885-1973, Toward Surrealism 1925-1929, San Francisco, 1996, no. 26-097, illustrated p. 76.2. Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso 1917-1926: From the Ballets to Drama, English edition published by Konemann, Cologne, 1999, full-length, three-quarter page color illustration on page 482.3. David Douglas Duncan, Picasso's Picassos, Ballantine Books, New York, 1968, illustrated p.211.Provenance: Estate of the artist (Succession no. 12423), thence to a private collection.Maya Widmaier-Picasso and Claude Picasso have both confirmed the authenticity of this painting, and their certificates of authenticity will accompany its sale.

Straight from another another dimension right to your living room, it's Superman and he's yours for the taking. * Artist: Curt Swan Medium: Lithograph print on paper Signature: lower right, in gold sharpie Size of Image: 13 1/8" x 18 1/4" Size of Paper: 17 1/8" x 23 1/4" Publication: First Team Press, Inc Date: 1988 Condition: Excellent Biography * Douglas Curtis Swan (February 17, 1920, in Willmar, Minnesota - June 17, 1996) was an American comic book artist. The artist most associated with Superman during the period fans and historians call the Silver Age of comic books, Swan produced hundreds of covers and stories from the 1950s through the 1980s. * Initially, Swan drew many different features, including "Tommy Tomorrow" and "Gangbusters", but slowly he began gravitating towards the Superman line of books. His first job pencilling the iconic character was for Superman #51 (March-April 1948). Many comics of the 1940s and 1950s lacked contributor credits, but research shows that Swan began pencilling the Superboy comic book with its fifth issue in 1949. Swan always felt, however, that his breakthrough came when he was assigned the art duties on Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, in 1954. Around 1954, Swan unsuccessfully pitched an original comic strip for newspaper syndication. Called Yellow Hair, it was about a blond boy raised by Native Americans. A couple of years later, starting with the episode of June 18, 1956, Swan drew the Superman daily newspaper comic strip, which he continued on until November 12, 1960. * Information retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Swan *

Michel Delacroix is truly a French original: an acclaimed master of the Naïf tradition and one of the most popular and successful artists in the world today. A self-styled "painter of dreams and of the poetic past," Delacroix has devoted five decades to painting a city he calls "the Paris of then," the magical place where he was born, where he spent his boyhood, and where he continues to live to this day. But the Paris Delacroix paints is not the urban metropolis of the present. It is the dream-like place the city became in the 1940's, during the Occupation, when "we suddenly jumped fifty years into the past. No more cars in the streets, very few lights. Paris suddenly became very quiet, very dark, and, though people were afraid, there was a brotherhood and spirit that was very delightful." For Delacroix, who was then a child of seven and spared by his age from understanding "the cruelties and absurdities" of war, it was "the one great adventure of my life." And it is to this special Paris - the Paris of by-gone years and innocent splendors - that Delacroix has returned to over and over again in his gentle works. Theses works, renowned for their graceful balance of "the earthy and the urban, the cosmic and the ordinary," have captivated private collectors, museums and ordinary people alike throughout the world, earning the artist both universal acclaim and numerous awards. In the U.S. alone, Delacroix's work has been featured in over 275 one person shows, from New York City, Boston, and Washington D.C., to Los Angeles, Carmel, Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco. Abroad, his work has been exhibited in France, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, England, Japan, and forms part of the permanent collections of the Musee International d'Art Naïf and the Foundation Max Fourny in Paris, and of private collections around the globe. In 1994, Michel Delacroix was named an Official Artist of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games by the U.S. Olympic Committee and commissioned to paint a work marking the hundredth anniversary of the modern Olympic Games. The work, entitled 1896 Olympics, was used to create an Official Poster for the 1996 Games and a special Limited Edition. In 1995, Delacroix also became an Official Artist of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) which commissioned him to celebrate the site of the 1996 Games in a work entitled Atlanta 1896-1996. Delighted with the work, ACOG selected it to serve as a 1996 Olympic Games' Official Poster and a Limited Edition. Following Atlanta 1896-1996, ACOG again honored Delacroix by commissioning him to create the Commemorative Painting and Cover Art of the Official Five CD Music Box Set of the 1996 Olympic Games.

Known the world over for his striking, vibrant depictions of sporting events, leisure activities and other social gatherings, LeRoy Neiman is indisputably one of the most popular and widely known artists of the modern era. From 10 years in the classroom as an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago early in his career after completing his own studies there, to being the official artist at five separate Olympiads and even working for CBS as a Super Bowl computer artist, LeRoy Neiman has come to be defined by his spectacular ability of taking everyday life events and turning them into magnificent works of art. Born on June 8, 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota, LeRoy Neiman was raised by his mother and two different stepfathers after his biological father abandoned the family early in his childhood. Living his early years in a rough blue-collar St. Paul neighborhood, Neiman's initial interest in art began at a very young age when a painting be made of a fish in the sixth grade won a prize in a national art competition. He went on in his teenage years to earn extra money by painting images of fruit, vegetables and meat on the windows of local grocery stores. He even painted portraits of the shopkeepers themselves. While serving in the United States Army beginning in 1942, LeRoy Neiman began to gain significant recognition amongst his Army colleagues when he painted a number of eye-catching, sexually suggestive murals on the walls of military kitchens and dining halls that drew great praise from both men and women. Neiman would later go on to be a contributing artist for Playboy magazine in the 1950's, to which he still contributes illustrations to this day.In 1953, LeRoy Neiman held his first solo art shows to display some of his earliest works at galleries in Chicago and Lincoln, Illinois. Art lovers and novices alike immediately recognized and developed great respect for Neiman's unique style, willingness to take risks and incredible ability to appeal to people of all ages, ethic groups and socio-economic backgrounds. Since the remarkable success of those first shows in 1953, Neiman has gone on to create some of the most beloved and well known paintings in United Stated history.Citing Leonardo da Vinci and Rubens as two of his biggest personal influences, LeRoy Neiman describes his own work in the following way " A day at the races... A night at the opera... These two lines, I think, reflect the spirit of my work and my pleasures, of my art, prints and posters. In a sense, they capture the range of my environment. I have painted and sketched in casinos, hotels, bars, massage parlors, steam baths, in the salons of elegant restaurants (and sometimes their galleys), on battlefields and football fields, in law courts and tennis courts, in pool rooms and swimming pools, from the decks of luxury liners and yachts and the doorways of skid-row missions. To me, it's all Neimanland." Throughout the course of his distinguished career, LeRoy Neiman has been the recipient of countless awards and recognitions, including an Award of Merit from the American Athletic Union in 1976 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association in 1986, among countless others. To date, more than 150,000 LeRoy Neiman prints have been purchased, having an estimated market value exceeding $400 million! LeRoy Neiman has certainly left his distinctive, incontrovertible mark on the art world and then some, and continues to do so to this day. Neiman currently lives in New York City with his wife of more than 50 years, Janet, at the Hotel des Artistes, which has been their home together for more than 30 years

Here is a great French table with 1 drawer, in very good condition. This piece was made of walnut wood by a cabinet maker from Southern France during King Louis Philippe reign (Circa 1850). Great patina! You can use as a TABLE or as a VERY NICE DESK! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-30.5 w-41 d-30.5

The most gratifying feeling I experienced as I entered my nineties came from the immediate success of my sculpture collection, and the realization that I have touched the lives of so many art collectors who otherwise might never have know this phase of my work. " -Erte Born Remain de Tirtoff in imperial St. Petersburg, Erte derived his pen name from the French pronunciation of his initials "R.T." Over a long and distinguished career, he had a major influence on the style and design of the 20th Century.At age 19, Erte left home and moved to Paris where he gained employment with the esteemed coutur-ier Poiret. Shortly thereafter, he began the 22-year pursuit which would make him famous: creating cover art and illustrations for the magazine Harper's Bazaar. It was here that his distinctive Art Deco-style emerged.During his prolific years at Harper's, Erte designed 250 covers and numerous drawings for its pages and diversified into a variety of other artistic activities. After a fling in Hollywood designing for extravagant silent films including Ben Hur, Erte left the magazine to create sets and costumes for theater and opera. For the next 40 years, he dressed an extraordinary roster of opera, stage and screen stars, including Mary Garden, Josephine Baker, Marion Davies, Lillian Gish. Mata Hari and Anna Pavlova. These achievements earned him the title "Father of Art Deco".In 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased and exhibited a collection of some 200 Erte gouaches. Shows in London followed, bringing Erte even more recognition. His success at these exhibitions was summarized by the noted London Sunday Times art critic John Russell (later of the New York Times) who wrote, "If Michelangelo were to come back from the dead he could hardly have greater or more eulogious publicity than has been accorded to Erte."At age 75, Erte began to create limited edition serigraphs based on his designs. This medium allowed a wider audience to enjoy his work and helped satisfy popular demand for these images. International success in this endeavor led him to expand his work to a variety of materials, most notably bronze.The influence of Erie's style and the demand for his art live on. His work belongs to prestigious museum collections throughout the world, most notably the Smithsonian, The Victoria and Albert Museum (London). New York's Metropolitan Museum and The Museum of Modern Art. Many books have been published on the artist's life and work, including Erte at Ninef^-Five: The Complete New Graphics [The Extended Edition] and Erte-The Last Works. As the exclusive publisher of Erte, Chalk & Vermilion Fine Arts of Greenwich, CT is pleased to make available, through your local gallery, his limited edition serigraphs, bronze sculptures, books and posters.

This French mixing bowl (the legendary French tian) was used in a French farmhouse from Alsace, Eastern France in late 1800's. It was used for several years in French kitchens for washing dishes or cooking. Made from terra cotta, it was also used for double-duty as an oven bowl. Little chips and parts of glaze missing inside the bowl (but it is a very old bowl used for a very long time!!!), no cracks. h: 4"/ diameter: 9". You can see that this bowl was glazed on the inside for ease of cleaning and finished on the outside with a terra cotta rub. Good condition for its age! We ship from Texas (not from France).

Elk and Tree Bronze Sculpture, After PJ Mene 16"H x 17"L x 7"D 38lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!Pierre Jules Mêne, (1810 -1879), was a FrenchSculptor andanimalière. He is considered the pioneer of animal sculpture in the nineteenth-century.Mêne produced a number of animal sculptures, mainly of domestic animals including horses, cows and bulls, sheep and goats which were in vogue during the Second Empire. He was one of a school of French animalières which also included Rosa Bonheur, Pierre Louis Rouillard, Antoine-Louis Barye, Auguste Caïn, and François Pompon.His work was first shown in London by Ernest Gambart in 1849. Mêne specialized in small bronze figures which explains why none of his works exist as public statuary. His work was a popular success with the bourgeois class and many editions of each sculpture were made, often to decorate an increasing number of private homes of the period. The quality of these works is high, comparable to Barye's. Mêne also seems to have enjoyed a longer period of success and celebrity than his contemporaries. He is considered to have been the lost-wax casting expert of his time, later surpassed only by Auguste Rodin.The elk, or wapiti (Cervus canadensis), is one of the largest species of deer in the world and one of the largest mammals inNorth America and eastern Asia.

Beautiful and colorful Vintage Reproduction of the Rolling Stones Concert Poster.L.A. CollesiumVintage poster difficult to find model looks topless. If you love the Stones you will love this Concert reproduction poster.poster is 12x18 in. in frame 18x24 in.

Here are 2 green Fenton Glass candlestick holders in the Cabbage Rose pattern. They will add a touch of elegance to any table. * * Condition: ExcellentSize: 1" diameter, 3 1/2 inches tall *

Title: First Day of Fall Artist: Hiro Yamagata Medium: Original Serigraph Size: 33" by 38" Year: 1989

Baker's, The Field, is a beautiful landscape that would be a perfect addition to anyone's collection. Artist: Baker Date: 2002 Medium: Print Image Dimensions: 34 inches 24 1/2 inches Page Dimensions: 36 inches 26 1/2 inches Condition: New This work is sold exclusively through Masterworks Fine Art.

Set of 6 French Le Thiers steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate". The handles are made of olive wood handles in wood box & the blade made of very high grade stainless steel was stamped, ground and polished with 25 different manual production stages. All pieces are forged, stamped, flattened, hardened, honed, burnished, and sharpened to the highest of standards. What is the famous "Le Thiers"? Born of the reflection of an entire profession, "Le Thiers" bears the name of his city, the capital of French cutlery. This knife is harmonious lines subject to a Jurandi based on tradition cutlery Thiernois Basin, the charter consists of manufacturing quality and territoriality at every stage of product realization. The board then valid authorization for use of name and form, which each cutler apply its know-how. Finally, teachers visitors are empowered to monitor compliance with these rules from the manufacturer, which is a guarantee of quality for "The Thiers" and certify an authentic French manufacture. The manufacturer DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL.Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery.Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products.It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations.The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962.Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development.Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives.Quality is an integral part of the company policy.Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #7913960 /**ThinViewJs**/ var ifr = function() {}; ifr.browserDetect = function() {this.bFirefox = this.bWebTV = this.bOpera = this.bNav = this.bIE = this.bSafari =this.bWin = this.bMac = this.bMacppc = this.bMactel =this.bWinXp = this.bXpSp2 = this.bAOL = this.bVista = false;this.iVer = this.fVer = -1;this.fMinorVer = 0;this.init = function() {var nv = navigator, agt = nv.userAgent.toLowerCase(), i = 0, ver;with (this){if (agt.indexOf('webtv') != -1){bWebTV = true;i = agt.indexOf('webtv/') + 6;}else if (agt.indexOf('firefox') != -1){bFirefox = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('firefox') + 8;}else if (agt.indexOf('safari') != -1){bSafari = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('safari') + 7;}else if(typeof(window.opera)!='undefined'){bOpera = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('opera') + 6;}else if (nv.appName == 'Netscape'){bNav = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('/') + 1;}else if (agt.indexOf('msie') != -1){bIE = true;i = agt.indexOf('msie') + 4;if ((agt.indexOf('aol') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('america online') != -1))bAOL = true;}ver = bOpera?window.opera.version():agt.substring(i);iVer = parseInt(ver);fVer = parseFloat(ver);fMinorVer = fVer - iVer;bWin = (agt.indexOf('win') != -1);bWinXp = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 5.1') != -1));bVista = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 6.0') != -1));bXpSp2 = (bWinXp && (agt.indexOf('sv1') != -1));bMac = (agt.indexOf('mac') != -1);bMacppc = (bMac && ((agt.indexOf('ppc') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('powerpc') != -1)));bMactel = (bMac && (agt.indexOf('intel') != -1));}}this.init();return this;}var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();if (oCl.bFirefox) { ifr.init(1); } ifr.addLoadEvent = function(func) { var oldonload = window.onload;if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {window.onload = func;}else {window.onload = function() {if (oldonload) {oldonload();}func();}}};ifr.addLoadEvent( function() { ifr.init(2); } ); ifr.init = function(callerId) {var lastInitCall = '';var bSafari = oCl.bSafari;var bFirefox = oCl.bFirefox;var iVer = oCl.iVer;var bWin = oCl.bWin;var cTime = new Date().getTime();if (!window.bError) {var el = new Date().getSeconds();var lt = (el - window.bl);}if (typeof(clientErrorLog) !== 'undefined') {if (lt > clientErrorThresholdTime) {ifr.process(lt);}}if (((callerId !== 2) && (lastInitCall !== '') && ((cTime-lastInitCall) = 9 && document.getElementById('EBdescription')) { h = document.getElementById('EBdescription').scrollHeight; var u = document.location.href; if(u && u.indexOf('&tid=') != -1 && document.getElementById('ngvi_store_id')) {h = document.getElementById('ngvi_store_id').scrollHeight;} h=h+40;}} else {h = document.body.offsetHeight; if (oCl.bSafari && oCl.iVer >= 523) {w = document.body.scrollWidth;} else {w = document.body.offsetWidth;if (window.scrollMaxX !== 0) {w += window.scrollMaxX;}}}if (isNaN(w)) {w = 0;}if ((oCl.bFirefox && oCl.bWin) && (h > 32000)) {h = 32000;}rv[0] += h;rv[1] += w;return rv;};ifr.resizeIt = function(callerId) {var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();var size = ifr.getSize();if (size) {if (window['postMessage'] && isPM) {parent.postMessage(size, '*');} else {if (!oCl.bSafari) {var rf = window.document.referrer;var re = new RegExp('^http\://cgi\.');var re2 = new RegExp('^(http\://www\.)([a-z]{2}\.)?([0-9a-z]{5}\.)?([a-z]{2}\.)?([a-z]{4}\.)([a-z]{3}|[a-z]{2})(\.[a-z]{2})?(/itm/)');if ((rf.toString().match(re) !== null) || (rf.toString().match(re2) !== null)) {parent.resizeFrame(size);}}ifr.setData(size, callerId);}};}

Old French brass strainer made in late 1800's and used in southwestern France. w-4.5"/ d-18". This piece is in good condition (little crack as you can see on photo #4). For the shipping, don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Jane Wooster ScottBiographyJane Wooster Scott entered the millennium prepared to establish new records. She concluded the last millennium named by the Guinness Book of Records as the most reproduced artist in America , beating out runner-up Pablo Picasso for that distinction. TIME magazine was quick to report the surprising news, pleasing her countless collectors and admirers.Today this versatile and productive artist stands alone as the finest painter of Americana on the planet.Her works hang in museums, in public buildings and private homes in Europe , Asia and South America as well as in the United States . She has become legendary for her exceptional scenes of America 's celebrations and holidays, providing a trove of visual lore unlike any other.A dazzling coffee-table book of Scott's astonishing canvases continues to be a bestseller.Her paintings trace the cavalcade of the American experience. From her studio in Sun Valley , Idaho , Scott continues to discover new venues, celebrated traditions and everyday pleasures and beauty in this land of boundless joys and effervescent cultural diversity.In the years ahead, this dedicated artist will scour the country's nooks and crannies finding unusual, colorful panoramas of life, some typical, others rare and some so commonplace they go unnoticed by the casual observer.Wooster Scott has an unfailing eye for the charm and magnificence of her native land and paints it in her own breathtaking style for the ages.Youthful and energetic, and possessed with an aura of glamour, the personable Wooster Scott is as much at home among celebrities as she is with the ordinary folk who populate her paintings. Indeed, she has become a celebrity herself. She mingles comfortably with scores of stars, political lights and sports figures at her shows. She is in demand socially wherever she finds herself.Her collectors include Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marlon Brando, Charles Bronson, Steve Wynn, Merv Griffin and many, many other prominent art-lovers.Her enormously successful shows have been hosted by Sylvester Stallone, Dyan Cannon, Kirk Douglas, Carol Burnett and the late actors Henry Fonda and Gene Kelly.Wooster Scott has embarked on a series of campus paintings, which include University of Pennsylvania and the University of Southern California . Several others are in the planning stages.Scott is all for progress but laments the toll it takes on the landscapes she paints so poignantly."It gets increasingly difficult to find the United States as I imagine it was a century ago-the barns, stables, cottages and town halls. Water pumps and windmills, covered bridges and one-room school houses are disappearing. But I intend to continue to seek out the remaining treasures of our heritage and paint them for my own joy and for people who share my love of country."

Exceptional ANTIQUE FRENCH WEDDING BONNETIERE (Armoire one door) Louis XV Provincial from Southwestern France. This piece was made of solid fruit wood by a French cabinet maker in the late 1700's to very early 1800's. You can see on the top part of this armoire, the initiales L & P for names of this new couple and inlay on the bottom part. This bonnetiere is in a very good condition, with original and exceptional hardware and key!!! TRULY UNIQUE! We ship from Texas (not from France).h-88.5"/ w-43"/ d-25.75

VERY NICE French Farm table-desk, Louis Philippe period with one drawer, in very good condition (Circa 1850). This piece was made of fruit wood by a French cabinet maker. You can use this piece as a TABLE or as a VERY NICE DESK! In very good condition and gorgeous patina! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!f-30.25/ w-46.5/ d-29.25

This is a replica of the Chicago Bulls 6th World Championship ring. It features the slogan Greatest Team Ever. * It is in mint condition. * Recall this Greatest Team, put it in your collection, or wear it while your watching the new generation of the Chicago Bulls!

Here is a wonderful Louis Philippe period Sideboard (buffet) made of solid fruitwood by a French cabinet maker in the Mid.1800's (1830-1850). 2 drawers. h-37"/ w-51.5"/ d-22.5". I bought this piece during my last trip in Southwestern France (well known in France for the quality of the antique country pieces). Good condition! We ship from Texas (not from France).

Exceptional French Louis XV Provincial armoire from Southwestern France (Cognac region), made in very early 1800's by a French cabinet maker with solid walnutwood. Original hardware, lock and key. Excellent condition! Will be a great and unique entertainment center! We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-93.5"/ w-56"/ d-27"

This is a lot of 37 Coca-Cola collector bottles, all full and in excellent condition. * Included are the following: * * Six-packs:1988 Nascar1994 Nascar2 World sets, all different countries1996 OlympicsSingle bottles: * * 3 different 1998 Nascar3 different World75th anniversary Chicago So drink up! (well, don't drink these--they're just for collecting.) But you'll certainly enjoy them in their great holiday style. *

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

Highly collectible, Authentic French Quimper HB plate. This plate was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist. You can see on the picture, the signature HB, Quimper (Brittany). Good condition (Very little chips & little crack). Lovely piece for your collection ! We ship from Texas (not from France)!Diameter: 6.25"

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901). Many immortal painters lived and worked in Paris during the late 19th century. They included Degas, Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Seurat, Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec. Toulouse-Lautrec observed and captured in his art the Parisian nightlife of the period. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born on Nov. 24, 1864, in Albi, France. He was an aristocrat, the son and heir of Comte Alphonse-Charles de Toulouse and last in line of a family that dated back a thousand years. Henri's father was rich, handsome, and eccentric. His mother was overly devoted to her only living child. Henri was weak and often sick. By the time he was 10 he had begun to draw and paint. At 12 young Toulouse-Lautrec broke his left leg and at 14 his right leg. The bones failed to heal properly, and his legs stopped growing. He reached young adulthood with a body trunk of normal size but with abnormally short legs. He was only 1.5 meters tall. Deprived of the kind of life that a normal body would have permitted, Toulouse-Lautrec lived wholly for his art. He stayed in the Montmartre section of Paris, the center of the cabaret entertainment and bohemian life that he loved to paint. Circuses, dance halls and nightclubs, racetracks--all these spectacles were set down on canvas or made into lithographs. Toulouse-Lautrec was very much a part of all this activity. He would sit at a crowded nightclub table, laughing and drinking, and at the same time he would make swift sketches. The next morning in his studio he would expand the sketches into bright-colored paintings. In order to become a part of the Montmartre life--as well as to protect himself against the crowd's ridicule of his appearance--Toulouse-Lautrec began to drink heavily. In the 1890s the drinking started to affect his health. He was confined to a sanatorium and to his mother's care at home, but he could not stay away from alcohol. Toulouse-Lautrec died on Sept. 9, 1901, at the family chateau of Malrome. Since then his paintings and posters--particularly the Moulin Rouge group--have been in great demand and bring high prices at auctions and art sales.

French pitcher from Eastern France, in PERFECT CONDITION!. This charming Pottery with its inscription "Potalux", dating around 1950's, with its brown-yellow color. h-5"/ w-5.75"/ d-4"Perfect condition! We ship from Texas (not from France)!

This delightful print is by the very well-known and avidly collected contemporary artist, Nobou "Nicky" Watanabe: Title: "December 24th"1988Limited edition serigraph on paperSigned and numbered from a limited edition of 300, plus 100 Roman, 50 APs and 5 PPs25 × 33 inchesExcellent condition; never mounted, matted or framedCertificate of AuthenticityRetail gallery price USD 1500A master of detail, Nobou Watanabe applies meticulous definition to every face, tree and snowflake in his paintings. Watanabe was born in Japan and did not move to the United States until after he graduated college. His style incorporates the influence of his boyhood in Japan as well as "naif" styles and motifs. * This festive seasonal print will be well appreciated year-round! * * SPECIAL SHIPPING NOTE: This print will be shipped rolled in a heavy duty mailing tube.

Pablo Picasso1881 - 1973Pablo Picasso is unquestionably the most famous artist of the 20th Century. In his artistic life, lasting more than 75 years he created tens of thousands of works, including paintings, drawings, sculpture, original lithographs, etchings, linoleum cuts and ceramics. No single artist has had a greater influence on Modern Art and has changed art more profoundly in the 20th Century. Picasso has been described as having lived several lifetimes artistically. He created Cubism (with George Braque) and continued thereafter to develop his art with a velocity that is comparable to the pace and dramatic change of the 20th Century.Born in Malaga on October 25, 1881, Picasso received his first drawing lessons from his father, a drawing teacher, at La Coruna in 1891. In 1895 the family moved to Barcelona, where young Pablo brilliantly passed the entry examination to the famous La Llonga art school completing in a single day, the one-month qualifying exam. His father was so overwhelmed by his son's abilities that he gave him own brushes, and proclaimed that he would never paint again. In 1897 he exhibited drawings in a cafe called Els Quatre Gats the artistic center of Barcelona. In 1899 he met Jaime Sabartes and did his first etching El Zurdo. The following year saw Picasso in Paris for the first time, where he created and exhibited drawings. In 1901 he made drawings in Madrid and Paris and he started to sign his works 'Picasso,' his mother's maiden name. In 1904 he settled definitively in Paris, where he rented a studio in the "Bateau Lavoir." This is the period when he created his famous "Blue Period" works, so called because of their monochromatic tonality, and somber content.In 1907, Picasso created the painting that would in essence create "modern art." "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" is considered the watershed painting of modern art. Artists from all over the world made pilgrimages to see the work themselves. It led to Picasso's collaboration with Braque (lasting into the 1920's), which created Cubism.The 1920's were important years in the development of Picasso's art and his fame. He designed theater sets and painted in cubist, neo-classical, and surreal modes. In 1937, the fascists horrified the world with the bombing of the civilian town of Guernica, Spain. Picasso was deeply affected by the carnage and responded by creating his other most notable masterpiece mural, "Guernica."Picasso became one of the most important original printmakers of all time. He was never content to use any media in its purely traditional way, and he revolutionized many of the graphic media he employed. In 1905 he engraved Les Saltimbanques. In 1906 Picasso did drypoints on celluloid and his first woodcuts. From 1909 to 1915 he produced Cubist prints, and from 1916 to 1920 he did neoclassic etchings. 1919 was the year of his first lithographs; in 1927 he did etchings for Balzac's Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu and etchings for Ovid's Metamorphoses in 1930. In 1933 he started work on a set of one hundred copperplates for Vollard (the Vollard Series). In 1934 he did Lysistrata and in 1935 the Minotauromachy. In 1937 engraved Franco's Dream and Lie (also in response to Guernica), the sugar aquatints for Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, and the portraits of Vollard that concluded the famous hundred plate series.Picasso moved to lithography in November 1945, producing his first color works in that medium at the famous Mourlot atelier. In 1948 he did Gongora and Reverdy's Le Chant des Morts. In 1949 Picasso created the lithograph entitled The Dove of Peace; in 1950 the illustrations for Cesaire's Corps Perdui; in 1952 the aquatints, Woman at the Window. From 1953 to 1957 came his aquatints, line engravings and lithographs (the Jacqueline series), and in 1958 his first color linocuts. In 1959 he did the Tauromachy series and linocuts. From 1960 to 1967, he did aquatints, etchings, drypoints and line engravings. In 1968, from March 16 to October 5, three weeks before his 87th birthday, he did three hundred and forty-seven etchings, line engravings, drypoints, mezzotints and aquatints, known as the "347 Series." Picasso died on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France at the age of 91.

A very nice French faience earthenware tureen with its lid made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-5.5"/ w-6.5"/ d-5.5"

Authentic hand-painted porcelain Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This Limoges box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Dog" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: G-V, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-1.75"/ w-1.5"/ d-1.25"

Artist Biography: Gary was born and raised in the Black Hills of South Dakota. He began painting and drawing as a child. He developed a love for the outdoors and old west while spending summers on the ranches of relatives in western South Dakota. In High School he was an active member of the Dakota Artists Guild and the Black Hills Art Association.He majored in Fine Arts at the University of North Dakota. One of his instructors was the noted contemporary artist, Brian Paulsen. His art career was put on hold when he was accepted to Medical School at the University of South Dakota. As a full time physician he only painted a limited amount during the next 30 years. He never exhibited his work during this time. He did execute some commissions during this period, including illustration for medical schools and portraiture for the Veterans Administration.In 2003, he was able to limit his busy medical practice enough to resume drawing and oil painting in earnest. He attended painting workshops in Laguna Beach and Scottsdale and trained extensively with the renowned English painter, Paul Abbott.Paul Abbott apprenticed with the noted English painter Robert Lenkiewicz. Gary was influenced heavily by both of these artists' representational styles.His first public exhibition since childhood was in 2005 in Prescott, Arizona, where he now resides. Gary won First Place, 2-D, for his oil painting in the 2006 Arizona Visions Art Competition. His studio was selected to participate in the 2006 Smithsonian CultureFest in Prescott, Arizona. Gary is now retired from the medical profession and paints full time in his studio in Prescott, Arizona. Gary is the drawing instructor at Ecosa Institute, also in Prescott. He illustrates for the periodical, "Territorial Times". The artist works almost exclusively in oils, pencil and conte. He uses a representational style to create portraiture, landscape, seascape, western and plein air works of art. He has evolved his style into the production of abstract works in oil as well. Studied: University of North Dakota 1970'sLaguna Art WorkshopsScottsdale Artists SchoolPaul Abbott(English Artist), Prescott, Arizona Books: 2010, C.M. Russell Art Auction, AAF Great Falls, 167 pages (color), Exhibition Catalog Exhibition Record (Galleries and Art Shows): 2005 Eye on the Mountain Gallery, Prescott, AZ2006 Prescott Fine Arts Gallery/Show, First Place 2D2006 Smithsonian Culturefest, Featured Studio, Prescott, AZ2007 Whiskey Row Artist Studio, Permanent Exhibit, Prescott, AZ2008 Au Natural International Juried Exhibition, Astoria, Oregon2009 Side by Side, Three Artist Show, The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA2009 Don't Stop At Dali Show, Honorable Mention 2D, Prescott, AZ2010 Dance and Music, First Place 2-D, Prescott, AZ2010 C.M. Russell Art Auction, Great Falls, MT2010 36th Annual Phippen Museum Art Show, Prescott, AZ Magazine and Newspaper References: 2009, Territorial Times, Featured Illustrator Artist Statement: If one needs an explanation for the meaning of art, they have already missed the point of art.

French pitcher from Eastern France, in good condition! (little chip at top part as you can see on photo). Here is a charming Pottery, dating around 1950's, with its brown and yellow colors. h-7.75/ w-7/ d-6 We ship from Texas (not from France)!

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta large platter made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2"/ w-17.75"/ d-12.75"

Antique and very UNUSUAL Bread basket made of rush?, used in the French bakeries in the late 1800's to early 1900's to keep the pieces of bread before cooking. This basket is in very good condition! VERY HARD TO FIND!!! 3" x 18" x 7.5"We are in Texas (no in France).

Jay BlanchardInfluenced by the masters Manet, Van Delk, and Monet he uses a palette knife painting directly on the canvas and then uses a brush in combination to give a heavy textural feeling that can only be accomplished by the use of both knife and brush - Jay quotes "the art seems to come alive". Born in 1955 in Tigne France, his father was a physician and his mother owned a small gift shop where she decorated her shop with many of her son's paintings. He also had his work displayed with friend Max Anderman at one of the local galleries in town. His work can mainly be seen at local street exhibits throughout France. He resides and studies in Paris France from where he paints on any given day in the warm weather where he can be found with his easel painting the images he loves.

This is an 8 piece set of Fenton Colonial Blue goblets. They have thumbprint patterns, and the attractive blue color is especially nice on a light tablecloth. * Condition: ExcellentSize: 6 1/2" tall, 3 1/2" in diameter

"Mountain Man" By Frederick Remington Bronze Sculpture

Here are two attractive glass vases. One is an 8" oval shaped vase with curved decoration. It is in very good condition, with light scratch marks on one side, inside. The other is a 13" tall round vase with vertical and crossed/diamond pattern. It is in excellent condition. * These vases will bring a bit of elegance to a floral display, or displayed on their own.

A  wonderful piece for boatsman. An original lithograph signed and numbered. Agai a rare piece to find anywhere. Kelly is a well known artist and his pieces are all over the world.. A real favorite by boat lovers. 15" x 19"

Roy Fairchild (English b.1953)Born in 1953 in Surrey, England, Roy Fairchild lives and works most of the year in his country home. This peaceful environment is fundamental to Fairchild's well-being and stability as an artist, although he travels throughout Europe to obtain new sources of inspiration. Fairchild is particularly influenced by the painters of the Renaissance and often visits Italy to study the frescos, tapestries, and paintings to see for himself the techniques with which they were executed.Fairchild's vision is colored by his immersion in this past. Fairchild's surfaces are rich and sumptuous and he uses varied interwoven elements such as fabrics and flowers in his work. The crumpling plasterwork seen in ancient frescos are also alluded to in his use of plaster as base for acrylic and oil over-painting.Experimenting with different techniques, Fairchild developed entirely new methods of achieving effects in serigraphy to obtain qualities of light and color that are now in general use. Fairchild eventually gained sufficient financial security to be able to give up his commercial illustrations and return full time to his own painting and printmaking which he does under his family name, Fairchild.As a printmaker, Fairchild has found most favor with serigraphy where the rich, opaque colors of his work are furthered by the medium, although his figure drawings he still prefers to translate into etchings. Roy Fairchild's art is eagerly sought and purchase by astute collectors throughout the world.American Fine Art Editions, Inc. highlights the work of Roy Fairchild at our welcoming 12,000 sq. ft. showcase gallery in Old Town Scottsdale, AZ. Call one of our International Art Consultants today to receive the one on one attention you deserve in building your extraordinary collection of fine art. We specialize in the original 20th century masters of fine art including Picasso, Miro, Warhol, Neiman, Wyeth and more.

Commemorative #8 by Patrick Nagel Serigraph Original. MINT Perfect Condition

AUTHENTIC Oil Lamp from France made of brass and glass in the 1860's. You can see on photo #4 inscription "Brevete Empereur" h-21"/ diameter-6" Probably a marine or coastal lamp. Very decorative and very good condition!!! Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France!)

Highly collectible pair of old plates from Alsace (Eastern France). These charming Alsatian pieces of pottery (hand-made a nd hand-painted), dating around 1940's, come from many different villages throughout the region. The dark brown "terre vernissee", or glazed pottery, with its decorative flowers, comes from the village of Soufflenheim. Good condition (No cracks, very little chips as you can see on photo). The price is for the pair of plates. We ship from Texas (not from France).Diameter: 9"

Naked lady suspending from something * Artist: Patrick Meadows * Signature: In pencil, lower right Title: Suspension * Medium: Print on paper Edition: Numbered out of 50 * Sheet Size: 20" x 30" Condition: Excellent Patrick Meadows

This is the Danielle Steel period romance novel about a journalist stationed in Vietnam who finds love in Saigon. * Author: Danielle SteelTitle: "Message from Nam"Edition: 1st Book Club EditionType: Hardcover with slipcase Publisher: Delacorte Press, New YorkCondition: Mint, sealed in original publisher's shrink-wrap

This is a Fenton Cranberry Opalescent Jam Set, with hobnail pattern. The four pieces include a jar, lid, plate, and clear glass spoon. * Condition: ExcellentSizes: Jar with the lid is 5 1/2" tall; Dish is 6 1/2" in diameterEra: 1940s-1950's

Here is a lot of Coca-Cola Christmas bottles, all full and in excellent condition. There are six 6-packs here from the following years: * 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002. * There are also two single bottles from 1994. Each year introduced a new bottle and package design, full of that traditional Coke Classic holiday cheer, with that famous jolly St. Nick. So drink up! (well, don't drink these--they're just for collecting.) But you'll certainly enjoy them in their great holiday style.

Authentic French porcelain Limoges box "Souvenir de Communion" signed "Limoges France" This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Excellent condition! (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2.5"/ diameter-5"

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

A very nice pair of French hand painted faience earthenware plates made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). Each plate was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each plate, you can see on the picture #4). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely pieces for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Diameter: 9.75"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Old French brass pot with 2 handles made in mid. 1900's and used in southwestern France. h-5"/ w-7.5"/ d-6.25". This piece is in very good condition. For the shipping, don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Ecellent Amethyst StoneWell colored and faceted Pear Shaped StoneNatural Stone is treated.Beautiful clairity and color.Great for ring setting or loose.

Very valuable French Louis XVI Style Gilt and Gesso Over Mantel Mirror, circa 1870 with a central crest of birds, a torch and quiver and flowers, on a wide floral relief decorated frame. The frame was made of wood and plaster. Old little cracks but it is nothing for its age! H.- 47 3/4 in., W.- 31 in., D.- 2 in. We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Rare and Highly collectible large 18th century piece of pottery from Southwestern France. It is a rare and very old French water jar with its irregular lines and 3 handles, dating around 1750's, made of terracotta and glazed. h-19"/ w-15.5"/ d-15.5". Barely noticeable crack below the spout. One part of the spout is missing. We ship from Texas (not from France)!

18 inches tall and in excellent condition with original Box.Princess Sarah, Dutchess of York in Bridal gown.Highly Collectable doll Bisque doll, original bridal gown, with all the trimmings.

A very nice French hand-painted earthenware cheese platter made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (Signature on the back as you can see on the picture). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-8"/ w-11.25"/ d-9.75"

This is a beautiful etching, after Rembrandt, by master engraver Amand Durand. Titled "ABRAHAM AND ISAAC" (year of original 1645). Measurements: image size is 6.5" x 6" on 14" x 11" Somerset paper. This piece is signed and dated in the plate. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Ref. #34 according to the British Catalogue, circa 1797, is a hand pulled-ETCHING from the AUTHENTIC & Original copper Rembrandt plates by Armand-Durand (1831-1905) overseen by Art World Industries, inc. This piece is in excellent condition, and has never been framed. Rembrandt was born in 1606 in Leiden , Holland . Before his 30th birthday, the name Rembrandt had become synonymous with artistic excellence. The Dutch master was known worldwide for his highly prized series of classical etchings. These images are known for their delicacy of tone and intricacy of detail. To raise funds in 1657, Rembrandt sold the plates at an auction of his entire estate to a prestigious European family with the expressed stipulation that not even one of the etchings could be printed until a full 100 years had passed after his death. The family faithfully honored the binding agreement. Owing to their great popularity and soft metallurgical consistency, the original plates became worn by the mid 1800's. To save these genius-inspired works, Amand Durand, a master engraver, born in France in 1831, spent the major part of his career exactly duplicating the genius of Rembrandt onto hard, lasting copper plates. Art historians and critics have been stunned by the incredible quality Durand achieved through his own technical genius. Historical references indicate that Armand Durand's amazing skills were well known to expert of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many esteemed art critics and curators feel that Durand's works not only do great justice to Rembrandt's original concepts but subtly improve on the legendary Dutch master in a technical sense. Amand -Durand was a great admirer of Rembrandt. He desired to study the plates and techniques of this genius. Unfortunately at the time there only remained about 100 known plates, which were available to produce fine quality impressions. For 100 years the bulk of Rembrandt's plates were shrouded in mystery. As time moved on some of Rembrandt's plates began to surface. By this time Rembrandt's plates were miserably worn and dull. Amand-Durand, who by now had made the ranks of a noted engraver, decided to remedy this with his own gifted talents. He researched and intensely studied pieces that were available only in collections. From here on he spent the major part of his life exactly duplicating Rembrandt's images onto copper plates. These recreations were called Amand-Durand's after Rembrandt. Their unbelievable clarity and exactness were achieved because Amand-Durand used as his guide, not the worn and dull plates, but the first and second state etchings of the master's original works. By this time Durand's talent were known to experts of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1855, Conservator of the Cabinet de Estampes, George Duplessis so appreciated the genius of this man that he had his work published in books which belong to the Bibliotheque Nationale in France. Amand-Durand was used as master etcher in an anthology of European engravings, which became so valuable that they were kept under locked scrutiny in most libraries. What we have is a noted master duplicating a master some 200 years later. Soon after Amand-Durand's death in 1905, his original copper plates were obtained by the prestigious French book publishing family, DOMINIQUE VINCENT et Cie. They mainly published the work for book illustrations to the Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum as beautiful exact duplications of Rembrandt's etchings. Sporadically they sold to private parties interested in this unique creation. It was this reproducing that caused hushed rumor that spread throughout the entire art world. It was discreetly rumored among noted art circles, that in the early 1900's numerous Amand Durand after Rembrandt etchings found their way into famous collections much to the dismay of many. This was the rumor until 1985. An American art dealer doing research on the availability of Rembrandt etchings came across some so questionably perfect that he decided to research even further. Fierce studying proved that these were in fact Amand-Durand etchings that had been rumored and gossiped about for so many years. Completely aware of what information he and come across and the problems that developed when they were placed in the wrong hands, he resolved to locate the original copper plates. This took quite some time. However with unbelievable resourcefulness he was able to locate the Dominique Vincent family who had been completely unaware of the stories that were inadvertently created with these prints. The Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum in Paris had been acquiring these etchings to allow the French to see the unimaginable story behind them. The American dealer purchased all 348 original copper plates. This allowed the American public to also see this unimaginable story of how a noted artisan through his talent and dedication for the great master Rembrandt, created effects of such quality that the repercussions were felt throughout the entire art world for many, many years. Over a century after Amand-Durand painstakingly recreated Rembrandt's etching, the benefits of his devotion to quality and beauty are again felt throughout the art world. The piece was made from the re-worked original copper plate by Amand Durand in the late 1800s. It is absolutely beautiful!

Beautiful Natural Purple Amethyst GemstonePear Shape, faceted Great clairity and color.No visible flawsStart at low auction price.Nice stone for price.worth at least twice as much!

Known the world over for his striking, vibrant depictions of sporting events, leisure activities and other social gatherings, LeRoy Neiman is indisputably one of the most popular and widely known artists of the modern era. From 10 years in the classroom as an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago early in his career after completing his own studies there, to being the official artist at five separate Olympiads and even working for CBS as a Super Bowl computer artist, LeRoy Neiman has come to be defined by his spectacular ability of taking everyday life events and turning them into magnificent works of art. Born on June 8, 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota, LeRoy Neiman was raised by his mother and two different stepfathers after his biological father abandoned the family early in his childhood. Living his early years in a rough blue-collar St. Paul neighborhood, Neiman's initial interest in art began at a very young age when a painting be made of a fish in the sixth grade won a prize in a national art competition. He went on in his teenage years to earn extra money by painting images of fruit, vegetables and meat on the windows of local grocery stores. He even painted portraits of the shopkeepers themselves. While serving in the United States Army beginning in 1942, LeRoy Neiman began to gain significant recognition amongst his Army colleagues when he painted a number of eye-catching, sexually suggestive murals on the walls of military kitchens and dining halls that drew great praise from both men and women. Neiman would later go on to be a contributing artist for Playboy magazine in the 1950's, to which he still contributes illustrations to this day.In 1953, LeRoy Neiman held his first solo art shows to display some of his earliest works at galleries in Chicago and Lincoln, Illinois. Art lovers and novices alike immediately recognized and developed great respect for Neiman's unique style, willingness to take risks and incredible ability to appeal to people of all ages, ethic groups and socio-economic backgrounds. Since the remarkable success of those first shows in 1953, Neiman has gone on to create some of the most beloved and well known paintings in United Stated history.Citing Leonardo da Vinci and Rubens as two of his biggest personal influences, LeRoy Neiman describes his own work in the following way " A day at the races... A night at the opera... These two lines, I think, reflect the spirit of my work and my pleasures, of my art, prints and posters. In a sense, they capture the range of my environment. I have painted and sketched in casinos, hotels, bars, massage parlors, steam baths, in the salons of elegant restaurants (and sometimes their galleys), on battlefields and football fields, in law courts and tennis courts, in pool rooms and swimming pools, from the decks of luxury liners and yachts and the doorways of skid-row missions. To me, it's all Neimanland." Throughout the course of his distinguished career, LeRoy Neiman has been the recipient of countless awards and recognitions, including an Award of Merit from the American Athletic Union in 1976 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association in 1986, among countless others. To date, more than 150,000 LeRoy Neiman prints have been purchased, having an estimated market value exceeding $400 million! LeRoy Neiman has certainly left his distinctive, incontrovertible mark on the art world and then some, and continues to do so to this day. Neiman currently lives in New York City with his wife of more than 50 years, Janet, at the Hotel des Artistes, which has been their home together for more than 30 years

This is a 7 piece Fenton Glass Green Vaseline Opalescent Pitcher Set. Included are one pitcher, and 6 glasses, all with nicely painted floral details. All are signed by the artists, and the pitcher has a Fenton mark. * Condition: ExcellentSignatures: A. Wowler (glasses), and Gilbert Lapin (pitcher) * Size of cups: 3 3/4" tall and 3" diameterSize of pitcher: 9" tall and 4 1/2" diameter *

HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE POTTERY FROM EASTERN FRANCE. WONDERFUL FRENCH MAJOLICA, BARBOTINE ASPARAGUS DISH. STUNNING SHADES OF GREEN AND CREAM COULORS. THIS DISH IS IN GREAT CONDITION (2 very little chips as you can see on photo #3). SIZE: 15.35" BY 9.85" BY 3.93" HIGH. A little part of France in your home. We ship from Texas (not from France).

Felix Mas was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1935. He studied art at Saint Jordi and joined the military, where he stayed until 1957. After leaving the military he joined the Spanish art agency Seleciones Illustrada and started working for various romance comics for companies like Fleetway and Valentine. He also drew the detective story Lt. Kane for T.V. Heroes. During the 1960s Mas worked in Scandinavia as an illustrator. He returned to comics in 1969 with D.C. Thomson's Romeo.Felix Mas joined Warren Publishing in 1972 and drew a total of 17 horror stories for Creepy and Vampirella until January 1975. The story 'The Vampiress Stalks the Castle at Night' from Vampirella 21 was included within a list of the top 25 Warren stories in The Warren Companion by David Roach. After leaving Warren, Mas moved to Venezuela and stopped his comic work, choosing instead to focus on painting. He would later move to Florida.

Authentic French hand-painted Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a DOG hand-painted Porcelain box...Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: B.R.C and #1 for the 1st from a limited production, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2"/ w-2.25"/ d-1.5"

9" Collectible porcelain doll. Head, hands and feet made of porcelain. She is absolutely stunning. Details on this doll are impeccable! Originally sold average around $129.00 in French stores. There is no paperwork with these doll. No designer. We ship from Texas (not from France)

Mixed Media on Handmade and color died Paper.. A Beautiful piece for bird and falcon lovers. Coleman pieces are in homes and collections around the world.

This plate was hand painted with a lovely, pastoral French village scene. If your name is Susan, or know anyone who is, this plate is personalized, and would make a special gift. It was done on the Mediterranean coast of France, in Nice in 2000. It will make a charming display. * Dimensions: 7 1/2" in diameterCondition: Excellent *

Beautifully printed Art of Michael JacksonArt Print from "Man In The Mirror" Artist L. CooperFramed Poster 18 in x 24 in framed.Own a beautifully printed painting of Michael

This is a print from a watercolor image of Chicago's famous old Water Tower on Michigan Avenue. Artist: Tom Lynch Edition: Open Medium: Print on paperSheet size: 16 x 21 inches Condition: Excellent

Here is a French table mat made of earthenware with several Masonic symbols painted on one side. h- 0.79"/ W- 7.09"/ d- 7.09" Excellent condition. We ship from Texas (not from France)

Collectable Avon ArtBeautifully crafted Butterfly brooch with purple and blue gems.Gold colorApprox. 2 in x 2 in.

This 10" round plate has tropical birds, flowers and fish, creating an imaginative scene of nature. The back side is unglazed, and unmarked, and has a hook. Its condition is excellent. We believe this bowl is from Mexico, Costa Rica, or in that region. * It is sure to please, with it enjoyable hand-painted design.

Norman Rockwell ~The Art Critic~Original CollotypeRAREAn AMAZING well-known collectible piece by renowned artist Norman Rockwell.This signed and numbered collotype piece measures about 24" by 26" and comes matted and framed or you can have just the collotype! Please feel free to ask any questions that you may have about this piece! This piece is HAND SIGNED!! 

This is a wooden wall storage unit from Bombay Kids. It is brown tone, and features a shelf for display, drawers for stowing away items, and three knob hooks for hanging up baseball caps, shirts or jackets. . Some assembly is required to secure it to a wall. It measures 28" x 16" x 8". It comes in mint condition in the original box. * This wall storage piece is very attractive, and will be the centerpiece to a kid's room.

Oval Faceted Absolutely Beautiful RubyHue: Purplish Red in color Tone: DarkSaturation: Fair-ModeratePremium appraisal by G. Cruz G.G. Gemological Institute of America.Estimated retail Replacement value not to exceed $52,600. Appraisal comes with Ruby.

This is a giant vintage scrapbook filled with over 400 Christmas greeting cards. A couple dozen or so are from the 1930's, and majority are from the 1940's and 50's. The cards are pasted to the pages, and although the pages are brittle from age, the cards overall are in very good condition. Each is signed inside. There is a whole array of charming holiday images, a whole history of greeting card styles. The cover of the scrapbook has a worn-off area at the upper right, but the rest is fine, with nice embossed ornamentation. * This is an instant collection of classic Christmas cards.

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta milk pitcher jug made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-4"/ w-4"/ d-3"

French Louis XV style armchair. Floral carving on the top of the back. This armchair is very confortable and very sturdy. A very small price...because we buy directly in France! We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Here is an absolutely wonderful French Louis XV Provincial armoire from Bordeaux (Southwestern France) with its "chapeau de gendarme", made in late 1700's or the very early 1800's with solid French oak. This armoire has 2 drawers at the bottom. Good condition with a few repairs in the back side of the armoire, one knob at right drawer is missing. This large armoire will be a great and unique entertainment center! h-110/ w-57.5/ d-25 We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Highly collectible! A very nice French stoneware Apothecary pot made by an artist Dany Tunin, from Alsace (Eastern France). This pot was hand-painted. You can see inscriptions "Gres d'Alsace- Dany Tunin + number 831" at bottom part of this pot. Very good condition (a little chip under the lid)! Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France)!9.75x4x4

This is a vintage advertising poster from Colt Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. The compelling scene shows a lady who has lassoed a tiger, and is ready to defend herself with a Colt revolver * Medium: Lithograph on wove paperSize: 19 x 24 inchesDate: UnknownCondition: Very good, with minor edge wear

Highly collectible pitcher from Alsace (Eastern France). Here is a charming Alsatian hand-painted stoneware jug-pitcher from the village of Betschdorf. No cracks and no chips. Great condition! h-9.25/ w-7.5/ d-5.5 We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Tiffany style Square base Lilly Pond LampTable lamp tha is approx. 2 ft. high.Beautiful Hand cut glass lamp Light green with darker green base and pink hand cut glass flowers. All stained glass.Estimated value of lamp is $1200-$2300.Start bid at very low price

Beautiful Hobnail Cruet Colbalt (Deep) Blue. hand made (Glass Pitcher/vase).Cruet has clear handle with raised design on glassCuret is approx. 8 inches tall.

DescriptionThis is a magnificent piece. Handmade paper as well as painting in the piece. Signed..It is a monoprint meaning this is the only 1 in the world. This is done with Hand Made paper. Colmans work is all over the world in many private collections

Zeus Greek God Bronze Sculpture, After B. Zach, 13"H x 8"W x 7"D 18 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

This is a VERY NICE French Louis Philippe Farm table with one drawer in very good condition (Circa 1840). This piece was made of fruitwood by a French cabinet maker during King Louis Philippe reign. You can use as a TABLE or as a VERY NICE DESK! In very good condition and gorgeous patina! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-29.5"/ w-51"/ d-35"

American Artist Max Karp is one of the few contemporary painters to use enamel for his artistic work. He is internationally acclaimed as the father of modern enameling. His place in art history is assured, both because of his enormous talent and the fact that he has perfected unique processes, which allow the creation of museum-quality, kiln-fired collectibles. A self-taught artist, Karp was born in Ohio in 1916 and raised in California. He lives in Southern California. Karp began painting by recording in his oils various species of birds and insects for his father who was an ornithologist/entomologist. In the mid-1960's, Karp became interested in the enamel process. Beginning on a small scale, he taught himself the enamel technique and later experimented with the large paintings in enamel for which he is best known. During the last decade, Karp's enamel paintings have received critical recognition. In 1970 Hamilton Mint commissioned Karp to produce four paintings of the seasons of the year, which were then issued as a limited edition of plates on precious metal. In 1980 Karp's 20 x 24-inch enamel portrait of Beverly Sills was presented to the American Queen of Opera following her final performance on full-length opera. In addition, numerous private art collectors, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Happy Rockefeller and Sarah Churchill, have acquired works by Max Karp for their collections.

Born in 1911 in Beverly, Massachusetts, Barnet knew by the age of ten that he wanted to be an artist. As a student he studied with Philip Leslie Hale at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and viewed first-hand John Singer Sargent at work on the murals of the Boston Public Library. In 1930 Barnet studied at the Art Students League of New York, with Stuart Davis and Charles Locke, beginning his long association with the school. Here he concentrated on painting as well as printmaking, and in 1936 he became the official printer for the Art Students League. There, he later instructed students in the graphic arts at the school and taught alongside the likes of Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Robert Beverly Hale and Richard Pousette-Dart. Barnet continued his love of teaching with positions at the Cooper Union, at Yale University, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He has three sons, Peter, Richard, and Todd Barnet, by his first wife Mary Sinclair. Will Barnet is currently married to Elena Barnet, and they have a daughter, Ona Barnet.[2]

Opinel knife #7: 4" closed and 7.25" opened. Beechwood handle and tempered high carbon steel blade with crowned hand hallmark etching. All feature safety ring for locking the blade open or closed.This knife is brand new and has never been used or carried. This item is not a second or factory defect and is authentic. The Opinel knife was invented by Joseph Opinel in 1890 in Savoie as a simple working man's. It proved popular with the local farmers, herdsmen, and paysans-vignerons (peasant winemakers) of the area. In 1897, a series of twelve sizes, numbered 1 to 12, was developed. From 1901-1903, Joseph Opinel built his first factory in Pont de Gévoudaz and produced a machine for mass production of the knife's wooden handles.To distribute his new range of knives, Opinel utilized the time-honored method of hiring peddlers to sell the knife, installing a small shop near the Chambéry railway junction, where the knives became popular with PLM railroad workers, who in the course of their work spread word of the new knife all over France. By 1909, Opinel had registered his first trademark for the Opinel knife, choosing the main couronnée ('crowned hand") as his emblem. A few years later Opinel annual sales were in the hundreds of thousands, and by the start of World War II as many as 20 million knives had been sold.The Opinel Virobloc or safety twistlock mechanism was invented by Marcel Opinel in 1955, greatly increasing the safety and versatility of the knife by allowing the blade to be locked in the open position. In 2000, the Virobloc locking mechanism was improved to allow locking the blade in either the open or closed position.The company is still run by the Opinel family, and Opinel sells around 15 million knives annually. A museum dedicated to the Opinel knife (Le Musée de l'Opinel) is located at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.The main couronnée ("crowned hand") device as you can see on photo was already present on the blade of very early models. Later the words OPINEL and FRANCE were added, as well as INOX ("stainless", from "INOXidable", meaning "non-oxidizable) in the case of stainless steel blades.The image of the hand comes from the arms of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, and represents the relics of John the Baptist, three of whose finger-bones were supposedly brought back from Alexandria by Saint Tecla in the 5th century. The crown comes from the arms of Savoie.We ship from Texas, not from France.

These four Wizard of Oz Collectable dolls from Largo Toys have a classic, old-time look, with wonderfully detailed features. * Maker: Largo Toys Ltd.Size: 15 inchesCondition: ExcellentDolls included:Dorothy w/ Ruby SlippersTin Man w/ Heart Pocket WatchScarecrow w/ Doctorate of ThinkologyCowardly Lion w/ Medal of Courage

This pair of two Erté prints comprises the "Diva Suite." * The black and white backgrounds create a beautiful contrast. The poses of the bodies and elegant plumage of the peacocks form a perfect balance of glamor and grace. * Artist: ErtéSignature: In pencil on each, lower rightTitles: "Diva I", "Diva II"Medium: Serigraph on paper, with foil stamping Sheet size: 28 x 36 inches Year produced : 1984Edition: Each is numbered in pencil 264/300Framing: Double matted in silver threaded black fabric, and red inner border; black glossy wood frame with silver corners with hand-etched designs Frame size: 38 1/2 x 47 inchesCertificate of Authenticity: Included * Condition: Excellent; minor damage to upper right corner of frame This is a stunning pair, worthy of any Erté admirer. * The astonishingly creative, prolific and long-lived artist known to the world as Erté (Russia, 1892- 1990), literally defined chic in the last century. A brilliant fashion illustrator turned dynamic theatrical designer turned wildly successful graphic artist turned critically acclaimed sculptor, Erté's work is flamboyant, sensual, witty, fantastic and highly collectible. *

Here are two Fenton baskets in the Daisy Button pattern, one Green and the other Colonial Blue. These are sometimes known as English oval baskets, and are nice for candies or dried flowers. * Condition: ExcellentSize: 5 3/4" x 3" x 3 3/4"

"Droles de Zebres (Triptych)" 1978Limited Edition PrintLithograph TriptychSize: 25.5 x 20 inCertificate of Authenticity: Framed with Plexiglass: Each piece is in Plexiglass & hinged together Hand Signed: Artist edition on Japon Nocra paper.

Highly collectible antique piece of pottery from Charente (Southwestern France). This piece is a rare and old large French Salting tub (Saloir) with its irregular lines, dating around 1850's, coming from a village of Charente, in the Cognac area. In the 1800's, people used this pottery to preserve meat with salt. 2 handles/ With its lid. A little chip at bottom of the lid. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-18"/ w-18.25"/ d-14"

This is an 8 piece set of Fenton Colonial Blue Luncheon Plates. They have thumbprint patterns, and the attractive blue color is especially nice on a light tablecloth. * Condition: ExcellentSize: 8 1/2" in diameter

We are direct-importers of French antique roof-tiles (made between 1800 and 1830) and are very familiar with the importation of antique tiles and outside architecturals (we regularly import several large containers for builders, architects, roofing companies and individual customers). Description: Antique roof tiles from the South of France. These roof tiles were made in early 1800's in the South of France. They were the products of women who created the distinctive tapered shape by folding sheets of clay over their thighs. As the thighs vary naturally, so do these tiles (Each tile varies a little since they are handmade). Material: Terra cotta. Size: about 19''h x about 5 ½'' for the top part & about 7 ½'' for the bottom part , Materiel: Terra cotta Weight: about 4 lb. Around 1-1/2 tiles per square foot (for one layer of tiles) or 150 tiles per roofing square. The price is for a full container of 10,000 tiles and includes shipping from France. Our price is door to door...it includes the cost of the antique tiles, packaging, labor (only in France), shipping from France to customer's location, importation taxes and importation fees (in France & United States), insurance for the shipping...so, the customer is only responsible for the unloading of the container. So, these tiles will be shipped directly from France... This way, you will not pay the extra charge for shipping from San Antonio to your location. Please feel free to contact us if you need more information or additional photos

Jay BlanchardInfluenced by the masters Manet, Van Delk, and Monet he uses a palette knife painting directly on the canvas and then uses a brush in combination to give a heavy textural feeling that can only be accomplished by the use of both knife and brush - Jay quotes "the art seems to come alive". Born in 1955 in Tigne France, his father was a physician and his mother owned a small gift shop where she decorated her shop with many of her son's paintings. He also had his work displayed with friend Max Anderman at one of the local galleries in town. His work can mainly be seen at local street exhibits throughout France. He resides and studies in Paris France from where he paints on any given day in the warm weather where he can be found with his easel painting the images he loves.

This exciting image is by Burton Morris, a remarkably popular and avidly collected contemporary artist who has put his own energetic spin on Pop art! Title: "American Pop Blue" 1998 40 × 45 Original serigraph on paper Signed by the artist in pencil and dated LR Avalon Publishing Group blind stamp LR Numbered from an edition of 250 LL Bright and fresh; never mounted, matted or framed Certificate of Authenticity Morris first gained national attention in the mid-1990's when his artwork was chosen to hang on the set of the NBC television series "Friends," where it has remained throughout the show's run. He has created artwork for national campaigns for Absolut Vodka, Perrier, Gallo Winery and AT&T. Morris was chosen by the United States Olympic Committee to be an official artist for the U.S. team at the 2004 Games in Athens and also designed the 2004 Oscar poster.

Highly collectible French piece of pottery from Alsace (Eastern France). Charming Alsatian piece of Pottery dating from very early 1900. This brown "terre vernissee", or glazed mold cake (Kouglof in Alsatian, very famous cake from this part of France), with its irregular shape, comes from the village of Soufflenheim. A little part of France in your home. No cracks, one little chip on the edge. Very good condition. We ship from Texas (not from France). h-4."/ diameter 10.25"#ASLSP02A

Dark Green Beautifully cut Cabochon Round EmeraldVery nice size, color and quality for the price.4.67 ctw. natural Emerald with heat treatment.starting low bid price.

This is a Cranberry Swirl Pitcher Set from Fenton, and it includes 4 cups and one pitcher. The pitcher has a swirl design, crimped rim, and clear fluted handle, and the glasses are red cranberry glass. * Condition: ExcellentSize of cups: 4" tall and 3" diameterSize of pitcher: 9" tall and 6" diameter *

5 pc Modern Japanese China Ceramic Vases Urn Candle Holder * All of the items are in excellent conditionWhite Flower Candle HolderHeight: 7 inchesWicks'N'SticksMade in JapanWhite UrnMade in JapanHeight: 8 inchesGray Flower VaseHeight: 10 1/2 inchesMade in JapanWhite Flower HolderHeight: 5 inchesWidth: 5 inchesYamajiWhite Flower CupHeight: 2 inchesMade in Japan

The queen of the snows will surely leave you snowblind. * Artist: Dawn Wilson Signature: In pencil, lower right Title: Queen of the Snows Medium: Print on paper Edition: Numbered out of 750 Sheet Size: 23" x 33" Certificate of Authencity from Whitecondor Studio Condition: Excellent * Biography: * Ms. Wilson was born in Delaware in 1960, received a BFA from the Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and currently resides in Livermore, California. Her work has won numerous awards and has appeared on the cover of numerous science fiction and fantasy books and magazines. * *

Here's a great lithograph by noted sports artist Merv Corning showing a highlight of the Chicago Bears 1985 Super Bowl season - the 11th Week trouncing of the Cowboys (44-0!) * * Published by Sears and shrink-wrapped since then, this good-looking 16 × 20 color print will look great framed!

Here's a great lithograph by noted sports artist Merv Corning showing a highlight of the Chicago Bears 1985 Super Bowl season - Da' coach carried high on the shoulders of the Super Bowl winners! * * Published by Sears and shrink-wrapped since then, this good-looking 16 × 20 color print will look great framed!

A very nice French faience earthenware plate made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This plate was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each plate, you can see on the picture #4). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) Diameter: 9.75"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Here is a very nice Louis Philippe cabinet (with 2 shelves) made by a French cabinet maker from Brittany (Western France) of solid fruitwood. This piece, great to display your personal collection was made in the Mid.1800's (and probably earlier...you can see King Louis XV influence on photo #3, very popular in late 1700's). h-82.5"/ w-51.75"(with crown)/ d-22". Good condition. Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France).

Highly collectible, Authentic French Quimper HB tureen with its lid. This piece was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist. You can see on the picture, the signature HB. Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). Founded in Quimper in 1690, the HB-Henriot Manufacture has always innovated and worked with artists since this date. HB-Henriot is wellknown all over the world for its know-how: the "Quimper paint touch" and the tradition of producing and hand-painting every piece in-house as well as the creation of its own molds. Lovely piece for your collection ! We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-4.25"/ w-6.75"/ d-5"