Ararity's August Decorative Arts Auction
Updated September 3, 2026
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| Date | August 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Ararity Auctions |
| Location | Lorton, Virginia, 22079 · more auctions in Lorton |
| Lots | 233 |
| Estimates | $100 – $10,000 |
What's in this auction
233 lots, mostly fine art & prints (89), antiques & furniture (63), pottery, china & glass (25), firearms & militaria (9). 233 lots have photos and 233 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $100–$10,000 across 233 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog.
Highest-estimated lots
- Kathe Kollwitz "Self Portrait" 1921 Pencil Signed Etching Print — est. $5,000–$10,000
- Gustave Baumann "Autumnal Glory" Woodblock Print #45/100 Arts & Crafts Framed — est. $6,000–$9,000
- Eastman Johnson "Captain Coleman, Nantucket" Portrait Study Oil on Canvas Painting — est. $5,000–$7,000
- 1864 Imperial Russian Silver Lidded Tankard Ivan Semenovich Gubkin w/Trompe l'oeil Wood Grain — est. $2,500–$5,000
- Howard Norton Cook "Financial District, Old New York" 1931 Lithograph Print — est. $3,000–$5,000
From the auction house
This months auction features items from various Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland and New York estates and includes a nice selection of ancient and pre-Columbian artifacts, 15th-19thC turned brass candlesticks, our usual eclectic group of antique and modern art, including many prints and paintings, sculptures and more. Antique silver includes a fine pre-revolution Russian tankard with faux wood engraving. Among the Native American objects is a fine San Ildefonso Marie black on black pot, plus an excellent and exceedingly rare Apache olla basket in amazing original condition. Standout art includes an original Gustave Baumann woodblock print, a Howard Cook print, a William Penhallow Henderson original pastel, an original William Thomas Blackburn painting, and a pencil signed Kathe Kollwitz etching. We offer valuable books, antique bronzes, militaria, and unusual middle-eastern brass and wood objects. Another highlight is a single collector's accumulation of antique wax letter seals and Buddhist items. In addition, we offer a selection of MCM furniture, including Eames and George Nelson Herman Miller pieces. Interesting antique lighting, furniture, porcelain and other surprise pieces are being added up to the minute, so check back often. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .
In this auction (233 lots)
Categories: Fine Art & Prints (89) · Antiques & Furniture (63) · Pottery, China & Glass (25) · Firearms & Militaria (9) · Jewelry & Watches (7) · Stamps & Philately (7)
- Lot 0001 — Paul Rath Standing World Terrestrial Globe Cast Gilt Metal Sculpture of Atlas Holding the World
- Lot 0002 — Antique 19thC Gilt Bronze Corinthian Top Column Cap
- Lot 0003 — Original 1985 Nasa Spacelab D-1 Shuttle Crew Photograph/Patch Collage w/Astronaut Signatures Space
- Lot 0004 — American Outsider Folk Art Hand Carved Wood Carnival Barker Head Sculpture Bust
- Lot 0005 — 1864 Imperial Russian Silver Lidded Tankard Ivan Semenovich Gubkin w/Trompe l'oeil Wood Grain
- Lot 0006 — Antique .800 Silver Tankard Stein w/Recumbent Lion Hinged Lid
- Lot 0007 — Antique Victorian Silverplate Five-Part Centerpiece Epergne w/Cut Crystal Glass Bowls
- Lot 0008 — Lucy M. Lewis Acoma Pueblo Native American Pottery Decorated Bowl
- Lot 0009 — Tina Garcia San Juan / Santa Clara Pueblo Native American Pottery Decorated "Bear Paw" Jar
- Lot 0010 — Anna & Fidel Archuleta Santa Clara Pueblo Native American Pottery Deep Carved Red Bowl
- Lot 0011 — Maria Martinez/Popovi San Ildefonso Pueblo Native American Pottery Black on Black Bowl
- Lot 0012 — Maria & Santana Martinez San Ildefonso Pueblo Native American Art Pottery Bowl
- Lot 0013 — Late Classic Style Navajo Wool Blanket Hubbell Weaving Red White and Black
- Lot 0014 — Fine Pictorial Apache Olla Native American Basket Coiled Jar
- Lot 0015 — Trevor Carlton "BULLIT" 2005 Steve McQueen Hand Painted Folk Art Movie Poster Oil on Wood
- Lot 0016 — Trevor Carlton 2002 James Bond-007 Dr No Sean Connery Hand Painted Folk Art Movie Poster Oil on Wood
- Lot 0017 — James Bond "Dr. No (Agente 007 Licenza di Uccidere)" Italian Movie Poster
- Lot 0018 — William Penhallow Henderson "Peach Tree" Pastel Impressionist Painting/Drawing on Paper
- Lot 0019 — Howard Norton Cook "Financial District, Old New York" 1931 Lithograph Print
- Lot 0020 — Gene Kloss "Sierra Lake" 1930 Drypoint Etching Print
- Lot 0021 — Gustave Baumann "Autumnal Glory" Woodblock Print #45/100 Arts & Crafts Framed
- Lot 0021A — Eastman Johnson "Captain Coleman, Nantucket" Portrait Study Oil on Canvas Painting
- Lot 0022 — Contemporary Limited Edition Signed Modernist Polished Bronze Abstract Sculpture
- Lot 0023 — Louis Derbre Bronze Pensive Standing Nude Woman Sculpture 3/6
- Lot 0024 — Old Paris Scenic Ships w/Palm Trees in Tahiti Harbor Hand Painted Gilt Porcelain Urn Lamps
- Lot 0025 — Antique Syrian Islamic Inlaid Davenport Desk & Folding Chair
- Lot 0026 — French Aubusson Hunting Scene Tapestry
- Lot 0027 — Flemish Tapestries "Medieval Brussels" Tapestry
- Lot 0028 — Ricciardo Meacci Watercolor Painting w/Fantastic Hand Painted Period Frame
- Lot 0029 — Antique Tibetan Silver Alloy Stamp Ink Seal
- Lot 0030 — Two Antique Gold Filled and Carved Smoky Topaz & Glass Wax Letter Seals Stamps
- Lot 0031 — Ancient Near East Bull's Head Carved Stone Intaglio Seal/Stamp
- Lot 0032 — Antique Pierced Carved Spinach Jade Hard Stone Wax Letter Seal/Stamp
- Lot 0033 — Ancient Anatolian Syro-Hittite & Greek Boeotian Figures Pottery Artifacts
- Lot 0034 — Ancient Greek Attic Black Lekythos Pottery Ewer w/Figures
- Lot 0035 — Ancient Greek Minoan Style Black Ware Three-Handle Vase w/Incised Octopus Design
- Lot 0036 — Ancient Greek w/Figures Terra Cotta Pottery Vessel
- Lot 0037 — Six Ancient Etruscan Figural Terracotta Pottery Fragments
- Lot 0038 — Antique 18th Engraved Enameled Bronze and Wax Letter Seal/Stamp
- Lot 0039 — Antique Cast Bronze Winged Victory Wax Letter Seal/Stamp
- Lot 0040 — Ancient Near East Carved Stone Seal and Brass Lion Figurine
- Lot 0041 — Antique Gold Filled & Carnelian Agate Ring Form Wax Seal Stamp
- Lot 0042 — Three Pre-Columbian Figural Pottery Figures
- Lot 0043 — Pre-Columbian Figural Seated Man Pottery Figure
- Lot 0044 — Pre-Columbian Colima Seated Pottery Figure
- Lot 0045 — Pre-Columbian Colima Pottery Ring of Figures Dance Group Sculpture
- Lot 0046 — Pre-Columbian Nayarit Seated Man Figural Pottery Figure
- Lot 0046A — Pre-Columbian Peruvian Chancay Painted Pottery Figure Effigy
- Lot 0047 — Pre-Columbian Panamanian `14K Gold Eagle Pendant
- Lot 0048 — Antique Indian Soapstone Carved Stone Feet Charan Paduka Sculpture
- Lot 0049 — Old Tibetan Turquoise and Silver Filigree Ghau Box w/Prayer Paper
- Lot 0050 — Five Antique Bronze, Metal Bracelets & Carved Stone Bead Necklace
- Lot 0051 — Pre-Columbian Carved Stone & Jade Bead Necklace w/Pottery Head Pendant
- Lot 0051A — Carved Rock Crystal, Jade and Hardstone Statement Necklace w/14K Yellow Gold Beads & Cartier Clasp
- Lot 0052 — Antique Tribal Rajasthan India Silver Mesh Wedding Belt w/Hanging Decorative Pendant
- Lot 0053 — Ancient Asian Bronze Horse-Drawn Carriage, Bronze Weight, and Antique Cast Persian Incense Burner
- Lot 0054 — Ancient Minoan Bronze Double Axe Head & Bronze Age Flanged Axe
- Lot 0054A — Three Ancient European Bronze Age Axe Heads
- Lot 0055 — Three Pre-Columbian/Native American Stone Axe Heads Tools
- Lot 0056 — Two Pre-Columbian Olmec Carved Stone Effigy Sculpture Figurines
- Lot 0057 — Pair Antique 18thC English Queen Anne Brass Candlesticks
- Lot 0058 — Pair Antique 16th/17th Silvered Brass Pricket Sticks
- Lot 0059 — Pair Antique 18thC Barley Twist Embossed Brass Candlesticks
- Lot 0060 — Pair Antique 18thC Silvered Brass Candlesticks
- Lot 0061 — Pair Antique 17thC Spanish/Portuguese Brass Capstan Candlesticks
- Lot 0062 — Pair Antique 17thC Spanish Renaissance Brass Candlesticks
- Lot 0063 — Antique 18thC Wrought Iron Table Top Candlestand Two-Arm Tripod Adjustable Candleholder
- Lot 0064 — Richard Blome "The Gentleman's Recreation" Antique 17thC Leather Bound Book
- Lot 0065 — Robert Davis "Mitchell's Universal Atlas" Antique 19thC Atlas of the World
- Lot 0066 — John Stow "Annales, or a Generall Chronicle of England" Antique 17thC Leather Bound Book
- Lot 0067 — Boniface Pinophilus "Ebrietatis Encomium: or The Praise of Drunkenness..." Antique 18thC Book
- Lot 0068 — Isak Dinesen "Out of Africa" 1st Edition Hardcover Book
- Lot 0068A — Frank Herbert "Dune" 1972 First Edition Fourth Printing Hard Cover w/DJ
- Lot 0069 — Daniel Defoe "The History of The Devil" Antique 18thC Leather Bound Book
- Lot 0070 — Six Carlo Nolli Antique 18thC Etchings
- Lot 0071 — Two Antique Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Bird Figurines
- Lot 0072 — Antique English Free Blown Glass Dark Olive Squat Mallet Bottle #1
- Lot 0073 — Antique English Dark Olive Green Free Blown Glass Squat Mallet Bottle #2
- Lot 0074 — Antique English Free Blown Glass Dark Olive Squat Mallet Bottle #3
- Lot 0075 — Antique English Free Blown Dark Olive Glass Squat Mallet Bottle #4
- Lot 0076 — Antique English Free Blown Dark Amber Glass Squat Mallet Bottle #5
- Lot 0077 — Antique Green Swirled Calabash Free Blown Glass Bottle w/Applied Lip
- Lot 0078 — Antique Dark Green Glass Big Mouth Slope Shouldered Free Blown Utility Bottle
- Lot 0078A — Antique Dutch 18thC Onion Glass Bottle
- Lot 0079 — Antique Bronze Japanese Okimono Sculpture w/Wagtail Bird
- Lot 0080 — Asian Miniature Jade, Amethyst & Agate Carved Hard Stone Figurines
- Lot 0081 — Antique Japanese Shinran Shonin Buddhist Scholar Embroidered Silk Textile Framed
- Lot 0082 — Antique Asian Hindu Cloth Painting Lord Vishnu Flanked by Lakshmi, Sarasavati and Ganesha
- Lot 0083 — Large Hollow Antique 19thC Figural Bronze Statue w/Stone Base Dancing Faun Playing Flute
- Lot 0084 — Antique Table-Top Standing Model of a Medieval Knight's Suit of Armor
- Lot 0085 — Antique Ornate Cast Metal Bridge or Reading Lamp w/Sphinx Finial
- Lot 0086 — Winterhalder & Hofmeier Grandfather Clock w/Colonial Manufacturing Co. Mahogany Case
- Lot 0087 — Antique American Empire Classical Carved Mahogany Sofa
- Lot 0088 — 20thC Chinese Cloisonne Rosewood Side Table Plant Stand
- Lot 0089 — Shigaraki Ware Japanese Art Pottery Spring Water Lantern
- Lot 0090 — French Louis XVI Style Side Table w/Faux Leather-Bound Books
- Lot 0091 — French Louis XV Style Fauteuil Armchair w/Down-Filled Upholstery
- Lot 0092 — Pair French Ormolu Marble Top Side Tables
- Lot 0093 — Pair Antique Louis XV Style Carved Wood w/Pink Upholstery
- Lot 0094 — Pair French Louis XVI Style Armchairs w/Down-Filled Cushions
- Lot 0094A — Vintage British Colonial Style Faux Luggage Kneehole Desk 3-Pieces
- Lot 0095 — Pair Antique 17th/18thC Silvered Brass Candlesticks
- Lot 0096 — Pair Antique 18thC Georgian Brass Candlesticks
- Lot 0097 — Antique 17thC Continental Brass Capstan Candlestick
- Lot 0098 — Pair Antique 18thC Georgian Brass Push-Up Candlesticks
- Lot 0099 — Pair Antique 18thC French Neoclassical Silvered Brass Candlesticks
- Lot 0100 — Antique Rustic Primitive Carved Wood and Iron Candlestick
- Lot 0100A — Twelve Antique Wrought Iron Betty/Phoebe Hanging Oil Lamps
- Lot 0101 — Two Salvador Teran Mexican MCM Brass and Glass Mosaic Trays
- Lot 0102 — Art Deco Figural Women Metal Lamps Garniture MCM Lighting Set Rare Form
- Lot 0103 — Two Rosemary Zwick Modernist Stoneware Studio Art Pottery Cat & Elephant Sculptures
- Lot 0104 — Brutalist Bronze Giacometti Style Figural Side End Table w/Granite Base
- Lot 0105 — Mariano Fortuny Adjustable "Atelier" Floor Lamp
- Lot 0106 — David Marshall for Sculptors Guild Figural Woman Wall Mirror
- Lot 0107 — Torbjorn Afdal for Bruksbo Norwegian Modern Rosewood "Krobo" Bench w/Chest
- Lot 0108 — Modern Herman Miller Eames Leather Lounge Chair and Ottoman
- Lot 0109 — Ekornes "Stressless" Leather Reclining Lounge Chair and Ottoman
- Lot 0110 — Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller MCM Walnut Stool Side Table #1
- Lot 0111 — Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller MCM Walnut Stool Side Table #2
- Lot 0112 — George Nelson for Herman Miller Laminate & Chrome "Swag" Desk
- Lot 0112A — Signed Mid Century Modern Fiber Wall Hanging Art
- Lot 0113 — Pair Ib-Kofod Larsen MCM Penguin Chairs
- Lot 0114 — Pair Herman Miller "Comma" Bar Stools
- Lot 0114A — Richard Frinier for Brown Jordan "Venetian" Aluminum Garden Patio Dining Set
- Lot 0114B — Crate & Barrel "Breckenridge" Dining Table w/Two Extension Leaves
- Lot 0115 — Hans Johann Wagner Equestrian Beach Scene Oil on Canvas Painting
- Lot 0116 — Mary Heebner "Indigo Sketches: Askoi" Mixed Media on Paper Painting
- Lot 0117 — Mary Heebner "Wellspring #2" Mixed Media on Paper Painting
- Lot 0118 — Frank Messa 1983 Pastel on Paper #1
- Lot 0119 — Frank Messa 1983 Pastel on Paper #2
- Lot 0120 — Devin Miles "Marlene" Print on Canvas
- Lot 0121 — Mardi Barrie "Rockshore" Oil on Board Painting
- Lot 0122 — Mardi Barrie Oil on Board Painting
- Lot 0123 — Al Lachman Fauvist Landscape w/Building Mixed Media Painting
- Lot 0124 — Kathe Kollwitz "Self Portrait" 1921 Pencil Signed Etching Print
- Lot 0125 — Eutrope Bouret (After) Renaissance Woman Bronze Bust Sculpture on Gilt Wood Base
- Lot 0126 — African Nigerian Yoruba Benin Bronze "Ife Head" Sculpture
- Lot 0127 — M.A. Artist Signed African Tribal Art Pottery Bust Sculpture
- Lot 0128 — H.V. Shourds Signed Carved and Painted Wood Dunlin Shorebird
- Lot 0129 — H.L. Artist Signed Realistic Loggerhead Shrike Bird on Branch Sculpture
- Lot 0130 — Pete Peterson Carved & Painted Wood Shorebird Sculpture
- Lot 0131 — Tom Ahern 2007 Realistic Carolina Wren Carved Wood Bird Resting on Driftwood Sculpture
- Lot 0132 — Three David Rhodes Carved and Painted Wood Shorebird Sculptures
- Lot 0133 — Wildwood Figural Brass Horn Bouillotte Table Lamp
- Lot 0134 — Antique Gilt Brass Three-Light Pierced Scrollwork Wall Sconce Mirror
- Lot 0135 — Ancient Roman Bronze Bust of Serapis & Ancient Luristan Bronze Zoomorphic Pendant
- Lot 0136 — Antique Carved Stone Figural Stone Pipe
- Lot 0137 — Ancient Greek/Roman Terracotta Amphora Unguentarium
- Lot 0137A — Boeotian Terracotta Horse & Rider Equestrian Sculpture
- Lot 0138 — Antique Asian Bronze Singing Bowl, Brass Betel Nut Cutter, Tibetan Thogchag, and Vajra
- … and 83 more lots
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