Monday, October 29, 2012

Friedrich Ludwig Arnsburg Photo with Autograph, CoA

Friedrich Ludwig Arnsburg Photo with Autograph, CoA



Friedrich Ludwig Arnsburg Portrait Photo with Autograph, CoA

Friedrich Ludwig Arnsburg Autograph: Portrait cabinet-photo, hand signed at reverse. Photo from the studio Zwickle in Wien. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Arnsburg,

Friedrich Ludwig, actor (1820-1891) started his career in 1839 in Bruenn. 1843 he became a member of the Riga theater-ensemble, later he performed in Koenigsberg and at the Hofburgtheater in Wien. 1853 he became „wirklicher Hofschauspieler“.

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Friday, October 19, 2012

Qing Dynasty Album Leaf Scholar and Girl.


 collect.at Qing Dynastie Album Leaf


Antique, Chinese ink painting. Album-leaf with elderly scholar reading a book and a young girl with her Qing Monochrome painting, only the censer painted in gold.

21 x 17 cm ( 29 x 23,5 cm with margins). Delicately executed.

The painting itself is clean and in good condition. The silk-coated margins show some aging but can be easily covered with a passepartout.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Decorative Bronze Plaque Swimming Clubs

Art Nouveau Bronze Plaque Swimming Clubs


Art Nouveau Bronze Plaque


Very decorative Art Nouveau Bronze Medal from app. 1915: „Verband der Oesterreichischen Schwimmvereine. Meisterschaft von Oesterreich“. (Association of Austrian Swinning Clubs. Austrian Tournament) Hellenistic head, statue, fish at left side, swimmer at right. 5,5 x 5 cm ( 2,1 x 1,6 inches),

Warm, natural patina, good condition. Unused, good condition.

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Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Tinted Christmas Postcard, VIENNE 1911

Merry Xmas. Vintage Postcard from 1911

Christmas postcard VIENNE


Attractive, tinted postcard, Merry Christmas.

The postcard depicts ladies and children in a snow-covered landscape. Published by VIENNE.

Used in Austria in 1911, good condition.

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