Princess Maria Romanoff & July Estate Finds
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Jul 18, 2024
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Our Princess Maria Romanoff Estate and July Estate Finds includes art, furniture, books, trains and other toys, silver, jewelry, pottery, porcelain and glass. The auction begins with items from the estate of Princess Maria Romanoff. Born Princess Maria Valguarnera di Niscemi on November 29, 1931, in Palermo, Sicily, Princess Maria married Prince Alexander Nikitich Romanoff, the son of HH Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia, in 1971. Known as Mimi, she started a successful jewelry design business under the name Mimi di N Design. Along with her husband, Mimi was a serious collector of art and antiques from around the world. Items from the estate include a large selection of artwork, with a pair of oil paintings attributed to Barbara Dietzsch, an ink and watercolor by the American artist Elizabeth Strong-Cuevas, an oil on canvas attributed to Thomas Lawrence and an engraving by Johannes Wierix among the highlights. Princess Maria's collection also features a pair of Japanese 6 panel screens depicting Uji River scenes, a pair of Persian pottery tiles, two large English ironstone dinner sets, two sets of Russian military books, Russian icons, Greek pottery, an 18k gold Lily of the Valley brooch as well as a selection of costume jewelry and sterling silver pieces. Starting at lot 200, the July Estate Finds portion of the sale includes a large collection of Lionel and other trains, as well as Danish modern furniture, a large selection of books including some first editions, an Ines Smrz art deco screen, and a selection of sterling and other silver including a Reed & Barton Francis I pattern sterling flatware set with service for 12+ and a Tiffany & Co. Makers St. Dunstan sterling charger.
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LOT 49:
11 Russian Books & Books on Russia
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11 Russian Books & Books on Russia
11 Russian books and books on Russia. Arakcheev: Grand Vizier of the Russian Empire, Michael Jenkins; Lord and Peasant in Russia, Jerome Blum; The Russian Dagger: Cold War in the Days of the Czars, Virginia Cowles; Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?, Andrei Amalrik; Pawns of Yalta: Soviet Refugees and America's Role in Their Repatriation, Mark R. Elliott; Mobilizing the Russian Nation: Patriotism and Citizenship in the First World War, Melissa Kirschke Stockdale, signed and inscribed by the author; Lenin in Zurich, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Cyrillic); About the Abundant Life, Nikolay Arsenyev, with inscription (Cyrillic); History of Russian Philosophy, Nikolay Lossky (Cyrillic), Nostradamus (Cyrillic); Secret of the Emperor, Krupensky (Cyrillic). Arakcheev 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 1 1/4". Some with inscriptions. All with wear, tears, creases and losses to covers and dust jackets, some toning and foxing to pages. Provenance: Estate of Princess Maria "Mimi" Romanoff.
Condition: Notice to bidders: The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition. Photos are considered part of the condition report. Complete condition information is available by request, please request no later than 24 hours prior to the auction. All lots are offered and sold "as is", and Willow Auctions will not provide refunds based on condition. Timepiece movements, lighting and electrics have not been tested, and art has not been examined out of the frame unless otherwise stated.
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