Bidspirit auctions | HELIOS Auction Aug 17, 2025
HELIOS, Aug 17, 2025. 160 lots, estimates 150 - 25000 $.
HELIOS - A diverse selection of fine bronzes from Russia, France, America, and other parts of the world. Presented alongside a variety of other fine works in porcelain and glass, paintings and drawings on paper and canvas, plus rare books and decorative chests, among other pieces.
Lots in this catalog (160)
- Lot 1: A PORCELAIN FIGURE KNIGHT OF MALTA, CATHOLIC ORDER, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY — $200 - $300
- Lot 2: A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN TOBACCO JAR OF A MAN READING THE TIMES, CA. 1900. — $400 - $500
- Lot 3: A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A DANCING GIRL BY H. LIEDHOFF FOR GOLDSCHEIDER, C. 1960S — $400 - $600
- Lot 4: A PAIR OF RUSSIAN LIDDED TEA CUPS BY KUZNETSOV PORCELAIN, 19TH CEN. — $300 - $400
- Lot 5: A RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY EASTER EGG, CA. 1900 — $300 - $400
- Lot 6: A JAPANESE MOON PORCELAIN VASE, 19TH CENTURY — $400 - $500
- Lot 7: A PAIR OF LIDDED CHINESE CRACKLEWARE VASES, 19TH CEN. — $300 - $400
- Lot 8: A ROYAL CROWN DERBY, PORCELAIN GROUPING, CA. 1877–1900 — $400 - $550
- Lot 9: A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN VEGITABLE BOWL FOR THE US MARKET, 19 C. — $500 - $700
- Lot 10: A CHINESE QING DYNASTY DOUCAI PORCELAIN TRUMPET VASE, 19TH C. — $500 - $700
- Lot 11: A PORCELAIN PORTRAIT PLATE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, DRESDEN, GERMANY, LATE 19TH CENTURY — $400 - $500
- Lot 12: A PORCELAIN PORTRAIT PLATE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, DRESDEN, GERMANY, LATE 19TH CENTURY — $400 - $500
- Lot 13: AN ART NOUVEAU PORCELAIN CENTERPIECE MADE BY ROYAL DUX BOHEMIA CIRCA 1890 — $500 - $650
- Lot 14: A T&V LIMOGES HAND-PAINTED BEER JUG BY H.M. FERGUSON, DATED 1901 — $700 - $900
- Lot 15: A CONTINENTAL GILDED PORCELAIN TEA WARMER, MID-19TH CENTURY — $700 - $900
- Lot 16: A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL SWEET MEAT DISHES, 19TH C. — $700 - $1,000
- Lot 17: A PAIR OF CHINESE CELADON GLAZED PORCELAIN VASES, C. 1920 — $600 - $800
- Lot 18: A ROYAL COOPENHAGER PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A STANDING NUDE — $700 - $900
- Lot 19: 12 TURKISH UPS SUMERBANK FINE PORCELAIN DINNER PLATES WITH TUGHRA — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 20: A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT LIDDED PORCELAIN VASES FOR THE U.S. MARKET, CA. 1900 — $700 - $900
- Lot 21: A SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURE OF TAMARA KARSAVINA, STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1922 — $4,000 - $5,000
- Lot 22: A RUSSIAN (SOVIET) PORCELAIN FIGURE OF FEODOR SHALYAPIN AS BORIS GODUNOV — $5,000 - $6,000
- Lot 23: A RUSSIAN (SOVIET) PORCELAIN HAND-PAINTED FIGURE BY STELLETSKI — $25,000 - $30,000
- Lot 24: A RUSSIAN (SOVIET) PORCELAIN FIGURE OF ANNA PAVLOVA — $25,000 - $30,000
- Lot 25: PAIR OF ART GLASS VASES BY ROBERT EICKHOLT, DATED 2007, UNITED STATES, 2007 — $300 - $400
- Lot 26: A PAIR OF ENGLISH SILVER-PLATED SUGAR CASTERS OR MUFFINEERS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY. — $150 - $200
- Lot 27: A RUSSIAN SILVER CUP AND SAUCER BY MILYUKOV, 1896 — $500 - $700
- Lot 28: A RUSSIAN SILVER JUDAICA CONDIMENT BOWL OR A BESAMIM BOWL, 1866 — $500 - $700
- Lot 29: A SOVIET RUSSIAN SILVER CIGARETTE CASE WITH CARNELIAN THUMBPIECE, USSR, CA. 1950 — $500 - $700
- Lot 30: A SOVIET RUSSIAN SILVER CIGARETTE CASE DEPICTING THE RIGA SKYLINE, SOVIET UNION, CIRCA 1950 — $500 - $600
- Lot 31: AN ENGRAVED RUSSIAN SILVER LIDDED TANKARD, MOSCOW, 1851 — $700 - $900
- Lot 32: A RUSSIAN SILVER CIGARETTE CASE WITH RUSTIC SCENE, CA 1890 — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 33: A RUSSIAN PARCEL-GILT-SILVER CLOISONNE ENAMEL KOVSH, 19 C. — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 34: A RUSSIAN SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL JUG BY PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV, 1866 — $900 - $1,200
- Lot 35: A PAIR OF RUSSIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS, 19TH CENTURY — $1,000 - $1,200
- Lot 36: AN EGYPTIAN ARTICULATED SILVER FISH, LATE 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 37: A KOREAN SILVER VASE WITH ENAMEL DECORATION KOREA, LATE 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 38: A RUSSIAN SILVER AND GOLD-CASED CIGARETTE CASE BY A. DUBROVIN, CA. 1910 — $1,500 - $1,800
- Lot 39: A BURMESE SILVER REPOUSSÉ LIDDED BOWL WITH ELEPHANT FINIAL, (MYANMAR), LATE 19TH CENTURY — $2,000 - $2,500
- Lot 40: A PAIR OF SOLID SILVER PEACOCK-FORM TABLE ORNAMENTS VIENNA, AUSTRIA, CIRCA 1880 — $2,000 - $2,500
- Lot 41: AN INDIAN SILVER HOOKAH WITH ELEPHANT BASE INDIA, LATE 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 42: A LOT OF ELEVEN CUT CRYSTAL AND SILVER-MOUNTED TOILET PIECES BY K. FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, EARLY 20TH CENTURY — $12,000 - $15,000
- Lot 43: JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE WITH IRIS DECORATION, CA. 1920 — $600 - $900
- Lot 44: A EUROPEAN CHASED IRON SEA SERPENT PINCUSHION WITH TABLE MOUNT, 19 C. — $400 - $500
- Lot 45: A RUSSIAN METAL GROUPING DEPICTING DISMOUNTED HUNTER 19 C. — $700 - $900
- Lot 46: A FRENCH HAND-HAMMERED ART NOUVEAU COPPER VASE WITH POND SCENE, C. 1900 — $900 - $1,200
- Lot 47: A GORHAM CO. 'ATHENIA' ART NOUVEAU VASE, COPPER AND SILVER, C. 1900 — $1,000 - $1,200
- Lot 48: AN 18TH CENTURY CAST-BRONZE FIGURINE AS A PEASANT WOMAN — $200 - $300
- Lot 49: A VIENNA GILT-BRONZE AND ENAMEL MINIATURE SOFA, CA. 1880 — $300 - $500
- Lot 50: A VICTOR BUGLER, GERMAN BRONZE FIGURE, EARLY 20TH C. — $300 - $400
- Lot 51: A PAIR OF BRONZE ROMANESQUE VASES WITH PLAYFUL PUTTI, 19TH CENTURY — $400 - $500
- Lot 52: AN ITALIAN 19TH C. MERMAID OR NYMPH BRONZE FIGURINE — $300 - $400
- Lot 53: A VIENNA BRONZE FIGURE OF A BOY UNDER A TRAY AS A BALLOON OPERATOR, CA. 1900 — $500 - $750
- Lot 54: A VIENNA MINIATURE BRONZE OF A CHESTNUT SELLER, CA. 1890 — $400 - $500
- Lot 55: A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BOY WITH A PORCELAIN PAINTED EGG, CA. 1880 — $500 - $700
- Lot 56: AN ART DECO GILT-BRONZE VASE BY KORSCHAN, CA. 1920 — $600 - $900
- Lot 57: FRENCH EMPIRE GILT BRONZE FIGURAL SCULPTURE OF A "MAIDEN AT THE MIRROR", C. 1810 — $500 - $700
- Lot 58: A PAIR OF VIENNA BRONZE FIGURES OF PHEASANTS, CA. 1900 — $500 - $700
- Lot 59: A PATINATED BRONZE TITLED THE YOUTHFUL FRANKLIN AFTER R. TAIT MCKENZIE — $600 - $800
- Lot 60: A VIENNA BRONZE ENAMEL PAINTED FIGURE OF A STANDING ARAB, CA. 1900 — $550 - $750
- Lot 61: A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF A YOUNG NEAPOLITAN FISHERMAN, SIGNED "VAPLESE", CA. 1930 — $500 - $600
- Lot 62: A JAPANESE BRONZE OF A WALKING PEASANT WITH TIMBER, MEIJI PERIOD — $700 - $1,000
- Lot 63: A FINELY ENGRAVED BRONZE BEAR, RUSSIA, 19TH CEN. — $700 - $900
- Lot 64: A GILT BRONZE INKWELL BY ANTOINE LARROUX, PRODUCED BY SUSSE FRÈRES, PARIS — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 65: TWO BEAUTIFULLY GILT FIGURES MOUNTED ON A BLACK MARBLE BASE, FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 66: A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE BUST OF DIANE DE POITIERS — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 67: A BRONZE SCULPTURE BY JEAN DE BOLOGNE, TITLED "FLYING MERCURY" — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 68: A RUSSIAN SILVERED BRONZE WATER CARRIER PEASANT SCULPTURE, CA. 1900 — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 69: A FINE BRONZE CIGAR HOLDER AS A MOORISH MAN WITH BASKET, 19 C. — $700 - $900
- Lot 70: AN A. PANDIANI (1838-1928) BRONZE COPY OF THE FONTANA DEI MOSTRI MARINI IN FLORENCE, ITALY, 19TH CEN. — $900 - $1,100
- Lot 71: A 'BOVER' SIGNED BRONZE AND BONE FIGURE OF DANTE ALIGHIERI ON A MARBLE BASE — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 72: A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A YOUNG WOMAN SIGNED G. VAN DER STRAETEN — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 73: A FRENCH, FIRST EMPIRE BRONZE-MOUNTED GLASS CENTERPIECE — $1,200 - $1,500
- Lot 74: A MAX HERMANN FRITZ (GERMAN: 1873 - 1948) BRONZE, YOUNG WOMAN WITH THE FROG PRINCE — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 75: A LARGE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED FIGURE WITH A CARVED FACE — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 76: AN ART DECO BRONZE LAMP BY TERESZCZUK, CA. 1930 — $2,400 - $3,000
- Lot 77: A SILVERED-BRONZE CHRISTOFLE CENTREPIECE FOR 'LE CERCLE NATIONAL DES ARMÉES', FRANCE, C. 1930S — $2,500 - $3,500
- Lot 78: A THOMAS FRANÇOIS CARTIER (1879-1943) FRENCH BRONZE HOUND SCULPTURE, C. 1890 — $2,000 - $2,500
- Lot 79: ERNST SEGER (1868-1939) BRONZE, DAVID AND A LION, C. 1920S — $2,500 - $3,000
- Lot 80: A BRONZE FIGURE OF A WORKER BY ERNST SEGER, GERMAN, CA. 1930 — $2,500 - $3,000
- Lot 81: BORIS ARONSON 1900-1980, A PLASTER BUST OF RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883) — $7,000 - $8,000
- Lot 82: A PAIR OF BRONZE VASES IN A NEOCLASSICAL OR ART NOUVEAU STYLE, FARNCE, 19 C. — $3,500 - $4,600
- Lot 83: A JACOBUS NICOLAUS SANDIG (1876-1933) DUTCH BRONZE 'FALLING ICARUS', C. 1925 — $3,000 - $3,500
- Lot 84: A BENTON SELZER, AMERICAN, BRONZE SCULPTURE 'ICARUS', 1991 — $3,000 - $3,500
- Lot 85: A LARGE BRONZE OF A STANDING ARAB WITH HORSE, FRANCE, 1840 — $4,000 - $5,000
- Lot 86: A BRONZE FIGURE OF PRINCESS MARIE ERISTOFF-KASTRIOTI BY PAOLO TROUBETZKOY, RUSSIAN, 1866–1938 — $7,000 - $8,000
- Lot 87: GLEB W. DERUJINSKY AMERICAN/RUSSIAN, 1888–1975 BRONZE VENUS MARINA, 1923 — $6,000 - $8,000
- Lot 88: A CARL MILLES (1875–1955) BRONZE 'ANGEL', NC MUSEUM OF ART INVENTORY STICKERS — $15,000 - $18,000
- Lot 89: A BRONZE SCULPTURAL SUNDIAL BY S. MEYER, 1939 — $5,000 - $6,500
- Lot 90: A LARGE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICON (TRYPYCH) OF RESURRECTION, 19TH CENTURY — $700 - $900
- Lot 91: AN ELECTROTYPE COPPER PLAQUE, HENRY IV'S ENTRY INTO PARIS, 18TH CENTURY — $300 - $400
- Lot 92: A 1707 HANDCOLORED ENGRAVING OF SHURDINGTON HOUSE, JAN KIP (1652-1722), LEONARD KNYFF (1650-1722), BRITANNIA ILLUSTRATA — $200 - $300
- Lot 93: A HASKELL & ALLEN LITHOGRAPH PRINT, "THE ROAD, WINTER", 19TH C. — $300 - $400
- Lot 94: A HASKELL & ALLEN LITHOGRAPH PRINT, AMERICAN WINTER SCENE, 19TH C. — $300 - $400
- Lot 95: A ROBERT ENGELS (1866-1926) LITHOGRAPH, LE PASSANT, L'ESTAMPE MODERNE, C. 1897 — $300 - $400
- Lot 96: AN EARLY 20TH C. LEON BAKST LITHOGRAPH PRINT, RARE COSTUME DESIGN, FRAMED — $500 - $700
- Lot 97: AN EARLY 20TH C. LEON BAKST LITHOGRAPH PRINT, LE DIEU BLEU, RARE COSTUME DESIGN, FRAMED — $500 - $700
- Lot 98: AN EARLY 20TH C. LEON BAKST RARE COSTUME LITHOGRAPH, FRAMED — $500 - $700
- Lot 99: AN UNKNOWN ARTIST, BATTLE SCENE PAINTING, 19TH CEN. — $300 - $400
- Lot 100: A PAIR OF BRITISH SCHOOL NAVAL BATTLE PAINTINGS ATTR. TO THOMAS SEWELL ROBINS, 19TH C — $400 - $500
- Lot 101: A JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD (1732-1806) MANNER PENCIL SKETCH, 18TH CENTURY — $300 - $400
- Lot 102: AN 1831 DRAWING ON PAPER, "CHESS PLAYERS" BY MORITZ RETZSCH, GERMAN — $300 - $400
- Lot 103: A FRENCH PASTEL AND CHALK PAINTING DEPICTING A SEATED ARAB, 19TH CEN. — $600 - $800
- Lot 104: A LEON BAKST HAND-COLORED COSTUME DESIGN, RUSSIAN, C. 1920 — $600 - $700
- Lot 105: A MIKHNOV-VOITENKO, RUSSIAN, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER ABSTRACT COMPOSITION, 1972 — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 106: THREE SOVIET PAINTINGS OF FELIX DZERZHINSKY BY V GOLENTSEV, 1961-1970 — $400 - $500
- Lot 107: A WILLIAM MCALPINE (FL. 1840-1880) BRITISH MARITIME OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 108: A WILLIAM MCALPINE ATTR. (FL. 1840-1880) BRITISH MARITIME OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 109: 1697 LE PASTORAL DE SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO, CATHOLIC HAGIOGRAPHY — $200 - $300
- Lot 110: 1864 HEADS OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE, ILLUSTRATED, KENNY MEADOWS, WM. THACKERAY, 2 VOLS, LONDON — $200 - $300
- Lot 111: 1695 TRAITE DE LA VOCATION A L'ETAT ECCLESIASTIQUE, JEAN GIRARD DE VILLE-THIERRY (D. 1709) — $200 - $300
- Lot 112: 1872 GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S COMIC ALMANACK FOR THE YEARS 1835-1843, ILLUSTRATED COMICS, ENGLISH POETRY — $200 - $300
- Lot 113: 1664 L'OCTAVIUS DE MINUCIUS FELIX, TRANSLATED BY NICOLAS D'ABLANCOURT (1606-1664), CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS — $200 - $300
- Lot 114: 1685 EPISTLES OF SAINT PAUL, ROMANS AND CORINTHIANS, BISHOP GODEAU COMMENTARIES — $200 - $300
- Lot 115: 1692 FIRST EDITION REFLEXIONS SUR LES DEFAUTS ORDINAIRES DES HOMMES, JACQUES GOUSSAULT, SATIRE AND PHILOSOPHY — $200 - $300
- Lot 116: 1690 LES PHILOSOPHES A L'ENCAN, DIALOGUES, LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA, LAURENT BORDELON, PHILOSOPHY, SATIRE, PARIS — $300 - $400
- Lot 117: 1681 APOLOGIE POUR LES CATHOLIQUES, ANTOINE ARNAULD (1612-1694), FRENCH JANSENIST, HANDWRITTEN LETTERS — $200 - $300
- Lot 118: 1671 CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE, ROBERT ARNAULD D'ANDILLY (1589-1674), FRENCH TRANSLATION — $300 - $400
- Lot 119: 1792 LETTRES DE MIRABEAU 1ST EDITION, 3 VOLS., FRENCH REVOLUTION LEADER, EROTIC LOVE LETTERS — $300 - $400
- Lot 120: 1695 MEMOIRS OF MARQUIS DE LOUVOIS, FIRST MINISTER OF STATE UNDER KING LOUIS XIV, COURTILZ DE SANDRAS — $300 - $400
- Lot 121: 1660 VALERIUS FACTORUM ET DICTORUM, ANTONIUS THYSIUS COMMENTARY, ROMAN AND GREEK HISTORY — $400 - $600
- Lot 122: 1666 L'ISTORIA SPAGNOLA, BRIGNOLE-SALE (1605-1665), ITALIAN ROMANCE — $400 - $500
- Lot 123: 1775 HISTOIRE DE MAURICE COMTE DE SAXE, WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, 2 VOLS. — $500 - $700
- Lot 124: AN INDONESIAN CARVED WOOD MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE — $500 - $700
- Lot 125: A PAIR OF CARVED WOODEN FIGURES, ALPINE REGION, 19 CEN. — $500 - $700
- Lot 126: GLEB W. DERUJINSKY, AMERICAN/RUSSIAN, 1888–1975, A PLASTER BUST OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 1930 — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 127: AN AMERICAN ART DECO CARVED MARBLE EAGLE, CA. 1930 — $1,700 - $2,000
- Lot 128: A MARBLE FEMALE BUST ATTRIBUTED TO ELIE NADELMAN (1882–1946) — $7,000 - $9,000
- Lot 129: GLEB W. DERUJINSKY AMERICAN/RUSSIAN, 1888–1975 TERRACOTA FIGURE OF AN ANGEL — $7,000 - $8,000
- Lot 130: GLEB W. DERUJINSKY, AMERICAN/RUSSIAN, 1888–1975, CLAY SCULPTURE OF VENUS, 1917 — $8,000 - $9,000
- Lot 131: GLEB W. DERUJINSKY (AMERICAN/RUSSIAN, 1888–1975) PORTRAIT BUST OF MALVINA HOFFMAN, 1920 — $9,000 - $10,000
- Lot 132: GLEB W. DERUJINSKY (RUSSIAN/AMERICAN, 1888–1975) BUST OF A YOUNG CHILD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY — $9,000 - $10,000
- Lot 133: A FRENCH GILT BRONZE AND BAKELITE JEWELRY CASKET WITH MINIATURE PORTRAIT, C. 1920 — $300 - $400
- Lot 134: AN INDIAN OR ANGLO-INDIAN CASKET, FROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY — $400 - $500
- Lot 135: A FRENCH NAPOLEON III GILT BRONZE AND CARVED WOOD JEWELRY CASKET, C. 1860–1880 — $300 - $400
- Lot 136: A CARVED COQUILLA NUT ITALIAN NAVAL SNUFF BOX, EARLY 19TH CEN. — $300 - $400
- Lot 137: A HAND-CARVED COQUILLA NUT SNUFFBOX, ITALY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY — $300 - $400
- Lot 138: A CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN LIDDED CASKET IN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL STYLE — $500 - $700
- Lot 139: A VICTORIAN-ERA ENGLISH WRITING SLOPE, ALSO KNOWN AS A WRITING BOX — $500 - $700
- Lot 140: A JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD MIXED METAL AND GOLD DAMASCENED (SHIPPŌ-ZŌGAN) BOX — $500 - $700
- Lot 141: A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN CASKET, PROBABLY GERMAN OR FRENCH, CA. 1880–1910, IN THE CAPODIMONTE STYLE. — $600 - $800
- Lot 142: AN ENGLISH BURR WALNUT VENEERED DOCUMENT BOX, LATE 18TH CENTURY, — $500 - $700
- Lot 143: AN OLD ITALIAN WOODEN BOX WITH INTERNAL COMPARTMENT, 17TH CENTURY — $600 - $900
- Lot 144: A GILT-BRONZE LIDDED BOX WITH A CAST-BRONZE MINIATURE, 19TH CEN. — $400 - $500
- Lot 145: A FINE JEWELRY BOX MOUNTED IN PIERCED STEEL WITH ORIGINAL KEY — $500 - $700
- Lot 146: A PERSIAN CARVED-WOOD LIDDED CASKET, QAJAR PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY — $400 - $500
- Lot 147: AN INDIAN BONE-VENEERED SANDALWOOD LIDDED CHEST WITH LAC-INCISED DECORATION, 19 C. — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 148: A FRENCH ONYX AND GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED CASKET, LATE 19TH CENTURY — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 149: A FRENCH GILT METAL AND GLASS JEWELRY CASKET, LATE 19TH CENTURY — $1,000 - $1,200
- Lot 150: AN ETCHED GLASS BRONZE-MOUNTED CASE, 19TH CEN. — $1,500 - $1,800