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American Walnut Rocking Chair, Signed Thomas Moser, Auburn, Maine, 1996.

The Collection of John Alexander Limited

COCO DE MER SHELL, PRALINE ISLAND  One metal stem and lucite base. 12 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.  Estimate $ 1,000-1,500

RUSSIAN OVAL CUSHION CUT SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND MOUNTED 14K YELLOW GOLD BROOCH  Modeled as two entwined serpents enclosing the sapphire mount and four old-mine cut diamonds; sapphire 3.75 cts., approx. 9.20 x 8.0 x 5.72 mm.; diamonds approx. 0.20 cts., fitted leather case.  Estimate $ 1,800-2,400

FABERGÉ IMPERIAL CARVED HARDSTONE PORTRAIT FIGURE OF KAMER-KAZAK N.N. PUSTYNNIKOV, THE PERSONAL COSSACK BODYGUARD OF EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA, ST. PETERSBURG, DATED 1912

Estimated $500,000 to $800,000

Sold for $5,200,000

Nicholas II commissioned Fabergé to produce this portrait figure of N.N.Pustynnikov, the personal Cossack bodyguard (Kamer-Kazak, or Chamber-Cossack) to the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna , and also a second figure, of the Kamer-Kazak to the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.

CONTINENTAL GILT-BRONZE RELIEF GROUP: HERCULES BATTLING THE CENTAUR  Modeled with the hero wielding a club above the prone figure of his opponent, on rosewood stand. 6 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (figure), 7 1/2 in. on stand. Provenance: The Collection of Denys Sutton, London. 

Estimate $ 300-500