Oil on canvas laid on board painting of San Juan Capistrano mission in Orange County, California, 5" by 5", 7" by 12 1/4" in period pie crust frame. Written in pencil in old hand on the tattered framing paper is "San Capistrano Mission". Although unsigned, the handling, subject matter and color palette are unquestionably of the hand of the noted California prolific painter RICHARD DETREVILLE (1864-1929)...

Edmund Blampied, British, 1886-1966, "Farm Fire," etching, plate measures 6 7/8 x 9 on 9 x 12 1/4 inch watermarked David Strang paper. C. 1927. Catalog: Appleby 121. Edition of 100. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1927. Numbered 63 out of 100 in the lower left in pencil, pencil signed in the lower right. Plate signed and dated in the lower right. A rich impression with drypoint burr.

James McBey 1883-1959 Scottish This is a fine hand signed etching by British artist James McBey. The title is: A Mirage, it was one of his Venetian series, created and printed in , 1928 in an edition of only 76. This image measures 11 13/16X14 3/8 inches. This image was published in Fine Prints of the Year in 1928. Fine use of plate tone in the sea and sky.

‏Oil on canvas painting of snowy high mountain framed by a lake and trees, unusually large size for the artist's works at 20" by 36" (24 1/2" by 40 1/2" framed). Although unsigned (and Detreville's output frequently WAS unsigned), the handling, subject matter and color palette almost certainly suggest the hand of the noted California painter. I have owned and sold other unsigned paintings as being by Detreville, and I will stand by this one being by him as well...

Etching on paper, 1923, measuring 9" by 13" (15" by 18 3/4" framed---no glass), titled "La Lagune--Venise" in pencil in lower right margin, signed in pencil at lower left margin and numbered there 80 from an edition of 100, by the important artist EDGAR CHAHINE (1874-1947). The influence of Whistler's similar graphic works and drawings featuring Venice is very obvious, what with the big sky and tiny silhouettes of the buildings on the horizon far away...

Japanese two panel screen depicting a family of horses. Painted with a simple flowing style of sumi ink on paper. Bordered in original aged gold leaf and black lacquered frame.
The horse has always been considered the sacred mount of the kami, Japanese gods. During the Nara period (710-794), the practice of shinme, consisting in offering a horse as a votive offering to a shrine to serve as a divine mount, spread...

This is one of the rarely encountered works of Latvian-born artist FREDERICK (FRIEDRICH) A. LEEKNEY (1880-1939), signed at lower left, where he wrote "Laguna Beach 1923". The piece, measuring 14 1/2" by 10 1/2" (23" by 19" framed), features grasses at the sand's edge. This would have been painted around the time that the Laguna Beach art colony was at its classical peak, when the town was a magnet to artists of all sorts...

Martin Hardie, American, 1875-1952, etching, "Bathers", image size: 8X10 3/4 inches,1922,pencil signed

This color aquatint by Luigi Kasimir measures 17 3/4 x 15 inches, pencil signed, plated dated 1925, cat: Lorenz-5. Kasimir studied at the Vienna Academy of Art, although much of his etching technique was self taught and learned through working from nature. He specialized in atmospheric images of architecture, city scenes and landscapes; some bustling with people and automobiles, others quite timeless and serene.

Qajar Miniature Paintings on hide or velum in hand made plaster and gilt frames of fine quality. The paintings appear to be pre Mogul style , the images appear to teach people how to live and conduct daily life. There are 4 matching framed sets and each one has minute images throughout . Size sight is 6" by 8" and each frame is 15.5" by 21.25"

Arthur J.T. Briscoe 1873-1943 British This is a fine original etching by British marine artist Arthur Briscoe. The title is: The Main Brace, created and printed in 1929. The image measures 13 11/16X9 15/16 inches, printed on an antique wove type sheet. It is hand signed with pen and ink and also numbered 39/75. " This view of men hauling in on the brace while at the same time keeping their balance in the heeling ship as a spray sweeps over the weather rail."

A beautiful color movie poster of Greta Garbo…..the movie which premiered in 1930 was a box office success

Jean Louis Forain, French, 1852-1931, etching with drypoint, "Croquis de Femme Nue, La Tete Contre L'Oreiller", image size 11 1/2 x 13 3/16 inches, first plate (Guerin 69), pencil signed and titled

David Muirhead Bone 1876-1953 Scottish "This is one of the most famous prints from the British Etching Revival" This image is titled: A Spanish Good Friday,created and printed in 1925 by British artist David Muirhead Bone. This pencil signed drypoint measures 12 5/8X8 inches, printed on a laid type sheet with deckeled edges. Numbered as XXVII lower left corner. The image depicts the solemn festival at the end of Passion Week. Ref. Campbell Dodgson 412 .

A framed oil on canvas painting, showing a young boy in a Balinese landscape. The painting is signed Ch. A. Egli and titled on the back "Balinesischer Knabe". Charles A. Egli was a Swiss artist taught by Ferdinand Hodler. After traveling from 1918 until 1925 through China and Japan, he visited Java and Bali. Please refer to: "Haks & Maris - Lexikon of Foreign Artists who visualized Indonesia", page 82. Condition: fine, frame with some traces of usage...

Japanese deco period wood lacquer letter box, red/orange with a diagonal field of black sprinkled with mother of pearl and Tsugaru Nure texnique, bold design, signed as a dedication on back "Masakazu Chiba",

Dates c1930
Size H 1 1/2" x W 12" x D 9 1/4"

Mary,Min and Bill oil painting possibly done for the motion picture of the same name with Wallace Beery,Louise Dressler 24x32 inches

Arthur J. T. Briscoe, British, 1873-1943, "Typhoon, The Burst Topsail". This dramatic scene by Arthur Brisco measures 8 x 11 3/4 inches and is ink signed and numbered. Published in 1924 on laid paper, cat: Hurst-94, framed. Briscoe was one of the finest marine artists' of the 20th. century. He studied at the Slade Art School and the Academy Julian in Paris and then spent the rest of his time sailing. He owned his own three ton cutter which he used to sail around the Essex coast...