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Trades Index to Auction Catalogs

"Search an online index (1983–1999) of drawings and paintings of 18th- and early 19th-century objects found in Sotheby's and Christie's catalogs. The objects may be of particular interest to Colonial Williamsburg's tradespeople.

Title Catalog Date Catalog Name Photocopy No.
Balsam, Balsamina 7/8/1997 Christie's C 7-1997 #27
Mountain Red Berried Elder, Sambucus 7/8/1997 Christie's C 7-1997 #28
Common Hedge Rose; Anemones; and Auricula, Jasmine and a Chrysanthemum 7/8/1997 Christie's C 7-1997 #29
Roses - a folio of watercolours 4/10/1997 Sotheby's S 4-1997 #72
Study of a Gardenia 4/12/1994 Christie's C 4-1994 #152
Two bouquets of flowers 6/8/1999 Christie's C 6-1999 #166
Chinese Lychnis 4/12/1994 Christie's C 4-1994 #154
A Still Life with Plums and Pears 7/11/1996 Sotheby's S 7-1996 #54
Study of an Arum Lily 4/14/1994 Sotheby's S 4-1994 #241
Yellow and White Poppies, Hibiscus and Platycodon 4/14/1994 Sotheby's S 4-1994 #275
A Spray of Flowers Including Honeysuckle and Apple Blossom 4/14/1994 Sotheby's S 4-1994 #370
Helianthus Atrorubens, Tagetes Erecta, Zinnia, Echinops Sphaeto-Cephalus, Arctotis Aspera and Calendula 7/10/1997 Sotheby's S 7-1997 #32
Study of Flowers and Butterflies 4/3/1996 Sotheby's S 4-1996 #66
A pair of watercolours of flowers and insects including: Palamedes; Almana butterflies; berry-like heath, hoardy-leaved cistus; lantana; prickly broom and Spanish fennel 6/8/1999 Christie's C 6-1999 #168
A Study of Flowers and Butterflies 7/10/1997 Sotheby's S 7-1997 #31
A Study of Flowers and Butterflies 7/10/1997 Sotheby's S 7-1997 #30
Study of Camellias - C. Japonica 'Tokayama' and Dark Red Anenome Form 7/11/1996 Sotheby's S 7-1996 #57
Study of Two Camellias - Pale Pink and White Semi-Double Forms 7/11/1996 Sotheby's S 7-1996 #58
Studies of Camellias - Pink and White Variegated Anemone Form and Dark Red Peony Form 7/11/1996 Sotheby's S 7-1996 #59
A Collection of Botanical Watercolous, including Saffron Crocus, Water Lily, Crataegus, Geranium and Anemone 4/12/1994 Christie's C 4-1994 #153
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