Lot 12: Pair of Silhouettes

Estimate: $600 – $900

Rare three-quarter body profile silhouettes, young lady holding a book and man with a watercolor enhanced collar, both in an arched white and gilded mat, “Grandfather of Mary Heald (Bennett) on her father’s side and Elizabeth Howard Heald, Grandmother of Mary Heald (Bennett) on her father’s side”, small tears at top of both, purchased at Cottone Auction, Mt. Morris, NY, February 28, 2004, $1120, 4 1/4″ x 3 1/4″, (ex. Fertig collection).