Vintage sterling jewelry. Markings as shown. Beautiful large heavy weight pieces. Several brooches, earrings, pendants.
Dimensions:
Large oval pendant is 2.5” long
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Vintage Sterling Silver Jewelry Earrings Brooches and More

Vintage African tribal beaded necklace, possibly from the Maasai or Turkana people, featuring a red, white and black geometric design with circular pendants.  These necklaces often indicate social status, age group or marital readiness within their respective cultures. Lovely piece. Rare find.
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African Tribal Beaded Neck Piece

Antique jewelry. The large center and left pieces are Tekke Turkman Islamic amulet necklaces. The smaller piece on the right is an antique Berber pendant from southern Morocco. Very unique and rare finds.
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Antique Tekke Turkmen Islamic Amulet Necklaces and More Jewelry 

Two vintage men’s watches. Hailing from the late 60’s/70’s to the 1980”s. The black leather band watch is the Texas Instruments 550 model. Needs battery. Also includes the Timex Marlin mens watch. These were produced in the 1960’s and 1970’s. This watch is untested. 
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Two Vintage Mens Watches 80s Texas Instruments 550 and Timex Marlin

Tibetan amulet, beads, pendants, necklaces and earrings and more. 
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Antique Tibetan Necklaces Earrings Amulets and More

Wonderful collection of largely 1920’s through 40’s sheet music. Beautiful covers. Many signed by performers! Includes Irving Berlin and so many more. 
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Antique 1920’s Sheet Music Signed

Antique Chinese jewelry. Includes mid-century Chinese turquoise stone inlaid cuff, Hmong silver ear ornaments and mixed metal cuff. 
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Antique Chinese Jewelry Hmong Earrings More 

This is a historic document from a particularly dark period in American history, that of the slave trade. This is a document marking the trade of a 12 year old girl to an owner. It names the owner and the person acting as a notary. This document has been in this protected sleeve for decades.
Dimensions:
Document itself is 9 3/4”x 7 3/4”
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Historic American Document Slave Paper 1819

Vintage Thai bronze commemorative blessed coin amulets. Featuring venerated monks including Kruba Srinichai, Luang Phor Kaden Khemekp, LP Kob known as the Magician Monk, Luang Pu Waen and many more. 
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Vintage Thai Bronze Commemorative Coin Amulets Buddhist Monks 

Large hand carved, Indian bas-relief wood panel. This panel features a lovely detailed goddess or Lakshmi figure. Natural patina, cracks and normal signs of wear for a piece of this age.
Dimensions:
35” tall by 14.5”
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Vintage Carved Wood Bas-Relief Panel with Indian Goddess Figure 

Wall mosaics. These are two highly detailed indiginous mosaic tile artworks. Note there are clearly missing tiles. These were stored for decades, and tiles that fell off were kept. But there are certainly more to add. Lovely fine detaile work. 
Dimensions:
25” x 14.5”
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Indigenous Mosaic Tile Artworks

Three antique baskets. One from the Philippines and one from Nepal. Beautiful craftsmanship.
Dimensions:
Tallest is 13” long. 
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Three Antique Baskets  

Portable Tibetan Ghau altar, which is a reliquary shrine traditionally used to carry sacred relics, charms, or medicine for protection. Strap is shown, but is not attached. This lot also includes an antique clay Buddha and an antique bronze Buddha marked as being 18th century or earlier, found buried in a stupa - this is from the note on the bottom of piece. 
Dimensions:
Altar is 7” x 5.5”
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Portable Tibetan Altar Ghau and Antique Buddha and More 

African antique metal ring artifact, in two pieces formed to join together, with raised pattern tribal details. This is a rare piece. This piece appears to be Kru or Grebo from Liberia - though this piece does seem more rare than others with open ends versus solid joined construction - as the patterns, style, four knobs and line art details can be seen in other pieces from these regions, but this piece represents a very unique joinery craftsmanship. This is LARGE - it is not a coin. This piece is HEAVY and 9&#34; in diameter when connected. A very fine piece of African antique hand crafted metal work.
Dimensions:
9”x 7”
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Antique African Metal Ring Artifact, Kru or Grebo, from Liberia

Vintage jewelry. Includes yellow Norwegian modernist sterling silver enamel brooch, likely designed by Olav Fridtjof Hjortdahl. Also includes a 1940 brooch, with red stones and gold tone, that is potentially a vintage Reinad flower brooch. The backing pin is not connected, and markings could not be identified. We also have a vintage Modernist brass and silvered metal hieroglyph pendant necklace and a special abstract sterling silver brooch. Remarkable jewelry pieces from the post WWII and midcentury periods.
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Vintage Sterling Modernist Brooch, Necklace and more Jewelry 

Vintage JFK memorabilia includes 1962 John F. Kennedy rocking chair salt and pepper shaker set made in Japan. The set features a ceramic figurine of President Kennedy sitting in a rocking chair, with gold detailing. Detailing worn due to age. 
Metal copper colored JFK bust. Bottom opens, however key is missing. 3.5x2x5. 
Hand painted ceramic mold JFK bust 6x4x11.
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Vintage JFK Memorabilia Salt and Pepper Set and More

1989 Vintage Mr. Zzyzzx Talking Fortuneteller- untested. Takes 4 C type batteries. Doesn’t come with original cords or box. 
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1989 Vintage Mr. Zzyzzx Talking Fortuneteller

Vintage Portrait Painting Of A Man, possibly Robert Kennedy. Signed by Aries Avila.  Painted on black velvet material.  Measures 36” by 24”. This is a black velvet painting. The last photo is quite blown out - but does show more details than others. But it is black velvet material. 
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Vintage Black Velvet Portrait Painting of Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Antique Japanese Mokugyo wood carved drum. These are very unique and rare pieces of craftsmanship, typically of the 19th century or earlier. These percussion pieces typically depict fish or dragons, and are used for Buddhist chanting accompaniment. This piece has a very high level of detail and carving. Rare and beautiful find. 
Dimensions:
20” tall x 16” wide. 
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Antique Japanese Mokugyo Wood Carved Drum

A variety of vintage Japanese masks. Otafuku or Okame masks from Japan, typically used in folk dances, festival processions, and Noh theater performances. 
Dimensions:
Largest is 8” tall. 
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Vintage Japanese Otafuku Paper Mache Masks

Two masks from Nepal. 
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Two Nepalese Masks

Traditional Japanese Ema wooden votive tablets. Featuring beets, the wind God Fujin, and many more. Also includes Japanese wild boar sculpture. Signs up to 6” wide.  
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Traditional Japanese Wooden Ema Votive Tablet Signs and More

Three vintage pottery pieces. The larger pots are Mexican Tonala pottery Botijo traditional water vessels. The smaller piece is an Indigenous American Tarahumara pottery vase. Lovely and fine details. 
                
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Mexican Tonala Botijo and Indigenous American Tarahumara Pottery Pieces

Two clay pottery pieces, these appear to be from Ethiopia. Likely a pair of Jewish Falasha figures. These figures represent the rich history and culture of the Jewish community in the region. 
Dimensions:
Tallest is 7” high 
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Pair of Falasha Figures from Ethiopia - Pottery 

Los Angeles (California, USA) PARTNER MANAGED Estate Sale Online Auction - N Croft Avenue

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Approx. 45 mid-century crime, noir and mystery mass-market paperbacks, 4¼×7 in. format, published 1940s-1960s by Signet, Avon, Berkley, Bantam, Dell, Pocket Books and others. Visible titles include Sinful Woman by James M. Cain, The Snow Was Black, The Violent Ones by Howard Hunt, Ellery Queen Presents Mickey Finn anthology, Five Nights, Madwoman? by Emily Harvin and The Fire That Burns. Illustrated color covers, light age wear.

Sinful Woman by James M. Cain, Signet #1441

The Snow Was Black, Avon print

The Violent Ones by Howard Hunt

Ellery Queen Presents Mickey Finn anthology

Five Nights, author unconfirmed

Madwoman? by Emily Harvin

The Fire That Burns

Approx. 38 additional mid-century crime, noir & mystery paperbacks

Full lot showing stacks and 12 front covers of vintage pulp/noir paperbacks

Vibrant pulp cover art with scandalized women and hard-boiled imagery, cream-toned pages, typical rack-size paperbacks.

Vintage pulp noir crime paperbacks c.1940s-60s

This collection features a variety of vintage paperbacks, predominantly crime, noir, and mystery fiction from the 1940s to the 1960s. Incredible covers featuring scandalous/scandalized women! The books are identified as &#34;pulp fiction&#34; and &#34;noir&#34; from the 1940s and 1950s, often published directly to paperback format. Authors featured include James Michener, DH Lawrence, William Gardner Smith, James M Cain, and Emile Zola and many more. With publishers like Signet, Avon, Berkley, Bantam and more. In great condition considering age. 
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Lot #347: Vintage Pulp Noir Crime Paperbacks

Only Available Pickup Date/Time: Sun, May 24 2026 Category A: 10:00 AM - 04:30 PM
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Pickup Location: N Croft Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90048 View Map (opens in new window)

Lot #347: Vintage Pulp Noir Crime Paperbacks

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Only Available Pickup Date/Time: Sun, May 24 2026 Category A: 10:00 AM - 04:30 PMCategory B: 04:30 PM - 04:45 PMCategory D: 04:45 PM - 05:00 PM

Pickup Location: N Croft Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90048 View Map (opens in new window)

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Only Available Pickup Date/Time: Sun, May 24 2026 Category A: 10:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Category B: 04:30 PM - 04:45 PM
Category D: 04:45 PM - 05:00 PM