A signed and numbered 403/1976 tapestry entitled "Lincoln in Dalívision", by late painter and surrealist artist Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989) c.1977. The piece depicts an array of icons, depending on your eye, including Abraham Lincoln, seen only from a distance, a nude figure staring into the light, a dark cross framing the scene and other images. Numbered lower left and signed lower right; some spots of discoloration are visible en verso. Measures approximately 65.5" x 47".

A limited edition numbered 90/650 shawl, crafted from silk crêpe de Chine with a rolled hem, depicting "The Whale-Watch" by artist Frank Stella (American, 1936-2024), from his 1993 series Moby Dick Deckle Edges, a portfolio of eight prints. Produced by Tyler Graphics Limited as the first in a series of TGL Designs Limited Editions, the wearable art piece is signed and dated by the artist, and is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, signed by the artist and by master printmaker Kenneth Tyler (American, b.1931), Stella's collaborative partner. The shawl, a postcard of the artwork, and Certificate are housed within a bright cadmium red portfolio, embossed with the Tyler Graphics Limited monogramming and logo. The shawl measures of approximately 54" x 54".

A mid 20th century set of two large, highly detailed Chinese cloisonné stag sculptures featuring stylized scroll designs on a soft blue background, with a medallion detail on the underside of belly. They appear to be hollow; each measures approximately 15.5" x 15.5" x 24.5" tall.

A triptych set of map prints depicting constellations including Plate IV Auriga, Camelopardalis, Telescopium Herschelii (Auriga, The Charioteer, with Herschel's Telescope), Plate VII Boöte and Mons Maenalus Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices, Quadrans Muralis, and Plate XIII Aries, Musca Borealis, originally drawn by Alexander Jamieson (Scotland, 1782) and compiled in his 1822 book A Celestial Atlas: Comprising a Systematic Display of the Heavens in a Series of Thirty Maps, Illustrated by Scientific Description of their Contents, and Accompanied by Catalogues of the Stars and Astronomical Exercises. All three are matted and framed in matching gold-brushed frames, a few with marks and chips as photographed. Each measures approximately 17" x 18.5" overall.

An extraordinary statement ring in platinum, featuring a 3.63 carat transparent green natural emerald stone, with emerald cut, set within four prongs, the sides accented with a dozen round diamonds. The ring is further accented by a circle of twenty round and sixteen baguette diamonds. Includes a Gem Identification Report by Hokkaido Gem Laboratory of Japan with information specific to the emerald; details to follow below. Ring is a size 5.5 with a total weight of 8.38 grams, a 3.63 carat emerald, and 0.60 carats of diamonds. Diamonds: 12x 1.25mm round diamonds = 0.12ctw 20x 1.50mm round diamonds = 0.30ctw 16x 1.50 x 0.85mm to 2.00 x 1.25 to baguette diamonds = 0.18ctw Gem Identification Report Gem Name: Natural Emerald Color Transparency: Transparent Green Style of Cut: Emerald Cut Weight: 3.63 carats Size: 9.59 x 8.95 x 7.08 mm Refractive Index: 1.58-1.57 Specific Gravity: Measurement Not Possible Due to Set Polar: Birefringence Pleochroism: Admit Fluorescence: Not Admit Absorption Spectrum: None Observed Magnification: Liquid & Crystal Inclusions Comment: Side stones are recognized as natural diamonds

A beautiful ring in platinum, featuring a 7.5 to 8 carat oval cabochon natural opal, prong set, with a translucent play of color. Set within four prongs, the opal is accented with eight diamonds in an open setting. Includes a Certificate of Gem Identification by Noble Gem Grading Laboratory Hokkaido Gem Laboratory of Japan with information specific to the opal; details to follow below. Ring is a size 6.25 with a total weight of 11.40 grams, a 7.5 to 8 carat opal, and 0.17 carats of diamonds. Diamonds: 2x 2.00mm round diamonds 6x 1.30mm round diamonds Certificate of Gem Identification Gem Name: Natural Opal Cutting Style: Oval Cabochon Diamond Weight: 0.17 carats Opal Measurements: 12.93 x 17.55 x 6.10 mm (approximately 7.5 to 8 carats) Color: Play of Color, Translucent Comments: Precious Metal Grade Engraving of Platinum, side stones are recognized as natural diamonds

An original oil on canvas entitled "Calm Before the Storm" and showing waves crashing upon the rocks while seagulls fly under a purple sky as clouds roll in before the rain begins. Signed lower right by Alaska artist Diann Haist (20th/21st Century), and framed in wood with title information en verso. Measures approximately 26.75" x 32.75" overall, image sight 24" x 30".

An original oil painting on board entitled "Baiting the Hook" and showing a mature fisherman sitting beside the water as he prepares to catch fish for the evening meal and beyond. Signed lower right by Alaska artist Diann Haist (20th/21st Century), and framed in knotty wood with title information en verso. Measures approximately 27.25" x 23.25" overall, image sight 16" x 12".

A signed and numbered 10/120 loose print from the Nudes Series entitled "Nu Endormi (Sleeping Nude)", by late painter and surrealist artist Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989) c.1970. The piece portrays a woman, sleeping in the nude with head resting upon her crossed arms. Numbered lower left and signed lower right. Matted and framed under glass it measures approximately 30.25" x 37" overall.

A signed and numbered E 165/200 loose print entitled "Gala Nude Looking at the Sea Which at 18 Metres Appears the President Lincoln", originally executed by late painter and surrealist artist Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989) c.1975. The piece depicts an array of icons, depending on your eye, including Abraham Lincoln, seen only from a distance, a nude figure staring into the light, a dark cross framing the scene and other images. Numbered lower left and signed lower right. Shrink-wrapped on board with a tear in the wrapping as shown. Measures approximately 29" x 27.75".

A historically significant oil painting depicting the location of an incident in May 1948 when the artist and Alaskan pioneer aviator Sig Wien (American, 1903-1994) were forced to land at Anderson Point, about five miles west of the mouth of the Sadlerochit River. They were forced to land due to the weather, and were putting out food caches for a backpacking part for the U.S.G.S.; while on the ground, they stayed with an Alaska Native woman and her grandson before the weather cleared and they were able to fly back to Umiat. In 1966, Gil Mull and the artist landed in a helicopter to see if the people were still there, but the watchout tower and cabin were collapsed and all they found, several miles from the site were the things the backpacking party decided to discard at the end of the field season, including a pair of shoepacks, size 15, left by A.H. Lachenbruch, the artist's good friend and one of the world's leading experts in permafrost. Signed lower right in red by the late Alaska artist Marvin Mangus (1924-2009), with a newspaper biographical sketch of the artist affixed en verso. A typewritten letter c.1974 describes the event leading to the painting, is signed in graphite by the artist, and is also affixed en verso. Housed in a silver-tone frame measuring approximately 18.5" x 33.75" overall, image sight 15.25" x 30".

An original oil painting on canvas by artist Antonio Jacobsen (American, 1850-1921) depicting the historic steamship SS Roanoke underway at sea. The SS Roanoke (1882–1916) has a colorful history, best known as a transit vessel for transporting people, freight, and gold between Seattle and the Klondike gold fields, ultimately sinking in 1916 off the coast of California, claiming over 50 lives. It is signed and dated 1898 in lower right-hand corner along with 31 Palisade Avenue Hoboken, NJ. Piece has an overall yellow tint of surface, possibly the oxidation of the oil-based paint. It is framed in a carved wood frame; measures approximately 27.75" x 41.5" overall, image sight 21.5" x 35"

A Nunivak Island carved and polychrome painted spirit wheel by the Yup'ik artist Nick R. Shavings (b.1950). This colorful example features a central polychrome horned puffin, the outer bentwood rings adorned with eight appendages including a bird's head, wings, feet, tail, and fish carvings. Measures approximately 24.25" 7.5" x 21" tall.

A highly detailed fossilized whalebone sculpture featuring a pair of Aleut seal hunters in a bidarka, handcrafted by Ekemo Studios of Eagle River, Alaska. The men are attired in walrus bone Qayaatx̂ux̂ hats, each topped with a sea lion whiskers; a paddle rests on the bow with the the man sporting a harpoon while the man in the stern is prepared to retain the seal float. Marked on the side for the studio, the sculpture measures approximately 24.5" x 7" x 10.5" tall.

Two large Japanese glass fishing floats in soft shades of blue, each wrapped in well-worn knotted rope netting. They each measure approximately 11" in diameter.

An original oil on canvas partial nude painting by the 'Mother of Big-Eye Art' Margaret Keane (American, 1927-2022). The work depicts a pale woman sitting cross-legged, stroking her hair upon which a light plumeria flower sits. The background brings to mind the colors of the Hawaiian oceans, the whole piece having a tropical theme with the canvas in a gilded bamboo frame. The artwork really showcases Margaret Keane's style, what is called "Keane Eyes" with her subjects being called "Big Eyed Waifs". She painted these types of images for more than sixty years, with a resurgence of interest in her work after the release of the biopic Big Eyes by Tim Burton, based on the public feud between Keane and her ex-husband Walter Keane, in which he claimed the paintings as his own work. A federal court sided in Margaret's favor in 1986, and she continued painting until her death in 2022. This artwork measures approximately 28" x 22" overall and the canvas measures approximately 24" x 18". Acquired directly from a gallery in Hawaii during the 1980's, original gallery label still present, as photographed. 

A vintage autographed Mickey Mantle American League Baseball, commemorating Mantle's induction into the Hall of Fame in 1974, signed in the baseball's "Sweet Spot". Mantle, also known as "The Mick", played his entire Major League Baseball career as center fielder for the New York Yankees; besides his acceptance into the Hall of Fame, he was also an American League Most Valuable Player over the course of eighteen years. The signature on the ball remains crisp, while the ball appears unplayed and unused, it does have some yellowing commensurate with age. It is in an acrylic case which measures approximately 3.25" x 3.25" tall.

An exceptional complete nearly 6' mammoth tusk from a rare locality, the famous Peace River, Desoto County, near Arcadia, FL. The behemoth, recovered in the middle of the 1960s, remained the property of the devout fossil hunting family that discovered it until recent history when the collection was gifted to a close friend following the passing of the former patriarch and then shipped nearly four thousand miles north to a prominent collector in Anchorage, AK. During the mid 20th century, applying thick resin/epoxy to stabilize fossils was common, this tusk was no exception and some historical stabilization was noted (as seen in the attached photographs showing the tusk before the restoration) to the center of the tusk and tip; the middle portion even retaining a small piece of shag green carpet, a remnant of the original period fix. As such, to preserve the tusk indefinitely and restore it to its former beauty, it was professionally restored in 2024 at substantial cost, a process that has brought out even more beauty and vibrant colors from the example. The rarity of a complete tusk from this locality cannot be overstated, with mammoth tusk fragments and bones occasionally found throughout the iconic Pleistocene deposit, but complete tusks practically unheard of due to the acidic nature of the environment that led to the destruction of most examples. Only two known skeletons from Florida exist, with known full-length tusks believed to number in the low double digits, and even small discoveries of partial tusks or other bones making local headlines in modern times. The tusk measures approximately 58" along the inner curve, 71" along the outer curve, is 7" in diameter at the widest, and weighs 69 pounds. The specimen, likely a Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi), is believed to date to between 11,000 and 16,000 years ago, having been found less than 150 miles from the earliest known piece of North American Ice Age art depicting a mammoth or mastodon, an engraved bone found in Vero Beach, FL and dated to 13,000 years prior.  Note Regarding Shipping Services: This item is exceptionally large and/or heavy, and may require custom boxing or crating depending on the intended destination and available carrier services. For more information prior to bidding, please email us at Shipping@AlaskaPremierAuctions.com or call/text us at 907.570.7050.

A signed and numbered 21/50 stonecut and stencil titled "Pipe Dreams", c.1985 by Inuk artist Jessie Oonark (1906-1985) of the Utkuhiksalingmiut (the people of the place where there is soapstone), now Nunavut, Canada. Oonark started painting later in life, at approximately fifty-four years old, and continued for the next nineteen years, becoming one of Canada's most well-known Inuit artists. This contemporary artwork depicts a fish-like creature with a wide ribbed body in alternating complimentary blue and orange colors for a high level of contrast; it has a humanesque face, appearing to be smoking a green pipe. Piece is shrink-wrapped on board and measures approximately 31.75" x 34".

A stone lithograph print, Edition 100, c.1952 by the late Alaskan artist Fred Machetanz (1908-2002), entitled “Sourdough”. The work depicts Bert Cluett, who came north from Australia to search for gold in the early 1900's, and earned the name Sourdough, a term used for a gold prospector's practice of including a small portion of sourdough "starter" in their packs for leavening when making bread and pancakes out on the trail. Titled lower left and hand signed in graphite lower right. It is matted and framed in a brushed gold/silver colored frame, featuring a small nick; measures approximately 19.75” x 15.5” overall.