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The Eddi Van Auken Cane Collection

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8 December 2025 | starting at 15:00 EST
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A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU CHALCEDONY AND STERLING SILVER-GILT SEA CREATURE CANEDesigned by Mathurin Méheut and executed by Camille Colot, Paris, 1914A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU CHALCEDONY AND STERLING SILVER-GILT SEA CREATURE CANEDesigned by Mathurin Méheut and executed by Camille Colot, Paris, 1914. Estimate: US$5,000 - US$7,000
A TIFFANY & CO. ART DECO COBALT GLASS INSET STERLING SILVER CANENew York, New York, circa 1935A TIFFANY & CO. ART DECO COBALT GLASS INSET STERLING SILVER CANENew York, New York, circa 1935. Estimate: US$3,000 - US$5,000
A BELGIAN ART NOUVEAU ROCK CRYSTAL INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER AND SILVER-GILT GROTESQUE CANEDesigned and executed by Philippe Wolfers, Brussels, circa 1900–1905A BELGIAN ART NOUVEAU ROCK CRYSTAL INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER AND SILVER-GILT GROTESQUE CANEDesigned and executed by Philippe Wolfers, Brussels, circa 1900–1905. Estimate: US$3,000 - US$5,000
AN ENGLISH NEPHRITE INSET SILVER DRAGON CANEDesigned and executed by John Paul Cooper, London, 1916AN ENGLISH NEPHRITE INSET SILVER DRAGON CANEDesigned and executed by John Paul Cooper, London, 1916. Estimate: US$2,000 - US$3,000
A GERMAN 800 STANDARD SILVER AND BRONZE MEDUSA CANEDesigned and executed by Albrecht Holbein, Nuremberg, circa 1900A GERMAN 800 STANDARD SILVER AND BRONZE MEDUSA CANEDesigned and executed by Albrecht Holbein, Nuremberg, circa 1900. Estimate: US$2,000 - US$3,000
A RUSSIAN MODERNE EMERALD INSET CARVED MALACHITE AND 875 STANDARD SILVER DOLPHIN CANESt. Petersburg, 1890-1900A RUSSIAN MODERNE EMERALD INSET CARVED MALACHITE AND 875 STANDARD SILVER DOLPHIN CANESt. Petersburg, 1890-1900. Estimate: US$2,000 - US$3,000

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A GERMAN JUGENDSTIL 800 STANDARD SILVER AND SILVER-GILT SALOME CANEAttributed to Christian Ferdinand Morawe, executed by Theodor Fahrner, Pforzheim, 1905
A GERMAN JUGENDSTIL 800 STANDARD SILVER AND SILVER-GILT CANEPossibly designed by Hermann Gradl the Elder, circa 1905
AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SECESSIONIST DIAMOND AND LAPIS LAZULI INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER AND SILVER-GILT OVERLAY ROCK CRYSTAL QUARTZ CANEDesigned by Josef Hoffmann for Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, circa 1907
A BELGIAN ART NOUVEAU ROCK CRYSTAL AND 800 STANDARD SILVER-GILT CANEDesigned and executed by Henry Clemens van de Velde, circa 1915
A GERMAN JUGENDSTIL ONYX INSET 900 STANDARD SILVER OVERLAY BROWN OBSIDIAN CANEAttributed to Victor Mayer, Pforzheim, 1902–1905
A DANISH SKØNVIRKE PERIDOT INSET 826 STANDARD SILVER OCEAN FLOOR CANEAttributed to Christian Fjerdingstad, Skagen, circa 1920
A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU GREEN GLASS INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER BEETLE CANE Designed and executed by Henri Vever, Paris, circa 1890-1900
A DANISH SKØNVIRKE COPPER AND 830 STANDARD SILVER ROBOT CANEDesigned and executed by Carl M. Cohr, Fredericia, 1921
A TIFFANY & CO. ART DECO COBALT GLASS INSET STERLING SILVER CANENew York, New York, circa 1935
A GERMAN JUGENDSTIL LAPIS LAZULI INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER CANEDesigned and executed by Emmy Roth, Berlin, 1914
AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN JUGENDSTIL ONYX INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER CANEDesigned by Dagobert Peche for Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, circa 1915
A DANISH SKØNVIRKE GREEN GLASS INSET 830 STANDARD SILVER-GILT CANEDesigned and executed by Evald Nielsen, Copenhagen, 1905-1931
A DANISH SKØNVIRKE OPAL INSET 826 STANDARD SILVER-GILT CANEDesigned and executed by Mogens Ballin, Copenhagen, 1904-1937
A BELGIAN ROCK CRYSTAL AND OPAL INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER BEETLE CANEDesigned and executed by Philippe Wolfers, Brussels, 1900-1905
A SWEDISH DIAMOND INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER NIELLO SNAKE CANEDesigned and executed by Wilhelm James Andreevitch Bolin, Stockholm, 1919
A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU DIAMOND INSET SILVER-GILT CARVED COW HORN FLOWER BUD CANEDesigned and executed by André Aucoc, Paris, circa 1900
AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN JUGENDSTIL OPAL INSET 750 STANDARD SILVER-GILT ANTHROPOMORPHIC CANEDesigned and executed by František (Franta) Anýž, Czechoslovakia, 1905
AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN JUGENDSTIL MOONSTONE INSET 750 STANDARD SILVER-GILT CANEDesigned and executed by František (Franta) Anýž, Czechoslovakia, 1905
A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU STERLING SILVER CHAMELEON CANEDesigned and executed by Lucien Gaillard, Paris, circa 1900-1905
AN ITALIAN GRAND TOUR BLACK MARBLE, AGATE, AND LAPIS LAZULI PIETRA DURA CANEDesigned and executed by Giovanni Montelatici, Florence, 1890
AN ITALIAN GARNET INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER AND SILVER-GILT SATOR SQUARE CANE19th century
A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU 800 STANDARD SILVER-GILT AND AMBER RETROFUTURISTIC CANEDesigned and executed by Henri Lapparra, Paris, circa 1923
A FRENCH ART DECO DIAMOND INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER AND ENAMEL CANEDesigned and executed by Victor Boivin, Paris, circa 1905–1910
A GERMAN JUGENDSTIL 900 STANDARD SILVER NIELLO CANEDesigned and executed by Hermann & Speck, Pforzheim, circa 1902–1905
A BELGIAN ART DECO 900 STANDARD SILVER CANEDesigned and executed by Delheid Frères, Brussels, circa 1920
A BELGIAN ART NOUVEAU 800 STANDARD SILVER AND BOXWOOD CANEDesigned and executed by Jacques Feys, Brussels, circa 1900
A BELGIAN ART NOUVEAU ROCK CRYSTAL INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER AND SILVER-GILT GROTESQUE CANEDesigned and executed by Philippe Wolfers, Brussels, circa 1900–1905
A BELGIAN ART NOUVEAU OPAL DOUBLETS INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER BIOMORPHIC CANEDesigned and executed by Jacques Feys, Brussels, circa 1900
A GERMAN RUBELITE AND 800 STANDARD SILVER THISTLE CANEDesigned and executed by J.C. Wich, Nuremberg, circa 1900–1905
AN ENGLISH NEPHRITE INSET SILVER DRAGON CANEDesigned and executed by John Paul Cooper, London, 1916
A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN MUSTACHIOED MAN WITH HAT CANEPossibly Meissen, late 19th/20th century
AN ITALIAN PORCELAIN MAIDEN CANESecond half of the 19th century
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN CHINOSERIE RAM CANEDesigned by Johann Gregor Höroldt, 1730-1735
A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU GOLD-PLATED AND CHALCEDONY BIOMORPHIC CANEAttributed to Siegfried Bing, Paris, 1900-1905
A GERMAN 800 STANDARD SILVER-GILT AND CARNELIAN SKULL ROSARY CANECirca 1890
AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMERALD INSET SILVER AND SILVER-GILT KINETIC VANITAS POMANDER SKULL CANEVienna, circa 1841
A FOLK ART CARVED AND STAINED BAMBOO SKULL AND BONES CANEPossibly Japanese, late 19th century
AN ITALIAN SILVER INLAID CARVED WALNUT MEMENTO MORI CANERome, dated 1706
AN ITALIAN CARVED BOXWOOD BENEDICTINE MONK MEMENTO MORI CANEPavia, dated 1732
A CONTINENTAL CARVED BOXWOOD SKULL MOMENTO MORI CANEPossibly Italian, 18th century
AN ITALIAN CARVED WISTERIA VINE MEMENTO MORI CANERome, dated 1691
AN ITALIAN CARVED BOXWOOD MELTING CANDLE MOMENTO MORI CANEFerrara, dated 1701
AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN CARVED BOXWOOD CHERUBIC CANEDesigned and executed by Hermann Steiner, 1900-1910
AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN CARVED BOXWOOD CHERUBIC CANEDesigned and executed by Hermann Steiner, circa 1900
A GERMAN MOONSTONE INSET BRASS STEAM ENGINE CANEDesigned and executed by Andreas Odenwald, Pforzheim, circa 1910
A DUTCH ONYX INSET 833 STANDARD SILVER INDUSTRIALIZATION CANEKoninklijke Gerritsen & Van Kempen, Zeist, 1928
A DUTCH LABRADORITE INSET 833 STANDARD SILVER INTERWAR INDUSTRIALIZATION CANEDesigned and executed by Gerritsen & van Kempen, Zeist, 1934
A BELGIAN WHITE AGATE INSET 800 STANDARD SILVER INDUSTRIALIZATION CANEDesigned and executed by Wolfers Frères, Brussels, 1925
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