Results show actual prices realized, including buyer's premium, at Austin Auction Gallery. Past results are for reference only and are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.
Silver & VertuPrice realized$5,843
Estimate: $5,000 – $10,000
(lot of 67) American sterling silver flatware service, Towle Silversmiths, in the "Grand Duchess" pattern, designed by Lowell Merry (American, 1924-2006), no monograms observed, including: (12) forks, approx 7.5"l; (24) individual salad forks, approx 7"l; (12) teaspoons, approx 6"l; (1) cream soup spoon, approx 6.25"l; (12) demitasse spoons, approx 4 5/8"l; approx 6.25"l; (3) serving spoons, approx 8.75"l; (1) pierced serving spoon, approx 8.75"l; (1) pierced vegetable serving fork, approx 9.25"l; (1) solid gravy ladle, approx 7"l; 117.46ozt total
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$4,613
Estimate: $4,000 – $6,000
(lot of 90) American sterling silver flatware service, Gorham, in the "Strasbourg" pattern, designed by William C. Codman (1839-1921), no observed monograms, including: (16) hollow handle knives, with stainless steel blades, approx 9.25"l; (4) dinner forks, approx 7.5"l; (12) forks, approx 7"l; (16) individual salad forks, approx 6 3/8"l; (21) teaspoons, approx 5 7/8"l; (13) iced tea spoons, approx 7 5/8"l; (1) hollow handle pie and cake server, with stainless steel blade, approx 10 5/8"l; (1) serving fork, approx 8.5"l; (1) hollow handle master butter knife, stainless steel blade, approx 6.5"l; (2) sugar shell spoons, approx 5 7/8"l; (1) pierced bon bon spoon, approx 4.5"l; (1) pickle or olive fork, approx 5.75"l; (1) lemon fork, approx 4.25"l; housed in a fitted Hagerty's silversmith's cloth case, approx 3"h, 19"w, 12"d; 90.71ozt total (weighable silver only), 4100.5 grams total (inclusive of all materials), 12lbs total (for shipping purposes only)
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View lot details →Lamps, Lighting & CandlesticksPrice realized$3,075
Estimate: $2,000 – $4,000
(pair) Monumental silverplate figural six-light candelabra, each standard modeled as two draped maidens holding gadrooned vase, issuing scrolled arms with beaded bobeches, rising on stepped quadripartite base, retaining Warner Brothers prop department tag with image, number 0001939, approx 40"h, 15.5"diam, 88.75lbs total
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$2,460
Estimate: $3,000 – $4,000
(lot of 35) American sterling silver flatware service, Reed and Barton, in the "Grande Renaissance" pattern, no observed monograms, including: (5) modern hollow handle knives, with stainless steel blades, approx 9"l; (8) forks, approx 7 3/8"l; (5) individual salad forks, approx 6 3/8"l, (7) teaspoons, approx 6"l; (4) round bowl soup spoons, approx 6.25"l; (1) modern hollow handle master butter knife, with stainless steel blade, approx 7"l; (1) medium cold meat serving fork, approx 8.5"l; (1) solid gravy ladle, approx 6.5"l; (2) serving spoons, (one) pierced, (one) solid, each: approx 8 5/8"l; (1) short handle pickle/ olive fork, approx 6"l; all housed in a fitted flatware box, box: approx 2 7/8"h, 15.25"w, 11 1/8"d, 44.28ozt (weighable silver only), 1,899 grams total (inclusive of all materials), 6lbs total (inclusive of box, for shipping purposes only)
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$1,353
Estimate: $1,000 – $2,000
(pair) American sterling silver dinner plates, Lebolt, each having pierced rim with cast pansy blossoms and scrolling foliate motifs, centering triple monogram BMP, hallmarked sterling with maker's mark underfoot, numbered 1702, approx 10"diam, 27.47ozt
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$1,169
Estimate: $1,000 – $2,000
American sterling silver coffee pot, Gorham, in the "Puritan" pattern, model number 451, having hinged cover with turned-form finial, scrolled handle with spacers, 2 3/4 pint capacity, light denting to body, approx 10.5"h, 10"w, 4.5"d, 22.81ozt (inclusive of spacers)
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$677
Estimate: $300 – $600
American silverplate service bowl, Tiffany & Company Makers, c. 1914/1915, directorship of John C. Moore II, model/ pattern 18720, simple tapered form, well with triple monogram MCS, full marks, production number 3244 underfoot, approx 2"h, 9"diam, 13.50ozt Provenance: The collection of retired United States Navy Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (American, b.1931), former Director of the National Security Agency, 14th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
DAY 3-JULY 2026 | TREASURES FROM THE VAULTS OF A DALLAS DESIGNER PART 2 · Jul 2026
View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$640
Estimate: $200 – $400
(lot of 2) American sterling silver porringers, each having pierced handle, hallmarked sterling with maker's mark underfoot, no observed monograms, including: (1) Fisher, numbered 6875, approx 1.25"h, 5 5/8"w, 3 7/8"d; (1) Lunt Silversmiths, numbered 191, approx 1 3/8"h, 5 5/8"w, 4"d; some overall light denting, 4.64ozt Provenance: The collection of retired United States Navy Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (American, b.1931), former Director of the National Security Agency, 14th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
DAY 3-JULY 2026 | TREASURES FROM THE VAULTS OF A DALLAS DESIGNER PART 2 · Jul 2026
View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$615
Estimate: $150 – $350
(lot of 8) American and English sterling silver individual salt cellars and spoons, each hallmarked sterling with maker's mark, including: (4) Gorham Manufacturing Company, (pair) cellars, each with reticulated bowl, numbered A4775 underfoot, with colorless glass liner, approx 1.25"h, 3 3/8"w, 2 3/8"d; (pair) spoons, approx 2 7/8"l; (pair) footed cellars, Baldwin and Miller, with cobalt glass liner, numbered 43 underfoot, oxidation to interior, approx 1.25"h, 2.5"diam; (pair) shell-shaped spoons, George Jackson and David Fullerton, London, approx 3"l; 4.30ozt (weighable silver only), 329.5 grams total (inclusive of all materials) Provenance: The collection of retired United States Navy Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (American, b.1931), former Director of the National Security Agency, 14th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$615
Estimate: $500 – $700
American sterling silver oval bread tray, Bailey Banks and Biddle Company, pierced border with cast flowers and foliate motifs, centering scalloped basin, triple monogram KJA, hallmarked sterling with maker's marks underfoot, approx 13.75"l, 7"w, 12.21ozt
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$576
Estimate: $300 – $600
(lot of 2) American sterling silver cups, each hallmarked sterling with maker's mark underfoot, including: (1) highball tumbler, Tiffany and Company, with beaded trim, approx 5"h, 3 3/8"diam; (1) mint julep glass, Fisher, numbered 87, approx 3 5/8"h, 3.25"diam; 9.42ozt Provenance: The collection of retired United States Navy Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (American, b.1931), former Director of the National Security Agency, 14th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$576
Estimate: $200 – $400
(lot of 26) French silverplate flatware fish service, Orfevrerie Christofle, in the "America" pattern, each with maker's mark, housed in worn branded box, including: (12) fish forks, approx 7.25"l; (12) fish knives, approx 8.25"l; (1) fish serving fork, approx 8.5"l; (1) fish serving knife, approx 11"l; box: approx 16"l, 10.5"w, 2"d, 6lbs total Note: additional lot of flatware in a matching pattern offered in this auction
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$523
Estimate: $300 – $600
(lot of 7) Sterling silver serviceware, each with full marks verso, including: (1) German .800 silver asparagus fork, Julius Lemor, Breslau, the stem with beaded trim, crown and crescent moon hallmark, with maker's mark JAL in an oval underfoot, approx 9.5"l, 4"w; (1) International sterling cold meat fork, in the "Minuet" pattern, triple monogram, approx 7"l; (1) Whiting solid butter knife, in the "Lily" pattern, triple monogram, approx 7.5"l; (1) Rogers, Bolen and Lunt child's fork, in the "Treasure (Solid Silver)" pattern, triple monogram, approx 4.75"l; (1) JS & Company (International) silver fork, monogrammed, hammered stem with open cartouche, approx 6"l; (2) napkin rings, (one) Lunt, monogrammed, approx 3"l, (one) Saart Brothers, personalized "Nancy", approx 2"l; 9.70ozt total Provenance: The collection of retired United States Navy Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (American, b.1931), former Director of the National Security Agency, 14th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$480
Estimate: $300 – $400
(lot of 38) French silverplate flatware set, Orfevrerie Christofle, in the "America" pattern, each with maker's mark, housed in (three) worn branded boxes, including: (12) forks, approx 8 1/8"l; (12) oval soup spoons, approx 8 1/8"l; (12) demitasse spoons, approx 4"l; (1) serving fork, approx 10.25"l; (1) serving spoon, approx 10"l; largest box: approx 11"l, 9.5"w, 2.25"d, 7.25lbs total Note: matching fish service offered in this auction
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$461
Estimate: $150 – $350
(lot of 13) American sterling silver flatware, various makers and patterns, highlights include: (6) demitasse spoons, Bailey Banks and Biddle Company, with gilt-washed bowl, triple monogram KJA, approx 4.5"l; (2) fruit spoons, Towle Silversmiths, in the "Old Colonial" pattern, no observed monograms, approx 5.75"l; (2) hollow handle knives, Whiting Manufacturing Company, with repousse floral motifs, single monogram A, approx 6.5"l; 7.31ozt (weighable silver only), 298.5 grams total (inclusive of all materials)
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$461
Estimate: $300 – $600
(lot of 18) American sterling silver flatware, J.E. Caldwell and Company, each with gadrooned trim, single A monogram, including: (12) cocktail or seafood forks, approx 5.5"l; (6) spoons, with gilt-washed bowl, approx 5.75"l; 10.15ozt
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$431
Estimate: $400 – $600
(lot of 3) American sterling silver cups, each bearing an engraved personalization, hallmarked sterling with maker's mark underfoot, including: (1) commemorative engagement goblet, Fisher, numbered 82, inscribed "Nancy and Bob, June 14, 1958," approx 4.75"h, 2 7/8"diam; (1) small flat cup or child's cup, J.B. Caldwell and Company, numbered 7871, inscribed "Nancy," approx 2 3/8"h, 3.5"w, 2.5"d; (1) small mug, Gorham, numbered 51, triple monogram NCR, inscribed date "Dec. 25-36" underfoot, approx 2.75"h, 3.75"w, 2.75"d; the group overall with scattered denting, 8.51ozt Provenance: The collection of retired United States Navy Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (American, b.1931), former Director of the National Security Agency, 14th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$400
Estimate: $150 – $250
(lot of 7) Sterling silver tableware and vanity articles, various makers, all hallmarked sterling, including: (1) ring dish, surmounted by the head of a mythological figure, marked Greece 925, approx 2.25"h, 5"diam; (4) match box holders, each with engraved lion rampant, initial W maker's mark, approx 1.75"l, 1.25"w, 0.5"d; (1) cigarette or card case, Black, Starr, and Gorham, numbered 94 with maker's mark, triple MLR monogram, approx 3 3/8"l, 2.25"w, 1"d; (1) candle snuffer, approx 9.5"l; 7.61ozt Provenance: The collection of retired United States Navy Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (American, b.1931), former Director of the National Security Agency, 14th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$400
Estimate: $300 – $600
(lot of 2) Egyptian .900 silver footed bowls, each with lotus flower blossom hallmark, purity mark, and date mark underfoot, including: (1) having twisted rope trim, Tanta city mark, date mark c.1976-1977, approx 1.5"h, 4.5"w, 4.5"d; (1) with beaded trim, date mark c.1982, lacking one foot, approx 1 3/8"h, 4.5"w, 4.5"d; 8.66ozt Provenance: The collection of retired United States Navy Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (American, b.1931), former Director of the National Security Agency, 14th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$400
Estimate: $100 – $200
(lot of 9) Collection of nautical-themed silver and silverplate table articles, including: (2) sterling silver seashell-form trinket boxes, each hallmarked 925 Yorgos, with hinged cover, largest: approx 2"l, 1.75"w, 1"d, 3.69ozt; (6) silverplate shellfish forks, Noxio, central roundel with embossed lobster motif, maker's mark at back, approx 7 5/8"l; (1) silverplate spoon, engraved bowl wish armorial crest, on coral or twig-shaped arm, unmarked, approx 6"l; 350.5 grams total (inclusive of all materials) Provenance: The collection of retired United States Navy Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (American, b.1931), former Director of the National Security Agency, 14th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$369
Estimate: $150 – $400
(lot of 7) Collection of silver (content unknown) table articles, including: (1) (4) trinket boxes, (one) shell, (one) repousse flower, (one) oval form with central militia scene, (one) engraved heart form, largest: 2.5"w, 2"d; (1) S. Kirk & Son, repousse floral border, numbered 17F, 3 1/8"diam; (1) Jennings shell dish, engraved "AIC, M.S.P, AIS," approx 3"w, 3"d; 4.61ozt Provenance: The collection of retired United States Navy Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (American, b.1931), former Director of the National Security Agency, 14th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$369
Estimate: $300 – $500
(lot of 10) Collection of sterling silver serviceware, various makers and patterns most monogrammed, all with full marks verso, highlights include: (1) German .800 silver floriform spoon with partially enclosed bowl, stylized makers mark, crown crescent moon and purity mark, approx 5 1/8"l; (1) Whiting sugar shell spoon, remnants of gilt wash on bowl, monogrammed, in the 'Lily' pattern, 5.75"l; (1) Gorham 1971 Christmas spoon, terminal with star motif in enameled surround, approx 4 5/8"l; (1) Whiting "Louis XV" service spoon, monogrammed, approx 8"l; (1) small spoon with chewed bowl and stem; 8.56ozt (inclusive of all materials) Provenance: The collection of retired United States Navy Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (American, b.1931), former Director of the National Security Agency, 14th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$338
Estimate: $150 – $250
(lot of 2) American sterling silver serving utensils, Whiting Manufacturing Company, in the Kings pattern, single monogram A, comprising: (1) serving spoon, approx 9.5"l; (1) serving fork, approx 9.25"l; 4.51ozt
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View lot details →Silver & VertuPrice realized$338
Estimate: $150 – $350
(lot of 3) American sterling silver round bowl soup spoons, J.E. Caldwell and Company, in the Kings pattern, triple monogram KJA, approx 6.75"l, 6.47ozt
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