Blue Waters Spanish Mission Hills Compound Estate Sale - presales!!

THE ITEMS MARKED PENDING ARE BEING HELD FOR THE FAMILY - PLEASE CHECK BACK LATER IN THE WEEK

THIS AMAZING PRIVATE ENCLAVE IN THE HEART OF MISSION HILLS IS GOING UP FOR SALE - PLEASE TEXT ME FOR INFORMATION 858-333-1853 - this is an enormous property, extremely rare, and probably a unicorn wonderful for a very private estate in the heart of San Diego.

There is a tennis court, Swimming pool, a private street! A huge, huge lot!

The prices below are estimates and when we examine the pieces and price them, the prices may change so use the numbers below as a guide. Unless I confirm it via text that that is actually the price.

EXTERIOR, PATIO AND ENTRY — PHOTOGRAPHS 1–10

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ITEM DESCRIPTION

SOLD PRICE

1

Wrought iron fan-back garden armchairs, tall balloon backs with scrolled openwork and central sunburst medallion, strap-lattice seats, scrolled fanned arms, white paint over heavy oxidation. Count unconfirmed — priced at four.

$110 ea*

2

Oval glass-top wrought iron patio dining table, scrolled openwork apron, splayed scroll legs, original beveled glass intact, heavy rust bloom

$225*

3

Wrought iron side chair, differing back pattern from the fan-back group (cast floral/leaf elements), fine grid seat — odd chair, not part of the suite

$75*

4

Wrought iron bench or coffee table base, rectangular scrolled frame with twisted-rope banding, top/glass missing

$95*

Eastlake walnut mantel/dresser mirror, turned columns with urn finials, arched crest with roundel, spindle gallery below, original foxed plate

$145*

8

Carved wood figure, crowned bearded male, architectural corbel or column-figure form, Romanesque/Spanish Revival manner

$175*

9

Carved wood figure, crowned female, companion to above, same carving hand

11

Terracotta lidded olla with strap handle, incised slip decoration, Mexican or Spanish

$60*

12

Fire shovel, hand-forged iron, barley-twist cage finial handle, square blade

14

16

Mahogany side table, serpentine shaped skirt and top, single drawer with turned knobs, cabriole legs

17

Occasional table, dark stained, rectangular top, ring-turned legs with box stretcher

18

Side chair, dark stained hardwood, shaped and pierced back slats, splayed rear legs

19

Architectural fragment, carved relief pedestal with foliate panels, painted cream

20

21

LIVING ROOM, LIBRARY CABINET AND HALL — PHOTOGRAPHS 11–20

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ITEM DESCRIPTION

SOLD PRICE

22

Armchair, Louis XVI style barrel back, caned back panel, cream paint with parcel-gilt highlights, fluted tapered legs with rosette blocks, striped silk seat — distressed paint, soiled upholstery

24

Coffee table, burl veneer top with crossbanded border, carved gadrooned apron, lower shelf with mesh panels, carved block legs, approx. 6 ft

25

29

Book — “The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything,” trade edition

$3*

Book — Irish-American history title, spine partially legible

$4*

32

Book — mathematics title, green boards, balance of title obscured

33

Oil on canvas, portrait of a gentleman in navy blazer and horn-rim glasses, signed lower left “S. Capella” and dated 1973, gilt cove frame. Artist not established — see notes.

$500*

34

Picture light, brass cylinder form, wall-mounted, corded

$35*

37

Doily or table runner, cotton lace

38

Swan planter/vessel, white glazed porcelain, feather-molded body

LIVING ROOM, FIREPLACE AND PORCELAIN CABINET — PHOTOGRAPHS 21–30

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ITEM DESCRIPTION

SOLD PRICE

Sofa, three-seat, ivory damask/matelassé, carved dark wood finials to arms and crest, rope-twist cording and tassels, loose back and throw cushions

$475*

49

Coffee table, thick plate glass top on four bronze-finish fluted column legs with wire-wrapped banding and disc feet

$425*

50

Basket, large coiled seagrass, deep bowl form

51

Bowl, scalloped rim, hand-painted floral and berry decoration

52

Recliner, black leather, with cushion; wear to arm fronts

$125*

53

Baby grand piano, B.K. Settergren Piano Co., Bluffton, Indiana, dark finish. Serial number and playability not yet confirmed — see notes.

$700*

54

Side/nesting tables, dark stained wood, lower shelf

$95*

55

Torchère floor lamp, wrought iron with scrolled handles, pinecone and foliate terminals, pierced oval-and-dart gallery, alabaster or frosted glass urn shade, tripod base

56

Sofa, extra-long track-arm, ivory woven upholstery, three loose seat cushions

57

Throw pillows, lot of approx. 8 — sage velvet, gray silk, terracotta silk with tassel trim, red with fringe, white knife-edge

58

Watercolour, Spanish plaza with arcaded stone columns, timber balconies, stone fountain and figures, signed “Pastor Calpena” and dated 196–. Vicente Pastor Calpena (Aspe, Alicante 1918 – Madrid 1993). Gilt frame, glazed.

$650*

59

Oil on canvas, unframed, baroque church with dome and twin towers, heavy palette-knife impasto. $200.

60

Side table, round, giltwood with egg-and-dart and beaded edges, fluted tapered legs, rosette blocks, acanthus knees, decorated top under glass

63

Bowl, Japanese Imari, scalloped floral reserves, iron-red, cobalt and gilt

$110*

64

Charger, Japanese Imari, large, peony panels in iron-red, cobalt and gilt

65

Plate, blue and white, radiating cobalt panel design

66

Doily, cotton lace, mantel

PIANO ROOM AND HALL — PHOTOGRAPHS 31–40

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ITEM DESCRIPTION

SOLD PRICE

68

Bolster pillow, tan face with leopard-print reverse, black bullion tassel trim

69

Piano bench, matching dark finish, hinged lid with music storage

71

Oil on canvas, still life — stoneware bottle, quinces and chestnuts on green drapery with footed bowl, signed “Capella” and dated III-1960, carved oak frame with foliate and rosette banding.— see notes.

$1,200*

72

Table, round, dark blue-gray painted finish

74

Sheet music and piano method books, lot, including David Hirschberg compiled editions

$40 lot*

75

Box, metal with hammered or textured finish, on piano — needs closer photograph

76

Table runner, textured woven fabric, on piano lid

DINING ROOM, ENTRY AND FAMILY PORTRAITS — PHOTOGRAPHS 41–50

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ITEM DESCRIPTION

SOLD PRICE

78

Drop-leaf table, stained hardwood, oval leaves, turned baluster legs

$145*

79

Picture frame, oval giltwood with convex bubble glass, containing a portrait photograph

Dining table, refectory/trestle form, dark hardwood, Spanish Revival. Sells with item 87.

$850*

87

Dining chairs, set of 10 plus 2 with damages, Spanish Revival — tooled leather backs and seats with brass nailheads, turned finials, box stretchers

$1,400 set*

88

Chandelier, layered lotus or artichoke form, bronzed metal petals, chain suspension

$450*

89

Glassware, balance of cabinet-top cut glass and crystal not itemized below

$150 lot*

90

Nativity set, 12+ pieces — three magi, angel, shepherd, Holy Family, camel, ox, donkey and sheep in metallic-finish ceramic, with wooden stable and tinsel star

$50 set*

92

Chess set, onyx or marble — banded stone board with turned stone chessmen in honey and rose

93

Decanters, cut glass with stoppers

$85*

94

Bargueño (fall-front writing cabinet on stand), Spanish Baroque style — walnut, pierced iron escutcheon and strap hardware, iron bosses, stand with bobbin-turned legs headed by carved lion masks, wrought iron scroll stretchers. Construction reads Revival rather than period — see notes.

$1,600*

99

Table runner, metallic-thread embroidered lace

KITCHEN, GLASSWARE AND SILVER — PHOTOGRAPHS 51–60

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ITEM DESCRIPTION

SOLD PRICE

KITCHEN CHINA CABINETS — PHOTOGRAPHS 61–70

122

Dinner service, 10 Strawberry Street by Monno (Bangladesh), white with single gold rim — approx. 90+ pieces per the 2006 inventory. Commercial/restaurant-supply porcelain, not fine china

$175 lot*

123

Dinner and tea service, Bristol Fine China “Rene” (Japan), sage band with gold and white floral border — settings for 8 plus serving pieces

$150 lot*

124

China service, Greek key border in gold — cups, saucers, plates, creamer

$85 lot*

125

Napkin holder / letter rack, ceramic, armorial with “Paraíso del Marisco — O Grove,” Galician souvenir

126

Serving pieces, white porcelain — oval vegetable bowl, platters, gravy boat, lidded coffee pot

127

KITCHEN CHINA CABINETS, CONTINUED — PHOTOGRAPHS 71–80

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135

Dinner and tea service, Style House Fine China “Angela” (Japan) — white with embossed laurel band; cups, saucers, plates, soup bowls, creamer, lidded sugar

$95 lot*

136

Dinner and tea service, Crown Ducal “Snow Glaze,” Alpine 4625 (A.G. Richardson, England, c.1936–37) — cream textured glaze, orange and black bands, stylized Art Deco floral sprays; includes large teapot, gravy boat with attached stand, oval platters, cups with stepped Deco handles, saucers, bowls, lidded sugar

$400 lot*

137

Demijohn or carboy, large clear glass

Goblet, oversized novelty, “Circus Circus Las Vegas”

$12*

145 Figure of a tonsured friar saint (Franciscan or Dominican, possibly St Anthony of Padua), carved and polychromed wood, right hand raised in blessing, left forearm a later replacement or loss, on octagonal plinth, approx. 36″. Extensive polychrome loss, splits, exposed ground $800

147| lluminated leaf, antiphonal or gradual, vellum with square notation on four-line

151 Watercolour, tree-lined promenade with a vendor carrying a bundle of pinwheels, pollarded plane trees and park benches, double mat, limed frame — *Keep for family* $350*

152 Books, lot of approx. 18 — Edgar Wigram *Northern Spain*, *El Español al Día*, Otto Friedrich *Before the Deluge*, and several gilt-tooled leather sets| $275 lot

153 Etching, Spanish town gate with baroque niche, statue and cross above a stone arch, pencil signed in the margin, plate mark visible — $185*

154 Medal set, “The History of America for Young Americans,” 20 solid bronze medals mounted on navy ground in wooden frame

155 Oil on canvas, unframed, semi-abstract village street with lamp standard, angular massing in yellow, orange, blue and red, heavy impasto, signed lower right *Manoukian* and dated c.2003

156 Library or writing table, Spanish Baroque style walnut, heavy baluster-turned legs on carved trestle feet, single frieze drawer with rosette — $675

157 Candelabra, pair, five-light, cast gilt bronze foliate arms on spiral-cut crystal columns and square gilt bases — $550 pair

158 Print, framed reproduction after Raphael, “The Holy Family with a Lamb,” green marbled frame with gilt liner $45*

160 Watercolour, harbour with fishing shanties and moored boats, framed |$145*

163 Chair, wicker/rattan, rounded back $65

164 Checkerboard, alabaster or marble with inlaid squares $25

165 Desk accessories, lot — pen cups, calculator, leather desk pad

166 Cupboard, two-part, rustic distressed pine, four panelled doors, iron strap hinges and ring pulls, overhanging cornice, approx. 6 ft — Mexican or Spanish Colonial style

167 **Rug, room size**, rose/salmon ground with ivory medallion and spandrels, allover floral and palmette design, ivory border with vase and scrolling vine $1,200*

168 Chest of drawers, rustic pine with iron pulls $200

169 Side table, wicker/rattan with lower shelf $85*

170 Textile, Persian-style in blue, red and ivory, used as a bedcover $95*

171 Pitcher, copper or brass with hinged lid

172 Mineral specimen, quartz cluster

173 Basket, white ceramic openwork lattice

174 Painting White building Red Roof - Regional Spanish painter Born 1928 in Ceclain, Caceres Victoriano Martinez Terron from Caceres

175 Clock, wall, black case

RUGS

#179.** Tribal flatweave (kilim) runner, wool, oxblood-red ground with a repeating column of ivory/gray stepped diamond medallions and stylized botanical motifs, scalloped end borders, fringed, approx. 3’ x 9’ (photographed on patio) 150

#181.** Persian Kashan/Nain-style room rug, hand-knotted wool, dense floral vinework on a navy-blue ground, ivory floral central medallion and matching spandrels, wide floral guard borders in tan/rose, red outer border/edge binding, fringe with wear and some loss, approx. 5’ x 9’ $1000

#182.** Semi-antique Persian rug, hand-knotted wool, deep indigo/navy field with a repeating “vase-and-cypress” design — three tiers of stylized flowering urns and cypress trees in saffron, olive and burgundy — narrow floral guard borders, cream fringe, moderate wear and some color abrasion, approx. 3’ x 6’ (shown draped over item #181 in one photo, and separately in another) $450

#183.** Persian Kerman-type room-size rug, hand-knotted wool, ivory/cream field with an allover boteh (paisley) and floral-spray pattern in red, blue and green, blue floral guard border, green outer border with pink floral sprays, red edge binding, moderate wear with some pile loss visible, approx. smaller than 9’ x 13’ (photographed folded in a formal living room with piano and marble fireplace) $2000

#184.** Tribal geometric rug (Baluch or Afshar type), hand-knotted wool, indigo/navy ground with polychrome geometric medallions, goat-hair-tasseled fringe visible, moderate to heavy wear, partial view only (draped over wrought-iron patio furniture) $250

#185.** Flatweave (kilim) rug, wool, warm gold/mustard ground with a repeating tribal diamond, zigzag and stylized botanical pattern in brown, taupe and olive, fringed ends, moderate wear/fading consistent with age, likely Caucasian or Anatolian, approx. 4’ x 8’ (draped over wrought-iron settee) $250

#186 San Jose Devotional repousse silver over copper

LIGHT FIXTURES attached to the house

187. Two candle-style wall sconce (bronze/spelter, shield-shaped repoussé backplate, one candle-form arm with saucer bobeche) — Spanish Revival or Mediterranean Revival style, likely 1920s–1930s vintage, consistent with an older California house. Modest individual value, more decorative than collectible — these turn up often in the $75 pair range unless there’s a maker’s mark.

188. Gilt-bronze two-arm crystal sconces — Louis XV/XVI Revival style with cut-crystal drops and a starburst backplate, likely Spanish or Italian, mid-20th century. Nicer quality than #1; a pair of these in good condition with intact crystals can bring $150pair at auction or through a lighting-specialist dealer.

189. Matching mini chandelier (4-light, gilt bronze with crystal drops, iron accents) — same style family as #188, likely part of a suite. Suite pieces sell best together; a 3-piece set (chandelier + 2 sconces) in this style could bring $400 as a set if condition and wiring are good.

190. Cut-glass bowl flush-mount with pierced brass gallery ring and rosette mounts — classic early-20th-century schoolhouse/hall fixture. These are common but decorative; typically $100

191. Mid-century Murano-style opaline glass pendant(bulbous drop form, hand-blown with controlled bubbles/texture) — if genuinely Murano (Venini, Vistosi-adjacent styling), this could be worth more, $200 each

192. Brass “lotus/artichoke” layered-leaf pendant fixture attributed to Feldman $450

193 Chomero or Chomarro well defined city scape in the Castillian style $100

194 “Las Obras de Publio Virgilio Marón, traducido en prosa castellana por Diego López… En Madrid: En la Imprenta de Angel Pasqual Rubio… Año 1721” — a Spanish prose translation of the complete works of Virgil (Eclogues, Georgics, Aeneid) by Diego López, a well-known 17th-century Spanish humanist/schoolmaster whose annotated Virgil translations were reprinted many times from the late 1500s through the 18th century.

This 1721 Madrid printing, in original limp vellum binding, with the “Tabla de los Autores” index and printer’s device (IHS rose mark) is a legitimate antiquarian book — genuinely 300+ years old. The front and rear flyleaves/pastedowns aren’t blank — they’re repurposed pages from an earlier handwritten legal/notarial document, written in period Spanish secretary-hand, discussing things like “Mandamos que los… jueces no sean cohechos… el vino… testimonios… el alcalde” — this reads like an ordinance or legal instrument concerning wine sales, testimonies, notaries, and local magistrates (alcaldes), likely 17th century, predating the printed book. This is a well-documented and collected practice — bookbinders often recycled discarded manuscript pages (often notarial, legal, or liturgical) as binding waste, and these “manuscript waste” fragments are sometimes collected/studied independently of the book itself. $200

195 “Historia del Viejo y Nuevo Testamento” by Carlos Antonio Erra (a Milanese priest of the Clérigos Reglares de la Madre de Dios), translated from Latin into Castilian by an anonymous secular priest. First published in Madrid by Joaquín Ibarra, 1774–1775, in 8 volumes, with reprints in 1777–79 and 1783–87. Your volume is Tomo VII (covering the Third Passover through later Gospel events), in period limp vellum binding — consistent with the 1770s–80s printings based on the text layout and typography. $40

196 The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America” (2-volume boxed set) — this is the well-known facsimile reproduction of Audubon’s original watercolors (published by American Heritage/Abbeville in the 1960s–70s). Complete 2-volume sets in the slipcase, in good condition, regularly sell in the $75 range, sometimes higher depending on printing and condition.

199

Set of Chinese export watercolor/gouache paintings on pith paper, depicting trade and craft occupations (vendor, seated woman, figures at table), individually silver-tone framed, 19th c. style, framed approx. 8" x 10" each (4 pieces in lot)

200

Japanese-style hand-colored print/painting on paper, figures in kimono, black frame, red-mat border

201

Pair, Old Master-style reproduction prints: Holy Family with lamb (after Raphael), and boy with lamb (after Murillo), matted and framed

203

Nest of three graduated occasional tables, cabriole legs, fitted marble/onyx top on largest table, fruitwood

204–211

Lladró porcelain figurine collection, approx. 20+ pieces, mixed gloss and Gres (matte) finishes — see breakdown below. These are 1/2 price of the prices listed below

204

– Large glossy 'society lady' figures, flowing gown, ~16–18" (qty 2)

$200 each

205

– Seated lady, polka-dot ruffled gown

$250

206

– Gres-finish shepherd/animal figures (shepherd w/ flock, woman w/ dog, girl w/ flower basket)

$120 each

207

– Children-with-puppy pedestal group

$150

208

– Christmas caroler figures (singers, cellist, harp angel)

$150 each, or $600 as set

209

– Angel figures, praying/musical (qty varies)

$100 each

210

– Nuns, white habit (pair)

$120 each

211

– Small single figures (girl w/ cat, girl w/ kittens, boy w/ dog)

$100 each

212

Carved polychrome wood Madonna and Child figure $100

213

Bronze/spelter figural group, Don Quixote on horseback (not Lladró)

214

Framed Old Master-style portrait print, woman with red drape

215

Imari-style charger/plate

216

217

Coin group, itemized:

217a

– Two Whitman Lincoln cent folders, partial wheat cent runs 1909–1930; one slot appears to hold a 1909-S VDB (key date)

217b

– Assorted circulated Buffalo nickels (2), Mercury dime (1936), Washington quarter (1940)

217c

– George V (Great Britain) coin, four holes punched through

217d

– WWII-era U.S. OPA (Office of Price Administration) red-point ration token

218

Miniature ivory/celluloid-covered devotional prayer book, "¡Al Cielo!", printed in Spain, brass clasp, religious cover art

Glass-top coffee table on metal legs

223

Framed pencil-signed and numbered etching, Spanish town gate/shrine scene; signature illegible in submitted photo due to glare — needs a clean macro photo for attribution

224

Cast-metal hand-shaped wall hook, mounted below item #223

NOTES AND OUTSTANDING ACTIONS

The Spanish pictures

Item 58 is by Vicente Pastor Calpena (Aspe, Alicante 1918 – Madrid 1993), trained at San Fernando in Madrid, a founding-era member of the Agrupación Española de Acuarelistas and one of the leading Spanish watercolourists of his generation.

Item 59, the unframed domed cityscape, shows the same palette-knife handling as item 61 and should be checked for a signature.

The Capella question

Items 33, 71, 97 and 98 are all signed Capella. Items 97 (1990) and 33 (1973) read clearly as S. Capella. Item 71 (March 1960) appeared to carry a longer first word.

A strong contextual candidate exists in Sebastián Capella Pallarés (Sagunto, Valencia 1927 – San Diego 2013), a Spanish portraitist who taught at the University of San Diego from 1966 and worked from a La Jolla studio from 1970.

Item 136 — Crown Ducal Snow Glaze

A.G. Richardson & Co., Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. Pattern numbers in the 4500s date to early 1936, placing Alpine 4625 at approximately 1936–37. There is an active specialist collector base for Crown Ducal snow glaze.

Snow glaze is the body, not the design. The valuable snow glaze pieces are Charlotte Rhead’s tube-lined patterns. Alpine 4625 is factory lithograph-and-band decoration and is NOT a Rhead design.

The teapot and the gravy boat with attached stand are the value drivers. Inspect every rim, the spout, and particularly the angular Deco handles.

Items 89 and 107 — glass

The cabinet-top crystal is marked keep for family. Item 107, the American Brilliant Period pitcher, is the strongest single piece of glass found: deep hobstar and pinwheel cutting, c. 1890–1915. Signed examples by Hawkes, Libbey, Dorflinger or Straus roughly double in value, so check the base.

Items 62, 23 and 94 — confirm before listing

Item 94, the bargueño, shows pale open-grained wood, softly cut mask carving and applied rather than structural ironwork. It reads as late 19th or early 20th-century Spanish Revival rather than period. The word “antique” should not appear in any listing until the joinery and drawer construction have been examined in person.