AUCTION OF ANTIQUES
The Goodwin Building
611 U.S. Route One
York, Maine
Saturday Morning, April 6, 2002
Old Coins and Currency at 10:00 am
Estate Antiques at 11:00 am
Full Auction Preview on April 5th - 4:00 to 7:00 pm
8:00 am on the Day of Sale Offering a diverse selection of estate furnishings from private New England estates and old families, including a lifetime Seacoast New Hampshire collector and a New England museum.
4/6/02 Coin Auction Prices Realized
OLD COINS AND CURRENCY 10:00 AM PRICES REALIZED Removed solely from private estates, highlights including Mass. Cent, XF-40, 1835 $2 1/2, 1845-0 $10 and other gold coins. Obsolete and national currency. World coins. Check our web-site for complete list and late additions.
ESTATE ANTIQUES 11:00 AM FURNITURE: Early 19th c. reeded leg 40 in. deep drop leaf mahogany table. C. 1810 12 X 8 x 9 1/2 in. star-inlaid bow-front mahogany bureau-top 2-drwr. chest with bun feet. Late-arriving 58 X 35 in. glass top Boule table on cabriole legs. 54 X 27 in. pine 1-drwr. taper leg work table with feather grained base. 36 X 24 in. bird's-eye maple-topped birch tap table with cock-beaded and unusual corbeled tapering legs. 2-drwr. poplar and pine stand with thin top. Mustard-painted flax wheel. Old case of 19 drwrs. in mustard paint with mortised pulls. Turned leg overpainted N.E. decktop dressing table with shaped splash. Two 34 in. round Adirondack tables and companion pair of oversized rockers. Country pine and cottage chests. Stepdown windsor Salem type rocker. Good children's chairs.
Empire drop leaf breakfast table and 4-drwr. chest. Rolled leg Empire marbletop console table. Ebonized Aesthetic Revival sofa with elaborate bronze putti mounts and hairy hoof feet. Similar design armchair with double putti mounts on carved crest. 4-piece curly maple inlaid and carved Victorian walnut bedroom set. Tilt-top and marbletop Victorian side tables and large mirrored marbletop dresser. Unusual and fancy brass and iron full-sized bed in decorative old green paint. Fine carved 17 in. giltwood wall bracket. 18th c. carved back Continental side chair with needlepoint seat. 40 in. elaborately inlaid hinged-top 1902 writing desk and 27 in. square inlaid gaming table of equal quality. Pair of heavily carved Chippendale-style armchairs removed about 1941 from J. P. Morgan's yacht, The Corsair. Fine 60 X 36 in. Victorian oak dentist's cabinet, having 17 drwrs. and several compartments below glazed cabinet top. 64 in. C. 1900 Hepplewhite-style mahogany sideboard with string and banded inlay.
Fine Rennaisance Revival shaped-top walnut side table with finialed stretcher base. 72 in. walnut glazed-door cabinet with fancy open shelf top. Rare 28 X 21 X 22 in. walnut terrarium with faceted glass panels. Fancy Victorian square-top side tables in various woods. C. 1900 glazed door walnut china cabinet. Victorian round and square oak dining tables, oak commodes and bureaus. Good Larkin, lady's and Gov. Winthrop desks. Michael Dunbar child's comb-back and sackback windsor armchairs. Vict. "tete-a-tete" sofa. Vict. oak butler's cabinet. Barrister bookcase with glazed cabinet top. Set fancy walnut side chairs and others. Mission 56 X 36 in. fumed oak cross-stretcher base table and armchair. Porch wicker in many forms.
ACCESSORIES: Featuring a Seacoast New Hampshire gentleman's fine and varied collection of ANTIQUE CERAMICS AND GLASS. Earlier and later Wedgwood china in many colors and forms, including serving pieces, tableware, biscuit jars, older and contemporary plaques, buttons and sundries. Soft paste openwork baskets. Geo. Washington memorial Liverpool jug. Gray's Pottery and other lustreware. Rare Canton reticulated basket with underplate and two covered vegetables. Early 14 in. (repaired) armorial salvar. Basaltware. Royal Worcester. Fine group of six full-sized salt glaze pitchers in figural, genre, floral and hunt motif and other salt glaze pieces. Earlier deep blue Staffordshire, incl. Clews Peace & Plenty, Adams and Shaw's. 30-pce. set of Arcadia flow blue, incl. tureen, 18 dinner plates, some soups and serving dishes. Other lots of misc. transferware. Fine Cauldon scenic blue transfer 3-pce. chamber set. PPG and WPC marked Wedgwood majolica plates. Foxhunt scene ale pitcher. Victorian and earlier figurines and figural groups. Decorated English and Continental china. South Jersey glass. Decorated and other peachblow. Large selection of Victorian art glass, cased glass, quilted and other satin. Amberina. Bristol and other Victorian decorated glass. Carnival. Clear crystal and pressed glass serving pieces. Kayserzin pitcher & vase.
ART POTTERY: Rare blue 10 in. Weller jardiniere with winged goddess, floral and vine motif. Good Roseville and Rookwood vases. Doulton, Lambeth, floral bulbous vase. Unusual faceted vase with black "eyes" on faux alligatored ground. Doulton, Burslem umbrella stand. OLD DOLLS, TOYS AND CHILDREN'S THINGS: Chelsea Art Doll Makers' 16 in. Queen Elizabeth doll. Martha Thompson (4) "Little Women dolls. 18in. "Crown Princess Elizabeth" cloth head doll. Bowen blonde china doll and other older china head dolls. Steiff "Rosl" doll. Worn unmarked 16 in. teddy bear and contemp. Steiff bear. Moon Mullins (unstrung) doll. Unused penwipe dolls. Some doll clothes. Children's books, paper dolls and coloring books. Cast iron horse and sulky and pair of firewagons. Kolner Mercedes Benz.
STERLING desk accessories, misc. flatware and occasional dishes. Assortment of old coin silver spoons. Sheffield plate 3-pce. tea set. Good old silverplate serving trays and selection of plated serving pieces. Selection of small decorative boxes. Some marbles. Small display cases for miniatures. PATEK PHILLIPE man's antimagnetic wristwatch (NE987RA). Old costume jewelry. Good ESTATE LINENS and some vintage clothing. Cloisonne and oriental bronze vases. Cloisonne mounted ceramic plaque with children and geese. 13 in. Kayserzin (4061) figural pewter pitcher. English pewter double well inkstand. Gleason and Dixon pewter teapots. Other pewter. Shakespeare mounted Ansonia mantel clock. York, ME 19th c. fireman's helmet.
OLD LIGHTING: Rare Victorian fluid lamp on 9 1/2 in. cast metal and marble base, featuring "Hartford Club" baseball player with bat at the ready. Good student lamp. Sel. of patent finger and other fluid lamps. RR and nautical lamps. Large lot of lighting parts. Victorian girandoles. KPM (#447) lithopane of mother and child. Wall bracket with beaded peacock skirt. OLD DOMESTIC WOODENWARE AND METALWARE: Paint-decorated 19th c. sled, artfully inscribed Wm K. Marsh (Ware, MA). Early mustard-painted water bucket. Old firkin with slide locking lid. Old measures and baskets. Good primitive scoops and utensils. Figural nutcracker. Early cutting boards. Boxed tin spice set. Fireplace hardware and andirons. Snow knockers. Good selection of early architectural iron box locks, mostise locks, door latches, plate latches, forged HL and strap hinges.
GUNS AND SPORTING ITEMS: Parker Bros. 12 ga. double-barreled shotgun, Pat. 1910, Ser.# 239150. Remington 1871 Army rolling block pistol. Bosworth underhammer pistol. 14 ft. Whitehall boat with Old Town spoon oars and Nath'l. Wilson sails. Deer head on carved Victorian walnut mount with gun and hunting horn motif. Black duck and shadow decoys from Jonesport-Beals, ME. Large selection of old wooden handled golf clubs. Collection of old folding knives, jack knives, hunting, seaman's, pruning, pocket, pen and fish knives. Horn and stag-handled examples. Those by Case, Buck, Camillus, NY, etc. Middle Eastern knives. Collection of old straight and safety razors and accessories. Carved tobacco pipes.
OLD PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND MEMORIBILIA: Certain items removed from property belonging to artist Walt Kuhn and his daughter, Brenda, on River Rd., Cape Neddick, ME after her death, some tagged by her indicating ownership by her father. Items include two 10 X 9 1/2 in. pen and ink works, both signed Walt Kuhn, 1932 - one depicting four men drinking and the other a cowboy by his horse; booklet of pencil drawings, some marked WK with 1905 date; 6 1/2 X 8 in. photo of a group of artists, wives and others in Paris, 1925, including Kuhn, Cecil Howard, Picasso, Manclair (?), and Jo Davidson. 1912 Grafton Galleries 2nd Post-Impressionist Exhib. Catalogue and another. Mid-19th c. red Mexican military uniform jacket, thought to have been worn by one of Kuhn's models in a painting; assortment of plaster and clay sculpting tools; folding metal and canvas stool used by Kuhn for outside sketching and painting; two canes of Kuhn's. Other works: Miniature painting on porcelain (?) of Vict. lady. Julian Rix coastal woodland w/c. Herbert Waters woodblock print. Small 1870 German landscape o/c and another 9 X 12 in. European landscape o/c with people. Various other decorative works. 19th c. John Bunyan in Bedford Jail and Bunyan's Pilgrim engravings. N. Currier's Awful Explosion…on Board The Steam Frigate, Princeton…1844. Two sketch books of well done pencil impressions of Maine and elsewhere kept by one Amelia Barker from 1897-1913.
ESTATE BOOKS, PAPER AND PHOTOGRAPHY: 1871 Mass. Atlas, Eleven Gibson Books in Two Volumes. J. Howe's (Boston) Shipwrecks of December, 1839. Signed R.E. Byrd's Little America. Scouting books. Wide selection of estate books. Good old travel paper, including brochures, maps , menus, ship lists, etc. from an early 20th c. world tour. 1818 Newburyport insurance policy for merchant sloop West Indies cargo. Old mining and railroad stock certificates. Framed NH 13th Reg. Vol. Infantry Military Record. 1880 Kansas map. Mounted bronze relief of U.S. Grant. Misc. good old ADVERTISING paper and items, incl. 7 X 3 1/2 ft. framed Beatty-Cole Circus poster, as is. Good trade card album and more.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash or check approved by auctioneer. Mastercard and Visa accepted. Ten percent Buyer's Premium. Descriptions subject to error or omission. Absentee bids accepted. Delivery of larger items available by separate arrangement.
Sale elegantly catered by Carla's Bakery and Café, York Village.
DIRECTIONS: From Interstate Rte. 95, take York exit and follow to Rte 1. Take left on Rte. 1 then 2/10 mi. to Goodwin Building on right.
