“Maine’s Best Auction Experience”

Kaja Veilleux • Phone 207-354-8141 • Fax 207-354-9523
www.thomastonauction.com

2015 Fall Feature Auction of Fine Art & Antiques

FEATURING OVER 1200 LOTS
TO BE SOLD IN TWO SESSIONS

Saturday, November 14, 2015 - 11:00 AM
Sunday, November 15, 2015, 11:00 AM

Preview
9 AM - 5 PM Monday, November 9th, thru Friday, November 13th,
and 9 - 11 AM on Auction Days

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Fine oil painting by Frederick Judd Waugh (NJ/MA, 1861-1940) • 1640 Printing of the King James Bible • Very Rare Sevres Tea Cup & Saucer • Rare Japanese Sword, signed by Kiyomitsu, Osafune, Bizen, dated 1533 • Outstanding ship portraits by John Stobart, Samuel Walters, William Stubbs and Antonio Jacobsen • Over 175 lots of Native American items • Collection of 18 German Mauser Rifles • Four Tiffany signed lamps • Carousel Horse attr. To C. W. Parker • Collection of 27 Music Boxes incl. Symphonian Mikado. • Historically Important “Writing Quill “ Weathervane & Trade sign • Over 200 lots of Fine Art, incl. Robert Henri, Friedel Dzubas, Eric Hopkins, & Franklin Briscoe • Wurlitzer Style AA Concert Harp and 1928 Steinway BG Piano • 9 Tall Clocks, incl. T. Chandler & Solomon Parke. • Over 150 lots of American, European and Asian furniture • Sterling silver incl. 1854 Tiffany Sterling Pitcher • Over 50 Fine Antique Carpets • Over 50 Lots of Estate Jewelry • Collection of Early Textiles and Tapestries

SAMUEL WALTERS (UK, 1811-1882) - The Ship ‘Roger Stewart’, oil on canvas, laid to masonite, 31" x 48". est. $25000 - $35000

Federal Period Mahogany Tall Case Clock by Timothy Chandler (1762-1848), of Concord, NH. 91" tall. est. $10000 - $15000
 

Saloon Music Box, Symphonian “Mikado” Vertical 24½" Disc Music Box, circa 1898, coin operated. One of 27 music boxes being offered. est. $6000 - $8000

19th c. Carved and Painted Carousel Horse, attributed to C.W. Parker, roughly 48" x 48" x 12". est. $5000 - $7500
 
  • Sliced Watermelon, oil on cotton sheeting, signed 'M. Fair' & dated '06, 18" x 23". est. $1000 - $1500
  • ROBERT HENRI (NY/PA, 1865-1929) - Summer Villa (Bergamo?), oil on chamfered panel, signed and dated 1925, 10" x 13". est. $7000 - $9000
  • Mid 19th c. Steamboat Pilothouse Eagle, Carved and Gold Painted Full Body Eagle, 19" tall. est. $2000 - $3000
  • 1640 Barker Printing of the King James Version (KJV) Bible, known as the last and best of the "Black Letter" editions. est. $15000 - $25000
  • 19th c. Gilded Tin Weathervane in the form of a Writing Quill, plus Trade Sign from same location. est. $10000 - $20000
  • Circa 1854 Tiffany & Co. Pitcher celebrating the naming of Isaac Stevens as the first Governor of the Washington Territory. est. $3000 - $5000
  • ATTR. TO CHARLES WILLSON PEALE (MA/PA, 1741-1838) - Miniature Portrait of John Fishbourne Mifflin (1759-1813), oil on ivory, and dated 1782. est. $4000 - $6000
  • HOWARD PYLE SCHOOL - "Custer's Last Stand", oil on canvas, almost identical to N.C. Wyeth's 1932 Lucky Strike magazine ad, 17" x 48". est. $35000 - $40000
  • Art Pottery Grueby Vase with ovoid body and long neck, 15 3/4" x 8 3/4". est. $3000 - $5000
  • BERNARD LANGLAIS (ME/NY, 1923-1977) - Horses in Corral, carved and stained bas relief wood assemblage, 20" x 35 3/4". est. $3000 - $5000
  • Antique Serapi Carpet, Northwest Persia, 10'10" X 14 1/2' . One of over 50 carpets in auction. est. $8000 - $12000
  • Northern Plains Indian Keel Pipe carved from black steatite stone with kalinite and lead geometric inlay. est. $3000 - $4000
  • Late 19th c. N.A. Tomahawk. Forged Iron Trade Hatchet Head with folded eye and applied turned bowl, willow stem. est. $4000 - $6000
  • French Art Glass Long Stem Galle Vase, signed, 19" tall. est. $3000 - $5000
  • Federal Period Mahogany Tall Case Clock by Timothy Chandler (1762-1848), of Concord, NH. 91" tall. est. $10000 - $15000
  • Federal Period Tall case Clock in Cherry, made by Solomon Parke & Co, Philadelphia, 146 No. 2nd St, (active 1797-1801). 102" tall. est. $5000 - $10000
  • Large Soft Paste Liverpool Wedding Pitcher made for Henry R. and Eliza Curtis, circa 1800, 11" tall. est. $2000 - $3000
  • Tiffany Studios Acorn Leaded Glass Lamp Shade & Bronze Base model 531, both signed. One of four Tiffany lamps being offered. est. $10000 - $15000
  • Bavarian Carved Wooden Hat Rack with a spreadwing eagle, 44" x 15" x 5". est. $1000 - $2000
  • American Oak Church Lectern in the form of an eagle, 67" x 25" x 24". est. $3000 - $4500
  • FRANK VINING SMITH (MA, 1879-1970) - Ocean Liner 'Del Brasil', oil on canvas, signed and dated 1940, 29" x 39". est. $6000 - $8000
  • CARL KAUBA (Austria/US, 1865-1922) - "War", cold painted cast bronze on a stone base, signed, 27" tall. est. $7000 - $9000
  • IMERO GOBBATTO (ME, 1923-2010) - Winter Lighthouse in Maine, oil on canvas, signed, 20" x 24". est. $8000 - $10000
  • 48" Salesman's Sample of Old Town Canoe, with sky blue painted hull. est. $2000 - $4000
  • ERIC HOPKINS (ME, 1951 - ) - "Granite Passage #6", monumental gouache with pastel on paper, signed and titled, 22" x 30". est. $8000 - $12000
  • Set of 6 Period Chippendale Mahogany Chairs, circa 1800, probably Boston. est. $5000 - $7000
  • FREDERICK JUDD WAUGH (NJ/MA, 1861-1940) - "Gloucester Harbor at Dusk", oil on canvas, signed and dated 1910, 20" x 30". est. $20000 - $30000
  • SAMUEL WALTERS (UK, 1811-1882) - The Ship 'Roger Stewart', oil on canvas, laid to masonite, 31" x 48". est. $25000 - $35000
  • GEORGE M. HATHAWAY (ME, 1852-1903) - Ship's Portrait of the Steam Ferry "Forest Queen", of Rockland, Maine. Oil on board, signed, 17" x 23". est. $2000 - $3000
  • Extremely Scarce Letter from author William Faulkner (1897-1962) in response to a University student, expounding on the subject of LOVE!. est. $10000 - $15000
  • Washington Comitia Americana Silver Table Medal, 1880 issue with cornucopia rim mark, commissioned by Congress and created in Paris by Pierre-Simon-Benjamin Duvivier (1730-1819). est. $4500 - $5000
  • Rare First English Edition Book "Ulysses" by James Joyce, published for The Egoist Press, London, by John Rodker, Paris, 1922, no. 1034 of 2000. est. $4000 - $6000
  • ANTONIO NICOLO GASPARO JACOBSEN (NY/NJ, 1850-1921) - Portrait of the American Steamer "Lampasas", oil on canvas, signed & dated 1902, 22" x 36". One of two being offered. est. $8000 - $10000
  • JOHN FREDERICK LOOS (Belgium, c. 1861-1895) - Portrait of the American Ship "Servia", oil on canvas, signed & dated 1888, 26" x 39". est. $18000 - $24000
  • 18th c. Belgian Tapestry Commemorative of the Russian Kamchatka Expedition (1725-29), 97" x 76 1/2". est. $10000 - $15000
  • Portsmouth NH Sheraton Card Tables in mahogany with ribbon inlaid upper lid, 30" x 36 1/2" x 17 3/4". est. $3000 - $5000

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U.S. Route 1, PO Box 300, Thomaston, Maine 04861
Phone 207-354-8141 • Fax 207-354-9523

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