Spectacular Maine Auction
August 22 & 23, 2002 at 10 a.m.
at the Samoset Resort, Rockport, Maine

 

Spectacular Bard Painting
SOLD $145,500!

Outstanding and Rare Four Piece Sterling Russian Tea Set
in the French Manner by Faberge.

SOLD $102,600

Collage of outstanding Indian items

(From left to right): Covered basket: Sold for $575; Hopi Kachina doll: Sold for $780; Birch bark quill-decorated canoe: Sold for $920; Acoma pottery olla: Sold for $1,150; Chippewa fully beaded bandolier bag: Sold for 1,725; Large Acoma pottery olla: Sold for $4,600; Small Eye Dazzler rug: Sold for $920

Sold for $17,250

Important early folk art portrait of a beautiful young woman, circa early 19th century (probably Pennsylvania). Works by this important unknown artist currently hang in the Abbey Aldridge Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, New York State Historical Society and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Untouched. Measures 7" x 9". Our firm sold a smaller portrait by this same artist in 1994.

Painting by Antonio Jacobsen (top left): Sold for $10,350; SFM Badger (top right): Sold for $17,250; "Tuthill King" chair by John H. Belter (left): Sold for $22,425; Laminated rosewood sofa in the "Tuthill King" pattern by John H. Belter: Sold for $63,000 (World Record); Laminated rosewood center table by John H. Belter: Sold for $48,300; Sterling tea and coffee service by Stieff Company: Sold for $8,400

Sampling of some of the many outstanding items to be offered at the August 22nd & 23rd auction. The mid-nineteenth century cigar store figure (possibly by Robb) from a Maine "Redmen Lodge" Sold for $48,875. Superb 18th century ball and talon carved canopy bed Sold for $13,800. A 17th century pilgrim table - American made. (This very table is illustrated in Nutting's book on Colonial furniture). Extraordinary mid-nineteenth century Hessian soldier whirligig in original surface; removed from a Maine attic where it had been in a chest for nearly 100 years Sold for $5,750. Pair of early 19th century portraits. Outstanding pair of figural antique cast iron andirons; "Uncle Sam-esque" faces in the form of a crescent moon Sold for $5,175.

Sold for $2,160

Wallace Nutting

Sold for $1,955

Sold for $4,140

Attr. to A.D. Shattuck

Sold for $4,600

Set of early bow-back Windsor sidechairs.

Sold for $9,200

Charles Torrey

Sold for $2,875

Sold for $2,242.50

Sold for $4,312.50

1940 Ford Woody Deluxe in original unrestored condition.

Sold for $24,150

Sold for $140,000

Important oil on canvas seascape by William Trost Richards. (canvas size 32" x 58") Descended in one family. Dated 1897.

Sold for $9,200

 

Sold for $13,800

Thomas Hill

Sold for $51,750

Sold for $23,575

Sold for $10,350

 

Sold for $2,587.50

Sold for $2,300

Portrait of children on the beach by Edward Percy Moran.

Sold for $23,000

Selection of fine nautical items to be offered include

Rare Davis quadrant: Sold for $1,840;

18th century whaling log: Sold for $7,475

Sold for $9,200

Extraordinary 19th century elk horn parlor suite (sofa & 6 sidechairs). Constructed entirely of genuine elk horn w/ carved dogs' heads at the top.

Antonio Jacobsen

Sold for $10,350

Sold for $2,300

Emile Gruppe

Sold for $14,375

Stephen Etnier

Sold for $9,200

Bernard Karfoil

Sold for $9,775

Frederick Waugh

Sold for $5,980

Frederick Mulhaupt

Sold for $6,440

Emile Gruppe

Sold for $14,950

Unsigned

Sold for $4,025

Emile Gruppe

Sold for $6,612.50

Gary Niblett

Sold for $11,787.50

SFM Badger

Sold for $17,250

Harry Jackson

Sold for $2,587.50

Sold for $3,162.50

Sold for $4,887.50

Sold for $8,400

Sold for $2,587.50

Sold for $23,575

Sold for $1,955

Sold for $1,840

Sold for $1,092.50

ADM Cooper

Sold for $13,800

Whaling Log

Sold for $7,475

Thomas Moran

Sold for $55,200

Sold for $2,875

Fraces Kughler

Sold for $9,200

Walter Baum

Sold for $12,650

W T Richards

Sold for $34,500

Sold for $3,737.50

Sold for $2,242.50

Unsigned

Sold for $2,875

 

Gustave Wiegand

Sold for $3,737.50

Hugo Fisher

Sold for $4,312.50

John Carlson

Sold for $6,900

Emile Gruppe

Sold for $10,925

Charles Gruppe

Sold for $11,212.50

 

Sold for $5,750

Extraordinary 19th C Hessian soldier whirligig in original finish and patina. Recently found in a Hallowell, Maine attic. An outstanding piece!

Unsigned

 

Sold for $3,737.50

Sold for $63,000 (World Record)

Laminated rosewood sofa in the "Tuthill King" pattern by John H. Belter.
One of a huge estate collection of outstanding rare Victorian furniture and accessories.

Sold for $48,300

Laminated rosewood center table by John H. Belter.

Sold for $21,275

Outstanding center table attri. to Alexander Roux.

Sold for $6,612.50

Recamier in the "Stanton Hall" pattern by J.& J. Meeks.

Sold for $6,612.50

Sofa in the "Stanton Hall" pattern by J.& J. Meeks.

Sold for $3,737.50

Sold for $5,462.50

Sold for $4,600

Armchair in the "Stanton Hall" pattern by J&J Meeks.

Sold for $6,037.50

Sold for $22,425

"Tuthill King" by John H. Belter

Sold for $6,325

 

Sold for $7,475

"Tuthill King" by John H. Belter.

Sold for $2,875

Sold for $6,900

"Tuthill King" by John H. Belter.

Sold for $1,725

Sold for $48,875

19th C carved Cigar Store Indian recently removed from a "Redman" lodge in Maine.