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Sunday   JUNE 25, 2017   2:00pm

GENERAL ESTATES AUCTION

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Previews: Friday June 23rd & Saturday June 24th  2:00pm-6:00pm

Sunday June 25th 12:00am to 2:00pm Start 

 Featuring an eclectic mix of interestng pieces from local homes and estates to include antique furnitue, paintings & prints, antique lightning rods, silver, lighting, pottery, glass, textiles, military, rugs, dolls, clocks, whale bone pieces, early books, African antelope antler mounts, etc. 

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COINS, WHALING, ANTIQUES & ART SUMMER AUCTION

SUNDAY....JULY 16, 2017.....1:00pm

Previews: Friday July 14th & Saturday July 15th  2pm-6pm

Sunday July 16th 11am-1pm Start

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  LOG BOOK/ WHALING SHIP "METEOR" Sailing fron Groton/Mystic, Connecticut 1841-1844:

Log book contains entries from two voyages of the Meteor in 122 pages with 67 whale stamps.  Voyage One...May 5, 1841- May 7, 1842. Returned with 100 barrels of sperm whale oil and 2,300 barrels of whale oil. Master Austn M. Lester. Voyage Two...July 25, 1842-March 26, 1844.  Returned with 2,000 barrels of whale oil and 17,000pounds of whale bone (baleen). Master William T. Burrows. 

The Meteor was built in Newbury, Massachusetts in 1819. It was sunk on January 9, 1862 in a n effort to block entry to the Charleston, S.C. harbor by blockade runners during the Civil War. 

EARLY NATIVE AMERICAN CHIPED CHERT ARTIFACT: Self handled knife. Ca Paleo Period (approximately 9,000/10,000 years old). Very fine craftmanship. Measures 7 1/2" long x 1 3/8" wide. Rare form with handle. Perhaps Up State New York/Hudson River near Canada. 

MID 19TH C SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH: Large tooth, 7 1/2". Scrimshawed whale tooth with ship and inset image of  Sea Captain? Reverse with polychrome woman in long skirt and shawl (perhaps his wife?) Mounted on wooden base with brass ball feet.

LARGE 19TH C. RUSSIAN PAINTED WOOD ICON: Finely painted with 12 Apostles with the Lord Jesus ascened above. Very detailed polychrome images painted on gold leaf ground. Measures 17" x 14".

100 TROY OUNCE SILVER BAR: Fine Silver .999. Canada Mint.

SEVERAL LOTS OF SILVER & GOLD COINS:

AMERICAN COIN SILVER COFFEE POT: Ca 1830. Robert Keyworth (1795-1856, active 1822-1855). Baluster form, footed,birdbeek spout. Flower and scroll repousee bands, flowerfinial. Robert Keyworth was a Major in the 1st Regiment, D.C. Volunteers. In the 1834 Washington directory, Keyworth was listed as a jeweller and silversmith at the North side of Pennsylvania Avenuebetween 9th and 10th West. He is buried in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. 

PAIRPOINT TABLE LAMP with REVERSE PAINTED PUFFY GLASS SHADE: Rare ribbed Stafford shade in black and pink ground. Flowers and hummingbird decoration. Bronzed metal tripod base with original finish. Rare black painted background edge shade. Good condition.

LONE RANGER #1 JANUARY 1948 FIRST COMIC BOOK: Ca 1948. A Dell Magazine. “The Lone Ranger His Horse Silver and Tonto Begin”. Not graded.  Good condition.

VICTORIAN OAK DENTAL CABINET: Multiple swing drawers. Signed Ranson & Randolph Co, Toledo, Ohio. Measures 57 3/4" tall. 

1512 ALBRECHT DURER ENGRAVING “Coat of Arms with a Lion and a Cock”: Title on front matt. Image 5 inches x 6 ¾ inches. Trimmed.

GERMAN BRASS & WOOD SHIP'S BINNACLE: With Gimball compass #3161. Octagonal wooden bass. Brass plaque "C. Plath. Hamburg". 

CHEERIOS PREMIUM DONALD DUCK/ATOM BOMB POCKET SIZE DISNEY COMIC BOOK: Ca 1947. Walt Disney Productions. A controversial item indeed, this was not reprinted until decades later, and then in altered fashion. In this original story, an atom bomb goes off, the citizens of the town all have their hair fall out, and the opportunistic Donald Duck tries to profit from the disaster by selling hair-growth tonic for $1 a bottle! The story is by Carl Barks,  interior art and a cover by Carl Buettner. 

White's Auction Gallery is located in downtown Middleborough, down a short street from the Middleborough Publice Library, Police station, Fire station and next to two wonderful Middleborough historical museums--The Middleborough Historical Museum (featurung Memorabilia of Lavinia and Tom Thumb and local Middleborough history and famous persons) and The Robbins Museum of Archealogy, established and overseen by the Massachusetts Archaeological Society (featuring Native American cultural history in Massachusetts). GREEN GLAZED REDWARE HANDLED WATER JUG:Double Strap handles, long neck, visible ribs from hand turning, Mottled green glaze in exceptional color. Measures 18" tall.