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 COINS, WHALING, ANTIQUES & ART SUMMER AUCTION

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COINS, WHALING, ANTIQUES

& ART

SUMMER AUCTION

  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 CHIP CARVED CHERT ARTIFACT: Self handled knife. Beleive to be 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:

SIX US MINT 1986 FIFTY DOLLAR ONE OUNCE GOLD COIN: Original boxes, paper work, proof cameo. White’s does not grade coins or currency. Mint sealed with certification.

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. 

3.75 CT DIAMOND SOLITAIRE ENGAGEMENT RING: 14kt white gold setting. Old mine cut. Ring size 5

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.

AMERICAN CLASSICAL THREE-PART BOSTON (Massachusetts) SECRETARY: First quarter of the nineteenth century. Ormolu embellishments on top cornice. Mahogany and Flame mahogany veneer. Fold put writing surface. The large drawers, two small drawers, brass pulls. Double glass doors with arched mullions.



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.

ANDY WARHOL COLOR SCREENPRINT: Andy Warhol (New York, Pennsylvania 1928-1987). “SAS Passenger Ticket” Colored print signed and dated 1968. For the exhibition at the Modema Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.  Full sheet wove paper 27” x 48”. Signed.

LARRY RIVERS SERIGRAPH on PLEXIGLASS POSTER: Screenprint in colors with collage on plexiglass, 1965. Signed and dated in pencil. “DOUBLE FRENCH MONEY or CURRENCY”. Measures 30” x 32”. Larry Rivers (New York 1923-2002), known for modernist pop figure, word image genre painting.   

MAN’S ROLEX DIAMOND RING: 14kt yellow gold setting resembling a watch band. Center with 7 diamonds approximately 3/8 ct. each. Approximately 2 1/2ct total. Ring size 11. Approximately 18.9 grams.

AMERICAN 19^TH CENTURY COUNTRY PRIMITIVE PAINTED YELLOW STEPBACK CUPBOARD: One piece cupboard with open shelves. Three cupboard doors. Old yellow paint. Measures 55 inches wide x 78 inches tall.

J.W. FISKE CAST IRON LAWN JOCKO:  Attributed to JW Fiske, ca 1865. Figure of a young slave boy standing on a bail of cotton. Out stretched arm to hold a lantern (originally a horse hitch). He wears a white shirt, blue pants and is barefoot, 45” tall. Documented history on the Lawn Jockey is solid back to the 1850's, but prior history is based on putting pieces of a puzzle together through eyewitness accounts, legend, and speculation. The trail of puzzle pieces traces the history of the Lawn Jockey back through the Civil War in the 1860's to the Underground Railroad in the 1850's, whenescaping slaves understood then that the jockey statue would guide them to safe stops on  the Underground Railroad and to freedom. Legend dates back to 1776 and has it that George Washington created the first groomsman hitching post, or "Jocko," in honor of the frozen slave, Jocko Graves, in the 1770s. Gen. Washington wanted to mount a surprise attack on a British encampment during the Revolutionary War. Several blacks – slaves and free men – joined the group. A young black man named Tom “Jocko” Graves wanted to fight but Washington said he was too young and asked the boy to hold a lantern for the troops as they crossed the Delaware and frozen to death. Washington was moved by the boy’s dedication and ordered a statue made in his honor. The jockey’s precursor, the “groomsman”, was born in the Old South, Dressed in slave clothes, the groomsman later evolved into its jockey image and became a national figure after World War II. Their precursors, the groomsmen, dressed in slave's clothing, have become sought-after collectibles. Older cast iron statues are difficult to track down today. Old repaint. Surface rust. Loss to one foot.

18^TH C PERSIAN OTTOMAN SILK EMBROIDERY: With Imperial symbol and metallic threads. Measures 69” x 74” inches.



INDIAN JADE COVERED BOX: Ca 20^th century. Square shade. Applied geometric decoration on gold and rend jade ground. Measures 6 ¾ inches x 4 ¼ inches x 2 ¼ inches tall.

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).

GREAT 20^th  C AMERICAN PICTORIAL FIRE PUMPER PEMBROKE HOOKED RUG: Style of Rose Dorothy Hay (Dorchester, MA nun 1882-1975). Features a three horse drawn 19^th century fire pumper with fireman and a whip and the other on back of pumper. Steam or smoke coming out pumper. Full gallop on dirt road. Tan ground with black border. Marked “Pembroke #6”. Ground with surround of smiling faces. Measures 39” x 60”. Mounted on board for hanging. Purchased from “Danny”, made by his aunt.  

GREAT 20^th AMERICAN PICTORIAL CHRISTMAS HOOKED RUG: Style of Rose Dorothy Hoye (Dorchester, MA nun 1882-1975). Signed “Danny McCarthy”. Eight items includes, Windmill, Christmas Tree, Bear, Ball, Elephant, sail boat, drum, Toy soldier on dark blue ground with surround of smiling faces. 60 inches x 39 inches. Framed to be hung on wall. Purchased from “Danny”, made by his aunt.

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.

19^TH DENTIST TREADLE DRILLING MACHINE: Ca late 19^th century. Cast-iron treadle machine, complete with driller unit. Working. 

1987-88 AUTOGRAPHED BASKETBALL by BOSTON CELTICS: Ca 1987-88. Brought at fund raising for Hanson Mass Church fire. Brought by Carroll Gagnon 1988. Signed by Larry bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parrish, Dennis Johnson & etc. Good condition.

ANTIQUE WEATHER VANE LIGHTNING ROD: Ca 19^th/20^th century. Arrow and stars with amethyst glass octagon shape ball.

FEDERAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY CANDLESTICK TELEPHONE: Nickel plated. Good original condition. DESK TOP CRADLE TELEPHONE: “Western Electric 302 1930-1950’s Red “Lucy” Dial Telephone in Bakelite. DESK TOP CRADLE TELEPHONE: Blue Western Electric #302 “Lucy” phone. 1930’s-1950’s Blue Bakelite. Blue color very rare. DESK TOP CRADLE TELEPHONE: Blue Western Electric #302 “Lucy” phone. 1930’s-1950’s Blue Bakelite. Blue color very rare.













J.W. FISKE CAST IRON LAWN JOCKO:  Attributed to JW Fiske, ca 1865. Figure of a young slave boy standing on a bail of cotton. Out stretched arm to hold a lantern (originally a horse). He wears a white shirt, blue pants and is barefoot, 45” tall.