December 9, 2012 Auction Highlights

 AUCTION DECEMBER 9, 2012 HIGHLIGHTS

FALL ANTIQUES & DECORATIVE ARTS AUCTION

CLOCKS & WATCHES: Eleven clock and watch lots to include a 19th French Denier Gilt bronze & bronze figural mantle clock, SOLD $1,437 19th Bronze mounted inlaid Empire pillar mantle clock. Assorted lot of 7 period pocket watches ( Hamilton US Navy "deck" watch, Waltham 8 day automobile watch, etc). 

Waltham men's 14kt gold open face pocket watch, Woman's Elgin Hunter's case gold pocket watch.

Large Black Forest carved cuckoo clock with carved fox, bird and grapes, bone or ivory hands. SOLD $660 Two chrystal regulator clocks (one with curved sides). Empire Pillar clock. Waterbury carriage clock. Pressed oak Victorian with portrait of President Taft. 14 kt yellow gold Lord Elgin man's wrist watch.  

MILITARY: 16h/17th c Close Hemet with Cross of Lorraine mark, probably French or German, miniature iron armor. 

SOLD $3,910

 1800   Unmarked rifle (German?, possibly Confederate, as found).

Officer's Dress Sword "Bent & Bush, Boston, MA". SOLD $287 Japanese tachi-do-nimai-tosei gusoku (Edo period, 17th/18th c Samurai uniform and Mempo (mask).

 WWII German items: Luftwaffe Paratrooper's badge, Luftwaffe Transport & Glider Squadron clasp with pendant, Luftwaffe Heavy, Medium Dive Bombers Squadron clasp, Luftwaffe Day Fighter clasp, Luftwaffe Crossed Swords clasp marked G.H. Osang Dresden. WWII German Paratrooper's Gravity knife (thumb lock missing) (Paul Weyersberg & Co, Solingen/Rostfrei), German Arm band with center pin, paper lable (RMZ) and Cufftitle Herman Goring Cufftitle and

Luftwaffe Pilot's Badge       SOLD $374

FISHING: Early fishing tackle box with contents to include several lures ( South Bend Surf-Oreno in box, Chub Creek Bait Co. lure, Meisselbacj Takapart #480 Reel in box, Meisselbach Tripart Casting Reel in box. Flies, hooks, weights, etc. SOLD  $1,150

ORIENTAL: 2 Chinese Qing Dynasty Huanghuali wood Brush pots.

SOLD $3,950

Japanese tachi-do-nimai-tosei gusoku (Edo period, 17th/18th c Samurai uniform). Oriental blue & white bottle vase, signed. 4 Oriental teakwood stands with marble insert tops, 19th boxed Chinese carved Ivory fan, 2 Japanese Sumida Gawa pottery pieces, Carved Chinese white jade pendant, Chinese Famille Rose vase, Chinese Republic period Famille Rose large bottle vase, Chinese Export bowl with unusual motifs.Chinese yellow glazed porcelain bottle vase, Chinese 19th carved hardwood brush pot,  Lui Haisu (Chinese 1896-1994) brush scroll painting. Meiji Japanese Satsuma Dragon tea set with early mark.

PAINTINGS & BRONZE: Signed Spanish German silver sculpture of Don Quixote & Sancho Panza.

 SOLD  $1,035

Two  Paul Puzinas (Latvian/America 1907-1967) landscapes. Large full figure of Civil War period oil on canvas. Pair 19th c American School itinerant artist portraits of husband and wife. SOLD $1,121

18th C. European landscape attributed to Jean Baptiste Sarrazin (18th French). 

Detailed European School woman and sleeping child in ornate  gold gilt frame. SOLD $690

William Paskell Rockport Harbor and country landscape paintings (Wm Paskell 1866-1951). Two Theodore Carl Valenkamph (1868-1924) nautical oils. Two Vivian Forsythe Porter (1880-1982). Delightful oil with two young girls fishing with their dog by Rowland Wheelwright (1870-1955) SOLD$920

Three signed Mary R. Grace paintings including Vineyard Haven (Martha's Vineyard), Oronzo Gaspara chalk & charcoal portrait painting. William Henry Chandler (Am 1854-1928) pastel landscape painting.

GLASS, POTTERY & PORCELAIN: Three piece decanter lot includes a 19th English deep green cut glass port decanter,  cobalt blue cut glass decanter and deep amber bottle vase. 

Rare large (21")  French Aesthetic Movement art pottery floor vase, incised  decoration impressed Bouvier 1872(Laurent Bouvier (1840-1901). SOLD $2,415 Art Figural Musterschutz figural porcelain humidor and Bohemian ruby cut to clear decanter set. Cobalt decorated stoneware.Doulton Burstem Gloive De Dijo flow blue pedestal, Collection of Royal Vienna (beehive mark) porcelain portrait cabinet plates (all artist signed),  ...All plates sold between $720-$920 each)

                           SOLD $920

                           SOLD $776

18" Brunswick pattern signed Hawkes vase,  cut glass ice bucket with sterling rim, beautifully Russian cut glass decanter SOLD $400, American Brilliant Libbey "Empress"cut glass piano vase.

HISTORICAL & EPHEMERA, ETC: Andrew Jackson signed Ship's paper, signed William Howard Taft appointment of Postmaster (Plymouth, Ohio 1911), Signed Andrew Johnson document 1866, signed Chester Arthur document 1882, Theodore Roosevelt signed letter 1913, signed James Monroe/John Adams document 1823,                                  SOLD $1,550signed Signed handwritten Abraham Lincoln letter 1863, SOLD $5,750 signed letter by Oliver Wendall Holmes scheduling a speaking engagement at a library in East Boston 1865. Signed land sale document Thomas Jefferson & James Madison (Secretary of State) 1807 SOLD $2,645, signed Woodrow Wilson letter 1912. Two menus (1901, Glasgow) for John Philip Sousa and his Band (multiple signatures). Signed letter  then Senator John F. Kennedy 1956. Warren G. Harding signed check for $502.50 to American Express 1909. Lot of early deeds, etc late 1700's - mid/late 1800's of Bristol County, MA. 1865 New York National Guard appointment signed by Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th President (1837-1908), dated February 6th, 1883.  

Large book  (20" x 29") "Sample Plan Book from the Emery Record Preserving Co, Taunton, Mass. Blue prints, plot plans and important maps. 1) "Panoramo fo the Seat of War" Bird's Eye View of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware and the District of Columbia.

 Published John Bachman, 1864, Charles Magnus. 2) "Battles of Mexico. Survey of the Line of Operations of teh US Army under command of Major General Winfield Scott...19th & 20 August................13th September 1847". 3) Edgartown Harbor. Survey of teh Coast of the United States. A.D. Bache 1848. 4) Harbor of New London under the direction of F.R. Hassler and A.D. Bailey, superintendents of the survey of the coast of the US. 

19th c Whaling piece--carved ivory scrimshaw Seam Rubber. 19th Whaling coconut dipper with ivory highlights, 

SOLD $891

STERLING SILVER, PEWTER & COINS: Gorham heavy sterling bowl in Chippendale pattern               SOLD $518, William IV silver castle top snuff box,sterling flatware and mixed lots. 53 piece Reed & Barton "Dancing Floweres" flatware set (54 pieces). Watson sterling flatware "Lotus" pattern (42 pieces). Pewter plate with touchmarks (Thomas Badger, Boston 1737-1815).  Reed & Barton "Francis 1st" pattern sterling flatware lots(51 pieces, 90 pieces & 114 pieces) Lots SOLD between $2,300 - $4,715, 54 piece Rogers "Sculptured Beauty" pattern sterling silver flatware, 16" American deep dish pewter charger, 

SOLD $375

Northwest coast engraved silver or metal spoon, Kayserzinn pewter pitcher #4061.  Lot of 52 silver half dollars  & 3 silver dollars. Lot of 50 silver dimes, 82 silver quarters & 24 misc coins. Lot of "States of the Union Series Medals" and 31 bills (silver certificate & brown mark), including 6 fractional bills.   REED & BARTON FRANCIS 1ST , 3 lots. Misc sterling lots SOLD between $805 - $1,552.

Coin Lots SOLD between $747 - $1,093.

ORIENTAL RUGS: 18' x 9' palace size Heriz palace size carpet, Roomsize Sarouk, Kazak scatter rug.

Shirvan  and Persian "Tree of Life" scatter rugs SOLD $1,035. 

 JEWELRY: 1ct oval diamond ring, 1ct DWT custer ring, 3 stone diamond ring, two diamond solitaires.

SOLD $1,265

Several mixed gold jewelry lots to include several rings, chains, bracelets and pins, etc. Gold charm bracelet (10kt, 14kt & 18kt).  SOLD $2,700

Victorian silver tussie mussie posey or nosegay holder, 1890 European silver filigree necklace cross. 

LIGHTING: Art Deco spelter nude figural lamp with Czech art glass shade. Brass 4 arm brass chandelier with original etched glass shades. 

 POOL CUES:  Ten fine original pool cues to include....Palmer Model 20 Ebony Supreme,                              SOLD $2,127  Palmer Model 16 Ebony Revers Splice, Palmer Model J Custom & Standard Ebony Reverse Splice,

Palmer Model D Four Point Splice blue rings, Palmer Model D Four Point Splice black rings, Brunswick Model 204 Ivory Detail & Spliced Shaft, two Palmer Model 5(including one refurbished by Parul Rubino)Brunswick Hoppe Professional 1940, Brunswick Hoppe Professional 1950, Sampio Portugal checkered handle ivory detail and Sampio Portugal fancy turned handle. All cues rated by Paul Rubino (NY).  

FURNITURE: Fine Federal Tiger Maple chest with 4 graduated drawers with scratch beaded details and inlayed decoration. Two Sets of 6 custom English Chippendale dining room chair sets. Philadelphia Chippendale style carved arm chair with presentation "Given by the Students of Radcliffe College to Christina Hopkinson Baker, Acting Dean 1920-21", heavily carved with Drake foot. Barrister back arm chair, rush seat. Country Sheraton one drawer stand, Sandwich knobs. Period Queen Anne side chair (loss).

Louis XV style ormolu and marqetry vitrine. 

TOYS: Rare German tin wind-up Zeppelin-Luftschiffe and Marklin Farman tin and celluloid bi-plane with original instructions and parts.                                             SOLD $20,700 German tin lithograph "Hessmobile" car with front crank lever and 2 riders             SOLD $2,243,

SOLD $5,175 German tin litho open touring car. Cinematographe Optical toy (complete, original box, France 1895). Lehmann tine litho clockwork "Halloh" motocycle (original in box). SOLD $5,635. Tin and plexi toy bi-plane. German bisque head doll #149. German Parian doll china head with molded blonde hair                SOLD $776.Two Schoenhut circus elephants and horse. Schoenhut Naval War Toy (in box) and Dreadnaught Battleship Building (American Toys). Hubley cast iron lot to include horse drawn Police Patrol, horse drawn Fire Pumper, Ribbed Engine Fire ladder truck and train engine (need restoration). Two Big Victory cannon tin litho toys. Antique carousel horse, Wolverine Litho tin Sand Crane (1915).  McLoughlin Bros 
"Soldiers on Parade" card board figures boxed toy.  1913 "Game of Boys Scouts" board game (McLoughlin Bros) and "Boys Scouts. Company B" stand up card figures game. Britain soldier sets. Sulfide marble and large swirl marbles. 

 MICS, COUNTRY & EARLY BOTTLES: 19th French baroque D Salzar cased violin with Bausch bow,                           SOLD $747  1 gallon cobalt blue bird stoneware jug, West Troy cobalt blue chicken decoration one gallon stoneware jug,                    SOLD $630 Cobalt leaf decorated stoneware storage jar and crock, Antique oak machinist chest with tools signed H Gerstner & Sons, Antique Brass & Iron 27" balance scale. Scrimshaw ivory seam rubber, Victorian wax floral wreath diorama in oval Victorian walnut frame, 1920's beaded and lace Flapper dress. New Hampshire needlework sampler 1851, Atlantic Motor Oil banner and 2 porcelain enamel MA license plates. Elevated Railrod Operator uniform jacket, cap and manual. Orignal case (12 bottles) Chateau Lafite /Rothschild vintage 1980                    SOLD $3,565, Collection of Wooden butter stamps with eagles, lamb, deer, SOLD $300 fish and sheep.

 Early 19th wooden Pennsylvania cake board. Blue painted wooden butter churn, Blue painted Ohio wooden handle carrier tray (Shaker style),                                 SOLD $2,875 

SOLD $605Keene New Hampshire Pitkin broken swirl pint flask in green, SOLD $863 19th Whaling coconut dipper with ivory highlights, Clarke's 25 cents Vegetable Sherry Wine bitters bottle in aqua.