Yankee Estate Sales

MNEMONIC

Thirty days hath September,

April, June and November.

Unless a leap year is its fate,

February hath twenty-eight.

All the rest hath 3 days more 

excepting January

which hath six thousand,

one hundred eighty four.

              B. Bilston (UK)

Yes, January seems a very long month.  And FINALLY the calendar says we have reached its last weekend.  (insert Drum Roll here)...And with this calendar event comes the ESTATE SALE YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!  Pure, unadulterated contents of an Orleans home whose ancestors and family include a famous artist, a woman with an avant garde personality and a clan of descendants with their own set of Cape Cod traditions.  It has been extremely rewarding to work with this home's contents, discover the treasures and the provenance relayed and especially find variety and high caliber throughout.  Yankee Estate Sales looks forward to your attendance January 27 & 28.  If you've been waiting patiently for a sale to break the winter doldrums, THIS IS IT!!!

WILLIAM MACLEAN - Noted artist for winter landscape etchings, paintings exhibited at Penn. Academy of Fine Arts, Salmagundi Club and Bucks County Group, New Hope PA, art editor of American Legion Magazine, AKA 'Bill MacLean' comic strips for King Features - the family collection of his work will be offered and includes oil landscapes and still lifes, miniatures, noted winter scene etchings, watercolors, MacLean ephemera documenting comics, artwork for War Dept, family correspondence; ALSO - Over 100 Parian & glazed character mugs of Presidential facades designed and commissioned by MacLean;  OTHER ART WORKS by Wm. Heaslip, Wm. Aylward oil on paper of clipper ship, A.Y. Jackson prints, many other framed and unframed items.

ANTIQUES - Late 18THC New Hampshire cherry case tall clock with rocking ship dial, Hepplewhite chest, spindle leg dropleaf, prismed Astral lamp (electrified), Pair very fine Chinese cloisonne candle sconces with ornate gilt metal frames, 19thC. walnut, slate & ebonized clocks, Mt. Washington/Pairpoint biscuit jar, American primitives incl. butter churn, spinning wheel, mulitdrawer spice box, Victorian whimsies and more.

FURNISHINGS - Shaker style cherry hutch & server, dropleaf harvest table, set 6 birdcage Windsor chairs, ship's wheel coffee table, gold chenille full length sofa, Queen spindled headboard bed, Country French dress & tall chest, floor standing jewelry chest, Gov. Winthrop desk, MCM teak side board and end table, glass top dining table and console with ornate metal bases, contemporary baker's rack. vintage beadboard storage chest, Tartan upholstered settee, small cedar chest, oak breakfront, many DIY project cupboards, tables & more.

ACCESSORIES - Cast iron doorstops, Spelter clock toppers incl. Ben Franklin, ship's porthole framed clocks, Art Pottery, Continental & English porcelains, Set Wedgwood "Strawberry Hill" china, Coalport coffee set, bone china teacups, Royal Doulton tobies, Royal Worcester Evesham, many avian theme items, Asian ceramics, kitchenware, old tools, garden tools, ceramic birdbath & feeders, bed & bath linens, ladies clothing & accessories, knick knacks galore!

DON'T MISS!!! - Horse size Meadowbrook style two-wheel cart in fine usable condition, Stoneware sculpture of two horse heads; Jupiter Tenor saxophone & Yamaha alto saxophone both with cases, Hallet-Davis spinet piano, vintage steel drum from Grenada, harmonicas; Christmas decor, sewing machines, telescopes and a large VERY NICE collection of fine & costume jewelry!!!