FINE & DIVERSE ESTATES AUCTION

FINE & DIVERSE ESTATES AUCTION 

Sunday March 26th, 2023  at 11am 

Live in Rehoboth MA & Online via Liveauctioneers.com & Invaluable.com

 Preview:  Live in Rehoboth: March 23-25 (Thurs/Fri/Sat.) from 10-4 pm & Sunday March 26^th from 9-11 – Also by Appointment

FINE ART:  Nautical related - Graham Flight (2); Large ship portrait sgd. Teodor Valenkamph 1893; Reginald Nickerson - Whaling; Nantucket Whaleship “Argo”; CJ Guise (2); WS Barrett; G. Esposito; G. Macey (2); etc. Plus - 15 Clemente Micarelli works incl. Beach scenes, Boxer, Gymnast collage, Portraits, Nudes, etc.; Guy Wiggins – NY snow scene; Hayley Lever (2); Robert Roark – Chatham; C. Vermoske; Nantucket paintings by Hayley Lever (2), David Lazarus (3), JB Reid (2), DR Beer, CA Walker, & John Austin (3); Plus - Wayne Morrell; E. Principato; John R. Reid; M. Hinton; Andr. Malinowski; H. P. Flagg; JJ Pauplis (3); Thirsty Camel bar sign; PRINTS: R.H. Sutton & M. Meredith.

ASIAN ITEMS:   125+ pcs. ex-collection of Helga Wall-Apelt of FL - 30+ antique Buddhas & Ancestors in wood, bronze & iron, Chinese jade objects & figures including nephrite, archaic bronze vessels, daggers, & porcelain items, Yuan Dynasty pottery emperor figure, 6 female mud figures, & more! Superb Chinese gilt silver, enamel, & jade censer; Pr. Chinese rank badges; Mah Jong set; 2 Chinese maps 1655 – Xensi & Xantung by Blaeu; 4 Chinese pith paintings; Marble & cloisonne elephant candlesticks; 2 early carved & gilt Chinese altar cornices; Fine carved bone Japanese netsukes & sets of figurines; Makoto Yabe art pottery saki set; .

DECOYS:  About 40 - Rare Charles Perdew of Ill. sleeping mallard; Elliston of Ill. Blue bill & G. Barto canvasback; Goldeneye by K. Chadwick of MV; Chesapeake Bay canvas backs; R. Innis mallard; G. Strunk & RC Mitchell carvings; 5 tin shore birds; Antique Brant & geese decoys; Several Starr Collection decoys; Large lots of old wood decoys; Flying Canada Goose after Crowell; 1930’s duck stamps & later framed duck prints.

SCRIMSHAW & RELATED:  15+ whales teeth, most w/scrimshaw; Whale tooth inkstand & pr. bookends; Whale bone swift & fine sailor-made captain’s canes incl. kings head, sword cane, lady’s leg, etc; Nantucket baskets incl. 11 graduated trays on cherry candlestand by Arlene Hardy 1998, Capt. Thomas basket & Cifranic 22” Nantucket tray; 1866 busk sgd. Matson; Sailor made implements, fids, dry goods scoop, jagging wheels; Hat rack w/sperm whale; whale bone screwdriver, cask measure & seamer; 2 rum dippers; Sailor made boxes; Whale bone tobacco tampers & 2 dominoes sets;  Whale vertebrae.

NAUTICAL:  56” antique Fresnel light w/offering box from Seaman’s Bethel NY; 2 antique ship’s wheels; 8 half-hull models by Riley of ME & others; Snowden of Boston ship model; 4 Seashell sailor Valentines; Early Salem compass by Emery & Sextant; Sheet metal ship weathervane & quill pen vane; 3 Whale plaques by K. Beckenhaupt; Lincoln Ceeley whale whirligig; Whaling tools & killing lance; USS Virginia fog horn 1898; Admiral Fitzroys oak barometer; Binnacle; Ship lanterns.

MILITARY & WEAPONS:  Antique bronze 16” cannon; Civil War items – 2 Surgeon’s cased field kits; Wood crutch from Pvt. Rufus Allen, 1^st MA Cavalry, Leather pouch & belt, brass corps badges, CSA buttons & epaulets, 2 Cavalry swords by Ames Model 1860, Model 1850 Foot Officer’s sword engr. Capt. AD Hatch sgd. HN Daggett, Cased bicorn hat & belt, Re-enactment uniforms, more. Also: Springfield Muskets incl. 1873 Trapdoor; Flintlock 58 cal. naval boarding musket ca 1820; Colt Baby Dragoon pocket pistol; Target rifle by DM Varney, VT ca 1860; Bowie knives; Belgian shotgun w/carved dog head; Fine ca. 1820 American eagle head sword; Ca. 1810 French heavy Cuirassiers sword stamped Versailles; WW2 - Five WWII era German photo albums of soldiers, Sea Pilot School, etc; German bakelite bunker lantern; Leather Kriegsmarine jacket; German MP38/40 ammo pouches; 12 ft. Nazi banner; US airplane bubble sextant; British commando knife; Japanese captured flag w/GI photo; WWI items incl. FB Rose minesweeper wood trunk; 240+ German vintage military medals, patches & Lufthansa life vest belonging to Siegfried Wettin, commando;

JEWELRY & SILVER:  Tiffany Wave Edge sterling water pitcher & round tray & serving pcs; Russian imperial silver box with mammoth ivory panels; G. Jensen flatware in Acorn & Cactus; Rococo pitcher by Bailey, Banks, Biddle; Superb Chinese gilt silver, enamel and jade censer; Rare English silver & bone “lady’s leg” button hook; 1804 Geo. III teapot; 3 pc. fancy Continental tea set; Wallace Grand Baroque; Set 12 by Lunt “Eloquence” pattern & Towle “Silver Flutes”; Kirk “Repousse”; Wood & Hughes tray & Shiebler fish knives in American Beauty;  Rare .900 embossed carafe;  8 Mint Julep cups; 2 sets place card holders; 22 Chinese & other silver Napkin rings; Taller Borda (H. Aguilar) Mexican silver Aztec pattern serve pcs; JEWELS: 2 Rolex watches; 2 gold lady’s pocket watches; Identified DAR 14k medals; Jack Gutschneider 14k seaweed bracelet; Spratling silver brooch w/amethyst; Many lots of solid gold rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings; 8 bangles 20k gold; Cameo brooches w/gold frames; Silver & Victorian jewelry.

FURNITURE, CLOCKS & ORIENTAL RUGS: 2 antique tall clocks, English inlaid & Chippendale mahogany w/Elite works; China Trade trunks; Multi-drawer cabinet; Henkel Harris sideboard; Dine table & 8 painted chairs; Period furniture – Highboy w/Chinoiserie décor, linen press, butler desk, southern chests. ORIENTAL RUGS: Antique & vintage carpets of all types – fine 14 x 11 Mahal; Kazak, Oushak, Sarouk, Heriz, Tabriz, Bidjar, Chinese, etc.; 150+ Hali Oriental rug & textile magazines.

MISCELL:  20” Leopoldina Railway bronze sign; Bronze & iron garden statues; 18^th C. carved wood lyre-form cornice; Nantucket and Cape Cod wood trade signs; Fine micro-mosaic 11” tray w/9 floral medallions; Native American snowshoes; PHOTOGRAPHY: Five ½ plate daguerreotypes, many tintypes & Ambrotypes w/various subjects – black mammy & families, soldier, etc; Algernon Badger CW veteran archival photo lot; Sensenich wood plane propeller; 30 Nantucket related books.