Fantastic two-day on-site estate auction, Lyme NH

Outstanding Two-Day On-Site Estate Auction

The Donald and Mary Carmichael Estate

 Hardscrabble Lane, Lyme, NH

Thursday, July 30^th 2015 & Friday, July 31^st 2015

Commencing at 10:00 AM each day

Preview: Wednesday July 29^th from 12:00-5:00 and 8:00 AM morning of each sale day

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Day One: To feature Antiques, Accessories, Nautical; Prints

Day Two: Books, Ephemera, Modern Furniture and remaining antiques.

Location:  From I-91 in Thetford, VT take exit 14 and proceed 1.3 miles to Rt. 5, turn right than an immediate left to the Lyme road cross bridge into Lyme, NH and follow to the Lyme, NH common.  At the common take Dorchester road towards Lyme Center for approximately 2 miles.  Take Acorn Hill road on left-go 1.7 miles to Hardscrabble lane, take right for short distance to the auction sight, watch for auction signs.

To aid in settling the above named estate we have been commissioned to offer the complete contents at auction of their remarkable collection.  Mr. Carmichael worked in President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration and was influential on the war on poverty and Mrs. Carmichael was a noted ballet dancer.  A wonderful collection of A. Lincoln and W. Churchill items, plenty of pasture parking, sale will be held under tents on the beautiful premises.  Home is for sale by private treaty, please plan on attending.

Day 1: In part:  18^th C. Queen Anne cherry two-part fan carved highboy; good country set-back cupboard in blue paint; other country set-back cupboard in blue/gray paint; country floor cupboard with dentil molding in blue/gray paint; country floor cupboard in red paint; several other cupboards; country dry sink in salmon paint; country pine stretcher base farm table; country oval dining table on shoe foot base; set of eight country ladderback chairs; country pine English grandfather clock B. Michael; cobbler bench; country Hepplewhite work table; pine circular hutch table; country tiger maple two-part Sheraton secretary; early American armchair; country wagon seat; sev. one and two drawer country stands; country bucket bench; country pine desk; country three drawer chest in red paint; country cannonball bed; pair of early maple four post beds; other country furniture.

Clocks: Good jewelers clock with fluted stiles; very good English bracket clock William Carpenter, St. Martins, CT; Chelsea brass ships clock “Shreve, Crump & Low”; Chelsea wheel ships clock; English lantern clock Joseph Knibb; David Dutton mantle shelf clock; Eli Terry pillar and scroll clock; Chelsea pillar and scroll clock; good French repeater carriage clock with good movement; other clocks.

Nautical: Fine selection of nautical to include: good ship model in glass case with plaque Frederick Billings- collection of Franklin D. Roosevelt; figural carved wooden ships heads, “Gloria”; large ship model in glass case “U.S. Frigate Essex” built by Robert Innis in 1952; G. Willard stick barometer; English stick barometer J.W. Bailey; two brass telescopes; whales ship design tooth; English compass

Accessories: Great pair of gilt eagle brackets; 19^th C. tin embossed eagle; other 20^th C. carved eagle “Live and Let Live”; sev. duck decoys; good duck decoy lamp; brass cannon; Kentucky curly maple percussion gun; powder horns; early drum with eagle decoration-Peabody, Salem label; double student lamp; pair of ball made shade lamps; Victorian slag glass lamp; other lamps; stoneware blue design butter churn; large lot of iron fire hearth items; lemon top andirons; whale sculpture; two relief carvings; shadow box-village scene; sev. bust figures; lead soldiers; Rogers Group “The Council of War”; Mont Blanc fountain pen; inkwells; sterling silver tea set; other sterling silver; English leather fire bucket; good iron eagle waffle iron; pair of snow eagle bookends; A. St. Gaudens plaque; collection of early pewter incl. Porter; English Tantalus set; foreign knife and sheath; patriotic crewel work of eagle; porcelain tea set; Doulton toby’s; set of Wedgwood “Harvard” plates; figural napkin rings; Sprig and transfer china; export vase; brass bed warmer; brass candlesticks; pair of Texas spurs; Oriental and braided rugs and much more.

Artwork: LeRoy Neiman, hunter trials; two Boston harbor prints; four English prints by Alken; collection of ship lithos incl. J.H. Buffords, NY “Cape prince of Wales”; other Bufford litho-whaling scene; B.Tanner engraving “USS and Macedonia”-Phila.; pencil signed ship drawing; colored litho “Steamship Brittania”; two Currier and Ives battle scenes; N.E. and Harvard prints; sev. duck prints and more, Please note prints sold both days.

Day 2:  Books, documents, modern and remaining antiques.

Books:  Sev. 19^th and 20^th C. American political; Robert Frost and other novelists and poets; books on Germany WW1 and II incl. Mein Kampf with Nazi arm band; selections on Winston Churchill; Roosevelt; Lincoln; Coolidge; Wilson; T. Roosevelt, John Kennedy; A. Lincoln “The War Years”; Adlai Stevenson; Oliver Wendall Holmes; nautical and marine books; antique ref. books and many more; two book presses-one elaborate; signed document George III 1803

Winston Churchill:  Large selection, incl. books, etchings, prints, Mr. Churchill’s walking stick.

A.Lincoln: Painting of A. Lincoln in his law office-Springfield, IL. 1860 by Sandor Vago 1939; sev. prints and busts of Lincoln.

Other: Presidential letter from Pres. Bill and Hillary Clinton to the Carmichaels; Peace Corp letter to Mr. Carmichael from Sargent Shriver; Kennedy poster.

Small lot of Morgan silver dollars; sev. paperweights incl. presidential baccarat.

Modern: Kittinger Williamsburg bachelor chest; 20^th C. Queen Anne style highboy; pair of reeded four poster beds; other modern chests and beds; two office desks with tool leather tops; miniature Hepplewhite bow front chest (copy); Victorian walnut marble top table; etc.

Sale per order of:

Brooke McMurray-Executrix

N.Y.,N.Y. and Lyme, N.H.