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7:00 AM PT - May 9th, 2009

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MAY ESTATES AUCTION

640 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
Rooster weathervane retains original gilt and verde

patina. Height: 28 in. Width: 26 1/2 in.

7,000
-
10,000
2
Lot 2
1920's hooked area rug with nautical motif

200
-
300
3
Lot 3
18th century American turned wooden bowl with green

paint

200
-
250
4
Lot 4
18th century oval Queen Anne maple tea table with pa

d feet. Height: 26 1/2 in.

700
-
1,000
5
Lot 5
Carl Vilhelm Carsen, Dutch (19th/20th century) Dutch

harbor, signed C. Vilhelm, L.R. Oil on canvas, 12 in. X 16 1/2 in...

400
-
600
6
Lot 6
Joseph Knight, British (1837-1909) River Llugug

, signed J. Knight, L.R. Oil on canvas, 16 in. X 24 in. framed

1,000
-
1,500
7
Lot 7
Early Prang lithograph of domestic dogs, Boston

100
-
150
7A
Lot 7A
Thomas Creswick, British (1811-1869) "Bellagio, Lak

e of Como", signed J. Creswick, L.L. Oil on board, 10 in. X 7 in...

800
-
1,200
8
Lot 8
American School (20th century) The tall ship, signed

W. Hamilton Hope, L.R. Watercolor, 13 in. X 16 in. framed

300
-
500
9
Lot 9
Primitive carved and painted silhouette shorebird

75
-
125
10
Lot 10
Tin three light wall sconce

100
-
200
11
Lot 11
Miniature carved and painted Canadian goose from Pr

ince Edward Island, Canada

100
-
150
12
Lot 12
Very fine leather document box with brass tacks, da

ted March 21, 1835 on bottom. Height: 4 in. Length: 8 in.

100
-
200
13
Lot 13
18th century mahogany dovetailed document box with

original key. Height: 6 in. Length: 12 in.

100
-
200
14
Lot 14
20th century carved and painted folk shorebird in f

light by Percy Perkins, Seabrook, NH. Length: 14 in.

200
-
300
15
Lot 15
Pair of 19th century decorated folk art shorebirds,

one signed W

300
-
600
16
Lot 16
Massachusetts country Sheraton chest of drawers. Th

e three drawer top with backsplash over a chest with four long...

400
-
600
17
Lot 17
Two early 1920's factory carved and painted duck de

coys

200
-
300
18
Lot 18
Carved and painted shorebird in flight by Stevens

100
-
200
19
Lot 19
Oval Indian splint sewing basket c. 1890. Length: 1

0 in.

100
-
200
20
Lot 20
Early yellow painted tin pedestal with Towle decora

tion. Height: 8 in.

100
-
150
21
Lot 21
Miniature two handled green painted bucket

200
-
300
22
Lot 22
Shaker cherry and pine swing handle sewing box

150
-
200
23
Lot 23
Child's early soft paste plate with scene of child

riding a rocking horse

75
-
100
24
Lot 24
Green painted Shaker bail handle bucket

200
-
400
24A
Lot 24A
Miniature grain painted Empire chest Width: 9 in.

200
-
300
25
Lot 25
Early country wall paper box. Length: 9 in.

100
-
200
26
Lot 26
English Staffordshire figural vase

100
-
200
27
Lot 27
Group of five 20th century folk art bird carvings a

ll from the Seabrook/Salisbury area

250
-
350
28
Lot 28
American School (20th century) Still life with rose

s, signed Sara Martinez Maresma, L.R. Oil on canvas, 8 in. X 19 in...

200
-
300
29
Lot 29
Early country painted set of shelves. Height: 72 1/

4 in. Width: 43 in.

400
-
600
30
Lot 30
American School (19th century) Cascades in the moun

tains, unsigned. Oil on canvas laid on masonite, 26 1/2 in. X...

400
-
600
31
Lot 31
Oak William and Mary chest of drawers with molded t

op over four long graduated drawers on ball feet

1,000
-
1,500
32
Lot 32
Group of three Betty lamps

100
-
150
33
Lot 33
Cylindrical glazed earthenware covered jar with Con

tinental design

100
-
200
33A
Lot 33A
Rare porcelain Hires Root Beer fountain dispenser

400
-
600
33B
Lot 33B
Child's White Mountain Ice Cream maker

75
-
150
34
Lot 34
Early cast iron fire pumper children's toy

300
-
500
35
Lot 35
Elaborately carved and decorated mother of pearl fa

n

200
-
300
36
Lot 36
All original Tin Pocket Lantern retaining original

broadside advertisement. Height: 5 1/4 in.

100
-
200
37
Lot 37
Frank Thurlo, American (1838-1913) Hay stacks, sign

ed F. Thurlo, L.R. Watercolor, 6 1/4 in. X 9 in. framed

300
-
500
38
Lot 38
Oval Queen Anne maple tea table with pad feet

600
-
900
39
Lot 39
Lucy Maria Durand Woodman, American (1829-1910) Old

Orchard Maine, signed Lucy M. Durand Woodman, L.R. Oil on paper...

400
-
600
40
Lot 40
Framed theorem, watercor on paper, 19 1/2 in. X 15

1/2 in.

300
-
500
40A
Lot 40A
18th century summer appliqué quilt with floral cop

per plate design on homespun linen, 81 in. X 94 in.

500
-
800
41
Lot 41
18th century American one drawer table on turned le

gs joined by turned H- stretcher

800
-
1,200
42
Lot 42
Set of five American painted and decorated thumb ba

ck side chairs

400
-
600
43
Lot 43
Lilian Westcott Hale, American (1881-1963) Landscap

e, unsigned. Oil on canvas, 36 in. X 30 in. framed...

5,000
-
10,000
44
Lot 44
18th century ships octant dated 1781

made for E. Simpson, along with Edward Simpson's book, "New...

500
-
1,000
44A
Lot 44A
Early 19th century S. Thaxter & Son brass surve


Early 19th century S. Thaxter & Son, Boston, brass surveyors...

1,000
-
1,500
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