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Historic Hillsborough Antique Auction
6:00 AM PT - Mar 6th, 2004

offered by
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales Ltd.

620 Cornerstone Court
Hillsborough, NC 27278
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Public preview times at our auction gallery located at 246 S. Nash St., Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA:
Monday, March 1 - Friday, March 5, 10am - 6pm; Saturday,March 6, 8 - 10am

447 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1 Lot 1

Three Books, "The Scottish Nation;
Three Books,
"the Scottish Nation; or the Surnames, Fami...

100
-
150
8 Bids
2 Lot 2

Leather Photo Album,
c. 1900, w/fifty photos, many of them tintypes, cover w/one c...

100
-
150
6 Bids
3 Lot 3

Three Books,
on Southern architecture, "The Mansions of Virginia 1706-1776...

30
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50
5 Bids
4 Lot 4

One Book,
"The Romance and Tragedy of Pioneer Life" by Augustus Lynch M...

30
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60
3 Bids
5 Lot 5

Scarce Book, "History of South Carolina",
Scarce Book,
"History of South Carolina", first edition,...

500
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1,000
3 Bids
6 Lot 6

One Book, "How to Play Golf",
One Book,
"How to Play Golf", by H.J. Whigham, sixth edi...

75
-
150
5 Bids
7 Lot 7

One Book, "Lyrics of Cotton Land",
One Book,
"Lyrics of Cotton Land", by John Charles McNei...

40
-
60
7 Bids
8 Lot 8

Complete Set of Pottery Catalogues,
Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society catalogue, and post ...

150
-
250
8 Bids
9 Lot 9

Set of Books,
twenty volumes, "A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of ...

200
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300
5 Bids
10 Lot 10

One Book,
"The Collector's Encyclopedia of Dolls" by Coleman, 1968, w/d...

20
-
60
3 Bids
11 Lot 11

I.O.R.M. Photograph,
Cherokee Tribe No. 9, I.O.R.M. (Improved Order of Red Men, th...

100
-
200
2 Bids
13 Lot 13

Decoy,
Coot, probably NC, hand made two piece construction, old pain...

50
-
100
5 Bids
14 Lot 14

Decoy, "R. Madison Mitchell,
Decoy,
"R.Madison Mitchell, Havre d' Grace MD", signed i...

125
-
175
11 Bids
15 Lot 15

Canvasback Drake Decoy,
1930's, Currituck Sound NC, original paint, hand chopped, 16"...

150
-
250
6 Bids
16 Lot 16

Decoy,
VA or NC, circa 1940, Redhead w/bottom board, old paint w/som...

75
-
100
4 Bids
17 Lot 17

Decoy,
NC Canada Goose, circa 1930, canvas over wire, paint appears ...

100
-
150
8 Bids
18 Lot 18

Decoy,
Canvasback duck, circa 1930, well made decoy w/old paint, gla...

100
-
150
12 Bids
19 Lot 19

Decoy,
Widgeon, NC, canvas over wire, old paint, 7"h x 18"l

50
-
100
14 Bids
20 Lot 20

Decoy,
lathe turned, painted at various times as a Widgeon and also ...

75
-
100
6 Bids
21 Lot 21

Pair of Cast Iron Urns,
w/pedestals, white paint, urns w/shaped edge, pedestal w/art ...

250
-
350
6 Bids
22 Lot 22

Cast Iron Garden Bench,
early 20th c., white painted surface, open floral motif, shap...

400
-
600
19 Bids
23 Lot 23

Rare Painted NC Twig Art,
hanging rack, Western NC, old red paint, early 20th c., w/unu...

400
-
600
6 Bids
24 Lot 24

Painted Stick Rocker,
early 20th c., bent saplings w/old crackle yellow paint surfa...

250
-
350
8 Bids
25 Lot 25

Folk Art Model House,
made of Winchester ammo boxes, old green and white paint, gla...

300
-
400
3 Bids
26 Lot 26

Model Ship Hull,
wooden, handmade, weighted keel, old white paint, missing rig...

200
-
300
5 Bids
27 Lot 27

Pewter Cupboard,
good diminutive form, Moore Co. NC, second half of the 19th c...

800
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1,200
9 Bids
28 Lot 28

Isfahan Area Rug,
rust w/blues, floral motif, cotton base, 6' 9" x 3' 8"

250
-
400
7 Bids
29 Lot 29

Bidjar Area Rug,
dark red field, cotton base, 7' x 4' 1"

300
-
400
15 Bids
30 Lot 30

Cupola,
galvanized metal, gothic form, old bright blue paint, 22"h

100
-
200
4 Bids
31 Lot 31

Folky Jelly Cupboard,
Southern, second half of the 19th c., chestnut and yellow pin...

400
-
600
4 Bids
32 Lot 32

Hand Stitched Quilt,
VA, unusual large size, intricate quilting, red, yellow, and ...

400
-
600
20 Bids
33 Lot 33

Applique Quilt,
East TN, hand stitched, nine panel, red and blue on white fie...

400
-
600
17 Bids
34 Lot 34

Birdhouse w/Stand,
cathedral form, white painted wood w/columns, front door w/Vi...

400
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500
10 Bids
35 Lot 35

Birdhouse,
form of a mill, "Beaver Creek Mill We Grind Corn Meal", pine ...

150
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250
7 Bids
36 Lot 36

Engraving, Louis Orr (1879-1961),
signed on the plate LL and dated 1950, in pencil under the im...

500
-
1,000
6 Bids
37 Lot 37

Paint Decorated Windsor Foot Stool,
probably PA, brown paint w/hand painted detail and stenciled ...

150
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200
8 Bids
38 Lot 38

Oil on Canvas,
unsigned, early 20th c., copy of the oil painting "Burial of ...

400
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600
32 Bids
39 Lot 39

Steel Engraving,
after the oil painting "Burial of Latane" by William D. Washi...

150
-
250
13 Bids
40 Lot 40

Rainbow Pottery Medicine Jar,
chrome red glaze, diminutive size, several tiny glaze flakes,...

100
-
150
5 Bids
41 Lot 41

North State Pair of Small Rebecca Pitchers,
Chinese blue glaze w/extensive deep red, North State third ...

75
-
150
9 Bids
42 Lot 42

Burlon Craig Swirlware Vase,
tan and cream, flared rim, stamp to bottom, "BB Craig Vale NC...

75
-
150
3 Bids
43 Lot 43

Burlon Craig Swirlware Basket,
three color swirl, brown, cream, and blue, bottom w/stamp "BB...

100
-
150
6 Bids
44 Lot 44

Reggie Meaders Face Jug,
high gloss brown glaze, unglazed eyes and teeth, hand incised...

100
-
150
6 Bids
45 Lot 45

Flossie Meaders Face Jug,
made for the Meaders family centennial 1993, note the applied...

100
-
150
4 Bids
46 Lot 46

Burlon Craig Swirl Pitcher,
three color swirl, brown, white, and blue, drying cracks to b...

125
-
200
13 Bids
47 Lot 47

NC Webster School Stoneware Jug,
att. to Chester Webster, Randolph Co., NC, c. 1860-70, 3 gal....

7,000
-
10,000
12 Bids
48 Lot 48

Ben Owen Master Potter Casserole w/Dome Lid,
tobacco spit glaze, circular stamp to bottom, 8"h x 9"w

150
-
250
10 Bids
49 Lot 49

Ben Owen Master Potter Unusual Form Tobacco Jar,
unglazed exterior, white glazed interior, w/deep inset...

200
-
300
6 Bids
50 Lot 50

Ben Owen Master Potter Wine Jug,
salt glazed w/inscribed rings at neck, circular stamp to bott...

150
-
250
11 Bids
51 Lot 51

Ben Owen Master Potter Unusual Form Bulbous Vase,
w/raised collar, frogskin glaze, circular stamp to bo...

250
-
350
9 Bids
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