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5:00 AM PT - Mar 6th, 2004

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Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales Ltd.
620 Cornerstone Court
Hillsborough, NC 27278
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Historic Hillsborough Antique Auction

447 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
Three Books, "The Scottish Nation;

or the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours and Biographical...

100
-
150
2
Lot 2
Leather Photo Album,


c. 1900, w/fifty photos, many of them tintypes, cover w/one clasp...

100
-
150
3
Lot 3
Three Books,


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

30
-
50
4
Lot 4
One Book,


"The Romance and Tragedy of Pioneer Life" by Augustus Lynch Mason...

30
-
60
5
Lot 5
Scarce Book, "History of South Carolina",

first edition, David Ramsey, M.D., complete in one volume...

500
-
1,000
6
Lot 6
One Book, "How to Play Golf",

by H.J. Whigham, sixth edition, Herbert S. Stone & Company...

75
-
150
7
Lot 7
One Book, "Lyrics of Cotton Land",

by John Charles McNeill, copyright 1907 by The Stone & Barringer...

40
-
60
8
Lot 8
Complete Set of Pottery Catalogues,


Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society catalogue, and post sale...

150
-
250
9
Lot 9
Set of Books,


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

200
-
300
10
Lot 10
One Book,


"The Collector's Encyclopedia of Dolls" by Coleman, 1968, w/dust...

20
-
60
11
Lot 11
I.O.R.M. Photograph,


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

100
-
200
13
Lot 13
Decoy,


Coot, probably NC, hand made two piece construction, old paint...

50
-
100
14
Lot 14
Decoy, "R. Madison Mitchell,


Decoy, "R.Madison Mitchell, Havre d' Grace MD", signed in ink on...

125
-
175
15
Lot 15
Canvasback Drake Decoy,


1930's, Currituck Sound NC, original paint, hand chopped, 16"l.

150
-
250
16
Lot 16
Decoy,


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

75
-
100
17
Lot 17
Decoy,


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

100
-
150
18
Lot 18
Decoy,


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

100
-
150
19
Lot 19
Decoy,


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

50
-
100
20
Lot 20
Decoy,


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

75
-
100
21
Lot 21
Pair of Cast Iron Urns,


w/pedestals, white paint, urns w/shaped edge, pedestal w/art deco...

250
-
350
22
Lot 22
Cast Iron Garden Bench,


early 20th c., white painted surface, open floral motif, shaped...

400
-
600
23
Lot 23
Rare Painted NC Twig Art,


hanging rack, Western NC, old red paint, early 20th c., w/unusual...

400
-
600
24
Lot 24
Painted Stick Rocker,


early 20th c., bent saplings w/old crackle yellow paint surface...

250
-
350
25
Lot 25
Folk Art Model House,


made of Winchester ammo boxes, old green and white paint, glass...

300
-
400
26
Lot 26
Model Ship Hull,


wooden, handmade, weighted keel, old white paint, missing rigging...

200
-
300
27
Lot 27
Pewter Cupboard,


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

800
-
1,200
28
Lot 28
Isfahan Area Rug,


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

250
-
400
29
Lot 29
Bidjar Area Rug,


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

300
-
400
30
Lot 30
Cupola,


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

100
-
200
31
Lot 31
Folky Jelly Cupboard,


Southern, second half of the 19th c., chestnut and yellow pine...

400
-
600
32
Lot 32
Hand Stitched Quilt,


VA, unusual large size, intricate quilting, red, yellow, and...

400
-
600
33
Lot 33
Applique Quilt,


East TN, hand stitched, nine panel, red and blue on white field...

400
-
600
34
Lot 34
Birdhouse w/Stand,


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

400
-
500
35
Lot 35
Birdhouse,


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

150
-
250
36
Lot 36
Engraving, Louis Orr (1879-1961),


signed on the plate LL and dated 1950, in pencil under the image...

500
-
1,000
37
Lot 37
Paint Decorated Windsor Foot Stool,


probably PA, brown paint w/hand painted detail and stenciled...

150
-
200
38
Lot 38
Oil on Canvas,


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

400
-
600
39
Lot 39
Steel Engraving,


after the oil painting "Burial of Latane" by William D...

150
-
250
40
Lot 40
Rainbow Pottery Medicine Jar,


chrome red glaze, diminutive size, several tiny glaze flakes...

100
-
150
41
Lot 41
North State Pair of Small Rebecca Pitcher

s, Chinese blue glaze w/extensive deep red, North State third...

75
-
150
42
Lot 42
Burlon Craig Swirlware Vase,


tan and cream, flared rim, stamp to bottom, "BB Craig Vale NC", 5.5"h

75
-
150
43
Lot 43
Burlon Craig Swirlware Basket,


three color swirl, brown, cream, and blue, bottom w/stamp "BB...

100
-
150
44
Lot 44
Reggie Meaders Face Jug,


high gloss brown glaze, unglazed eyes and teeth, hand incised...

100
-
150
45
Lot 45
Flossie Meaders Face Jug,


made for the Meaders family centennial 1993, note the applied...

100
-
150
46
Lot 46
Burlon Craig Swirl Pitcher,


three color swirl, brown, white, and blue, drying cracks to body...

125
-
200
47
Lot 47
NC Webster School Stoneware Jug,


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

7,000
-
10,000
48
Lot 48
Ben Owen Master Potter Casserole w/Dome L

id, tobacco spit glaze, circular stamp to bottom, 8"h x 9"w

150
-
250
49
Lot 49
Ben Owen Master Potter Unusual Form Tobac

co Jar, unglazed exterior, white glazed interior, w/deep inset lid...

200
-
300
50
Lot 50
Ben Owen Master Potter Wine Jug,


salt glazed w/inscribed rings at neck, circular stamp to bottom...

150
-
250
51
Lot 51
Ben Owen Master Potter Unusual Form Bulbo

us Vase, w/raised collar, frogskin glaze, circular stamp to bottom...

250
-
350
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