ANTIQUARIANS F.O.BAILEY ANTIQUARIANS Serving Maine with Experience and Expertise Since 1819 Is pleased to announce AN UNRESERVED MAINE ESTATE AUCTION At The Elk's Club 1945 Congress Street Portland, M

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Presented by F.O. Bailey Antiques

Takes place on 11/7/2009

At F.O. Bailey Antiques, Elk's Club 1945 Congress Street, Portland, ME

Terms: Cash, Visa, Amex, MC, or check with approval.15% buyers' premium. Maine sales tax is 5%; dealers must provide a copy of seller's resale certificate or remit tax.

Directions: From the north and south of Portland, take exit 46 off I95. At end of exit, turn right onto Jetport Road and then left onto Congress Street. The Elks Lodge is 1/2 mile on the left.

This auction features a 20th C painting by Sylivia Plimack Mangold, a marquetry decorated bombe bookcase, an antique Chippendale 4 and 5 drawer chest, other country furniture and accessories, sterling silver, jewelry, coins, and currency from a mid-coast Maine Estate. A special feature is a group of 5 signed vintage Charles M. Schulz paperback books w/original sketches. There are many estate items arriving after this ad goes to press, so make sure you attend this auction.

ANTIQUE FURNITURE: Five drawer tiger maple and maple Chippendale chest w/ high bracket, brass pulls and escutcheons, 39" top, 35 1/2" case, 46" high, 19" deep; 36" Chippendale birch four drawer chest w/ brass bail pulls and escutcheons, 39" rectangular top with molded edge; Hepplewhite mahogany card table w/bellflower and line inlay; Fine marquetry bookcase cabinet w/ two glazed doors on top, glazed glass sides, floral and foliate design decoration throughout, serpentine molding above w/ a relief carved central crest, 92" w x 76" h, bombe base w/3 drawers on claw feet; Mahogany graduated three tier table on tripod snake feet decorated w/ marquetry foliate and floral inlay, 4' h ; Sheraton four poster bed w/rope turned posts at the foot; Round tilt-top snake foot candlestand; Pair of ball and bell maple and pine twin bed w/ converted side rails; Hepplewhite country drop-leaf table; Hepplewhite style table w/pine breadboard top; One drawer pine blanket chest; Six board pine blanket chest w/ cut-out sides; Pine sea chest w/ molding at base and till at interior; Banister back side chair w/block turnings, refinished; Pair of step-down Windsor side chairs; Pine dough box on splayed legs; Primitive yarn winder converted to table;

CUSTOM FURNITURE: Custom small wing chair w/slip cover; Boudoir chair; Small one drawer stand w/scalloped shelf; Pair of brass and opalescent lamps

ACCESSORIES: Eli and Samuel Terry mahogany pillar and scroll clock, reverse painted glass w/memorial; Sampler wrought by Louisa Carlton, age 10, 1818, w/ floral borer on ecru linen 16" x 16"; Sampler wrought by Elizabeth Moses, Roxbury, 1827, 16" x 17" on ecru linen, w/ floral border; Framed antique blue and ecru English toile fabric, 16" x 16"; Pair of pewter whale oil lamps signed Gleason; Antique pewter charger, Thomas Badger, Boston; London antique pewter charger; 18th C Peter Horckman's pewter charge w/ stippled engraving, 1792; Mission oak wall clock w/ Arabic numerals at dial, brass pendulum, Forestville, CT; Cast bronze 24" bronze boy w/fish fountain figure; Pair of ball top brass andirons; brass fire fender; brass coal scuttle; 19th C Laurence warranted percussion shotgun w/ nickel butt plate and some primitive inlay decoration, as is; Brass fire fender; Wall scouring box; Decorated pine jewelry box; Small country Sheraton mirror w/reverse painted glass; Oak stick barometer as found; Assorted stone fruit; Oil lamps w/ brass and alabaster bases; Pair of early 20th C torchres w/ hp glass shades decorated w/ landscapes; etc.

RUGS: Fine semi-antique Persian scatter rug, 3' 3" x 4' 6"; Needlepoint rug with black background and floral decoration BOOKS: 5 Charles M. Schulz paper back books from 1950's to 1906 w/ original signatures and sketches of characters by the world famous and be-loved author include: "Go Fly A Kite, Charlie Brown" Holt, Rinehart, New York, with Charles M. Schulz signature and sketch of Charlie Brown inside, 1959, 1960, paperback; "A New Peanuts Book featuring Snoopy", Rinehart and Co. Inc, N.Y. w/ sketch of Snoopy and Schulz signature inside, 1950's; "Good Ol' Charlie Brown, A New Peanuts Book", 1957, w/ full figure sketch of Charlie Brown signed Schulz inside; "But We Love You Charlie Brown", Rinehart and Co. Inc., inscribed "To Frank with every best wish, Charles M. Schulz w/ sketch of Lucy at inside cover, 1959; "Young Pillars" signed inside by author, 1958, Gospel Trumpet Company; Other books include: Two 1875 bound "Harper's Weekly"; etc.

STERLING SILVER, Etc: 65 pc. set of Kirk sterling flatware w/ 9 serving pieces included, monogrammed; 8 " Round sterling bowl w/pierced border; 10 sterling Gorham teaspoons w/monogram; Pair of sterling candlesticks w/square bases marked "made for Tiffany & Co".; Reed & Barton sterling sauce boat; Two pairs of low weighted candlesticks; Heart shaped reticulated bon-bon; Small sterling Paul Revere style bowls; Peruvian silver incense burner; Mexican silver rectangular frame 12" x 15"; Sterling overlay trivet; Sheffield wine coaster; etc. COINS, CURRENCY AND STAMPS: U.S. Tokens-1863 Flying Eagle-"New York", James Madison 1809-1817; 1884 cc silver dollar; Flying Eagles, three cent and half dime; 1944 Standing Liberty 50 cent (MS64), etc.; Stanton 50 cent fractional currency; Farmington, N.H. $2 bank note; Several illustrated bank notes, 1857-1910; Several documents w/ Revenue stamps; special tax stamps (1829 etc.) given to various dealers and manufacturers; 24 Stamp less covers and letters, e.g. 1831, Augusta, Me. Horn of Plenty (red), 18 advertising covers, A10 Marble Works Co., A24 cover, Maine Attorney General's Office, A57 Waterman Pen Co. 1884, A71 Columbian Exposition, Local cover, etc. JEWELRY: Lady's 14K gold and diamond ring w/brilliant cut .71 ct central diamond, H-I, SI-2; Pietra dura rectangular brooch w/ floral design; Fine ladies platinum chain and pendant watch with guilloche enamel and rose cut diamonds centrally; 19th C gold Mourning brooch w/prong set seed pearls and jet; PAINTINGS: 19th C paintings include: Pair of antique portraits circa 1840 depicting Gentleman with ruby cross on shirt and lady with lace cap and collar, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Daniell (Josiah d. 1846 at age 44 yrs), o/o/c 24" x 29"; Pair of framed portraits, o/o/c depicting William Robinson Smith, b. Wiscasset Feb 24, 1813 and Sarah Bliss Cochran Smith, b. April 11, 1819, Bradford, N.H., 11" x 13"; Mother and Child by Edna Hibel watercolor and graphite on silk and masonite, signed lr 7 3/4" x 9 3/4"; 19th C Still life depicting zinnias signed JTB '88 ll 19" x 23" , o/o/c; Girl in Garden catching Butterflies, signed J.T.Babb, lr, o/o/c, 18"x 24"; 19th C Winter Evening landscape, 14" x 20", wood and gesso ornate frame; 20th C paintings include" Sylvia Plimack Mangold, December 29, 1985, ink, egg tempera and acrylic on paper, 19" x 23 1/2", Brooke Alexander label verso, two trees in landcape; Modernist painting of house in wooded landscape, 191/2" x 24", watercolor and gouache signed Levin;

SCULPTURE: John Cavanaugh bronze sculpture of mother and child, 10 12" h; PRINTS: 6 Japanese 19th C wood block prints; Large 19th C engr