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The Cobbs Auctioneers LLC Important Antique, Fine Art, & Sporting Auction ~ Saturday, July 10, 2010 Session I - 10am Session II- 2pm at the Historic Noone Falls Mill, 50 Jaffrey Road, Peterborough, NH

Presented by The Cobbs Auctioneers

Takes place on 7/10/2010

At The Cobbs Auctioneers, Noone Falls Mills, 50 Jaffrey Road, Peterborough, NH, 03458


For this important auction we will be selling in 2 sessions: 10am- part I of 2 White Mountain painting collections plus other good art work, 2 Southern NH estate collections, an Oriental rug collection plus various other consignors; 2PM will be the important early Americana from the Prokuski Trust from Goffstown, NH a life long collection started by the family in the 1940s. This session will be unreserved.Please check our web-site www.thecobbs.com for full color photos and a full lot listing.

Directions: from the traffic lights in Peterborough at the intersection of routes 202 and 101 take a left onto 202 West for approximately one mile to the old mill complex on the left. Signs will be posted.

Session I - 10AM (see photo highlights on first & second full page of this ad) Antique American Furniture: John Gaines QA arm chair w/pierced carved crest-as is; W & M stretcher base tavern & gate leg tables; QA mirror w/ 2 brass candle arms plus other mirrors; QA & Chipp round top tea tables; red ptd hutch table; Shaker & other candle stands; Portsmouth, NH tall clock; Sheraton red pt Pembroke table; mah Empire-cluster base ext table w/6 leaves, oval top d/l dining table & scrolled arm chair; inlaid Renaissance revival cabinet; wrought & cast iron porch & garden furniture. Continental, English & other Furniture: pr Fr Deco leather arm chairs; light wood Beidermier 1 dr cupboard; English Regency mah 2 part bookcase, "c" scroll & stretcher base benches & QA kettle stand; French-marble top pier table, fruitwood caned armchair plus others, lg carved gilt oval mirror & leaf form chandelier; E Italian pierced apron marble top console table. American Fine Art: Charles H Woodbury o/c of Mt Monadnock; William P Phelps landscape; (3) Frank H Shapleigh wt Mtn scenes; Alvin Fisher portrait of his son flying a kite; George F Higgins o/c "Lake Winnepesaukee, 1870"; pr William Paskell landscapes; Roy M Mason w/c mountain scene; Jacqueline Kennedy signed photograph; Roger Blum o/c ducks landing; pr of Louis M D Guillaume still lives; Other artists- (2) Rembrandt Peale attr; Mary Jane Simes miniature; Richard S Meryman; Myke Morton; Jo Davidson bronze; Gustav Minker; James Mc Hart; William B Baird; John J Enneking; James F Hind; Charles C Allen, Bruce Crane; (2) Emile Gruppe; Irving R Wiles; Gar K Gilbert; Dewitt Hardy; Charles W Eaton plus others. All other Fine Art: Rembrandt H Van Rijn dry point "Little Jewish Bride" w/prov; Fabio Fabbi nude; Classical bronze boy by M Amadio Napoli; R P Goetz o/c waterfront scene; set 6 E eagle colored prints; other artists- Angelo Martinetti; Berthe des Clayes; Martin Gagnon; Andres Leimanis; 1775 Philippe Louis Parizeau drawing plus others. Accessories: Room size Navajo geometric rug; Stella music box w/38 disc & storage cabinet; Sterling silver- Tiffany "Richelieu" service for 12, Gorham service for 8, bowls and trays; brass fireplace andirons, tools & screen; 3 pc bronze & marble clock set; 3 pairs of lamps- Fr faïence, emerald glass & bronze deco w/metal shades; English sextant, ship shadow box & other nautical; - doc armorial /saucer Sevres 2 Herend dec treen cov bowl; American 1795 dated sampler & E19thC Cont table cover; scrolled WI kettle tilter; (3) hooked rugs; Chinese carved ivory Buddha & pr horses, scroll ptg, stand, leather box, (6) jewelry pcs and lots more. Antique Oriental Rugs: room size-Lg overall design 11' X 18' & 9' X 12' good Serapes, (2) center medallion & dragon design Heriz; Feraghan Sarouk; Agra; Yomud; Scatter- Shiraz, Moghan Kazak plus others, Kuba, Bergamo, Heriz sampler; Runner-Serab; Heriz, Tabriz & Caucasian.

Session II - 2PM (see photo highlights on the third full page of this ad) American Antique Furniture: all the furniture is in the old paint or at least an old surface-W M-carved feather crest banister back arm chair plus other arm and side chairs; (2) sausage & ball turned ladder back arm chairs, numerous side chairs & child's chairs; raised canted top blanket chest; (2)stretcher base lift top desks on frame; QA- unusual 6 drawer tall chest with (5) carved sun bursts and cut out apron; 6 drawer tall chest w/chased batwing brasses; button foot armchair w/scrolled rams horn arms; numerous candle stands w/round & square tops; curly maple highboy w/restored legs; oval top splay leg tea table; Chipp-set of 4 country side chairs w/Spanish feet plus other similar arm & side chairs; phoenix bird crest mirror; (2) Concord, NH maple tall case clocks w/brass works; Single board top rectangular hutch table; 2 door cupboard w/raised arched sides; 4 raised panel door cupboard probably Canadian; North Shore pewter cupboard w/restored scalloped top; stretcher base tavern table; pencil post tester bed; 6 drawer tall chest dated "1806 AH" on back boards; 4 drawer chest w/red & black grain paint; Hepp- 3 card tables-mah demi-lune style w/flower inlay down each leg capped w/tiger maple panels, Dunlap style w/drawer & a red/black swirl dec one; 2 part "D" end banquet table; coffin & inlaid oval top candle stands; stretcher base & rocking wing chairs; rect top 4 way splay tap table; pr of carved ear fan back windsors; one drawer stands; potentially important walnut & poplar wood tall clock in the Shaker Watervliet style w/wooden works & ptd wooden dial; 2 sets of drawers; Sheraton field bed w/arched canopy & draping plus more. Accessories: large collection of red ware pottery- slip decorated loaf dishes and round plates, Gonic decorated jugs, jars and mugs, 3 mustache cups, cake molds and lots of misc; stone ware crock with blue decorated standing deer as-is; lg primitive o/c painting of rural scene with cows etc; 2 pr of knife blade andirons; coll of Staff cup plates; lighting collection incl-pr E brass candlesticks w/paw feet, WI rush & candle stands, adjustable hanging, betty, cruzzy, tin onion lanterns wooden standing plus more; lg collection of American & English pewter incl chargers, lighting, coffee & tea pots, numerous plates etc; wall boxes some with drawers; lot of fireplace accessories inc pt dec warming pan, long handled muffin pan etc; lg ptd wooden bowl; blue painted butter churn and fingered cheese box; good group of 19thC hooked rugs some with repair & 1 runner; o/b primitive painting of a young man; early Saint painting on board; textiles-18th & 19thC samplers, 2 Lindsey Woolseys, brown & green homespun coverlets, white Trapunto bedspread, quilts plus more; collection of silhouettes some w/water colored clothing; Shaker fingered oval box & carrier; 3 tape looms one on a wooden stand; set of 4 Steven graphs; C 1900 ship model in glass case plus lots more. Antique Oriental Rugs: (2)L19thC Heriz room size w/central medallions; Afghan & Kerman room size rugs; Scatter size- unusual Boteh design Feraghan Sarouk, Bokhara, Lesgi star plus other Hamadan ones. We are not responsible for any errors or omissions to this listing.

Waldoboro Style Hooked Rug, 59” x 95”

Stella Music Box with 38 17 1/4” discs

Tiffany & Co Makers Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12, Richelieu pattern circa 18890

Mahogany Marble Top Pier Table, 45” wide, early 19th c Continental

Wroght Iron Garden Bench with scrolled arms in old white paint, 19th/20th c, 34” wide x 40” tall

Pair of Bronze Designer Lamps with original sheet brass shades, 31” tall

Mary Jane Simes W/C on Ivory brooch/pin of an Egyptian woman, signed, 1 1/8”

Brass & Wire Fireplace Stand, vase & ring turned shaft on marble base, 19th c American/English

School of Pottier & Stymus Cabnet with classical inlays, New York area circa 1870, 52 1/2” w x 45” h x 19” d

Mahogany Empire Oval Drop Leaf Top Dining Table, 19th c New York, old finish, 54” x 62”

Rembrandt Hermanszoon Van Rijn Dutch etching/drypoint of “The Lttle Jewish Bride”, signed upper right, 4 3/8' x 3”, from the ex-collection “Musee des Beaux -Arts, Lugt 236a + B. Haller, Lugt 12302

Charles Herbert Woodbury O/C of Mt. Monadnock landscape, signed LL “Woodbury ‘07”, 23” x 27”

Frank Henry Shapleigh O/B Landscape of Mt. Washington & Ellis River at Jackson, NH, signed on verso and LL, 7 3/4” x 12 1/2” in a new gold painted frame

Alvan Fisher O/C of his son, Alvan Josiah, flying a kite, 29 1/2” x 24 3/4”, original gilded & gessoed frame

1 of 2 Louis Mathieu Didier Guillaume O/C Still Life of Grapes, signed LR “Guillaume”, 21 1/2” x 25 1/2” in a newer painted gold frame

George F. Higgins O/C Landscape of “Lake Winnipesaukee, 1870”, signed LR “G.F. Higgins, 1870”, 24” x 40” in original gold gessoed frame

Closeup of George Washington Armorial Cup (saucer not shown), with hand written note “Belonged to Maj. Gen. Samuel Holden Parsons, one of Gen. Washington’s staff...”

Fabio Fabbi O/B of nude young woman with her middle eastern servant, signed on verso “Fabio Fabbi”, 11” x 8” in a gold carved gessoed frame

Antique Faraghan Sarouk Room Size Rug, intricate central medallion set on a red ground, 9’ x 12’1”, good condition

Walnut Veneered QA Mirror with Brass Swivel Serpentine Candle Arms, 35 3/4” T x 16 3/4” W, appears to be 18th c American/ English

Room Size Navajo Rug Weaving, central geometric design on a gray/blue field, made for the Wind River Gallery in Santa Fe by Velma Begay of Sweetwater, AZ, 80” x 118”