Thomaston Place Auction Galleries – Autumn Majestic
November 11, 12 & 13
51 Atlantic Highway, Thomaston, ME 04861
www.thomastonauction.com
info@thomastonauction.com
207-354-8141

THOMASTON, MAINE — On November 11, 12 and 13, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries will present “Autumn Majestic,” with an inventory of fine art and decorative rarities harvested from estates and collections through the Northeast.

Topping the large group of Asian antiques and artifacts will be a Chinese Ming dynasty period (1368-1644) polychromed wooden Guanyin sculpture. Carved from a single piece of hardwood, she is depicted standing atop a lotus base and holding a vase of nectar, her stomach rubbed to raw wood from many years of veneration ($25/35,000).

The auction will include a large selection of oil paintings, including an Abstract Expressionist painting by Zao Wou-Ki (French/Chinese, 1920-2013) in flame red heavy impasto and with sand texture ($20/30,000); a work by Louis Remy Mignot (1831-1870) depicting the glow of a sunset ($20/30,000); and a Gloucester harbor scene by Jane Peterson (1876-1965) ($10/15,000).

The sale will offer five paintings by Dahlov Ipcar (1917-2017), most depicting artfully arranged images of animals, such as “Malaysian Jungle” depicting a tiger, leopard, peacock and other animals in an Asian tropical forest setting ($15/20,000).

A figural 1930s-40s ink drawing on a 78-record sleeve by Outsider folk artist Bill Traylor (1854-1947) that has been authenticated by Traylor and folk art experts will be sold ($10/20,000).

There will also be works by Marguerite Zorach (1887-1968), Ivan Aivazovsky (Russian/Ukrainian, 1817-1900), Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886), Cundo Bermudez (1914-2008), Frederick Judd Waugh, David Johnson (1827-1908) and many others.

The auction will offer a group of sculpture, such as a rare large version bronze sculpture of the “Princeton Tiger” by Alexander Phimister Proctor (1862-1950) ($10/15,000) and Bessie Onahotema Potter Vonnoh’s (1872-1955) “Dancing Girl” ($10/15,000).

The sale will include a selection of Danish and American midcentury furniture, such as a Papa Bear chair and ottoman by Hans Wegner ($7/9,000) and an Eames chair and ottoman by Herman Miller ($2,5/3,500); plus contemporary bench-made custom pieces by Thos. Moser, Stickley, Green Design (Portland, Maine), Eldred Wheeler and others. Among the extensive collection of antique furniture will be a Gothic period Continental paint-decorated black walnut hunt chest or coffer ($7/9,000) and an Eighteenth Century Philadelphia mahogany serpentine chest ($5/7,000).

Of historic interest will be a group of documents, led by a George Washington signed 1783 furlough of New York artilleryman Sgt. Elijah Price ($15/25,000) and an 1804 ship’s passage signed by President Thomas Jefferson and secretary of state James Madison ($10/12,000). Among a collection of antiquities will be several Egyptian mummy cartonnage masks and selections of ancient terracotta and bronze artifacts.

Featured from the folk art and marine categories will be a monumental Nineteenth Century eagle-form ship’s figurehead ($5/7,500), a rare Eighteenth Century marine training and logbook ($5/10,000), a vintage 16-foot-long Maine crafted Old Town canoe ($2/3,000) and an Amish locomotive-form weathervane ($1/1,500). Also, there will be selections of sailor’s valentines, scrimshaw, trade signs and ship models.

Other items of interest will include a 106-piece set of Tiffany & Co. Flemish pattern flatware ($3,5/4,500), Picasso Madoura pottery limited edition platter ($2/4,000); two Daum Nancy art glass boudoir lamps ($6/8,000 each); an early Twentieth Century Louis Vuitton steamer trunk ($2/3,000); a fossilized skull of a juvenile triceratops dinosaur ($2/4,000); plus ceramics by Rookwood, Brother Thomas and Herend; Nineteenth Century tea caddies; Omersa leather animal-form ottomans; a collection of vintage jazz memorabilia; and a variety of early Twentieth Century Tiffany Studios bronze desk items.

Rounding out the sale will be collections of jewelry and watches, contemporary home furnishings, firearms and militaria, Oriental carpets, plus five estate automobiles.

The auction will begin at 11 am EST each day. All lots can be viewed at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ website, www.thomastonauction.com.

The gallery will be open for previews from Monday through Friday, October 31 through November 5 (9 am to 4 pm); Saturday, November 6 (10 am to 3 pm); and Monday through Thursday, November 7-10 (9 am to 4 pm). Previewing will also be available on auction days, 9 to 11 am.

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries is on US Route 1. For information, 207-354-8141.

2140 JOHN F. FRANCIS, Wine Tasting Table
2082 Massive 19th c. Sailing Ship Eagle Figurehead
PRESENTING A GREAT SELECTION OF NAUTICAL & FOLK ITEMS.
2145 ASHER BROWN DURAND,Haystack Mountain, Vermont
2118 BILL TRAYLOR
(1 of 2) 2141 Chippendale Mahogany Card Table
2049 THOMAS WILLIS, Bark Batavia of NY
2093 BENJAMIN WALLACE
2089 American Colonial Era Portrait of Sea Captain
3034 Maple and Birch Beaver Log Chair
2056 Sailor’s Valentine (1 of4)
2092 Painted Masonic Dial Tall Clock, Hadley Wooden Movement
2217 English Apple and Pear Form Tea Caddies (1 of 8 caddies)
2181 Fereghan Sarouk Carpet (1 0’X 13′ 6″)
2098 Folk Art Sheet Iron Stagecoach Weathervane
301 O Omersa & Co. Leather Dachshund Footstool
Scrimshaw, North America, Late 19th c. (1 of 10)
SELECT VINTAGE FURNITURE!
2152 Philadelphia Chippendale Chest
3005 Russian Carved Stone Rabbit (1 of 2)
3235 Regina 1 Cent Saloon Bartop Music Box, c. 1900
3477 ROCKWELL KENT orig. ink drawing (1 of 4)
3397 Thomas Moser Shaker Chest NE Red Painted Pine Cupboard
2022 Confidential ALS Henry Clay to Daniel Webster
2016 Bunker Hill Certificate to John Deblois Brown as a New Member
2014 George Washington Signed 1783 Furlough 2024 Lincoln CDV Portrait with Letter
2017 1804 Ship’s Passage Signed by Thomas Jefferson & James Madison
2009 Presentation Colt
1849 Pocket Revolver
2133 Rare Two-Part Country Store Cabinet in Green Paint
1089 J,C, GARCIA, monumental parrot painting
FRIDAY ALSO INCLUDES SELECT ITEMS BY FINE ARTISTS AT DISCOUNT PRICES!
1243 (6 Pc) Painted Steel Bedroom Suite by Doehler 1241 ALAN MAGEE, Ceremony of Innocence, color lithograph, signed and numbered (1 of 2)
2001 Piotti Holland & Holland-Style Shotgun
2010 Handmade Bowie Knife
INCLUDING THESE AMAZING STUDIO STORAGE ITEMS!
3203 Oak Flat File
3200 Stacking Oak File Cabinet
1277 Replica Tiffany Table Lamp
1053 Leather Lounge Chair & Ottoman
2067 1955 Photo of Art Tatum
1146 Painted Storage Cabinet