John McInnis – Four Day Single Owner Auction
May 4 – 7 at 11 am
76 Main Street, Amesbury MA
www.mcinnisauctions.com
mcinnisauctions@yahoo.com
800-822-1417

AMESBURY, MASS. — A single-family private collection out of Metro-West Boston featuring more than 2,200 lots in a wide range of collecting categories will come up for bid in a four-day auction planned for May 4, 5, 6 and 7 (just before Brimfield) by John McInnis Auctioneers, online and live in the Amesbury gallery at 76 Main Street. Start times will be 11 am Eastern all four days.

“This is an unreserved, extensive and diverse auction that’s so wide, so important and so breathtaking in its scope and size, it’s taking four days to sell it all,” said John McInnis of John McInnis Auctioneers. “There are no other consignments in this auction, just the one family collection. There is truly something for everyone in this sale, and within everyone’s budget.”

Day 1, on Thursday, May 4, will feature paintings, Asian furnishings and objects, small clocks, objets de vertu, jewelry, silver, textiles, glass and ceramics.

Day 2, on Friday, May 5, will also contain traditional, country, formal, classical American and English furniture and accessories, including American paintings and clocks.

Day 3, on Saturday, May 6, will comprise garden and home furnishings, early Twentieth Century, Arts and Crafts and Midcentury Modern, Oriental rugs, European and Continental paintings and frames, lighting, decorative arts and furnishings.

Day 4, on Sunday, May 7, will wrap things up with historical ephemera, maps, books, photography, presidential items, miniature portraits, canes and walking sticks, military, maritime and nautical (including paintings, half hulls and models), clocks and related objects, decoys, bird miniatures and sporting items, advertising and signs.

“There are some very unusual items in this sale,” McInnis pointed out, “such as the working manuscript for Dr Benjamin Spock’s seminal guide for new mothers titled The Pocket Book of Baby and Child Care (1946), which will be offered on Day 4 with a modest estimate of $3/6,000.” The manuscript is typed and with pencil edits, as well as Dr Spock’s inline annotations.

A sampling of items up for bid on Day 1 include an oil on canvas painting by the Viennese-born American artist Maxim Kopf (1892-1958) titled “Tahitians on the Beach,” from the artist’s “Orgy” series, measuring 27¼ by 31¼ inches, overall, including carved and gilt custom frame ($10/20,000); a Franklin Institute Medal from 1847, presented to the New England Glass Company of Boston for “Reward of Skill and Ingenuity in Colored Glass,” minted with a profile of Benjamin Franklin and signed “Gobrecht F.” ($500-$1,000); an enamel on copper canister by Frank J. Marshall (American, 1884-1975) titled “Peacock in a Garden,” 4½ inches in diameter ($2/4,000); and a monumental Japanese stone pagoda moon lantern, a heavy stone monument that separates into seven pieces and is more than 8 feet tall ($5/10,000)

A few of the expected top lots on Day 2 are as follows: a circa 1880 molded sheet copper merino ram weathervane for the Emery Wool Co. in Boston, 29 inches long, with an Emery, Russell & Goodrich unused receipt and copies of photos of Emery’s estate ($20/40,000); a mahogany tall case clock by Nathaniel Monroe (Concord, Mass.), having a pierced gallery crest with original faceted ball finials, original painted dial and brass inset fluted pilasters, 94½ inches tall and 20¼ inches wide ($6/12,000); and an oil on board painting by the Dutch-born American painter Anthony Thieme (1888-1954) titled “Doorway of the Nickels-Sortwell House Wiscasset Me.,” measuring 23 by 19 inches (framed), with a 1929 Jordan Marsh Exhibition label verso ($3/6,000).

Day 3’s sample lots include pieces of stainless-steel Midcentury Modern wall shelving designed by Francois Monnet and Joelle Ferlande and manufactured by Kappa in the 1970s ($5/10,000); a pair of Roman marble herms of antiquity, each 62½ inches tall ($3/6,000); a pair of Art Nouveau wrought iron garden gates with stylized floral decoration, each section measuring 58 inches tall by 28 inches wide ($1/2,000); Nineteenth Century iron fountain by J.W. Fisk/Wood & Perot of dolphins, shells and putto with a 6-foot reservoir ($4/6,000); and a Bruno Paul (1874-1968) 13-light candelabrum manufactured by K.M. Seifert & Co ($7,5/15,000)

Day 4 will also feature an oil on canvas painting by the English-born American painter William F. Halsall (1845-1919) titled “Tall Ship in Boston Harbor Near Narrows Lighthouse with Icebergs in Distance,” 30 by 48 inches (framed), signed and dated ($5/10,000); a collection of letters written by American painter and illustrator N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), including five handwritten letters to his daughter (and artist) Henriette, discussing family matters, life at home and the “Odyssey” series ($2/4,000).

Internet bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Absentee and phone bids will also be accepted. Live, in-gallery previews will begin on Tuesday, May 3, and Wednesday, May 4, from 2-7 pm Eastern time; and on all auction days beginning at 9 am Eastern.

For information, 978-388-0400 or www.mcinnisauctions.com.

Join us for preview: Tuesday, May 2nd and Wednesday May 3rd from 2–7pm Auction days 9am throughout the Live Auction Event!
DAY ONE: Fine Paintings, Asian Furnishings and Objects, Small Clocks, Objects DeVertu, Jewelry, Silver, Textiles, Glass and Ceramics
DAY TWO: Traditional, Country, Formal, Classical American and English Furniture and Accessories Including Fine American Paintings and Clocks
DAY THREE: Garden and Home Furnishings, Early 20th Century, Arts and Crafts, Mid-century Modern, Oriental Rugs, European/Continental Paintings, Frames, Lighting, Decorative Arts and Furnishings
DAY FOUR: Historical Ephemera, Maps, Books, Photography, Presidential, Miniature Portraits, Canes & Walking Sticks, Military, Maritime/Nautical including Paintings, Half Hulls & Models, Clocks & Related Objects, Decoys, Bird Miniatures & Sporting, Advertising & Signs
Hotel Accommodations: Hampton Inn • 284 Elm Street, Amesbury • 978-834-5080 Fairfield Inn • 35 Clarks Road, Amesbury • 978-388-3400