Coyle’s Auction Inc – Two Session Estate Auction
TWO SESSION ANTIQUE ESTATES AUCTION Tuesday, June 27, 2023
VFW Hall, 123 Holliston St., Medway, MA
SESSION 1: 2:30PM- Ephemera
SESSION 2: 5pm – Estates Auction
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Open! Mon. June 26th – 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tues., June 27th – 9:00 AM to ½ hr. before sales
774-571-8263 or 508-733-6868
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MEDWAY, MASS. — Coyle’s Auction will offer a two-session antiques and estates auction on Tuesday, June 27. The auction will include an eclectic mix of furniture, artwork, porcelain, sterling silver, jewelry and much more drawn from Milton, Belmont, Beacon Hill, Fitchburg and a large Worcester home, as well as items from a religious institution together with selected additions. Hundreds of fresh-to-the-market offerings will be offered with no reserves.

Session 1 begins at 2:30 pm and will feature the private collection of vintage postcards, stereoview cards, photography, trade cards and greeting cards from the collection of the late Stuart “Bob” McDermott of Fitchburg, Mass. McDermott was an avid longtime collector and member of the local postcard club. The collection includes several albums totaling well over 5,000 postcards with many of his personal favorites. One album of note has approximately 125 images of “ultra” beautiful women as he noted on it, mostly French tinted examples, etc. Another interesting album contains early 1900s postcards, including English actresses such as Gabrielle Ray, Marie Studholme, Edna May and other postcards of women (approximately 450 in album) by various publishers.

There are also nine albums of Bamforth & Co, both in color and photo black and white series, including a two-volume album of more than 450 color series cards in alphabetical order. In addition, there are hundreds of additional Bamforth cards not in albums. Pin-up girls, nudes, arcades and suggestive poses are represented in an album with approximately 190 cards with some Mutoscope cards by Earl Moran and Zoe Mozert. Another album of approximately 160 color cards that will be offered are published by Ullman. Other albums and multiple boxes of postcards, including Rally Day, religious, motto, character, cartoon, locations, etc., will cross the block There are several large lots of antique trade cards, greeting cards, holiday cards and more.

In addition to the postcards there is a collection of more than 600 stereoview cards with a group of approximately 90 with views of Fitchburg and Mount Wachusett, many by J.C. Moulton, etc. In addition, there is another large group of central Massachusetts stereoview cards. Rounding out the stereo cards are hundreds of various cards in black and white as well as in color of varying subjects, including comical series, etc. Photography lots will include many CDV, cabinet cards, tintypes, etc. In addition, large lots of various types of ephemera will also be offered.

The Session 2 estates auction begins at 5 pm. Furniture offerings will feature several pieces of midcentury examples, some with original sales slips from Herman Miller bought in 1950s and 1960s in New York. A dining set with table and six chairs, bar cart, sofa, Noguchi glass top coffee table, Dux sideboard, George Nelson for H. Miller chests and end tables, six leather modern KFF dining chairs and more will be offered. In addition to the Midcentury Modern, an unusual Eighteenth Century bowfront chest with exotic wood inlays, oak J.P. Seeburg Piano Co. Chicago Nickelodeon, an unusual shoe shine chair by Clifford & Co, Boston, several pieces of antique carved furniture, including cassone, desks, chairs, etc. and antique American furniture will be sold.

Estate accessories and artwork in the sale include a pair of gilt bronze and marble candlesticks, a pair of antique Rose Medallion garden seats, musical bird in cage, W.R. Sayles ‘75 Nantucket basket purse with carved whale, gold jewelry, sterling silver, porcelain, several antique portraits, including Samuel Burtis Baker, modern art painting by Derrick Harris and other artwork and accessories.

The auction will be conducted at the VFW Hall, 123 Holliston Street. For more information, 774-571-8263, 508-733-6868 or www.coylesauction.com.

We are pleased to offer a Fine Two Session Antique Estates auc­tion featuring fine quality eclectic mix of fine furniture, artwork, porcelain, sterling silver, fine jewelry and much more drawn from Milton, Belmont, Beacon Hill, Fitchburg and a large Worcester home as well as items from a religious institution together with selected additions. Session 1 @ 2:30 will feature private collec­tion from late Stuart “Bob” McDermott of Fitchburg of over 5000 postcards, stereoview cards, ephemera etc. Hundreds of fresh to the market offerings will be offered with no reserves. Items from local estate arriving after deadline, watch for surprises!

Session 1 of the sale begins at 2:30 PM which will feanrre the private collection of vintage postcards, stereoview cards, photography, trade cards, greeting cards from the collection of the late Stuart “Bob” McDermott of Fitchburg, MA. Mr. McDermott was
an avid longtime collector and member/officer of the local postcard club. The collection includes several albums & totaling well over 5000 postcards with many of his personal favorites. One album of note has approximately 125 images of “ultra” beautiful women as be noted on it mostly French tinted examples etc. Another interesting album contains early 1900s postcards including English actresses such as Gabrielle Ray, Marie Studholme, Edna May and other postcards of beautiful women (approx. 450 in album) by various publishers. There are also 9 albums of Bamforth & Co. both in color and photo black and white series including a 2 volmne album of over 450 color series cards in alphabetical order. In addition to hundreds of more Bamforth cards not in albums. Pin-up girls, nudes, arcades and suggestive poses are represented in an album with approx. 190 cards with some Mutoscope cards by Earl Moran and Zoe Mozert. Another album of approximately 160 color cards that will be offered are published by Ullman. Other albums and multiple boxes of postcards including Rally Day, Religious, Motto, character, cartoon, locations etc. There are several large lots of antique trade cards, greeting cards, holiday cards and more.
In addition to the postcards there is a collection of over 600 stereoview cards with a particularly nice
group of approx. 90 with views of Fitchburg, Mt. Wachusett, jail many by J.C. Moulton, etc. In addition, there is another large group of Central MA stereoview cards. Rounding out the stereo cards are hundreds of various cards in black and white as well as color of varying subjects including comical series etc. Photography lots will include many CDV, Cabinet Cards, tin types etc. In addition, large lots of various types of ephemera will also be offered. We are pleased to be part of selling this collection.
Lot #660 ‘Lacy’ Valentine & other greeting cards etc.
Album #625 Approx. 388 cards including Merry Widow hats, caricatures, etc.
Lot #663 Religious and verse booklets.
Album #612 Approximately 380 collection of unnumbered series or similar by publisher.
2 Album lot #622 with approx. 460 Bamforth and Co. Color postcards arranged in alphabetical order. One of his personal favorite lots.
Album # 603 Approximately 190 cards of beautiful women including pin-up girls, nudes, arcade, suggestive poses etc.
Album #601 Approx. 125 “ultra” beautiful woman and more as the collector called the album. French tinted examples etc.
Lot #64719thC Cabinet cards of
Children and babies. Approx. 90 pieces plus 3 other very large lots of CDV & Cabinet cards (Lots 646, 648, and 649 totaling 350 pieces)
Album# 600 Early English actresses incl.
Gabrielle Ray, Edna May, Marie Studholme, Zena Day and other period postcards (Approximately 450 pcs.)
Album #618 Approximately 185 pieces with actresses, beautiful women, novelty cards etc. by various publishers.

SESSION 2 AT 5:00 PM
FURNITURE: Unusual 18th C bowfront chest w/ exotic wood inlay on bun feet, carved oak antique Jacobean style court cupboard, unusual antq. Italian desk, Beacon Hill inlaid desk, ant banded inlay 2 pc secretary desk, French leather top writing desk w/figural mounts, early Welch paneled back settee, very early Gothic armchair, Italian antq carved cassone, antq stand w/tiger maple fronts, period Sheraton reeded leg card table, Jacobean stands and chairs, Beacon Hill settee, antique slant lid desk, mahog. QA style highboy and matching lowboy, oak 3 stack barrister bookcase w/leaded glass, Museun1 Reproduction blockfront desk (Colonial Furn), antq Sheraton dropleaf table w/acanthus carved legs, walnut cvd lecturn, 2 figural cvd walnut tables w/ color marble, 2 draw standing shaving mirror, Federal Card table with stamp CC Milton, 2 tier burled table attr. J. Gerte, cvd English lady’s desk, country antique 6 draw tall chest, walnut Victorian lockside with key, QA custom tea table, antq kneeler, 19th C carved sofa, antq lady’s secretary, tapestry wing chair, pr French caned chairs, pr. Asian motif mirrors, nice antique tin punch pie safe, and much more.
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE & ACCESSORIES: 2 chests and pr Night Stands George Nelson for Herman Miller, sideboard with sliding doors and drawers (Dnx), Beautiful dining set 6 chairs and table, multi-tier rolling bar cart, MCM sofa, Danish chests, 2 Knoll style chairs (Burke Dallas, TX),German Blaupunkt 1960s radio, 6 MCM style dining chairs KFF (Karl Friedrich Forster), brass sculpture Wm Tell Apple by Paul Suttman, floor lamp, nest of tables, MCM club chair, Noguchi coffee table with glass top, some of the items have orig sales slips for purchase from Herman Miller in the 1950s, and other MCM.
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST: Oak J.P. Seeburg Piano Co. Chicago Nickelodeon with leaded glass doors and rolls (as found), oak Edison Victrola with rolls and cabinet, vintage Shoe Shine chair Clifford & Co. Boston (Whittemore’s Polish c1920) 63″ H., antique brass stand-up ship’s compass, antique ship’s wheel, antique chestnut golf clubs, 6 antique corbels, Curtis book of prints, leaded window with eagle, and other interesting pieces. ACCESSORIES: Beautiful pair of gilt bronze and marble candlesticks, Pair of antique Rose Medallion garden seats, pair 2 pc 20″ alabaster urns with carved face handles, LeCoultre atmos clock, W.R. Sayle ’75 Nantucket purse w/carved whale, musical bird in cage, Chelsea Barometer, 8 beautiful ornate color glass Murano goblets, lovely pair of lg. floral porcelain lamps, 12 fine porcelain plates with birds, Limoges bowls, several nice lots of glazed antique tiles incl Lowe, Trenton and terracotta stamped tiles, Molaroni Pesaro ewer w/snake handle, bronze African figure 17½” H., Gustav Becker wall clock, 32 piece collection of Dorcester Pottery, Eli Terry pillar & scroll clock, 3 old mohair bears (some Steiff), Chinese porcelain, sand art relief by Shepley architectural finn 18 x 38), nice groupings of glass gas shades, argon shades etc., groups of German antique bisque dolls including large Handwerck/Simon Halbig, 2 sm. antique Samplers (Charlotte Jane Richardson 1821 and Mary Brookings), etc.
JEWELRY: Tiffany & Co. 14k onyx cufflinks, beautiful heavy 14k gold necklace with square gem set clasp (42 dwt), 14k Emerald & diam earrings, 14k lady’s wristwatch, 14k rope handcrafted tie clip, coral necklace, 14k eaffings, 14k pearl and diamonds bracelet with earrings, and more.
STERLING SILVER and Silver plate: 2 pr sterl Tiffany & Co. salt & pepper, Ornate Perruzzi serving pieces, 73 piece sterling silver flatware set, 24 ornate sterling forks, several nice lots of sterling silver flatware and tableware, etc.
ARTWORK: Lovely lg o/c “Suspension of Dazzlement & Disbelief 1994 Lannon Gallery NYC by Dereck Harris (4lx56), portrait of woman in pink dress signed Samuel Burtis Baker 30: x 24″, lovely o/c portrait of woman with lace and jewelry (attr. Seymour Joseph Guy), pr. o/b countryside scenes signed G. Stinlart 14 x 21, o/c Place de la Madeleine Paris scene 12.5 x 16, James Gale Tyler seascape o/b 9x 18, Dean Cornwell crayon drawing of 2 Native Americans 23 x 15, o/c ship pilot boat M. Francis Glusing, Domingo Bafferes still life with tea kettle 1959 16″ x 20”, Lunenburg MA summer day w/c Bruce Rickett, o/c M. Bonting (ships), portrait of young girl w/blue ribbon, lovely antique portrait of young woman with lace and jewelry, stormy seascape o/c, and other signed and unsigned art. LITHOGRAPHS/PRINTS: 2 signed Charles Bartlett woodblock prints in color (Kyoto & Taj Mahal from desert), George Braque birds II litho 10 ½ x 14 ½, 2 Hans Emi lithographs, Mar·cel Fiorini colored etching of flower, hand colored print of soldier, Birdsey lithograph blk/white portrait, 2 sm. Calder posters, and more.
Fine Porcelain
Gilt Bronze Candlesticks with Marble
W.R. Sayle ’75 Nantucket basket purse with whale carving
Musical bird cage
Portrait woman in pink dress signed S.B. Baker
(Samuel Burtis Baker) 30″ x24″
Portrait of woman in lace (attr. Seymour Joseph Guy)
Dereck Harris o/c ‘Suspension of Dazzlement & Disbelier” 1994 41×56
o/c Place de la Madeleine, artist signed 12 ½ x 16
Fine Gold Jewelry
MCM German Blaupunkt Radio
Pair of oil on board countryside paintings signed G. Stimart 14 x 12
18th C Bowfront chest with exotic inlay on bun feet
Antique Sheraton mahogany card table
6 Modem MCM style dining chairs (KFF Karl Friedrich Forster)
MCM bar cart
1 of 2 Charles W. Bartlett woodblock print in color Taj Mahal from desert (other is Kyoto)
Unusual Antique Italian Style Desk
20′ Alabaster urns w/ faces on handles
Pair of antique
Rose Medallion garden seats
French style leather top desk with figural ormolu mounts
Early Italian carved cassone chest
Jacobean carved oak antique Jacobe­an style court cupboard
French style leather top desk with figural ormolu mounts
Carved antique Gothic furniture
J.P. Seeburg oak Nickelodeon with leaded doors and rolls
MCM Furnishings
Highback early welch paneled back settee
MCM sideboard ‘Dux”
Beacon Hill estate furnishings
Antique banded inlay secretary
MCM Dining Set