White’s Auctions – Fine & Decorative Art, Antiques & Collections
Sunday Aril 14, 2024 11:00AM
www.Whitesauctions.com
19 Jackson St., Middleboro, MA

Previews: Fri. 4/12 & Sat. 4/13.12pm-5pm
or by Appointment….Sunday April 14th.9:00am to 11am Start
MIDDLEBORO, MASS. — White’s Auctions’ spring 600-plus lot auction offers an interesting mix of fresh-to-the-market pieces for collectors and dealers alike. The sale will be conducted on Sunday, April 14, at 11 am at the firm’s gallery.

The auction will feature a variety of artworks, sterling silver, jewelry and watches, coins, antique and midcentury furniture, contemporary art glass, maritime medical chests and apothecary jars, country pieces, Chadburns London brass ships telegraph, single-owner collection of approximately 90 antique and vintage toys and banks (including Hubley, Buddy L, Sturditoy, Kingsbury, Arcade, Distler, Keystone and several Japanese Bandai), World War I and World War II memorabilia, single-owner 80-plus lot collection of Japanese netsuke and inro, vintage advertising signs, Oriental rugs and icons.

White’s will again offer a selection of approximately 20 rare antique telephones, including Blake transmitters, American Bell, Bell Telephone, long-distance transmitters, Brown’s telephone relay, Berliner transmitter, Charles Williams Jr, Telephone Bell, etc. Charles Williams Jr (b 1830) was a pioneer manufacturer of electrical telegraph instruments at 109 Court Street in Boston. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson experimented with the telephone in Williams’ shop, and it was there that they first heard indistinct sounds transmitted on June 2, 1875. Williams house in Somerville, Mass., is now a museum. It is strongly suggested that prospective bidders view items in person, if possible.

This auction includes several American, Polish, French, German and Indian paintings and etchings. Paintings and artworks include a detailed military motif oil by Antoni Piotrowski (Polish, 1853-1924), an oil of kittens eyeing a fly by French artist Alfred-Arthur Brunel de Neville (1852-1941), a ship at sea by William Stubbs (American, 1842-1909), Hamburg Harbor by German artist Cal Friedrich Winkler Hagedorn and a selection of paintings by contemporary American Provincetown and Rockport, Mass., artists. Paintings by prominent India artists include Jenangir Sabavala’s 1948 male nude charcoal, Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002), Sunil Das (1939-2015), Zainul Abedin (1914-1976), Hemen Majumdas (1894-1948), Sunil Madhav Sen (1910-1979) as well as several Indian miniature paintings. Continental bronze sculptors include Adrien Erienne Gaudez (French, 1945-1902), Art Deco signed Moreau, Vincenzo Cinque (French, 1852-1929) and a bronze and black marble double inkwell by Hippolyte Heizler (French, 1828-1871). A Twentieth Century signed Jim Davidson sculpture of a Native American warrior measuring 37 inches tall and weighing 123 pounds will also be sold.

Silver, jewelry and coin buyers can choose from more than 25 sterling flatware and holloware lots, including Tiffany footed cake dish and Gorham repousee coffee/tea set. Jewelry offerings include a 2.2-carat oval unmounted diamond, 18K Vacheron Constantin wristwatch, Concord 14K and diamond watch, a man’s Breitling Navitmer watch, 14K Geneve watch, 14K tri-color gold bracelet and more. Several lots of silver coins will be sold, including an early graded Japan Bunsei gold Koran. Furniture and clocks offerings featured in the sale consist of several estate pieces of antique, Mission and midcentury furniture and mirrors, including L&JG, Wallace Nutting, Paul McCobb, Alvar Aalto, Milo Baughman, Hans Wegner and Silas Seandel and a Fifteenth/Sixteenth Century German stollentruhe oak and iron chest. Several World War I and World War II lots from a single-owner collection include daggers, patches, badges, crosses and medals. In addition, a Japanese Samurai sword and G.I. trophy World War II Japanese swords in an original shipping crate are to be sold. Also featured are a cased gambler’s revolver and push knife, Shintz Bowie knife and Colt revolver, cased Gold Rush set, cased 22 caliber New Line Colt and push dagger, Model 1809 Prussian rifle, Parker 12-gauge shotgun, W.W. Greener British 12-gauge shotgun, etc.

Of special interest is a George Nakashima (1905-1990) coffee table bearing the name of the customer and original order for the commissioned table in 1964 and a monumental (42 inches tall) Black Forest carved stag musical clock with a cylinder music box inside. Additionally, a rare Rhode Island 1767 Acts & Laws book signed by William Ellery will be sold. William Ellery (1727-1820) was a strong supporter of the American effort to gain independence from England, founding father of the United States and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The size of his signature is second only to John Hancock’s famous signature. Sports collectors will be pleased to bid on a game-worn 1950s Milwaukee Braves shirt belonging to pitcher and sports commentator Ernie Johnson.
White’s Auctions is at 19 Jackson Street. There will be online bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Auctionzip.com. Phone bidding and absentee bidding are always welcome.

Bidders can also view and hear the auction in real time through these online sites. Auction previews are scheduled for Thursday-Saturday, April 11-13, from noon to 5 pm (or by appointment or chance) and Sunday, April 14, 9 to 11 am Start. For information, 508-269-9275 or www.whitesauctions.com.

In-House, On-Line, Phone & Absentee
Gallery at 19 Jackson St., Middleboro, MA Paintings, Sterling, Jewelry, Coins, Antique & Mid Century Furniture, George Nakashima Coffee Table 1964, Oriental Rugs, Netsukes, Art Glass.
Alred-Arthur
Brunel de Neville (Fr. 1822-1899)
1816 Fire
William Stubbs
Rarel9th C Desk
Shintz Bowie & Colt Gold Rush set
G. Nakashima (1905-1990)
WWII Luftwaffe
WWII Japanese GI Captured
Jim Davidson
Jenangir Sabavla India
Deco Moreau Bronze
Gorham Repousee
Rare 19th C Charles Williams Jr. Telephone Bell
Chadburns London Telegraph
Oval appr. 2ct Un-mounted
Hubley Motorcycles
L & J G. Stickley
18k Vacheron Constantin
Alexander Korman 2008 Boston

Antoni Piotrowski Poland (1853-1924)
Rare19th C Desk Telephone
Jenangir Sabavala India 1922-2011
Charles Movalli (Am. 1945-2016)
Deco Moreau Bronze
Black Forest 42″
Rare 19th C Charles Williams Jr. Telephone Bell
Chadburns London Telegraph
Shintz Bowie & Colt Gold Rush set
G. Nakashima (1905-1990) Custom ordered 1964
WWII Japanese GI Captured Trophy Swords
Oval appr. 2ct Un-mounted Diamond
WWII Luftwaffe
Hubley Motorcycles
L & J G. Stickley
Jim Davidson Warrior 37″
18k Vacheron Constantin watch
Gorham Repousee
Alexander Korman 2008 Boston
22% B.P. In House/
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