Thomaston Place Auction Galleries 2017 Summer Auction Weekend
1,465 LOTS TO BE SOLD IN THREE SESSIONS
Maine Art & Artists • Fri, Aug 25, 11am
Marine Art & Artifacts, Fine Art & Antiques • Sat, Aug 26, 11am
Fine Art & Antiques Sun • Aug 27 – 11am
Previews: Mon, Aug 21 – Thurs, Aug 24, 9am – 5pm,
Auction Days, 9-11am
Held at our gallery, US Route 1, Thomaston, Maine

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HIGHLIGHTS
• Paintings by Marsden Hartley and Alexander Calder
• Eight works by Waldo Peirce
• Three paintings by James Taylor Harwood
• Important collection of Admiral Horatio Nelson memorabilia
• Marine paintings by Percy Sanborn, Antonio Jacobsen, and William Stubbs
• Pair of early William Matthew Prior portraits
• Large oil by Marguerite Zorach, plus 6 paintings by Dahlov Ipcar
• Four Tiffany Studios fl oor lamps
• Harold B. Simmons (Rockland, ME) carved sternboard
• Two early carousel horses
• Three painted canvases gifted by Kenneth Noland
• Great selection of folk art, decoys, and early trade signs
• 188 Lots of antique and designer furniture, incl. a rare ca. 1830 Chinese ship captain’s desk
• Large collection of rare firearms and militaria
• 150 lots of Asian art and artifacts
• 43 Oriental carpets
• 88 Jewelry and estate silver lots
• Diverse selection of marine antiques
• Two 15th c. ecclesiastical sculptures
• 15 Russian and Greek icons
• Collection of George Santayana letters
• Collection of US Colonial Period currency
Kaja Veilleux, bonded & licensed Auctioneer, ME License #AUC902
John D. Bottero, AARE, GPPA ME License # AUC1237
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21 – ERIC HOPKINS (ME/CT, 1951 – ) – “Two Islands”, watercolor and graphite on paper,  30 1/2″ x 37 1/4. Est. $2000 – 3000    
316 – 19th c. American Turned Ash Burl Bowl. Est. $$1500 – 2500           
320  – Black Carousel Horse, Charles Carmel, American, Coney Island Style.  Est. $4000 – 5500           
322  – 19th c. Carved Carousel Sleigh Board with the British carnival standard puppets of “Punch and Judy”, 54 1/2″ x 70″. Est. $1500 – 2000           
330 – Country Pine Two-Door Cupboard, New Jersey, 55 1/2″ tall, 47 1/2″ x 15″.  Est. $2000 – 3000           
331  – ATTRIBUTED TO MARY STANTON HOPE (19TH C. MAINE) – Primitive Maine Birdseye View of Litchfield Farm, Litchfield, ME, oil on board. 23″ x29″. Est. $2000 – 3000           
336  – Top Hat Form Trade Sign in painted wood, for “Rumsey & Co. Fire Engine & Supply Co.” of Seneca Falls, NY. Est. $2500 – 3500           
358  – Painted Tin Anvil and Hammer Hanging Sign marked “Taft’s”, from Millville, Mass, 19th c., 41″ x 50″ x 25″.  Est. $4000 – 6000           
367  – GEORGE HOWELL GAY (NY, 1858-1931) – “Seascape, Heavy Surf”, monumental panoramic oil on canvas, 33″ x 76″. Est. $4000 – 6000           
370  – Figured Mahogany Secretary Desk attributed to John & Thomas Seymour of Boston, circa 1800. Est. $8000 – 12000           
377  – GEORGE FORSTER (NY/GERMANY, 1817-1896) – Still Life of Fruit, oil on canvas,  14″ x 18″. Est. $3000 – 5000           
381  – Kazak Rug – 4 1/2′ x 7′, early 20th c. Est. $2000 – 2500           
390   – Chippendale Solid Cherry Block Front Dresser, probably Hartford, CT. Est. $2500 – 3500           
395 – RARE PAIR OF FEDERAL PERIOD CONSOLE TABLES
Pair of Federal Period Mahogany Console Tables, Neo-Classical Form, ca. 1810. Est. $3000 – 5000           
399  – JAMES TAYLOR HARWOOD (UT/CA, 1860-1940) – “Sands of the Pacific”, oil on wooden panel. 12 3/4″ x 23″. Est. $10000 – 15000           
400  – JAMES TAYLOR HARWOOD (UT/CA, 1860-1940) – Pont Neuf Viewed from the Louvre, oil on linen, 25″ x 31 1/2″. Est. $20000 – 30000           
403  – S.F.M. (SOLON FRANCIS MONTICELLO) BADGER, (MA, 1873-1919) – Marine Portrait of the Two-Mast Fishing Schooner ‘Flora L. Nickerson’ of Boothbay, Maine, 28 1/2″ x 42 1/2″. Est. $10000 – 15000           
405  – ELISHA TAYLOR (E.T.) BAKER (NY/CT, 1827-1890) – Race for the America’s Cup, oil on canvas,  31 1/2″ x 47 1/2″. Est. $10000 – 15000       
410  – PERCY SANBORN (ME, 1849-1929) – “Ship Onward”, 29″ x 41″. Est. $10000 – 15000           
415  – PERCY SANBORN (ME, 1849-1929) – “Ship Iroquois”, oil on canvas, 33 1/2″ x 47 1/2″. Est. $10000 – 15000           
425  – WILLIAM HOWARD YORKE (UK/CANADA, 1847-1921)  -“Steamsail Ship Theresina”, oil on canvas, 33″ x 45″. Est. $7000 – 9000           
430  – ANTONIO JACOBSEN (NY/NJ, 1850-1921) – Marine portrait of Two-Masted Steam Sail Ship “El Rio”, oil on board, 29″ x 42 1/2″. Est. $6000 – 8000           
435  – Circa 1830 Travelers Desk . 39 1/2” x 41” x 21 1/4” . Est. $5,000 – 8,000           
455  – 19th c. Rosewood (huanghuali) Davenport Desk. Est. $3000 – 4000           
460  – WILLIAM EDWARD NORTON (MA/UK, 1843-1916) – US Navy Warship Under Tow after Dismasting, oil on canvas, 28″ x 44″. Est. $3000 – 5000           
465  – Superb 20th c. Carved and Painted Wood Sternboard by Harold B. Simmons of Rockland, Maine,  84″ x 19″ x 5″.Est. $10000 – 15000           
483 – WILLIAM HENRY BISHOP (UK, 1942 – ) – “Yacht ‘America’ Passing the Royal Yacht ‘Victoria & Albert’ in the First America’s Cup Race 1851″, oil on canvas, 27 1/2″ x 41 1/2”. Est. $6000 – 8000           
485   – Portrait of the Sailing Ship “Freeman Clark”, 29 1/2” x 42 1/2” with original ship’s registry ownership claim.  Est. $$3,000 – 4,000           
496  – Porcelain Oval Lidded Tureen in the Orange Fitzhugh Pattern, ca. 1790-1810. Est. $2000 – 3000           
500  – Fine Custom Three-Part Chippendale Block Front Secretary, Rhode Island, 1840-1860. Est. $25000 – 35000       
503  – (4) Piece American Coin Silver Tea Service, by William Garret Forbes, New York, NY. Est. $1200 – 1600           
505  – Aaron Willard Lyre Clock. Est. $5000 – 7000           
549  – Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Goose Form Lidded Soup Tureens. Est. $800 – 1200           
589  – MAX HANGER (GERMANY, 1874-1955) – ‘Barnyard Poultry’, miniature oil on panel, 5″ x 6″. Est. $400 – 600           
600  – GIOVANNI PAOLO PANINI (ITALY, 1691-1765) – Greeting the Victorious Troops, oil on linen, 20″ x 28″. Est. $35000 – 40000           
605  – GEORGES FRANCOIS P. LAUGEE (FRANCE, 1853-1937) – ‘The Gleaner’s Idyll’, oil on canvas, 25″ x 29″. Est. $10000 – 15000           
607  – ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT (NETHERLANDS, 1566-1651) – “St. Jerome”, pen and ink on buff paper, 17 1/2″ x 13″. Est. $3000 – 5000           
610  – OLAF OLESEN (NY, 1873-1953) – “The Cow Pasture”, oil on canvas, 28 1/2″ x 34 1/2.  Est. $4000 – 5000           
622  – 18th c. Dutch School, Still Life of Lobster. 29 1/4″ x 33 3/4″. Est. $2000 – 3000           
630  – Italian Inlaid Butler’s Desk. Est. $1800 – 2400           
652     – 19th c. Russian Silver gilt and Enamel Oklad Icon of Kazanskaya (Mother of God).  22″ x 15″. One on 13 earlyRussian icons in the sale. Est. $4000 – 6000           
695  – Stone Bust of Amun, New Kingdom, post-Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Tutankhamen, ca. 1336–1327 B.C. Est. $2000 – 3000           
714  – Framed Collection of Colonial Currency of the Thirteen Original States. One of several lots of of signed currency, some by signers of the Declaration of Independence, offered in this sale. Est. $5000 – 7000           
723  – Rare Civil War Era 36 Star Flag, in use Oct. 1864 to 1867 with the admission of Nevada. Cyrus Hamlin provenance. Est. $2000 – 4000           
724  – (50) ALS Letters and Notes from Philosopher, Poet and Author George Santayana (1863-1952) to fellow 1886 Harvard alumni and businessman Herbert Lyman (1864-1941). Est. $10000 – 15000           
727  – C.M. Wilton Collection of Nelson Era Royal Navy Autographs & Engravings, set into custom bindings and housed in a custom carry case sporting the Heraldic Shield of Lord Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson. Est. $20000 – 30000       
751  – Pair of 19th c. Birmingham made Percussion .54 cal. Dueling Pistols. Est. $1000 – 1500           
774  – EARLY 19TH C. HELMET Early 19th c. Anglo-Saxon Spangenhelm or Pioneer Helmet in steel, bronze and horn. Est. $1000 – 1500           
775  – Large Navajo Rug – 97″ (8′-11″) x 155″ (12′-11″)  ca. 1920-30. Est. $1000 – 2000           
776 – Maria & Santana Black Pottery Wedding Plate. 12 1/4″ diam. Est. $800 – 1200           
798 – LANDWERLEIN (19TH C. FRANCE) – Architectural Scale Study of Irises against a Golden Field, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1897. Est. $1000 – 1500           
800 – Floor Standing Chinese Medical Cabinet. Est. $1500 – 2500           
806 – Funerary Ritual Jade in the Form of a Sword Slide, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Warring States Period (475 – 221 BC),. Est. $4000 – 6000           
807 – 18th c. Ming Style Cauldron Form Bronze Censer. Est. $4000 – 6000           
808 – 18th c. Chinese Cloissone Censer. Est. $4000 – 6000           
848 – 19th c. Tibetan Chased Silver Tea Pot. Est. $1000 – 1500           
851 – Japanese Edo Period Three-Case Porcelain Inro with Matching Gourd Form Netsuke and Ojime, mid 19th c., signed. Est. $3000 – 4000           
852 – Japanese Edo Scroll Painting, Otaka White Goshawk, circa 1800.  Est. $2000 – 3000           
856 – Japanese Painted Screen, early 18th c., by a Tosa school painter, 12″ x 18 3/4″ each panel.  Est. $1000 – 1500           
907 – Mid-20th c. Carved and Painted Wood Ancestral Mask, New Guinea. Est. $500 – 700           
1015  – Very large single plank mahogany bas relief depicting technology and transportation, ca. 1910. 90 1/2″ wide. Est. $2000 – 3000           
1025 – Early L. & J.G. Stickley Onondaga period two-door bookcase, ca. 1902-1904. One of several Arts & Crafts era lots in the sale. Est. $2500 – 3500           
1026    CHINA    1026 – Monumental Weller Hudson Line Art Pottery Vase, ca. 1920s, decorated by Sarah Reid McLaughlin. Est. $1000 – 2000           
1031    LIGHTING    1031 – Early 20th c. Tiffany Studios Gilded Bronze Aladdin Floor Lamp. One of four Tiffany floor lamps in the sale. Est. $7000 – 9000           
1034    LIGHTING    1034 – Early 20th c. Tiffany Studios Green Linenfold Counter Balance Floor Lamp. One of four Tiffany floor lamps in the sale. Est. $4000 – 6000           
1035 – English Aesthetic Period Hall Settle.  Est. $1500 – 1800           
1037 – Pairpoint floral reverse painted lamp with a Chesterfield cased glass shade, circa 1930.  Est. $2000 – 3000           
1042 – 14K Yellow Gold Sculpted Spider Form Brooch with rubbies & diamonds. One of six rare insect brooches in the sale.  Est. $4000 – 5000           
1068 – Limited Edition Sterling Silver & Gold 1903 Ford Model A Commemorative 1/8 Scale Model Vehicle,1978. Est. $2000 – 3000           
1073    RUSSIAN    1073 – Russian Gilded 84-Silver and Shaded Cloisonne Enamel Cigarette Case. 3 3/4″ x 2 1/4″ x 1/2″. One of 14 Russian silver lots in the sale. Est. $2000 – 3000           
1085 – MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (NY/ME/CA, 1887-1968) – “Glacier”, oil on canvas. 40″ x 30″. Est. $10000 – 20000           
1086 – Gent’s 14K Yellow Gold and Diamond Ring. Est. $4000 – 5000           
1090 – DAHLOV IPCAR (ME, 1917-2017) – The Butterfly Collection, oil on canvas, signed lower left. 30″ x 24″.  Est. $5000 – 7000           
1091 – DAHLOV IPCAR (ME, 1917-2017) – “To the High Ground”, acrylic on canvas,  23″ x 29″. Est. $3000 – 5000           
1100 – MARSDEN HARTLEY (ME, 1877-1943) – “Landscape”, oil on canvas, initialed lower right, titled on Downtown Gallery of NYC label verso. 35 3/4″ x 30″. By descent in the family. Est. $100000 – 150000    LARGE       
1105 – STEPHEN MORGAN ETNIER (PA/ME, 1903-1984) – “Chicken Market, New Orleans”, oil on masonite,  37″ x 31″. Est. $4500 – 6500           
1106 – STEPHEN MORGAN ETNIER (PA/ME, 1903-1984) – ‘E.R. Randall’s Red & White Grocery, Harpswell, Maine’, oil on canvas,, signed lower right and dated ’50.  37 1/4″ x 32 1/4″. Est. $5000 – 7000           
1110 – WALDO PEIRCE (NY/ME/MA, 1884-1970) – “The Fountain Cafeteria”, oil on canvas, initialed and dated ’59 lower right,
30 1/2″ x 42 1/2″. Est. $20000 – 30000        
1117 – Steuben Glass ‘New Hampshire’ Covered Footed Bowl, from Steuben’s ‘United States in Crystal Series’, #227, ca. 1959. Est. $2000 – 3000           
1120 – WALDO PEIRCE (NY/ME/MA, 1884-1970) – Two Wives in Riviera Apartment, Nice, France, oil on canvas, initialed and dated ’25 lower right.  60″ x 45″, SS: 50″ x 35″.  Est. $20000 – 30000           
1121 – (2) Piece Sterling Silver Beverage Set by Frantz Hingelberg, Aarhus, ca. 1930s. Est. $1000 – 2000           
1125 – Hand Carved White Carrara Marble Young Mermaids. Est. $2000 – 4000           
1138 – 18K Yellow Gold Lady’s Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust Wristwatch. Est. $3000 – 5000           
1155 – HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (NY/OH, 1872-1952) – watercolor on illustration board, inscribed at bottom “To Sally, with good friendship” and signed. Est. $4000 – 6000           
1167 – Walnut Victorian Bed & Marbletop Commode. One of more than 20 Victoriana lots in the sale.  Est. $1000 – 1200           
1170 – (3PC) American Oak Bedroom Suite, ca 1910. Est. $800 – 1200           
1179 – PAUL EDOUARD DELABRIERRE (FRANCE, 1829-1912)
Setter with Duck, cast bronze.  Est. $700 – 900           
1183 – Edward Miller & Co. Duplex Brass Adjustable Height Double Student Lamp with original glass shades, late 19th c. Est. $800 – 1200           
1207 – Ornate Victorian Ansonia Mantel Clock. Est. $1000 – 1500           
1208 – Rare Five Color 14K Gold Engraved and Sculpted Hunter Case Pocket Watch with elk’s head on the center back of case. Est. $1000 – 1500           
1240 – (3 PC) Danish Modern Dining Set by Brouer Mobelfabrik.  Est. $4000 – 6000           
1243 – One of (3) paintings gifted by Kenneth Noland to the consignor, unsigned, stretched, unframed. 46″ x 46″. Est. $25000 – 50000           
1245 – Period Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) “Cabaret Fledermaus” table & (3) chairs. Est. $2000 – 3000           
1250 – ALEXANDER “SANDY” CALDER (NY/FRANCE, 1898-1976) – Untitled, gouache on paper, signed lower right “Calder” and dated ’61. Est. $40000 – 60000     
1253 – LEONARD BASKIN (NY/MA, 1922-2000) – “Pig is Forbidden to Thee”, woodblock print, 29″ x 36″. Est. $1500 – 2000     1255  – Vintage DS 31 Office Chair with Hassock from 1965 by De Sede Design Team for De Sede, Switzerland. Est. $2000 – 3000           
1261 – ALFONSO A. OSSORIO (NY/PHILIPPINES, 1916-1990)
Untitled, assemblage of resin and found objects on plywood, 19″ x 21″. Est. $4000 – 6000           
1300 – CHARLES-EDOUARD JEANNERET LE CORBUSIER (SWITZERLAND/FRANCE, 1887-1965) Study of a Head, oil on canvas board, 40″ x 34″. Est. $10000 – 15000           
1303 – Pair of Deco Design Figural Bronze Andirons. Est. $1000 – 1500           
1309 – Vintage Vistosi Murano Italian Blown Art Glass Bird, by designer Alessandro Pianon, 1960s. Est. $3000 – 5000           
1310 – CHRISTO (CHRISTO VLADIMIROV JAVACHEFF) (NY/BULGARIA, 1935 – ) – “Wrapped Tree Project, 1979″, lithograph on green paper with appliques,  30″ x 36”. Est. $1500 – 2000           
1346 – (2) Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Elephants.  Est. $1000 – 1500           
1353 – Late 19th c. Tiefenfurt (Silesia, Germany) (60 pc) Porcelain Dinner Service, ca 1890.  Est. $1500 – 2000           
1530 – Autographed baseball ca. 1940s. One of 15 baseball lots including 12 signed balls. Est. $1500 – 2000           
The sale features several lots of early Chinese porcelain.           
More than 20 lots of of early clocks           
A variety of cast iron animal doorstops           
Four lots of early glass           
17 Lots of pre-Columbian artifacts           
Several lots  of Redware pottery           
Four lots of Tiffany Favrille Glass           
More than 15 lots of marine artifacts           
A sampling of tortoiseshell tea caddies offered