Sandwich Thanksgiving Weekend Auction of Antiques & Arts
Saturday, November 26 at 6 pm
Preview on Friday, November 25, 2 – 5 pm
and Saturday November 26, 2 – 6 pm

Partial Listing: Our annual Thanksgiving weekend auction will feature items from a Rumson, New Jersey folk art collector, and items descended from a Philadelphia, PA family, with additions from local homes and estates. Furniture: Several period tiger maple pieces to include Sheraton bowfront chest, Queen Anne highboy, Chippendale slant lid desk, early blanket chests in paint (4), farmhouse table in old red, maple glass door corner cupboard, 18th/19th C. English oak sideboard and lowboy, several English tall clocks by Benj. Mends (Philadelphia case), Nath. Brown, John N. Tickle, Vignel & Lautier, French walnut armoire and 9’ refectory table, Chinese campaign chests; also monumental 19th C. cast iron garden urn and lawn jockey, French Rococo mantle, Wallace Nutting chairs (3) and table, more. Folk Art: Rare early 19th C. ancestral memorial watercolor (Philadelphia area provenance) and other early artworks, collection of schoolgirl samplers, set of 8 ‘Charlie’s Hat’ carved wood carnival game heads. Fine Art: Oil paintings by Emile Gruppe, Arthur Diehl,, Wesley Webber (2), large Eugene Speicher portrait in impressive frame, oil portraits of Joseph Lownes (late 18th C. Philadelphia silversmith) and wife Esther, John Coppin nude, August Laux, Francois Bernaud portrait, Jerome Howes (7), Charles Kenney, Robert Sanders, Floyd F. Carey (3, Pairpoint artist), George Wright miniatures on ivory; also a collection of artwork and personal objects from the Estate of Eric Pape, C. Dimitriadis marble bust, M. Chagall and P. Picasso lithographs, more.
Antique Accessories: Asian items incl. fine Japanese lacquer writing box with inro, Chinese silk embroideries, carved statuary, porcelains incl. Canton, Rose Medallion and Imari, bronze cricket box, etc. Silver to include Bailey & Kitchen items in ‘Kings’ pattern, Allcock & Allen cider pitcher, Gorham ‘Chantilly’ and ‘Melrose’ sterling flatware sets, more. Jewelry to include platinum and large diamond crossover ring, English Victorian emerald and ruby with diamond rings, 19th C. bangle bracelet and enameled cross on chain, designer gold bracelets, gold pocket watches (2), etc. Maritime and nautical items to include fine Jose Reyes ‘Friendship’ Nantucket basket with Nancy Chase carved ivory, old sawfish bill with wonderful painted scene of the schooner ‘J. Lloyd Hawkridge’ off the coast, H. Hughes sextant, Parnell spyglass, items pertaining to, including several copies of, a petition executed by Eric Pape in 1906 to save the U.S.S. Constitution from destruction (many signed  letters to Pape, documentation, photographs, etc.), ancient Egyptian funerary ‘Mummy’ mask collected by Eric Pape in the late 1800’s, several early Santos figures, rare 19th c. English brass inlaid travelling painter’s box, F. Conchon cylinder music box and Imperial ‘Symphonion’ disc music box, 19th C. pawnbroker’s trade sign, carriage clocks, Rochester Optical camera; also American Brilliant cut glass, two sets of porcelain Oyster plates, Jerome Howes bird carvings, Oriental rugs incl. room size Heriz and Sarouk, much, more.
Terms: Payment by cash, check with ID, Visa, MC or debit. 17% buyer’s premium with 2% discount for cash/check.
MA. Lic. #2226 See our website for photos and details: www.sandwichauction.com
Duncan Gray, Auctioneer
Set of 8 carved ‘Charlie’s Hat’
carnival game heads
Early 19th C. folk art ancestral watercolor
Emile Gruppe oil of Gloucester
Collection of schoolgirl samplers