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Annual
Maine Summer
Auction - August 30, 2010
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A 17-1/2” Tiffany arts & crafts bronze candlestick
with green glass inserts at the bowl; 19th c. checkerboard with
original paint-decorated surface; fabulous kindling wood box
that was next to Bernard Langlais’ fireplace, made from
a tree trunk and all the wood fit in a sculpture-like design;
mahogany table model Stella disc music box with 17” discs;
early tiger maple 1/2-stock musket with brass inlay by H. M.
Gilmore, 48” long; Springfield military hunting knife with
Rock Island Armory scabbard Ser. #4961; pair of bronze elephant
bookends by L. V. Aronson, 1923; large cast iron garden frog,
12” tall; stick barometer by Cornelius Knudsen, 37” tall;
early banjo barometer, 38” tall by R. Caldera, Edinburgh;
early mahogany banjo barometer by D. Stampa & Co., 42” tall;
pair of carved jade Foo dogs, 9” tall; carved apple jade
centerpiece with multiple Foo dogs; Spencer, Browning and Rust
quadrant; 19th c. hat rack made from horns with eagles, etc.;
1855 Thomaston, Maine roll-up map; 19th c. sailor-made sawfish
bill with shagreen; 19th c. carved merry-go-round panel; 18” bronze
child with wings figure; 9” bronze figure of athlete throwing
ball; Bernard Langlais Christmas card; 14” diameter round
wooden bowl; early Russian icon painted on tin, “as is”;
18th c. ball-top andirons, 16” tall; oversized Nantucket
basket with two handles; full-scale model of early clipper ship;
several good baskets; faux bookcase liquor cabinet; 5-volume
set of leather bound 1817 Duke of Sully; other Langlais estate
items for Day 1 are: selection of books belonging to Bernard
Langlais and signed by him; books given to “Blackie” from
his wife Helen; crazy quilt tray lot of miscellaneous letters
and a sketch; two (2) wood chopping blocks certainly Langlais-made;
cartoon by Vic Runtz, Maine cartoonist, showing the Skowhegan
Indian (Langlais-made) making fun of Paul Bunyan’s size;
plus more!!
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Bruce Gamage, Jr.
Antique Estate Auctioneer, Maine License #AR480
467 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841
Tel: 207-594-4963 
Fax: 207-594-0674
email: bgamage@midcoast.com
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