Estate Auction - May 24, 2009
    

Items of Interest

   

Rare 19 th C. copper pig weathervane , 36” long, 19” tall, (missing one ear), with dents and two bullet holes; 19 th C. carved billet head with leaf and fruit motif in old paint; 4-foot carved naughty lady figurehead , circa 1890; large Enterprize coffee grinder, #12, 1899; early Nantucket basket with handle; Philips 19” terrestrial globe on stand; early hand held sundial with index in cover; pair of carved decoys in original paint with carved wings; hippodrome roll-up poster by Metropolitan Print Co. (minor damage); great pair of sailor-made beckets; large American Indian pot , 19” diameter; also 11” diameter American Indian pot; 19 th C. cast iron doorway or gate eagle ; early lollipop wall box ; hand carved early family crest with double eagle heads ; American Indian quill basket with eagle on cover (some damage); early large lantern with onion globe; mahogany cigar box with embossed top, “Union Fait Laforce”, with cannons, etc.; wonderful Folk Art carved wall shelf with birds, etc.; two (2) spruce gum boxes; 5-foot ship half-model ; large whale bone fid , 12” long; early 38-inch sailor’s long scope with rope wrapping; several whaling harpoons to be sold in one lot; set of four (4) pewter plates; several books and book lots not sorted at press time; interesting stamp collection with sheets and sheets of unused stamps and albums, etc.; stenciled barrel cover “Alliance”; several large copper stencils including: “Star Lime”, Rockland, Maine, Robbins Apples, Union, ME, Codfish Lockport N.S., Bangor, ME stencil; 1812 3-volume set of books “Itineraire de Paris A Jerusalem; pewter lamp; 5-gallon copper “SHELL” oil can; four (4) early wrought iron snow birds; lots of 18 th C. andirons and fireplace tools, etc.; Griswold #866 lamb mold; rare cast iron mold with hands #276; Lots more!!

NOTE: Two (2) hand carved billet heads by premier eagle carver Peter Q. Libbey ordered by Mr. Paine to copy his 19 th C. billet head that we have in this auction!!

   
19th c. pig weathervane

     
5ft. half model
12in Whale ivory fid

19th c. beckets
19th c. carving

19th c. billet head

19th c. cast iron eagle
19th c. silk

19th c. figure head

19th c. snowbirds
American Indian pots

Early 19th c. 3ft long scope
Bangor stencil

Carved family crest

Carved wine bottle holders

Cigar, spruce gum boxes

Codfish stencil

Early mold hands
Early sundial

Early whaling harpoons
Enterprize 12

Fairbanks scales
Folk art shelf

French mirror
Griswold lamb mold

Pair of duck decoys
Lamb pelt barrel cover

Large Shell copper oil can
Misc. copper items

Misc. early andirons
Misc. items

Misc. items
Nantucket

National Cash Register - faux
National Cash Register

Phillips 19in globe

Quill basket
Rockland Lime stencil

Union, Maine apple stencil
Large Sibley print

Early 19th c wagon




Armour book

1859 Catlin

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