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The Cobbs Auctioneers
Important Antique and Fine Art Auction Saturday April 12th 2008
First Session Begins at 10AM
Second Session of Antique Toy Blocks & Games begins at 2:30PM
At Historic Noone Falls Mill, Peterborough NH
 

 

 

Important American & European  Fine Art ~ American , European  &
Oriental Antique Furniture & Accessories ~  Oriental Rugs 
Coin & Sterling Silver ~ Clocks ~   Ceramics ~ Chinese Export
19th and 20th century Toy blocks and Games ~ Firearms ~ Sporting

 

 

For this Important Auction we have, in Session One we have Important American & English Paintings, Audubon prints, Firearms, Sporting Collectibles.  In Session Two we have the life-long toy block collection of a NH collector.

Directions: From the traffic lights at the intersection of routes 202 and 101 in Peterborough, NH, proceed west on 202 for 1 mile to the old mill complex on the left. Signs will be posted.

Saturday April 12th 2008
Session One to begin at 10AM

American Antique Furniture-Rare NE mahogany QA kettle stand w/carved dished top; red painted 2 door Schrank; 2 Tiger Maple & cherry Serpentine QA tea tables; Cherry 4 drawer chest w/OG feet, NH inlaid Hepplewhite  card table & 4 drawer chest all in old color; inlaid Hepplewhite candle stand & mahogany bow front 4 drawer chest w/writing slide; painted blanket chests including 17thC one; restored 17thC 4 drawer chest, Sheraton sideboard & QA bonnet top highboy; marble corbels w/glass console; Fed 2 drawer work table plus more.
Continental Antique & Custom Furniture-Louis XVl 6 leg upholstered bench; white pt Fr style bedroom set; carved Fr style settee & pr upholstered settees.
Oriental Furniture- 2 Chinese carved 2 drawer cupboards; Korean stacked cabinet & rice storage box; marble top & low tables; carved dressing stand, 4 panel screens (2); pr lacquer cabinets & garden seat plus lots more.
American Fine Art- William A Walker wash day cabin scene; George De Forest Brush drawing; Chauncey F Ryder house/landscape; Frederick H McDuff landscape; Arthur B Frost illustration; Benjamin Champney White Mountain; Maxfield F Parrish chalk of house; Hugh B Jones cow landscape; others by W P Phelps; religious; George L Noyes; Frederich C Frieseke; Daisy Erb; A Lucas; Frederick L Thompson; 1878 Dr’s office w/instruments; Melbourne H Hardwick; sch of Eastman Johnson & Winslow Homer; Samuel N Abbott; Winfield S Clime; Stanley W Woodward; Cesare Riciardi; Hal Robinson; Charles M Dewey; A Hale Johnson; Ross Barbera; Albert Blaetter plus many more.   
English & Continental Fine Art- English-William Coates 2 Eng schooners; King Charles 1 portrait & other E portraits including Dr Samuel Johnson attributed to Robert E Pine; A Bennett; Continental-old master royal portrait & still life; Charles Leduc sailing turret ship; Louis P Verwee courtyard; TE Pencke plus more.
Miscellaneous-New discovery- Jefferson Davis tintype; Suez Canal scrimshawed tusk; AC Fairbanks mandolin; Chinese & Japanese export porcelain & art, Temple Jar, domestic porcelains, collection of snuff bottles, forbidden stitch textile, wooden & bronze Buddha’s, set 7 ivory figures, woodenware, metal ware & 7 decorated pigskin trunks; E St Frances carving; soft paste china including Wedgwood; 2 Louis Vuitton trunks, alligator, Ostrich skin, petit point purses by Hermes & others; Coin silver-German presentation chalice, 18thC Eng- Jos Sanders plate & Hester Bateman cruet holder & misc; Sterling silver-Gorham Chrysanthemum 48 pc set plus more; Jefferson table lamp; good collection of blown & Sandwich glass; Noah’s ark w/many animals; collection of quilts plus lots of quality items.  
Old Oriental Rugs- room size: Important Sultanabad, 3 Heriz, Hamadan; Mahal; Scatter: 3 Sarouk; 2 Kazak including dbl prayer; Shiraz; Malayer; Baluchistan; Bohkara & more.    
Sporting- 2 baseballs each w/26 signatures, 1941Yankees & 1953 NY Giants; Cleo Hartwig limestone bird; Roland Clark & other etchings; fish painting; T Bailey- Mountain Quail; Alexander Pope style woodcock; Decoys: 2 collections including geese, blue bill & golden eye drakes, H Perdew black duck, pr green wing teal 1 sleeper, A Dodge widgeon, Mason Challenge grade plus others; Fed Migratory duck stamp set 1935-1974; Royal Worcester quail & Geese; books and more.
Firearms- Rare .38 cal Colt single action army revolver; 2 cased Smith & Wesson tip up revolvers; 1906 American Lugar pistol and Ethan Allen Pepperbox revolver.
Audubon 1st Edition Octavio- 21 recently removed from his book- Hummingbirds #251-254; Woodpeckers #258-274 great condition.

Saturday April 12th 2008
Session Two to begin at 2:30PM

Building Block sets- American Man Concern Empire Express Wagon, Western Bliss Express wagon, both full plus others; Joel Ellis 2 Log Cabin Playhouse; Hill’s spelling (2)4, 5, 53 & Egyptian, alphabet 0, 4, 11, 27,33 & kindergarten; puzzle; many nesting picture including cylinder type; spelling fireman & soldier; Embossing Co alphabet & picture including Red Faced Indians; Westcott Bros alphabet; Button-Button game; May Fair picture; Illustrated spelling; Dutch Rattle; Richter’s- 2 Popular Comet, Puzzle Drive, Meteor; Union Building #4, 5 & 8,  Anker-Baukasten #5 & 6; 2 Levelle Man- Anchor; Orion; Your ABC; patent Embossed no 000; 5 match box sets; Fairy tales & Mother Goose; JH Singer; Robinson Crusoe picture; English soldier; The Little Pony; Leventhal & Louisson series 100; Halsam; German picture, Happy Hours, Ges Gesh, Lungers Hausen, Winker’s Holzbaukasten & Armator; Doll’s Hour; Victory; McLoughlin Bros- Jack in the Bean Stalk, Mother Goose; Bradley’s Toy Village & Little Folks Alphabet; Walt Disney; Rosebud Art Co Circus #350; Falcon Bildmor, Peg Lock & Lok-Blok; Tyro; Konstructo; Crandall; Ralite and more.
Books-1897 Uncle Tom’s Cabin book; lots of other child books including  McLoughlin Bros, pop-up & punch out; Christmas & more;
Lincoln Log- rare JL Wright pull wagon full; log set # 1A,B, 2, 2L, 3LF,40; 4 cast iron Native American figures plus more.

 

 

 

 Previews: Thursday April 10thth , 10AM to 5PM ~ Friday April 11th 10AM to 7PM
Saturday April 12th 9AM to 11AM  Or by appointment.
Buyers premium 18% discounted to 15% for cash or good check ~ No Sales Tax in NH

 

 

 

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