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The Cobbs Auctioneers
Important Antique and Fine Art Auction July 5th 2008 at 10am
At Historic Noone Falls Mill, Peterborough NH
 

 
Important American & European  Fine Art ~ American , European  & Oriental Antique Furniture & Accessories ~ Oriental Rugs ~ Whaling and Seafaring ~ Shaker
Coin & Sterling Silver ~ Clocks ~ Ceramics ~ Chinese Export ~ Native American

 

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 July 5th 2008
Sale to begin at 10AM

American Antique Furniture: White painted oval top splay leg tea table; Queen Anne candle stands & tea table; Chippendale card table old finish & rare canted display cabinet; paint decorated Hepplewhite card table; Joseph Mulliken, Concord , Mass tall clock; 4 cupboards-corner, white H hinge, child’s & red server; early stands & chairs plus more.

English & Continental Furniture: Queen Anne cone arm wing chair w/shell carved knees; small Chippendale blocked front partners desk; Stephen Rimbault dwarf clock; Regency plant stand, gilded Girandole mirror & rosewood sofa table.

Custom Furniture: French bedroom set with 3 part armoire, marble top dresser, chest, 2 side tables & 2 beds; Dunhill Humidor stand; gilded over mantle mirror & pair of Regency style armchairs; 3 good Deco rattan porch sets.

American Fine Art: Important William A Walker O/B African/American cotton pickers w/basket of cotton; Daniel Garber O/C PA landscape; White Mtn art: lg O/C Conway valley & Mt Washington, S W Griggs lake Winnipesaukee, JWA Scott Mt Chocorua, DC Grose, Daniel Santry, 3 Edward Hill landscapes; AF Tait O/C of stag; John Sloan charcoal sketch; Arthur C Goodwin pastel of Boston; Thomas H Hinckley of cows; William J Kaula landscape; primitive portrait & other paintings; other art by: 2 Evelyn M Bicknell, 2 C Myron Clark, TVC Valenkamph, George L Noyes; Hudson River school; Gordon H Grant; James E Fraser; Cleo Hartwig; Frederick H McDuff; Thomas H Benton; Howard Pyle; Hugh B Jones; Joseph L Smith; Anthony Thieme; 2 William C Halsey; Samuel L Gerry; George C Lambdin; Gorden D Smith; Warren B Davis; Thomas Martin; W Benson; Wally Ames; Samuel N Abbott, John Held, Jr, Gregorio Prestopino, Charles H Burns plus lots more.

English, Continental & Other Fine Art: Alfred W Williams landscape; 2 pr watercolor portraits PJG Fischer & W Larkins; others by MH Fyula, Ellen K Rorup, David D C Burliuk Mexican scene; Fred Money, J Langerock, Salvador Dali, Viktor Bohm, Hugh WG Williams, Jose M Jardines, Honore Daumier; Italian old master still life & portrait; 2 Icons; Miniatures-Francois Dumant, set 3 Indian & still life by James Rouse plus others.

Shaker: Painted green dovetailed woodbin, cast iron double tiered stove, numerous production chairs most labeled or numbered, 3 drawer server, 2 sorting wall hung boxes, oval fingered carrier, tailoring table, footstools and steps, lighting, drying rack and numerous good smalls, all from one collection.

Oriental Items: Chinese: export- pr ½ round tables, 3 lots rose med with original receipt, rose canton vase & bowls, labeled & dec leather/camphorwood trunk, green Fitzhugh ret basket & under tray, 6 part screen, domestic-ancient bronze bell, b/w flower vase, Ming box, 2 jars & pr planters & scrolls.

Whaling & Sea Faring: Whaling ships log MS Corvo & Enterprise; scrimshaw: 2 pr dec teeth-Benj Franklin & George Washington & 2 ladies, 2 dec busks; pie crimper; whistles & misc; nautical prints, drawings & paintings.

Miscellaneous: Early stone feed/watering trough & pegged post & beam model of PA barn; Louis Vuitton trunk & suitcase; old paint: fireboard, blue dec bowl, Hingham, Mass mustard firkin & hanging corner shelf; metals: T Badger pewter, A St-Gaudens metal &  sundial- S Mason, Dublin, Ireland; Textiles-folk art hearth rug, eagle coverlet, numerous samplers incl Adam & Eve; pr Putti form candlesticks; Coin & Sterling-Imp Celtic gold dec censor; Eng silver gilt lotus dish by Robert Garrard, Jewel inset Tabernacle bread box; Tiffany & Co dresser set & lg Gorham table service for 12; Native American- Isabella Pena black pueblo bowl, pewter inlaid pipe/tomahawk, Iroquois mask; 6 crooked knives, James T Bowen print; Tribal- carved amber bust &  ivory mother w/child; Pottery & Porc: rare Whielden pipe/whistle, Derby, Irish & Dutch delft, Staffordshire, Paris, Bennington & Volkestecher; signed JF Kennedy photograph; Boston & Sandwich lamps & other blown glass, Currier & Ives: lg Amer Fruit Piece, great fire Boston & St John plus others; small coll of early maps plus many other good smalls.

            Oriental Rugs: room size- center med Heriz, SW Persian, Nien style, Sarouk /Hamadan & Mahal; Scatter size: 5 Kilim, 4 Kazak incl prayer, prayer & Lesgi star Shirvans, Shiraz, 2 Guash Quai, 2 Tekke incl prayer, pr Sumac & Afshar saddlebags, 3 Hamadan & geometric & cloud band Kazak runners.

 

 
Previews:  Thursday July 3rd 10AM to 5pm, Friday July 4th 4pm to 7PM,
Saturday July 5th 8AM to 10AM ~ Or by appointment.
Buyers premium 18% discounted to 15% for cash or good check ~ No Sales Tax in NH

 

 

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