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The Cobbs Auctioneers
Important Antique Estate Auction Saturday July 11th at 10am
At Historic Noone Falls Mill, 50 Jaffrey Road,  Peterborough NH
 

 

 
American & European  Fine Art ~ American & European Antique Furniture & Accessories ~  Oriental Rugs ~  Clocks ~ Sporting Art ~ Important Pewter ~ Ceramics Early African, Asian and Pacific Masks & Early Carvings ~ Pianos
Oriental Furniture & Accessories 

 

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.


Antique American Furniture: Important mahogany tray top QA tea table w/scalloped apron & cabriole legs, NY Chippendale side chairs w/shell and leaf carved crests & paint decorated Dunlap candle stand with octagonal top; oval top 4 way splay tea table; Shell carved Mass QA lowboy; Pennsylvania Chippendale card table w/ gadrooned apron, set of 4 shell carved side chairs with ball and claw feet, OG footed 4 drawer w/1/4 cols, tip & turn QA tea table, Hepplewhite tavern table & Sheraton 4 drawer chest; numerous Chippendale & Hepplewhite mirrors; flower inlaid Nantucket candle stand in old color plus other good ones; Chippendale s/f desks- 29” wide maple & mahogany oxbow w/ball & claw feet; 2 inlaid Hepplewhite card tables; 2 sets of Windsor chairs; numerous 1 & 2 drawer stands; Empire glazed 2 door bookcase; grain painted Sheraton dressing table plus more.

English and Continental Antique Furniture: English-Regency Mahogany glazed door breakfront, pr of Chinoisserie dec QA mirrors, Lg gilded Rococo mirror, pr of Fr style mahogany wing chairs & Barometer; Dutch marquetry inlaid server; Florentine parlor set; French- WI garden settee; oak carved armoire, prayer desk, inlaid dressing table, 15thC coffer & paint decorated tall clock.

Fine Art: Important Philip R Goodwin o/c sporting painting, Sarcophagus lid Fayum painting of a young woman/man, Roman period; Franz Kline ink abstract & bronze stabile signed Alexander Calder; Pr of Chinese export o/b- one of Hong Kong; o/c of Major John Andre attr to Joshua Reynolds & a portrait by John Hayls w/ prov; pr 18thC American portraits; Pr of Rufus Porter attr miniature w/c; 2 Benjamin Champney Wt Mtn scenes; 2 Samuel Griggs “Presidential Range” & landscape o/c; 2 Edmund D Lewis scenes; lg bovine scene by Thomas B Craig; Oliver Kemp fireside scene; Frank W Benson etching  “Winter Wild Fowling”; set 3 stained glass windows by Donald MacDonald; golf scene by Redmond S Wright; other art by Robert Spear Dunning; William Mark Fisher; Margaret J Patterson; pr Clinton Loveridge; James J Grant; Alexander Y Jackson; Pierre J Mene bronze; Churhill Ettinger; David Hagerbaumer; Nehemy Jean; Francesco Goya copy; terra cotta bust of J Caesar; AP Bellows, David Blossom; George H Drew, John Clymer plus more.

Accessories: Important RR steam engine weathervane in old color w/good provenance; verified Abraham Lincoln signed 1862 commission; Pr of Cogswell Harrison 12 ga engraved shotguns; Decoys; 18thC Robert Bush Eng pewter communion service; Needlework- 3 American samplers, 2 still life pictures, English stump work picture & pr of portraits; Dutch Delft punch bowl, Eng Soft paste: Chinese & Japanese export porcelain; French marble 3 piece mantle clock, pr double lemon brass andirons and tools; 2 cast iron toy wagons w/black drivers; Babe Ruth signed team baseball w/certificate; pr sm French bronze urns; oval classical dec tray; 5 applique quilts, homespun & Jacquard coverlets; coll of Chinese furniture, porcelains, figures and more; Sterling silver plus lots more

Antique Oriental Rugs: room size- Mahal w/tree design, Bakshaish overall floral; 2 Heriz w/overall design & central medallion; Sumac overall design; Baktiari; Sarouk; & others; scatter size-important Dagestan prayer, Lesgi star and others

African & other Carvings: Important Ivory coast Guro, Bete, Dan passport & Baule masks; Maori Putorino flute; Papua Betel Mortar; Baule fly whisk; Fiji Gata war club; Tanzania stick; Congo Lega bone figure & Maskette; Indonesian Batak Lemon Piercer; New Irland post; New Guinea club; Keymer stone and soapstone carvings.

Pianos: Mah Steinway & Sons model M grand piano-good condition; rosewood Chickering cocked hat grand piano in as found condition; Rosewood & mah French 6.5’ grand by Boisselot.      

 

 

Previews:  Thursday July 9th 10AM to 5pm ~ Friday July 10th, 10am to 7pm
Saturday July 11th, 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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