For this important auction we have planned 2 sessions: 10AM we will be selling the first part of 2 White Mountain painting collections, 2 Southern NH estate collections, an antique oriental rug collection and various other consignors; 2 PM we will be selling a life long Americana collection now the Prokuski Trust from Goffstown, NH, part II of this collection will be sold On site in late August, both Prokuski sales will be unreserved. This fine collection of early American antiques was assembled over 60 years by Ben and Helen Prokuski in their late 1700s colonial home adjacent to Greggs Falls in Goffstown, NH. The collection reflects their love and appreciation of antiques with over 30 years service to the Manchester Historical Society and Ben's development efforts with the Manchester Mill Yard Museum, the American Textile History Museum, and the Boott Cotton Mills Museum in Lowell Historical Park.

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.

Session I – 10AM

Antique American Furniture: John Gaines QA armchair w/pierced carved crest-as is; W & M stretcher base tavern & gate leg tables; QA mirror w/ 2 brass candle arms plus other mirrors; QA & Chippendale round top tea tables; red painted hutch table; Shaker & other candle stands; Portsmouth, NH tall clock; Sheraton red pt Pembroke table; mahogany Empire-cluster base ext table w/6 leaves, oval top d/l dining table & scrolled armchair; inlaid Renaissance revival cabinet; wrought & cast iron porch & garden furniture.

Continental, English & other Furniture: pr Fr Deco leather arm chairs; light wood Biedermiere 1 drawer cupboard; English Regency mahogany 2 part bookcase, “c” scroll & stretcher base benches & QA kettle stand; French-marble top pier table, fruitwood caned armchair plus others, large carved gilt oval mirror & leaf form chandelier; E Italian pierced apron marble top console table.

American Fine Art: Charles H Woodbury o/c of Mt Monadnock; William P Phelps landscape; (3) Frank H Shapleigh White Mountain scenes; Alvin Fisher portrait of his son flying a kite; George F Higgins o/c “Lake Winnipesaukee, 1870”; pr William Paskell landscapes; Roy M Mason w/c mountain scene; Jacqueline Kennedy signed photograph; Roger Blum o/c ducks landing; pr of Louis M D Guillaume still lives; Other artists- (2) Rembrandt Peale attr; Mary Jane Simes miniature; Richard S Meryman; Myke Morton; Jo Davidson bronze; Gustav Minker; James Mc Hart; William B Baird; John J Enneking; James F Hind; Charles C Allen, Bruce Crane; (2)Emile Gruppe; Irving R Wiles; Gar K Gilbert; Dewitt Hardy; Charles W Eaton plus others.                                  

All other Fine Art: Rembrandt H Van Rijn dry point “Little Jewish Bride” w/prov; Fabio Fabbi nude; Classical bronze boy by M Amadio Napoli; R P Goetz o/c waterfront scene; set 6 E eagle colored prints; other artists- Angelo Martinetti; Berthe des Clayes; Martin Gagnon; Andres Leimanis; 1775 Philippe Louis Parizeau drawing plus others.

Accessories: Room size Navajo geometric rug; Stella music box w/38 disc & storage cabinet; Sterling silver- Tiffany “Richelieu” service for 12, Gorham service for 8, bowls and trays; brass fireplace andirons, tools & screen; 3 pc bronze & marble clock set; 3 pairs of lamps- Fr faïence, emerald glass & bronze deco w/metal shades; English sextant, ship shadow box & other nautical; porcelain-George Washington doc. armorial cup/saucer; Sevres compote, (2) Herend serving; paint decorated treen covered bowl; American 1795 dated sampler & E19thC Cont table cover; scrolled WI kettle tilter; (3) hooked rugs; Chinese carved ivory Buddha & pr horses, scroll painting, stand, leather box, (6) jewelry ppcs and lots more.

Antique Oriental Rugs: room size-Lg overall design 11’ X 18’ & 9’ X 12’ good Serapes, (2) center medallion  & dragon design Heriz; Feraghan Sarouk; Agra; Yomud; Scatter- Shiraz, Moghan Kazak plus others, Kuba, Bergamo, Heriz sampler; Runner-Serab; Heriz, Tabriz & Caucasian.

Session II – 2PM

American Antique Furniture: all the furniture is in the old paint or at least an old surface-W M-carved feather crest banister back armchair plus other arm and side chairs; (2) sausage & ball turned ladder back armchairs, numerous side chairs & child’s chairs; raised canted top blanket chest; (2)stretcher base lift top desks on frame; QA- unusual 6 drawer tall chest with (5) carved sun bursts and cut out apron; 6 drawer tall chest w/chased batwing brasses; button foot armchair w/scrolled rams horn arms; numerous candle stands w/round & square tops; curly maple highboy w/restored legs; oval top splay leg tea table; Chippendale-set of 4 country side chairs w/Spanish feet plus other similar arm & side chairs; phoenix bird crest mirror; (2) Concord, NH maple tall case clocks w/brass works; Single board top rectangular hutch table; 2 door cupboard w/raised arched sides; 4 raised panel door cupboard probably Canadian; North Shore pewter cupboard w/restored scalloped top; stretcher base tavern table; pencil post tester bed; 6 drawer tall chest dated “1806 AH” on back boards; 4 drawer chest w/red & black grain paint; Hepplewhite - 3 card tables- mahogany demi-lune style w/flower inlay down each leg capped w/tiger maple panels, Dunlap style w/drawer & a red/black swirl decorated one; 2 part “D” end banquet table; coffin  & inlaid oval top candle stands; stretcher base  & rocking wing chairs; rectangular top 4 way splay tap table; pr of carved ear fan back Windsor’s; one drawer stands; potentially important walnut & poplar wood tall clock in the Shaker Watervliet style w/wooden works & ptd wooden dial; 2 sets of drawers;  Sheraton field bed w/arched canopy & draping plus more.

Accessories: large collection of red ware pottery- slip decorated loaf dishes and round plates, Gonic decorated jugs, jars and mugs, 3 mustache cups, cake molds and lots of misc; stone ware crock with blue decorated standing deer as-is; lg primitive o/c painting of rural scene with cows etc; 2 pr of knife blade andirons; collection of Staffordshire cup plates; lighting collection including a pair of early brass candlesticks w/paw feet, WI rush & candle stands, adjustable hanging, betty, cruzzy, tin onion lanterns wooden standing plus more; lg collection of American & English pewter including chargers, lighting, coffee & tea pots, numerous plates etc; wall boxes some with drawers; lot of fireplace accessories including paint decorated warming pan, long handled muffin pan etc; large painted wooden bowl; blue painted butter churn and fingered cheese box; good group of 19^th century hooked rugs some with repair & 1 runner; o/b primitive painting of a young man; early Saint painting on board; textiles-18^th & 19thC samplers, 2 Lindsey Woolseys, brown & green homespun coverlets, white Trapunto bedspread, quilts plus more; collection of silhouettes some w/water colored clothing; Shaker fingered oval box & carrier; 3 tape looms one on a wooden stand; set of 4 Steven graphs; C900 ship model in glass case plus lots more

Antique Oriental Rugs: (2) Late 19^th century Heriz room size w/central medallions; Afghan & Kerman room size rugs; Scatter size- unusual Boteh design Feraghan Sarouk, Bokhara, Lesgi star plus other Hamadan ones.