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Click here to download the January 3rd catalog

Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 6pm

Antiques and Collectibles

at the VFW hall located at 190 Main Street, Saugus, MA.

Preview: 3:30pm Day of Sale


We have a warehouse full of merchandise that we've been accumulating over the last three months. We combine the contents of an estate from Cambridge, the inventory of an antique dealer from Vermont, and several smaller collections to bring you a fantastic collection all fresh to the Boston market. Among many other items, we'll be featuring a collection of fine 19th & 20th century US coins, Artwork (including a sign William Baxter Closson), hooked and oriental rugs, early 20th century kimonos and obis, Japanese & Burmese lacquerware, a small collection of straight razors from a turn-of-the-century barbershop, cast iron cookware (including a rare Griswold Santa Claus cake mold), coin silver spoons, depression glass, porcelain, comic books, baseball cards, wide and varied ephemera, many fine antique and 20th century furnishings and simply hundreds and hundreds of items, far too many to mention.

Directions to 190 Main Street, Saugus, MA
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From Boston area: Rte. 1 North to Saugus. At the Square One Mall go under the overpass and take the exit for Main Street, Wakefield. Right at the end of the ramp and the VFW is 1/4 mile on the left.

From Metro West: I95/Rte. 128 North to exit 44A. Rte. 1 South 3.9 miles to Main Street, Wakefield exit. Right at the end of the ramp and the VFW is 1/4 mile on the left.

From Northern New England: Best route to I95 to exit 44A. Rte. 1 South 3.9 miles to Main Street, Wakefield exit. Right at the end of the ramp and the VFW is 1/4 mile on the left.

Terms & Conditions: Cash, good local check, MC, Visa accepted. 15% Buyer’s premium, all bidders must register, all bidders must present two forms of identification (at least one photo), only those presenting valid tax id certificates will be exempt from 5% MA sales tax, phone and absentee bids accepted. Phone bids must be arranged by November 8, 2007.
For information call Paulo at 781-968-5168. Day of sale only 617-894-3992
Plenty of off-street parking available.


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Artwork
 

Signed Fontaine oil painting
1 of 2
 

Signed William Baxter Closson
 

Reverse side Closson
 
 
 

Hudson River School chromo-lithograph C.C. Griswold
 

Back label C.C. Griswold Colton, Zahn & Roberts
 

1914 Landscape Photo signed William Crosby Doughty, Williamstown, MA
 
 
 

Signature impression of Doughty photo
 

Oil on silk signed P. Renaud, Paris 1 of 2
 

Landscape Oil Painting Artist Unknown
 
 
 

Art Deco Mixed-media Watercolor signed Henry Hedges
 

Early print with white embelishment
 

Very early print of Knaresborough Castle
 
 
 

Watercolor print of Knaresborough Castle
     

1970s Plaster sculpture
 
 
 
Clothing, Rugs & Textiles
 

Antique pop-up tophat
 

1724 Sampler
 

1 of 4 Kimonos
 
 
 

2 of 4 Kimonos
 

3 of 4 Kimonos
 

4 of 4 Kimonos
 
 
 

1 of 4 Obis
 

2 of 4 Obis
 

3 of 4 Obis
 
 
 

4 of 4 Obis
 

Hooked rug
 

Hooked rug
 
 
 

Hooked rug
 

1 of 2 Room-sized Orientals
 

2 of 2 Room-sized Orientals
 
 
Coins
 

1853-1965 Half-dollar album includes 1893 Columbians, 1921 Pilgrims, 1925 Lexingtons and others
 

Morgan & Peace Silver dollars
 

Various silver quarters, dimes and early nickels
 
 
 
 

1847 Large cent, 1864 2 cent, 1866 3 cent
 
 
 
Ephemera
 

1914 French Souvenir bayonet
 

Large collection The Nursery magazine 1875
 

Small sampling of ephemera available
 
 
 

1 of 3 scrapbooks
 

2 of 3 scrapbooks
 

3 of 3 scrapbooks
 
 
 

Large collection of playbills 1950-2000s. 20 full binders
 

Very nice punchboard Jackpot Charley
 

Varity of postcards available
 
 
 

More miscellaneous ephemera
 

Dozens of stereopticon view cards
 

Still more ephemera
 
 
     

1930s Teaching aid about Chinese culture
     
 
Furniture
 

Two cane-seat Lacquer boudoir chairs w/mother-of-pearl inlay
 

Lacquer boudoir chair 1 of 2
 

Lacquer boudoir chair 2 of 2
 
 
 

1 of 3 ladder-back chairs
 

2 of 3 ladder-back chairs
 

3 of 3 ladder-back chairs
 
 
 

Mahogany tall dresser
 

Mahogany princess dresser w/mirror
 

Vintage swinging rocker
 
 
 

Nice side chair with figured mahogany back splat
 

Great art deco telephone desk and matching chair
 

20th century mahogany china hutch
 
 
 

Early television stereo console
 

Stereo console open
 

Rock maple kitchen set
 
 
 

Solid oak wine press
 

Mahogany sideboard
 

Mahogany table and chairs
 
 
 

Great steamer trunk
 

Great South African desk
 

Quarter-sawn oak corner medicine cupboard
 
 
 

Oak corner cupboard interior
 

Bakorost fireless stove
 

Bakorost fireless stove closed
 
 
 

Bakorost label
 

One of a set of three matched art deco picture frames
 

Ansonia mantle clock
 
 
 

Reverse painted boudoir lamp
     

Ogee mirror
 
 
Lacquerware
 

Rare Lacquer Samurai water cup
 

Selection of Burmese lacquerware boxes
 

Japanese lacquerware boxes
 
 
 

Burmese lacquerware trays
 

Lacquerware underplates
 

Small lacquerware boxes
 
 
     

Lacquerware bowls/utensils
     
 
Metalware
 

Rare Griswold Santa Claus cake mold and gem pan
 

Ship bookends
 

Ornate shelf brackets
 
 
 

Collection of antique Russian brass and copper cookware
 

More Russian copper cookware
 

Two cigarette cases. One silver, the other is also a compact
 
 
 

Primitive tinware cookie cutter and match holder
 

Various silver spoons, mostly coin silver
 

Great cast iron kettle
 
 
Pottery & Glass
 

Collection of early Sebastian figurines
 

Vaseline glass bowls
 

More vaseline glass
 
 
 

Large Canton platter
 

Hensler Beer glasses
 

Cobalt decorated stoneware

 
 
 

Royal Bayreuth Sunbonnet Babies
 

Russell Wright
 

Fire King Sapphire depression glass
 
 
 

Early Staffordshire plates
 

Various depression glass patterns
 

Royal Winton Chintz
 
 
 

More depression glass
 

12 pieces of green Cameo pattern
 

Dragonware demitasse service for six
 
 
 

9 pieces of pink Royal Lace
 

Cherry blossom, Adam, and Floral
 

Amber Patrician
 
 
 

Still more glass
 

Great black depression drawer pulls
 

Liquor decanter
 
 
Tools & Hardware
 

Primitive folding knife and pot lifter
 

Early tongs
 

Primitive candlestick
 
 
 

Early primitive fireplace crane
 

Primitive wooden bowl
 

Collection of early 20th century barber tools including straight razors
 
 
 

1 of 2 coffee mills
 

Carl Zeiss 35mm camera outfit w/fisheye lens
 

1 of 2 wooden levels and laundry stick
 
 
 

Antique copper water pump
 

Rare Gaskell & Chambers barrel measure
 

Gaskell & Chambers mark
 
 
 

Wooden score
 

Huge collection of cegarette lighters including Ronsons, Zippos and more
 

A selected sampling
 
 
 

Early Kodak movie projector
 

Projector label
 

Telescope with tripod
 
 
 

Great cast iron coffee grinder
     

Coffee grinder reverse
 
 
Toys & Children's Items
 

1 of several Japanese wooden dolls
 

1 of several Japanese wooden dolls
 

Early painted wooden Japanese pull toy
 
 
 

Great early pair of wooden skis
 

Little Learners toy cash register
 

Fantastic onion skin marble
 
 
 

Large composition doll with sleepy eyes
 

One of two large boxes of vintage baseball cards
 

Huge box of vintage comic books.
 
 
     

More Japanese wooden toys
     
 
   
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