Past  AMERICANA - FOLK ART AUCTION

  Lot 95. Child's blanket chest $3627.00  Lot 56.  Miniature C. H., Hingham, Ma.  firkin $8892  Lot 9. Owl carved by R.Bernier $1170.00

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Lot 53. $1404.00

Folk carvings from the hand of the late Rosario Bernier, formerly of Middleboro, Mass.: Abe Lincoln, Native Americans, cowpokes, animals, 25 songbirds, snakes, decoys including geese, fish, gulls, swan, heron, flying mallard, "A wonderful and sometime humorous collection". Folk Art Adam & Eve pottery tiles from a Duxbury artist, carved wood Adam & Eves "Jose Mondragon, Chimayo, N.M." and "George Lopez, Cordova, N.M.", Noah’s Ark by "Luis Tapia", carvings by "Unto Jarvi" of Kentucky. Rooster & Chicken Collection inc. cast iron targets, well weights, door stop, still bank, wood toys, pottery and barn decorations, carvings from Africa, New Guinea, Australia, Haitian paintings, 18^th & 19^th c. Santos carvings, Hopi Kachinas, Pueblo pottery, Navajo rugs (Am. flag), David Alvarez and Alonzo Jimenez of Santa Fe, NM.

Americana including child’s 19^th c. 1-drawer blanket chest in orig. green; orig. 19^th c. stenciled Mammy’s Bench; wonderful boat model of a 19^th c. Nantucket Whaling Dory with whale; carved ivory canes; early hanging pipe box with pipes; carved 19^th c. sailor’s ditty box with ship; miniature blanket chest (1866 history); miniature Hingham firkin in green "CH"; rare 19^th c. adjustable candlestand; 18^th c. rockers; Shaker style 19^th c. orig. blue painted spice chest; 19^th c. horse weathervane; Folk portraits: 1820-30 of young lady with puffy sleeves, others; hooked rugs (scenic) & early penny mats; 19^th c. Spongeware tea set; coverlets; Amish quilts (diamond in the square), children’s, 1930 examples; Peaseware; Trade signs; Folky shelves; toys (cast iron); games; game boards; Popeye; cartoons (Sluggo & Nancy); Hopalong Cassidy collection; tin train; great advertising collection – "Kodak"; soda fountain Orangeade dispenser; "Coffee" General Store containers; collection of German candy containers, pumpkin heads, rooster, rabbits, ducks, nodders, country bumpkin, etc.; Basket collection inc. early miniature, "Prison Baskets", etc.; early Hessian andirons; 19^th c. Spring watercolor; sampler collection (Mrs. Parsons school); Treenware; 6’ standing & painted "Uncle Sam"; 18^th c. tavern table, much more.

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  Lot 62$936.00Lot 138 $9067.50

Some 19th c. carvings, examples below:

Lot 17 $4680.00

  Nantucket whaling dory being given a "Nantucket sleigh ride" 

in the original paint with old patina            

   more  19th c. FOLK ART, AMISH QUILTS, AMERICANA, REDWARE, WOODENWARE, ETC.

                                                          Lot 28 $1287.00                                                              

 Lot 150B$234.00