This auction will include 
Estate Books and Stamps to be
sold promptly at 3:00PM,
to be followed by the general auction.  
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We look forward to seeing you April 13th in Essex.

s a convenience for our clients who are unable to attend one of our auctions, we accept  Absentee Bids.

Furniture: Impressive Antique Italian Rococo mirror; French Baroque 18^th Century mirror; Louis XV side table w/ hoof feet; Joseph Gerte decorated console; Paine paint decorated furniture bedroom set; D.R. Dimes set of six cherry wood Windsor chairs, porringer-top table, sideboard and china cabinet; Henrendon Pembroke table; Period camphor wood campaign desk; William & Mary ladder back w/ bold sausage turnings; Pair of Adams style Demi-lune console tables; Painted Federal Period chest; Chippendale slant-lid desk; Chippendale Mahogany Bowfront chest; Hepplewhite mahogany drop-leaf table; Period Chippendale side chair probably Connecticut; Period Anglo-Indian sofa; Good Victorian Recamier; Set of four 50's Moderne plastic shell chairs; Lyre-base card table; Fancy Victorian bookcase probably German; Mission-style desk; Set of five French-style chairs; Victorian love seat; Red-painted blanket box; Six-drawer map chest; Jacobean-style drop-front desk, chair and bench; Set of eight Chippendale-style dining chairs; Victorian marble-top table; Fancy oak Victrola w/ records; Oak dining set; Selection of good custom furniture;

JUST ADDED: Beautiful Triple panel inlaid Federal Mahogany settee with twist carved legs, also a Vermont maple and figured maple Butlers secretary.....

Decorative Wrought Iron: Fabulous collection of Arts & Crafts iron pieces including "Rooster Head" floor lamp w/ mica shade; Four-arm plant stand; Plant stand w/ decorated copper pot; Pair of white-painted tile top plant stands; White-painted table and other smaller pieces;

Paintings and Prints: John Lavalle 1928 oil portrait of "Louise Lawrence White"; John Lavalle watercolor Arabian scene; Fred Cozzens maritime watercolor; Large antique American theorem; Disney animation cell of "Doc"; Disney Studios pencil sketch artist signed; Modern abstract; Oil portrait of "Janet Hersey"; Large Victorian colored photo of child w/ dog; Three large format Audubon re-strikes; T. Bailey painting of "The Constitution"; "Cape Ann School" Watercolor of ship; Set of six boat prints; Signed A. Coussens lithograph; Yachting prints; Miniature portrait of elderly woman;

Silver: 19^th C. Children’s mugs; Gorham center bowl; Gorham repousee center bowl and another example; Assembled tea service w/ tray; Lot of early coin silver;

Jewelry: Diamond solitaire and guard ring; Large lot of costume jewelry; Beaded bag and bakelite bracelets; Other estate jewelry;

Extensive Collection of Antique & Vintage Clothing: Ceil Chapman pink gown; Schiaparelli Peignoir; Lot of Edwardian pieces; 1950's Lucite handbags; 1860's through 1890's dresses, jackets, et cetera; Fancy 1920's beaded dress; Mystery 50's designer gown;" Knox" top hat in fancy leather case; Odd Fellows coat;

Collection of Maritime Objects: Including shadowbox models; Half hulls; Lighthouse-form lamp; Ship’s box; Plates and glasses from the sloop "Witchery"; Shipbuilding tools, etc;

Clocks & Watches: French Gothic shelf clock; French carriage clock; Mahogany shelf clock; Liverpool silver pocket watch;

Rugs and Textiles: Antique Persian flat woven bag face; Framed Antique English Needlework; 18^th Century heraldic flag; Vintage Aubusson; Fine Contemporary Oriental silk rugs; Several Iranian rugs; Pair of handmade quilts;

Porcelain and Glass: Fine and early paint decorated liquor chest; Famille Noir table lamp; Large lot of Limoges dinnerware; Limoges blue & gold service; Doulton "Shakespeare" jug; Set of five Mettlach beakers and also two steins; Lot of signed and unsigned Art Pottery; Oriental garden barrel; Royal Crown Derby vase; Pair Continental painted vases;

Dolls and Toys: "Game of Base Ball" 1913 card game; Lot of early marbles; Box lot of games, toys, and steam engine; Wooden puzzles; "Lindy" flying puzzle; Toy bank & pistol; Collection of German miniature stuffed animals;

Book, Maps, Ephemera & Stamps: "Wind in the Willows" by Grahame, Methuen, 1908; "History of Massachusetts Bay" by Hutchinson, 1765; "Record of an Obscure Man" large format signed edition; "Death in the Afternoon" by Hemingway in good dust jacket; "On Being Ill" by Woolf, signed; "Father Goose" by Baum, Illustrated by Denslow; "Faerie Queene"by Spenser, 1751; "Cook’s Voyages" 1796, Philadelphia; "Fables of Aesop"1793, illustrated; several box lots of 18^th C. through 20^th C. works including children’s ; Large lot of early 20^th C. travel ephemera; Speed’s Map of Bermuda, 1676; Early wall map of White Mountains; "Abe Lincoln" calligraphy memorial 1876; Box lots of scrapbooks and assorted other paper; Extensive collection of early stamps and stamp albums, including 1872 Boston Postage Album, 1905 US Stamp Album,both with well filled, over 50 First Day Covers, collection of unused postage sheets from the 40's and 50's, revenue and tax stamps. The postage is from the collection of Edna Buchanan, daughter of the postmaster in Yelm, WA. 1937 Scrap book includes First Day covers, Sub  covers from the 30's, and others.  Also to be sold, an entire tote of US and world postage from the 20's to the 60's, as found in an estate and never sorted for a collection.    Much more... [Click here for Book Lot List]