Estate Auction - July 14, 2008
    

Items of Interest

   

The finest Victorian wire planter we’ve ever sold! This is called a Grannie’s Garden, very fancy and stands 6-½ feet tall, a real find to the market, circa 1880; oak Victorian wall pipe holder with Northwind faces; rare salesman sample shoe, 3” long; several lots of military and police buttons; 20+ CDV cards with President Lincoln and soldiers, 19 th C.; 1927 Coca-Cola tray; fine selection of floor lamps - one has St. Nick in base, one has solid mahogany heavy-turned base, several with fancy bases and shades; early 19 th C. rag doll; early dovetailed berry box; early country bucket with gray paint; Van Briggle 4-piece table set; wonderful child’s doll trunk with original lithograph in tray; 19 th C. anvil with stand along with four (4) hardies; child’s American beauty wagon; fancy Victorian walnut shelf; very rare old San Francisco trolley car luggage rack signed ADLAKE # 67979, great for a home’s entryway!; Admiral Dewey hat rack; early ironing board- possibly Shaker; collection of Red Wing beater jars to be sold in five (5) lots; four (4) early Stanley brass bound levels; Reed and Co. vise; old Maine wooden lobster trap; country box stamped “Handy”; wooden axe trade sign; basket lots; three (3) box lots of old baseball gloves; two (2) pair of old snowshoes; Raggedy Ann & Andy doll collection- several lots; decoy lot; ammo box; tray lots of .22-cal., 12-guage, and 38-cal. Ammo; old clothes; old hats; bamboo and oak easels; early broad axe; yellow stoneware mixing bowl; Victorian shoe lot; Lafayette-Rittgers 1941 wrestlers; 6-foot Hyde brass bound rule; plus tools are in the pre-auction; old lamp parts; 19 th C. square nail lot; large selection of Victorian and early 20 th C. hardware of every type of furniture use; 20+ tray lots plus more in the pre-auction; glass butter churn; old iron game trap; ** Complete library of research books of all antique subjects. A real addition to any collector or dealer’s library. Fifteen-plus (15+) boxes of books on antiques and collectibles!!

   
Victorian Grannie's garden

1927 Coke tray
American Beauty wagon

Admiral Dewey mirror

Cast iron fancy stool

Country box
 
Decoys

Early broad axe
Early rag doll

Floor lamps

Floor turtle lamp
Floor butterfly lamp

Great anvil & hardies

Frame lot
Lafayette-Rittgers wrestlers

Mini child's trunk

Microscope set
 
More CDVs

Misc. items

Old pipe rack
 
Oak tops

Old baskets
Old bits

Old tools
Old vise

Oval frames
Piano casters

Raggedy Ann & Andy lots

Red Wing batter jars
Shaker 2 hole

Stanley levels

Stereo viewer cards
Van Briggle pottery

WW2 uniform

Bruce Gamage, Jr.
Antique Estate Auctioneer, Maine License #AR480
467 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841
Tel: 207-594-4963 Fax: 207-594-0674
email: bgamage@midcoast.com