TRAIN AUCTION

							                                                                                                                                          December 2, 2011 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — 77


                                                                  TRAIN AUCTION
         ABACUS AUCTIONS


        WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER NEW TO MARKET COLLECTIBLE TRAINS & RAILROAD COLLECTIBLES FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.
                                                          SATURDAY DECEMBER 3, 2011
                                                         PREVIEW FRIDAY 12 - 5 PM & SATURDAY 9-10:45 AM
         AUCTION SATURDAY @ 11 AM • 3067 Claremont Rd., Charlestown, NH
     COMPLETE LISTING AND PHOTOS AT AUCTIONZIP.COM - AUCTIONEER I.D. #20453. O - HO - N - S - G - LIONEL - AMERICAN FLYER
        This sale will include some brass, post war and new Lionel and vintage Marx & American Flyer along with vintage and new
       HO and N gauge models, track and buildings. 4' x 8' O Gauge layout w/track and turnouts; Prototype railroad & related books,
                              lanterns, padlocks, oilers, timetables, railroad ephemera, framed railroad artwork.
TERMS OF SALE: Everything sold as is, where is, subject to errors, deletions and omissions.               NOTE TO ABSENTEE BIDDERS: We will accept absentee bids up until 12 Noon on the day of
All sales final. No returns unless item is not as advertised or announced. Absentee bids are per-         the auction. Absentee Bids received after that time cannot be accepted. No shipments will be
mitted until 4 PM on the day prior to the auction, subject to all terms and conditions of sale. 13%       made until full payment has been received and payment has cleared our bank. Contact us for
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eers. New, out of state and buyers not known to the Auctioneers must pay with Business or Per-
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of the auction except for Absentee Bids which must be paid within three (3) working days. Ship-                   You can email us at: info@abacusauctions.net or call 603.477.4447
ments will be made after checks have cleared.                                                                                          Charles Clougherty NH Lic 2889


     Beckort Auctions LLC
                                                                  QUALITY ANTIQUE AUCTION • SATURDAY DEC. 10, 10am
                                                                                  SELLING DR. HESS’S PRIVATE COLLECTION!
                                                                                   Location: 1313 Ridgeway Ave (Silver Hills), New Albany, IN
                                                                 NOTE: Mark your calendars-this is more than an auction, it’s an EVENT! Come join us as we offer an outstanding offering of Dr. Hess’s
                                                                 personal collection, he was a physician in New Albany for 50+ years and has amassed a very diversified collection of antiques, collectibles,
                                                                 fine art, local memorabilia, pottery, china, glass, furniture & artwork from around the globe! An interesting auction to say the least! Come
                                                                 join us under the big tent with plenty of seating & HEAT in historic Silver Hills!
                                                                            Visit website for details & photos. Note-live internet bidding available on majority of items!




   ANTIQUES: Early Coca-Cola wall regulator clock; Kroeper walnut wall clock with thermometer,            SILVER: Gorham sterling silver candlesticks; mother of pearl handle dessert set; Wilcox 3-piece
   ca. 1870; American Graphone Co wax cylinder player with red morning glory horn; 12# cannon-            tea set; Reed & Barton ca. 1885 caster set with matching fern-etched bottles; Steiff pewter
   ball (from Battle of Perryville); brass powder horn with engraved decorative bands; pair cast iron     mug; early pewter trencher; early 20th century German silver on copper candlesticks
   lions with amber glass eyes; cast horse hitch block; large copper cauldron on silver stand;            BOOKS: Literally hundreds of hardback books from a household where everyone was a peren-
   approx. 10+ hand-made quilts; early red & gold stenciled wood box; English hammered coal               nial student with diversified interest. Categories include: painting (art history as well as tech-
   shuttle; massive wood baluster on cast base lamp; Salter’s Spring Balance hanging scale; brass         niques); antiques (furniture, ceramics, etc); architecture; illustrated children’s; yoga; cook books;
   vintage stirrup; brass kettle/buckets; large cast iron mortar; wood dice rolling device; pair heavy    travel; history; gardening; fiction & non-fiction; anatomy & medicine; Dr. Appleton & Co 2-vol
   brass candlestick holders; Victorian jewelry box with beaded bands; brass fireplace fender, 56”l;      set of engravings; New Gallery of British Art; 1946 Nash owner’s manual; beautifully assem-
   brass andirons with banded ball finials; large black wrought iron log basket with latticed sides,      bled 1939 Johnson family (of Louisville) vacation scrapbook focusing on New York World’s Fair
   ca. 1900; African folk art carved fat container; Thailand wood betol box; Tibetan prayer reel with     EARLY SOFA: George III mahogany sofa in transitional Hepplewhite, Sheraton style & having
   carved bone sections; unusual 6’long whale rib & vertebrae; vintage lady’s hat in boxes; Saks          concave reeded arm supports, carved paterae blocks & tapered legs with spade feet, ca. 1790-
   Fifth Ave “Tortoise” purse in original box; early ptd cast iron cat door stop; cast iron green dress   1810
   Aunt Jemima; early 1900’s brass metal automobile trunk; cast iron café table; early 1900’s             EARLY CUPBOARDS: Primitive Austrian painted pine pewter cupboard, painted 1850 on front;
   mahogany bar with brass edges & brass foot rail (Seelbach Hotel)                                       18th century English oak hanging corner cupboard w/brass hinges; early Mahogany hanging
   QUALITY LITHOGRAPHS: Authentic J.J. Audubon “American Black Bear” book leaf from                       corner medicine cupboard; oak English 3-door cupboard with carved crests & diamonds on
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   “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America” ca. 1845-1848 printed by J.T. Bowen; Authentic J.J.           raised panels; 19th century primitive low cupboard
   Audubon “Townsend’s Rocky Mountain Haire” book leaf from “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North               EARLY CHAIRS: Pair English Windsor chairs with arched spindle backs, ca. 1820; (4) 19th cen-
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   America” ca. 1845-1848 printed by J.T. Bowen; Authentic J.J. Audubon “Douglass Squirrel”               tury English saddle seat pub chairs; pair ca. 1860/70 English Victorian Renaissance-style side
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   book leaf from “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America” ca. 1845-1848 printed by J.T. Bowen;           chairs with gondola backs; 18th century English country Georgian/Chippendale style side chair;
   1905 “Pabst Famous Blue Ribbon Winners” chromolithograph; J. Gould “Lagopus Scoticus” &                pair English country Windsor chairs with arched crests; pair French ladder back chairs with
   “Galloperdix Zeylonensis” vignettes, ca. 1850-1880                                                     woven cord seats; Irish oak school bench with flat plank seat; pair 19th century kitchen Wind-
   ART: Approximately 100+ original “whimsical” works in various urediums by 90 year old Dr.              sor’s with spindle back; primitive oak bannister back chair; English Chippendale style ladder
   Patrick Hess, longtime pediatrician who was also a well-trained & exhibiting artist for half his       back oak chair
   lifetime & opened Hess Studio in his retirement in addition to selling pieces in New York.; can-       QUALITY FURNITURE: Early 20th century Louis XV style bergere chair; late 19th century cop-
   dlesticks, picture frames & other works in metal by Hess daughter Amy, a Long Island artist            per lined cellaret; Cromwellian English walnut one-drawer table & armchair; semi-modern
   who markets through Niemen Marcus & Barney’s; seven etchings by sister-in-law active New               Campeachy leather chair; massive rosewood ornately carved marble top coffee table; tan paint-
   Albany artist Mary Lou Hess; “Little Flock” etching by late New Albany artist George Engle;            ed pine vestibule w/drawer, squared column support on serpentine base; set of trestle-type
   Beechwoods pastel from early 1900’s by Harry Phelps of New Albany (a Hess relative); large             walnut dining tables (custom made in 1960 by Strassel Co. of Louisville); English quarter-sawed
   framed “Eagle” silk screen by Native American John Nieto; 2 early circus posters (Cole Bros.           oak trestle style side table; 19th century English apothecary 16-drawer chest; English
   with performing elephants & Trained Wild Animal Circus); assortment of approx.. 25 framed              mahogany step table with red tooled leather; early soft wood kitchen work table; primitive pine
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   antique engravings or lithographs including “Wonderful Albino Family” “Pilgrims at Shrine of           painted hanging shelf and suspended drawers; primitive inglenook bench with single plank top;
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   Our Lady of Lourdes” “Robert Burns & His Highland Mary” “The Flower Vase”; large example               Willett maple 4-piece bedroom suite; oak barrister style 4-stack bookcase; low wood stool with
   of yarn work Americana (clipper ships with American flag); ancient looking painted carved              carved panel; Eureka Tea Co. wood chest with heavy iron work, ca. 1900
   wooden statue; 21” tall gilded spelter ewer with cherub faces; alabaster bust of Leonardo              QUALITY MIRRORS: Federal style gilded mirror with reeded front pilasters; Civil War era oval
   DaVinci; “Young Man with Long Stemmed Pipe”-15x10 OC by G. Coppol; “Young Girl” 32x24                  mirror with ornate scrolling; Victorian heavy walnut oval mirror
   o/c, unsigned (early 19th century KY primitive); Dr. Hess’s easel & large amount of art supplies!      OUTDOOR FURNITURE/GARDEN ITEMS: Boston Ornamental Iron Works cast twig
   CERAMICS: Canteen-shaped Quimper pitcher on pedestal foot with scenes of young & adult                 w/acorns & oak leaves garden bench, ca. 1860; Victorian cast iron fern-patterned bench, by JW
   couples; English mid-19th century ceramic plaque with military officer; pair of tin-glazed Quim-       Fiske Co, ca. mid 1800’s; early 5’ long strap iron park-style bench; vintage 18” tall cast iron
   per-type pheasant figures “Inverno & Autumno” plates; majolica face pitcher, German origin;            melon-ribbed urn w/marble top; white cast iron openwork medallion chair; vintage cast iron
   “Tout Blanc” French Veilleuse, ca. 1830; Quimper plate with peasant woman with flower;                 horse figure boot scraper 17” tall
   Roseville Donatello jardinière; modern cased & cameo-cut vase (signed); set (12) Havilland,            DR. GEORGE H. DAY (EARLY NEW ALBANY PHYSICIAN 1891-1954) CA. 1920 MEDICAL
   Limoges “The 12 Days of Christmas” plates; Staffordshire shaker with blue coated man; Imari            EQUIPMENT: white cast iron exam chair; folding exam table; J. Chatillion ornate 66”tall doc-
   plates with scalloped rims; dark unglazed stoneware pot, Thailand ca. 1800; Chinese cylindrical        tor’s scale; baby scales; early glass door cabinet; black leather Dr.’s bag w/related tools; early
   brush pot with peonies & red bird; Johnson Bros. Queen Elizabeth II ’53 Coronation pitcher;            oak cased “quackery” device; other related items
   Chinese crackleware umbrella holder; early tin-glazed inkwell; Royal Doulton; Hummel fig-              15+ ORIENTAL RUGS: Oushak 15’x12’ ca. 1900 Turkey (great colors); Kurdistan 5’x3’ ca. 1900-
   urines; Art Nouveau jasper-type inkwell                                                                30’s NW Persia; Kurdistan 7’x4’ ca. 1900-30’s NW Persia; Kurdistan 6’x4’ ca. 1900-30’s from
   FAIENCE/MAIOLICA: Faience apothecary/syrup jar with domed foot marked S/Injubinus, ca.                 NW Persia; Karabaugh 5’x3’ ca. 1900-30’s Caucasia; Karaja 5’x3’ca. mid 1900’s Iran; Hamadan
   18th century; Italian faience drug jar with yellow/blue/green décor, ca. 16th century; French          4’x3’ ca. mid 1900’s Iran; Bokhara 6’x4’ Pakistan; other types-Karaja, Hamadan, Lilihan
   faience charger with men in landscape scene; Delft faience vase with dark blue décor, ca. 1750;
   early faience/maiolica pitcher with green blossoms & orange leaves                                                               OWNER: Dr. Patrick Hess & Gloria Hess
   GLASS: Tortoise shell colored heavy art glass bowl (The Glassworks in Louisville); Baccarat              DIRECTIONS: From I-64 New Albany Exit #123, right on Spring St, right on 7th St, left on
   crystal 28 piece set; Steuben glass; large American Fostoria punch bowl; quality stemware;                 Cherry St, left on Adams St, right on Maple, left on Knob Ave, right on Highland Ave,
   watch for complete listing in catalog!                                                                                             then right on Ridgeway Ave to site.