Plan on attending our first auction of 2007 featuring an estate from a multi generation family of collectors, highlights include antique and 20^th Century furniture, crystal, glass, china, silver, collectibles, clocks, stamps and much more. 

Furnishings & Home Decor include:  Fine Ethan Allen dining room suite, antique oak drop front secretary of narrow form with unique leather medallion decorated front & trestle base, beautiful 20^th C burled veneer sideboard w/applied carving, antique oak dining table w/cross stretcher base and spoon carved design, Victorian corner what-not mahogany shelf, late 19^th C mahogany fretted and carved East Indian folding side table (beautiful octagonal base, brass & carved 24” top), small pie crust side table, mahogany tilt top table, (4) beautifully framed large beveled wall mirrors, (6) antique oak dining chairs with upholstered seats, beautifully crafted Canadiana pine cradle with oxblood paint, early wicker cradle, single spool walnut bed frame, 19^th C Nova Scotia ash ladder back side chair, maple vanity with swing back beveled mirror, refinished child’s pressback rocker, antique oak nursing rocker w/heavily carved design, fine antique wash stand with original towel bars, modern blue leather love seat, Queen pine sleigh bed, modern wrought iron  quilt stand, (3) tier wooden wall shelf with buttermilk paint, pair modern designer glass top and metal base of floral form guilt side tables, pair metal painted bistro chairs, single brass (4) stem candelabra, lovely single headboard with pineapple finial, vintage pair step tables, tilt top card table, as found pressback chairs, various wall sconces, decorative lamp with floral design, large pottery elephant plant stand, modern terra cotta bowls with silver leaf finish, plus selected pieces for this auction.

Fine China, Crystal, Glass & Pottery includes:  Fine (8) setting of Wedgwood home china “Grape & Leaf” with cobalt and gold decoration, (2) early Roseville elongated bulb pots (Clematis pattern), 31 pcs Minton’s Haddon Hall dish set, refined Herend teapot (Hungary) with butterfly design, Belleek includes 8” green mark vase with raised shell decoration, 8” blue mark raised oak leaf decorated vase, also cream/sugars, Crown Ducal flower bowl, Meissen single side plate, (3) pieces Eva Gordon designer art pottery "vegetables", partial Coalport Indian Tree demitasse set, (8) settings Mitterteich dish set, J.E. Wilemann creamware jug, Noritake table ware, Limoges, 1920’s Waco USA natural pottery jug, perfume miniatures including Ombre Rose, Lalique, Nina Ricci fragrance bottle, cut  crystal spirit decanter, early 20^th C cut Bohemian ruby overlay vase, pair porcelain  early Japanese wishing wells, collection of Staffordshire figurines, large selection of Villeroy & Boch including stemware, glass and tableware, beautiful Murano single stem flower vase, European artware glass and pottery, circa 1890’s Victorian covered cheese keepers, (5) various paperweights including Waterford, small Gouda bud vase, Royal Doulton including Wedding Vows HN2750, Paisley Shawl HN1988, Spring Morning HN1922, The Skater HN2117, Lilac Time HN2137, The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens #817035 Handled Jug, various milk glass goblets, bowls, vases, spatter ware glass milk jug, cobalt glass decanter set, small enameled milk glass oil lamp, and more.

Decorative Arts & Collectibles include:  The rare, unique and unusual including 19^th C Arabian powder keg with brass decoration, c.1900 Exposition stereoscope and (100) British Isles Series card set in hardbound case by H C White, Bennington, VT, USA, fine Henry Birks & Sons mahogany mantle clock, late 1800’s mantle clock Art Nouveau styled mantle clock with mother of pearl inlay, elegant set of (12) Tiffany sterling liquors and onyx top circular tray, (2) 1800’s elegant veneered multi decanter spirit and wine decanters, various paperweights, fine primitive Canadiana cabbage shredder, Canadiana wrought waffle iron, original 1800’s cast iron witches kettle, oil lamps, antique writing box, stoneware churn #4, rare Bennington large handled jug, 12” salt glaze stoneware jug, various crockery, collection (10+) various 35mm cameras and lenses (including wide angle/telephoto) Yashica, Mamiya and more, collection of buttons, Leacock’s “Canada” book in slipcase, 1950’s boxed Christmas manger set, select silverplate, set of 1830’s pewter spirit measures in Irish Haystack form by Austen, Joseph & Son (Cork, Ireland), Birks sterling bon bon dish, child’s wringer washer, doll collection includes Regal Campbell’s Soup doll (minus clothes), (2) celluloid dolls in original dress, (2) as found Armand Marsaise and (1) wax face doll, many English purchased pieces doll furniture, vintage child’s teaset by M.E. Bavaria, Waltham’s men’s working gold filled pocket watch, Elgin men’s dress watch, ladies enameled face pocket watch, pair Art Deco marble bookends, selection of various Sotheby’s auction catalogues and hardcover reference books, pair elegant EPNS wine goblets with chased design, vintage bar ware including Sandland Cognac jug, gin decanter, water jug, Franklin Mint LE car, Mamod working steam model truck DV1 & steam wagon, L. Brothers Ltd large scale army truck, working model salesmans samples machines, die cast modern model cars including Mercedes, Alfa Romeo, Bugatti, Hornby large scale Rail Rocket, Wilesco steam engine, Britains Ltd. 1/30 sec heavy howitzer gun, assembled vintage Halifax model fighter plane, model tall ship in glass case, matchbox cars (8) in original packaging, 3” H. Lenin cast metal bust, 33 & 78 rpm records including Big Bands, 1935 Commemorative Queen Mary Toronto newspaper, Franklin Mint boxed wax stamp, Jim Beam & Bell whiskey bottles, mahogany writing box with mother of pearl accents, and more.

Stamp Collections including:  Thousands of cancelled Canadian stamps (to be sold in large lots), books with first day and mint examples of Canadian stamps, turn of the century sheets, numerous binders with cancelled and mint examples including 20^th C American and International singles multiples, a massive collection from 2 consignments, small quantity of Canadian paper 25 cents, (2) 1939 silver dollars (vg++), (1) 1935 (vg++), miscellaneous pennies and nickels.

Art includes:  W.J. Phillips “Summer” coloured woodcut, Gerard Brender a Brandis “The Virginal” framed/matted wood engraving, Isabel Cleland untitled framed/matted stone litho print, Jo Manning “Fire” framed/matted etching, Mavis Ehlert (Hamilton) cast nude sculpture, Kevin Chaisson (California, USA) framed nude male torso 8” x 10” mixed media, black & white photo thesis series c.1960 (5) Toronto scenes by Ole Poulstrup, Papyrus Institute (Cairo) official copy framed print from The Book of The Dead, unsigned landscape oil/board attrib Basel Wheeler (Reeve of Scarborough c.1950’s), Persian print “Carpet Weavers” in deluxe lacquered frame, Persian King watercolour on parchment, LE framed floral still life by Rosalind Forster, framed Emily Carr “Kitseyucla” poster/McMichael Gallery, framed LE print Michael D’Auino “Apples in Winter”, framed LE catalogue print Dallas St. John “Trevange”,  Graham Gordon framed LE coloured print 16” x 12”, dramatic collection of (5) framed and matted Russ Rudd photographic prints “Birch Study” “Water Reeds” “1930’s Chev Truck” “Arlington Cemetary” & “Church Yard” (all beautifully framed and matted by Beaver Creek Framing), and framed LE print “Sun Shower” by Herchenrader, 1833 unframed Map of North America (pub Edinburgh), unframed 1824 engraving by D. Wilke “The Piper”, Arthur Champness oil/board 16” x 20” fall landscape, Rosamond Tiedemann oil/board 12” x 16” (Near St Beatrix, Quebec), unsigned European school framed watercolour of Coastal Town 10” x 15”, Albrecht de Vriendt “The Joker” framed engraving, unsigned European framed watercolour “Mother & Child at Fountain”, handcoloured engraving “Victorians at the Beach” (B. Brooks, Oxford copyright), unsigned framed watercolour “Country Manor” 7” x 11”, unsigned pencil sketch “Fran Knotts Home, Durham July 1838”, (4) autographed photo portraits of 20^th C French Literary & Musicians, Laura Atkinson 1906 “English Afternoon” watercolour 11” x 16”, pair of beautiful untitled framed English lake scenes watercolours by W. Smith 1897, selection of engravings and prints and select pieces for this auction.