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Pine needle Winnebago sewing basket with
applied decorations, early 20th century.
15" x 14 x 5 1/2" t. Excellent
condition. (Note: filtered light on
lid--color is uniform.)$250
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Harriet Hickson's sampler, 1833, in
olive, reds, tan, and salmon on linen.
Variety of stitching including the
alphabet in buttonhole stitch. Good
condition; frame is replaced.
14 1/4" x 15 1/4" exterior.$495
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Amish hooked rug with 8-point star,
19th century, Pennsylvania, in deep
purples, blues, and black variegated
ground, on burlap, excellent condition.
Mounted for hanging, either vertically
or horizontally.
30 1/4" x 39".
$695
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Large gameboard with well-executed
wildlife paintings in each corner, circa
1920. Nice old surface with breadboard
ends. All original and found in
Pennsylvania. 41" x 25".
$850
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Early 19th century American
schoolgirl watercolor of an eagle. 2
3/4" x 3 1/2" sight; 5" x 5 3/4"
exterior. Replaced frame.
SOLD
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Calligraphy in original deep frame
with gold liner, "God Bless Our Home,
late 19th century. Beautifully rendered
in dark blue, salmon, seafoam, and gold
ink. Excellent condition. 9" x 11".
$145
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Early red and black gameboard, set
inside a red and black border with
mitered corners and pegged construction,
in original paint. 17 1/2" square x 3/4"
thick. Some loss to what appears to be
bone inlay between the squares and in
the border.
$695
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Carved folk art shorebird on iron
legs, early 20th century, repaired break
to bill. All original. Great
personality.
$335
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Four-block mirror eagles applique quilt
in turkey red, cheddar, and sage green,
86" x 86", Center County, PA, mid 19th
century, lush quilting including
stipple. Superb unused, unwashed
condition.
$3850
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Center: Early golden plover circa
1900, Cape Cod, MA. All original.
SOLD
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Early shorebirds.
Left: Very early yellow legs circa 1900,
in old working repaint. Bill is a
replacement. $765
Right: Early plover circa 1900, old
working repaint. Bill is a replacement,
roughness to tail end. $340
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Tavern sign, Jack Willis Tavern,
original red and black lettering on a
soft mustard ground, c1920, Wisconsin,
12" x 60". Great color, surface, and
condition.
SOLD
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Hooked rug on burlap, red stag
centered on a tan ground with wonderful
variegated border, early 20th century,
mounted on frame for hanging, 24" x 33
1/2". (Note: lighter area to right
of stag is due to light source and is
not in the rug itself.) Excellent
original condition.
$895
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Winter scene, oil on canvas, circa
1900 in original frame. One small repair
to upper left corner in the sky, not
visible from the front. Old photo of a
man on the back. 24 " x 28".$795
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Pair of redhead decoys by Madison
Mitchell, Havre de Grace, Maryland,
retaining original weights. Mint
condition.$780
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Black and white painted gameboard
with reservoirs, circa 1920-30. Nicely
painted on the edges, never hung until
now. Chinese checkers on the reverse. 19
" x 29 1/2". $395
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Silhouette of a gentleman, circa
1820, hollowcut with nice details
including watercolor lapel, in excellent
condition. Replaced frame. 7 1/4" x 5".$285
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Pastoral autumn landscape oil on canvas,
New Hampshire, circa 1870, house with
barn, horse and buggy, winding road,
stone wall, pond, boy with ducks, woman
at well. Unsigned. Exterior 23 1/2" x 33
1/2". Excellent condition. Cleaned;
replaced frame.$2600
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Boat flag, circa 1910-30, wool, with
13 sewn stars, brass grommets, mounted
for hanging, 23" x 35 1/2", framed size
26" x 37 1/2", excellent condition.
SOLD
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American running horse weathervane,
copper hollow body and tail, nicely
molded features, probably Fiske, New
York, second half 19th century.
Excellent condition. 32" long x 18 1/4"
tall with stand.
$3400
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Seven handmade flying mallards and
chicks, circa 1920, 3" to 6 3/4" long x
1 3/4" to 5" tall. Very good condition.
$450 set of 7
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"Adam and Eve" applique quilt, trees with stuffed
apples, 72" x 72", southern Illinois,
excellent condition. Note the artist's
ability to make each tree unique. One of a
kind.
$595
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Cakestand quilt, c1870, wonderful small
scale pattern
in double pink and brown print, 76"
x 78", all hand done, excellent
condition.$495
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Outstanding half-size pair
full-bodied Canada Geese carvings in
flying position, mid-20th century, 18
3/4" long and 11" wide from wing top to
tip, mounted on wood and tin hangers
pinned to body. Wonderful carved feet
and serrated edges on wings. Carver
unknown. Excellent original condition.
$895
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Amish quilt, Log Cabin pattern in striking raspberry, green,
black, and brown. Tiny logs average 3/8"
wide. Made about 1880 by
Susan Barkman, Franklin Grove, IL. Provenance available. 77" x 78".
Excellent condition.
$875
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Mid 19th century hand carved convex
wreath, leaves with berries, New
England, concave back, original dry
white paint. Excellent condition with
old repairs to age separations on back.
Believed to be an architectural
embellishment from an early home.
$1650
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Mennonite quilt, "sawtooth" pattern,
brick red and black, 70" square, London,
Ontario, 1910-20, mint condition.
$675
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Small watercolor portrait of a woman
in a blue dress, exquisitely detailed in
original oval wood frame, 4" x 6",
c1850.
$385
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Assembled group of 37 "Dancing Dans"
including one Uncle Sam and two women.
Six are mounted on platforms, and seven
have independent paddles. Second quarter
20th century.$2220
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Early applique quilt, stylized
star-flower pattern with vining border
of cherries or grapes on stems, red
piping between field and border, 88 "
square, circa 1850. Extremely
well-quilted.
$850
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Pair "pinch neck" canvasback decoys
with bobtail bodies, classic Michigan
form,
Pointe Mouillee, Michigan, working
repaint, circa 1900. 15
1/2" long.
$595 pair
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Large gameboard in original red and
black paint with nicely molded frame,
circa 1910-20, found in Vermont. Good
aged surface, was once used as a table
top. 23 1/2" square.
$495
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Early trade sign circa 1860 for
Plummer's, a business in Newburyport,
Massachusetts that reportedly made
and/or sold hats, caps, and furs.
Original blue painted ground with oyster
white letters shadowed in darker blue,
nicely beveled edge, on one board 53
1/2" long x 6 3/4" high x 3/4" thick.
Very good condition with some paint
loss. Graphic and wonderful.$965
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Oil on canvas farmyard scene of cows fording a
stream at sunset with children playing
on the dock and a dog standing
guard, original stretcher, circa
1870-80, 37" x 26 1/2", unframed.
Cleaned, minor restoration.$1125
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Calligraphy of a bird in original
frame, memorial to Otis Lloyd Mallory,
dated 1922. Nicely flourished. 11" wide
x 9 1/4" tall.$225
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Sheet iron Black dancing child,
circa 1920. Weathered original painted
surface, 26 1/4" tall with custom stand.
$2200
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Early Victorian sled, circa 1860s,
unusual original painting of a
sailboat. 41" long. Someone must
have hung it at one time as there is
an old hole above the sailboat (see
photos).
$685
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