November 27th
Auction Highlights
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Absentee Bids Welcome
 


English Pine Welsh Cupboard 
Height 7 ft. 3 in. Width 6 ft. 8 in.




Modern Walnut Dining Table
Width 32 in. Length 80 in.
 Eight  Upholstered Dining Armchairs



Blue and White Canvas Striped Club Chair and Ottoman



 Pair of Oversized Upholstered Club Chairs



Victorian Walnut Mirrored Door Armoire
Height 81 in. Width 70 in. Depth 22 in.



 Riley Whiting
(Winsted Town of Winchester Connecticut 1807-1835)
Mahogany Tall Case Clock 
Height 80 in. Width 16 in. Depth 11 in.



Doris & Richard Beer
Watercolor on Paper "Old Custom's House"
signed lower right and titled lower left
3 ½ in. x 3 in.


Doris & Richard Beer
Watercolor on Paper "Easy Street"
signed lower right and titled lower left
6 in. x 7 ½ in.



18th C. English Elm Chest on Chest
with Inlaid Document Drawer
Height 72 ½ in. Width 42 in. Depth 21 in.



Collection of Egret Carvings
by Chesapeake Folk Artist Dick Drescher
3rd place winner of the Chesapeake Wildfowl Carving Competition







Framed Set
 "Tony Sarg's Alphabet, Verses by Anne Stoddard"
Published by Greenberg Inc., New York,
Printed in U.S.A.



Jeanne Reis Friendship Basket
with Carved Ivory Whale on Oval Wood Plaque, Ivory Peg and Knobs
signed upon the base "Made by Jeanne Reis, Nantucket Island"
Width 9 in.



 Tom & Sheila Mazzei Friendship Basket
with Carved Bone Whale on Oval Bone Plaque
signed upon the base "Tom & Sheila Mazzei"
Width 9 ½ in.



 José Formoso Reyes (1908-1980) Friendship Basket
with Oval Ebony Top with Three Ivory Seagulls by Charlie Sayle
signed upon the base
"Made in Nantucket, José Formoso Reyes", circa 1965 
Width 9 ½ in.



Two Fishing Decoys: 
Hand painted wood trout with metal fins, glass eyes,
signed Jim Nelson
Length 8 in.

Hand painted decoy with metal fins
signed "T.R."
Length 6 ½ in.




Antique Multi-wood Inlaid Gameboard "Home" 
22 ½ in. x 22 ½ in.

Chinese Export Canton
Blue and White Scalloped Shallow Bowl, circa 1850
Diameter 10 ½ in.

Circa 18th C. English Oak Demi-lune Table



19th C. Limoges Fish Service
Comprising 12 Square Plates with Cut Corners, Serving Platter and Sauce Boat, Depicting six varieties of fish



19th C. English Oak Pierced Door Cupboard 
Height 78 in. Width 43 in. Depth 19 in.



Greg S. Hill
Oil on Canvas "Golden Mist, Maui"
signed lower left "G.S. Hill, 80" and on reverse of canvas
24 in. x 30 in.



12.1mm - 14.8mm Graduated White South Sea Pearl Necklace
with 14k white gold clasp



 12.4mm - 14.5mm Graduated Tahitian South Sea Black Pearl Necklace
 with 14k white gold clasp



15mm - 16.4mm South Sea White Pearl Necklace
14k white gold and diamond clasp



Eldred Wheeler
 Tiger Maple Tilt Top Breakfast Table 
Diameter 45 in.



Keith McDaniel (American 1948-1986)
Oil on Canvas "Barn Door"
Signed lower right "Keith McDaniel, '72 "
  18 in. x 24 in.
(Artist Bio)



Keith McDaniel (American 1948-1986)
Oil on Canvas "Front Porch"
signed lower right "Keith McDaniel, '73"
24 in. x 40 in.
(Artist Bio)



  Jan L. Munro (American 20th C. Folk Artist)
"Nantucket Sheep Farm in Winter", (Folger's sheep farm in winter)
 Mixed Media on Archival Rag Paper, signed and dated lower right
16 in. x 22 in. 

This historic painting depicts the Phillip Folger family farm, mid 19th Century which was located up the road from Polpis, on the way out to the tip of Great Point Light.  Besides livestock, this farm also produced a few acres of vegetables each season.

Munro's works are included in numerous private collections and exhibitions:  Smithsonian Institute, Nantucket Historical Association, American Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum, Piece-Hall Gallery - London, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Secretary of State Clinton, Sir Anthony Hopkins,
The Beach Boys, to name a few.



Jan Pawlowski
Oil on Canvas "Lone Green Dory"
 Signed lower left  
9 in. x 12 in.



Jan Pawlowski
Oil on Canvas "Autumn in Nantucket"
Signed lower left 
12 in. x 9 in.



Set of Six
American Crafted Brace-back Windsor Dining Chairs,
Two armchairs and four side chairs



Collection of 96 Franklin Mint
Sterling Silver Commemorative Coins in Fitted Case
(At time of posting, silver was trading at over $26.00 a troy ounce.)



Stephen Swift Hand Crafted Cherry Rocking Chair

Cate Mandigo Folk Art
Oil on Canvas "Sankaty Lighthouse Spring Picinic - 1877"
 Signed lower right "Cate Mandigo"
  21 ½ in. x 27 in.



Paul C. Morris
Watercolor on Paper "Sailing Around Brant Point"
Signed lower left "Paul C. Morris" 
19 in. x 13 in.



Joan Albaugh
Oil on Board "House on the Hill"
Signed lower right "J. Albaugh" 
15 in. x 24 in.



Set of Four Biedermeier Figured Fruitwood Dining Chairs
With Leopard Print Upholstered Slip Seats

Born:       Newark, NJ 1948 - died; Boston, MA 1986
Studied:  The Art Institute, Philadalphia
Medium: Acrylic on canvas

Keith McDaniel's is among the unfinished oeuvres of Modern American Realism.  A too short life allowed for an active period of barely a dozen years; yet exhibitions in Reggie Levine's Main Street Gallery both on Nantucket and in Boston caught the discerning eye of Sara Roby, a New York patroness of the arts, whose foundation supported American figurative painters; artists who might otherwise have been overshadowed during the peak years of the Abstract Expressionist movement. 

Founded in 1952, the Sara Roby Foundation Collection acquired artworks spanning a period of some 60 years, including works by Jacob Lawrence, Edward Hopper, Will Barnet, Paul Cadmus, Ben Shawn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Reginald Marsh, Gaston Lachaise, William King, Max Weber, George Murphy, Keith McDaniel and others. Administered by the Whitney Museum of American Art from 1955 through the late 60's, the collection eventually came to be under the jurisdiction of  the American Federation of Arts. In 1984, the National Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian Institution, received from Ms. Roby an unrestricted gift of 169 paintings, drawings and sculpture.  Three years later, The Smithsonian mounted the traveling exhibition: "Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Collection from the National Museum of American Art." The painting pictured above traveled in the exhibition, and is published in the catalog. "On the Wharf" is among 4 paintings acquired by the museum.

"A longtime resident of Boston, McDaniel painted compositions based on the city's diverse architectural styles. Concerned with both interior and exterior space, McDaniel sought out unusual structures - a fortress on an island in Boston Harbor, wharf buildings on Nantucket Island - finding a unique harmony in their aging architectural forms. Typically unpopulated, McDaniel's landscapes retain strong geometric overtones. By simplifying lighting patterns and stressing asymmetry in both structure and viewpoint, McDaniel imbued his scenes with an air of mystery and implicit narrative." ~ Virginia M. Mecklenburg catalog: "Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection from the national Museum of American Art", Travelling Exhibition (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Museum of American Art, 1987)

In 1996, USA TODAY reported: "Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1996 estate auction (at Sotheby's) Lot 1007: "Bath Houses" by Keith McDaniel (est. $1,500-$2,500). $19,550." McDaniel's works can be found in private collections from Boston to Palm Beach. ~ Carolyn Walsh