Timothy J. Gould, Licensed Maine Auctioneer,  Maine Auctioneer's License # AR1038

Gould Auction Company presented its FALL 2008 MARKET FRESH AUCTION of Antique Americana, Fine Art and American Indian Art, to be held on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at the Gardiner, ME Sportsman’s Club commencing at 12 NOON. PREVIEW was held on Friday October 31st from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and also day of sale from 8 a.m. to 12 Noon. Please visit our website at www.gouldauctions.com for color photographs and additional information. Gould Auction Company is pleased to announce that we have been selected to sell, as part of our Fall 2008 auction, the personal collection of Mr. Fred Bauer of Mt. Vernon, Maine and Tularosa, NM. Fred, a well known Maine antiques dealer and auctioneer, started his business in 1969, along with friends Chris Huntington and Ross Levett, as partners, at EZRA PETERS Antiques in Mt. Vernon. Fred, Chris and Ross were pioneering folk art, country furniture and fine art dealers, who had great "eyes" and were always willing to share their considerable knowledge among collectors and dealers alike. That is still true of all three, even today! Fred's collection reflects his superb eye in searching for fine folk art, country furniture and accessories in original surfaces and especially American Indian material! He has scoured the Northeast for the past 40 years, uncovering wonderful "gems", many of the best of which he salted away and are now being offered in this fine sale. GAC is honored, to have been entrusted, with the sale of Fred's favorite "Treasures"! His SUPERB collection will be offered UNRESERVED, along with our usual FINE selection of MARKET FRESH antiques and fine art. The sale includes superb MARKET FRESH examples in the following categories: PERIOD COUNTRY and FORMAL FURNITURE:  An outstanding round-top, stretcher base Maine Chair Table in the BEST original red paint, An exquisite Hepplewhite One Drawer Stand with a wonderful inlay initialed “M.S.” drawer front in the BEST original surface; A SUPERB Tiger Maple hanging wall shelf with a cutout crest and dovetailed base; An Outstanding Matched Pair of Maine paint decorated and stenciled Arrowback Armchairs; Early 4 door 2 piece Corner Cupboard with Ogee Bracket Feet; A superb paint decorated drop leaf table; Fine Queen Anne Snake Foot Candlestand having a shaped top and nice original surface; Excellent demi-lune side table in fine dry old blue paint; A SUPERB & LARGE open Bucket Bench in Original Paint; Maine child’s size Sea Chest in the BEST original Blue Paint; Large Stepback Cupboard with Dry Sink Base; 2 Outstanding period Federal Mahogany Card Tables with Acanthus carved pedestals and cast brass feet; Set of 4 Federal Saber Leg Chairs with carved rails and splat; Set of 4 period Hepplewhite Shield Back chairs w carved medallions (legs shortened); Tapered Leg 2 Drawer Hepplewhite work table; Large Sausage Turned Ladderback Armchair with unusual knuckle arms; Lg. Maine Dovetailed 6 board chest in the BEST apple green paint; Maine painted 2 door Cupboard in the BEST old red paint; Paint decorated Hepplewhite Tilt Top Candlestand; A fine Maine open hanging red painted wall cupboard; 18^th Century Weavers Bench in the BEST red paint; NH Queen Anne Candlestand in old paint; Mustard Yellow Shaker Ladderback Side Chair; Fine Child’s OLD HICKORY style Twig Rocker; Very Early Looking Glass with Whales Tail Crest; Unusual Oversized 5’ Tapered Leg Tavern Table w splayed legs; Tapered leg Tap Table in mustard yellow paint; Raised panel 2 door cupboard in old blue paint; Set of 6 stencil decorated Hitchcock pillowback chairs including 2 armchairs; Period Queen Anne Secretary Top; Childs size blanket box with bone inlay; Early carving block on legs in old paint; 2 Early Two Door Pierced Tin Pie Safes; Interesting Stencil Decorated and dated Ice Box; Wildly Decorated German Immigrant’s Chest; Bannister Back Side Chair; Sheraton Drop Leaf Table with carved legs and MUCH more!  MARITIME CANADIAN and QUEBEC FURNITURE to include: A boldly yellow and red paint decorated 2 Door over 2 Drawer Canadian Cupboard with complex cornice molding:; A fine red painted Annapolis Valley, NS 4 drawer chest in dry red paint having a carved back splash and fine cutout base; A superb carved and painted desk box from Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia; Set of 6 paint decorated St. John, NB pierced, ladderback chairs; Early pegged joint stool more!  FOLK ART and COUNTRY ACCESSORIES: A wonderful small signed, dated, carved and paint decorated Maine document box, having hearts, diamonds, pinwheels, and compass stars, in the BEST original mustard yellow, red and black paint; A SUPERIOR decorated tin coffee pot by Zachariah Stevens of Stevens Plains (Westbrook), Maine, in the BEST original condition; Rare Oval Decorated Tin Teapot by Oliver Buckley of Stevens Plains, Maine; A superb 18^th Century full bodied Rooster Weathervane; A RARE and early portrait miniature on ivory in its original 18K gold brooch type frame, attributed to John Ramage (Am/ Br. 1748-1802); An outstanding Harris “SMUGGLER” Horse Weathervane; Fine 19thc. Folk Art Carved and Painted Sailor mounted on a patriotic pedestal and made by the Spanish American War Naval Captain John Ryder of Belfast, Maine; Superb Berwick, Maine Sampler by Susan Finney 1830; An OUTSTANDING collection of 28 pieces of VELVET FRUIT and vegetables to include many rare and large pieces such as the ear of corn, tomatoes, apples, pears, carrots, strawberries, gourds, watermelon and more; Exquisite chip carved, painted red and green Spruce Gum box with schoolhouse decoration; An extraordinary pair of folk art  velvet “cutwork” cats in their original paint decorated frame; CT paint Decorated Tin dome top box by the Filley family of Bloomfield, in the BEST original condition; Superb paint decorated WALL BOX with unusual canted shelves; A FINE selection of carved and painted Crooked Knives to include an AMAZING example with layered and multi colored painted hearts in high relief; A fine and detailed calligraphic drawing in red, white and blue with eagles, horses, soldiers and stags, signed “Charles F. Cummings…BELGRADE, MAINE”; A wonderful, large red and green painted slide covered box decorated with early buildings; A wonderful folk art “Snake in the Box” with a hand written note “Made by RW Jack, Lisbon, Maine 1854”; An exceptional Maine child’s size paint decorated cricket stool; Excellent full bodied EAGLE WEATHERVANE in original surface; Early slate fireboard with folk art painting of a New England farmhouse; Large carved and painted Biddeford, Maine Spruce Gum box titled and dated 1903; Carved donut dipper with heart handle; Early portrait miniature on ivory of a dashing young gent in original brass frame; A remarkable, carved and painted Black Americana military band of 8 musicians in red, white and blue ca. 1930 with provenance; A superb carved and painted bust likeness of a Maine woodsman; A Paint decorated Maine schoolgirl’s box; A neat folk art carving of a woodsman and his tools given as a lumbering trophy at the Windsor, Maine fairgrounds; Carved and painted folk art heads of a mother and daughter; Wooden carved and painted trinket box in shape of a heart; A tiny footed BURL BOWL in EARLY blue paint; A FINE SELECTION of PAINTED PANTRY BOXES, BUCKETS, BASKETS AND OTHER EARLY WOODENWARE; Several OUTSTANDING folk art carved walking sticks; Paint decorated Maine sewing box; Folky set of large, early wrought iron pruning shears with carved “hand” grip; Fine small cobalt decorated jug with flowers and script; early chip carved candle box in original green paint; Early carved and painted toothpick holder; 3 Pairs of EARLY HOOKED MITTENS, Collection of 10 pairs of EARLY LOOMED MITTENS; Several EARLY WALLPAPER HAT BOXES; Early Carved Wooden Busque; Tiny Shadowbox w miniature baskets and vegetables; A wonderful early silk pin cushion in the form of a watermelon, Early mocha mug; A collection of 24 pieces of SILK FRUIT and vegetables; Collection of early VELVET PEN WIPES; rare Shaker pen wipe in the from of a miniature doll; Carved and paint decorated Maine swift; Primitive oil painting of a Maine farmhouse; A folky “make do” pin cushion with velvet strawberry; Early American hand mirror with inlayed initial; Early Chalkware Cat; Fabulous carved Spruce Gum Box with a matching crooked knife by the same hand (found in Newry, Maine); 2 Outstanding Spongeware pitchers; Small double wheel, stenciled and painted Coffee Grinder (Landers, Frary & Clark #20); Ivory head walking sticks; Folk Art Carved Wash Stick; Large Penobscot Indian Woven Hamper Basket; Excellent Lollipop Butter Stamp; Early German Horse pull toy; Primitive Hanging Wall Shelf in Walnut; Maine Dome Top Box in CHROMIUM YELLOW paint; Large Hanging Stenciled Linen Sign “HAHN & HARDY GROCERIES and WEST INDIA GOODS” from Friendship, ME;  Maine mortar and pestle in the BEST old blue paint;  Paint decorated wall basket; Small Enterprise Double Wheel Coffee Grinder; Early High Rise Ice Skates w acorns;  3 unusual pieces of graniteware and more! FOLK ART BIRD and ANIMAL CARVINGS:  An exceptional collection of folk art bird carvings to include a superb 19^th century shadow box containing 21 separate carved and painted miniature songbirds mounted on branches; A wonderful 19^th century robin atop a seashell decorated obelisk; 3 Outstanding carved and painted bird carvings by the lumberman “Bernier” of Biddeford - Saco, Maine to include an American Eagle, Songbird at a bird bath, and a perched song bird eating fruit; 2 Large 19^th Century Painted Pheasants perched on birch stumps; pair of early and wonderfully Maine painted Buntings perched atop hollowed stumps; A relief carved and painted Grossbeak wall plaque; Early carved and painted Maine bluebird on birdbath; Small and early carved and painted songbird on obelisk; Carved and Painted “hanging” Hummingbird; Folky carved and painted ¼ size owl; Primitive flying blackbird found in New Sharon, ME;  Nearly Life Sized Carved and Painted Bears Head; Life Sized Carved and Painted Deer Head and more! CANADIAN FOLK SCULPTURE: A life sized carved and painted Penguin by Alcide St. Gemain of St. Antoine-Abbey, Quebec; Lg. Carved and Painted Flying Canada Goose by Edmund Chatiguy of St. Isidore, Quebec; Life sized craving of a sitting Cheetah and a life sized Peacock with shaved tail by Wesley Huber of Lunenburg County, Superb Policeman whirligig by Zenas Publicover of W. Dublin, Lunenburg County, NS; Life sized flying Merganser decoy from Lunenburg County, NS; Carved Jockey in Sulky from Ascot Corner, Quebec; A carved and painted figure of Babe Ruth by Phyllis Cosman of Nova Scotia; Carved plaque with oxen’s heads by Wilfred Bent of Annapolis City, NS and more! NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN: A SUPERB collection of 25 pieces of fine and old MICMAC and GREAT LAKES QUILLWORK to include several EARLY Micmac boxes, purses, trays, mats, pin cushions and picture frames having the best geometric and flora form designs. Great Lakes Quill to include: A very rare Ojibway quill decorated birch bark box in the form of a house; Ojibway quill decorated picture frames, Menominee and Winnebago Quill decorated boxes and more. WOODLANDS INDIAN BEADWORK to include: A rare, early and important Micmac Tradecloth and Silk beaded bag having an early, handwritten provenance as being made by Molly Muise, the wife of the tribal Governor of the Micmac Indians; Mohawk and Micmac beadwork to include a RARE Mohawk “Glengarry” style beaded hat; bead decorated pin cushions, purses, bags, wall pockets and more. An exceptional grouping of early DECORATED BIRCH BARK items to include a superb and large Micmac or Malecite 19^th century canoe model; An 18^th Century Micmac Moose Call; Early decorated birch bark Creels, Vessels, Moose Calls, Boxes and much more!  A RARE and IMPORTANT PAIR of early and large NORTHERN CREE BEAVERTAIL SNOWSHOES; A SUPERB pair of Chippewa/Ottawa Snowshoes in fabulous red and blue trillium floral paint decoration; Several nice Maine Indian made Canoe Paddles; Penobscot scratch carved burl canoe cup; A SUPERB and EARLY PENOBSCOT war club with a haunting likeness of a black bears face; Several OUTSTANDING carved and painted Crooked Knives; Micmac Carved Wash Stick; Superb Carved and painted Micmac Wall Plaque; Miniature Micmac wall collage w snowshoes, canoe and moccasins;  Several Mohawk Beaded birds and much more! PAINTINGS, PRINTS and ARTWORK:  OOB by Joseph Henry Sharp (Am. 1859-1953) titled “SKAGWAY, ALASKA” signed l.r., signed and titled verso;  Lg. OOC  “Ships at Anchor”  by William Frederick de Haas (Am. 1830-1880); LARGE OOC Genre Scene of Boys Hunting by Edmund Aylburton Willis (Am. 1808-1899); Early portrait miniature on ivory in 18K gold brooch type frame, attributed to John Ramage (Am/ Br. 1748-1802); Large OOC of a New England barn and an exceptional  Harbor Scene by (Winfield Scott Clime (Am. 1881-1958); 2 Original pencil signed and inscribed Etchings of Scottie Dogs by Marguerite Kirmse (Am. 1885-1954); OOC of Venitian Street Scene by Harriette Bowdoin (Am. 1880-1947); EARLY small OOC of sailing ship at moonlight signed the initials TC and dated 1888; A superb OOC “Crow Point, Hingham (Mass.) from landing”  signed CWSS and dated 1875; Pair of Early, large ancestral portraits from the Barnes family of Eastport, ME; Lg. Watercolor of Venetian scene by Louis K. Harlow (Am. 1850-1913); Watercolor of Yellowlegs Shorebird by William B. Gillette (Am. 1864-1937); ”Early OOC primitive of NH farmyard with folky animals; VERY EARLY large European Landscape OOC; Album of 53 large MONHEGAN, ME black and white photographs by Warner Taylor; Outstanding pair of miniature lemon gold frames and more!  PAPER & EPHEMERA:  An original hand drawn and colored 1838 map on vellum of CHESTERVILLE, MAINE by the noted early Maine cartographer Oliver Sewall; An UNUSUAL and very early, handwritten poem titled “THE SHAKER SLAVE”; LARGE collection of 450 OLD STOCK CERTIFICATES to include 180 MAINE examples; A fine early artist’s Sketch book and paper lot relating to the Adams. Pearson and Emery families of Newbury and Newburyport, Mass.; Collection of Maine Art Books; Collection of 53 large MONHEGAN, MAINE black and white photographs by Warner Taylor and more!  DECOYS and WATERFOWL CARVINGS: An OUTSTANDING working drake MERGANSER decoy in original paint; Mason standard grade Blue Wing Teal hen in fine original paint; A Superb pair of EARLY ¼ sized carved and painted Yellowlegs on driftwood; Fine selection of miniature waterfowl carvings to include a Maine merganser, Mallards, Blacks, Loons, Sea Ducks, Goldeneye and others! EARLY NAUTICAL and MARINE: Watercolor Ship Portrait of the Bucksport, Maine sailing ship “BRIG BELL BARNARD of BUCKSPORT , CAPT. A. COOMBS. ENTERING the HARBOR of PALERMO Sept. 8, 1860”.  An Important Fully Rigged and Extraordinarily detailed 19^th c. Sailing Ship Model of the Maine built vessel “MARTHA” having a carved and polychrome ivory figurehead, 18 carved sailors and a sleeping dog on its deck; A Framed and Cased 19^th c. Ship’s Diorama; Large 19^th c. Ship Model of the Fishing Vessel “JOSEPH BECK”; The original cased, Captain’s Bar Bottles and Glasses from the English Packet Ship “LIVERPOOL”; Superb reverse painting on glass of the side wheel steamship “Hudson” mounted in a folk art painted life preserver frame; Unusual highly detailed, small ships diorama with harbor town background and lighthouse; Early paint decorated Sailors oil cloth w compass design; A diminutive, Whale Bone and Ivory swift (needs repair); Early cased pocket compass;  4 small early half models and more! GUNS and MILITARIA:  An important Revolutionary War cartridge box from the Chase family of Roxbury, Mass. with brass star decoration and a handwritten provenance referring to the battle of Bunker Hill; Early Fowling gun marked Ketland (percussion long arm) and more! EARLY AMERICAN PEWTER: A fine grouping of early, DOCUMENTED pewter items relating to the and the Stevenson-Paxton families and the Reverend JOHN WITHERSPOON (the only clergyman signer of the Declaration of Independence), of the Lower Marsh Creek, Rocky Spring and Conococheague Presbyterian Churches to include a Charger, Candlestick and Tankards along with pewter communion tokens and letters referring to each; A fine and rare Lighthouse Coffee Pot by Eben Smith of Beverly, Mass.; F. Porter, Westbrook, Maine Teapot, Very early unsigned teapot, 2 Whale oil lamps with “bullseye” lenses and more!  EARLY LIGHTING ,CANDLESTICKS and ANDIRONS: 18^TH century double candle standing tin lighting device with weighted base; Several pair of early brass candlesticks to include a large pair (16”) of Federal period candle sticks having triangular bases and hairy paw feet; small pair of petal base candlesticks; a Superb Flintlock Tinder Box lighter  with candle holder; small pair of 18^th c. ball foot brass candlesticks; Unusual brass hanging wick lamp with 3 arms; 2 Early Pewter  Whale oil Lamps with “bullseye” glass reflectors; Several fine sets of period andirons to include formal brass examples as well as wrought iron, knife blade examples and more! BOTTLES, GLASS & CHINA:  The original Captains cased bar from the packet ship “LIVERPOOL” including blown bottle with stoppers. Stemware and glasses; Unusual side handle blown whiskey in a deep RED-AMBER; Large lot of Maine labeled patent medicines; Labeled Portland, ME ketchup and more! ORIENTAL CARPETS: Fine selection of ESTATE FRESH Oriental carpets to include a fine Karachoph Kazak; 2 large Soumac carpets; several large Caucasian rugs including a signed example; Caucasian Bag Face; large Kilim rug and more. HOOKED RUGS, QUILTS and TEXTILES: A wonderful and early yarn sewn rug with bullseye and early floral design; 2 excellent Shaker “Shirred” Rugs; An OUTSTANDING Maine “Theorem” style Hooked Rug; Superb Maine geometric hooked rug in great colors, Very Early Maine Hooked Rug with stars; Several other FINE hooked rugs including early examples; Outstanding Starburst Quilt; Early Crib Quilt w appliqués stars; Grenfell style table cover and more!  ITEMS of SPECIAL INTEREST: A RARE Chase family Revolutionary War cartridge case with an 1895 exhibition tag relating to the Battle of Bunker Hill; Caliper Log Scale with Wheel; A large German Turkey candy container; A very early silver box in burl wood; Federal mahogany tea caddy; Superb Large Black Forest carved match safe w birds; Small Black Forest Carved Key Cupboard with carved dogs; Large Victorian Mirror with OUSTANDING paint decoration; Inlaid Sewing Box with Ivory Dove and more!

For Additional Information Please Call 207-362-6045. Day of Sale Only 207-582-3223. 10% Buyers Premium. PAYMENT TERMS: Cash or Pre-approved check. Out of State Buyers Should Provide Bank Letter of Credit, If Not Known to the Auctioneer. Timothy J. Gould, Auctioneer, Maine Auctioneer’s License #AR1038. Auctions will be Catered.

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