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Timothy J. Gould, Licensed Maine Auctioneer  EVEN MORE  PICTURES of  MARKET FRESH ITEMS TO BE SOLD 6/9/04

Spring '04 Auction: Wednesday AFTERNOON June 9, 2004  commencing at 5 P.M.  PREVIEW all day Tuesday June 8 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Here are some additional items to be featured in our upcoming Spring '04 Auction (You may click on the small images to enlarge them.).

Nicely proportioned Chippendale Birch 4 Drawer Chest with an outstanding, complex bracket base and a generously overhanging thumbnail molded top.  Original throughout but for a Victorian era resurfacing. The chest also retains its original brass hardware. Measures 35 3/4" wide.             One of two oils by listed Massachusetts artist John Appleton Brown (1844-1902) .Signed l.r. Oil on wood panel. Measures 9 1/2" by 13 1/2" (sight). Original frame.   Bold Dirk Van Erp Vase. Measures 12" tall. Recently found in a Cape Cod home. Original surface.                         Tightly woven Navajo Eye Dazzler measuring 72" by 40". Excellent condition throughout   Early 7 Foot (83") Painted Barber's Pole in original red, white and blue recently found in NH. GREAT PAINT!!   Room size and EARLY Bokara. Measures 12' by 8' 6". Early Caucasian Measuring 6' by 4'    Incredible Victorian era Crewel Spread with folky birds and flora. Measures 8 feet by 5 1/2 feet. Found in a Farmington, Maine home.
	Watercolor Portrait of Robert Peary Jr. ( the son of Admiral Robert Peary) by listed American artist Edythe Laws. Measures 25 1/2" by 21 1/2" (sight). Found along with other items from Robert Peary Jr., including a signed copy of the book: Peary: The Explorer and the Man .
	Thomas Clarkson Oliver (American 1827-1892). Oil on canvas measuring 17 1/2" by 27 1/2" (sight). Signed "Clark Oliver" and dated 1888. Likely a study for the Prang Lithography Company of Boston. See: The Lynn Beach Painters (Lynn Hist. Soc., 1998); Biography at www.askart.com . Original frame.
	Outstanding still life and farmyard portrait of fowl by unlisted late 19th century artist A.J. Barry. Still life measures 23" by 38" and the Roosters measure 22" by 25". Both are unframed and were discovered recently in an East Madison, Maine home. The quality of the work is superb. Oil on canvas. Unframed.
ID'd Maine Civil War Soldier Sixth Plate Tintype	Ninth plate tintype of Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Tintype of Soldier with Musket.
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Just a sampling of Victorian advertising paper to include hundreds of MINT trade cards, die cuts, calendars, tobacco cards along with a spectacular Victorian Trade Card Album with many baseball players, Indian Chiefs and much more.
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7" Grueby Faience Vase. Artist signed by Miss Norma Pierce. Recently found in a Massachussetts home.
Old  "Gut" sewn and beaded Indian Club with unusual elliptical polished stone head.

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