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Antiques Collectibles • Books • Oriental Rugs • Household Items

Thursday, July 26 @ 10AM -
Preview & Registration @ 9AM
2018 Bridgman Hill Road, Hardwick, VT

***Please note: Left Bids MUST be faxed by 7AM, Thursday, July 26.
There are no phone lines available for this auction.***
FAX: 802-888-2211

NEW PHOTOS 7/25: Oriental Rug Photos | Russian Books Photos | 15th Century Santo - St. Veronica

We have been retained to sell the contents of the Estate of Penelope Lewis, daughter of the late Charlton M. Lewis, Author and Professor from Yale University. There are 100’s , possibly 1000’s of collectible & rare books relating to Art, Poetry, History, Opera, in English, Russian and German. Some very interesting early items.

Following is a partial list.

Antiques & Collectibles

  • Pair of signed Roycroft Bookends
  • Steinway & Sons Grand Piano, circa 1875, mahogany, repetition action (pat. 1875), capo dastro bar (pat. 1873) on turned & reeded legs, w/ lift top stool
  • Early 18th Century Franco Flemish Tapestry, wooded landscape w/ 2 fleeing figures, 7' x 4' 3", worn
  • English Chippendale Oak Bedside Table, circa 1780, rectangular top w/ applied half-round back & side mouldings, over an open compartment & one shallow veneered drawer, Marlborough feet
  • English 17th Century Oak Spinning Wheel, box stretcher, wooden treadle & wheel
  • Pair of 17th Century Continental Wrought Iron Candle Stands with detachable tops of 5.5" sockets - 54.5" high
  • Early English Oak Gate Leg Table, circa 1680-1720, baluster turned legs w/drawer
  • Early Sponge decorated Porcelain Plate
  • Early Delft Inkwell in the form of a stove (19th Century)
  • Oil/Board, Landscape w/buildings s. Nellie P. Bright, Philadelphia
  • Chippendale Side Chair
  • Upholstered Easy Chair w/open arms
  • Early Demitasse Cups & Saucers
  • Sterling Vict. Grape Shears
  • Hand Painted Card Case
  • Continental Louis XVI Style Kneehole Desk, carved corners, line inlay and marquetry, some loss, fruitwood
  • Continental Louis XVI Style Chest of Drawers, carved corners, line inlay, marquetry
  • (2) Chippendale Style Servers
  • Chippendale Style Pie Crust Bird Cage Table, Willaimsburg Repro
  • Continental Corner Washstand
  • Set of 4 Turned Leg Upholstered Walnut Chairs
  • Pr. Chippendale Style Ribbon back Chairs
  • Continental Desk w/carved knees & cabriole legs
  • Queen Anne Style Server
  • Sterling & Costume Jewelry incl. 2 Pr. Shoe Buckles; Deco Necklace; Russian Pin, Full Bodied “Ewe” Pendant; Sterling Horseshoe Pin; Silver Filagree Pin, Deco Earrings, more
  • (5) Stoneware Crocks: (2) N.A. White & Son, Utica NY, blue dec.;  Ovoid Jug w/blue dec.; Nichols & Boynton Jug w/Blue Flowers; 3 Gal. Stoneware Jug
  • Hanging Gingerbread Clock
  • Ansonia Shelf Clock
  • Empire Clock w/stenciled Pillars, mirror & reverse painted glass
  • Pewter Charger, 15” dia.
  • Mahogany Bookcase
  • Photo Album with Qty. of Early Photographs, including Queen Victoria
  • Charcoal, “Railyard, s. Lucien Day, 1942
  • Watercolor, White Baby Seal, s. Billie Waters
  • Pedestal Pin Cushion, wood turned
  • Pr. Brass Bookends, “the Thinker”
  • Sterling Dresser Mirror, nail buffer, brush
  • Early Full Bodied Carved Santo, 34” tall, (hollowed in back)
  • Hanging Carved Wood Santo
  • Marble top oak Commode, 3 drawers
  • Pr. Brass Bookends, Man on horse
  • Icon, Madonna & Child w/ 2 Saints, Gold Leaf on Panel, Late 19th Century, 28”x22½”
  • Early boxed Balance Scale weight set
  • (2) Engravings “In His Majesty’s Collection”, eng. F. Bartolozzi, R.A. Historical engraver to his majesty, (“Francis Russel E: of Bedford)
  • Wood Box
  • 3 Sterling Frames
  • Cased Ivory Dominoes
  • Pr. Wrought Iron Floor Lamps
  • Hooded Childs Cradle
  • Stenciled Boston Rocker
  • Carved Double Bed
  • Pr. Spool Beds, twin
  • European Photo Albums
  • Early Side Chair Carved & Reeded
  • Ephemera incl: Letters, postcards, diaries(unsearched at time of listing)
  • Print, “Little Bo Peep”, George Romney
  • Twin Sleigh Bed
  • Doll House & Furniture
  • Bisque Baby Doll, 12”, HP lips, hair
  • Early Textile, Candlewick Panel (stains) Fruit, Birds, Dear, 7’5”x39”
  • Early Kerosene Lamp
  • Cheese Press
  • Singer Sewing Machine with Qty. of Accessories

Books

Full Book Catalog (pdf file) (updated 7/25/2007)
**Please Note: All Left Bids MUST be faxed by 7AM on Thursday July 26. There are no phone lines available for this auction. FAX: 802-888-2211**

Click here for photos of Russian Books

Qty. of Early Books including many leather bound:

  • "La Jeune Parque", 1921, Paul Valery, with Original Picasso Lithograph
  • The British Flag Triumphant, 1806, London Gazettes
  • "BAKST: The Story of the Artist’s Life”, 1923 by Andre Levinson - (#174 of 315)
  • “L’art Populaire Flamand” by Victor De Meyere, leather w/foldout illustrations
  • The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, ill. By Arthur Rackham, 29 Oeuvres de Vergier, 1752
  • “The Chronicles of Barsetshire”, 13 volumes, New York 1892
  • La Tapisserie, Broderie de Payeux, Le Reine Mathilde
  • The French Pastellists of the 18th Century, MacFall, 1909
  • Memoires Du Comte”, Paris, 1825, 2 volumes
  • “Hegesippe Moreau”, Paris 1890
  • Charlton M. Lewis Manuscripts
  • “The Genesis of Hamlet” by Charlton M. Lewis
  • A Tramp Abroad, Mark Twain, 1886
  • “Undine” by de la Motte-Fougue, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1909
  • The Polar Eskimos: Language and Folklore, Eric Holtved, 1951, signed by author
  • The Works of W.E. Henley, Poems Vol. 1 & 2, 1908, leather
  • “Mrs. Browning’s Poems”, 7 vol., John W. Lovell Co., leather
  • Moore’s Poetical Works, 10 vol., leather, 1840
  • “The Complete Angler” by Izaak Walton, wonderful, ill.
  • “The Du Poissey Anecdotes”, 1922, edited by Hugh McCrae, #33 of 600, signed
  • “L’Imagerie Populaire”, Klassiker Der Kunst in Gesamtausgaben, 1923, by Frans Hals
  • Leather bound Encyclopedia Britannica, 41 volumes, 1910
  • Large Qty. of Russian Books (The History of the Russia, Rev. 1937
  • Deutfche Litteraturgefchichte, 1982 by Robert Konage
  • Aeohna CoaoBbeB
  • “Apkaann Janaap”, 2 Volumes
  • “Der Struwwelpeter”
  • Leather Bound set, 5 Volumes, “Theatre De” (p.Corneille)
  • “Le Roman De Francois Villon”, Leather bound, 1926 by f. Carco
  • “Les Caracteres De La Bruyere’”, Marbleized Leather, 1926, 2 Volumes
  • “Marion De Lofrea”, 5 Volume set including “Lucrece Borgia”, 1918, J. Hetzel
  • “The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, 5 Volumes
  • “Treasure Island” by Stevenson, First Impression
  • “Misty of Chincoteague” by Henry Dennis
  • “L’architecture” Leather and  Marble, 1926
  • “Aesop’s Fables”,  #598 of 1450, illustrated by Arthur Rackham
  • “The Intimate Papers of Colonel Hose, 1926
  • “Excavations in Germa”, H. M Ayare
  • “Une Ecole Preeyckienne Inconnue”, 1925, Marbleized Cover
  • “Fourteen Songs”, by A.A. Milne
  • “Night with Uncle Remus”, 1917, by Joel Chandler Harris
  • Qty. of Art Reference Books incl. “Histoire de L’Art Medieval Paris”, Elie Faure
  • Cogniat; Utrillo
  • Cezanne; Botticelli
  • “Deer Slayer” by James Fenimore Cooper, Ill. NC Wyeth, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1929 - dj
  • "The Last of the Mohicans” by James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1952, Ill. N.C. Wyeth, dj
  • “The Mysterious Island” by Jules Verne, 1951, Ill. NC Wyeth, dj
  • “The French Revolution” – 1910 (2 Volumes), a history by Thomas Carlyle, Illustrated , Edward J. Sullivan, London
  • Collectible Opera Books
  • “Quentin Durward” by Sir Walter Scott Bart, 1923
  • “Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates”, Harper & Brothers publishers, 1817
  • “Tales from The Washington Irving’s Traveler” by George Hood, 1913
  • “The Birds of America”, John James Audubon, MacMillan Co., 1937
  • Beatrix Potter “Letters to Children”, 1966 by President and Fellows of Harvard College – dj
  • “Handbuch der Orientalischen Tepichkunde” von R. Neugebauer und J. Oriendi, 1922
  • “Music to My Eyes”, revised, Alfred Bendiner, 1st Ediction, 1956
  • “A History of Tapestry” by W.G. Thomson, London MCMVI
  • Japanese Prints by James A. Michener, Charles Tuttle & Co., 1972, with cardboard sleeve, Ill.
  • "LaRussie Des Tsars”, 3 Volume Set, pendant la Grand Guerre, Paris, 1908-1917

Oriental Rugs

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10+ Early Oriental Rugs, various stages of wear including

  • Runner 9’6”x37”
  • Room size Bokara 6’7”x9’2”
  • Mat(cut down) 30”x21”
  • Runner 8’6”x39”
  • Runner, 10’6”x3’
  • Rug, 5’x10’2”
  • Rug, 7’8” x4’5”
  • Runner, 9’9”x34”
  • Runner, 8’6”x39”

Household Items

  • Log Holder
  • Glass Top Coffee table
  • (2) Pr. Snowshoes
  • Kenmore upright vacuum
  • large Qty. kitchen products including Pyrex, Pots and Pans
  • Pine work table
  • Lift Chair, Blue
  • (3) Folding Oak Book Cases, 3 shelf
  • Christmas decorations
  • Wheelbarrow
  • Step Ladder

Special Interest

  • 1990 Plymouth Acclaim, 75K Miles

 

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Estate Auction - Hardwick, VT

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Estate Auction - Hardwick, VT

Estate Auction - Hardwick, VT

Estate Auction - Hardwick, VT

Estate Auction - Hardwick, VT

Estate Auction - Hardwick, VT

Estate Auction - Hardwick, VT

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TERMS:  CASH OR CHECK AT TIME OF SALE.
ALL SALES SUBJECT TO 10% BUYERS PREMIUM.
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