NOV 26, 2011 AUCTION

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THANKSGIVING WEEKEND    -    NOVEMBER 26, 2011
MARION ESTATE AUCTION  -  Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12 noon.  Viewing - Fridays, Nov 25th - 4pm to 7pm & Sat 9am to 11:30am.

at the Marion VFW, 465 Mill St, Marion, MA  02738

FEATURING THE COLLECTIONS OF GEORGE C. DECAS FROM THE COL. PETER PEIRCE HOUSE, MIDDLEBORO, MA AND THE ALDEN BESSE HOUSE, WAREHAM, MA WITH SELECT ADDITIONS FROM OTHER NOTABLE SOUTHEASTERN MASS. ESTATES.  Sale conducted by Marion Antique Shop and Turkey Creek Auctions, Frank McNamee, Manager, C. David Glynn, Auctioneer, MA, lic#583.  Online catalog will be available in a few weeks at:    www.marionantiqueauctions.com, www.marionantiques.com, www.antiqueauctionsfl.com and www.auctionzip.com.  Live bidding at:   www.liveauctioneers.com

A partial list of items includes:  FURNITURE & CLOCKS:  inlaid Federal work table, North Shore MA, Fed classical NY card table, exceptional classical looking glass, stick barometer by Wilder, tall case clock signed David Wood, Newburyport, mahogany Fed tambour secretary desk, Queen Anne side chair, QA kettle stand, L & JG Stickley 1 door bookcase, Stickley & Brandt settle  PAINTINGS:  Edward Gay, Cephas Thompson, Cephas Giovanni Thompson, Jerome Thompson, Maria T. Thompson, Arthur Wesley Dow, Wm Ferdinard Macy, Wm Coffin, Mark Wm Langlois, L D Eldred, Mary Sprout, George Fuller, F Mortimer Lamb, E Bodfish, Louis K Harlow, Henry Cady, John Fullerlove, Scene of Athens by David & Mary Hogarth, Wm Hart, A Lassell Ripley  WHALING:  important Whaling journal from the Charles W Morgan, c1890 pair of whale ribs, brass telescope signed R S Bosworth, ships passport for the Whaleship D N Richards, 2 sailor made needlework pictures  STERLING & COIN:  American porringer by E Watson, tea set by Jones & Ward, Georgian tea set by Robert Hennell, sterling flatware sets, 100’s of pcs coin flatware by local makers CERAMICS:  rare dark blue historical china with American scenes, Chinese export tea caddy wiith eagle, Hugh Robertson green glaze Dedham pottery vase, large Rose Medallion vase, tea pot & bowl, 19th c chalkware cat,  GLASS:  Sandwich glass whale oil lamps, Sandwich glass salts  PRE-COLUMBIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN:  Navaho/Acoma pottery and baskets  RUGS:  Numerous Persian, Caucasian, Chinese carpets, Kurdish saddlebag, Kazak long rug  TEXTILES:  1830 Wareham, MA sampler Ann Fish, age 12 and 1826 sampler Mary Weston, Middleborough, MA, early Ohio coverlet   TOM THUMB MEMORIBILIA:  Mrs. Tom Thumb’s footstool and shoe, Broadside  EPHEMERA & BOOKS:  Large collection of historical paper, photos and books related to Wareham, Middleboro and Rochester, MA, 18th c Governor’s warrant signed by John Hancock, 1753 document signed by Peter Oliver, 1613 Holy Bible, large lot of Civil material related to Daniel Swift, Wareham member of the 82nd volunteers, book of original etchings by American artists including Thomas Moran and F S Church  MISC:  19th c Theorem - basket of fruit, 19th c deocrated tole ware, 18th c American powder horns 1 engraved “Ebeneezer Tinkham, Middleborough, 1790″, important large bronze sculpture of Daniel Webster by Thomas Ball, 1853, pewter seamstress lamp by Roswell Gleason, decorated stoneware crock, Taunton, MA, jade humpback figure, green jade dragon.