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ANTIQUES AUCTION
Thursday Evening, December 12th, 2002
at The Frank Jones Center, Portsmouth, NH
Doors Open at 3:00 • Auction Begins at 5:30 PM

Stephen Bennett Auctions has been commissioned to sell at public auction the contents of the estate of Portsmouth businessman & philanthropist Jay Smith, as well as the contents of the estate of a retired antique silver dealer, the Folk Art & Americana collection of a New Hampshire collector, and scientific instruments from a New Hampshire collection. Plan to attend.

Directions: The FRANK JONES CENTER, Route-1 By-Pass, Portsmouth, NH. Take I-95 to Exit 5, or Route-16 (Spaulding Tpk.) to the Portsmouth Circle (State Liquor Store exit), then Route-1 By-Pass south, 1/4 mile, then left at the 2nd light (between Cadillac & U-Haul).

View selected items below -- new photos added continuously!
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1955 MG TF-1500,
runs well

Eli Terry clock

Full-size,
horse-drawn sleigh

Gloucester Harbor by
Emile Gruppe - 30" x 36"
-- Hauling the Nets
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Painting, signed W.M. Chase (William Merritt Chase)
Click to enlarge

Robin Hood painting,
signed N.C. Wyeth
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Large 6' x 10' o/c by
Vesper Lincoln George

o/c signed Blakelock,
20" x 16"

Gibson L4-C

Martin 00-21

Cole's Eclipse

1917 Gibson A4

Carved & polychromed 6" pirates, by American artist Walt Kuhn

1860s watercolor
theorom on paper

Early 34" 12-drawer
spice chest

Toy ice wagon

3" Schimmel rooster

Carved eagle

1837 sampler
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1804 Smithfield, Rhode Island sampler

1809 Sampler
by Jane Howard

Gurley transit

Berger transit

Microscope camera



Fish decoys

Pima Indian basket

Finely detailed Remington's
buffalo signal

Rolled-edge rose sconces

Martin house

5-foot wrought iron

Estate jewelry

Chippendale-style mirror

19th-century Chinese vases
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Chippendale slant-front desk

Kidney desk with
lion's head poles

Carved card table

Snake foot candle stand

Arched leg candle stand

Kettle stand

Single-pedestal table

Pedestal table

One-drawer table

One-drawer table

Plantation desk

Pair of pedestals

Beau Brummell
dressing table

Coca-Cola

Ceramic leopard

Black, Star & Frost sterling tea set, Pattern 1833R; and other fine silver
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Black, Star & Frost 28" sterling tray

Black, Star & Frost

Tiffany Sterling

Russian icon
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Eclipse No. 7

Arts & Crafts textiles

Carved fish

Vienna clock, 46" 1877 Gustav Becker Vienna Regulator

1859 Frank Wesson
brass carbine

Rare 1890's Billy club with retractable spikes

1899 Sioux Indian
by Herman Heyn, Omaha

A girl & her dog.

Eve and the Serpent

A nice selection of oriental rugs

Signed Meta Glinchebaum

Carl Wingate 1926

1 oz. Krugerrand & US coins
& currency (see listing)

4.5" whale tooth of a black man bound to the U.S. flag
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6.5" tooth, a soldier
& his horse

1/6-plate dag, a boy and his toy boat

1/6-plate post-mortem dags

1/6-plate ambro outdoor
view with people

1/6-plate ambro outdoor
view with people

1/2-plate dag Brown Univ.
class of 1856

1/2-plate ambro gravesite

1/9-plate Life Saving Corp. occupational tin-type w/ red lantern

1/9-plate tin-type
man with violin

Iridescent Steuben vase

Rare & fine 1850's Aug. Oertling chemical balance scale

Grandmother clock

Sheraton mantle mirror

Cupboard

Howard Messer,
Chesapeake Bay

Liverpool & canary mugs

Folk Art painting

Navajo rug

Navajo rug

Folk Art painting

Folk carved panel

Rockport o/c
signed Watkins

Watercolor signed
Cesare Detti (1847-1914)


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Portsmouth, NH 03801
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