Robert Indiana drawing on Marsden Hartley’s Twenty-Five Poems book wrapper, 14" x 20".
Indiana drawing story.
Rare Andrew Wyeth letter with watercolor.
Elegant period Queen Anne highboy, fan and thistle carved drawers, 36" wide.
Gorham sterling silver service for 12 with serving pieces.
Diminutive Hepplewhite sideboard from the Seaverns estate, 47" wide.
Rare American country apothecary chest, 48" wide x 55" tall, original surface.
Advertising signs.
Rare Maine bank notes and more.
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I’m pleased to announce our annual Maine Summer Auction again this year. We have a great lineup of early American furniture, fine art, paintings, sterling silver, Oriental rugs, marine items, folk art, decoys, ephemera, important stamp collection, rare paper currency, coins, trade signs, Native American items, and much more!
Highlights include: (2) Andrew Wyeth letters with wonderful watercolor drawings on both plus another lot of letters written by Andy; Robert Indiana drawing from the wrapper of the Marsden Hartley’s Paris-Lewiston Twenty-Five Poems books; incredible place setting for 12, including serving pieces of Gorham silver in original box; diminutive Hepplewhite sideboard with fan inlay; Queen Anne highboy with fan and thistle carved top and bottom and great proportions; incredible 38-drawer apothecary cabinet in original condition; three oil paintings just discovered in a Searsmont, Maine, farm by Erwin Wending, 1914-1993; rare copy of Verve, vol.1, #1, 1937, with Matisse cover, plus so much more.
Go to the website gamageantiques.com for 100+images and order of sale soon!
**We welcome live phone bidding and absentee bidding as well as bidding in the audience. Hope you can join us. I won’t disappoint you.
Bruce
TERMS: 17.5% Buyer’s Premium with 2.5% discount for check or cash.
Checks accepted with proper I.D. or preapproval • MC/Visa/American Express
Maine sales tax of 5.5% applies • Dealers must supply tax I.D. certificate
Auctioneer reserves the right to hold certain items until checks clear • All listings are subject to error