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Multi Estate Auction - February 20th & 21st, 2006

6:00 PM, Monday & 12:00 PM, Tuesday


Preview on Friday 12PM-6PM, Monday from 9AM, Tuesday 9 AM to 12 PM
1 Hillman Drive at Route 202 South
0.4 mile south of Route 1 in Chadds Ford, PA





Selling from the Estate of Kip Kelso Crist, “Mount Harmon Plantation at World’s End”, Earleville, MD And “Fairthorne”, Newark, DE

Important fine art, 18th & 19th c furnishings and accessories, Tiffany and other sterling silver, DuPont family ancestral portraits, Chinese porcelain, oriental carpets, With additions from other Delaware Valley estates and collections.

The following is a brief listing, please look at the website for a fully illustrated catalog.

On Monday at 6:00 PM

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30+ lots Native American pottery including Santa Clara & San Ildefonso blackware, polycrome Hopi & Jemez, Taos micaceous, 32 Native American weavings, 8 w/c by Robert Redbird, 59 lots of mid 20th c. carved wood African tribal artifacts including masks, fetishes, fertility statues, and spears.
On Tuesday at 12:00 noon

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A FINE STEINWAY MODEL S BLACK LACQUER GRAND PIANO, c. 1979 (Due to a non-performing Ebay bidder, this piano is being re-offered)

AMERICAN FURNITURE: Walnut Chippendale tall chest, 2 part inlaid mah Hepplewhite banquet table, inlaid mah demilune Hepplewhite card table, cherry Chippendale slant front desk w/later bookcase top, birdseye maple DT hooded cradle, carved mah Federal candlestand, rect mah Federal tilt top table, more.

ENGLISH & CONTINENTAL: George II style double back settee, (3) George II MT side tables, 4 pc Italian Renaissance Revival parlor set, pr George III carved mah armchairs, inlaid mah George III sideboard, another George III mah sideboard, 8 carved mah Regency DR chairs, pr George II fretwork wall mirrors, lg gilt mah Georgian mirror, lg 3 dr carved walnut Italian chest, more.

VICTORIAN& CUSTOM: 2 ornate carved oak china cabinets, 3 door carved cherry bookcase, 36” center table by Phillip & Kelvin Laverne, ornate carved walnut Renaissance Revival MT sideboard, oak vitrine, reclining Victorian chair, swinging bar door w/stained glass, CI art nouveau fireplace surround, 2 nice Vict sofas & chairs, more.

AMERICAN/BRANDYWINE VALLEY/BUCKS CO/PHILADELPHIA ARTISTS: (2) Frank Earle Schoonover, Francis Luis Mora, Alice Ravenal Huger Smith, Robert Spear Dunning, Fern Coppedge, John Folinsbee, Paulette van Roekens, Harry Leith-Ross, Frederick Waugh, Reynolds Beal, Lawrence Sisson, Ralph Love, Tom Hill, Alexander Wyant, (4) Barclay Rubincam, Michael Doyle, Thomas Ustick Walter, (2) Daniel Morper, Isolda, Frederick Waugh, A.J.H. Way, James Hamilton, Robert Wood, P. Moran, Harry Ballinger, Bernard Corey, Woodhull Adams, (2) Paul Wescott, (3) Joseph Sheppard, (2) Henry Glasser, George Porter, Robert Chace, William Bryant, C.W. Illig, Tom Hill, John Spencer, (2) Michael Doyle, Irby Brown, Clifford Ashley, Frank Spalding, Gayle Hoskins, Robert Shaw, Judith Blam, Helen Sheldon Jacobs Smillie, Margery Pyle, Franz de Merlier, Sid Chase, Frank Coll, Norman Cannon, J.H. Harvey, Daniel Ridgeway Knight, Harvey Dunn, Henry Peck, A.B. Frost, Herbert Morton Stoops, Will Crawford, Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliot, Walter Stewart, Robert Emmet Owen, May Fairchild, A.T. Scott, George Harding, B. Medema, Newberger, Totten, Gregorio Prestopino, Joseph Kantor, William S. Robinson, William Riddle Warner, Glenn Strauss, Henry William Weinsheimer, Luigi Spizzirri, Helen M. Weisenburg, Harry W. Newman, Elsie R. Whipple, Asahel Stevens Avery, Emma Eilers, Maurice Aguilar, August Bleset, Jr., Washington Allston, Astley David Middleton Cooper, Alexander Garfield Tupper, Charles Ramsey, William Mason Brown, Nikolay Tysland Leganger, and many more.

AN ORIGINAL ENGRAVING PLATE FOR ONE OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM “MAROONED”, THE HOWARD PYLE CLASSIC!

ENGLISH & EUROPEAN ARTISTS: J.N. Sartorius, G. Armfield, Andre Gisson, Suzanne Valadon, 3) Eugene Galien-Laloue, Alexandre Nozal, M. Donat, Hendrick Verschuring, Hugo Salentin, Edouard Pail, style of de la Pena, Wilhelm Kuhnert, after R.P. Bonington, Biraghi, Marius, oil on copper, more.

WORKS ON PAPER: Important map of the Mid-Atlantic States “Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, La Nouvele Jersey…” by A.H. Jaillot, c. 1700, (3) Robert Shaw, F. Townsend Morgan, Stephen Parrish, Raphael Soyer, Arnold Hoffman, A. Ehrlich, 8 Andrew Wyeth collotypes from 1956 Triton Press portfolio, War Bond poster, more.

NEAT STUFF: 16th c. German Renaissance steel helmet, Charles II wool needlework sampler by Joanna Charlton, 60+ pc crucifix collection, 87” bronze torchiere that was presented to Edward G. Budd, Industrialist, on his 50th birthday, Coles No 2 CI coffee grinder, 1953 PMA bronze bust of George Bernard Shaw by Rodin, 1847 F. Leypoldt, Phila bleeder, over 40 walking sticks incl. 2 gun canes, sword cane, horse trader cane, shark vertebrae, ivory, silver, & GF tops, amber glass, Peary Exp silver, 1876 West Chester, PA figural by Rapp, other figurals, Minox Riga spy camera, small lap quilt in US Flag pattern, eagle pattern fretwork wall pocket, much more!

ANTIQUE GUNS & CIVIL WAR: Figured maple flintlock rifle, Clark, London flintlock pistol, unmarked Continental sword, short Japanese sword.

LAMPS: 9 arm 2 tier Waterford chandelier, 2 Vict brass hanging parlor lamps, Vict cranberry hall light, 3 Venetian crystal chandeliers, more.

STONEWARE & POTTERY: Mettlach plaque 2362, steins 1475, 1756, & pr early candlesticks, 2 Regimental steins, Etruscan majolica shell and seaweed spittoon, Etruscan leaf plate, lg brown glazed pottery pitcher, more.

GLASS & PORCELAIN: Fine Flight, Barr, & Barr Royal Worcester covered centerpiece with HP reserves & winged mermen supports, 2 French polychrome equestrian groups in the manner of Niderville, 20+ pcs Canton, Boehm porcelain Tutankhamun Series objects incl pr obelisks, Goddess Selket, God Anubis, Tutankhamun’s Golden Mask, 4 relief plaques Golden Throne, Carved chair, Ivory Chest, Votive Shield, Malcom Johnson HP porcelain plaque, Kaiser porcelain dolphin group, 8 lots floral RS Prussia incl compote, 2 biscuit jars, 3 chocolate pots, Rudolstadt ewer, Meissen teaset, rare Battersea enameled box with naval battle scene & portrait interior, cut glass & crystal incl 6 Dorflinger stems, Waterford decanters and stems, Hawkes covered dish, 20+ pcs blue “@ Panel” pattern glass, etched stemware, much more!

MUSIC BOXES, CLOCKS & WATCHES: Dudley Watch Co. Model 2 Masonic OF pocket watch, George III stick barometer by Dallaway, London, ebonized French column clock, marquetry inlaid French column clock by A.D. Mougin, dbl weight Gustav Becker Vienna regulator, Seth Thomas ebonized “Garfield” double wt shelf clock, Baird tobacco advertising clock, diminutive painted pine Italian tall case clock, oak A&C tall clock w/leaded glass door,

A 17TH C. GOLD BODKIN WITH INITIALS “MD”, UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE BELONGED TO MARY DYER, QUAKER MARTYR WHO WAS HANGED IN 1660. A HEAVY GOLD RING WITH THE DuPONT FAMILY CREST

A MINIATURE PORTRAIT ON PORCELAIN OF EMPRESS JOSEPHINE UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BY MRS. ALEXIS duPONT

50+ LOTS SILVER: Rare pr of late 18th c. American silver shoe buckles owned by Cornelius Newkirk likely made by Joseph Shoemaker, Philadelphia, 5 pc George V early Georgian style tea service for Tiffany & Co, engraved Tiffany & Co 20” trumpet vase, Tiffany & Co “Palm” asparagus tongs, Tiffany & Co tilting kettle, Tiffany & Co water pitcher, Caldwell water pitcher, 1791 Sheffield silver teapot by Daniel Holy, pr 1808 Sheffield 3 branch candelabra by John Green & Co, 1902 ribbed London bowl, covered & open serving dishes, other tableware, good estate stuff!

SS flatware: 196 pcs “Wadefield” by S. Kirk & Sons,139 pcs Stieff “Puritan”, 110 pcs JE Caldwell “Kings Pattern”, 81 pcs International “1810”, 76 pcs R&B Francis I, 56 pcs Towle “Mary Chilton”, 4 lg “Old Newbury” serving pcs by ONC, more.

20+ Estate oriental rugs including 16” Serab runner, antique Kirman, Heriz, Sarouk, 15-20 throw rugs.

1991 Mercedes- Benz 300 TE, 140,948 miles w/MB car top carrier.


Terms of Sale: Cash, approved checks, Visa & Mastercard. 17% Buyer’s Premium discounted to 15% with payment by cash or good check, pre-approved checks only from first time customers. Food Available. PA-AU-002314-L. Good Food Available in lobby.



One Hillman Drive (Rt. 202 and Rt. 1)
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
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