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CHERRY TREE AUCTIONS
Michael S. Smith & Friends • Professionals Since 1976
INTERESTING ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES AUCTION!
SATURDAY Dec 12th at 5pm
Previews: Friday 1-5 & Saturday at 1pm
SALE HELD AT: The Washington County Fairgrounds
Rte 29 Between Greenwich & Schuylerville, NY; 12 miles East of Saratoga Springs
(MapQuest & Google: 392 Old Schuylerville Rd, Greenwich, NY 12834)
Our final sale of Fall offers a wide-ranging eclectic mix from FINE JEWLERY to antique Toys & Childhood items. ART featuring local female artists. MUCH FURNITURE from an antique Riley Whiting tall case clock to modern Queen Size beds, from handsome 1850’s chests to a 5pc 1930’s walnut bedroom set, and from a 19thC pine dry sink to a 1980’s pine stepback cupboard. A good array of Antique Smalls & Collectibles. Come & Enjoy! Children are Not allowed.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Ellen & I and all our crew wish You & Yours the merriest of Holidays and a Happy, Healthy, & Prosperous New Year! We THANK YOU for your business this past year – and hope to see you this Saturday and MANY TIMES in 2016.
MUCH FURNITURE to incl: nice small size 2 part c.1850 mahogany secretary desk. Early snipe hinge blanket box on legs. Impressive 7’6” c.1910 Chippendale mahogany highboy chest w/fan carvings. C.1850 cherry case chest/cabinet w/2 mahogany drawers over 2 mahogany doors. Small early 3 drawer bachelor’s chest. Nice set 4 c.1850 plank seat dining chairs. DT pumpkin pine blanket box w/interior drawers & till. 2 high-back brass full size beds. Nice small size oak ice box w/raised panels. Good small size orig varnish oak mirrored top sideboard. Orig varnish curved glass oak china closet w/carved feet. Exceptional flat top mahogany executive’s desk with much carved decoration. C.1850 mahogany chest with pineapple and rope twist columns and elaborately carved mirror above. C.1850 mahogany chest w/columns & carved clawfeet. Early stenciled washstand in pretty yellow color. C.1850 marble top mahogany chest w/mirror above. 5pc 1930’s walnut bedroom set. Round Cushman rock maple coffee table w/rotating top. Early tavern table w/pegged construction base. MANY CHAIRS from pair 19thC birdseye maple to Chippendale to pairs upholstered Victorian to good looking very tall carved back Flemish style. Oak chests, dropleaf tables, re-upholstered c.1850 mahogany sofa, & more. MODERN good looking Queen Size sleigh bed, Queen Size wrought iron tester bed, pine 2 part cupboard w/glass doors at top, pretty small size solid cherry slant lid lady’s Chippendale desk, Queen Size 4 post bed.
FINE JEWELRY SEVERAL DIAMOND RINGS w/appraisals (see website). Nice 14k Bands w/Diamonds. Diamond stud earrings. 14k ring w/6 Opals & 5 Diamonds. 14k bracelet w/amethysts & aquamarines. 18k 1920’s filigree ring w/.41ct Round Brilliant Diamond w/appraisal. 14k floral form ring w/4 diamonds & 2 sapphires. 14k ring w/7 Opals. 1960’s 14k ring w/7 diamonds & 12 sapphires. Good pair Pearls & Diamonds earrings w/appraisal, & MORE gold set rings w/stones. LARGE QUANTITY ESTATES’ COSTUME JEWELRY (sold in large lots!).
ART: (see website) 6 paintings – several of Lake George – by the late Bolton Landing artist Frances Ulric Naughton Herman (1928-2011), Pastel portrait and pastel still life floral signed Peggy Dodds (portrait dated 1939, listed Am 1900-1987 artist). Several paintings by the late Rosannah Guilmette a student of modernist Raphael Soyer and a professor of art at Skidmore. Charming large dated 1891 pastel portrait of blond headed little girl with her Pekinese dog signed by French artist Victor LeClaire, & other paintings. MANY PRINTS incl lg folio “Racing For A Grand Prize” Currier & Ives horse racing print and 3 hand colored Japanese wood block prints.
TOYS & CHILDHOOD very fine 5pc cast iron “NYC & HR” train set (5’3” long when together). Exceptional 1952 “Superior Space Port” toy by T. Cohn w/OB & instruction sheet. Marx tin litho wind-up motorcyclist. Jensen style no 35 operating steam engine w/OB & board of operating machinery. C.1900 pond boat. Near mint “Buckaroo Bill” and “Sagebrush Sal” in OB by Hazelle. 7 ©1945 “Mother Goose” prints by Feodor Rojankovsky for Simon & Schuster. 5 boys tool chests w/colorful lithos on lid interiors. DOLLS 3 antique bisque dolls from 8” to 13” in original clothing. Vogue Doll in orig carrying case w/much clothing. “Bannister Baby” doll in OB. Many other dolls. Stuffed animals. “Jefferson Tiles” building blocks in OB with instruction booklet. Child’s cast iron “Stover Junior Waffle Iron” in OB. Nice early 20thC hand painted Noah’s Ark w/20+ pair wooden animals. Graphic Electro Safe T Dart “Big League Baseball” game with rough OB. C.1900 German stone block set OB. Exc miniature dome top trunk w/interior. TeeGee “Junior Miss” sewing machine in OB, & more.
INTERESTING SMALLS: Superb large French “Le Taxiphote” glass plates mechanical table top stereopticon viewer complete with 200+ glass stereopticon views. Swiss 8 tune cylinder music box. VIC-III Victor Victrola w/desirable mint wooden horn. 1929 “Boy Scouts of America” calendar w/Norman Rockwell illustration. Exc postcard album w/2 good Halloween, several fine Santas, real photo T Roosevelt, etc. Collection 700+ stereopticon cards. Nice oak wall telephone. Good lot early metal lighting incl hogscraper candlesticks. Lovely Minton 65pc dessert service complete for 12. Original signed “Pogo – Walt Kelly” drawings. 5 German ceramic pigs in baskets or tubs figurines. 3 oriental carved soapstone figures. 3 carved stone Inuit carvings. Exc oak barrel churn. 3 fine oak machinist chests. Lg footed cast iron pot w/bail handle. NY license plates incl 1930’s. 6’ table full old medical equipment. Lovely decorated tole tray. A few lady’s hats/gloves & a little group of linens/tablecloths. Fine antique oak wall hung collector’s cabinet. Wooden stenciled “Kerosene Oil” bucket w/lid. 3 older reproduction leaded stained glass “Coca-Cola” hanging domes. Yellowware bowls. Nicely refinished Eastlake walnut hall mirror. Never opened Milwaukee Heavy-Duty “Super Sawzall”. Over 150 VCR tapes (lots of good movies).
NOTE: Positive ID required to obtain bidding number ~~~
TERMS: Cash, Visa, MasterCard, Traveler’s Checks, Personal Checks with prior approval, unless known to us.
AUCTIONEER: Mike Smith - Phone (518) 798-4289 or (518) 587-9421
ABSOLUTELY NO MINIMUM PRICES! Sorry, No absentee or telephone bids
13% Buyer’s Premium (3% discount for payment by cash or good check)
Seating is Limited – Children are NOT allowed! Refreshments Available