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JULIA SPRING AUCTION

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FAIRFIELD, MAINE — James D. Julia, Route 201, will present a 1,000-lot auction with more than 250 works by American and European artists May 5 and 6.

In addition there will be several furniture sets and individual pieces, tall clocks, Oriental rugs, a large collection of pocket watches, a Tennessee collection of prehistoric Indian artifacts, Flow Blue, silver and china.

Day I will begin with American furniture, including four early cupboards. Of particular interest will be a blue painted two-piece cupboard with glass panel doors above a large storage base ($2/3,000), and a New England Queen Anne built-in cupboard with an elaborate carved crest ($2,5/3,500). One of two Chippendale chests, a two over five tall chest of drawers will be offered ($3/5,000).

Continental furniture will include a Louis XIV carved cabinet with six doors ($2/4,000).

Tall clocks will be highlighted by a mahogany tall clock by Jacob Maus. Maus was based in Trenton and Philadelphia during the Eighteenth century. Formerly of the collection of Bob and Jackie Stewart, the clock features a moon face dial and elaborate crest ($15/25,000).

On the second day, the first of the two-session sale contains a select offering of European paintings and American folk art. Included will be an oil on canvas, “Amsterdam Winter,” by Pieter C. Dommersen, depicting a street scene dominated by a massive cathedral ($10/20,000). Other paintings by British, French, Spanish and German artists will also be available.

American folk art will be highlighted by two tobacconist signs. The more striking features a painted wood figure of a black tribesman wearing a skirt of tobacco leaves, circa 1850 ($2/4,000). From the Bob and Jack Stewart collection will be more than 50 rare butter stamps. Other folk art includes nautical items such as ship dioramas, one depicting a schooner against a lively sea ($800/1,200).

A single lot of approximately 425 autographs, assembled 1894–1895, features many key American personalities of the day, was found in a shirt box in a closet. The collection had been part of a large scrapbook. The gatherer, a man named Burbank, mailed requests all over the country to celebrities of the late 1800s, and in one way or another enticed them to reply with various sentiments.

The lot includes various Civil War personages, Presidential and other political figures, authors, artists and entertainers. Central to the collection are the signatures of such individuals as Red Cross founder Clara Barton, a handwritten poem by Helen Keller, a letter on Women’s Suffrage Association stationery written by Susan B. Anthony and a typed letter on band stationery by John Philip Sousa. Of significance is a short missive with the first verse of America handwritten and signed by Samuel Francis Smith. Also represented are Booker T. Washington, Thomas Edison, P.T. Barnum, Horace Greeley and Ulysses S. Grant ($5/10,000).

An estate lot of more than 15 Oriental rugs will include two antique Heriz room size rugs (each $2/3,000).

A New York City collection yields a large collection of more than 130 pieces Flow Blue. A 24-inch covered potpourri jar with intricate floral decoration is expected to be the top seller ($1,5/2,500).

The day’s session will end with approximately 140 lots of prehistoric Indian artifacts from the estate of Allen Graves.

Session II will feature works by American artists, some 185 paintings. Among the offerings will be a portrait by Carl Kahler of a bonneted little girl resting on her dog ($3/5,000). An image of waves lapping the shore by William Trost Richards ($5/10,000) will also be sold.

The offering includes works of the Rockport-Gloucester School and the Hudson river School. Alfred Thompson Bricher will be represented by an oil on canvas beach scene depicting waves spraying mist against a large jutting rock ($6/8,000). From a Hudson River School, a panoramic view is attributed to John Frederick Kensett of a waterfall running through Yosemite ($10/15,000). A small selection of European paintings will include Georges D’Espagnat’s interior scene of a woman bathing ($10/15,000).

Previews will be Wednesday, May 4, 10 am to 6 pm, and Thursday and Friday, 8 to 10 am. Auction commences at 10 am on Thursday and Friday. Full-color illustrated brochures are available.

For information, 207-453-7125 or www.juliaauctions.com.