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PLEASE NOTE: BUYERS PREMIUM for ON LINE BUYERS, 13% less 3% for cash or check - for IN HOUSE BUYERS, 8% minus the same 3%
U.S. CUSTOMERS - AS OF FEBRUARY 21st - Cdn $500 = US $430
We are accepting telephone and absentee bids for this unreserved auction. You will use the lot numbers for your bids. If there is more than one lot in the picture, just add Left, Center or Right, to help distinguish the item. Please note that not all of the auction is on our website. To see those additional items you will need to attend the auction or preview. Absentee bids may be left at the preview or during the auction.
Some of the hooked rugs have been restored by Mary Vaughan, a master rug repairer, If you are interested in bidding on any of the rugs, by telephone or absentee bid, please ask for a condition report on your choice.

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Lot #	Description
801	CORNER CUPBOARD - pine barrel-back with 16 glass panes, glazing bars align perfectly with the shelves. Interior is in original blue and the shelf edges and pilasters are in a later yellow. The exterior of the cupboard has one coat of old brown paint over the original blue. All the glass is original with the exception of one pane 8" x 10". The cupboard is early 19th century with large forged nail construction. The measurements are 63" wide x 36" deep x 7'5" high. The cupboard will need a 40" corner. Found in Mulgrave, Nova Scotia near the Cape Breton Causeway.		View Detail
802	See 801		View Detail
803	MICMAC BRIDE'S BOX, elaborately chipcarved in circular patterns, sown with copper wire affixed with forged nails and carved date "1813 [diamond] H" on inside of cover, original finish - 16 x 10 3/4 x 7 inches		View Detail
804	INDIAN PAINTING - depicting a group of Indians salmon fishing somewhere probably in the general area of the Great Lakes, excellent condition, does not seem to be a copy and, has old but probably not original frame - 11 1/2 x 15 oil on canvas - most likely painted before 1850 - Perth Andover, N.B. SEE 544 & 545 for details		View Detail
805	CLOCK SHELF, birch, square nailed, carved scallops, scrolls and clover, decoration, original finish - 27 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 6 inches - mid-19th c. - Pictou Co. N.S.		View Detail
806	WALL BOX - pine 2 tier with butt joints & forged nail construction. The box retains a very old over paint of a light brownish-yellow color over the original red paint. The box shows lots of signs of wear on the inside of both tiers from years of use. There is one small piece of molding missing on the right side at the bottom. Measures 13 1/3" high x 12 1/2" wide x 7 1/2" deep. Circa 1800, found in Albert County New Brunswick.		View Detail
807	TWO-DRAWER STAND, birch with turned legs, beveled-edge drop leaves, dovetail drawers with rosehead nails and wooden pulls, original finish - 28 x 14 x 19 1/2 inches, top open 32 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches - eary 19th c. - Pictou Co. N.S.		View Detail
808	BIRCH STAND with a dove tailed drawer and one board top. Retains it's original finish with some staining to top of table. Highly unusual elaborately carved legs. Measures 29 1/2" high x 16" deep x 28 1/2" wide. Found in the city of Halifax.		View Detail
809	TWO-DRAWER STAND of pine construction with pegged legs. Drawers are dove tailed front & back. Drawer bottoms are chamfered and held with forged nails. Note unusual turnings on the legs. The drawers graduate and have original knobs. The top is a single board held with forged nails. Finish is an old varnish over what looks like an old mustard paint. Measures 16 1/3" deep x 20 1/2" wide x 25 1/2" high. The legs were never cut. Found in Albert County New Brunswick.		View Detail
810	NIGHTSTAND with three drawers dovetailed front and back and beading around the edges of each drawer, original pegged wooden pulls, finish a latter grain paint over the original surface, small chip of wood from the top of left drawer, bottom square nail and peg construction, one board top, some irritation on front edge of one-board top - 30 x 18 1/2 x 23 inches - mid 19th c. - Albert Co. N.B.		View Detail
811	HOOKED RUG with double hearts, snowflake medallions and eight large red dots, heavy with good age - 40 1/2 x 48 inches - Guysborough.		View Detail
812	DECOY, signed American caved and painted canvas back, signed "McKinney" - ca. 1985 - Maryland		View Detail
813	HOOKED RUG with rabbit inside diamond border, good age, rebound - 18 1/2 X 36 -Shelburne Co. N.S		View Detail
814	No Lot		View Detail
815	WRITING ARM WINDSOR CHAIR in original yellow completely decorated with floral motifs on the chair back, see Michael Bird "Canadian Country Furniture" Plate 101 - 33 x 20 x 15 1/2 - first quarter 19th c. - Guysborough Co. N.S.		View Detail
816	WOODEN MEDALLION, used on a ceiling, carved from one piece of pine with central circle of raised balls, four clubs and bands around the outside, original red, white and black paint, 18 x 1 1/2 inches, never used, found in eves of a very early Cape Cod house in Guysborough Co. N.S.		View Detail

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