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  LG CANADA DAY ESTATES AUCTION
        
GLENGARRY BEST WESTERN HOTEL, WILLOW ST, TRURO
                    (Exit 13 off TCH 102 towards Truro, Left @ Tim Hortons onto Willow, Hotel @ next lights on Left)   
     HOLIDAY FRIDAY JULY 1ST BEGINNING 10 AM; VIEWING 9 AM  JEWELRY AUCTION AT 9:30
                                                    NOTE EARLIER STARTING TIME                                                  
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN FAVORED WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO SELL CONTENTS OF THE ESTATE OF ELMER GOODWIN, LATE OF PICTOU, WHO (WITH HIS WIFE) WERE LONG-TIME COLLECTORS & CONNOISSEURS OF ANTIQUES AND FINERIES; TOGETHER WITH CLASSY ANTIQUES FROM THE NORTH SHORE HOME OF MARY ELLEN CLARKE, ET AL

 FURNITURE:  Gorgeous 3 Pc Mahogany Ornately Carved High Victorian Bedroom Suite w/Marble Tops; Old Carved Mah Ladies Dropfront Desk; Old Oak Side-by-Side; Lg Early Mah Tilt Top Breakfast Table; Attractive Old Walnut Stepback Cupboard; Fancy Hall Seat/Coat Rack; Victorian Mah Cameo Back Sofa; Good Marble Top Commode; 2-Dr Dropleaf Stand; Old Mah Cellerette; Pr Mah Bowback Chairs from first BMO Boardroom; Ornate Old Parlour Table w/Wickerwork, Wicker Tea Wagon & Wicker Stand; Pr French Style Decorated China Cabinets; Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Corner Chair; Old Oak Sideboard w/Mirror; Old Beveled Hall Mirror; Mah Shaving Mirror; Old Fainting Couch; Old Mah Grapeback Sofa; Quartered Oak Parlour Tables & Victorian Mirrored Dressing Table; Tall Ornate Brass & Iron Bed; Ornate Tall Fanback Wire Armchair; Wrought Iron/Glass Table/Chairs; Martha Washington Sewing Stand; Mah Queen Anne Desk/Chair; Elaborate Nile/Cream Diamond-Tuft Sofa; Matching Nile Sq Parlour Table; Marble Top Victorian Stand; Rosewood Vanity Chair; Single Poster Mah Bed; Walnut Hall Table; Pr Sibbley Plank Bottom Chairs; Old Pine Corner Cupboard; Early Pine Blanket Box; Lg Old  Commodes; Old Barley Twist Rocker; Fancy Clock Shelf; Plant Pedestal;Old Hall Umbrella/Coat Stand; Nice Pr.Chocolate Chenille Sofas by Vogue w/Down Wrapped Cushions (Cost $3,000); Good 3-Pc Mah Bdrm Suite; Pr Black Lacquer Chests; Taupe Jacquard Wing Chair/Ottoman; Oak Curio; Elephant Seat; Inlaid Veneer Desk w/Computer Dr; Several Pcs; Victoriana from the attic needs TLC; APP:  Flat Screen 27" TV; 13" Samsung Flatscreen Monitor; Kenwood Stereo Receiver-5CD Changer; Mini Mike; CHINA/CRYSTAL/SILVER: Beautiful Collection of 16 Early Oyster Plates inc many Limoges; Nice 71 Pc Set Royal Crown Derby "Indian Tree" inc Soups & Serv Pcs; 61 Pc Set Johnson Bros "Friendly Village"; Good Early English Copper Moulds; Flow Blue inc "Alaska" Platter; Many Quality Pcs inc Royal Bayreuth, German, RS Prussia, Silver Overlay, Wedgwood, Czech, Minton, Nippon &Carnival; SGD Cut Glass; Cauldron Dinner Set; 35 Pc Transferware; Berry Sets inc Royal Barvarian; Satin Glass Consoles; Collections of Old Pink Depression Glass & Ruby Flash; Cranberry Stemware; Many Footed China C/Saucers; 6 Dec Sgd Fish Plates; German Chocolate Pots; Ruffled Coindot Pitcher; Set Vaseline Hobnail Goblets; Cobalt & Ruby Decanter Sets; Early Pewter Jug; 40's Lemonade Set; Set 6 Sgd Lorenzen Egg Cups; Old Dec.10 Pc Chamber Set;Silverplated Fish Set; Old Colored Glass/Silverplate Pickle Castors; Sterling Smalls; Case Silverplate Flatware; Silverplate Tea Service & Teapot on Stand; Birks Regency Platter; Old Crockery inc Stoneware Batter Jug & NY Blue Flower Crock; QUALITY FIGURINES/ORNAMENTS:  Old Bronze Figures & Bald Eagle Head; Many Royal Doultons inc The Judge, Auctioneer, Veteran Motorist, Elegance, Karen, Valerie, Sara, Elaine, Lorraine, My Love, Airedale & More; Lg Pr Giuseppe Armani Figurines; Collection Old Mustache & Shaving Mugs; Lg  Satsuma Roseville & Can Art Pottery Vases; Pr Staffordshire Dogs; Old Blown Opalescent, Vaseline & Cranberry Vases, Cruets, etc; Figural Candelabras; Ewer; Hummel; Torquay; 10 Pc Dec Dresser Set;  Spelter Figures & Candelabras;Collections Miniature Shoes, Old Cupid Dec Pcs; Porcelain Cats; PAINTINGS/PRINTS: SGD Chandler Pastel; SGD Stackhouse "Fundy Shore" & other Watercolors; SGD Alter Still life OOB;  Many Lovely Old Nostalgic Child Prints w/Ornate Frames; Autographed Photo TenZing; Lg Old Maxwell Parrish Print; Lg Old Needlepoint; Ancestral Portraits; MacAskills; BOOKS:  History of PEI by Warburton 1929; Bound Copies 1851 London Daily; NB Fiddling Book; Antique Ref Books; TIMEPIECES: Early Steeple Clock; Several Old Figural Clocks; Old Schoolhouse Clock; TEXTILES:  Prayer Rug & other Persians; 6' Dutch Scene Tapestry; Old Linens; Hudson Bay/Kenwood Wool Blankets;  LIGHTING:  Many Old Oil Lamps inc China Dec Banquet Lamp, Hanging Cranberry, Parlour Lamps, etc; Mah Barley Twist Floor Lamp; Collection Sm Fancy Shades; MSC:  Ivory Netsuke & 5" Ivory Buddha; Old ICR Emergency Box; CN Conductor Hats/Suit; Caribou Tufting; Min Inuit Seal Skin Kayak w/Ivory Spears; Old Beech Hill (Princeport) Milk Bottle; 1923 Dom of Can Rifle Assoc Trophy Plate (Colchester); Antique Oak Tabletop Gramophone; Vestram Min. Spy Camera in Case; Old Shoofly Rocking Horse; Wooden Ship Model; Old Baskets; 30's LineMar Tin Toy Cash Reg Bank; Old Hatpins; Old Saudi Ceremonial Dagger; English Riding Saddles & Boots; Lg Planters Peanut Jar; Knight in Armour FP Set; 2' Historical Santa; JEWELRY TO BE SOLD AT 9:30 AM: Russian Hallmarked Silver/Amber Stone Ring; Birmingham Hallmarked Etched Locket/Chain; 14K Gold/Diamond Pendant/Chain; 10K 7 Diamond Ring; Marquisate Pendant/Earrings; Sterling Rings inc Solitaire, Cluster, Eternity, Citron, Aqua Marine, Trinity, Amethyst & Red Heart; Wild Crystal Dangly Earrings; Sterling Bracelets; Vintage Tribal Necklace; Wild Vintage Crystal Dangle Earrings; Montfort 17 Jewel Pocket Watch/Chain; Antique Box Link Chain w/Elaborate Locket; Sterling Chains w/Heart Pendants; Black Alaskan & Sgd Kreisler M-of-P Cufflink Sets; ;A QUALITY AUCTION WITH MANY INTERESTING PCS Terms: Cash/AppCks/Interac; also MC/Visa/AmExp w/Buyers Prem;
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Beautiful Early Collection of Oyster Plates


Cupboards shown in the moving process with shelves removed for safe transportation.  The boys found Tuesday was a
hot day for moving obviously.

 
Shelves removed from the beautiful oak curved glass China Cabinet at far right for transportation, so photo does not do it justice.



  
Pair of the above Armchairs (second)

Second:  Collection of Old Mustache and Shaving Cups



Beautiful Tall Hand Carved Victorian 3-Pc Bedroom Suite with Marble Tops (Bed &  Bureau above & Commode below) Photos do not do this suite justice--
it is gorgeous......and to the right a Very Ornate tall Victorian Brass & Iron Bed








Above: History of Prince Edward Island by A. B. Warburton 1923; An old Intercolonial RR Emergency Box (note:  We also have a RR Conductor's Suit &
Hats (no photos yet), Right:  Beech Hill Milk Bottle from the old place in Princeport (near Truro)



PAIR Like-New Chocolate Chenille Sofas by Vogue w/Down Wrap Cushions, original cost $3,000













Following is Victorian furniture from one of the old attics which will be displayed at the back of the hall--items will require cleaning,
oiling and reupholstery, but still good sound furniture and much of it is hand carved: