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A & E PIDGEON AUCTIONS & APPRAISALS
Nova Scotia Auctions -- Cape Breton Auctions
Canadian Maritime Auctioneers

DURHAM, NOVA SCOTIA
Phone/Fax 902-485-5968
E-mail:  info@pidgeonauctions.com
 


NATAL DAY AUCTION
HOLIDAY MONDAY, AUGUST 6th, 2007
BEST WESTERN HOTEL, TRURO

 

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FINE LARGE ESTATE AUCTION
 

HOLIDAY MONDAY, AUG 6 - BEST WESTERN, TRURO AT 11 AM; VIEW 10 AM 
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN FAVOURED WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO SELL CONTENTS FROM THE 3-GENERATION JOHN HENDERSON ESTATE INC ITEMS FROM ATTIC NEVER TOUCHED FOR MANY YEARS & SELECT ITEMS FR ANOTHER FINE TATAMAGOUCHE HOME & FR TRURO & GUYSBOROUGH HOMES; ALSO SPORTING SUPPLIES FROM THE ACCLAIMED JACQUES DONAT ESTATE FROM TRURO INC: 

FURNITURE:
 
Good Early 2-Dr Glazed Ash Cupboard w/Raised Panels; 
Beautiful Lg Old Walnut Finger Carved Chaise Lounge;
Fancy Early Sideboard w/Beveled Mirror & Burled Insert Base;
Serpentine & Bow Front Mahogany Dressers w/Mirrors;
Nice Orig Hall Tree w/Lift Seat/Orig Hooks;
Nice Old Oak Deacons Bench w/Mirror;
Sm Early Grain Painted Blanket Box;
Gorgeous Ornate Petit Mah Victorian Loveseat Suite;
Victorian Balloon & Grapeback Side Chairs;
Early Footed Blanket Box; Early Empire Chest (ovp);
Wonderful Rare Old Quartered Oak Sectional Bookcase w/lg Letters Embossed in Oak "Ency Brittanica" 1885 w/Original
                Set; 
Early Pressback Rocker;
Old Oak 4-Sec Barristers Bookcase Complete; 
Oak Parlour Table w/Claw Feet;
Old Bamboo Easel;
Old Dressing Screen;
Nursing Rocker;
Old Narrow Maple Foldup Card Table;
Old Bedstead; 
Early Sewing Machine;
Gramophone;
Old NS Maple,
Ladderback & Pressback Chairs;
Old Leather Covered & Slat Trunks;
Old Wicker Porch Rocker;
40's Birch Chest;
Old Stools;
Old Oak Kneehole Desk & Swivel Oak Chair;
Nice Maple Buffet/Hutch & Matching Table/Chairs;
New Birch TV Tables;
Kitchen Maple Suite;

DISHES:
  
Beautiful Set of Appx 60 Pc Royal Albert "Old Country Roses" Bone China inc. Coffee & Tea Pots & other Serving Pcs; Early Flow Blue Plates inc Wedgwood;
Carnival Butterfly & Berry Master Berry Bowl;
Carnival Jack-in-the-Pulpit & other Old Vases;  
Nice Old Dishes inc Limoges, Chintz, Carletonware, Royal Winton, Czech, Staffordshire, Depression, Sadler, etc;
Fine Bone China Cups/Saucers;
Old Pyrex Coffee Pot;  

TRENTON GLASS COLLECTION:  Over 40 Pcs inc
Queen Victoria & Raspberry Cake Plates;
Scarce Acadian Celery Vase;
Floral & Ribbon & Star Pickle Castors;
Goblets inc Tandem, Ribbon & Star, Diamond Ray, Raspberry, Diamond, Kenlee, Ribbed Band & Buttons & Bows; Block Cov. Biscuit Barrel;
Cookie Jar & Perfume Jar;
Crown Open Compote,
Cruet & Jam Jar;
Sm Ribbed Band Covered Compote;
Ribbon & Star Open Compote, Bowl, Celery Vase & Spooner;
Diamond Ray Cov Sugar,
Open Compote & Cake Stand;
Starflower Cake Stand & Nappies;
Diamond Cordial & Footed Nappy;
Tandem Celery;
Centennial Cake Stand;
Grape & Vine Water Pitcher,
Creamer & Cheese Dome;
Tumbler "Home Sweet Home";

PAINTINGS, PRINTS, MIRRORS
Needlepoint in Early Mah. Shadowbox;
Numerous Old Prints/Paintings & Many Old Frames;
Victorian Mahogany Mantle Mirror;
Original Old Currier & Ives Prints "The Morning Rose", "My Darling Girl" & "My Pony & Dog";  
MacLeod "East River";
Ancestral Pictures;

LIGHTING: 
 Early Brass Parlour Oil Lamp; 
Old Hanging Parlour Lamp w/Prisms;
Old Oil Lamp w/Marble Base;
Early Cast Base Revolving Lamp w/Forest Fire Scene;
Early Mission Oak Floor Lamp;  
Marbelized Glass Base Trilight;

MUSICAL: 
Like New Yamaha 2-level Elec Organ & Seat;
Old Guitar;
Lg Box Sheet Music;   

BOOKS, POSTCARDS & EPHEMERA: 
Thousands of Early Books inc
Murdocks 3-Vol History of NS (1867);
Campbells 1873 History of NS;
1800s Ledger;
Early NS Readers;
Leather Bound Dal Field Book;
Canada in Flanders & other War Books;
1892 Soc of Arts Journal;
Don Messer;
1892 Off Can Postal Guide; 
mid 1800's Mechanic Mags;
1868 Hints on Farming;
Revolt in Arcadia;  
Literary Works;
Early Mags inc Sat Even Post,  Life, Cavalcade Coronation 1937, Ladies Home Journal,
Overseas Daily Mail (2WW),
Punch, etc;
Set of 1886 Ency Brittanica; 
Early Postcard Album;
Thousands of Postcards from the 50's to 80's;  

TEXTILES:
  
Several Early Quilts inc Log Cabin & one Sgd;
Presswork Spread;
Woolen Blankets; 
Linens,
Early Hooked Rugs;
Early Oriental Carpet; etc;

TOYS:
  
Early "Suzanne" Miniature Mannikin Fashion Doll w/several Orig Outfits;
Lg Early Sgd "Shirley Temple" Compo Doll (good shape but has to be restrung);
Early Wooden Hockey Game by Munro Games (Can)

 MISC: 
Gorgeous Lg Early Beaded Bag w/Horse/Horseshoe Design;
Sm Early Mah Inlaid Laptop Desk;
Early OG Weight Clock;
Early NS Crocks & Jugs;
Old Snowshoes; 
Early Cased Barometric Scientific Instrument;
Early Tripod;
Old Radios;
Sad Irons;
Early Mah Serving Tray w/Silver Gallery;
Old Baskets;
Early Specs;
Old "Firestarting" Equip in orig Box;
Early Dble Bob Sled;
Cigar Boxes;
Old Radio Tubes & Parts;
Early Surveyors Rods;
Box Early Edison Cylinders &
Oodles of Early Smalls from Attic;

 SPORTING GEAR: 
Old Wooden Decoys;
2 Pintail Decoys & Red Bird Carvings Sgd "Donat";
Decoy Templates;
Decoy Carving Set;
Kit full of Wood Lures;
Moose & Duck Calls;
Fly Tying Lamp;
Fishing Boxes & fly Kit;
Gun Cleaning Equip & Rack;
Creel;
Sports Books;
Fly Tying Material;
Dip Nets;
Hunting Clothes & Equip;
Nap Sacks, etc; 
25 Fishing Rods inc Bamboo, Dandy, Diawa Graphite, Berkley Graphite w/Coravis Baitkill Reel, Crystal Riv Catskill
     w/Plufger Medalist Shapespear, Spin Cast Rods w/Reels; Mercury Fly Reel;
Old Traps;  

 A VERY FINE AUCTION WITH LOTS OF VARIETY & SEVERAL QUALITY ITEMS

Lunch Avb in Hotel; Coffee in Auction Area

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FOR BOTH ABOVE AUCTIONS
Terms: Cash/AppCks/Interac; Also Visa/MC/AmExp w/buyers prem
 
PIDGEON AUCTIONS   PH:  485-5968; CELL 396-6072

        
                  

        
     
        


     
              

                      
              

60 Pc set of Royal Albert "Old Country Roses"
              
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A VERY FINE AUCTION WITH LOTS OF VARIETY & SEVERAL QUALITY ITEMS

Lunch Avb in Hotel; Coffee in Auction Area

                       -------------------------------------------------------- 
FOR BOTH ABOVE AUCTIONS
Terms: Cash/AppCks/Interac; Also Visa/MC/AmExp w/buyers prem
 
PIDGEON AUCTIONS   PH:  485-5968; CELL 396-6072