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380 WINTHROP STREET, RT 44
REHOBOTH, MA 02769
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SUPERB JANUARY ESTATES AUCTION
Estate of David B. Vietor of Edgartown w/select additions
Sunday, Jan. 4th, 2026 at 11am – LIVE IN REHOBOTH & ONLINE! via Liveauctioneers.com & Invaluable.com.
PREVIEW: Peruse in-person: Jan. 1, 2 & 3 (Thurs/Fri/Sat.) from 10-4 pm & 9-11 am on Sunday. Telephone & Absentee bids welcome!
ARTWORK: James Pringle 1845 – Ship Montezuma sea rescue (see silver for companion piece); Nantucket ship captain portrait of Charles H. Marshall; Antonio Jacobsen 1916 – Ch. H. Marshall ship; 19th C. British naval battle; E. Trimingham III – Courageous yacht; Nantucket & Vineyard Art: Sergio Roffo, J. Austin, Yves Parent (2 oils), Wm. Storck, J. Delbos, M. Korr, D. Lazarus, J. Mostykanova, D. Sosebee, C. Tennant, N. Montgomery;Plus– George Grosz - w/c of nudes; JM Basquiat - w/c abstract head; H.R. Butler (2); G. Scoppa – Napoli gouaches; A. Van Beest; C. Bragg (2); C. Ashdown; W. Romanow; D. Fausett; SCULPTURE: Modernist bronzes by D. Aronson & T. Cooper. PRINTS & MAPS: Rare 1785 map of Martha’s Vineyard; Edgartown map; C. 1850 Mass. map; Nautical prints and charts; more.
SILVER & JEWELRY & COINS: 2 historic silver trophies for sea rescues – Ship Pocahontas 1834 & Montezuma 1843; Georgian silver –12” platter pres’d 1817 to Capt. Scoresby of ship Esk, Pr. sauce tureens 1804, & more; Several flatware sets by Kirk, Wallace, Towle, Int’l, Tiffany, etc; Tiffany tea set w/platter; Kirk Repousse tea set & flatware; 40 ozt. Stieff coffee pot; 11 Gebelein A&C tablespoons; 20 sterling picture frames. JEWELRY: Nice selection of 10-18k gold jewelry in various forms. Also, gold watches & Victorian jewelry. COINS: Gold coins – graded & ungraded coins incl. 1910 $2.50 MS65, 1853, 1882, 1850, 1900, 1901, etc. Also, silver coins.
SCRIMSHAW, NAUTICAL & OCEANIC: Pan bone plaque w/scrimshaw ships; Whale bone ditty box & doll bed, canes, 2 huge fids, scrimshaw teeth, 36” measure, pie crimpers, seam rubber, tambuas, more; Michael Kane Nantucket basket; 8 vintage half hull yacht models – Ken Gardiner et al & ship models; 19th c. whale harpoon; Frank Adams ship weathervane; Walrus tusk snow cutter, 15” scrimshaw tusk & cribbage board; Ship Albion broadsides & bronze bell 1812; Ca 1800 Blunt NY stick barometer & sextant; Rittson barometer; Swivel guns/cannons. OCEANIC/POLYNESIAN: Important N.Z./Maorian carved whale tooth; Hawaiian poi pounder; 19th c. Oceanic items incl. Samoan war club, Micronesian shark tooth sword, Antique Batak shaman staff, 3 Fijiian war clubs, New Caledonia Kanak, New Guineau Kuku tribe spear, Solomon Islands Malaita club, more.
ANTIQUE WEAPONS & RELATED: 2 antique swivel cannons, one Napoleonic by Brezin, Paris; 5 other cannons; 2 early cased hats & epaulets; Collection 19th C. pistols – 2 matchlock, 3 pairs 19th C. dueling pistols, Savage & North figure 8 Navy revolver, Three 19th c. Colt SAA revolvers, E. Remington & Smith & Wesson revolvers, Over/under percussion signed Thomas, Schneider & Co. Memphis pocket pistol, Royal du Mauberge flintlock pistol; Pr. Arville of Paris fancy dueling pistols etc.; 3 Civil War muskets; Huge German WWII binoculars on stand; Confederate bowie knife, pike head & cedar canteen; 2 signed Japanese antique katana swords; more.
ANTIQUE GUITARS & CANES: 12+ vintage electric guitars – Prestige tiger maple, Fender USA 50th Anniv, Schecter Diamond, Fender tiger maple, Michael Kelly 20th Anniv, Carvin, Squier; plus several quality amplifiers/speakers. CANES: Fine canes from the Kaplan collection! Gadget, ivory figural, animals, sterling & gold, etc.
GLASS & CHINA: 14” Lalique Calypso mermaid bowl & 2 jars: 18 R.C. Derby Old Imari plates; Dresden 12” birds by Thieme; 18th c. Fitzhugh armorial tureen; Chinese ceramics.
MISCELL: J. Goethe autograph 1776; Joslin’s 6 in desk globe ca 1850; B. Dearborn, Boston 1816 balance scale; Napoleon III of Marseille bronze bell (from his chapel); 18th/19th C. Chinese Imperial silk robe; Salesman sample iron coal stove;
FURNITURE, CLOCKS & LAMPS: Arts and Crafts – L&JG Stickley dining table & 5 chairs, 3 book troughs, Rohlf style taboret, Stickley Morris chair & footstool, Stickley library table & stand, small open bookcase; Eames for H. Miller lounge chair/ottoman; Biedermeier cabinet; CLOCKS: R. Corless Geo III bracket clock; Boston School banjo w/naval battle; Chelsea ship’s clock; LAMPS: Pair rare Chinese cloisonne lamps with NY Yacht club pennants; Bronze double student lamp.