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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; JM Basquiat; H.R. Butler (2); G. Scoppa – Napoli gouaches; A. Van Beest; C. Bragg (2); C. Ashdown; W. Romanow; E. Hunt; D. Fausett; SCULPTURE: Modernist bronzes by D. Aronson & T. Cooper. PRINTS & MAPS: Rare 1785 map of Martha’s Vineyard; Edgartown map; 6 R.H. Sutton prints Nantucket; 1850 Mass. map; Nautical prints.
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 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; Cartier .935 enamel card case; JEWELRY: Nice selection of 10-18k gold jewelry in various forms; G. Jensen bracelets; Also, gold watches (Tiffany enamel & Elgin & 18k H. Capt & Universal Geneva) & Victorian jewelry. COINS: 20+ gold coins – graded & ungraded coins incl. 1910 $2.50 MS65, 1853, 1882, 1850, 1900, 1901, etc; 4 Reagan Legacy cameo gold eagles; $50 proof gold eagles; Over 100 Morgan dollars incl. Carson City graded silver dollars.
SCRIMSHAW, NAUTICAL & OCEANIC: Pan bone plaque w/scrimshaw ships; Whale bone ditty box, & doll bed & mini cradle, canes, swift, 2 huge fids, scrimshaw teeth, Pr. painted whalebone sections by F. Barcelos, 36” measure, pie crimpers, 2 baleen busks, seam rubber, tabuas, more; 3 seashell valentines; M. Kane & Sayle Nantucket baskets; 8 vintage half hull yacht models – Ken Gardiner et al; 65” antique half hull; Ship models incl Azorian bone longboat & C.W. Morgan; 19th c. whale harpoon; Frank Adams ship weathervane; Old 5 ft ship figurehead of mermaid; Walrus tusk snow cutter, 15” scrimshaw tusk & cribbage board; Shipwreck Albion broadsides & bronze bell 1812; Ca 1800 Blunt NY stick barometer & sextant; Rare Rittson barometer; 3 ft Capt. telescope; A. Packard orig. whaling photos; Whaling postcards & prints; 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; 4 other old cannons; 19th C. pistols – 2 matchlock, 3 pairs 19th C. dueling pistols, Savage & North figure 8 Navy revolver, 3 Colt SAA .38 revolvers, E. Remington & Smith & Wesson revolvers, Over/under percussion signed Thomas, Schneider & Co. Memphis pocket pistol, Pr. Arville of Paris fancy dueling pistols; 3 Civil War muskets – Springfield, Savage Arms & Norris/Clement for Mass; German Big Eye WWII binoculars on tripod; Confederate bowie knife, pike head & cedar canteen; M1840 Artillery saber; M1882 British Hussar sword; G. Goulcher Kentucky rifle; Jap. WWII Kyu Gunto & 2 signed katana swords; Colt Gatling Gun plaque; more.
ANTIQUE GUITARS & CANES: 13+ vintage electric guitars – Prestige tiger maple, Fender USA 50th Anniv, Schecter Diamond, Fender tiger maple, Michael Kelly 20th Anniv, Carvin, Squier; Tama & Yamaha acoustic; plus several quality amplifiers/speakers – Pr. Peavey T-300, 240-T amp, XR-500. CANES: Fine canes from the Kaplan collection! Ivory figural, animals, gun, sterling & gold, etc.
GLASS & CHINA: 14” Lalique Calypso mermaid bowl & 2 jars: 18 R.C. Derby Old Imari plates; Dresden 12” birds by Thieme; 14 German kugel glass Xmas balls; 18th c. Fitzhugh armorial tureen; Chinese ceramics; Lowestoft & Leeds.
MISCELL:8 ft. Roulette table by HC Evans of Chicago & 6 ft. Chuck-a-Luck by Mason of NJ ca. 1930; J. Goethe autograph 1776; Joslin’s desk globe ca 1850; 45” J. Bellamy eagle; B. Dearborn, Boston 1816 balance scale; Louis Vuitton luggage (4); Bronze double student lamp; Napoleon III Marseille bronze bell; Salesman sample iron stove; C. 1800 Chinese Imperial silk robe; Carved ivory Asian figures; Pr. rare Chinese cloisonne lamps w/NY yacht flags; Antique Asian ceramics.
FURNITURE, CLOCKS: Arts and Crafts – L&JG Stickley dining table & 4 chairs, 5 book troughs, Rohlf style taboret, 2 Stickley Morris chairs & footstool, Stickley library table & stand, Stickley tables, open bookcase; Eames for H. Miller lounge chair/ottoman; 4 painted chairs w/ships; 6 ft. fancy iron hall tree; Biedermeier cabinet; 2 French Provincial 18th c. cabinets/chest; 93” pine corner cabinet. CLOCKS: R. Corless Geo III bracket clock; Boston School banjo w/naval battle; A. Willard Jr. banjo; Jaeger Atmos; Large carriage clock; Chelsea ship’s clock; French Empire shelf; Marble portico clock; Gold watches.