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Amazing Art & Rarities at Thomaston Place

Auction Galleries Summer 2023 Auctions
THOMASTON, ME – In anticipation of another wonderful Maine A selection of
summer, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries has been gathering diverse historic items will be
collections of important artwork and decorative pieces for major sales offered, including a Rare carved great white shark plaque by
on July 7, 8 & 9, and August 25, 26 & 27. 1792 George Washington signed letter Wick Ahrens (VT/CA, 1944-2016)
Featured artwork will include a circa 1920 oil on canvas painting and a George Washington personal wax seal; inscribed first editions by
depicting Manayunk Canal swimming in Philadelphia by Robert Ernest Hemingway; along with an amazing selection of folk art and
Spencer (PA/NE, 1879-1931); New York City, an oil on panel work by marine items, such as dioramas, ship models, decoys, carved plaques,
Childe Frederick Hassam (NY/MA, 1854-1935); a drawing by outsider navigational instruments, and Nantucket baskets. And, there will be
artist Bill Traylor (AL, 1854-1947) of a dancing man and dog; an many fine decorative items, featuring silver from Georg Jensen, Tiffany
impasto knifework oil on canvas painting of mountains under a sunlit & Co., art pottery from Father Thomas Bezanson; porcelain from
sky by Etel Adnan (CA/MA/France/Lebanon, 1925-2021); and a study Herend and Sevres; and Danish midcentury modern furniture.
of pirates for Treasure Island by N.C. Wyeth (PA/ME/MA, 1882-1945). The summer sales will also present large groups of vintage cameras,
Another highlight will be Robert Indiana’s (NY/ME/IN, 1928- music boxes and phonographs, barometers, stereopticon viewers and
2018) complete Numbers portfolio of serigraphs on Arches paper. Each cards, projectors, and early Apple computers.
piece is signed, dated 1968 (indicating first printing), titled, and And as always, there will be excellent offerings of fine jewelry and
numbered “11/35, AP.” Each is also back stamped with Indiana’s watches; antique, mid-century, and custom furniture; clocks; art glass;
Vinalhaven, ME address and his NYC address, and has a typed label Asian artifacts; and oriental carpets.
marked “Property of Robert Indiana.” The auctions will begin at 11 a.m. EST each day. Catalogs will be
There will also be original works by other major artists, such as: Jean- available for both auctions, and an extensive schedule of in-gallery
Baptiste Corot (France, 1796-1875), Alfred Sisley (France, 1839-1899), preview times for each sale will be announced shortly. All lots will also
Winslow Homer (MA/ME/UK, 1836-1910), George Inness be available for viewing at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’
(NY/MA/Scotland, 1825-1894), George Benjamin Luks (NY, 1867- website, www.thomastonauction.com. These sales will offer live
1933), John French Sloan (NY/NM/NH, 1871-1951), Andrew Wyeth in-person bidding in our gallery, plus telephone, absentee, and live
(PA/ME, 1917-2008), Jamie Wyeth (PA/ME/DE, 1946-), Rene online bidding on three internet platforms.
Portocarrero (Cuba, 1912-1985), Frederic Edwin Church Thomaston Place Auction Galleries is Northern New
(NY/CT/Mexico, 1826-1900), David Teniers, The Younger England’s premier international auction company located on
(Flemish, 1610-1690), William Preston Phelps (NH, 1848- U.S. Route 1 in Thomaston, ME. Thomaston Place is a
1923), Gilbert Stuart (MA/RU/UK, 1755-1828), Salvatore leader in discovering antique and fine art treasures by offering
Scarpitta (NY/Italy, 1919-2007), William Dethlef Koerner free appraisals each Tuesday at the gallery, creating fundraiser
(NJ/NY/MT, 1878-1938), and many others. events for civic and charitable organizations, and providing
house call appraisal services.
Art pottery vase by Brother Thomas Bezanson (Canada/VT, 1920-2007)

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