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Maine Antique Digest, May 2015 7-B
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This patinated copper hollow-bodied horse
weathervane with directional arrow and on a
base sold for $1200 to an absentee bidder.
This carved gargoyle architectural sand-
stone cornerstone, believed to have come
from a brewery in New Jersey, dates to
the latter half of the 19th century. It sold
for $2300.
These four iron calipers in the form of women’s
legs sold for $270.
This graduated set of three redware rabbit
molds sold for $260. Pass photo.
This hand-drawn and printed taufschein with birds, fish,
tulips, and hearts, printed in 1801 in Lancaster by Chris-
tian Hutter, records the birth in 1811 of Wilhelm Riehm of
Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It
sold to a buyer in the salesroom for $3600.
This elaborate pair of wrought-iron ram’s horn
hinges sold for $4100.
Selling for $3400 was this inlaid Pennsylvania
high chest of drawers on French feet.
This early and nearly 12¾"
high tin/sheet iron cookie
cutter depicting Uncle Sam
with a top hat sold for $2150
to Bucks County collector
Paul Flack in the salesroom.
“The consignor bought it
here at one of the Robacker
sales in 1989,” said Brent
Horst. The Earl and Ada
Robacker catalog sales were
major auctions in 1989 con-
ducted by Horst. Then it sold
for $725.
The Pennsylvania two-piece paint-decorated Dutch cup-
board with smoke-decorated doors sold for $17,000.
This circa 1912 Craftsman Workshops quartersawn oak table, with
a single drawer and an “Als ik kan” brand on the side of the drawer,
sold for $3400.
This green-painted miniature wooden stool with
splayed legs and the date “1882” underneath sold
for $270 to a left bid. Pass photo.
This multicolored quilt, circa 1920, sold for $2550.