GOULD AUCTIONS

NEXT AUCTION:

Spring has sprung (Praise Be) and Gould Auction Company is pleased to announce its Spring 2008 auction of fine, MARKET FRESH Americana, Folk Art, Fine Art, Antique Firearms and Miltaria Saturday May 31, 2008 at the Gardiner, Maine Sportsman's Club commencing at 11 a.m. Preview will be held on Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.   This sale will include better than 300 superb and fresh to the market lots, amongst which will be, several important Maine offerings to include: a SUPERB Portland, ME mourning watercolor from Miss Mayo's school.  A fine offering of Stevens Plains, ME decorated tin to include an oval document box that is perhaps the very best known work of Oliver Buckley. Also, a superb Skowhegan, Maine paint decorated box along with our usual fine offerings of painted furniture and accessories; a rare L.W. Cushing sailboat weathervane found at Days Ferry, ME; A fine Roxbury style Tall Case Clock with an inlaid door and plinth and an outstanding moon phase dial, found in a home in Unity, ME; An important 1865 engraved presentation Fire Horn from Dover, NH. Nantucket, painted and paint decorated baskets; early porcelains and decorated stoneware; early bottles; Several fine paintings to include works by Scott Leighton, Nathaniel Leander Berry, D.D. Coombs, Frank F. English and others;  a wonderful folk art carved and painted life sized Penguin found in a courtyard garden in Newburyport, MA; A selection of folk art carved and painted birds from an early home in Wiscasset, ME and much, much more. We will be adding many photos and detailed information in the coming days and weeks. More fresh finds are arriving weekly!! Please join us for a fast moving, entertaining sale of the best in MARKET FRESH antiques!!