Date: Fri 26-Feb-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: AMYD

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Cobb

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Tile Stove, & Clocks At Cobb Auctioneer's

with 5 cuts

PETERSBOROUGH, N.H. -- A packed house saw clocks from four distinctively

different time periods set the tempo for Charles Cobb's Antiques Estates

Auction at the Town House on Saturday, February 6. The sale included the

partial contents of several area homes, one from Wilton Center, the other

constituted part one of the vast holdings from the prestigious Wellington

Wells estate from Chesham, NH. All prices include the ten percent buyers

premium.

A late Nineteenth Century mahogany eight-day tall clock with moon phase dial

and brass works by Elliot of London topped off at $3,080 from a bidder in the

hall. Several bidders on the phones waged a fierce bidding battle over a

handsome Waltham banjo clock with reverse painted naval scene of a three

masted battleship and a shield with furled flags, which finally went at $2,255

to a late starter in the hall. From the Art Deco period, a Tiffany marble

mantel clock exacted $330, the same price realized for an Ansonia brass with

glass front mantel clock which sold a few lots later.

A Federal style double mahogany bed with elaborate finials brought $440, while

a cheval mirror in old finish moved out at $385. Perhaps the sale's biggest

surprise was a circa 1880s-90s tile coal burning stove which went white hot at

a $5,390 final bid. The tiles, elaborately decorated with mermaids, exotic

birds and busts of Roman soldiers on the front and bull's-eyes on sides, were

remarkably intact, although one tile from the front of the stove had become

loose from its mastic. It revealed the name J.G. Low (possibly the tile

maker), but no clue as to the manufacturer of this unusual stove could be

found.

Cobb Auctioneers February 20 auction, also at the Peterborough Town House,

featured selections from a Southern Vermont and several homes in Southern New

Hampshire estates. Again, there were any number of diverse items which brought

strong prices.

A dozen lots of mint U.S. postage sets, patriots, tropicals, album pages 1st

day covers, totaled almost $4,400, with the top lot going for $1,025. A tramp

art wall box, dated 1913, again attests that there is strong interest in this

genre at $577.50. A lady's small c-roll oak secretary with diamond shaped

mirror was bid to $660.An 1890's Edison phonograph with cylinders sold for

$660, and a bouquet of French silk flowers brought a surprising $687.50.

For further information: Charles Cobb, The Cobbs Auctioneers, 83 Grove Street,

Peterborough, NH 03458 or 603/924-6361.