On-Site Antiques Auction - Motherhouse of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas

Please join us in Portland, Maine, for a fantastic untouched antiques collection accumulated over 100 years by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. As the Sisters have decided to downsize and refit their fantastic early brick building toward a new service for the needy, the resulting buying opportunity will thrill both collector and dealer alike. D.A. Folsom Auction Service Inc. has spent the last 6 months sorting through the hundreds of rooms at the Motherhouse, and each passing day has revealed another array of troves and treasures.

Please join us on the 26th and 27th of June for what is sure to be one of the most exciting auctions in Portland in recent memory. 1200-plus lots! This sale will be catered by the Catherine McAuley High School Students. There will be ample parking and seating for all interested parties. You can preview the sale at dafolsomauction.com.
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Brief selection of items offered as follows

Furniture - American grandfather clock Hepplewhite with quarter columns, huge mahogany bookcase 10’ x 12’, two-piece country Victorian cupboard with desk, handsome Victorian hall mirror with drawer, oak bowfront china cabinet - lion head columns, ornate Seth Thomas hanging Victorian Eastlake style wall clock, heavily carved Continental grandfather clock in dark mahogany, massive paw foot oak pedestal base table, stately Victorian broken arch china cabinet, fine selection of marble-top Victorian lamp tables and side tables to include ornate turtle-top, approximately 50 sectional bookcases by Globe, Macey, and Gunn, Eastlake Victorian marble-top sideboard, fantastic assortment of Arts and Crafts and Mission oak furniture to include desks, bookcases, lamp tables, and chairs, great selection of pedestals and lecterns to include marble and hardwood, inlaid tramp art folksy lift-top desk, fine Eastlake sheet music cabinet, large selection of church pews,Victorian cameoback sofa, cased mahogany tall clock, giant two-piece stepback cupboard, selection of Governor Winthrop desks, huge collection of quality used vintage furniture, and so much more!

Silver/ Coins/ Jewelry -White gold filigree diamond rings, vintage triple strands of coral, graduated strand crystal quartz beads, 100’s of pocket and wristwatches to include gold Hamilton,Waltham, nurse watches, etc., costume jewelry sold by the lots, hatpins, cameos, brooches, coins to include gold foreign, Susan B. Anthony, Liberty dollars, Morgan silver dollars, early dimes and quarters, paper money, etc., silver and plate to include 10-plus large lots of sterling flatware, sterling candlesticks and candelabra, cased silverware sets to include sterling, etc.

Art/ Prints - Important watercolor E. Roesler Franz Roma 22” x 31” Monk and Donkey, signed Guardabashi oil on canvas 47” x 56” Jesus and Woman in original gilded frame, selection of approximately 10 D. Anderson original watercolors mostly nautical, oil on canvas children with book signed F.J. Boston, great selection of unsigned oil on canvas antique paintings to include Mother Mary in prayer, 19th-c. impressionistic oil on canvas of children playing, oil on canvas Nun with Vision, oil on canvas Angel with Tambourine, huge collection of prints and hand-colored photos to include religious and Classical alike, wonderful motto sampler God Bless Our Home, large collection of framed black and white architectural photos... There will be over 1000 framed works of art in the auction - mostly pre-1920.

Other Items of Interest - Steinway concert grand piano 1891 69608, detailed bust Royal Dux Bohemia 19” tall, semi-antique Heriz Oriental carpet 9’ x 11’, other room-sized semi-antique carpets, painted antique tin motto banner lot numbering 15 items,Victorian cabinet card album with famous actors, important 1800’s autograph album (see website for detailed contents), crystal hanging chandelier, large antique and vintage tapestries, Everett baby grand piano with bench, huge brass bell on swivel, cased stereocard collection, early cello,Victorian pump organ, ornate cast-iron oil lamp hangers, corner showcase, Smith Anthony Hub cottage stove, and much more!

Pottery/ Glass - Massive majolica art pottery urns with pedestals, large collection of Hummels, selection of Hall and Roseville vases, flow blue, transfer, ironstone, nice selection of china to include Nippon and Noritake, Lenox, etc., Rose Medallion, Limoges, silver overlay, Depression glass, cranberry glass, 100’s of box lots to include Pyrex, Candlewick, Bohemian, Fostoria, and more!