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Magnificent Antique Online Timed Auction Sale
Items Located at Our Facility, 15093 County Road 18, East of Osnabruck Centre
Auction Opens on Tuesday March 25th and Closes on Tuesday April 1st at (Staggered; Soft-Close)
This auction features Approx. 500 Lots from the exquisite private collection of Albert Lefebvre of Williamstown, ON. The comprising of this collection has spanned the last 6 decades and all across Canada from Coast to Coast as Mr. Lefebvre began collecting in 1978.
1865 Henry Rifle (pre-Winchester; some engraving); Double Trigger Tranter patent .38Cal Percussion 5-Shot Revolver (circa 1860, comes with wooden case and accessories – the top frame of the revolver is inscribed “Alexander Workman Jr. to Edward Van Cortlandt, Ottawa, June 1860”. Dr. Van Cortlandt was a physician/surgeon first licensed to practice medicine in Bytown in 1832); Large collection of Earthenware and Stoneware including earthenware Harvest Ring dates June 14, 1853 (Originally picked in Stormont County); 13.5”x9.5” Moses Farrar St. Johns L.C. Crock; 3Gal. Moses Farrar Blue Decorated Jug St. Johns C.E; Early Flack & Van Arsdale 5 Gal Blue Bird Jug stamped Peoples Store McCracken & Hoffman Cornwall; 1Gal. Blue Decorated Blind Pig Rundlet; Early Stoneware Poultry Roaster; 25”x19” at widest point Redware Ovoid Crock Stamped IA; Qty of Exceptional Inuit Art & Artifacts Including: Grey & Black Stone Carvings; Stuffed Seal Skin Polar Bear; Seal Skin Stone Head Doll; Seal Skin Bone Faced Doll Mounted on Caribou Antler circa 1910; Whalebone Toy; 37”x29 Inuit Spirit Tableau on Seal Skin w/ Three Polar Bears & Inuit Spirits Cut Out of Seal Skin then hand sewn into this seal skin, cannot see a seam on top side; Several Pcs of Inuit Seal Skin Handwear & Footwear; Lrg Qty of Indigenous Artifacts From Across Canada Including: 15”x22” Wooden Bowl in the Shape of a Turtle Representing Native Beliefs; Wooden Mask (Picked in BC, 27”x15”, jaw and face are hinged – circa 1960’s, marked on back: Bella Coola Baker); Several West Coast Indigenous Baskets Including Salish circa 1900 Baskets; Cedar Bark Basket (All picked in BC); Several Ladles & Canoe Cups; Primitive Indigenous Tool for Working Birch Bark; Beaded Wampum Belt; Leather Beaded Decorated Vest made by the Dakelh Indigenous Peoples (Fort James BC); Several Good Pcs of Folk & Tramp Art including 31cmx28cm Picture Frame by Maxville Folk Artist Arthur Sauve as seen on pg. 223 of Blake McKendry’s Folk Art Book; 65” Wooden Rocking Horse w/ Original Saddle & Stirrups (circa 1880’s-1890’s, Originally Picked in the Qc Eastern Townships); 42” 1 Pc Carving of 3 Dogs (Presumed to have originally been a mantle piece); 46” Carved Totem (Attributed to George Racicot of Calemet, Qc – has been overpainted); Other rare and interesting items including: 57” Cast Iron Crucifix circa 1850’s-1860’s; Set of Dog Sloop Sleighs w/ Wooden Sap Barrel; Rhineland 41.5” x 19” x 22” Trunk dated 1603 made with Wooden Dowels; 58” Narwhal Tusk; Outstanding 50” x 43.5” Stained Glass Window circa 1930 (Picked in Northern, ON, possibly of indigenous origin; Glass depicts the Hudson Bay shaped as a beaver; a star representing the sun, a turtle and people in a sleigh – must be seen!); Rickshaw (Picked from Nuns’ Island, Monreal, Qc); many many other articles too numerous to mention
Auction Note: This is without a doubt the best offering of primitives that has come to light in a long time. showcasing a wide cross section of rarely seen and in some cases museum quality items.
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Auction Conducted By
Peter Ross Auction Services Ltd.
Ingleside, ON (613) 537-8862
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