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ESTATE AUCTION
e Grout Family kept track of it’s rich and diverse history, from the landing of Capt.
John Grout and settlement in Watertown, MA in the 1600s, the family as it settled in the
Brattleboro, VT area and it’s move back to Massachusetts.
AUCTION SUNDAY
May 20th -1:00 PM
Preview @ 11:00 AM
34 Sawyer St, S. Lancaster, MA
Camera, Elsmore & Son England A B C Plate, Advertising Thermometer lot, Advertising Yardstick lot, Trio Gooseneck Desk
Lamps (Hubbell), Betty Lamp, 1906 Motto in glass frame, Musical Powder jar, Table Butlers & Tip Trays, Large Stoneware
platter, Wooden Croquet Set in box, German doll head, Japan Doll body, Spectacle lot, Antique Sewing Notions including scissors,
thimbles, bone fids, needle packets, buttons – steel, glass, vegetable ivory, vintage pastel sets, etc. BOOKS: A Large library of
books from life-long readers including: 2 Vols Genuine Works FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS 1849, History of the Town of Lancaster
1879, Lives of the Presidents of the United States, Photographic History of the Spanish American War, Curiosities of the B ble,
The Little Indian Weaver, Playtime, The Boys of Dickens, Through the Green Gate, Making Home
Peaceful, Evangeline, Bird Tales, a large selection of Bibles –Modern, Family and simply antique,
Childrens books & Primers, Linen Books and MANY MANY box lots. CLOTHING: Vintage Clothing includes Cape Cod & Berkshire Day Dresses, Coats, Purses, Hats, Scarves, Gloves, Hankies,
many lots of day dresses, Harris Tweed Coat set, Robert Hall N-I-B clothing, L.L. Bean Blazers,
most clothing size 6P. COINS: 1823 Half Dime, 1813, 1892, 1894, 1898, 1804 Liberty Half, 1882,
1921, 1922, 1923 Dollar, 1898, 1907, 1934 Quarters, 1903, 1912, 1915 Dimes, Wheat Pennies,
1859, 1860, 61, 52, 53, 53, 54 etc Indian Head Pennies, and so much more. A few paper bills,
some foreign. EPHEMERA: G.A.R. Layton Post Ribbon, Box of Headline Newspapers starting
1920s, thru 1970s, 1918 Continental Fire Ins Calendar, FURNITURE: Empire Sideboard with
Mirror, Empire fall front Desk, Side by Side with Hatbox, Marble top Commode, Painted 3 drawer dresser, Gov Winthrop style
Desk, Larkin Desks, Lane Cedar Chest, Sheet Music Cabinet, Lingerie Chest, Modern Bedroom Set (bed, low & tall bureau, nightstands, mirror), Cedar Cupboard, Hoosier style kitchen cupboard, 8 Drawer Low Chest w/mirror, Walnut Dining Table & Chairs,
Upholstered, Thumback & T-Back Chairs, Pressback Oak Rocker, Victorian Ladies Rocker, Cane Seat Hip Hugger Rocker, Mission Style Rocker, Large Walnut Sideboard, Hassocks & Ottomans, Benches & Boxes, Drop Leaf Tables, Lamp Stands, End
Tables, Folding Tables, Kitchen Cupboards & Utility Cabinets, Magazine Racks, lots of bookcases, Ironing board, Lamps- floor,
stand, table, desk and much more. GAMES, PUZZLES & TOYS: Large Bag of Marbles, Hoods Balloon/Rainy Day Puzzle complete
in box, Avilude Game of Birds, Drawing Made Easy for Little Fo ks, Anagrams, 1863 Milton Bradley game Modern Hieroglyphics,
Limerick Advertising Puzzle, Windup Drummer, Windup Doggie in Basket GLASS & CHINA: Watt Nesting Bowl Set, Watt
Pitcher, Watt Cookie Jar, Fire king Jadeite Nesting Bowls, Fire king Jadeite Bowls – new with labels, Large selection of Corning
baking/serving dishes with table stands, Pyrex, Anchorglass Cake Plate in box, Vintage Japan Table Service for 10+, Royal Sealy
plate, Carnival Glass 3-footed Bowl, Cut & Pressed Glass Bowl, Sugar, Toothpicks, etc, Depression Glass cake plates, vase,
cookie jar, custards, Austrian Moose pitcher, Stoneware pitcher, Stoneware Pitcher/bowl, Spongeware pitcher, Spatterware
pitcher, glass measures, Bake Oven bowl set, Mosser Carnival bowl, French Saxon Pinecone dish set, German Berry Bowl set,
Yellow banded Batter Bowl, Pottery Casserole, KITCHENWARE: Regal & Farber Steel Pot/Pan sets, Tinware, Ice Cream
Buckets, Lunchboxes, Thermoses, Pyrex baking items, Crockpots, Kitchen Mills, Juicer, Saladmaster, Blenders, Mixers, Gadgets
& Accessories, Slicers, Steamers, etc., Table Talk Pie tins, LINENS: Grouping of Calendar Linens, Lot of Printed Tablecovers,
Linen Sets in boxes, Large groups Hand Crochet items, Blankets, lots of Household items. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Parsons
Pump Organ by Folsom of Boston, Lester Piano & Bench, Hand Bells, Alliance Trumpet, Xylophone, Harmonica Lot, Decca phonograph, Sears Silvertone 6260 phonograph, Revere Reel-to-Reel machine, Large grouping of Sheet Music. OFFICE ITEMS:
Typewriters, Typewriter Desks, Multi-section desks, Telephones – dial and modern, Bell & Howell
Robomatic Slide Projector, Radios, Globes, Paperweights, and lots of desk paraphernalia. PAINTINGS:
Thomas Kinkade works, all framed and with Certificates of Limitation & Authenticity. Titles: Village
Christmas, Season of Giving, Pools of Serenity, St. Nicholas Circle, View from Havencrest Cottage,
Christmas at the Ahwahnee, A Light in the Storm, Cobblestone Bridge, Pedals of Hope, Christmas Memories, Beacon of Hope. PHOTOGRAPHY: Huge collection of Family Photographs, Picture Postcards,
Tintypes, Dags, and Cabinet Cards, many Albums some with family notations, a number of slave photos
one noting redeemed slave child May 1863. Reverse Painting on Glass portrait, Civil War Era photos
with Revenue stamps, Civil War Soldier (Willie Grout) holding photo of Wife & Child, Lot of ESTEY
ORGAN CO photos – Marshall Grout worked there for 69+ years, Album of Tintypes & Cabinet Cards
beginning with President Abraham Lincoln, Some tintypes tinted, others vividly colored. Album of Cabinet
Cards beginning with Lincoln & Washington, Many family photos – mostly couples, Another Album of
Tintypes & Cabinet Cards, family photos including children & women in spectacles, Lot of Two Tintype Albums, smaller showing
4 small tintypes per panel only partially filled, larger also partially filled with tintypes and cabinet cards. Four 3” long tintype
a bums – several slave photos and most albums full. More Albums, More Photo lots, all subjects, children, animals, farm scenes,
travel, picture postcards (goat wagon), negatives, large lot of “modern” (1900-1950) photos and cards. POSTCARDS: 1912
Magic Moving Picture Card (the year Roosevelt ran as 3rd party candidate), Pioneer, Private Mail, Divided Back, Art Deco, White
Border, Linen, Photochrome, Picture – color and B&W, Holiday, Travel, NYC, Washington DC, ALBUMS, 3D, over 35 generous
lots. There are also some picture postcards with the Photography as they are family members. QUILTS: 1849 Quilt with handwritten wishes, 4 early quilts of various patterns- Diamonds, Triangles, Squares & another, lot of smaller baby quilts, tailored
quilt for bed with tall posts. SILVER & TABLEWARE: Paul Revere Sterling bowl, 4 sets of placeware in storage boxes, Sterling
handle knives, jam & condiment spoon lot, Pairpoint forks, spoons, child set, Pure Coin Towle Spoons, Pair Hallmarked Sterling
Spoons, 3 oz A F. Towle & Son spoons, Napkin Rings, Souvenir Spoon lot, Wm. Rogers & Son Warranted 12 DWT Set, Baby
Mug, Candlesticks and more. STAMPS: Civil War era Revenue Stamps- Snuff, Mattress, and more, many un-circulated stamps
as well as a large lot of circulated stamps both on correspondence and not. State of the Union Stamp Collection book. Please see
pictures at our AuctionZip page. TOOLS & GARDEN: Air Compressor, Creeper, Rakes, Shovels, Picks, Axes, Floor Jack, Saws,
Wheelbarrows, Bottle Jacks, Gardening Tools, VEHICLES: (2) International Harvester Scout 800 4x4, John Deere Lawn
Tractor WATCHES & CLOCKS: Sessions 8 Day Mantle Clock, Hamilton 14k GF Presentation Watch, Elgin 10k GF in box,
A.W.W. Co Waltham 14k Solid Gold, American Waltham OTHER: (2) Maytag Washing Machines, Kenmore Elite Frig/Freeze,
Humidifier, Electrolux Vacuum, Pro-Form XP Recumbent Bicycle Machine, Sewing Machines...
TOO MUCH TO LIST HERE, PLEASE VISIT OUR AUCTIONZIP PAGE #3388 FOR MORE PHOTOS!!
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Dale Schaetzke, CAI, AARE, MA Auctioneer Lic#207