Nantucket Country Antiques and Unique Collectibles

Basketball Player a folksy carving of a basketball player getting ready to shoot the ball--he is wearing a carved sleeveless t shirt and shorts with a belt at the waist 11" $ 225.00	Penny Rug brightly collored, stuffed three-layer pennies--in excellent condition 25" x 44" $ 1,400.00
Wooden Birdhouse beautifully crafted early wooden birdhouse--each piece of siding an individual strip of wood 11" x 15" x 14"h $ 300.00	Penny Rug early penny rug with quarter inch pennies making up the shape of bells--cut felt border--mounted on a stretcher--a really very special example of this art form 20 x 42" $ 2,000.00
Early Sign Osterhout and Bedford--Rental Collections and Loans--sign with tombstone shape retains is its original flat paint in grey red and black--black area would serve as a chalk board for the daily offerings--single sided--signed--19th century 61" h x 20" w x 1" $ 1,100.00	Cat Tongue Crazy Quilt Rug the center of this rug is a crazy quilt which bears the signature: Eturneau--mounted on a stretcher 23" x 51" $ 1,350.00
Running Horse Sheet Metal Weathervane beautifully welded sheet metal in the original untouched finish--nice sawtooth detail on the mane 27" at the base--20" high $ 1,400.00	Horse Weathervane gracefully executed 19th c sheet iron weathervane--black paint over earlier red just barely showing through 26" x 36" $ 2,100.00
House Bank painted tin 19th c. house bank 3 1/4" l x 3 3/4" h $ 190.00	Fishing Boat home-made fishing boat with 3 carved figures on the deck--one man is at the ships wheel smoking a little carved pipe--movable tiller--green and white paint--with stand 20 1/2" l x 19" h $ 1,675.00
Cranberry Rake traditional large size--someone has added metal banks on the back so this one can be hung from the wall--a very unusual wall-pocket--nice condition and an early one--SOLD 20" h x 20" w $ 0.00	Music Shop Sign early wood violin case in original paint found a new life as a music shop sign 31" l x 9" w x 4" d $ 850.00
Squeeker Man with Bells when the tummy bellows are squeezed the arms of this man come together and the bells he is holding tinkle--plaster head with great painted face and a handlebar-type mustache--wooden shoes and handsexcellent condition 11" high $ 475.00	French Sign cast iron sign-- COIFFEUR de DAMES--with salmon and blue paint and traces of blue painted flowers in border--two iron bands at the left side for attachment 16" x 29" $ 700.00
Egg Sign double-sided--black stencil lettering on white paint--in the shape of an egg--reads: Luxford's Hennery 12" x 17" $ 375.00	Gameboard early crusty layers of paint on a solid board--small pieces of numbered papers on each block have been varnished or shellacked down to the piece--a great, rich green color 20" x 20" 3/4" $ 700.00
Pond Model of Motorboat this great model in the original blue paint with its own stand has amusing detail--the early headlights are Victorian ceramic knob ends--it is a two seater 26" long $ 380.00	Osteopathic Physician double sided sign--one side black sand finish with gold painting--the other side painted without sand finish 9" x 11" x 1" $ 225.00
Cast Iron Top Hat a black exterior painted cast iron top hat with a creamy white interior paint--an exciting piece and one I have never seen before--I am guessing the age at 1900-1930--I hae been told this is a spitoon. 7" t.-10 3/4" l.-8 1/2" w. $ 1,100.00	Spoon Whimsey from Whales--token of love featuring hearts, a horshoe and a lock--of course there are the traditional moving balls in the handle 19" long $ 300.00
Early Whimsey a wonderful example--hand holding shoe at one end of the intricately carved chocolate muller--early silk ribbon attached--best ive seen--a real collectors piece 14" long $ 1,080.00	Folky Horse this wonderful horse is very folky--the body is made up of a block of 5 pieces of wood (1" and 1 1/2" thick)--the grey paint with brush stroke spots and the unravelled rope tail add to the charm--there is some loss to the leather type saddle material--the wooden wheels have been replaced 26" long--19"high $ 350.00
Wooden Trade Razor large nicely painted trade razor sign--old Maine blue paint on handle and silver paint on hinged blade 21" long $ 525.00	Wooden Puppet Form articulated joints on this carved puppet--original wire with wooden handle attached--great patina 15" tall $ 210.00
Dory Model a very real model of a dory--well executed with internal ribs--old white and kelly green paint--c 1930 29" long x 6 3/4" wide $ 900.00	Trade Razor hand carved wooden trade razor with black painted handle and traces of silver on the hinged blade 9 1/2" long $ 200.00
Sellers and Bartling Sign 19th century single sided wooden sign in original flat paint--the flat paint allowed for chalked in additions at bottom--Henry Hanson provided house furnishing and undertaking as well as selling and bartling 24" x 40" x 1" thick $ 680.00	Ship Weathervane soldered copper--nicely detailed with three pennants, anchor and chains--Richard P Knight embossed on an interior piece of the ship--comes with stand 28" l x 21 1/2" h $ 2,000.00
Painted Clubs a pair of deep red painted clubs with spaulding/2 lbs imprinted in the wood 18 1/2" long $ 690.00	Painted Clubs a pair of orange painted clubs with a stencil of a man playing a racquet sport balanced on a ball 16" long $ 525.00
Letters N Y for those lovers of New York--wooden gilt letters--very handsome 9" x 9" $ 475.00	Large Bank--Replica od Fort Hamilton Bui made of painted sheet metal with a wooden base--a replica of a building at Fort Hamilton--signed and dated: Paul Fischer-March 29th, 1937--padlock and original lock at one side corner 11" h 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" $ 600.00
Peg Gameboard a wooden gameboard with wooden raised frame like edges--paint in center and corners and red paint on the edges 13 1/2" x 14" $ 155.00	Nebraska Hog Farm Sign a great early solid wooden one-sided sign with 3/4 inch frame--reads: purebred hogs-spotted-poland-china-charles k. harding-pawnee city-nebr.----4 digit phone number painted out but faintly visable--original black and white paint 23 1/2" x 49" $ 850.00
Make-Do Grave Marker a temporary wooden grave marker used to name a grave while waiting for the stone to be carved--pine--in original paint 25 1/2" h--10 1/2" w $ 350.00	Game Board with bread board ends on 5/8 inches thick pine--the game is painted in black and grey/blue 14" x 25" $ 350.00
Boxes Sign double sided hand painted tin sign reads: BOXES 25 cents 71/2" x 18" $ 255.00	Apples Sign nice painted apple sign in greens and white--the letters have been painted with a shodowed effect 9 1/2" x 29" $ 290.00
Sailor Whirligig original paint--tin hat rim--newer carved oars--SOLD 15 1/2 to brim $ 0.00	Whistling Squeeker Boy a young lad wearing knickers with his hands in his pocket--he has a plaster face with lips rounded in whistle mode--when the tummy bellows is squeezed he whistles 10" high $ 325.00
Horse Weathervane 19th c. full bodied carved wooden horse with some shallow age cracks and more recent paint--original rod and bolt are part of the custom-made stand horse without stand 12" h x 24" l $ 1,900.00	Horse Drawn Circus Coach a painted wooden and metal circus coach model with 4 carved horses, leather saddles reins, moving wheels and a back door on the coach--there is a raised wooden bell with the word liberty and two carved drivers horses: 9"long/coach:23" long $ 800.00
Boxer Whirligig painted sheet metal boxer whirligig with painted wooden wind blade--boxers spar when wheel is turned--custom metal base 35"long-17" tall on stand $ 800.00	Wooden Chill a woden form for a mold to pour glass bottles 6" x 13" $ 385.00
Picnic Area Sign single sided fiberboard sign in vibrant colors advertising a picnic area 12" x 36" $ 148.00	Large Duck Sign a very large, comical duck in vest coat and spats--a former advertising piece for a childrens shop--double sided wood with beveled edge--original crackled paint--signed T M 74" tall $ 975.00
House Bank 19th c house bank--painted tin with scrafitto windows and doors--money slot at peak on top--roof lifts 6 1/2" long x 4" h $ 275.00	Bicycle Sign tan background paint, orange border, and black lettering spell out the message : WATCH OUT FOR BICYCLISTS--originally an error in spelling after the y was corrected 3" x 12" $ 350.00
Butchers Sign Bracket Trade Sign in the shape of a bracket with two hooks, one on either side and a hook at the end--this cleverly designed piece utilizes the tools of the butchers trade--a meat saw, a cleaver, several typed of knives and the diagonal piece is actually the shape of a knife sharpener with a handle--cast iron--SOLD 18" high--24 1/2" long $ 0.00	Whistle Toy Shop Sign welded sheet metal three-dimensional whistle--painted white and maroon--brass hanging ring--probably trade sign for toy store 16" long x 6" wide $ 2,100.00
Tennis Player Figure head and hands are painted stocking material--felt ears--felt slacks--intricate cotton dress shirt--belt--wooden feel and strung wooden tennis racquet 13" $ 375.00	Duck Decoy wooden working duck decoy, painted--original 3 lead weights still attached--home-made--good condition 12" long x 9" tall $ 70.00
Ouija Board one of the early boards--made by Morton E Converse and Son--Winchendon, Ma.--printed directions on back 12" x 18" $ 150.00	Early Gasoline Sign WOW!--wouldn\\\'t we like to see this today?--paint on tin--original--22.6 cents a gallon all tax included 6" x 8" $ 50.00
Carved Lion a relief carved lion on an old board in original red paint 7" h x 18"l $ 145.00	Metal Jockey Hat brightly painted metal jockey cap--perhaps from a tack store display or sign 6"h x 9" l $ 750.00
House Bank 19th c painted tin house bank-worn putty-grey paint 3 1/4" l x 3 3/4" h $ 190.00