July Auction - Session 1

Square homemade five-string fretless "cheese box" pine banjo, chestnut neck, hand-carved wooden tuners and pegs, homemade tailpiece, 3-1/2...

Homemade spruce fiddle, laminated bottom, F-holes, black-painted tailpiece and finger board, hand-carved black-painted wooden tuners, found in Wythe C

Walnut and poplar three-string dulcimer, teardrop shape, tuning pegs with carved snowflake decoration, two F-shaped holes, 14 wire frets (one broken),

Three calabash style pale-aqua bottles, picture of FDR, dated 1936, back marked "TVA" with hand holding lightning rod with large dam, 10-1...

Homemade five-string circular fretless banjo, nailed and screwed construction, hide head, laminated body of pine, hand-carved pine pegs, found in Wilk

Five-string banjo, 30-bracket pot, hide head, celluloid inlaid finger board, probably mail order banjo from early 20th century, 3 x 34 x 11-1/2 in. Fr

Folk art helicopter with pilot, wood, plastic, iron and tin parts, plastic bottle front, painted red, white and blue, "USA" on side, 13 x ...

Homemade five-string fretless banjo, curly maple and cherry, homemade tuners, hide head, found in Wilkes County, North Carolina, 2-3/4 x 33 x 9 in. La

Homemade "Crystal Peanut Bars" fiddle, finger-jointed pine box with S holes, hand-carved oak tuners, tin tailpiece, faint pencil inscripti...

Rebuilt five-string banjo, 21 brackets (formerly 39), metal resonator and hide head, three homemade pegs, tailpiece and bridge, one fiddle peg, faint

Cigar box fiddle, "New Currency" pine neck, walnut fingerboard, galvanized tin tailpiece, oak and pine pegs, nailed box, sides of box cove...

Walnut drop-leaf table, shaped saber type legs, deep skirt, drop leaves with molded edges and rounded corners, traces original black varnish, cut nail

Yellow pine corner cupboard, elaborate ogee molded cornice above dentil molding, two six-pane doors, top four panes with astragal-molded panels, base

Threaded three-draw brass telescope, marked on side "Thos. J. Evans, London," matching adjustable brass tripod with tubular base, proba...

Pair American scrimshaw whale teeth, classical figures, one kneeling figure before seated figure holding laurel wreath and distaff, nautical implement

Scrimshaw whale tooth, figure of woman in fancy dress, curly locks, holding fan and letter "To Tom, From Lucy" (words may be later additio...

Two similar scrimshaw walrus tusks: woman in fancy clothing, holding flower, aquatic bird at her feet, (repaired 2 in. chip at base), 16 in.; woman ho

Scrimshaw whale tooth, three-masted sailing vessel with American flag, under banner "Whaler Merlin" surrounded by flags and anchors, verso...

Scrimshaw whale tooth, Napoleon on rearing horse below eagle holding laurel leaves and arrows, verso with three-story neoclassical structure, landscap

Three small scrimshaw whale teeth: ship, American flag, anchor, marked "Bark Cicero," verso with mermaid seated on keg, 3-1/4 in., (some d...