Exceptional Estate Sales
Smith's Auction Gallery has a long history of exceptional estate sales, commanding excellent prices for oustanding items. We have the experience and expertise to successfully manage your estate sale, and we'd welcome the opportunity to discuss your needs in person. Please contact us to learn more.
Richard W. Withington Collection
The estate of auctioneer legend Richard W. Withington was sold at Smith's Auction gallery, featuring copious amounts of high quality country Americana.
Rare miniature firkin in original green paint, branded C.H., 2 1/2" H Sold for $4,100 |
Great pair of paint decorated leather fire buckets with inscription, J. Emerson 1833, 12"H (Previously Lot # 2) Sold for $8,800 |
Federal mahogany Pembroke table with icicle and bookend inlays and drawer on tapered legs, 33"L Sold for $8,800 |
Good inlaid document box with brass ring pull Sold for $2,640 |
Early oil on canvas of clipper ship- as found. 21"x 33" Sold for $4,400 |
Oil on canvas, portrait of sea captain with ships in background. 27"x 23" Sold for $4,400 |
Miniature Nantucket lightship basket. Height 2.5" Sold for $2,090 |
Exceptional tub-sized butter stamp with fruit leaf and chip carved motif. Diameter 9.5" Sold for $3,960 |
Exceptional maple, pine, and hickory sackback Windsor armchair in cranberry paint over original paint, stout saddle seat and with good vase and ring turnings. Dick's personal and treasured chair, 18th Century Sold for $19,800 |
Chippendale cherry grandfathers clock: tombstone bonnet, brassworks, painted dial, on bracket base. H 88.5" Sold for $7,250 |
Rare mochaware mug with cat's eye and earthworm decoration. 6" H Sold for $2,190 |
Exceptional green painted paneled horsedrawn mail wagon; fitted sorted mail box, leather seat, two sliding windows and door. Stenciled decoration "The Light Runner" and No.1 Rural Deliver U.S. mail. Labeled Harrington ME, Co. Peoria ILL. 19th Century Sold for $15,400 |
Mochaware pitcher with ring and cat's eye decoration. H 6.5" Sold for $1,210 |
Mochaware mug with earthworm design and applied handle. H 6" Sold for $1,100 |
Charles Bronson Estate
Smith's Gallery sells the personal property from the estate of Charles Bronson in Brownsville, VT. Famed actor Charles Bronson -- best known for his role in movies like “Death Wish” -- passed away at his Brownsville, VT country estate. The contents included a federal tiger maple carved cupboard and an oxbow chippendale slanted desk. The estate was auctioned off at Smith's Gallery to a standing rooom only crowd.
![]() Wonderful two-part Chippendale curly maple corner cupboard, 91"H, Bronson Estate Sold for $18,700 |
![]() Exceptional circular mahogany dining room table, Ducan Phyfe style with book match crutch mahogany top, 6'4"D, Bronson Estate Sold for $3,520 |
![]() Sydney Laurence watercolor titled "Making Camp", Valdez Alask, dated 1915, 20" X 14" Sold for $7,150 |
![]() Rare PA cherry grandfather clock with phases of the moon, dial signed Samuel Solliday, case with quarter colmuns, good condition Sold for $8,250 |
![]() Fine pair of decorative arch shaped open front bookcases, adjustable shelves, grained wood, Vanderbilt prov., Bar Harbor, Maine Sold for $2,310 |
![]() Wonderful 2002 Ford Thunderbird with hard and convertible tops, 21,000 miles, yellow with black interior, automatic transmission, Woodstock, Vt. Estate Sold for $18,700 |
![]() The Bronson desk, choice Chippendale mahogany oxbow slant lid desk with fitted interior with three fans, old brass and drop front pediment, referred to as the Chippendale desk in Jill Ireland's book, 42"W Sold for $6,600 |
![]() Pair of Leather King Hickory armchairs with matching ottomans, Bronson Estate Sold for $5,280 |
![]() Pair of 18th century NH curly maple bannister back sidechairs with carved crests Sold for $7,150 |
![]() Inlaid Italian three-drawer commode Sold for $4,840 |
Kaptain Kangaroo Estate
Items from the estate of Robert Keeshan, better known as Captain Kangaroo, were sold at Smith's Auction Gallery to a packed house with buyer's representing 40 US States. Rcord prices were set, and many buyers were looking for keepsakes.