Thomaston Place – Summer 2025 Grandeur
AUGUST 28, 29, 30, 31
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51 Atlantic Highway, Thomaston, ME 04861

PRESENTING OVER 1,500 LOTS
Preview begins AUGUST 16 (see details below) Join our live gallery audience!
LINDA BEAN (1941-2024)
PROUDLY PRESENTING LINDA BEAN ESTATE
A Collection of Distinction -100+ lots
A centerpiece of the sale is the remarkable collection from the estate of Linda Bean (1941-2024), an American businesswoman and an heiress to the L.L.Bean retail company known for her work in philanthropy, for her charitable endeavors, and as an important benefactor of the arts.
The American furniture and tall clock collection will be offered Saturday, August 30
The American painting collection will be presented on Sunday, August 31
RARE OFFERINGS IN AMERICAN FURNITURE!
CHIPPENDALE | QUEEN ANNE | JOHN 8.THOMAS | HEPPLEWHITE | AND MORE!
3060 Rare Aaron Willard Jr. Boston Bracket Clock
3113 18th c. Nichols Family Boston Mahogany Highboy
3089 18thc. Boston Chippendale Bombe Desk
3092 18thc. Boston Chippendale Mahogany Block Front Slant Lid Desk
3076 2-Part Dunlap Queen Anne Chest on Chest
3072 English Hepplewhite Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
THE WYETH LEGACY
THREE GENERATIONS OF EXCELLENCE
4129 N.C. WYETH, Custer’s Last Stand, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1930 (1 of 2 originals)
4132 ANDREW WYETH, watercolor on paper, signed 1938 (1 of 5 originals)
4135 JAMIE WYETH, Star, mixed media with bone letters and starfish on handmade paper, signed 1999
INCLUDING A STUNNING SELECTION OF MAINE-MAKER TALL CLOCKS
BENJAMIN MEAD | JOSHUA’JOSEPH’TOLFORD | ROBERT EASTMAN | JAMES CASEY
Other Maine Artists from Linda Bean’s Collection
4137 ABRAHAM BOGDANOVE oil on canvas (1 of 2)
4142 WILLIAM THON oil on board (1 of 6)
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Summer Cottage, Northeast Harbor, Maine
PRESENTED THURSDAY, AUGUST 28
BROOKE ASTOR ESTATE
The Summer Cottage Collection
A privileged and exciting opportunity to explore the Maine summer cottage collection of the Brooke Astor Estate. Renowned for her charity work and a lifelong dedication to philanthropy and admired in high society for her classic elegance, Mrs. Astor rose to prominence as the matriarch of the American Astor family. The family’s personal collection in Northeast Harbor, Maine, embodies the quintessential aesthetic of high society New England, with unmistakable ties to Old England.
1127 Buccellati Silver & Murano Glass
1191 Victorian Majolica “Cauliflower” Teapot
SISTER PARISH INTERIOR DESIGN
1147 Pair of Sister Parish Twin Canopy Daybed Frames
1007 Bellamy Eagle Plaque
1145 Sister Parish Twin Canopy Daybed 1940s-1960s
Folk Art & Country Decor
3133 17th c. Pocket Book of John Herrick, Mass. Bay Colony
3141 Vintage Full Bodied Copper Eagle Weathervane
3134 Full Body Copper Running Horse Weathervane
3109 18th c. Child’s Sack Back Windsor Highchair
3055 1777 Revolutionary War Powderhorn of Zebulon Vaughn, 5th Mass. Regt.
3014 English Royal Navy ‘Gunade’ Cannon (1 of 10)
3038 Portland ME. Yacht Club Flag Flown at North Pole by Robert E. Peary, 1909
Rare Maps & Documents:
3204 – 1746 King George’s War Appt of Stephen King Signed by Shirley
3186 – 1785 Map of United States at War’s End by Guthrie
Presenting Maine Artists
4320 DAHLOV IPCAR, Antelope Mandala, oil on linen (1 of 3)
4320A CARROLL THAYER BERRY, oil painting on canvas three-fold folding screen
4291 MAURICE ‘JAKE’ DAY watercolor on illustration board (1 of 10)
4330 CABOT LYFORD The Vaulter, Life-size mahogany carved sculpture
LARRY & JEAN DUBORD ESTATE
The Americana Collection – 350+ lots
A UNIQUE SELECTION OF FOLK ART & COUNTRY FURNISHINGS
51 Atlantic Highway, Thomaston, ME 04861
Maines International Auction House
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PREVIEW: AUGUST 16-27
(Saturdays 12-5pm, Monday-Friday, 11am-5pm, closed Sundays) Kaja Veilleux(MEAUC902)
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