THOMASTON, MAINE — Kaja Veilleux and Thomaston Place Auction Galleries held its Winter Enchantment three-day sale on February 23-25. Bidders vied for more than 1,075 lots of everything from fine and decorative arts to collectibles, Asian antiques and jewelry. Two portraits of George Washington cataloged as “after Gilbert Stuart (MA/RI/UK, 1755-1828) were among the top lots and led the second day of the sale. The first to cross the block was a 59-by-43-inch full-length oil on canvas painting titled “Washington on Dorchester Heights,” (pictured) after the original that hangs in the MFA Boston. Estimated at $5/7,000, it found a new home with an online bidder for $33,750. The other painting — a copy of Stuart’s “Atheneum” portrait — sold to a bidder on the phone for $32,400, a significant gain over its $3/5,000 estimate. Both prices include the buyer’s premium as reported by the auction house and both will be discussed in greater detail in an upcoming issue along with more of the highlights from this sale.