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JUDITH GRACE SCHMIDT ESTATE AUCTION WASHINGTON, MAINE LOCATION: BLUE GOOSE CENTER ON US ROUTE 1 THREE MILES SOUTH OF BELFAST, MAINE PREVIEWS: FRIDAY: JANUARY 16, 2009 4:00-6:00 SATURDAY: JANUARY 17, 2009 9:00-10:40 AUCTION: SATURDAY: JANUARY 17, 2009 11:00 AM CALL: 1 207 338 1386 E-MAIL: 2andrews@bluestreakme.com THIS AUCTION WILL BE FEATURING THE CONTENTS OF THE JUDITH GRACE SCHMIDT ESTATE. PLEASE JOIN US FOR THIS EXCITING SATURDAY MORNING AUCTION! REGARDS, ELSIE & DAN Judith Grace grew up in England during the Great Depression and came of age during World War II. She married an American intelligence officer named Herman Schmidt and moved to the U.S. after the war. Judith raised two children of her own and cared for several foster children. She traveled extensively both during and after her marriage, throughout North, Central and South America, Europe and the Middle East as well as visiting East Africa, India and China. She filled her home with antiques from England and the Mid East and quality mementos from all over the world. She went back to school in her 50s, getting a PhD in Ethnobotany and using her skill with a camera to share her learning with the public. She studied plant uses by Woodland Indians of the Northeast and gathered an extensive collection of baskets and birch bark containers from Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet, Micmac, Ojibwe and Iroquois artisans. In her 70s Judith bought 450 acres in rural Maine and built a house, barn, guest cottage and caretaker's house -- all "off-the-grid," powered by solar energy. She was a passionate conservationist and advocate for alternative energy and sustainability. For ten years she organized the Central Maine Solar Tour, of which her house was a highlight. Judith Schmidt was a tireless learner and educator. She loved animals and young people, served local environmental causes, worked for social justice, collected clothes for the homeless and for a Lakota Sioux reservation, and ministered to inmates at the local prison. She touched lives wherever she lived, and all over the world. |
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THIS WILL BE AN ORDERED SALE THE ORDER OF THE SALE WILL BE AVAILABLE JUST PRIOR TO THE AUCTION. |
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A WOODEN CARVED THREE DIMENSIONAL SHIP & HARBOR SCENE SIGNED JAXON |
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THIS AUCTION WILL BE AT THE BLUE GOOSE CENTER ON ROUTE 1 NORTHPORT, MAINE |
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A 1920’S BANJO CLOCK BY KILLAN & CO. WITH REVERSE PAINTED SCENES OF THE 1812 BATTLE BETWEEN THE “BOXER” AND THE “ENTERPRISE” |
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AN 8’ TALL NATIVE AMERICAN 20TH CENTURY MAINE CARVED TOTEM |
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ACCESSORIES |
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A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH CARRIAGE CLOCK |
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NATIVE AMERICAN KACHINA DOLLS |
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18TH CENTURY BRASS ANDIRONS |
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19TH CENTURY COPPER LOTS |
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A 18TH CENTURY LEATHER FOOTSTOOL |
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A MITTENWALD VIOLIN MATHIAS NEUNER(NEAUNER) GEIGEN MACHER NRO. 94 CIRCA: 1806 |
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NATIVE AMERICAN SCRATCHED BARK PIECES SIGNED GERARD SIMEON |
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MANY NATIVE AMERICAN BASKETS BEING SOLD FROM THIS ESTATE |
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MASSIVE 19TH CENTURY BRASS & IRON LION HEAD ANDIRONS AND A TWISTED IRON FIREPLACE SCREEN |
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A 19TH CENTURY TREENWARE SPICE CONTAINER |
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A 1999 4 X 4 ATV ONLY 310 MILES REGISTERED |
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A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH PUB TANKARDS |
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A CIRCA 1950’S PEDAL CAR |
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AN EARLY, RARE SCANDINAVIAN MANGLE HAVING CARVED PINWHEELS WITH A SHAPED HORSE HANDLE |
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A BRASS CANDLEBRA FROM THAILAND |
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AN AFRICAN HEAD REST |
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A VERY ORNATE PAIR OF VICTORIAN BRASS ANDIRONS |
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A LEATHER & BONE CAMEL WHIP |
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AN EARLY ROUND BURL FOOTSTOOL |
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A 19TH CENTURY MIDDLE EASTERN POLISHED BRAZIER OF EXCEPTIONAL HIGH QUALITY |