1st item: Vintage East Tennessee, Elizabethton, mountain dulcimer, comprised of mixed woods including cherry and maple, interior with a tag partially reading "Robert K. Wilson, No-18, 7-87, Eliz. TN", five-string, sixteen fret model, the top with two heart sound holes, and scrolling sound holes along the lower body. 37 1/4" L x 8" W. 2nd […]
Lot 526: Sixteen (16) Miniature TN White Oak Baskets, incl. Graduated Set
Grouping of sixteen (16) East Tennessee miniature white oak splint baskets, including: a graduated set of five (5) buttocks baskets, one (1) larger buttocks basket, and ten (10) miniature buttocks baskets attributed to Artie Minton, Sullivan County, TN. Ranging in size from 1 1/2" H x 1 1/2" W x 1 3/8" D to 4 […]
Lot 525: 2 Cannon County, Middle TN Buttocks Baskets
Two (2) Middle Tennessee graduated split white oak buttocks baskets by Ida Pearl Davis (Cannon County, TN, 1921-2007) and her daughter Thelma Davis Hibdon (b. 1942). Includes: one (1) "1/2 Bushel" basket and one (1) "1 1/2 Bushel" basket, both having wide woven rims and centers and ribbed construction. Both signed and dated "Ida P. […]
Lot 524: Set of 3 Scott County, VA Jesse Jones Signed Graduated Baskets
Set of three (3) graduated Scott County, Virginia baskets signed by Jesse Jones (b. 1907). All buttocks style comprised of white oak, rib-type split construction with handles secured by nails at the rim. All signed in pencil "Jesse Jones" on the handle, the largest additionally dated 11-83. Ranging in size from 9" H x 10 […]
Lot 523: Three (3) Scott County, VA Jesse Jones Baskets, All Signed
Set of three (3) graduated Scott County, Virginia baskets signed by Jesse Jones (b. 1907). All buttocks style comprised of white oak, rib-type split construction with handles secured by nails at the rim. All signed in pencil "Jesse Jones" on the handle, the largest additionally dated 1981. Ranging in size from 9" H x 11" […]
Lot 522: Signed Kentucky Miniature 3-Drawer Chest
Allen County, Kentucky miniature chest of drawers, poplar and pine. Comprised of an overhanging molded top above three drawers, paneled sides and rounded stiles terminating in straight feet. Inscribed on the underside of the middle drawer, "Made by J. L. Hickman (Jesse Lee Hickman) for his wife KATE in THE YEAR 1874 AT SCOTTSVILLE KY". […]
Lot 520: Ron Williams O/C Landscape Painting, Smoky Mountain Summer
Large Ron Williams (Tennessee, 1947-2016) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a mossy, bouldered shore covered in a thick evergreen treeline beside a still body of water with the hazy forest continuing in the midground towards a steep mountain range, likely the Great Smoky Mountains, visible in the background beneath a white sky. Signed "Ron […]
Lot 519: William McCoy Landscape Painting, Cade's Cove
William J. McCoy Jr. (Knoxville, 1906-1995) miniature oil on board East Tennessee mountain scene titled "Birch Flats, Cade's Cove". Signed "McCoy" in red, lower right margin. Additionally signed and titled en verso in pencil. Housed in a modern giltwood frame. Sight:5 3/8" H x 7 1/2" W. Framed: 7 1/4" H x 9 1/4" W. […]
Lot 518: Charles Griffin Farr O/B Landscape, Possibly East TN
Charles Griffin Farr (California/Tennessee/Alabama, 1908-1997) oil on board rural landscape painting depicting rolling hills with barns and farm houses along a road, under a blue sky. Unsigned. Housed in a contemporary metallic frame. Sight: 11 1/4" H x 17 1/4" W. Framed: 13" H x 19 1/4" W. Note: The consigner relayed memories of his […]
Lot 517: Harold Kraus O/B Painting, Wading
Harold Kraus (Tennessee, b. 1940s) oil on board painting titled "Wading" depicting a woman in a large white hat, holding up the hem of her white late 19th-century style dress, while standing in the ocean and facing away from the viewer, rendered in an impasto technique. Signed "Kraus" lower right. Title with artist's signature and […]