consignments close December 1, 2008

Our summer sale grossed over $5 million and reinforced the understanding that the market is still strong for fresh, high-end art and antiques. This is a fabulous opportunity to market those items that are fresh, unique and appealing. Already consigned for this sale are selected items from the Geraldine B. Gaba Estate of Scottsdale , AZ including an outstanding collection of historic blue & white Staffordshire, Fine Art including California paintings by William Keith, Thomas Hill, Edwin Deakin and much more. Also selected items from the Chad Richards Estate of Camden, Maine to include fine primitives, art and nautical items. Don’t miss this opportunity!

Past Auction: Our 21st annual Samoset sale was a huge success totaling over $5 Million! The extraordinary array of merchandise found buyers from all across the country and the world!

Our 21st annual Samoset sale was a huge success! The extraordinary array of merchandise found buyers from all across the country and the world!
DAY 1: Includes Victorian & Custom Furniture & Accessories including Herter, Belter, Meeks, Horner, Mallard, Hagen & other high end ornate furniture including a rare étagère attributed to Belter and Herter dresser with Vanderbilt provenance; Small Antiquities collection; Bronzes; Sterling silver including Tiffany; Clocks; Jewelry including extraordinary pocket watches & diamond jewelry; Porcelain, Glass, Oriental rugs; Orientalia including Jade & ivory & much more. DAY 2: Early American and European furniture & accessories including outstanding Folk Art highlighted by 13 Earl Cunningham paintings, a Fabulous carved Goddess of Liberty figure, Two large carved eagle sternboards, Rare & Important Weathervanes; Carved Eagles & Portraits, Ship, Nautical, China Trade & 18 Percy Sanborn paintings; Important Books including an 1803 American Pilot, 8 Signed Books from the Library of John Adams; Clocks; Large quantity of Furniture including Four highboys; Slant Lid Desks; Beds; Card Tables; Chairs; Cast Iron Bank Collection; Dedham Pottery Collection; Important English & American Silver; Fabulous Oriental Rugs; Rare Quilts & much more. DAY 3: 600+ American & European Paintings (Folk Art, Portraits; Ship, Nautical, Percy Sanborn & China Trade paintings will be sold in Session 2).

Stunning Daniel Ridgway Knight oil brings $172,500. With this sale seeing competition from around the world it shows that the market is strong for top of the market paintings, furniture & accessories.

We are gearing up for our annual end of summer extravaganza held at the Samoset Resort so if you have an entire Estate, collection or single item please contact us immediately.

Past Auction: Our annual winter antique & fine arts auction was a great success grossing over $2.8 million!

Our largest winter sale ever attracted bidders from across the world competing from the internet, telephones, absentee and in the gallery. Highlighted by the extraordinary bidding frenzy for the American Pilot chart book which ended up at $408,250 with a floor bidder walking away the victor! The art market continues to be strong and continued strength at the top of the market.

Past Auction: Our annual end of summer extravaganza held at the Samoset Resort in Rockland, Maine was a huge success with sales totaling nearly $4.6 million. With over 700 lots of fine art and over 1000 lots of furniture, folk art and accessories this sale was a three-day event not to be missed.

Our annual end of summer extravaganza held at the Samoset Resort in Rockland, Maine was a huge success with sales totaling nearly $4.6 million. With over 700 lots of fine art and over 1000 lots of furniture, folk art and accessories this sale was a three-day event not to be missed. We are already accepting consignments for next years summer sale as well as our Winter & Spring sales.

Past Auction: Our Spring Antique Sale was a success with many items bringing over their estimates. This one day auction with over 700 lots was sold in two sessions

Our Spring Antique Sale was a success with many items bringing over their estimates. This one day auction with over 700 lots was sold in two sessions. MORNING SESSION: We sold antiques & accessories incl 100 lots of Native American incl beadwork, basketry & pottery; Oriental Porcelain; Lighting; Folk Art; Oriental Rugs; Fire Buckets & Fireman related items; Early, Victorian & Custom furniture; Clocks; Bronzes; 35 Decoys; Baby Grand piano; Outstanding Tiffany & English silver; 2006 Ford Mustang Convertible and much more. AFTERNOON SESSION: started at approximately 3:00, after the conclusion of the first session, where we sold the paintings incl important American & European artists.

Past Auction: Winter Auction Totals Over $2.4 Million! Their most successful winter auction to date, the firm of James D. Julia, Inc. played to a packed house of active bidders all three days of their auction extravaganza.

This sale will feature a collection of Currier & Ives prints including rare examples; Fine Rockport/Gloucester School paintings; Along with a great selection of art collected across the United States. Antiques will include American & European furniture & accessories.

Our annual end of summer auction is always a great sale which includes American & European Fine Art, American & European Furniture & Accessories, Silver, Folk Art Nautical and much more. With last year's sale grossing over $3.3 million this is a sale you will not want to miss!

Our spring auction included a fine selection of art, furniture, porcelain, pocket watches, orientalia, Rogers groups and much more.

Our annual end of summer auction is always a great sale which includes American & European Fine Art, American & European Furniture & Accessories, Silver, Folk Art Nautical and much more. This is a sale you will not want to miss!

This will be a cataloged sale with American & European art, silver, American & European furniture & accessories. Included in this sale is an important Tennessee Collection of prehistoric Indian artifacts from the Allen Graves Estate including figural pipes, arrowheads, pottery and stone implements.

This sale featured additional items from the Woolworth Collection (FW Woolworth Dept. Store Family) including furniture, silver and oriental export; 200+ American & European paintings from various sources; Important wood and gilt metal cod weathervane from Kennebunkport, Maine; Historical documents including Commissioning paper sgd Abraham Lincoln; Fine painted furniture and good accessories from an Ohio collection and much more.

Our 2004 Annual Summer Antiques & Fine Arts Auction at the Samoset Resort in Rockland, Maine was a wonderful succcess totaling over $2.1 Million. A variety of lots were offered including Nautical, American Indian, Jewelry, Photography, Weathervanes, Sterling Silver, Bronzes, Oriental Porcelain, Porcelain, Scrimshaw, Early Glass, Victorian Furniture, Samplers, Folk Art, Clocks, Oil Paintings, Watercolors, Mirrors and Oriental Rugs.

Our annual spring auction will feature fine American and European art; a fine cane collection, early American furniture & accessories from a Maine home, jewelry from a California Estate and much more.

The featured Woolworth Collection grossed over $575,000 contributing significantly to the immensely successful 3 Day event which totaled over $1.6 Million.

Our June 13th & 14th auction was an outstanding success with a lot of active bidding and strong prices. Click the selected highlights link for some of the sale results.

Over 1000 lots to be offered for a fast paced, old fashion Maine auction. This diverse sale includes selected items from the Peggy Lamar-Wetzel Estate of Andrews, TX; Henderson estate of Brownsville, ME; and other estates and collections throughout the Northeast.

This auction included 100+ important paintings, 20+ bronzes, spectacular Victorian furniture, outstanding American Colonial and Federal furniture, lavish silver, objects d'art, Folk Art, nautical items, Russian silver, and much more!

A sampling of some of the fine items sold at our recent spring auction include a lifesize garden statue of a pointer by the Janes-Kirtland Co. sold for $26,450

This auction featured the partial contents of estates and collections from across New England, including Part I of the Fred "Jack" Lake collection of early glass, early smalls from a Lamoine, Maine estate, furniture and smalls from a New York State collection, and others. 700+ lots.

his will be our most diverse summer sale yet, with high-quality items featured in each category. There are over 200 paintings, a nice selection of American furniture, a fine collection of Native American artifacts, an array of weathervanes, a large and important collection of American folk art, and a very impressive offering of fine jewelry. Also, we have over 60 boat models uncluding large and very detailed pond models as well as intricate cased display models.

Single owner estate from the midwest to include: fabulous victorian furniture and accessories. Categories include: belter, meeks and roux parlor furniture, elaborate silver including: tiffany and jensen; art glass such as: tiffany and steuben; large quantity of cut glass including: 6 cut glass lamps; important continental and oriental porcelain highlighted by palace size vases by sevres, imari, and others; lamps, paintings, early furniture, clocks, oriental rugs, dolls, russian enamel, and more.

Fairfield, Maine, March 3, 2001. James D. Julia held a Winter Estate Auction Saturday March 3rd. The auction was very diverse with items ranging from fine estate jewelry to a rare American Historic Print.

Top seller in the sale was a print titled "A Display of the United States" by Amos Doolittle of New Haven CT dated 1791. It fetched $20,125. This print had colorful watercolor highlights and was in very good condition with only a few minor defects. Estate jewelry also did well. A three-diamond ring with a total carat weight of 4.12 brought $8,9412, and a diamond line bracelet with 5 carats of diamonds fetched $4,600. In the furniture category a signed J & J.W. Meeks marble top commode brought $3,450 and an Empire mahogany secretary with bookcase top garnered $2,760. A number of collectable cameras were in the sale with top honors going to a Leica M3 with fetched a strong $1,035.

Other highlights included $517 paid for an E. Howard Railroad Chronometer pocketwatch, which was part of a consignment of 75 pocketwatches that were sold singly and in small lots. Guns and swords were also included in the sale with an Ithaca double barrel shotgun having Wells Fargo markings bringing in $1380 and most of the swords ranging in the modest $100-300 price range. In the garden category a J.W. Fiske zinc statue of a Greek Goddess commanded $5175.

This sale consisted of important American Furniture and accessories along with Victorian and European furniture and accessories. Sale included important Pennsylvania mahogany chest on chest descending in the Newlin family, Serpentine four drawer chest descending from the Jenks family. Rare and important graduated set of five swing handled Nantucket baskets descending directly from the maker Charles Lewis. Rare two-volume dictionary set (Johnson 1755). This was a full color catalog sale. Other categories include silver, American Indian, bronzes, important American and European paintings, folk art, and much more.

This auction will feature an outstanding collection of paintings highlighting the Gloucester and Rockport, MA schools. Early furniture, paintings, and accessories from the Florence Lang estate, and Victorian items from a New Hampshire estate amongst others.

This annual sale of fine Americana and Victoriana is Maine's premier auction event. This year's sale includes an important collection of Americana highlighted by important art, fine furniture, weathervanes, folk art, silver, garden ornaments, orientalia, jewelry, textiles, rugs, glass & porcelain, clocks, nautical items, Indian items, and decorative accessories.

In 1954 Duane Doolittle founded Down East Magazine. His lifelong interest in collecting antiques helped furnish his 20-room estate complex, which he named "Merrymeeting Farm". This collection along with the contents of his Florida home will offer an ideal setting with its open lawns and beautiful gardens which is perfect for a Maine summer outdoor auction. This is sure to be the highlight of the summer auction season.