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Wayne Wilhide of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, lined up four
similar lanterns priced from $165 to $195. The seven-sided one,

second from left, is the rarest.

Double-sided game board, $795 from The Norwoods’ Spirit of
America, Timonium, Maryland. A checkerboard is on the other

side.

This celluloid fellow is Snow-
flake, a comic character created
by cartoonist Oscar Hitt in the

1920s. It was $135 from Guthrie

& Larason, Chalfant, Penn-

sylvania, who are specialists in

celluloid toys.

David Tuttle of Oley, Penn-
sylvania, asked $250 for the
chipmunk cage and $225 for
the mousetrap, the smaller of
the two. “I have had squirrel cages, but I have never had them
this small. Perhaps the larger one was for a chipmunk. The
small one is a mousetrap. Catch a mouse and watch him play,”
he said.

A rare redware form, this covered butter crock was
$895 from Kris Johnson of Adamstown, Pennsylvania.

Diane Farr of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania,

asked $350 for this 10" high green-painted

firkin with the maker’s name impressed on
the lid, “C & A Wilder, So. Hingham, MA.”
She said the Wilder bucket factory was in
business from 1830 to 1891.

This curly maple dry sink was $2500 from JK Nevin Antiques,
Pottstown, Pennsylvania. JK Nevin sold a blanket chest deco-
rated with fat green hearts and green-sponged drawers at setup.

“Wm E Warner / West Troy” is impressed John Rogers of New London, New Hampshire, sells more than just butter
on this jug decorated with an eagle with prints. He offered a collection of slip-decorated redware as well. The plate
bunting, a shield, and a star. It was $3800 decorated with a bird was $2450, and the one with the name “Leonore” was
from Bradford Craig White of Wilkes-Barre, $550; it was restored. The plate with three waves was $850, and the last one
Pennsylvania. White says the middle market on the right, probably made in New Jersey, was $2500. The elliptical butter
is far from dead. “I had my best August stamp is Welsh and was priced at $595.
in forty years in business,” he said. “And
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York; they are too expensive. I just find good
items in original condition.”

Steiff made black cats for Halloween.
This one was $185 from Alice & Art
Booth Antiques, Wayne, New Jersey.

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John Hartman of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, shared a stand with This pink transferware platter showing the res- Newsom & Berdan Antiques, Abbottstown, Penn-
idence of Richard Jordan, a Quaker farmer in sylvania, and Hallowell, Maine, asked $3800 for this
Barry Shenk of Marietta, Pennsylvania. Hartman offered the hooked rug from Franklin County, Pennsylvania,
punched-tin coffeepot on the left decorated with a basket of Camden, was $950 from the Kuraus of Lampeter,
flowers for $1400 and the painted one (center) for $1900; and Pennsylvania. last quarter of the 19th century.
the one decorated with wrigglework, on the right, was offered
by Shenk for $1450.

Keith Fryling of Green Lane, Pennsyl-
vania, asked $575 for this 4" tall Santa
wearing a green coat and hat and with

a pack on his back.

Jim Emele of Emele’s Antiques, Quakertown, Pennsylvania, David Kurau and his mother, Teresa, are carrying
on dealing antiques after the death of Bill Kurau in
offered more furniture than any other dealer. This Vermont September 2019. David had been dealing on his own
vinegar-grained chest was $4250. The large basket was filled
with small baskets priced from $95 to $295. account. Here he talks with a customer.

A collector who vowed not to buy anything
succumbed to a green and blue bull’s-eye spat-
terware plate that has the power of an abstract
painting. The seller was Barry Shenk of Marietta,

Pennsylvania.

Margaret Schenck of Ulysses, Jeff Smith of York,
Pennsylvania, asked
Pennsylvania, had three sieves $195 each for these
Lancaster County late
made of wood and horsehair; 19th-century blankets.
the largest was $72, the small
one was $42, and the middle-size
one was $50. “They look like
abstract sculpture on the wall,”
she said.

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This painted tin bread tray
or bread pan attributed
to Harvey Filley’s shop in

Philadelphia has a border
pattern similar to that

pictured on the cover of the

book American Painted Tin-
ware: A Guide to Its Identi-

fication, volume 3, by Gina
Martin and Lois Tucker.
The tray was $1200 from
Bob Conrad of Yeagertown,
Pennsylvania.

William and Phyllis Giunta of Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, asked $325 for the
quilt that gave the color scheme for their stand filled with cobalt-decorated
salt-glazed stoneware.

Greg K. Kramer of Robesonia, Pennsylvania, asked Burl bowl and spoon, $550 from the Passes of Camp
$1850 for this large wallpaper-covered wooden hat- Hill, Pennsylvania.
box lined with an 1841 Philadelphia newspaper.

Elliott Berkoff played trick-or-treat the week before
Halloween with a large hat made of chicken wire and

papier-mâché offered for $250 by Carol Berkoff of
Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

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Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey

The Gentleman’s Collection of
Tony Annese Brings Nearly $1.8 Million

by Susan Emerson Nutter This circa 1900 boxed 1-gauge Märklin American Eagle passenger
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions set, with cars in classic orange and blue colors and an American out-
line 4-4-0 locomotive, clockwork, hand painted, sold for $52,800 (est.
Sometimes everything falls into place, and it has nothing to do $30,000/50,000). Every car has platforms and steps at each end, early drop
with chance or luck. Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey, link couplers, and cast-iron wheels. The locomotive has many trimmings
has been bringing some of the world’s finest toy collections to and parts not used on other Märklin locomotives, such as a large boxy
the marketplace for decades. Collector Tony Annese has been acquiring American-style cab, a long elegant cowcatcher made of hand-soldered
some of the toy genre’s most spectacular examples for the same number individual pieces of wire that stretch to a point out from the pony truck, a
of years. headlamp mounted atop the boiler, and a nickel-plated bell. The locomo-
tive and tender measure 16½" long.
So it wasn’t by happenstance that Friday, October 11, 2019, found the
Bertoia Auctions gallery transformed into a Christmas, antique toy, and This American market Märklin Third Avenue trolley set sold for $72,000 (est.
Märklin train extravaganza, compliments of the myriad fantastic pieces $25,000/45,000). The electric O-gauge trolleys are both marked “Third Avenue RR Co”
from the Tony Annese collection and the discerning eye of Jeanne and are hand painted in orange and brown just as some of the actual Third Avenue trol-
Bertoia. When hard work, due diligence, attention to detail, and passion leys were when they operated in Manhattan and the Bronx from 1852 to 1948. Märklin’s
are brought to the table by both the collector and the company tapped to interpretation of these trolleys gives them rounded ends unlike any of their passenger
do the selling, magic happens. car bodies, an open doorway at each end, nicely colored clerestories, and rows of benches
inside, exemplifying Märklin’s attention to detail. Additionally, a small electric headlight
“We host two Signature auctions each calendar year, our spring and guides the powered trolley’s path down the busy New York streets. Each trolley is 9" long.
fall toy auctions,” Jeanne Bertoia explained. “We also do our Bertoia
Basics events, which take place throughout that same time period, but This circa 1908 Märklin hand-
our twice-yearly Signature auctions are when we spotlight a single cranked crane car, 5" long, hand
prestigious collection.” painted, 1 gauge, with an enclosed
control cabin, sold for $19,200 (est.
Billed as “The Gentleman’s Collection at Auction,” Bertoia’s fall $7000/10,000). It features embossed
Signature sale featured the lifetime antique toy collection of Tony walls to simulate wood planks, a
Annese, who is the former president of the American Train Collector corrugated roof, a small step on the
Association and former board chairman of the Golden Glow of rear of the car’s base, and an interior
Christmas Past, a non-profit vintage Christmas collectors’ organization. that includes a boiler, bench, and
Bertoia took the opportunity to go all out bringing Annese’s collection worktable.
to the masses. “Tony’s collection made this easy. It was a lot of hard
work but so much fun,” Jeanne Bertoia stated. This circa 1908 electric Märklin
Central London Railway stee-
Bertoia held the auction at the most optimal time. “The week before ple cab engine, hand painted,
the auction the York Train Meet held by the Eastern Division Train O gauge, sold for $20,400 (est.
Collectors Association took place in York, Pennsylvania. Collectors who $8000/12,000). The 6½" long
went to that event then came to Tony’s auction. The week following the engine is green with yellow pin-
Tony Annese auction was when the Antique Toy Collectors Association striping and has hand-painted
convention took place. Collectors attending the convention came in rivets and lightning bolts painted
early to first attend Tony’s sale,” Bertoia explained. on its sides to indicate an electric
motor as well as a large headlight
A full-color glossy catalog was produced for the auction. Bertoia up front and electric control switch
Auctions chose to display Annese’s collection in its gallery with on the rear.
Christmas trees decorated and lights lit. “We had everything plugged in;
everything was lit and moving,” Bertoia explained. Annese’s signature
display of a Santa bust on a wall with 60 gift boxes tumbling down
was duplicated in the gallery. Bertoia showcased his collections to best
honor what was about to be sold, and the collectors/buyers attending
loved it.

“Tony has such an eye for beauty,” Bertoia said. “That was his
focus. He didn’t collect to fill a void or get everything ever produced
in one category. He was very discerning, collected what he loved, and
collectors loved what he chose.”

Tony Annese was and continues to be an icon in the world of toy
collecting. “He never missed an auction or show,” Bertoia said. Other
collectors knew that if Tony began bidding, it would not be an easy get.
Still, Annese’s greatest “collection” was the friends he made. “His life
revolved around his collecting friends,” Bertoia went on. “And he was
always so generous with his time, knowledge, and even his collections.”

Christmas at the Annese household meant major decorating. “He had
so many great pieces, and they would all come out for the holidays,”
Bertoia explained. “Multiple trees were decorated. Vignettes were set
up, and Tony would then host an open house for the public to come
enjoy his things.”

His decision to sell his collections was not an easy one. “His house
was full. The shelves were stuffed. It was just time for him,” Bertoia
explained.

The Tony Annese collection can be broken down into several
categories, with each producing auction highlights. First are the
Christmas pieces. In press material for the auction, Annese explained
that his passion began in the 1980s when he bought some items from
Department 56, a manufacturer of holiday collectibles. In the 1990s
he gave these away to friends and relatives after discovering antique
Christmas pieces. Annese then became involved with the Golden Glow
of Christmas Past club and was later elected chairman of its board.

Annese said he enjoys the Christmas category because the holiday is
“such a strong part of American culture. Every manufacturer, no matter
what they produced, had some sort of Christmas items. You might say
it’s the ultimate crossover.” His favorite pieces? “I love the clockwork
Santa nodders, especially the ones with glass eyes and rosy-cheeked
faces. Christmas store displays and lighting are also a big part of my
collection, as are Christmas ornaments.”

A 20" high nodding Santa on a flocked nodding donkey sold with
buyer’s premium for $26,400 (est. $7000/10,000). Both the Santa and

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donkey are clockwork and nod their heads. As I would always put these figures around the

the donkey nods, the ears on a pivot move back trains displayed in my home.”

and forth. A set of Heyde railroad and civilian figures,

A 15" high nodding polar bear ridden by 22 pieces total, sold for $3600 (est. $250/400),

Santa sold for $24,000 (est. $5000/7500). The while a four-piece Pfeiffer set of Edwardian

key-wind nodder polar bear is covered in white figures from 1914 that includes a father,

fur and has brown eyes. The composition mother, boy, and girl, each about 4" tall, sold

Santa with a rabbit-fur beard sits on a Dresden- for $4200 (est. $3000/5000).

trimmed blanket and has a basket on his back Cast-iron transportation toys also are part

and a feather tree in hand. of Annese’s collection, with his favorites

Annese’s name is Tony Annese was being anything with movement.
synonymous with collecting “Fire toys from the 1880s and

the best Märklin trains and and continues 1890s—the spectacular hook
accessories available. He to be an icon in and ladders, hose reels, with all
stated, “One of the greatest the things going on inside and

trains in my Märklin train the world of toy outside of the vehicles—have
collection is the American collecting. such a feeling of movement
Eagle set. The locomotive’s to them,” he said. “Pratt and

This Märklin wing-roof ticket station sold for $24,000 (est. design is very early, probably Letchworth toys, especially,
$30,000/40,000). The 1-gauge passenger platform has a multisec-
tion corrugated roof with ornate trim work done in dark blue predating its actual production have this quality with their
and gold as well as curved supports underneath in a lighter blue.
The base is dark green and includes two benches, a small buffet date. It has a dramatic look, with a big galloping horses and firemen holding onto
building with ordering windows, and a small round ticket shed for
housing a candle. The base of the station measures 12½" x 14½". cowcatcher and smokestack.” ladders for dear life.”

Heyde railroad figures are favorites of collector Tony Annese. This set That American Eagle passenger set sold for A circa 1900 Pratt and Letchworth, Buffalo,
includes railroad workers and townspeople, 22 pieces, each over 1½"
high, and it sold for $3600 (est. $250/400). $52,800 (est. $30,000/50,000). The circa 1900 New York, hose reel, 16½" long, an early

Elastolin zoological park four-piece set, with figures of a gauge 1 hand-painted set featured eagle cars version with wide spokes on the wheels, all
father, mother, boy, and girl, each nearly 4" high, $2160 (est.
$2000/3000). in classic orange and blue colors, platforms original with both figures and great paint, sold

Nearly 4" tall Pfeiffer Edwardian figures, 1914, including a and steps at each end, drop-link for $9600 (est. $3000/5000).
father, mother, boy, and girl, $4200 (est. $3000/5000).
couplers, and cast-iron wheels. It Another interest of Annese’s was

was led by an American outline lithographed paper on wood toys and games.

4-4-0 locomotive with many His collection is known for pieces being in

trimmings and parts not used on fantastic condition. “For me, the big brand

Märklin’s other locomotives. was always McLoughlin. The colors on their

The top Märklin lot was a Third toys had a quality and depth of color that

Avenue trolley set featuring two was unmatched. They were special in that

rare American market trolleys, they portrayed everyday life. A McLoughlin

electric, hand painted, gauge game might portray people at Coney Island—

O, both marked “Third Avenue Gibson Girls and men in straw boaters. Their

RR Co.” Both were also painted toys weren’t about governors or generals;

orange and brown just like some they were about the regular people who might

of the actual Third Avenue hop on a horse-drawn trolley and ride it to

Railway trolleys that operated in an amusement park at the end of the line.”

Manhattan and the Bronx from Annese’s collection included horse-drawn fire

1852 to 1948. Each is 9" long, and they sold wagons, stagecoaches, trolleys, circus cages,

together for $72,000 (est. $25,000/45,000). battleships, boats, and buildings. His favorite?

And as much as Annese loved the Märklin “McLoughlin Christmas games rank very high

trains, he loved the company’s accessories on my list.”

even more, especially the railway and civilian A 27" long Reed’s Band Chariot wagon,

figures. Annese explained, “Märklin always an extremely detailed and elaborate paper on

paid great attention to the details, and that’s wood toy with delicate paper figures that slide

why collectors consider them the best of the into slots on the wooden set, all original, sold

best. They sold a plethora of items to go with for $6000 (est. $2500/3500). A McLoughlin

their trains, including bridges, pedestrian Punch and Judy Ten Pins game, copyright

crossovers, lampposts, various signals and 1902, featuring a beautiful box containing ten

signs, and many figures. With their stations, stand-up paper lithograph on wood figurals,

you can peer through windows and see typical sold for $3900 (est. $2500/3000).

train station waiting room furnishings inside. But for “Wow” factor in this category, it was

Their stations can be dressed up with all sorts hard to beat the carousel elephant platform pull

of accessories—street lamps and signs for the toy made of carved hardwood with polychrome

roadside. You can create an entire European paint. Possibly by Philadelphia Toboggan Co.,

village around a Märklin train station. I have this toy was an impressive 25" high x 32" long,

an elaborate Märklin bridge reminiscent of and it sold for $28,800 (est. $20,000/30,000).

the metal architecture seen in the Eiffel Tower There was standing-room-only attendance

and, to a lesser extent, the Brooklyn Bridge. To for the event, and every phone line was lit

my eye, it appears that they were influenced throughout the sale. The selling of the Tony

that way, and they’re very appealing to me,” Annese collection will be talked about for

he said. some time. “Legendary is how I like to

A Märklin Versailles cafe station made for reference Tony’s collection,” Jeanne Bertoia

the French market features a weathervane stated. “Tony was, and still is, a historian, and

mounted on top of a clock tower lined with his passion has now been passed on to others,

cast trim work, a corrugated dome roof, and not that he has stopped being involved.”

colorful embossed stone walls. It has a ticket Jeanne Bertoia explained, “Tony was at the

booth inside the main passageway and cafe Allentown Toy Show [November 2, 2019], and

seating outside under a delicate roof offering he said how fun it was to talk to collectors who

protection. All are done in bold colors. This bought some of his things. And yes, he loves

base is 12" x 16½", and the station sold for what he collects, but if I have learned anything

$31,200 (est. $15,000/25,000). about Tony Annese through this experience,

Any great train display has to include I feel it is the connection with his fellow

railway and civilian figures, and Annese is a collectors that he cherishes the most.”

huge fan of these. “I’ve always loved these For more information, contact Bertoia

sorts of figures. They bring any diorama or Auctions at (856) 692-1881 or see the website

display to life, especially the European ones,” (www.bertoiaauctions.com).

Annese said. “The figures show people in

activities you would see at a typical train

station—someone walking with a newspaper

under their arm or holding flowers, a mother

holding a child, or a person running to catch

a train. Heyde figures are the ones I like best,

both the boxed sets and individual figures.

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Made for the American market, this circa 1906 clockwork Märklin Limited Vesti- This circa 1906 clockwork O-gauge Märklin Royal Blue Limited hand-painted pas-
bule Express set, hand painted, gauge 2, sold for $45,600 (est. $15,000/20,000). The senger set sold for $24,000 (est. $20,000/30,000). The complete set includes a combine
locomotive features a cowcatcher, headlamp, nickel-plated bell, and three-window car, coach, and observation car and Märklin “D” loco with a 0-4-2 wheel arrange-
ment, cowcatcher, bell, and larger tender with tool box. This particular version of the
cab. This was an early version of the locomotive, as the fender did not cover the top set features cars made specifically for the American market rather than European
cars painted to be sold in the United States. The locomotive and tender measure 12½"
of the wheels. The cars were specially made for the American market and share no long.
European counterparts. This is one of the few sets that Märklin made differently in
each gauge. The locomotive and tender measure 17" long.

The beautiful coloration and attention
to detail of this Märklin Versailles cafe
station helped it sell for $31,200 (est.
$15,000/25,000). This 1-gauge station,
marked for the French market, fea-

tures a weathervane mounted on top

of the clock tower lined with cast trim

work, a corrugated dome roof, colorful

embossed stone walls with a ticket

booth inside the main passageway, and

cafe seating outside under a delicate
roof offering protection. The base of
this cafe measures 12" x 16½".

This hand-painted 1-gauge Märklin Schlitz beer car is highly
sought after, according to Tony Annese. With vertical lines
painted on the ends of the car simulating wood paneling and

opening doors with hand-painted hinges, and featuring the

Schlitz logo that depicts the globe adorned with a Schlitz sash,

this 9" long car sold for $31,200 (est. $18,000/24,000).

This clockwork 1-gauge hand-painted
Märklin District Railway tram set that
mimics the London Subway sold for
$31,200 (est. $40,000/70,000). Bertoia’s
catalog explains, “Märklin used beautifully
painted gauge 2 coach bodies on unique
gauge 1 trucks to create these oversized
cars.” The end of each car has small knobs
near the roof that slide the doors open to
let commuters board. The powered tram
has a large clockwork mechanism horizon-
tally mounted underneath, and a system
of brass gears runs to the powered truck,
where a spider gear contacts a gear that
simultaneously turns both axles on the
truck. Each tram is 15" long.

Made only for the American market, this 1-gauge Märklin
“Paterson” station is an interpretation of the station in Paterson,

New Jersey. It has hand-painted yellow brick walls with layers of

orange brick and gray stone around the windows, opening doors,
and green window frames, and the ticket and telegraph office
booth is attached to the front facade. With a base that measures
16½" x 8½", this station sold for $28,800 (est. $20,000/30,000).

Containing its original functional steam-fired furnace This hand-painted 1-gauge Märklin Congressional Limited passenger set made specifically
and wick to provide heat for the attached passenger cars, for the American market sold for $26,400 (est. $18,000/26,000). With cars painted in white
this hand-painted 1-gauge Märklin Heizwagen heating with gold detailing, the complete set with a combine car, one coach, and the hard-to-find
car sold for $28,800 (est. $15,000/25,000). The unusual- observation car is pulled by a 0-4-2 locomotive with a cowcatcher and bell. The locomotive
looking car has a platform on one end and two large
opening doors on each side, and the small raised section and tender are 18" long.
in the roof has an opening for smoke from the burner to
pass through. The car is painted turquoise with orange
trim around the windows. Märklin made these 7" long
cars only in gauge 1.

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One of the most detailed paper on wood toys, the Reed’s Band Chariot sold This Pratt and Letchworth hose reel, Buffalo, New York, circa 1900, is the
for $6000 (est. $2500/3500). It features all-original delicate paper figures that hard-to-find early version of this hose reel with wide spokes. At 16½" long, it
slide into slots on the wooden seats. This bandwagon measures an impressive sold for $9600 (est. $3000/5000).

27" long.

Highly stylized and built for speed, this hard-to-find larger version of the battery-operated
M.K. Japan rocket speedboat sold for $3600 (est. $1400/1800). The motor is marked “TMY,”

and the boat measures 36" long.

This circa 1885 Connecticut Ives Palace architectural still bank Made in Germany and boasting both beautiful form and use
boasts one of the most in-depth castings. This attractive 8¼" wide
architectural still bank sold for $5400 (est. $3000/5000). of color, this 19" long nodding camel skittles set with Arabian
figures sold for $4500 (est. $4000/6000). The nodding-head
The clockwork O-gauge Carette Vauclain locomotive and matching eight-wheel tender camel container is filled with colorfully dressed men that form
are decorated with an extensive network of steam pipes, nickel-plated handrails and side the nine pins. The set retains a partial decal on the base of the
rods, and various other realistic appointments throughout the hand-painted red, green,
and gold bodies. The locomotive and tender measure 17" long and sold for $18,000 (est. container that reads “D.R.G.M. 935 996 Made in Germany.”
$15,000/25,000).

Creative whimsical forms make up this vegetable people skittles set that sold for $8400 (est. It’s not too far of a stretch to describe this carved polychrome-
painted hardwood pull toy of a carousel elephant as spectacular.
$3000/5000). The composition head of cabbage with a top opening panel is used for storing the At an impressive 25" high x 32" long, this early 1900s elephant,
vegetable people figures that come in an assortment of shapes, colors, and facial animations. possibly Philadelphia Toboggan Co., rides on top of a paint-dec-
The container is 14" high x 17" wide, and the figures are 10" high. orated platform and wears its original factory paint and a color-
ful blanket. Add in the elephant’s billowy ears, a ridged trunk,
and great detail and color throughout, and it’s not a surprise that
this toy sold for $28,800 (est. $20,000/30,000).

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McLoughlin Bros. toys are a favorite with collector Tony Annese.

This copyright 1902 Punch and Judy Ten Pins game has a beau-
tiful box containing ten colorful figural stand-up lithographed
paper on wood pieces. The box is 22½" long. The set sold for

$3900 (est. $2500/3000).

Impressive at 20" high, this Santa on a donkey This colorful Pennsylvania redware
sold for $26,400 (est. $7000/10,000). The furry belsnickel, 11" high, with a detailed
key-wind donkey nods its head while the ears face and holding a sack full of
move back and forth. Santa is also a clockwork Christmas toys sold for $15,600 (est.
nodder. $2500/3000).

This 15" high key-wind nodder polar bear carry-
ing Santa sold for $24,000 (est. $5000/7500). The
white fur-covered polar bear with its big brown
glass eyes and Santa riding on top makes for a
fantastic visual. The composition Santa with a
rabbit-fur beard, basket on his back, and feather
tree in his hand sealed the deal.

This die-cut Santa Claus driving an early automobile This key-wind nodder composition 25" high Santa
with a cherub and a large load of toys sold for $4800 (est. has a magnificent face, with an unusual open
$1200/1800). The card is embossed and well detailed with mouth showing his teeth, a rabbit-fur beard, and
good strong color throughout and is 21" high. Framed it is blue glass eyes. Santa wears a red robe with brown
25" x 16". rabbit-fur trim and holds a paper feather tree
trimmed with candles and decorations in his right
hand and has a sack of Erzgebirge toys. This Santa
sold for $19,200 (est. $3000/5000).

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Hilliard & Co. Auctioneers, Madison, Virginia

Boston Highboy and Lowboy Lead at Hilliard

by Walter C. Newman
Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co. Auctioneers

Hilliard & Co. held a fall catalog sale at its Madison, Virginia, This circa 1740 William and Mary lowboy from This two-part William and Mary highboy
gallery on October 12, 2019. The sale consisted of 331 lots Boston, 31" x 32" x 17¾", is constructed of walnut, is a companion piece and a near match
representing a wide variety of material from all categories. with poplar and white pine secondary woods. The top for the lowboy. Its primary wood is
Notable among the offerings were 80 lots consigned by the is rectangular, with a molded edge. The case features mahogany, with poplar and white pine
descendants of Jonathan Winship III (1780-1843), a Massachusetts a shallow center drawer flanked by deeper square secondary woods. The upper case features
entrepreneur and sailor. The Hilliard catalog offered a thumbnail drawers. The drawers are faced with burl veneer and a convex-molded cornice that conceals
sketch of Winship’s adventures. In the early 19th century Winship framed with herringbone banding on three sides. The a shallow full-width drawer above two
and his brothers sailed the family’s trading vessel into the Pacific drawer openings are framed on three sides with a deep short drawers over three graduated
Ocean. They are credited with the first sea entry into northern double scratchbead. The boldly shaped apron has drawers. The lower section has a shallow
California’s Humboldt Bay in 1806. They later involved themselves acorn-form drop pendants. The legs are turned and center drawer flanked by two deep square
with King Kamehameha of Hawaii in negotiations to unify the joined by a scrolled X-shape stretcher. The pulls are drawers. The drawers are constructed
islands. During the War of 1812, when the British fleet pushed the replacements, and there has been some restoration. with banding and veneers identical to
Winships out of the Pacific, Jonathan took refuge in Canton, China. The lowboy sold to an Internet bidder for $1968 those of the lowboy. However, the drawer
While there he took up the study of horticulture, and upon his (est. $1500/2500). Winship collection. openings on this piece are framed by
return to the United States he helped establish the Massachusetts applied moldings, and the shaped apron
Horticultural Society. The Winship collection lots sold well. does not have dropped pendants. The
turned legs are joined by a scroll-cut box
It is not surprising that there continues to be no clear barometer stretcher. This highboy sold for $3444 (est.
$3000/4000) to the same Internet bidder as
There continues to be no clear the lowboy. Winship collection.
barometer to predict sales within
the world of traditional antiques. This circa 1780 Chippendale-style slant-front desk

to predict sales within the world of traditional antiques. Most of is believed to be from Henry County in southside
the furniture lots offered at the Hilliard sale found new homes, but
with few exceptions they were hammered down at the lower end Virginia. It is constructed of black walnut, with
of their estimate ranges. A very nice 1810-15 Sheraton mahogany
card table from the North Shore of Massachusetts brought $233.70 yellow pine, walnut, and tulip poplar secondary
(including buyer’s premium) against the $200/300 estimate. A
1760-70 New England Chippendale-style side chair in cherry sold woods. The desk opens to reveal a center prospect
for $236 (est. $200/300), and a very nice 18th-century tiger maple
drop-leaf table from eastern Massachusetts made only $492, well door that conceals a single compartment with a
below its $800/1200 estimate.
small drawer. The prospect section is flanked by sets of three valanced pigeonholes over single short
High lots of the day came from among the furniture offerings.
Two pieces of circa 1740 William and Mary case furniture, a nearly drawers. The lower portion consists of four graduated long drawers. The case is raised on straight
matched highboy and a lowboy, both cataloged as having a Boston
origin sold for $3444 and $1968 respectively. bracket feet with distinctive circular cutout spurs, hinting that the maker may have been influenced

One category that seemed to experience surprising weakness by Pennsylvania styles. The 45½" x 42" x 22½" desk sold for $1416 (est. $2000/3000). One intriguing
was sterling silver. For several years we have become accustomed
to seeing silver sold at or near its “melt value.” With only a few feature of this desk is that the internal portion of the prospect compartment is constructed so as to
exceptions, the sterling silver items at this sale sold at an even more
noticeable discount. allow its removal, revealing a secret compartment. Its contents, if any, are unknown. No one at the sale

For additional information, contact Hilliard & Co. at (540) 317- was able to open it. ☞
1947 or visit the website (www.hilliardandco.com).

This early
19th-century
Federal-style
game table
is attributed
to the school
of Samuel
McIntire (1757-1811)
and is possibly by his son,
Samuel Field McIntire
(1780-1819). The mahogany
table has a folding
top supported by
a heavily carved
central pedestal.
The spaces
between the
scrolling leaf
carvings on the pedestal are
decorated with stamped star-like
designs. That design is associated
with the elder McIntire. The
scrolling legs terminate with brass
lion-paw feet and casters. The table
is 29" x 36" x 17¾" (folded). The
top is detached, and there have been
some make-do reinforcements to
the base and legs. The table sold
for $590 (est. $1000/1500).
Winship collection.

Maine Antique Digest, January 2020 159

AFUECATUIORNE This pleasing little 19th-century oil on canvas French portraitist
still life sold to a left bid for $177 (est. $100/200). Adèle Grasset was
This small Hudson River school oil on canvas by The image is composed of peaches and grapes active during the
Jervis McEntee (1828-1891) depicts a lone hunter arranged on a dark background. The canvas first half of the 19th
walking through a field with his dog. There are has been laid on board. There is no apparent century. This portrait
several buildings in the background, with hills signature or date. The 9½" x 11½" (sight size) of an unidentified
beyond. The 5¾" x 9½" (sight size) painting is in painting is in a period gilt gesso frame. young man is signed
a wide gilt gesso frame. The artist’s monogram
“JME” is found lower left, along with a date that and dated “1830.”
appears to be 1887. The nice little painting sold to Grasset is known to
an Internet bidder for $1722 (est. $2000/3000). have been a student

of the Italian-

born French artist

François Gérard

(1770-1837), who

was himself closely

associated with

Napoleon Bonaparte

and his court. This

15" x 12½" portrait

has been professionally cleaned and relined.

It sold for $1180 (est. $2000/3000).

This 16⅝" x 22⅝" toleware tray from the Silversmith and designer Gundorph The coin silver water pitcher by
19th century features outward mitered Boston silversmiths Jones, Lows
corners with gilt edges, an Albertus (Danish, 1887-1969) enjoyed & Ball (active 1835-41) displays
apple-green ground, and a scrolled handle, a leaf-form
decoration of a a long career with the Georg Jensen collar band, and a simple pedestal
large central firm in Copenhagen, Denmark. He foot. The 9½" high presentation
painting worked in many capacities within piece is dated October 24, 1835,
of a bird the company, rising to the head of and carries an inscription from
of paradise the Massachusetts Horticultural
amid various production following Jensen’s death Society to “Messrs. Winship of
floral elements. The Brighton…for their zealous and
tray achieved only $49.20 in 1935. This sterling silver wood- successful efforts in promoting the
(est. $60/80), selling to an cause of Horticulture.” It sold to
Internet bidder. lined cigarette box designed by a left bid for $649 (est. $400/600).
Winship collection.
The late 19th- or early 20th-century covered Albertus displays a repoussé wreath
tureen in the style of 18th-century Chinese of stylized floral and shell designs on
export wares is in the form of a chicken the lid. The 1¼" x 5⅝" x 3¾" box
and is hand painted in intricate detail. The sold to an Internet bidder for $590.40
interior is glazed in a rich turquoise. The
tureen is 10¼" high overall and not marked. (est. $600/900).
It sold to a left bid for $236 (est. $200/300).

This Chinese These four sets of 1980s brightly colored leopard-
cloisonné vase was
converted to a lamp pattern placemats with matching napkins from
during the first half luxury goods maker Hermès of Paris appear unused
of the 20th century. and are in their original packaging. The placemats
The vase displays a measure approximately 15½" x 19" and sold to an
dark blue ground
encircled by nine red Internet buyer for $270.60 (est. $200/400).
stripes decorated in
cloisonné with various This pair of Neoclassical-style turned and
figures, including carved wooden plant stands proved to be
flowers, dragons, something of a surprise. The 44½" high stands
scholar objects, and appear to be in excellent condition and sold to
phoenixes. The vase an Internet bidder for $738 (est. $150/250).
portion of the lamp is
12¼" high, including
its circular wooden
base. It sold for
$495.60 (est. $80/120).
Winship collection.

160 Maine Antique Digest, January 2020

FAEUACTTUIROEN

The Willard family of American clockmakers is well Both of these folk art watercolor and pencil on paper portraits are
known in the antiques world. Simon Willard invented dated 1846. The artist is not known. The woman is identified on the
the revolutionary “patent timepiece” in 1802. That reverse: “Born 1785 died 1858 / Nancy Allanson / 1846 / Mother

clock, commonly known as a “banjo” clock, has of Thos. Allanson.” The portrait of the man identifies him in an
become a very popular form among collectors. The inscription on the reverse: “T. Allanson / 1846 - 27½ years old /

clock offered at the Hilliard sale is a banjo clock from Father of Ellen Clark.” Both subjects are shown seated in tablet-
Aaron Willard Jr. (1783-1864), Simon’s nephew. back Windsor chairs. Each portrait appears to be in its original
rosewood and gilt frame. The man’s frame is approximately 12" x
The clock features a mahogany case, a gilt brass
acorn-form finial, and intricately painted églomisé 10". The pair sold to an Internet bidder for $541.20 (est. $300/500).
panels on the throat and base door. The painted dial

is signed “A. Willard Jr / Boston,” which dates it to

1823 or later. A distinctive attribute of Aaron Willard

Jr.’s clocks is the “base-piece,” a decorative drop
attached below the base not found on earlier Willard

banjo clocks. Measuring 41" in overall length and in
unrestored working condition, the clock sold for $2360
(est. $4000/6000). Winship collection.

The two-drawer oak library table by Gustav Stickley (1858-1942) retains its
original hammered copper hardware and its paper “guarantee” label, which
dates the table to 1907-12. In excellent condition, the 30" x 48" x 30" table
sold to a phone bidder for $885 (est. $1200/1800).

An Internet bidder won
this small (4'10" x 3'8")
antique Kazak rug for
$1722 (est. $800/1200).
Kazak is in Caucasus
region in the Eurasian
Republic of Armenia.
Kazak rugs are noted for
their intricate geometric
patterns and vibrant
colors, both present in
this example. Winship
collection.

This colorful rug/runner is cataloged as an antique Russian

Shrawan. It is likely from what is now the Republic of
Azerbaijan, an independent country in the South Caucasus
bordering the Caspian Sea. The 7'8" x 4'8" rug sold for

$590 (est. $400/600).

Maine Antique Digest, January 2020 161

Wunsch Award for Excellence

by Don Johnson

Lita Solis-Cohen, senior editor of Maine Laura Beach. Photo courtesy Lita Solis-Cohen. Architectural Digest, and Blouin Art +
Antique Digest; Laura Beach, editor- Antiques and The Arts Weekly. Auction. She authored The Art of Stephen
at-large of Antiques and The Arts Weekly; Philadelphia Inquirer from 1973 to 1993, Huneck (2004).
and Mira Nakashima, architect, designer, generations and to embrace the next wrote a syndicated antiques column for
and furniture maker at George Nakashima generation as well.” 35 newspapers, and authored appraisal Eric Wunsch stressed the value of the
Woodworkers, will be honored as the 2020 columns for Metropolitan Home. She has contributions made by the two journalists,
recipients of the Eric M. Wunsch Award From journalists to a furniture maker, also written introductions to a number of saying that the women have recorded
for Excellence in the American Arts on the 2020 recipients exemplify the broad books as well as editing Maine Antique important, interesting, and relevant
January 22 at Christie’s in New York spectrum of American decorative arts Digest: The Americana Chronicles, 30 stories regarding the fields of American
City. The Wunsch Americana Foundation within the foundation’s focus. Years of Stories, Sales, Personalities, and antiques and the decorative arts. “They
presents the annual award to individuals, Scandals (2004). are two central figures leading that
institutions, and causes that support the Solis-Cohen began her career serving charge, documenting where we’ve come
field of American decorative arts. in an educational role at the Philadelphia Beach has filled several roles at Antiques from, where we’re going,” he said.
Museum of Art from 1953 to 1973. She and The Arts Weekly, including editor,
Eric Wunsch, co-director of the wrote briefly for The Magazine Antiques since she began writing for the publication Mira Nakashima is the daughter of
foundation with his brother, Noah before being hired by Sam Pennington in in 1986. She also has been deputy editor George Nakashima (1905-1990), who
Wunsch, and father, Peter Wunsch, spoke 1975 to serve as Maine Antique Digest’s of The Magazine Antiques and has written opened his woodworking business in
highly of the recipients and their roles first staff reporter. Forty-four years later, for a number of publications, including 1945. George Nakashima Woodworkers
in the understanding and progression of she remains as senior editor. Additionally, Antiques & Fine Art, the New York Times, remains one of the best-known producers
America’s cultural history. she was the antiques writer at the of American studio furniture. Mira studied
architecture at Harvard College and
“Laura and Lita are, and have been, received a master’s degree in architecture
central to the coverage of American from Waseda University in Tokyo. She
decorative arts, of Americana, of the joined her father’s studio in 1976, serving
players of the stories, of the collectors, as vice president, designer, and shop
and the institutions for decades. To supervisor. She took over the business
acknowledge their positive contribution after her father’s death. She is the author
to the field and the ongoing support of of Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and
American decorative arts is important,” Legacy of George Nakashima (2003).
said Eric Wunsch.
“Taking on George Nakashima’s studio
“The idea to honor Mira is part of must have been incredibly overwhelming,
the foundation’s evolution in terms of and at this point in her career it’s pretty
what we aim to achieve, in terms of the universally understood she’s taken
causes we aim to support, and certainly something wonderful, sustained it, and
the story we hope to be telling, to have a evolved it into something that is her
more inclusive and comprehensive view own. Her imprint on American design,
of American arts,” he added. “It’s right American craft is hugely important,” said
to recognize the influence of previous Eric Wunsch.

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Auctioneers: William G. Smith and Kenneth R. Labnon

HUDSON NEW YORK NATIVE AMERICAN ART
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 AT 11AM

Apsaalooke [Crow] Beaded Hide Rifle Nez Perce Cornhusk Bag, From Great Lakes Quilled Hide Knife Sheath
Scabbard, From the James B. Scoville Collection the James B. Scoville Collection with Cartouche Knife, From

the James B. Scoville Collection

[email protected] WWW.STAIRGALLERIES.COM

Important Sword Sporting & Military Auction
presented by Abraham Lincoln Friday, January 24 &
in January Antique Estates Auction
Saturday, January 25 , 2020
Central Mass Auctions Inc. - 508-612-6111
Merrill’s Auction Gallery
Thursday, January 30 137 James Brown Drive, Williston, Vermont
PREVIEW: Thursday, January 23 from 1:00-5:00 pm; Friday, January 24
Auction @ 6:00 pm - Preview @ 3:00 pm – & Saturday, January 25 from 8:00 till 9:30 am, or by prior appointment.

Roseville Pottery Auction 5:30 pm Sale starts at 9:45 am each day.
267 Providence St. – Worcester, MA
Please see www.centralmassauctions.com for details and photos! Merrill’s Auctions have been commissioned to sell an extremely rare
Ulrich engraved 1886 Winchester take-down model repeating rifle in 33 WCF
(ser # 155014), Antique & Modern firearms, Military, Sporting, Native American,
Adirondack, Decoys, Taxidermy, Arts & Crafts, as well as Antique Furniture,

Art, Silver, Jewelry, Glass, China, & Collectibles from area homes.

Important sword presented by For More Information Visit
Abraham Lincoln to John Wesley
Jones, Commander of the White WWW.MERRILLSAUCTION.COM
House Guards in 1862. Colt TERMS: Major credit cards, wire transfer, cash, or approved check.
revolver, samurai sword and All Items Sold As Is With No Implied Or Expressed Warranty.
other weapons. F.S. Church and
other paintings by listed artists. Merrill’s Auctioneers & Appraisers
Several sterling silver hollowware and flatware sets. Buddha head collection and Asian
art. Cherry Smash and Ward’s Orange Crush soda fountain dispensers. Breweriana Specializing In Estate & Antique Auctions • Three Generations Selling Since 1931
and other advertising. Boston sports memorabilia. First 7 issues of the Incredible Hulk Mailing Address: PO Box 558, Williston, Vt. 05495
comic books and others. Coins, estate jewelry and much more to be listed!
Consignment Auction Gallery: 802-878-2625 e-mail: [email protected]
Terms: Cash, Visa, MasterCard, debit card, or pre-approved check. 15% Buyer’s Premium –
License #2591 - Auctioneer: Wayne Tuiskula

Phone and Absentee Bids Accepted - Call for Details
Auction is catered – Subject to errors & omissions

Please visit our website
for more pictures and details: www.centralmassauctions.com

Call to consign or sell items for upcoming auctions - 508-612-6111 or
email [email protected]

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Antiques, Clocks & Fine Art Auction | Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 11 AM

This auction will feature 350 lots of antiques, art glass, fine art and lighting, including art glass by Tiffany Studios, Steuben
and Quezal, 19th & 20th century lighting by Tiffany Studios, Duffner & Kimberly, Handel, Pairpoint, Wilkinson, Unique and
Suess, cameo glass, leaded glass windows, fine clocks & music boxes, paintings, Royal Vienna & KPM porcelains, gold &

diamond jewelry, fine silver, bronze & marble statuary, Black Forest items, plus related accessories.

Previews: Friday 10 AM - 5 PM | Saturday 8 AM - 11 AM

For Full Lot Descriptions,
Photos & Terms of Sale,
Please Visit Our Website

www.FontainesAuction.com

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For Full Lot Descriptions,
Photos & Terms of Sale,
Please Visit Our Website

www.FontainesAuction.com

A+ 1485 West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201 (Route 20)
Phone: 413-448-8922 • Fax: 413-442-1550 • Email: [email protected]

AUCTIONEER: JOHN FONTAINE, Mass. Auctioneers License #327 SINCE 1973

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Southern Folk Pottery ColleCtorS SoCiety

Sale Fifty-two Biannual Fully illustrated color catalog available.
Absentee Auction Past reference auction catalogs
available upon request.

The Society has nearly thirty years offering some of the South’s most
prestigious, rarest, interesting, and important pottery by way of some 19,000 pieces.

Presenting

“Twists and Turns:
Redware decorated plate: Unknowns to Unusuals”

Loy family, ca. early 1800s
Alamance County,
North Carolina

Rare mustachioed face jug, Rare cobalt decorated
ca. 1920s storage jar, ca. 1850

Browns Pottery, W.N. Craven
Western, North Carolina Randolph County,

North Carolina

Second known alkaline Cheever Meaders rare 1950s Signed Dave LM Rare redware face
glaze face vessel ash glaze face jug June 15 1859 jug, ca. 1850
ca. 1859-60 Northeast
Georgia’s family potting dynasty Edgefield South
Attributed Odom & Turnley Carolina’s Master Potter New York State
Pottery Knox Hill, Florida

220 Washington Street, Bennett, North Carolina 27208 • 336 581-4246 •[email protected] • www. southernfolkpotterysociety.com • NCAF#5902
Bidding through December • Posted results on website in January

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American Indian and Western Art Maine Antique Digest.
Live+Online April 10, 2020
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513.871.1670 x215 Apsaalooke (Crow) Child’s Call or e-mail today and see what we can do for you.
6270 Este Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45232 Beaded Wool Shirt; Sold for $53,125
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Diamond ring in Advance Notice
platinum 2.31 ct.

Annual Winter Estates Auction
Saturday and Sunday, January 4 and 5, 2020
Day 1: 12:00 noon • Day 2: 1:00 pm
Louis Aston Knight (1873-
Rockland Elks Lodge, 210 Rankin St., Rockland, Maine. 1948) oil on canvas 24” x 32”
image

We are pleased to announce our annual winter Americana William Thon Early Whale Vintage
and Collectibles auction to kick off the new season. In- (1906-2000) mechanical fingered Royal
cluded are two important local estates from Camden and original bank open Crown
Thomaston along with selected fresh additions, featuring watercolor measure Cola
Early American furniture, Paintings, Jewelry, Oriental 14” x 17” Rare store tin,
rugs, Coins, Mid-century modern, French furniture, Pair of vintage American 58” tall,
Advertising and Ephemera and much more. Please join us, Eames fireplace Hepplewhite 1934
we will not disappoint you!! Bruce chairs bird’s-eye

Look for details on times and hundreds maple
of colored images on our website. Pembroke

Gold table
coins

Several lots mint Vintage ’50s kitchen set, formica Molded plywood,
certificates with and fiberglass circa 1960
consecutive
serial numbers

1847 Persian Sarouk Early pine 18 drawer cabinet
silver palace carpet Fine
dollar 9’ x 20’ weave
Persian
Early Hepplewhite BRUCE GAMAGE JR. Sarouk
stand in blue paint
ANTIQUE/ESTATE AUCTIONEER

467 MAIN ST., ROCKLAND, ME 04841

207-594-4963 • FAX 207-594-0674 E-MAIL: [email protected]

MAINE LICENSE #0480

www.gamageantiques.com

TERMS: 15% Buyer’s Premium • Checks accepted with proper I.D. or preapproval • MC/Visa/American Express • Maine sales tax of 5.5% applies
• Dealers must supply tax I.D. certificate • Auctioneer reserves the right to hold certain items until checks clear • All listings are subject to error

Multi-Estate Antique Treasure Auction Sandra Cooper
monumental

January 1, 2020 at 10 am bronze eagle
sculpture, along
with bronze eagle

Preview 8-10 am by Moigniez?
This is one of the

at the Great Northern Mall, 4155 St. Rte. 31, Clay, NY 13041 largest estate one
owner collections

Jewelry consisting of 10K, 14K & Playboy For updated list, go to Auctionzip.com for photos, ID #3542 of eagle bronzes, Handel signed 18” reverse painted
platinum rings, earrings and bracelets collection wood carving, sunset shade with forest and
with diamonds, emeralds, pearls, cameos, 1953-2015, or LiveAuctioneers.com to bid online. sculpture, beautiful signed base + shade.
aquamarine, and rubies. One of the best Marilyn paintings, inlaid
jewelry + silver collections in 49 years. Monroe (Many more items to be listed) pieces and much
Vol. 1, #1, Phone and absentee bids will be accepted. more from
collected antique to contemporary collected from an
by a late Brief highlights of Antiques and Art estate of a Syracuse fireman.
Syracuse collected from area estates over the last 6 months.
fireman. In addition we also have more Skaneateles Historical items from the Rare child’s
Talcott descendants in this January’s auction. Over 600 multiple lots! 1890s rocking
horse + photo

Tiffany & Co. 18K Gold key Gold Coins + 1000s of Photos signed by child’s owner.
wind pocket watch Serial #11063. estate first time ever, to Elvis Presley while This rare
include $50 1-ounce Gold he was in boot hand painted
Buckle & belt, cartridge box + eagle Buffalo + more gold coins for sale American & foreign antique coins. camp. Never seen + stenciled
plate; Springfield bayonet + scabbard; before for sale until rocking wooden
bull’s-eye canteen; snake effigy sword now, from a fellow carved horse
belt (possibly Confederate + other misc. soldier’s scrap suspends on 2
See website). 2 brothers served together book with 100s of large handmade
at the same time from Focus, NY. photos of him in springs. From
Afterwards William Cheetham was the the army. a Cobleskill, NY 1792 estate. Never for
Commander of the GAR in Sodus, NY. sale until now.

Estate Clock Jean de Paleologue, French artist. Large amount of paintings, prints and other Large amount of Sterling: 123-piece Over 468 A large
collection to Copeland Spode amount of
include Waltham Joists 1901 huge Circus poster mediums. Grand Baroque by Whiting flatware set “Gainsborough” estate quality
grandfather clock, pattern – 1 paintings,
quartered oak signed Lundi Decembre Exposition. with many serving pieces, Benjamin owner, doctor’s prints + other
grandfather clock, estate super mediums.
Seth Thomas wall Franklin flatware set + 100s of other collection. Estate
clock + 20 other sterling pieces. exceptional
estate nice clocks. Rare 1900s Estate collection
Gettysburg, PA laurel of 70,000 +
root table with drawer. postcards, real
This table was made photo cards,
from roots from the Halloween +
famous farm by John rare trade card albums.
Francis Reese (1831-
Over 100 pieces of nice 1916). He fought the
estate out of a local Battle of Gettysburg.
home with beautiful Check LiveAuctioneers
Iroquois Auctionfurnitureincludingan for more info on the
family of this table.
1830s tiger + bird’s-eye
maple slant front desk,
highly carved tiger head Gerald Petro, Auctioneer and Appraiser
slant front + much more.
Est. 1971

P.O. Box 736, Brewerton, NY 13029

Office: 315-668-2346 • Cell: 315-561-9777

[email protected]

Buyer’s note: 10% Buyer’s Premium; 20% Buyer’s Premium for LiveAuctioneers.com

Phone and absentee bidders welcome.

Security: Live police officer on-site sale day • 24-hour Sentra closed-circuit TV system. 1890s American leaded window collection,
more than 15 different windows.
All statements made sale day take precedence over printed matter • 24-hour security.
Directions: Clay is near Syracuse, NY: take NYS Thruway (I-90) to Exit 36 to Rt. 481 North, then to Exit 12 and you are there.

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Our Annual New Year’s Day Estates Auction
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

At Foster’s Auction Gallery, 811 U.S. Rt. 1, Newcastle, ME. Orientalia
Visit our website at www.fosterauctions.com for complete listing and color pics.
Preview Tuesday, December 31, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and morning of sale 8:00 to 9:45 a.m. Max Kuehne
Signed
Auctioneer’s Note: Each year we save some Rare Santa Maria
of the finest & most interesting items, for aquamarine 6.78 ct. Max Kuehne
this special auction. Items drawn from private coffee table
homes & estates throughout Maine, together w/dias.
with selected additions. We hope you will join
us! In the event of a severe, impassable storm, Collection of Vern G. Broe paintings Painting attrib. to Solon F.M. Badger
auction to be held the following day, Thursday,
January 2, at 1:00 p.m. 1852 Selection of sterling silver Rare Thomas Willis silk picture of ship
Naval sword "Wiscasset"
Sale to include: Early furniture incl. Penn. cherry
10 dwr. chest, etc. Victorian furniture incl. choice ROBERT L. FOSTER Antique
oak corner cab., Custom & Vintage furniture, Mid rosewood
Cent. Modern incl. signed Max Kuehne coffee table, AUCTIONEER & APPRAISER-LIC. NO. AUC 157, Chinese
Accessories of all types, Glass & China, Ptgs. incl. 811 U.S. Rt. l, P.O. Box 203, Newcastle, Maine 04553 altar table
Fine ship ptg. of “Skylark” attrib. to Solon F.M. Badger
35" x 23", Thomas Willis silk embroidered ship portrait Auction Gallery 207-563-8110 • Fax us at 207-563-6590
of “Wiscasset” 35" x 21", Max Kuehne o/wood of E-mail: [email protected]
sailboats 9" x 7¼", Collection of fine marine ptgs. by
Vernon George Broe & others, Prints incl. Le Corbusier
litho. in colors “Modular,” Sterling silver incl. Tea
sets/Flatware sets etc., Nice selection of gold & silver
jewelry incl. 6.78 ct. Santa Maria mine aquamarine
ring, 14k 1 ct. center stone multi dia. pendant, etc.,
Coins incl. nice selection of estate gold & silver coins
incl. 1898-S ms-62 $20 gold etc., Oriental rugs & other
rugs, Clocks, Lamps, Tools, Weapons, Nice nautical
items, Children’s items incl. Britains & ant. dolls
etc., Nice selection of Orientalia in all categories incl.
Rosewood hat cabinet/porcelain etc., Bronzes, Decoys,
Indian rugs & blankets, Fur coats, Dan J. Peterman
life size wood sculptures of women etc. & many other
items of interest. TERMS: Cash or approved check.
Everything sold as is. A buyer’s premium of 15% will
be applied to all purchases, payable by the buyer, as
part of the purchase price. We accept Visa, Master &
Discover Cards.

Knoxville (865) 558-3033 www.caseantiques.com
Nashville (615) 812-6096 [email protected]

Fine Art & Antiques Auction Sat. & Sun. JAN. 25-26, 2020 Knoxville, TN

Bracelet with Diamonds (8 ct t.w.) and Emeralds (7 ct t.w.)

Whiting Golf Trophy E. Galloway, Paducah, KY
William Edmondson “Preacher”
Extensive Exhibition History

Carroll Cloar

A. Clemens 4.85 carat
Civil War Cavalry Guidon, 19th Ohio Sand Art Bottle Teco Jardiniere GIA SI1, F Andrew Jackson/Ambrister & Arbuthnot Pistols

Live, phone, absentee, and online bidding available. Catalog at www.caseantiques.com.

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Stephenson’s Auction

NEW YEAR’S ANTIQUES & DECORATIVE ARTS AUCTION

Wednesday January 1, 2020 – 11am

Chinese Export Armorial porcelain

Carousel Jumper horse

Paulette Van Roekens oil/canvas
“Lilies and Fruit”

Platinum and diamond
wedding ring set

Arthur Meltzer oil/canvas
“Brass and Glass”

14k gold and diamond necklace Emerald, diamond
and 18k gold necklace

Three Native American silver
and turquoise cuff bracelets

Life-size brass storks on Lucite bases

Keith Haring
signed and dated ’83 poster

Two 14k gold and diamond nugget rings Art Journals, D. Appleton & Co.
1875-1886

Keith Haring art covers with vinyl records

Torino (Italy) Harry Bertoia for Knoll wire “Diamond” lounge chairs
Robot lamp
Korean Tansu chest

Inspections Stephenson’s Auction
1005 Industial Blvd., Southampton, PA 18966
Monday, December 30 ~ 2 to 6 PM 215 322-6182 • [email protected]
Tuesday, December 31 ~ 1 to 4 PM
Wednesday, January 1 – 10 AM to Start of Auction at 11 AM StephensonsAuction.com
AH-000130
ON-LINE AT LIVEAUCTIONEERS, INVALUABLE, AUCTIONZIP
20% buyer’s premium in-house, 25% on-line

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PUBLIC AUCTION

Friday, January 31 • 4pm & Saturday, February 1 • 9am

768 Greystone Rd. Manheim, PA 17545

PREVIEW: Friday, January 31 • 2:00pm-6:00pm

Friday, January 31:
Books & Furniture
Saturday, February 1:
Pottery, Oriental Porcelain, China, Glassware,
Woodenware/Folkart, Miscellaneous, Christmas/Dolls,
Metalware, Artwork, Textiles, and Rugs

INCLUDING PIECES FROM THE TEX JOHNSON COLLECTION, READING PA
*Be sure to check our website for the online, digital catalog!*

AY000253L See hessauctiongroup.com for more details. 717-664-5238 • 877-599-8894

Horst Auction Center HORST AUCTIONEERST. Glenn Thomas A.
Cataloged Antique Auction Timothy G. T. Brent
Friday, January 10, 2020 – 4 P.M. Tel. (717) 738-3080
Saturday, January 11, 2020 – 9 A.M. Fax (717) 738-2132
Featuring the Collections of Matthew T. Derek T. “VOICES OF EXPERIENCE”
Clarence & Marcia Spohn, Lititz, PA AU1767L
Dr. Steven Homyack, formerly Wernersville, PA 50 Durlach Road, Ephrata, PA 17522
& Joseph & Elizabeth Statler, Chambersburg, PA
Preview www.horstauction.com
Friday, January 10, 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Saturday, January 11, 7:00 A.M. throughout the sale *Color catalogs are available by sending $25 to
Sale to be held at the Horst Auction Center, Horst Auction Center, 50 Durlach Road, Ephrata, PA 17522;
50 Durlach Rd., Ephrata, PA 17522
(Located at the corner of Route 322 & Durlach Road, or by pickup at the Auction Center for $20.
approx. 2½ miles west of Ephrata, Lancaster County, PA) Catalog is also available on our website, www.horstauction.com.
*Live Online Bidding Available At Auctionzip.com & Invaluable.com
176 Maine Antique Digest, January 2020 *Accepted Payments: Cash or PA Check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover,
and Debit Card with 3% fee. No out of state checks without prior approval.

NO BUYER’S PREMIUM

NADEAU’SAUCTION GALLERY Annual New Year’s Day Auction

Wednesday, January 1, 2020 10:30 am

Featuring: Jewelry, Watches; 125 lots to include: Tiffany, engagement diamond rings 1-4 carats Preview times:
each, Champagne diamond, Canary diamond, Marianne Ostier, 15 carat diamond bracelet, 14K Saturday 12/28/19 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
gold pocket watches, 21 watches, 5 Rolex, Patek Philippe, Movado, Breitling etc., Arnold, Ostertag Monday 12/30/19 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Purse; Bronzes, Porcelain, Decorative Accessories to include: 2 Harriet Frishmuth, Richier, Tuesday 12/31/19 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Chenets, Herend, Vienna, Sevres, Tiffany, 2 Basaldella, 2 Kieff Grediaga, 2 Ahmad Al-Shaikhly, Wednesday 1/01/20 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (auction start time)
Daum, sterling flatware sets, Tiffany sterling, Lalique, Buccellati, Chamberlains Worcester Armorial
set, Steuben, Loetz, 25 pieces rock crystal, La Verre, Galle, Rookwood, Weller, Amphora, Korbel, Giorgio De Chirico oil on canvas 20” x 24” Bridget Tichenor oil on
Mercie, Meissen, 4 music boxes, 5 hanging chandeliers, Chinese export, malachite, 5 Omaini, David board 8” x 12”
Anderson, 2 Leonardo Nierman, James Butler, Belleek, Di Vilbiss, Webb, 2 Robert Longhurst,
four season bronze set, Ludwig Wolpert; Furnishings to include: Margolis, Charles Post, Gillows,
George Jacob, 2 Steinway pianos, Francois Reizell, Boulle, Fidelys Schey, Eldred Wheeler, Dimes,
French and Continental Gueridon, specimen top pieces, Martin Dodge, E.J. Victor; Paintings to
include: Giorgio DeChirico, Bridget Tichenor, 2 Edward Gorey, 2 Charles Addams, 2 Michael
Kuczer, 6 C.E. Porter, 5 Berthelsen, Denaro, Kahn, Hermann Murphy, Gifford Beal, Rauschenberg,
Sol LeWitt, Nelson Moore, Lemuel Eldred, Bombois, Audubon, 3 Sheldon, Edward Curtis, 2 Arthur
Diehl, 7 Wayne Morrell oil on canvas, 3 Neil Welliver, Zlem, 2 Peterdi, sets of Basilius Besler, 4
William Walker, Jean Hugo, 2 N.A. Moore, Jerome Myers, 2 Ernest Lawson, Hirschfeld, Miro,
Stephen Shore, Shumaker; Rugs and Carpets to include: Sarouk, Oushak Kazuin, Heriz, 4 Kirman,
Laview, Peking and much more drawn from various estates in Manhattan and Connecticut, including
Credit Suisse Americana Collection et al., Ida Cion Estate 1989, sold Nadeau’s Auction Gallery
1989, Estate of Hyla Berson Bloomfield, CT, An Estate from 5th Avenue, New York, Estate from
Sutton Place, N.Y. name withheld by request, Estate of Deborah Black, Greenwich, CT. and Estate
from Sutton Place townhouse N.Y. name withheld by request, Estate of Kenneth Jay Lane, Estate
of Eileen Slocum, located in the Harold Brown Villa in Newport, R.I.

Harriet

Frishmuth

bronze,

1 of 2

William Walker oil on board 6” x 11 1/2”, 1 of 4

Sol LeWitt
gouache
41” x 8”

C.E. Porter oil on canvas, 20” x 29”, C.E. Porter oil on canvas 20” x 24”,
1 of 6 1 of 6

Platinum, 14K, 3.12 Carat
21/2” x 21/4” Center

3.8 carat Platinum Approximately
diamond 15 carats

18K Rolex, 1 of Louis XIV Bronze Chenets
21 Watches

Laurence Campbell oil on canvas
16” x 20”

Charles Post 2 of 12 Royal Worcester
(Margolis) Wd 32” Bagnall Dia 10 3/8”

Meissen
100 Pieces

Gino Sarfatti Charles Post (Margolis) Specimen top, attributed to
Arteluce
Ht 63” Gillows
A ABid live at Liveauctioneers • Bidsquare.com • Invaluable.com
NadeausAuction.com

25 MEADOW RD., WINDSOR CT 06095 • 860-246-2444 or 524-8666 • [email protected]

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HUDSON VALLEY AUCTIONEERS llc

New Year’s Day Auction Early 19th century Chinese Export Oil painting, Horatio Henry Couldery
Wednesday, January 1 at 1:00 pm paintings (1 of 2)

At our gallery 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York 12508 Fine quality Plycraft
Featuring a fine multi-estate auction of 350-400 lots to include items Tiffany facsimile Life-size bronze
from the estate of Peter Spielhagen, the collection of James Donovan, a
Pawling, NY estate, and vintage jewelry from various estates. Unreserved Turtle dome
and sold to the highest bidder. Plan to preview, attend, or bid online.

Terms: Cash, check, all major credit cards. PayPal not accepted. Selection Early Chinese Porcelain
Buyer’s Premium: 25% Estate German
Jewelry
Sales tax 8.125% Tax exemption requires a copy of out-of-state 17th century
certificate or verified New York State ST-120 on file. Main Franken
Workshops,
Absentee, phone bids, in-house bidding, and
online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com Wuerzburg

Previews: Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; Monday, 12-5 p.m.;
Tuesday, 12-5 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Neil Vaughn, Auctioneer Theo de Haas, Sales Manager
(914) 489-2399 (845) 480-2381

Office (845) 838-3049 • Fax (845) 831-6806

HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com

432 Main Street, Beacon, New York 12508

Estate carpets Decorative furniture Louis Vuitton steamer trunks 2 of 8 vintage Knoll

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Project board courtesy of
the Estate of Mario Buatta

AUCTION NEW YORK 23 & 24 JANUARY DOWNLOAD SOTHEBY’S APP
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OVER 900 LOTS OF DECORATIVE ARTS WITH SALE ESTIMATES RANGING FROM $500-50,000 Maine Antique Digest, January 2020 179

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A PANEL DISCUSSION:
MARIO BUATTA AND THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE STYLE IN AMERICA
THURSDAY 16 JANUARY 2:00–3:00 PM
WITH FEATURED SPEAKERS JANE CHURCHILL, EMILY EVANS EERDMANS,
AND CHARLOTTE MOSS, MODERATED BY MICHAEL DIAZ-GRIFFITH.

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Exhibitions open A New Dimension of
16 January at 2:00pm Tradition: Important
American Folk Art, Proceeds
Mario Buatta: of the Sale to Benefit a New
Prince of Interiors Folk Initiative at the Museum
Auction 23 & 24 January of Fine Arts, Boston
Auction 25 January
Triumphant Grace:
Important Americana from Important Americana
the Collection of Barbara Auction 26 January
and Arun Singh
Auction 25 January Fine Manuscript and Printed
Americana
Auction 27 January

Please join us for our

Americana Week Events

Panel Discussion: Mario Buatta and the
English Country House Style in America
72nd and York
Thursday 16 January
2:00–3:00 PM
With featured speakers Jane Churchill, Emily Evans Eerdmans,
and Charlotte Moss, moderated by Michael Diaz-Griffith.

Americana Symposium
72nd and York
Tuesday 21 January
10:00 AM–5:00 PM

Lectures on the subjects of silver, ceramics, American furniture, folk art
and needlework celebrating the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh,
and Property Sold to Benefit the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Featured speakers include Kee Il Choi Jr., Alice Dickinson, Emelie Gevalt,
Judith M. Guston, Stacy C. Hollander, Robert Lionetti, Robert Shaw,
Arun Singh, M.D., Gary R. Sullivan, and Annabel Westman.

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fewer, the cost is $25.00 minimum charge. Photographs or mechanical and still, cast iron and Collectible! Authentic originals, all
illustrations are $10 extra. (They may be furnished in any size, but tin. Collector and broker. Dr. “Z,” historic events, 1600s-20th Cen-
will not exceed 1½” in publication.) Count all words, numbers, and (248) 561-2314 EST, 1350 Kirts tury. Revolutionary War, Civil War,
standard abbreviations (etc., St., Ave., state abbreviations, ppd., #160, Troy, MI 48084-4800. Old West, Harper’s Weekly, (www.
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Estate Treasures Auction

January 15th

ONLINE PREVIEW/PRE-BID: Jan 2 - Jan 15 at nyeandcompany.com*
GALLERY PREVIEW: Jan 6 - 14, M-F 10-4, Jan 12 (Sunday) 12-4
AUCTION: Jan 15, 10am. Bid online or live at our Bloomfield, NJ location

A Rare Pair of First Period Worcester
bough pots, English, circa 1770

Oil on canvas, portrait of a young
woman, Dutch School, 16th century

A mezzotint engraving, Mr. Samuel
Adams, printed by Reck and Okey,

Newport, Rhode Island, 1775

A Chippendale carved Oil on wood panel, Pastoral Landscape
cherrywood high chest of with Figures and Animals, follower of
drawers, possibly Long Island, Philips Wouwerman

Oil on Canvas, Worshipping the Gods, New York, 1760-1780
Dutch School, 17th century

A George II silver tea pot, possibly Oil on Canvas, Snowy Landscape, Vivian A Silver Tankard, John Burt, Boston,
Channel Islands, circa 1735 Akers, (America/ Norway, 1886-1966 ) circa 1760

* Preview and bidding also available on liveauctioneers.com and Invaluable.com

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To be held in the Barry Expo Center, on the Barry County Fairgrounds at 1350 N. M-37 Nick Monios
Highway, Hastings, Michigan - go 4-1/2 miles northwest of Hastings M-37 to the sale site or
approx. 20 miles southeast of Grand Rapids on Beltline/M-37 to the auction location on:

Thursday, Friday & Saturday,
March 5, 6 & 7, 2020

For years Nick Monios collected with a mission and desire to assemble a high-end group
of Phonographs, Radios, Records, Music Boxes and related items of all types. He was a
perfectionist having the desire that his machines, and the items in his collection, were in the
condition that they were when they left the factory.

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Appraisers, & Realtors (517) 331-8150 cellular
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Cherished: American
Folk Art and Toys
from the Estate
of a Private Collector

Assembled over many decades by a sophisticated
connoisseur, this remarkable and extensive collection
comprises American paintings, folk art, samplers,
toys, mechanical banks, rugs, furniture and more.
AUCTION
January 23, 2020 at 10am
EXHIBITION
January 17-20
CATALOGUE
View and Bid at DOYLE.com

Uncle Sam Cast-Iron Bank
Shepard Hardware Co.

11” H. Est. $3,000-4,000

DOYLE AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS 175 EAST 87TH ST NEW YORK, NY 10128 212-427-2720 DOYLE.COM

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The Collection of Gerard L. Cafesjian

Saturday, January 11, 10:30AM PST

Preview: Wednesday, January 8 - Friday, January 10, 10AM-5PM
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VINTAGE POSTERS

PUBLIC AUCTION • January 25, 2020

A LIVE AUCTION EVENT IN OUR CHICAGO GALLERY

Bid in Person • Via Phone • On Line

Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.

3759 N. Ravenswood Ave. Suite 121
Chicago, IL 60613
773-472-1442

www.potterauctions.com | [email protected]

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Neal Auction
Important Winter Estates Auction
February 8 & 9, 2020

Featuring Distinguished Collections of Fine American, Continental and Contemporary Paintings,
Drawings, Prints and Photography • Asian Art • Sculpture • Lighting • Silver • Art Pottery
Period Furniture and Decorative Objects • Historical Documents, Books and Maps

1. George Rodrigue (1944-2013), “Me & Spaid,” 1990, o/c, 20 x 24 in. 2. Pierre Mignard (1612-1695), “Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette,” o/c, 32 x 25 in. 3. Hunt Slonem
(b. 1951), “Cocatoos [sic],” 1987, o/c, 37 x 37 in. 4. Helen Turner (1858-1958), “Mexican Washwoman,” o/c, 16 x 14 in. 5. Jessie Hazel Arms Botke (1883-1971), “Double Blue Parrot,” o/c, 15 3/4 x 12 in.
6. Walter Anderson (1903-1965), “Three Frogs,” wc, 8 1/2 x 11 in. 7. John Vesey Bronze-Mounted Stainless-Steel Bureau Plat, c. 1960, w. 62 1/2 in. 8. Monumental Chinese Export Rose Mandarin
Porcelain Bowl, 19th c., dia. 21 in. 9. Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936), “Pirate’s Alley,” 1919, o/c, 24 1/4 x 16 in 10. American Sterling Silver Repousse Tea and Coffee Service, prob. Baltimore,
kettle-on-stand h. 16 1/2 in. 11. Pr. Ib Kofod-Larsen Teak and Leather “Elizabeth” Chairs, mid-20th c., h. 28 in. 12. Louis XVI Gilt and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock, late 18th c., Giraud a Paris, h. 23 in.

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188 Maine Antique DBiugyeers’ts,PJraenmuiuamry: 2250%20of the hammer price on each lot up to and including $200,000, plus 15% of the hammer price greater than $200,000. Neal Auction #AB-107.