OLD-FASHIONED COUNTRY SALE, PACKED WITH OVER 800 LOTS IN A WIDE ARRAY OF CATEGORIES, WILL BE HELD OCT. 15-16 IN FOUNTAIN, FLORIDA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Logan Adams
(850) 785-2577
Specialists@knology.net

OLD-FASHIONED COUNTRY SALE, PACKED WITH OVER 800 LOTS IN A WIDE ARRAY OF CATEGORIES, WILL BE HELD OCT. 15-16 IN FOUNTAIN, FLORIDA

The two-day, mostly unreserved auction will be conducted by Specialists of the South, Inc.

(FOUNTAIN, Fla.) – A good old-fashioned on-site country sale, featuring over 800 lots in just about every category imaginable, will be held Oct. 15-16 at the home of Maryland Cress, a lifelong collector, at 11421 Ivydell Road in Fountain. The auction will be held by Specialists of the South, Inc., of Panama City, Fla. Online bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com.

Fountain is located in the Florida panhandle, south of Interstate 10 and about halfway between Tallahassee and Pensacola. It’s 28 miles northeast of Panama City. It will be well worth the drive for fans of country items that have been lovingly collected for 45 years. Plus, nearly all the lots will be offered without reserve (selling to the highest bidder, regardless of final price).

The inventory of merchandise is dizzying – far too much to be contained in a one-day sale. “I’ve been collecting ever since I was 19 and I’m nearly 65 now,” remarked Ms. Cress. “Just about everything I own was bought at a yard sale, either here in Florida, or in Ohio where my husband’s brother lives. The Ohio items I purchased at Amish auctions, which are great.”

In fact, Maryland was so impressed by the Amish she had a notion to pack everything up and ship it to Ohio to let them handle the auction. Then the reality of just how much she owned set in, and she got in touch with Logan Adams of Specialists of the South. The two hit it off right away. “Good thing,” Ms. Cress said. “It would’ve taken a 40-foot container to ship all that stuff.”

The Cress collections include over 20 antique butter churns, vintage clocks (wall, desk and mantel), primitives and American furniture, Hoosier cabinets, barrister bookcases, about 16 hand-made quilts, small farm tools and hand tools, old sewing machines, art pottery (Roseville, Hull and Weller), Fenton glass, pocket knives and Bowie knives, BB guns, bayonets and more.

The ‘more’ would include old children’s games and puzzles, jelly cupboards, piano stools, old water pumps, a large collection of rooster figures, wagon wheels in a variety of sizes, cream separators, coffee grinders, older tins, cast-iron pieces (to include some banks), kitchen collectibles (canisters, salt and pepper shakers, spice racks), crocks and some silver pieces.

That’s not all. There will also be about 18 biscuit jars, 9 Tom’s and Lance’s peanut butter and cracker jars, Ironstone, Jadeite, Shawnee, Beswick, scales, inkwells, an oak icebox, desks, mirrors, cedar chests, rugs, dolls, music boxes, canes, brass, Blue Danube china (to include a service for 12, with extras and serving pieces), Fiestaware, taxidermy examples, oil lamps, marbles, horse memorabilia, comics, fire screens and sewing baskets/boxes/cabinets (to include a very nice Hepplewhite-style sewing cabinet).

“It’s just staggering to sift through all that Maryland has and have to inventory it all,” said Ms. Adams in mock exasperation. “If I wasn’t having so much fun poring through all this merchandise, it might feel a bit like work.” The auction will kick off both days at 9 a.m., with a preview both days from 7-9 a.m. The auction goes online Oct. 1, at SpecialistsoftheSouth.com.

The two Hoosier cabinets are bound to get a lot of attention. One, made around 1900, features a pull-out enamel shelf, flower mill, bread drawer, tambour lift and wire racks. The other boasts three stained glass doors and was crafted in Australia. Also sold will be an Empire china cabinet with large scrolling feet, bowed glass door and sides and shaped glass shelves.

Additional furniture pieces will include a Globe stacking wooden bookcase in three sections with double glass doors in each section (51 ¼ inches tall by 33 inches wide) and a Bennington Colchester pine roll-top desk with brass and wooden pulls (43 ¼ inches tall by 54 inches wide). Also sold will be an Eastlake wall-hung beveled mantel mirror in six sections.

Butter churns will include a staved wood rocking barrel churn on a stand shaped like a keg; and an Acme Ball churn (No. 0) made by H.H. Palmer Co., Rockford, Ill. (circa 1900); an all-metal Dazey tabletop 430B churn, dated Dec. 18, 1917 (26 ½ inches tall). The sale will also feature not only Tom’s and Lance’s jars, but a Tom’s Toasted Peanuts advertising display case.

The clocks will feature a fashion wall clock with two faces, reading day and date, made by the Southern Calendar Clock Company (1875, St. Louis). Vintage banks will include a Buster Brown and Tige cast-iron bank (5 ½ inches tall); an A.C. Williams still bank showing a lion on a tub with rope; and a Minute Man bank with liberty bell and cannon by Banthrico, Inc., Chicago.

Biscuit jars will include a covered jar from Japan with wide blue border and repousse flowers in white, white flower finial and wrapped handle (8 inches tall); and a porcelain jar painted in shades of navy blue on a cream colored background with gold accents and bead border (8 ½ inches tall). Also sold will be a taxidermy turkey perched on a branch (34 ½ inches tall).

Titles from a collection of Little Leather Library Miniature Books of Classics include The Ancient Mariner, Man Without a Country, Rip Van Winkle, Alice in Wonderland, Confessions of an Opium Dealer, Othello, Sonnets of the Portuguese and A Midsummer Night's Dream (3 inches by 4 inches). Also sold will be a painted cement yard jockey (26 inches tall) and a large cannon ball.

A few nice silver pieces will cross the block, to include a sterling tea strainer on a stand marked “Industria Peruana, Plata Esterlina” (made by Camusso, 6 ¼ inches wide). Bowls will feature a blue opalescent hobnail glass bowl with a ruffled edge (10 inches in diameter), and a hand-hewn rectangular dough bowl with a tin patch repair on the side (33 ½ inches in length).

Rounding out the sale's expected top lots are a good number of advertising signs, many of them tin and paper (to include Mother's brand foods, Sunbeam bread, Galvanic soap and a Kleenex sign from the 1940s); a cane/umbrella stand made from haines and horseshoes, with walking sticks (one with a brass falcon head and one a deer hoof); a Roseville Snowberry variegated green and tan vase, 12 ½ inches tall; some nice tablecloths; and a Beswick Ware mug marked “Sairey Gamp” with an umbrella handle and polka dotted bonnet.

Specialists of the South, Inc. is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign an item, estate or collection, you may call them at (850) 785-2577, or you may e-mail them at specialists@knology.net. To learn more, or to register for the upcoming country auction, you may log on to either www.SpecialistsoftheSouth.com or www.PanamaCityAuctions.com.


Biscuit jars:
Collectors of biscuit jars will be happy to learn that about 18 will be offered in the auction.



Hoosier cabinet:
Two Hoosier cabinets will cross the block during the sale, including this fine example.



Fashion clock:
Fashion wall clock with two faces, made by Southern Calendar Clock Co. (1875, St. Louis).



Blue Danube:
Blue Danube china service for 12, with extras and serving pieces, on a nice tablecloth.



Handmade quilt:
Around 16 hand-made quilts, including this nice checkerboard square example, will be sold.



Butter churns:
Over 20 antique butter churns, including the two pictured here, will change hands Oct. 15-16.

STUNNING TIFFANY & CO. FAVRILE LAVA GLASS 3-HANDLED VASE HITS $62,100 AT TWO-SESSON SALE HELD BY LELAND LITTLE AUCTION & ESTATE SALES, LTD.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Leland Little
(919) 644-1243
Leland@llauctions.com

STUNNING TIFFANY & CO. FAVRILE LAVA GLASS 3-HANDLED VASE HITS $62,100 AT TWO-SESSON SALE HELD BY LELAND LITTLE AUCTION & ESTATE SALES, LTD.

The auction was held Sept. 17-18 in the firm’s new state-of-the-art gallery in Hillsborough, N.C.

(HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) – A stunning early 20th century Tiffany & Company Favrile lava glass three-handled vase soared to $62,100 at a two-session multi-estate auction dedicated to Fine Wine and Fine & Decorative Arts held Sept. 17-18 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The event was held in the firm’s new, state-of-the-art gallery, at 620 Cornerstone Court.

The vase was the top lot in a sale that saw more than 100 fine wine lots change hands in the Sept. 17 session and around 550 lots cross the block the following day. Overall, the auction grossed $750,000.

Leland Little of Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. remarked that Asian objects, estate jewelry, fine art and ceramics were all strong performers in the sale, while English and American furniture prices (which aren't being as rewarded financially due to tepid demand) didn’t do quite as well. “But even there,” he added, “we saw exceptions at the top level of merchandise. In the end, quality will override a soft market.”

He cited as an example an American Classical stencil-decorated center table, made in the 1820s, mahogany with mahogany veneers, attributed to Deming & Bulkley, New York cabinet makers. It went for $9,200, about triple the high estimate. Also, a Renaissance-style American marble-top buffet, made around the 1870s, walnut with poplar and pine, also did well at $4,140.

The Tiffany vase was the undisputed star lot of the auction, wowing bidders with its organic baluster form and rich gold overlay on a bluish-purple body. Another Tiffany decorated Favrile glass vase, baluster form with a green ground and pulled gold decoration, made $7,475, while a signed Daum Nancy French art glass low vase with nice forest scene garnered $3,680.

Following are additional highlights from the sale. All prices quoted include a 15 percent buyer’s premium. Online bidding was facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com.

Americana did very well. A watercolor on ivory portrait miniature of Dr. Alexander Ladson Baron (1810-1842) by Charles Fraser (S.C., 1782-1860) fetched $14,950; an oil on panel portrait of Alexander Hamilton by William J. Weaver (1759-1817) brought $9,200; a 1773 letter signed by Patrick Henry hit $3,450; and ship’s papers signed by James Madison realized $1,035.

From the European art category, an unsigned oil on canvas portrait of James Lockhart by Sir Henry Raeburn (Br., 1756-1823), in a gilt wood frame, achieved $12,650; an original oil on canvas by German painter Carl Triebel (1823-1885), depicting Lake Brienz in Switzerland, rose to $5,290; and a 19th century Italian School oil on canvas of Aphrodite and Adionis made $2,185.
Bronzes also hit the mark, with lots such as a work titled L’Eclipse by Emmanuel Villanis (Fr., 1858-1914), with a deep brown patina ($9,200); a nude titled Vingt Ans (Twenty Years Old), by Raoul Larche (Fr., 1860-1912), signed on the base and originally retailed by Tiffany ($2,645); and an equestrian work by Peggy Kauffman (Am., 20th century), signed and numbered ($2,070).

Fine estate jewelry was a strong feature category in the Sept. 18 session. An Art Deco diamond and sapphire bracelet made in the 1930s brought $12,075; a diamond solitaire ring with a stone weighing 5.56 carats set in platinum peaked at $41,400; a magnificent mid-to-late 20th century diamond brooch went for $7,188; and a platinum and diamond cut bracelet (Jewelsmith, 1998) also made $7,188.

Export porcelain and Asian objects featured a woodblock in colors by Hasui Kawase (Jap., 1883-1957), titled Zojoji Temple ($6,325); a pair of 19th century Chinese Export porcelain hexagonal form tall vases ($3,680); a pair of Famille Rose bowls with Fencai glaze, Republican period ($3,450); and a 19th century Chinese Export porcelain Famille Rose floor vase ($3,220).

Asian porcelains also included a rare set of ten fully intact Canton porcelain nesting bowls, each decorated with a different figural scene ($5,060); a pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty ivory plaques, both etched and colored with figural and landscape depictions ($1,725); and a Chinese tin-wrapped teapot from the Qing Dynasty, angular form with ceramic body ($1,265).

European porcelain performed well, too. A bisque figure of the Barberini Faun by 19th century artist Volpato (after the antique by Barberini), impressed with an artist’s mark to the base, breezed to $5,520, while a gorgeous Meissen figural group with seven figures on a rocky outcropping with a musical theme and a bottom with under glaze blue crossed swords hit $2,530.

Sterling offerings were led by creations by Georg Jensen. These included a pair of Jensen sterling compotes with applied grape design and circular footed base ($6,037), and a Jensen silver pitcher with ebony handle, ovoid body and beaded base ($4,830). Also, a fine set of four sterling candlesticks by Gorham of classic form with Corinthian capitals coasted to $2,645.

Prices realized for European furniture from France weren’t flat at all. A pair of early 20th century ormolu mounted arm chairs in the “Second Empire” style, beautifully crafted from mahogany and beech, climbed to $4,600, and a pair of carved eagle console tables made in the 19th century, with a mottled black marble top over an egg and dart molding, commanded $3,680.

20th Century and Modern pieces also held their own. A vintage Louis Vuitton trunk with the classic brown monogram canvas exterior brought $3,335; a bulbous form bottle vase with tapered neck by Peter Voulkos (Am., 1924-2002) hit $2,875; a teak rectangular form sideboard by Finn Juhl for Baker made $1,955; and a pair of vintage Barcelona chairs (1929) hit $1,322.

Many wild and wonderful items that defied category crossed the block that weekend. A few examples include a Richardson’s New Map of the State of Texas (1860), colored lithograph, went for $4,140; a set of five illuminated Korans and Islamic prayer books from the 18th or 19th century brought $2,185; and an English wax portrait of Prince Leopold (circa 1816) hit $1,955.

As stated, the entire Sept. 17 session was dedicated to Fine Wine, a burgeoning genre of collecting that has been getting prominent attention at recent Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. auctions. “On a per-bottle basis, many lots sold for above the international average,” Mr. Little said. “We see that our wine department is strong and our prices are very competitive.”

Top achievers included one lot of seven bottles of 1996 Chateau Mouton Rothschild from Pauillac, France ($2,185); one lot of three bottles of 1982 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion from Graves, France ($2,185); one lot of five bottles of 1980 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild from Pauillac, France ($1,725); and two bottles of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, from 1981 and 1988 ($1,495).

Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. will conclude 2010 with another two-day sale that will feature Fine Wine (Fri., Dec. 3, at 6 p.m., EST) and Fine & Decorative Arts (Sat., Dec. 4, at 9 a.m., EST). The firm is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign an item, estate, or collection, you may call them at (919) 644-1243, or you can e-mail them at info@LLAuctions.com. For more information, please log on to www.LLAuctions.com.


Tiffany vase:
The top lot of the sale was this stunning Tiffany & Co. Favrille glass 3-handled vase ($62,100).



Center table:
Beautiful circa 1820s mahogany American Classical stencil decorated center table ($9,200).



Asian woodblock:
Woodblock in colors by Hasui Kawase (Jap., 1883-1957), titled Zojoji Temple ($5,500).



Nesting bowls:
Rare intact set of ten Canton porcelain nesting bowls with figural scenes on each ($5,060).



Fraser portrait:
Watercolor on ivory portrait miniature of Dr. Alexander Baron by Charles Fraser ($14,950).



Art Deco bracelet:
Important, fine form Art Deco diamond and sapphire bracelet made circa 1930s ($12,075).

HOLLYWOOD MEMORABILIA, TOYS AND TOY TRAINS, RAILROAD MEMORABILIA, DOLLS, ANTIQUE ADVERTISING, COIN-OPS AND MORE WILL BE SOLD IN A HUGE WEEKEND SALE...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Philip Weiss
(516) 594-0731
Auction22@aol.com

HOLLYWOOD MEMORABILIA, TOYS AND TOY TRAINS, RAILROAD MEMORABILIA, DOLLS, ANTIQUE ADVERTISING, COIN-OPS AND MORE WILL BE SOLD IN A HUGE WEEKEND SALE -- OCT. 22-24 -- BY PHILIP WEISS AUCTIONS IN OCEANSIDE, N.Y.

(OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A massive three-day weekend sale slated for Oct. 22-24 by Philip Weiss Auctions will feature hundreds of fresh-to-the-market lots of toys and toy trains, railroad memorabilia, Hollywood memorabilia, vintage dolls, antique advertising, coin-ops and more. The auction will be held at the Philip Weiss Auctions showroom, located at #1 Neil Court.

Online bidding will be facilitated by Proxibid.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. Previews will be held on the days leading up to, and including, the auction dates.

The action will kick off on Friday evening, Oct. 22, with a full session packed with Hollywood memorabilia. Offered will be approximately 300 lots of movie stills, film negatives, posters, celebrity autographs and more. Two major consignments will share top billing. The first will be Part 3 of the Lester Glassner collection, consisting mainly of movie photos and negatives.

The other will be an archive celebrating the movie career of Linda Darnell. The trove will feature movie and theater magazines (including a rare complete set of Lion’s Roar magazines from 1941-49), photographs, posters and personal effects. Also, from a private collection, a group of movie posters will be sold, highlighted by a one-sheet from the film Some Like It Hot.

Rounding out the Oct. 22 session will be inserts, 6-sheets and other Hollywood-related items. The following day, Saturday, Oct. 23, a full day will be dedicated to toys and toy trains, railroad memorabilia and vintage dolls. Certain to get paddles wagging will be an astounding single-owner, nearly complete collection of Fisher Price, from the first toy made up to the 1970s. There's so much in the collection that this will be Part 1; the rest will be sold on other dates.

Another expected highlight will be Part 1 of the Lawrence Kozsey “HO Brass” toy train collection, consisting of over 300 brass trains, all in the original boxes. Included are locomotives, cabooses, tenders and passenger cars. Manufacturers include Samhongsa, Dongjin, Atlas, Ajin, Precision, MPS, Tenshodo and others. Like with the Fisher Price toys, this will be the first in a series of sales for the collection.

Also offered Oct. 23 will be a lifetime train and railroad collection from the Midwest. Included will be toy trains, railroad lanterns, tools and other railroad paraphernalia. The day will also feature general wind-up, battery-operated and baby boomer toys, to include the Holy Grail of lunchbox collecting: a mint condition 1954 Superman vs. The Robot lunchbox by Universal.

It wouldn’t be a Philip Weiss Auction without at least one original Charles Schulz Peanuts dailies, and this sale’s got two of them. Also sold will be a collection of 1950s-era dolls, many in the original boxes; a wonderful collection of vintage Schuco toys (including Charlie Chaplin, Yes/No Monkey, Fox & Goose and Drinking Pig); a Schoenhut circus tent with tents, animals, people and accessories; Schoenhut circus clowns; and more.

On Sunday, Oct. 24, antique advertising and coin-ops will take center stage. Highlights will include a beautiful 1901 Caille New Century Puck slot machine, a “Shake Hands With Uncle Sam” strength tester, a band box, mutoscopes, tobacco memorabilia, additional coin-operated machines, and additional slot machines from several prominent Long Island estates.

The day will also feature a single-owner collection of laundry and soap memorabilia, to include tin and porcelain signs, toy washing machines, paper advertising and more. Other lots will include a great selection of coin-operated bar machines, gambling games, gum machines and arcade machines. Also sold will be a rare 1905 “Lillian Nordica” Coca-Cola cardboard poster.

Oct. 24 will also present Part 2 of the Mr. Peanut Collection, featuring a Mr. Peanut scale (the second one found in the last six months), a beautiful Mr. Peanut wall clock and other items. Other expected top lots will include a vintage casino full-size roulette table, two player pianos, a nice selection of Edison and other phonographs, table-top machines consigned by a former coin-op distributor, paper ephemera (to include coin-op catalogs and schematics), and pig collectibles.

In November (on a date and time still to be announced), Philip Weiss Auctions will hold a one-day Toy Soldier Bonanza Sale, which will include Part 2 of the Edward Ryan paper toy soldier collection. Lots from other estates will include Britains, dime-store figures, and a wide array of toy soldiers from numerous manufacturers. Watch the website for details and info.

Also scheduled before the turn of the year is a major Disneyana and Animation Sale, which will include a Donald Duck “Window Washer” cel set up on master production background, two rare 1939 Mickey Mouse advertising posters, fresh-to-the-market Snow White animation pieces, Disney figures, Lladros and more.

Finally, Philip Weiss Auctions will present a Comic Books and Comic Art Sale, also sometime before the turn of the year. Featured will be rare and vintage comic books from the 1930s to the present time, wonderful examples of comic art, Part 2 of the Copley comic art collection (featuring original cartoon panels and assorted daily comic strips and Sunday pages.

Sports memorabilia will also be incorporated into an end-of-year sale. Already consigned is a great original owner 1950s baseball card collection, 1930s Diamond Stars and Goudey Indian cards found in an attic and many other sports-related items. Click on the Philip Weiss website – at www.prwauctions.com – and go to the November and December pages for info.

Philip Weiss Auctions is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign an item, an estate or a collection, you may call them at (516) 594-0731, or e-mail them at phil@prwauctions.com. To learn more about Philip Weiss Auctions and its calendar of upcoming auctions, to include the Sept. 24-26 weekend event, click on www.prwauctions.com.


Superman lunchbox:
Mint condition 1954 Superman vs. The Robot by Universal, the Holy Grail of lunchboxes.



Coca-Cola poster:
Rare 1905 “Lillian Nordica” Coca-Cola cardboard poster, in remarkable condition.



Movie poster:
One-sheet poster from the iconic 1950s Marilyn Monroe film Some Like It Hot.



Caille slot machine:
Beautiful 1901 Caille New Century Puck slot machine, one of many coin-ops to be sold.



Mr. Peanut scale:
Part 2 of the Mr. Peanut Collection will be offered, to include this rare Mr. Peanut scale.



Toy train:
Vintage toy trains will include this Santa Fe 2-10-2 car made by Atlas Mfg., Kamaguchi, Japan.

SINGLE-OWNER COLLECTION OF VINTAGE FRENCH AND GERMAN DOLLS WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION SATURDAY, OCT. 23, BY BROWNE AUCTION SPECIALISTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Ron Browne
(918) 691-9999
info@browneauctions.com

SINGLE-OWNER COLLECTION OF VINTAGE FRENCH AND GERMAN DOLLS WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION SATURDAY, OCT. 23, BY BROWNE AUCTION SPECIALISTS

The auction will be held at the American Legion Hall in Blue Springs, Mo., near Kansas City.

(BLUE SPRINGS, Mo.) – A nice single-owner collection of over 125 rare and vintage dolls – nearly all of them made in France and Germany between the late 19th and early 20th centuries – will be sold at auction Saturday, Oct. 23, by Browne Auction Specialists at the American Legion Hall in Blue Springs, just outside Kansas City. The sale will begin at 1 p.m.

The collector passed away a year ago and her identity will not been revealed for security reasons until the day before the sale, per the wishes of her family. “But if we were able to give her name, it would be recognizable to people in the doll collecting community; that’s how highly regarded she was,” said Ron Browne of Browne Auction Specialists. “This is a rare opportunity to acquire some great dolls.”

The collection was amassed between 1970 and 1990 and includes manufacturers such as Armand Marseille, Borgfeldt, Heinrich Handwerck, Hertel Schwab & Co., J.D. Kestner, Heubach, Simon & Halbig, S.F.B.J., Cuno and Otto Dressel, Kuhnlenz, Bahr & Proschild, Unis and others. In addition, several Kewpie dolls made in America will be offered as a single lot.

Online bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. Previews will be held on Friday, Oct. 22, from noon to 5 p.m., and on Saturday, Oct. 23, the date of sale, from 9 a.m. until the first gavel comes down at 1 p.m. Lunch will be provided on auction day. “I encourage all doll collectors to attend this sale,” Mr. Browne said.

Quite possibly the most plentiful dolls in the sale will be those made by the German manufacturer Armand Marseille,one of the world's largest and best known producers of bisque doll heads. The firm started in the mid-1890s and between 1900 and 1930 they reportedly made 1,000 bisque head dolls a day. The very popular 370 and 390 molds will be featured in the sale.

Hertel, Schwab & Company is another German manufacturer from the period that will be represented in the auction. Some of their dolls were made just for the American market (like Bye-Lo Baby for George Borgfelt, Our Baby and Our Fairy for Louis Wolf & Company and Jubilee Dolls for Strobel & Wilken. They also made bisque heads for other German doll firms.

The aforementioned George Borgfelt was based in New York City and was an importer and assembler of dolls for the American and Canadian doll markets. They were not doll makers themselves. But they did hold the distribution rights to many dolls from European manufacturers. Some, like the nice 25-inch bisque head doll with blue sleep eyes in the sale, are marked “GB.”
The Dressel family toy and doll business in Sonnenberg, Germany operated for a long time and passed from one generation to then next before finally becoming known as the Cuno & Otto Dressel Factory in 1873. They purchased bisque doll heads from several manufacturers. An example in the Oct. 23 auction is a 17-inch doll with a kid body, bisque head and big sleep eyes.

Heinrich Handwerk dolls were produced in Germany from 1876 until the company was bought in 1902, by Kammer & Reinhardt. They were best known for their bebe dolly-faced bisque heads, child dolls and babies, but they also made celluloid dolls, too. Featured in the auction will be lovely 24-inch and 26-inch dolls with composition bodies and bisque heads.

J.D. Kestner, also from Germany, began making papier mache and wooden dolls as early as 1820. The firm became such a major employer in the region it became known as “King Kestner.” Many examples of Kestner dolls will cross the block Oct. 23, most of them ranging in size from 24-36 inches and featuring composition or kid bodies, bisque heads and sleep eyes.

SFBJ stands for Societe Francaise de Fabrication de Bebe & Jouets and represents a renowned French doll dynasty consisting of Pierre Francois Jumeau, his original collaborator (a man named Belton), Jumeau's son Emile and the bisque head supplier Eugene Barrois. Their earlier dolls were considered works of art. A 12-inch SFBJ doll will be featured in the auction.

Simon & Halbig (S&H), founded in Germany in 1839, began making dolls in 1869 at two factories and became known for their fine bisque head doll heads and innovations in the doll industry. They also supplied doll heads to other well-known manufacturers. The firm was sold in 1920 to Kammer & Reinhardt. Bidders will have a nice selection of S&H dolls to choose from.

The Bahr & Proschild doll company began in 1871 as a porcelain and doll factory and quickly earned a reputation as a maker of high-quality dolls. They discontinued operating around 1919 when they were acquired by the Bruno Schmidt Doll Company. Most Bahr & Proschild dolls are 7-24 inches in height. One in the sale is am 18-inch bisque head doll with bent limbs.

Hertwig & Company manufactured porcelain dolls and figurines in Germany from 1864-1941. They are best known for their all-bisque Snow Babies and Nanking Dolls, with bisque heads and limbs and cloth cotton-stuffed bodies. Also, exclusive to the American market were the Pet Name china head dolls, several examples of which will cross the block on Oct. 23.

The Heubach family of Germany operated a longstanding porcelain business before getting into dolls in 1910. They made character bisque socket or shoulder head dolls, either molded hair or wigged, with sleep eyes or their famous painted intaglio eyes. In the sale will be a 9 ½ inch Gebruder Heubach doll with composition body, bisque head and molded blond hair.

Other manufacturers that will be represented in the auction include Theodor Recknagel,Porzellanfabrik Mengersgereuth, Schoenaw & Hoffmeister, Hamburger & Co., Rheinische Gummi und Delloid Fabrik Co., Gerbruder Kuhnlenz and C.M. Bergman-Wafterhausen. The nearest hotel to the auction site is a Holiday Inn Express (816-891-9111).

Browne Auction Specialists, LLC has been selling items at auction for over 30 years. Headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., the firm has partners in all 50 states to insure client satisfaction. Company founder Ron Browne graduated from the Missouri Auction School in 1979 and has the prestigious Certified Estate Specialist designation from the National Auctioneers Association.

Browne Auction Specialists, LLC is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign an item, estate, or collection, you may call them at (918) 629-3739, or you can e-mail them at info@browneauctions.com. The firm's next big sale after the Oct. 23 doll auction will be a vintage toys auction slated for the end of this year (late December) or early January.

For more information about Browne Auction Specialists, LLC, and the firm's calendar of events, to include the upcoming Oct. 23 doll auction, please log on to www.browneauctions.com. Updates are posted often. Images of the dolls to be sold Oct. 23 may be viewed online. Click on the company site, and that will let you link to a partnering site, at www.dollntoyauctions.com.


Unis doll:
French 21-inch doll by Unis, jointed, with composition body and bisque head.



Marseille 1:
German 10-inch Armand Marseille doll with composition body, bisque head and sleep eyes.



Marseille 2:
German 9-inch Armand Marseille “Just Me” doll with closed mouth and bisque head.



S.F.B.J.:
Gorgeous 12-inch S.F.B.J. French doll with composition body and bisque head.



Kestner:
Large J.D. Kestner 34-inch German doll with composition body, bisque head, jointed legs.



Kewpies:
One lot comprising three Rose O'Neill Kewpie dolls (3-6 inches tall) with original labels.

ON-SITE ESTATE AUCTIONS -- IN TALLADEGA, ALA. (OCT. 9) AND PHILADELPHIA, MISS. (OCT. 16) -- SLATED BY STEVENS AUCTION COMPANY OF ABERDEEN, MISS.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Dwight Stevens
(662) 369-2200
stevensauction@bellsouth.net

ON-SITE ESTATE AUCTIONS -- IN TALLADEGA, ALA. (OCT. 9) AND PHILADELPHIA, MISS. (OCT. 16) -- SLATED BY STEVENS AUCTION COMPANY OF ABERDEEN, MISS.

(ABERDEEN, Miss.) – A pair of important on-site estate auctions are on tap for October by Stevens Auction Company, based in Aberdeen, Miss. The first one, on Saturday, Oct. 9, beginning at 10 a.m., will feature the estate of the late Sarah B. Robbs (1921-2010). It will be held at the Robbs’ Greek Revival mansion, located at 502 East Street South in Talladega, Ala.

Then, the following weekend, on Saturday, Oct. 16, also with a 10 a.m. start time, an auction featuring over 2,000 Coca-Cola items will be conducted on-site in Philadelphia, Miss. Fans of Coke collectibles will have a field day, as clocks, dolls, coolers, dispensers, signs, trays, Christmas items, toys and games, vintage toy cars and trucks, bottles and more will all be sold.

Ms. Robbs is a descendant of Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who served as the 11th governor of Alabama (1841-1845) and was a U.S. Senator from 1848-1849 and 1853-1861. The Robbs home was built in 1833 and bricked in 1922. It is packed with antique furniture, original artwork, fine porcelains, hand-made rugs, beautiful lamps, china, silver, crystal, a collection of Talladega Raceway programs (from the first original printing to the last) and more. All of it will be offered.

“The Robb estate sale is certain to be one of the best we’ll have this year, and it will be held on-site at a truly gorgeous and historic home,” said Dwight Stevens of Stevens Auction Company. “The auction in Philadelphia the following weekend will be a different kind of a sale, but no less important to collectors of Coca-Cola items. That collection is huge and impressive.”

Period furniture from the Robbs estate will include a round marble-top mahogany Empire center table with scroll feet, made around 1840; a rococo rosewood curio cabinet with white Alabama original marble (90 inches tall by 56 inches wide, circa 1850); and an Alabama hunt board with tapered legs and backsplash, and two drawers (40 inches tall by 43 inches wide).

Additional furniture items will feature an acanthus carved Federal love seat, black with fleur de lis upholstery; an oversized mahogany Empire china cabinet with Gothic doors and scrolled feet (5 feet 5 inches wide by 6 feet 9 inches tall); and a Victorian rococo gilt marble-top console with white marble and cupid decorations (4 feet 4 inches wide by 8 feet 10 inches tall).

Artwork will include an oil on canvas portrait of a lady with white hair by Alabama artist J. Kelly Fitzpatrick (1888-1953), measuring 30 inches by 38 inches and given to Mrs. Robbs by the artist. Also, an example of Rookwood art pottery – a vellum glaze porcelain tile, decorated by Edward Timothy Hurley, made around 1942 and housed in am oak frame – will also be sold.

Vintage timepieces will include a Meissen figural porcelain clock in perfect condition and made around 1880 (20 inches tall by 13 inches wide). Silver and decorative accessories will feature a limited edition (#4 of 25) silver gilt Magie Spyre by Stuart Devlin (London, 1981), commemorating the Royal Wedding that year to Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.

Rounding out the day’s expected top lots will be a Victorian rococo oversized over-the-mantel mirror, with the original mirror (5 feet 7 inches wide by 7 feet 2 inches tall); a French bronze crystal chandelier with five lights, from the Robbs dining room; and a pair of pink and red Old Paris vases. Photos of most lots may be viewed online, at www.stevensauction.com.

An open house preview for the Robbs estate sale will be held on Friday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Saturday, Oct. 9, the date of auction, from 8 a.m.until the first gavel comes down at 10 a.m. (CST). There will be no Internet bidding for this sale, but phone and absentee bids will be accepted (with advances arrangements). Refreshments will be available auction day.

Stevens Auction Company has yet another big on-site estate sale planned, for November 6 in Brookhaven, Miss. It is the largest private dwelling in all of Brookhaven -- an estate called Edgewood, and it's packed with rare antique furniture by names like Meeks and Mallard, plus glassware, statues, estate jewelry, rugs and original works of art. Watch the website for details.

Stevens Auction Company is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign a single item, an estate or collection, you may call them directly, at (662) 369-2200; or, you can e-mail them at stevensauction@bellsouth.net. To learn more about Stevens Auction Company and the Oct. 9 and Oct. 16 on-site auctions, please log on to www.stevensauction.com.


China cabinet:
Oversize mahogany Empire china cabinet with Gothic doors and scrolled feet, 6' x 9” tall.



Crystal chandelier:
French bronze crystal chandelier with five lights, from the Robbs dining room in Talladega.



Old Paris vases:
Gorgeous pair of pink and red Old Paris vases.



Love seat:
Acanthus carved Federal love seat, black, with fleur de lis upholstery.



Fitzpatrick portrait:
Oil painting of a lady with white hair by Alabama artist J. Kelly Fitzpatrick (1888-1953).



Meissen clock:
Beautiful Meissen figural porcelain clock in perfect condition, made circa 1880.

ART GLASS, PICKARD, ROYAL BAYREUTH, WAVE CREST, TOOTHPICK HOLDERS AND MORE WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE SAT., OCT. 23 IN ST. CHARLES, MO.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Jason Woody
(316) 747-2694
info@woodyauction.com

ART GLASS, PICKARD, ROYAL BAYREUTH, WAVE CREST, TOOTHPICK HOLDERS AND MORE WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE SAT., OCT. 23 IN ST. CHARLES, MO.

The auction will be conducted by Woody Auction, based in Douglass, Kan., starting at 9:30 a.m.

(ST. CHARLES, Mo.) – An important estate auction featuring the Dorothy and Malcolm Reich collection, plus an outstanding Pickard collection from the Chicago area, will be offered without reserve (everything sells, regardless of price) Saturday, Oct. 23, in the Junior Ballroom (lower level) of the St. Charles Convention Center. The auction will begin at 9:30 a.m. (CST).

Conducting the sale will be Woody Auction, based in Douglass, Kan. In addition to the Pickard selection, bidders will be treated to a wide array of art glass, Royal Bayreuth, Wave Crest, toothpick holders and more. Online bidding will be facilitated by Proxibid.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. A 7.45 percent sales tax will be collected on all purchases.

Pickard is named after the man who started the company in 1894 that bore his name – Wilder A. Pickard (1857-1939). He assembled a group of highly skilled men and women china painters, many of whom had emigrated from Europe, to create a uniquely American style of hand-painted china. The firm produced a high-quality line of giftware, artware and dinnerware.

Pickard became wildly popular, as the buying public – then and now – fell in love with the exquisite patterns, elegant gold and platinum borders and artistic renderings of flowers, fruit, figurals and scenics that typified Pickard china. Today, Pickard, Inc., continues in the family tradition of producing ivory and white porcelain for individuals, governments and corporations.

A few Pickard pieces expected to do well in the auction include a beautiful two-handled hand-painted “Velum” vase with a fall scene tree and lake décor (signed Challinor); a 9-inch water pitcher (signed Falatek) and four matching tumblers (signed Challinor) with peacocks; and a wonderful 16-inch two-handled jardinière (artist signed Ruery) with “Bordure Antique” decor.

Wave Crest, also hugely popular with collectors, is a type of glassware that was made by the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, then hand-painted by the C.F. Monroe Company of Meriden, Conn. (which also fashioned Nakara and Kelva pieces). Wave Crest commonly used flower transfers and occasionally scenes and cherubs, often in pastel shades, to create an effect.

Royal Bayreuth is recognized today, as it has been for over 200 years, as Germany’s finest producer of quality porcelains. Founded in 1794 and still operating at the same factory in the tiny town of Tettau, Royal Bayreuth makes fine dinnerware, dining accessories, coffee and tea sets, figurals, rose tapestry, scenic pieces and unique novelties like the SunBonnet Babies.

Limoges pieces will also be offered in the sale. Expected top lots include a rare 16-inch hand-painted dresser tray with an Arab on camel scenic décor and gold trim (signed Weiss); a hand-painted round plaque with detailed scene of a young girl picking flowers (signed Heidrich); and a 14 ¾ inch dragon-handled hand-painted tankard with “Falstaff” portrait (signed Heidrich).

Toothpick holders will feature an extremely rare 2 ¼ inch plated amberina example in excellent condition and with great coloring; and a 2-inch signed Daum Nancy cameo cut piece with a winter scene décor, also in excellent condition. Belleek will also be offered, including a 16-inch hand-painted vase (artist signed K. Ryba) covered with a highland cattle scenic décor.

Lamps will illuminate the room with offerings like a 25 inch by 18 inch Steuben 5-light hanging pendant lamp with original fixture, four bell-shaped globes and one center bullet-shaped shade in a pulled green feather design with gold highlights; and a 9 ½ inch Art Deco figural lamp with a nude looking into a mirror in front of a Gothic arch glass window, all on a marble base.

Vases of note will include a beautiful 20 ½ inch Royal Bonn hand-painted floor vase with a scene of a monk and priest, titled The Scandal; a signed Kew Blas art glass vase, iridescent gold with green pulled feather design, 10 ½ inches; a signed Aurene #2744 gold iridescent three-stem bud vase; and an 18-inch Austrian two-handled hand-painted vase, signed Osborne Studios.

Rounding out the day’s top lots: a 10-inch Ginori hand-painted tankard with figural mermaid handle in brown tones with vintage décor and gold trim (artist signed Campri); a 12 ¼ inch marked beehive plaque, gold with cobalt blue trim (artist signed F. Holzel); and a 14-inch Pairpoint bride’s basket with glossy peach blow cased bowl and nice blue bird and acorn décor.

For lodging, the Embassy Suites Hotel is connected directly to the Convention Center (for reservations, call 636-946-5544). The Fairfield Inn is located directly across the street (for reservations, call 636-946-1000). Many other area motels are also available. Absentee bids will be accepted with a written statement indicating the amount of the bid (deadline date is Oct. 21).

Woody Auction is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign an item, an estate or a collection, you may call them at (316) 747-2694. Or, you can e-mail them at info@woodyauction.com. To learn more about Woody Auction and the upcoming calendar of events, to include the Oct. 23 auction in St. Charles, please log on to www.woodyauction.com.


Pickard vase:
Beautiful and signed Pickard two-handled hand-painted “Vellum” vase with fall scene décor.



Pitcher, tumblers:
Outstanding Pickard water pitcher with four matching tumblers with peacock and floral band.



Toothpick holder:
Extremely rare 2 ¼ inch plated amberina toothpick holder, excellent condition and coloring.



Royal Bonn vase:
Beautiful 20 ½ inch Royal Bonn hand-painted floor vase with separate scenes front and back.



Limoges plaque:
Hand-painted Limoges round plaque (12 ¼ inches) with scene of a young girl picking flowers.



Beehive plaque:
Rare 12 ¼ inch marked Beehive plaque, extensive gold with cobalt blue trim, signed “F. Holzel.”



Brides basket:
Gorgeous 14-inch signed Pairpoint bride's basket with glossy peach blow cased bowl.

FIRST OF ITS KIND BUYING SEMINAR WILL BE HELD BY TIM'S, INC. ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 30, AT THE NORTHFIELD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN NORTHFIELD, CONN.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Tim Chapulis
(860) 459-0964
tims.inc@snet.net

FIRST OF ITS KIND BUYING SEMINAR WILL BE HELD BY TIM'S, INC. ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 30, AT THE NORTHFIELD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN NORTHFIELD, CONN.

A percentage of the proceeds will go to benefit the church, which is in need of a pair of front doors.

(NORTHFIELD, Conn.) - A first-of-its-kind Buying Seminar will be held Thursday, Sept. 30, at the Northfield Congregational Church by Tim's, Inc., the Bristol, Conn.-based auction firm. The event will generate much-needed money for renovations to the church, while giving local residents a chance to have items appraised or purchased. The seminar will start at 5 p.m., with a $5 donation to the church as admission. Light refreshments will be served.

“I don't think a seminar like this has ever been held anywhere,” said Tim Chapulis of Tim's, Inc. “You hear about hotel hustlers who come to town, often from out of state, and set up shop for a long weekend, where people go and get taken advantage of. This is something much different. Ours is a longstanding local business and we’ll be networking with respectable community people to benefit them and a place of worship.”

All area residents are encouraged to bring coins, jewelry, watches, clocks, gold, silver, antiques, family heirlooms and collectibles to the seminar. There, Mr. Chapulis or another expert will offer either a verbal appraisal or a cash offer, or both. An Oriental rugs and Indian blankets authority will also be on hand. For larger items, like furniture, people are encouraged to bring recent photos and descriptions.

“I don’t think it’s any secret we’re in a down economy,” Mr. Chapulis observed. “People sitting on items of value might want to convert them to quick cash. We’ve been in business for 31 years and have always been community oriented and willing to give back to the people who live here and have supported us. This buying seminar is a perfect way to do just that. I’m expecting a healthy turnout.”

In addition to the $5 donation to the church for admission, Tim’s, Inc. will donate a percentage of the day’s proceeds to the church, which needs new front doors and various repairs. Mr. Chapulis said he is also working with several other congregations in the area, who may want to stage a similar seminar if this one is a success. Women’s and men’s clubs, and fire departments, have also expressed similar interest.

“We’ll be happy to sit down and talk to any not-for-profit organization, church or community group to help them raise money this way,” Mr. Chapulis said. “Stressful times call for creative measures and we think this is a novel approach to dealing with the recession that benefits the people, the organization and the community. We’re just proud to do our part to make folks’ lives better.”

Northfield Congregational Church is located at 10 Camp Hill Road in Northfield, a town in west central Connecticut that is actually part of Litchfield, just off Route 8 and Route 254, about midway between Torrington and Waterbury. It is west of Hartford and north of Bridgeport. For more information about the Sept. 30 Buying Seminar, you may call Tim’s, Inc. at (860) 459-0964, or log on to the Tim’s, Inc. website, at www.timsauction.com.

Tim’s, Inc. is celebrating over 30 years in business (1979-2010). The firm is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign an item, estate or collection, you may call Tim Chapulis at (860) 459-0964, or e-mail him at tims.inc@snet.net. For more information about Tim’s, Inc., the Buying Seminar, and the firm’s calendar of upcoming events, log on to www.timsauction.com.


Tim’s logo:
Tim’s, Inc., the Bristol-based auction house, will host a first of its kind Buying Seminar on Sept. 30.



Tim Chapulis:
Auctioneer Tim Chapulis has owned and operated Tim’s, Inc. for 31 years. He is community-minded.



Gold coins:
With the price of gold soaring, gold coins aren’t only collectible, they can be worth a lot of money.



Silver coins:
Silver coins minted in 1964 and earlier have a high silver content and can be quite valuable.



Jewelry, heirlooms:
Area residents are encouraged to bring jewelry items, family heirlooms and more, for quick cash.



Church exterior:
The Buying Seminar will be held at the Northfield Congregational Church in Northfield (Litchfield).



Coca-Cola clock:
Collectibles, like the Coca-Cola clock, might be gathering dust in an attic but could be worth money.



Music box:
Antique music boxes like this one are highly collectible. Don’t assume that what you’ve got is junk!

CONTENTS OF THE HISTORIC CONEWAGO MANOR INN WILL BE SOLD SAT., OCT. 23, AT AN ON-SITE UNRESERVED AUCTION IN ELIZABETHTOWN, PA.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Bob Burke or John Fontaine
(413) 448-8922
bburke@fontaineauction.com or info@fontaineauction.com

CONTENTS OF THE HISTORIC CONEWAGO MANOR INN WILL BE SOLD SAT., OCT. 23, AT AN ON-SITE UNRESERVED AUCTION IN ELIZABETHTOWN, PA.

The absolute auction will be held by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, based in Pittsfield, Mass.

(ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa.) – The contents of the Conewago Manor Inn – an historic structure dating back to an original 1742 grant from the William Penn family, founders of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – will be sold without reserve (everything goes, regardless of price) in an on-site auction slated for Saturday, Oct. 23, at the Inn itself in Elizabethtown, Pa.

Elizabethtown is located in southeastern Pennsylvania, just off Route 283, about midway between Harrisburg and Lancaster.

The auction will be conducted by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, based in Pittsfield, Mass. Over 500 lots of fine antiques and accessories will be offered, with online bidding facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com, Proxibid.com and the Fontaine’s website (FontainesAuction.net). Phone and absentee bids will also be taken. The Inn is located at 2048 Zeager Road in Elizabethtown.

“It is difficult to fully appreciate the majesty and history of the Conewago Manor Inn,” said John Fontaine of Fontaine’s Auction Gallery. “It has stood, weathering the passage of time, as it witnessed the birth of a nation and its struggles and triumphs, not far from both Philadelphia and Gettysburg. Iron from nearby forges may have been used to fight the American Revolution.”

The original survey of the property is dated June 1, 1739. Then known as the Conewago Manor Farm, it served as the residence for Samuel Smith, a local miller and Indian trader who received the original warranted deed from the William Penn family, in 1742. Over the years, it has been used as a United States Post Office, a railway ticket office and an inn (its usage today).

The Inn’s current owners – Keith and Laura Murphy – spent nearly seven years lovingly restoring the facility to its original glory. It’s been featured twice on Home & Garden Television and has been detailed in Woman’s Day Magazine and other media. And now, the contents of the Inn, much of it consistent with the period of the structure itself, will be sold at absolute auction.

Period furniture pieces will include a ¾ size walnut cylinder secretary, a Federal carved mahogany settee, an inlaid walnut Renaissance Revival pedestal, a crocheted mahogany Empire single-door cabinet, a monumental Renaissance rosewood credenza, a heavily carved rococo meridienne settee, and a heavily carved walnut card table decorated with birds, fruit and foxes.

Additional furniture pieces will include an inlaid rosewood tilt-top checkerboard table, a 9-piece Belter rosewood parlor set, an inlaid Hepplewhite mirrored wall shelf, a signed J. & J.W. Meeks rosewood marble-top corner etagere, a rococo marble-top rosewood etagere attributed to Meeks, an unusual mahogany claw-foot display cabinet and a nice walnut cylinder roll-top desk.

Beds and bedroom suites will feature a two-piece marble-top Eastlake walnut bedroom set, a rococo rosewood carved bed, a monumental carved rococo ½ tester bed and a carved rosewood full tester bed. Chairs will include a carved rosewood swivel vanity chair and a set of 12 John H. Belter laminated chairs. A Steinway & Sons Duo-Art player piano will also be sold.

Lamps and lighting will illuminate the room. Expected top lots include a beautiful pair of brass argand mantel lamps, a highly unusual piano lamp, an Auguste Moreau “Nereide” figural lamp and a large brass astral lamp with prisms. Also, a rare Regina Hepplewhite chime clock with bells will cross the block, as will several early historic samplers, including one dated 1846.

Dolls will feature a rare Steiner bisque automaton doll. Doll carriages will include a wicker mechanical horse-drawn doll carriage and an early ebonized doll carriage. Also offered will be a Regina upright mahogany 12-disc changer, and fine estate jewelry, such as a lady’s antique fashion ring and a nice lady’s gold ring with large emerald and yellow diamonds.

Decorative accessories will be served up in abundance. Some anticipated star lots include a mirrored brass display under dome, a James Tufts patented table fountain, a fine silver-plated wine jack, a fine silver-plated water set with porcelain insert, a porcelain “Pot de Crème” service for 12, a large silver plate and cut glass epergne and a Victorian silver plate and glass epergne.

Other decorative accessories will feature a 3-piece silver plate mirrored table plateau, a James Tufts toothpick holder, an unusual silver-plated jewelry casket, a Pairpoint silver-plated jewelry casket, many silver-plated combination sets, many rare and unusual napkin rings, a 17-piece Royal Worcester porcelain game set and a 14-piece Royal Worcester porcelain fish set.

Staying in the category: a 48-piece partial luncheon service (including left and right hand pieces), a Limoges “Grapes” pattern punch set, a large collection of Tiffany & Co. sterling in the rare “Blackberry” pattern, a collection of Tiffany & Co. sterling pieces in the “Chrysanthemum” pattern (including ice tongs), a large Dresden porcelain dinnerware set, a 6-piece Elkington Neoclassical silver-plated centerpiece set and a collection of Ironstone “Pattern #20” dinnerware.

Also sold will be a rosewood marble-top mirrored vanity, a 2-piece parlor set attributed to John Jelliff, a rosewood marble-top mirrored dresser and a 6-drawer lockside with butler’s desk as well as a 6-piece Tiffany Studios gold “Grapevine” desk set, a 39-piece Moser cranberry and enamel stemware set and a 12-piece set of miniature silver creamers and sugars.

Even an automobile will come under the gavel: a 1993 Cadillac Allante convertible with just 37,000 original miles. The auction will begin promptly at 10 a.m. and will be followed by an unreserved discovery auction. Previews for the main auction will be held on Thursday, Oct. 21, from 10-4; Friday, Oct. 22, from 10-4; and Saturday, Oct. 23, the date of auction, from 8-10 a.m.

Fontaine’s Auction Gallery is actively seeking quality consignments for future sales. The firm also buys antiques and entire estates outright. For more information, or to consign an item, estate or collection, you may call (413) 448-8922 and ask to speak to John Fontaine. Or, you can e-mail him at info@fontaineauction.com. For more info, log on to http://www.fontainesauction.net/.


Conewago Manor Inn:
The contents of the historic Conewago Manor Inn in Elizabethtown, Pa., will be sold Oct. 23.



Belter parlor set:
Part of a 9-piece John H. Belter rosewood parlor set.



Regina disc changer:
Regina upright mahogany 12-disc music changer.



Steinway piano:
Steinway & Sons Duo-Art player piano.



Tiffany flatware:
Tiffany & Company Boulle flatware box with gold wash sterling “Chrysanthemum” pieces.



Elkington centerpieces:
6-piece set of Elkington Neoclassical silver-plated centerpieces.



Half tester bed:
Monumental carved rococo half tester bed.



Regina clock:
Rare Regina Hepplewhite chime clock with bells.



Cadillac Allante:
1993 Cadillac Allante convertible with 37,000 original miles.