Two-day Antiques & Civil War Artifacts Auction

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TWO-DAY ANTIQUES AUCTION!

Saturday OCTOBER 26 & Sunday OCTOBER 27, 2024

Bldg. #41, Olmsted County Fairgrounds,

Rochester, MN.                  

PREVIEW FRIDAY OCT. 25 4:00-8:00 PM

Preview Hours: Friday October 25th from 4:00-8:00 pm, Saturday from 8:00 am, Sunday from 8:00 am

Both days will be no reserve; absentee bids and phone bids with prior approval available. Please note that Saturday is live bidding only and Sunday is both live & online bidding; sales tax applies Saturday only without a valid exemption number. Buyer’s premium of 18% applies to Saturday & Sunday. Auctioneers: John Kruesel, Mike Anderson & John Schultz. All items must be removed by close of Sunday.

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SATURDAY (LIVE ONLY)

FURNITURE: c. 1800 curly maple octagonal-top candlestand; 3 early walnut tilt-top tables, incl. one c. 1800 birdcage example; c. 1800 mahogany wall mirror w/ original gilt finish, Hepplewhite shell & inlay details; monumental 8-piece back bar, mahogany finish, from a c.1900 bank; Roycroft oak bookstand; mid-19th cent. walnut corner cupboard; step-back & hanging cupboards; mid-19th cent. game tables; Order of Eastern Star Lodge c. 1900 wicker & wood chairs, tables & fern stands; dining & dinette tables, incl. dropleaf, extension & swing-leg; lift-top & flat-top commodes; washstands; chests of drawers in walnut, oak, mixed woods w/ orig. handkerchief boxes, hardware & pulls; mid-19th cent. 1- & 2-drawer stands; oak & walnut drop-front & flat top desks; Marshall Field’s roll-top desk; Victorian parlor tables in oak & walnut, incl. marble top examples; multi-drawer oak stacking unit from Rochester State Hospital; formica table and four matching chairs; large immigrant trunk w/ orig. interior painting, tills, hand wrought-iron hardware; 10 trunks, tin- & canvas-covered steamer, camel-back & flat top; rockers in oak, walnut, wicker, incl. Hitchcock examples w/ original stenciling; pressed- & round-back side chairs; butcher’s block; oak ice box by Maine Manuf. Co.; Round side table with butterfly joints, Grand Rapids Table Co. --- WORKS OF ART: HUNT, Ron (American, Lake City MN) “Winter Meadow 1983”; WATANABE, Sadao (Japanese, 1913-1996), artist proof print, Noah’s Ark (signed & dated 1975) & The Last Supper; GAGNON, Charles (American, 1934-2012), bronze The Cellist; DESLEY, John Whitney “Jack” (American, 1925-2021), 2 orig. pen-and-ink drawings featuring the Worrall Hospital and Colonial Hospital & 10+ signed & limited prints picturing Mayo Clinic Campus & area landmarks; SMITH, Todd. 5 orig. watercolors of Mayo Clinic Campus (Jacksonville Hospital, FL 24” x 19”; St. Mary’s Childrens Hospital, MN 16” x 19”; Mayo Medical School / former Rochester Public Library, MN 19” x 21”;  and Mayo hospital Scottsdale, AZ 19” x 14”; UNKNOWN, two original pen and ink illustrations of Mayo Clinic bronze sculptures by David Wynne; UNKNOWN (Pantaine?), two original pencil illustrations of Mayo Clinic building scenes on illustrator board; HOSHI, Joichi (Japanese, 1913-1979), woodblock print “Great Tree (+)/Taiju (sho)” (signed and dated 1975); Kemps-Uohiku?, “Waterside 75 A”, editioned 27/125 etching; DAVIDIALUK, Alasua Amittu (Inuit/Aboriginal Canadian, 1910-1976), signed stonecut on paper, Legend of Two Loons Opening a Blind Man’s Eyes; COURARDY, H. Colored etching of European canal scene; COOPER, Frederick ? oil on canvas sailboat & lake scene, in large gilt clover frame; SOMERS, Frederick D. (American 1942-) print “Early Light” signed and editioned #3 of 84, winter scene; MORTENSON, Gordon (American, ) “Maryland in Early Fall” signed and editioned woodcut 1981; framed Victorian still life oil on canvas; early 20th cent. framed landscape oil on canvas. --- CHINA-GLASS-CERAMICS: collection of flow blue & blue-and-white transferware; Imari & Chinese Rose medallion pcs.; German, Austrian & French decorative plates, bowls, tureens & vases; comical/novelty figurines ashtrays & match holders (Lladro, Limoges, Herend, Delft, Royal Copenhagen…); Victorian cranberry & pressed and pattern glass; 20th cent. art glass to include Kosta Boda, Waterford; cut glass plates, bowls & vases; blue & white kitchen stoneware pcs., incl. mixing bowls, pitchers, mugs & 8-pc. cannister set; Red Wing art pottery; Raven studio pottery; Frankoma political mugs, serving ware and stylish mid-century vases; Dryden Arkansas Pottery figural heads; stoneware crocks; mid-century kitchenware including hand-blown glasses sets from Mexico, lucite ice box, Anchor Hocking Lido Milano pitcher and glasses, Mexican clay pottery serving ware. --- STERLING SILVER: sterling flatware service for 8 in the Old Lace pattern by Towle; sterling flatware service for 10 in the Patria pattern by International; bowls, plates, sugar & creamer sets & other sterling hollow ware; Danish carving set by W&S Sorensen. --- MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: 1930’s Chinese silk oriental rug, 9’11”x 8’1”; Oriental rug, 9’2” x 10’3”; room divider with stone inlay; large collection of composition/porcelain human & animal nodder figurines, incl. 1 Easter & 2 Halloween figures; spice cabinets; P.A. Starck Co. child’s size upright piano & bench; floor & table lamps; Tonka toys; costume jewelry; 20 Native American kachina dolls & related ceramics; Chinese Tang Dynasty-style Sancai glazed ceramic figurine horses; men’s & ladies fur coats; Our Breakfast Coffee (Reid, Murdoch & Co., Chicago/New York) 150# coffee bean barrel from Klingsrud Store, Claremont, MN; sewing machines (Singer Featherweight in case; Husqvarna Viking Model 6030 in case; treadle in table); costume jewelry (including some sterling and gold); Clark’s Teaberry Gum vaseline glass display plateau; various collectibles from international travels (Egyptian, rugs, miniature paintings, textiles, giraffes…); copper kitchenware; yellow KitchenAid blender; BOSE radio & cd player with manual; mirrors; The Franklin Mint sundial collection; four-piece embroidery floss store display; Beer advertising (pitchers, glasses, signage); large perfume bottle collection; index card industrial drawers; National cash register; 65+ collection of Byers Choice carolers; Planters jars; double patty burger piggy bank; chaste lounge; wire mannequin; wagon wheels; antique bottles…and much more!

SUNDAY (LIVE AND ONLINE)

CIVIL WAR COLLECTION - FIREARMS, SWORDS, EQUIPMENT, PAPER, MEMORABILIA: (Note: all local, state and federal firearm laws apply; many of these items are attributed to identified individual soldiers, so cited in our catalog.) Harper’s Ferry Model 1816 musket; British P1853 .577 cal. Enfield style musket w/ bayonet & leather scabbard; Harper’s Ferry Model 1837 musket; Harper’s Ferry Model 1835 .69 cal. musket w/ bayonet; Cosmopolitan Gwyn & Campbell .52 cal. Saddle ring carbine; Massachusetts Arms Co. Edward Maynard carbine; Whitney converted musket; Sharps 1863 .52 cal. carbine; double barrel side-by-side 20 gauge percussion shotgun; Colt Special Model 1861 contract musket w/ Model 1855 bayonet & scabbard; Model 1861 contract musket;  E.A. Prescott pocket hand gun; CSA Colt 1851 revolver & leather holster; Colt 1860 .44 cal. pistol; Allen & Wheelock pistol; Bacon Arms .32 cal. pistol; Cooper Firearms .36 cal. pistol; Starr .44 cal. pistol; Savage & North pistol & knife; Remington Beals navy .36 cal. pistol; Colt 1849 .36 cal. pistol; Kerr Massachusetts Arms Co. Adams .36 cal. pistol; Whitney .36 cal. pistol; Remington 1861 .44 cal. pistol; Manhattan New York Series 2 .36 cal. navy pistol; Colt 1861 (manuf. 1862) .36 cal. navy pistol; Allen & Thurber boot pistol; swing barrel Derring .30 cal. pistol; Colt 1849 pistol w/ accessories; Whitney navy pistol w/ accessories; Allen & Thurber 5-shot pepper box .32 cal. derringer, pat. 1849; US H. Aston Model 1842 horse pistol;  W. Grant .32 cal. pistol; Model 1860 naval cutlass; US 1858 naval bayonet & scabbard; naval officer’s sword w/ sword knot; CSA sword & scabbard; Model 1860 style cavalry saber & scabbard; English style 1853 cavalry saber; 2 CSA short swords w/ scabbards (one w/ shoulder belt); CSA Model 1840 cavalry saber; militia short artillery sword & scabbard; US Model 1860 staff & field officer’s sword & scabbard; Model 1850 foot officer’s sword; 2 Model 1840 light artillery sabers w/ scabbards; 2 Model 1860 light cavalry sabers (one w/ scabbard); 3 Model 1860 light cavalry sabers (two w/ scabbards); Model 1850 style sword & leather scabbard; CSA cherry/cedar canteen, wood drum & stopper, w/ leather sling; US Colored Troops leather waist belt & buckle w/ cap pouch & hanger strap; McClellan saddle, russet brown, stamped “62,” w/ carbine boot hanger; Union infantry knapsack, black enameled linen canvas w/ shoulder slings, E. Robinson, New York; 3 leather cartridge boxes (one w/ shoulder strap & breastplate); pr. of leather pommel holsters for Colt dragoon revolvers;  pr. of leather saddle bags (and one single), Rock Island Arsenal; CSA leather haversack; CSA map case; US saber belt w/ hanger & plate; US naval officer belt; naval straw hat; period cavalry, infantry & artillery wool hat cords; framed collection of one artillery officer’s patches, hat insignia, shoulder rank strap, 2 officer’s knots & belt buckle; Confederate kepi; Union kepi; clip for carbine sling; cavalry carbine socket; 8- and 12-pound cannon balls; asst. dug battlefield artifacts; many bullets; large assortment of GAR memorabilia, incl. badges, pins, ribbons, many grouped by state/city/locale; ornate GAR presentation sword from Horican, Wisc. GAR post; GAR ebonized wood walking stick w/ patriotic silveroid handle; Knights of Pythias Union of Civil War Veterans sword & scabbard; paper/ephemera pertaining to United Confederate Veterans, Sons & Daughters of Union Veterans, Sons & Daughters of the Confederacy; Post-war Women’s Relief Corps items; original Union & Confederate soldier letters, incl. one example w/ a hand drawn map of the Siege of Petersburg; Third Minnesota soldier’s archive comprised of 30+ letters; approx. 30 pcs. of Confederate paper money, 1861-1864; uncut sheet of Mississippi 50-cent notes; uncut sheet of Mississippi $1 notes; 1862 first report St. Paul newspaper w/ stories pertaining to battles of the Dakota Conflict; several original Confederate war-time newspapers; General Burnside document signed; folk art walking stick w/ carved head of Lincoln on handle; asst. tintypes, CDVs & ambrotypes picturing Union soldiers; period daily utensils, tools, etc. like those used by soldiers; SPECIAL NON-CIVIL WAR ITEMS – 2 SAMURAI SWORDS: one w/ a c. 1700 unsigned blade w/ Type 92 WWII mounts & scabbard; one 17th cent. w/ shortened blade.