Book lovers delight in Elkins Park! Packed with decades of collections and treasures galore!

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Dates
Sat
Apr 8
9am to 3pm
2017
Sun
Apr 9
9am to 3pm
2017

Terms

Cash and all major credit cards accepted.
All items sold as is and all sales are final.
We can and will help you to remove your purchases from the home as long as it isn't during a time of heavy traffic. Delivery can be arranged for a fee. Pick up for large items can be arranged for a later date. The amount of time available for pick up changes; work with us and we will work with you.
Numbers are given out at the time stated below. Should you arrive prior to that time please check to see if a list has been created. You must be present to receive a number.
We do not give out prices before the start of the sale but we are happy to answer any other questions you may have.
We welcome out of state buyers.
Happy Hunting!

Hunt Estate Sales PA welcomes you to Elkins Park, PA (just north and east f of the boundaries of Philadelphia) for a treasure-filled Estate Sale Saturday, April 8th and Sunday, April 9th. Our client has owned this stately property since the mid-70’s and has since accumulated quite the collection of rare, antique and vintage books (both the man and lady of the house are published authors, her on the subject of children’s picture books, children’s education, Louisa May Alcott, etc. and him predominantly mystery novels and historical fiction). Their book collection is vast - in the thousands - and includes many rare volumes, some dating to the early - mid-1800s. You can also expect dish- and glassware (HUGE collection of vintage novelty and studio pottery mugs), housewares, bric-a-brac, antique and vintage smalls, decorative objects, vintage cameras, 4-5 antique and vintage typewriters, vintage toys and games (two very nice ca. 1920s dolls: one Kammer and Reinhardt doll with bisque head (mold #126) & composition body and original wig, one Schoenhut ball jointed doll missing original wig, plus some early doll clothes!), three stuffed racks of vintage (mostly) women’s clothing (mostly 30s-70s, including an early 20th C. beaver fur stove pipe top hat, a late-30s-early-40s era zip front cotton playsuit with matching bolero!) and costume jewelry (small amount of sterling), a nice group of Mid-Century era repro Pre-Columbian ceramic figures and other travel souvenirs, wall art and sculpture (some original folk art, paintings, prints), a couple WWI era trench art brass artillery shell vases (one ornate, one plain), a couple hundred records (mostly LPs and 78s), an early tabletop loom, antique glass bottle collection, a beautiful early 1900s plaster fashion bust (French?) and lots more!!! There is also a fair amount of furniture, including an amazing antique barber chair with cast iron base and leather seat, a couple petite secretary desks (both with original key), a smart vintage barrister book shelf, a vintage Heywood Wakefield Eclipse school desk and chair, a Mid-Century bedroom set, several vintage filing cabinets and industrial metal storage cabinets, a vintage sewing table with ornate cast iron base, a pair of antique electrified carriage lanterns with beveled glass (wall sconces), some really pretty ornate antique mirrors and lots more!!! Plus a lightly used Go-Go Elite Traveller mobility scooter! Stay tuned for lots more photos, which should do an even better job of illustrating how much great stuff is packed into this house! The treasures just keep coming!

TWO DAYS!
Saturday, April 8th 9AM - 3PM
Sunday, April 9th 9AM - 3PM

(Numbers given out at 8AM)


Massive collection of rare and early editions of the works of Louisa May Alcott!Packed writer's office filled with rare, antique and vintage books, vintage office supplies and furniture and a collection of cameras and dark room equipmentVintage classroom cabinet with chalkboard panelschalkboard panels inside, too!Sale PictureEarly volumes of the work of Louisa May AlcottAntique leather briefcase / satchelSale PictureLots of vintage office supplies!Sale Picture1978 pop art / novelty letter licker, souvenir can of San Francisco fog!Stamp album (very small collection of stamps inside), office supplies, some stationary/notecardsOki Microline 391 turbo 24 pin printer with original instruction booklet and accessoriesAntique draftsman toolsCa. 1970s-80s Pepsi-Cola branded plastic game tableSale PictureEarly (late 1800s) Grimm's fairy tales bookEarly (mid-late 1800s) Mother Goose bookCa. 1930s-60s vintage camera collectionKodak Brownies camerasBrownie Target and other early box camera, ca. 1930s Agfa Ansco box camera with bellows and leather case, vintage darkroom equipmentSale PictureCa. 1930s Agfa AnscoHuge antique stoneware jug with salt glaze (5 gallon?)Vintage filing cabinets, office storageSale PictureSale PictureCa. 1920s-40s wall art (mostly pastoral scenes with nice gilt frames), plus a funky piece of folk art by the homeowner (done in his youth, ca. 1930s-40s)Very small peek at a collection of antique apothecary / advertising bottles (some color glass)The "library" with tons of books, records, paper ephemera, early typewriters and more!Sale PicturePeek at some of the more rare and antiquarian books in this collection - subjects include: game hunting with Theodore Roosevelt, very early texts referencing African-American slavery, history, geography, medical texts, literature, natural history ... Detail of Theodore Roosevelt book "African Game Trails"Toledo Times "Nixon Resigns", plus some more interesting paper ephemera1939 Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph w. Hitler on the coverSale PictureMore books and records and a little electric organ...Early 1900s barber chair by Theo A Kochs acquired from Temple University (hence the Temple colors) with original leather stropDetail of barber chair (has been repainted)Sale PictureBarber chair stropDetail of barber chair patent date - possible 1907?Small collection (6) of early 20th C. typewriters Earliest of the lot, a Blickensderfer (Stamford, CT) no. 5 typewriter in original wood box (ca. 1902)Sale PictureSale PictureAntique ca. 1920s Corona folding typewriter (no. 3 with case)Detail of an early 1900s version of the Pittsburgh Visible (no. 12), the first version of which was the first front strike machine Ca. early 1900s Underwood Standard 5 with metal traveling caseDetail of UnderwoodVintage Remington "Noiseless" typewriter Detail of Remington NoiselessDetail of Remington NoiselessPretty ca. 1930s Underwood with red brown woodgrain finishSale PictureUnderwood Standard Four Bank Keyboard Sale PictureWicker set of armchair, rocking chair and couch (not pictured, some cosmetic damage) for indoor or outdoor use, industrial spool tableVintage repro Pre-Columbian figures ca. 1970s and other souvenirs picked up when travelingClose shot of vintage repro pre-Columbian clay statuesWicker corner shelf, cuckoo clockcassette tapes and recorders, convertible library ladder and books galore!Sale PictureSale PictureVintage stereo equipment, 8-track player, record player, speakers, 8-track cassettes A couple hundred+ LPs in fantastic shape! Some Beatles, Folkways, Jazz, lots of classical ...A couple hundred 78s, including a couple early jazz/blues, like this Boogie Woogie recording featuring Count BasieSale PicturePaul Robeson Ballads 78Cute record filing system for 78s, small electrical organSingle Edison RecordTONS (dozens!!!) of vintage mugs, some dishwareLots of antique and vintage barware, glassware, some Depression glass...Sale PictureSale PictureAlligator hide (pretty brittle, but still cool!)Detail of Alligator hideAtomic era ice bucket, etcPretty ca. late 1930s - early 1940s original watercolor portrait by family friend illustrator 7 piece dining set covered with studio pottery mugs and lots more!Curio shelf with some interesting bitsDetail of some studio pottery mugs ca. 1960s-90sSale PictureEarly salt glaze stoneware crock (2 gallon?)Unused vintage serving utensils NIBEarly kitchen scale, big cast iron teapot & rest, interesting primitive and folk art bitsDetail of a few Tramp Art wall art (NOTE: unfortunately frame is staying with the family)Antique Fairbanks cast iron scale Scale detailCarved wood Ganesha statue from IndiaNice vintage Barrister bookcase by Gunn (missing 1-2 knobs, but good shape otherwise) with collection of antique mostly english bone china tea cups and servingware Detail of bookcaseLOTS of Williamsburg pottery!Adorable German made figural dog teapot (Erphila)Teapot markingHUGE collection of cast iron trivets (check out the spider web!!!)Antique apothecary bottles, unique little brass elfin foot candle lampA couple nice original seascape fine art prints signed "Joan Long"Sale PictureSale Picture

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