Weekly Public Estate Absolute Auction - JUN 1

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Public Estate Absolute Auction | Friday, June 1, 2018

Selling a wide array of merchandise from Main Line, PA and Delaware Valley Estates, Homes, and Collections

AUCTION PREVIEW: Thursday, May 31: 4-7PM | All-day Friday, June 1: From 9AM

START TIMES:
3PM (Back Room): Fine China & Porcelains, Glassware & Art Glass, Art Pottery, etc.; Silver; Estate Fine & Vintage Costume Jewelry; Collectibles; Coins & Currency; Books; Toys; Discovery Table & Box Lots, and much more.

4PM (Front Room): Antique & Quality Reproduction Furniture; Decorative Arts; Fine Art; Country Antiques & Primitives; Clocks & Carpets; Tools; Electronics, and much more.

8PM (Estate Auto): 1997 BMW 318i Convertible Coupe | Silver Exterior, Black Soft Top, and Black Interior; 159,295 Miles; Automatic Transmission; Power Windows, Locks, Mirrors; Power Convertible Top; Remote Keyless Entry; Heated Seats; Pioneer Stereo with CD/MP3; AAC & USB Ports, and more!  VIN: WBABH8322VEY12212

To Be Sold At Absolute Auction | 1500+ Lots Sold Every Friday!

Partial Listing to Include:

8PM: ESTATE AUTO

·        1997 BMW 318i Convertible Coupe

·        Silver Exterior, Black Soft Top, and Black Interior

·        159,295 Miles

·        Automatic Transmission

·        Power Windows, Locks, Mirrors

·        Power Convertible Top

·        Remote Keyless Entry

·        Heated Seats

·        Pioneer Stereo with CD/MP3; AAC & USB Ports, and more!

·        VIN: WBABH8322VEY12212

FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS, etc.

Large Selection of Asian/Chinese Furnishings from a Media, PA Estate Collection

·        Lacquered low tables with stools

·        Glass top fishbowl table with four horseshoe chairs

·        Lacquered china cabinets

·        Gold, white, black, and brown lacquered bedroom suites

·        Pair of red lacquered low tables

·        Black lacquered fitted bar cabinet

·        Dining room table with six chairs

·        Assorted lacquered folding screens

·        Chinese black painted chess table

·        Brass bound jewelry or silver chest

·        Carved teak roll top desk

·        Assorted floor standing Chinese bronze and mixed metal buddha figures

·        Chinese rose medallion porcelain palace vases

·        Assorted Chinese porcelain jardinières

·        Assorted Chinese lamps, and much more.

Antique & Quality Reproduction Furniture

·        Pair of heavily carved Victorian slipper chairs attrb. Belter

·        Collection of antique carved Chinese rosewood marble-inset stands

·        Theodore Alexander églomisé chest of drawers

·        Pennsylvania Chippendale four drawer chest with ogee feet

·        Federal banded mahogany bow front chest on French flared feet

·        Antique walnut Chippendale two-part highboy with ball and claw feet

·        Nautica Collection cherry armoire cabinet

·        Two Baker Charleston Collection carved Chippendale chairs

·        French Empire style dining room table with six chairs

·        Four heavily carved Chippendale style chairs with ball and claw feet

·        Federal period Pembroke tables

·        Jacobean style carved ten piece dining room suite

·        Midcentury rattan bar with two stools

·        Pine one-drawer work table and Antique pine bench table

·        Country pine eight legged half-spindle bench

·        Empire four drawer chest

·        Victorian walnut two-drawer work table

·        Singer iron base treadle sewing machine

·        Victorian marble top parlor tables

·        Cedar chests and blanket chests, including antique pine blanket chest

·        Pair of Victorian tufted back lounge chairs

·        Antique ship's hatch table

·        Three piece British oak living room suite

·        Empire mahogany one-drawer stand

·        Victorian pine mule chest with ceramic pulls

·        French carved leopard upholstered bergère with ottoman

·        Lexington cherry Victorian style dresser with mirror

·        Cherry triple dresser with mirror

·        Eames style lounge chair with ottoman

·        Broyhill empire style upholstered sofa

·        Gold painted rattan glass inset console table with two low tables

·        Traditional dining room table with six cane back chairs

·        Victorian dressers

·        Midcentury modern and contemporary bookcases

·        Wicker and rattan patio furnishings

·        Assorted decorator and vintage upholstery

·        Black painted bistro table with four chairs

·        Mission oak Morris chair and rocking chair, and more.

Decorative Arts; Country Antiques & Primitives; Clocks; Carpets, etc.

·        Antique gilt and contemporary mirrors

·        Two brass tacked leather and hide ship's trucks

·        Pair of floor standing life-sized carved eagle figural groupings

·        Oversized bronze figural grouping of a hunting dog with pheasant on wood base

·        Floor standing patinated bronze figural group of parrots on branches

·        Reed and Barton Regent silverplated tea service

·        1970s era Gibson Heritage acoustic guitar

·        Yamaha FG-260 acoustic 12 string guitar

·        Stella acoustic 4 string guitar

·        Unmarked vintage acoustic six string guitar

·        Ampeg Gemini I amplified

·        Pan-American Elkhart baritone tuba

·        Brass baritone horn with case

·        A fine antique tooled leather fishing creel with strap

·        Copper U.S. Navy Binnacle by Lionel

·        Kelvin and Wilfrid White U.S. Navy compass

·        Kelvin and White copper binnacle top

·        Assorted ship's compasses

·        Collection of nautical lanterns and running lights

·        Assorted ship's wheels

·        Ship and pond model boats

·        Nautical light converted table lamp

·        Ship's portholes

·        Grouping of nautical charts

·        U.S.N. wall mounted ship's bell

·        Schatz wall mounted barometer/ship's clock

·        19^th century French violin with bow and case

·        Blue-touch stoneware crocks and redware

·        Painted pine firkin

·        Adjustable iron floor standing betty lamp

·        Collection of antique baskets

·        Continental majolica and metal pedestal

·        Cape May flag and nautical flags

·        Oil lamps to include ship's oil lamps

·        Vintage metal Tonka truck toys

·        Signed iron handled copper pot

·        Swift ships clock on pine base

·        Gilt eagle form table lamp

·        Painted cast iron garden rabbit

·        Collection of canes

·        Assorted decorative table lamps, and more.

FINE ART

1. Su Chong pencil signed multi-media, woman with bowl, #3/3

2. Hand tinted 1576 map of Paris

3. C. Ricciardi oil on panel, landscape with two buildings

4. M.L.F. oil on panel, lake scene with distant mountains, 1889

5. Wayne G. Brown oil on panel, abstract

6. Two framed needlepoints, cat and dog

7. Two color engravings, Hudson River and Lake Erie

8. Two Mark Hagerno pencil signed prints, "Morning Meadow" and "Still Morning"

9. Andy Warhol print, Mao-Tse-Tung, "Bluegrass Edition"

10. Edwin Megargee oil on canvas, portrait of a woman

11. Two framed nature studies, birds, berries, butterflies, etc.

12. Two Mason/Boydell color engravings, "The Sportsman" and "The Fisherman"

13. Four framed lithographs, Majolica styles and patterns

14. Two French color engravings, Tartar tent and Main Pavilion at Bague

15. Unsigned oil on panel, landscape with waterfall

16. Hand tinted engraving, "Miseries of High Life"

17. M.D. Steele oil on canvas, still life, 1949

18. Charles Columbo print, "Cooch’s Bridge"

19. Axel Haig signed etching, "The Cloister Garden", 1907

20. Axel Haig signed etching, "Weidpath Castle", 1912

21. Axel Haig signed etching, "A Corner of Seville", 1884

22. Axel Haig signed etching, cathedral, 1884

23. Framed embroidery signed "Sam", Chinese export still life, 2007

24. Four hand tinted botanical engravings

25. Maxfield Parrish print, "Early Autumn White Birch"

26. Maxfield Parrish lithograph, "Reveries"

27. Nancy Willis pencil signed print, "Trinity Vicinity"

28. Two classical prints in oval frames

29. Two Nicoli oils on canvas, landscapes with cathedrals

30. Maxfield Parrish print, "Prince Codadad"

31. Maxfield Parrish lithograph, "Daybreak"

32. Maxfield Parrish print, "Pipe Night"

33. French color engraving, family with herd of sheep

34. Three small Maxfield Parrish prints, "Daybreak", "Twilight" and "Waterfalls"

35. Three small Maxfield Parrish prints, "Prince Codadad", "Villa Campi" and a Jell-o ad

36. Menardeau pencil signed color etching, "Brittany Fisher Boats"

37. Signed oil on canvas, landscape with castle

38. Gilt framed fan

39. Maxfield Parrish print, "Cleopatra"

40. Maxfield Parrish print, "Atlas holding up the Sky"

41. Two Maxfield Parrish prints, both are "Boy on Swing"

42. Maxfield Parrish print, "Solitude"

43. Maxfield Parrish print, "Grand Canyon"

44. Maxfield Parrish print, Ivory Fiberloid ad (celluloid)

45. Asian calligraphy scroll

46. Asian calligraphy scroll

47. Asian calligraphy scroll

48. Pair of Chinese lacquered panels with carved hardstone figures

49. Framed Japan Air Lines poster

50. Marcel Barrat painting on canvas, town scene

51. Set of four Chinese lacquered panels with carved mother-of-pearl figures

52. Pierce pencil signed sculpted paper, "Bird of Paradise", #369/1000

TOOLS | ELECTRONICS | APPLIANCES | MISCELLANEOUS

·        Audion polychord keyboard

·        Koss boom box

·        Sony Audio stack system with tower speakers

·        Industrial metal cart

·        Vermont Castings Signature Series Grill

·        Industrial wheels

·        Ladders

·        Victorian Iron gate

·        Assorted wicker sets

·        Blue comet A.C. Express train set

·        Annalee dolls

·        Racing Ripper bike

·        Giant Sedona DX bike

·        Mongoose metric alum. Bike

·        Troy Bilt 20" cut 6.5HP lawn mower

·        Smarter Tools 9500 W gasoline generator

·        Assorted tools, and more.

SHOWCASES

Fine China & Porcelains, Glassware, Art Pottery

·        Sevres fish set

·        Asian porcelain and china including Canton

·        Limoges ramekins, saucers, and dessert plates

·        Limoges rose decorated footed bowl

·        Spode “Stafford Flowers” and “Marlborough Sprays” covered casserole dishes

·        Royal Worcester Sage bowl and Rosemary platter with plates

·        Lobster dish

·        Belleek

·        Aynsley “Pembroke” ginger jar and cache pot

·        Wedgwood pitchers and vases

·        Delft Virginia ginger jar

·        Trio of game bird plates

·        Chelsea House decorative plates

·        Tony Wood Studio cottage teapot

·        Shelley teapot

·        E.M. & Co. Tonquin jar

·        Lenox Holiday candlesticks and tidbit tray

·        Aynsley “Little Sweetheart” cake stand

·        Cut glass

·        Waterford Crystal: bowls, candlesticks, etc.

·        Cobalt cased glass vase

·        German pottery wine/punch bowl

·        Art pottery vases, some signed

·        Sedberry pottery pitcher

·        Large Hand-painted Mexican pottery pot with lid

·        Stangl Humpty Dumpty bowl and plate

·        Stangl pansy dishes

·        Eldreth Slipware plate with elephant

·        Southwestern pottery pot signed Manuel Oliva, etc.

Full and Partial Sets of China/Dinnerware

·        Spode “Christmas Tree”

·        Mikasa “Shogun”

·        Wedgwood “April Flowers”

·        Spode Williamsburg Reserve Collection “Pearl River”

·        Bavaria Tirschenreuth “The Colwyn”

·        Satsuma set

·        Continental China “Colonial Rose”

·        Noritake “Medallion”

·        Hand-painted Meito china, floral with gilt accents

·        Nikko Classic Collection floral china, etc.

Collectibles, Toys, Ephemera, etc.

·        Nautical Collection: spyglasses, brass anchor, Cape May memorabilia, vintage swimsuit, etc.

·        Cast iron sailor bank

·        Crackle Glass ship’s decanter

·        Duck decoys, some signed: W.M., R.W. Craft, ENIC, and Crossman

·        Carved Heron by William A. Coleman, Worton, MD

·        Inlaid wooden pocket watch case with Irish symbols

·        Snuff box with boxing scene on lid

·        Collection of Whiskey pitchers

·        Kundo Quartz clock in brass and glass case

·        Westminster Chime mantel clock

·        Mechanical Artillery Bank

·        Antique bottles

·        Vintage baseball and Eagles football cards

·        Carved wooden Asian table screen

·        Large bronze temple figure

·        G. Armani Capodimonte figurines of Asian women

·        Grass baskets and bowls

·        Chinese scrolls and art books

·        The Spence Bright Line Haemacytometer in box

·        Lenox and Stangl bird figurines

·        Dog figurines

·        Royal Worcester figurines of children, including Wednesday and Sunday’s Child

·        Gettysburg Action figures and playset

·        Wind up tin lithograph elephants

·        Art glass oil lamps

·        Asian brass locks

·        Carved Asian figurines and boxes

·        Collection of Porcelain desk clocks

·        Mahjong set

·        Vista Alegre Portugal bisque horse figurines

·        Postcards

·        Album of Victorian die-cuts and labels

·        G.I. Joe action figures and clothing

·        Cabinet cards and old photographs: ships, trains, etc.

·        45 RPM records

·        CD sets: Grateful Dead Dick’s Picks; Frank Sinatra set in travel case, etc.

·        The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson DVD box set

·        Carved coal busts

·        Bronze greyhound

·        Hummels; Goebel Madonna

·        Hunting and pocket knives

·        BB guns

·        Ephemera: Old Newspapers, Radio Retailing, letters, French and Italian booklets, etc.

·        Cast iron sleeping fox door stop

·        Collection of elephants, including carved wood and stone elephants, etc.

·        Crystal ball with elephant decorated stand

·        Hand-painted & numbered Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society ceramic elephant

·        Brass horse head book ends

·        Elephant and other figural book ends

·        Modern wooden table top display case

·        Fitted toiletries set in Asian lacquered box

·        Pair of horse figures, Andrea by Sedlack

·        Elephant accent lamp

·        Large bronze elephant sculpture

·        Glass marbles, and more.

Books

·        3 Vols. The Baronetage of England by Kimber and Johnson, 1771

·        Illustrated History of the Centennial Exhibition by James D. McCabe

·        The Centennial Exposition Described and Illustrated by Ingram

·        4 Vols. Specimens of Early English Romances by Ellis, 1811

·        The World Displayed, or The Characteristic Features of Nature and Art on a New Plan by John Greig

·        Edgeworth’s Fashionable Tales, Volumes 1-3

·        Angelica’s Ladies Library; or Parents and Guardians Present

·        Remarks on the Plays of Shakespeare, Volumes 1-2, by E.H. Seymour, 1805

·        Vintage children’s books

·        The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton, Volumes 1-3, 1893

·        Handbook of Physiology, Phrenology and Physiology, Illustrated

·        The Stray by Betsy James Wyeth with illustrations by Jamie Wyeth (signed copy)

·        Cabbage and Kings by Elizabeth Seabrook with illustrations by Jamie Wyeth (signed copy)

·        Wild Animals of the World by Alfred H. Miles

·        The Wissahickon Hills by Cornelius Weygandt, University of Pennsylvania Press

·        The Dramatick Writings of William Shakespere, printed for John Bell, British Library, 1788

·        Walt Whitman, The Man by Thomas Donaldson (signed copy)

·        Twenty Years of Congress: from Lincoln to Garfield, Volume 1 illust., by James G. Blaine

·        Railroad report books

·        Quaker-related books including Annual Monitor 1848 and 1851

·        Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of John Comly, late of Byberry, Pennsylvania, 1853

·        A Collection and Selection of English Prologues and Epilogues, 1779

·        Peter Rabbit’s Book Shelf with books, etc.

STERLING and SILVER | SILVER PLATE | PEWTER | BRASS, etc.

Sterling

·        Pair of International Sterling “Prelude” candelabras

·        98 pcs. Gorham sterling flatware with serving pieces, in fitted chest

·        53 pcs. Alvin sterling flatware in fitted chest

·        30 pcs. Wallace Sterling flatware

·        Newport Sterling Paul Revere Reproduction bowl with red glass insert

·        Jamie Wyeth “Along the Brandywine” sterling plate by Franklin Mint

·        Bowls; Plates; Compotes; Candlesticks

·        Dresser set pieces and picture frame

·        Assorted flatware and serving utensils

·        Napkin rings

·        Baby cup

·        Salt and pepper shakers, etc.

Other Silver, Silver Plate, Pewter, etc.

·        Leonard silver plated two-handled urns

·        Large silver plated serving pieces

·        Rogers silver plated flatware

·        Oneida silver plated tea set

·        Concord silver plated covered serving dishes

·        Rogers silver plated bowl with reticulated edge, etc.

ESTATE FINE and VINTAGE COSTUME JEWELRY | FURS | LINENS

·        18K Bucherer ladies bracelet watch

·        Contemporary 14K white gold diamond pendant

·        Pearl drop earrings with diamond accents

·        Assorted gold earrings and pendants, some with diamonds

·        Watches

·        Men’s jewelry

·        Sterling jewelry including new earrings on cards, marcasite jewelry, etc.

·        Carved hardstone jewelry

·        Navy peacoats

·        Fur coats

·        Leather coats

·        “The Dewey” derby hat by Adam with Stetson hat box, etc.

FINE ART

·        William C. Morris, 1984 50th Anniversary ed. pencil-signed & numbered duck print with stamp

·        Framed etching Asiatic Elephant, Plate LI Probosgidea

·        Virginia Johnson watercolor, fishing shack

·        Framed map of Israel

·        Jim Dine museum poster

·        Andrew Wyeth prints

·        1932 Spanish-American War veterans band

·        General Booth c. 1900 photograph

·        1907-1908 House of Representatives of Pennsylvania photographs

·        John Glenn Boy Scout advertising

·        Photo of Billie Holliday, 1940

·        Women’s vintage wool bathing suit

·        Signed watercolor, farm scene

·        Steve Zayenski signed and numbered print of flowers

·        Rehoboth Art League art exhibition poster

·        Signed oil on canvas, mountain landscape

·        Signed watercolor of a church in the woods

·        Signed drawing of flower, signed Beryl S. McDonough

·        Map print of Jerusalem

·        Signed watercolor of a clown

·        Print of religious elderly woman

·        Print of Vetriano’s dancing in the rain

·        Print of Buddha

·        Needlepoint of deco women

·        Cross-stitch of house

·        Framed Chinese characters

·        Religious prints

·        Mazola oil advertising print

·        Decorative prints of perfume bottles, flowers, birds, urns, etc.

·        French fashion prints

·        Needlepoint of young girl with braids

·        Framed cross-stich saying, “Friends of Flowers in the Garden of Life”

·        Roman prints

·        Abstract oil signed S. Greene, room

·        Abstract oil signed S. Greene, man with sunset

·        Cape May Beach Patrol framed photograph, 1990

DISCOVERY TABLE & BOX LOTS, etc.

Books

·        Set of Will Durant Story of Civilization

·        Set of Harvard Classics

·        Set of Half Hours with The Best Authors

·        Volume I-III Dramatic Table Talk

·        Volume I-III Old Book Collector’s Miscellany

·        Set of George Eliot's Works

·        Set of Shakespeare’s Works

·        Assorted leather bound books

·        Maxfield Parrish Illustrated Books

·        Large collection of books about the Civil War

·        Assorted cookbooks

·        Religious books, etc.

Discovery Lots

·        Japanese dolls

·        Japanese porcelain

·        Brass bound Asian boxes

·        Aigner purses

·        Depression glass

·        Large collection of elephants
- Nabisco Classic Tea Set
- Cookie Jar
- Carved wood figures
- Banks
- Bookends
- Canes, etc.

·        Bachmann Trains: Big Hauler; Orient Express Train set, etc.

·        Street Savage radio control stunt vehicle

·        Yiboo gyroscopes system helicopter

·        Maisto Porsche model

·        Reproduction Wag-on-the-Wall Dutch clock

·        Indonesian masks

·        Ephemera: Photographs, Aviation, Celebrity photos, Lionel trains and more

·        German cuckoo clock

·        Gerold Portzellan German figurines

·        Copper religious figure

·        Desk clocks

·        Brass lamps

·        45s and CDs

·        Brazillian gold-rimmed China

·        Decanters

·        Italian pottery urns

·        Vintage cameras

·        Hobnail cruets

·        Asian jardinieres

·        Blue Willow chargers

·        Stangl pitcher

·        Blue and white transferware

·        Model ships

·        Ironstone

·        Cape May Beach Patrol doll

·        Woven baskets

·        Large shells

·        Decorative Santas

·        Hoboken & Co. green glass bottle

·        Sabatier carving set

·        Cut glass stemware and drinkware

·        Lenox bowls

·        Large fish platter

·        Bing & Grondahl ‘Gentle Love Collection’ plates

·        Vintage baseball cards

·        Backgammon set

·        Corningware

·        Daewoo copper and ceramic mugs

·        Ceramic garden gnomes

·        Ceiling light fixture

·        Haviland Bavarian China

·        Wedgwood Queensware

·        Assorted servingware and kitchenware

·        Port Merion Botanic Garden

·        Salzburg crystal wine glasses and carafe

·        Green glass chargers

·        Christmas decorations

·        Gold Imari vase

·        Roomba vaccum

·        Gibson Christmas China, and more.

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