Public Estate Discovery Auction - APR 19

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Public Estate Discovery Auction | Friday, April 19, 2019

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

AUCTION PREVIEW: Thursday, April 18: Noon-7PM | All-day Friday, April 19: From 9AM

START TIMES:

11AM | THE ANNEX: Tools; Electronics; Special Collections, and more.

1PM | DISCOVERY AUCTION
Back Room: Fine China & Porcelains; Glassware & Art Glass; Art Pottery; Silver; Estate Fine & Vintage Costume Jewelry; Furs; Clothing; Linens; Collectibles; Coins & Currency; Books; Ephemera; Toys; Discovery Table & Box Lots, and much more.

Front Room: Antique & Quality Reproduction Furniture; Decorative Arts; Fine Art; Country Antiques & Primitives; Clocks; Carpets; Assorted Home Items, and much more.

8PM | ESTATE AUTO
20011 Toyota Scion xB Hatchback: 41,317 Miles; 5-Speed Manual Transmission; 2.4 Liter In-line 4-Cylinder Engine; Black Exterior, Black & Gray Sport Cloth Interior; AM/FM Stereo with CD and AUX Input, & Steering Wheel Audio Controls; Remote Keyless Entry, and more!  VIN: JTLZE4FE1B1125934

Vehicle Terms
- Vehicles are sold AS IS, in AS FOUND/ESTATE condition.
- Minimum of 10% deposit due on day of auction. (Cash, Check, VISA, MC, Debit).
- Balance paid in full by Thursday following (Cash or Certified Bank Check ONLY).

To Be Sold At Absolute Auction.

Partial Listing to Include: 

11AM: THE ANNEX

Tools; Lawn & Garden, etc.

·        Generac XG800E Generator

·        Toro Push Mower

·        Cub Cadet Push Leaf Blower

·        Yardmachines Snow Blower

·        Climbtek Folding Ladder

·        Assorted Landscaping and Yard Tools

·        Assorted Hand Tools, etc.

Electronics

·        Samsung Flat-panel TVs

·        Pr. Dynaco Speakers

·        Pr. KLH Speakers

·        Pr. Fisher Speakers

·        Harmon-Kardon Amplifier

·        Lafayette Amplifier

·        Fisher Stereo Components

·        Vintage Movie Projectors

·        Assorted Vintage Film Reels, etc.

Miscellaneous Home Items

·        Assorted Contemporary Christmas Decorations & Ornaments

·        Nova Walker (in box)

·        Vintage & Contemporary Bicycles

·        Razor Scooters

·        Box Lots of Books

·        Golf Clubs and Golf Bags, and more.

1PM: DISCOVERY AUCTION

Front Room

FURNITURE and DECORATIVE ARTS, etc.

Antique, Traditional, Modern, & Quality Reproduction Furniture

·        Carved mahogany claw foot pie crust table

·        Chinese carved rosewood plant stand

·        Inlaid mahogany tilt top candle stand

·        Asian brass tray on carved wood base

·        Antique carved Sheraton style sideboard with carved ram's head decoration

·        Mahogany Empire game table

·        Councill banded mahogany Queen Anne style desk

·        Jacobean high back chair with carved mahogany frame

·        Paint decorated Adams style buffet

·        Pair of carved Mahogany tufted back fireside chairs

·        Empire mahogany dining table

·        Leather love seat and recliner

·        Antique pine corner cabinet

·        Inlaid mahogany wardrobe with mirror

·        Paint decorated Queen Anne style chest of drawers

·        Inlaid mahogany bow front server

·        Inlaid mahogany bow front buffet

·        Chinese lacquered console table with carved figures

·        Henkel-Harris Virginia Galleries cherry lingerie chest

·        Walnut ball and claw foot glass door bookcase

·        Kincaid King dresser

·        Dining tables and chairs

·        Bedroom sets

·        Hungerford cherry step back hutch with slate top inserts

·        Cherry queen size sleigh bed

·        Dark pine office furniture

·        Pair of Statesville Chair Company wing back chairs

·        Seven piece carved white bedroom set

·        Modern design tables and stands

·        Bookcases

·        Natural form wood magazine rack

·        Pair of modern upholstered swivel chairs

·        Cherry Queen Anne style low boy

·        Pennsylvania House cherry dry sink

·        Leather recliners and lift chairs

·        Wing back chairs including flame stitched and embroidered

·        Wicker and cast iron patio furniture

·        Painted mantel

·        Painted furniture

·        Victorian chairs

·        Needlepoint chairs

·        Needlepont foot stools

·        Antique arrow back chairs

·        Tile top plant stands

·        Jewelry armoires

·        Florentine nesting tables

·        Mahogany secretary desk with bookcase top

·        Metal barrister bookcases

·        Hoosier cabinet

·        Victor VV-8 floor model Victrola

·        Drop leaf dining tables

·        Pine bench

·        Pine and other blanket chests

·        Mahogany chests of drawers

·        Mahogany slant top desks

·        Windsor style dining chairs

·        Chippendale style dining chairs, and more.

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

·        Blue and white Chinese porcelain urns

·        Asian four panel table screen with cart

·        Large selection of lamps including brass, glass, crystal, Tiffany style, etc

·        Vintage five light table lamp with slag glass base

·        Crystal chandelier

·        Modern design lamps

·        Silver plated tea sets and serving pieces

·        Sleds

·        Rolling display case

·        Meade telescope

·        Carved pine duck trunk

·        Large brass candle sconces with globes

·        Stained glass windows

·        Vintage fire extinguishers

·        Edison player

·        Railroad switch lantern

·        Vintage adjustable student desk lamp

·        Chinese blue and white tile garden duck

·        Steamer trunks

·        GE fans with brass blades

·        Ansonia two key wind mantel clock

·        Humpback trunks

·        Tin tobacco advertising signs

·        Globes

·        Andirons

·        Bundy saxophone

·        Banjo wall clocks

·        Three key wind wall clock

·        Butcher block

·        Large sauerkraut crock

·        Army uniforms

·        Navy blanket

·        Flower sprinkler head

·        Bronze elephant bell

·        Printer trays and case

·        Advertising crate

·        Weber grills

·        Flat screen televisions including Sony

·        Large bird cage

·        GE apartment size refrigerator

·        Metal storage cabinet, and more.

FINE ART - Front Room

1. Babe Ruth wall plaque

2. Two Stafford Meadow Coal Iron stock certificates

3. Two rock music posters: KISS Dynasty and Gene Simmons from KISS

4. Two rock music posters: Two KISS posters

5. Raoul Dufy art exhibition poster 1954

6. Grant and Lewis color engraving, "The Melton Breakfast"

7. 1914 1915 advertising calendar "Confederate Memorial" Civil War related

8. Dreamgirls movie poster signed by Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, and Jennifer Hudson with COA

9. Unsigned watercolor on paper, farm landscape

10. Frank Lean oil on canvas, still life with violin

11. Signed photograph of NASCAR legend Richard Petty

12. Antique engraving of Confederate General Robert E. Lee

13. ESL oil on canvas, abstract

14. R. Sansaman watercolor on paper, landscape with house, creek and bridge

15. Pencil signed block print, "Mostly Snapdragons", #36/100, 1974

16. Herbert Slapo pastel on paper, "Off Duty"

17. Moura Chabor lithograph, children flying a kite and holding French flag

18. Polychrome temple rubbing

19. Unsigned etching, seated female nude

20. Dundaller pencil signed block print, abstract, 1969

21. Print of architectural decoration

22. Print of whippets

23. Paul English oil on canvas, portrait of a black and white dog

24. Jules Brault oil on panel, street scene

25. Grouping of three prints including Andrew Wyeth study and Picasso portrait

26. Mortland and Ward color engraving, "The Effects of Extravagance and Idleness"

27. Signed Japanese watercolor on silk, pheasants

28. Karl J. Kuerner signed print, pheasant, #398/400

29. Paul Scarborough pencil signed print with remarque, May Day celebration, artist's proof

30. Messick oil on panel, "Lucky Boy"

31. Jaquettey oil on canvas, sheep in the barn

32. Christopher M. Still oil on canvas, beach scene, 1988

33. Christopher M. Still oil on canvas, landscapes with pond, 1988

34. Morland and Syer color engraving, "Alehouse Kitchen"

35. Jeremy Lettwill oil on canvas, landscape with road

36. Unsigned watercolor on paper, the library

37. Hensley watercolor on paper, "The Brook"

38. Hensley watercolor on paper, landscape

39. L. Sacco/Rehrlich pencil signed print, "Boathouse Row", #110/375

40. C. Viers Mace watercolor on paper, "The Hunter"

41. Jeanne Doane Burford watercolor on paper, "Spring House Bucks County"

42. John Crowley pen and ink, fishermen

43. C.H. Shearer watercolor on paper, landscape

44. Jane Curtis pen and ink, "Harbor Island Marina Solomon Maryland", 1977

45. 1836 Solebury Township Bucks County indenture

46. Needlepoint of First Pennsylvania Battalion soldier 1775

47. Antique Currier and Ives color engraving, "The Three Greedy Kitties", 1871

48. Victorian lithograph, pets in the parlor

49. Homer Martin print, "Harp of the Winds"

50. Maurice Frost pencil signed lithograph, landscape with three arch bridge

51. Signed oil on canvas, floral still life

52. Color engraving, patio scene

53. Wheatley and Nutter color engraving, the beggar

54. Morland and Syer color engraving, "Alehouse Door"

55. Victorian lithograph, girls on a swing

56. Andrew Wyeth copyright print, "Arthur Cleveland"

57. Signed oil on canvas, landscape with creek

58. Antique lithograph, palace scene

59. Antique lithograph, Benjamin Franklin at Versailles

60. Map of part of Coatesville

61. Map of part of Morris Township

62. Map of area near Centerville

63. Map of East Brandywine Township

64. Map of Wayne and St. Davids Townships

65. Victorian lithograph of girl holding chicks

66. Two Turner and Reeve color "Hawking" engravings, "The Rendezvous" and "The Departure"

67. Munier print on canvas, boy and girl

68. Two botanical prints

69. Unsigned oil on canvas, impressionist landscape

70. Victorian style print, women at the trellis

71. James Pollard color engraving, "The New London Royal Mail"

72. Two Dorothy Lyttle oils on panel, "Washington's Headquarters" and "Lafayette's Headquarters"

73. John Bowen oil on canvas, two seated girls

74. Elizabeth Price oil on panel, moored sailboats

75. Signed oil on canvas, European cityscape

76. Signed oil on canvas, landscape with woods and path

77. Signed watercolor triptych, landscape

78. Jean Whitman oil on panel, covered bridge in winter

79. Steven oil on canvas, landscape at twilight

80. Olivia oil on canvas, European street scene

81. Signed oil on canvas, park in summer

82. John James Audubon print, deer

83. James David Sloane signed print, barn interior

84. Unsigned oil on canvas, ladies with summer hats

85. Larry S. Anderson pencil signed print, Wilmington Delaware, #383/1000

86. Charles Weymouth signed print, Coast Guard Cutter "Mohawk", #153/300

87. Clayton Anderson oil on canvas, abstract

88. Unsigned multi-media, peacock

Back Room

SHOWCASES

Fine China & Porcelains, Glassware, Art Pottery, etc.

·        Hand-painted Limoges game bird set

·        Collection of assorted game bird plates

·        Hand-painted Wedgwood charger with doves

·        Asian porcelains and china

·        Set of dinner plates with assorted birds

·        Belleek

·        Flow Blue

·        Transferware

·        W.G. & Co. Limoges hand-painted tankards

·        Pitcher with hand-painted scene with monks

·        Hand-painted Bohemian glass jar

·        Collection of Roseville Pottery

·        Wedgwood "Williamsburg" plates

·        Wedgwood Museum of Modern Art bowl commemorating the US Independence

·        Wedgwood scallop shell  and cabbage leaf plates

·        Set of matching antique Ironstone platters and tureen

·        Wedgwood Jasperware

·        Hand-painted punch bowl

·        Assortment of Bone China tea cups and saucers

·        Assorted floral serving pieces including Nippon, RS Germany, RS Prussia, etc.

·        Cut Glass

·        Carnival Glass

·        Opalescent Glass

·        Assorted Crystal: Waterford, Rogaska, Cristal Sevres, Heritage Irish Crystal, etc.

·        J. E. Caldwell Constitution Bowl

·        Flat Earth pottery charger with Kokopelli figure

·        Set of Royal Cauldon fox hunt plates

Full and Partial Sets of China/Dinnerware

·        Royal Worcester "Evesham"

·        Wedgwood "Philadelphia" with "Liverpool Birds" plates

·        Franciscan "Apple"

·        Lenox "Kingsley"

·        Villeroy & Boch fish set

·        Royal Albert "Old Country Roses"

·        Elite Works Limoges France with floral and geometric border

Collectibles, Coins/Currency, Toys, Ephemera, etc.

·        Collection of cloisonné vases, pots and covered bowls

·        Seth Thomas two key wind mantel clock with figural metal case

·        French mantel clock with figural metal case

·        Pair of mixed stone compotes

·        Hand-crafted wooden doll house desk and filing cabinet

·        World War I French "Adrian" helmet

·        Lladro and Nao figurines

·        Wooden locking tea caddy

·        Framed papercutting of a man and woman on horseback

·        Cast metal incense burner shaped like an Egyptian woman

·        Pair of reverse painted glass accent lamps

·        Bakelite accent lamp

·        LP Record Albums including: Led Zeppelin, KISS, Elvis, Johnny Cash, The Platters, etc.

·        Jade flowers

·        Glass candy dishes

·        Carved Asian figures

·        Trinket boxes

·        Antique boot gun

·        Powder horn

·        US Navy Cap Gun

·        Animal figurines: bunnies, elephants, etc.

·        Inuit carved stone animal

·        U.S. Civil War Era Officer's sword and sheath

·        Art glass vases

·        Paperweights

·        Russian lacquer boxes

·        Cloisonné miniatures

·        Amazon Kindle and Tablet

·        Vintage hunting and fishing licenses, City of Newton Skating permits, etc.

·        Ephemera

·        Vintage Leica camera and Leitz lens

·        Old photographs including an album of horse-related photos

·        Stereoscopic cards of Fairmount Park and other Pennsylvania scenes

·        Vintage National Publishing Company Map of the United States

·        Wooden Jewelry boxes

·        Political buttons

·        Partially filled books of Lincoln Cents

·        Chinese coins

·        Antique dip pens

·        Vintage nodder figurines

·        Desk sets

·        Art pottery vases

·        Letterpress printing blocks

·        Breyer horses

·        Hummel Nativity figurines with boxes

·        Tiffany & Co. playing cards

·        Glass marbles

·        Hess trucks

·        Skeleton keys

·        Old spectacles

·        Microphones

·        Die-cast cars including Hotwheels Red Line cars

·        N-gauge trains

·        Pocket knives

·        Castle Films movie reels

·        Antique bible with family history of Sherman H. Hill and Julia Porter

·        Holgate Toys No. 784 Bridge Blocks set

·        Lockable inlaid writing desk

·        Cast iron dog door stops

·        Pair of horse head bookends

·        Still and Mechanical banks

·        Pair of Chinese porcelain duck figurines

·        Marble obelisk

·        Artillery shell art lamp commemorating the All Star Dream Game 1935 American League Winners

·        Glass fruit basket lamp

·        Hand crafted Cribbage board

·        Asian lacquered Chess/Checkers and Backgammon game board

·        Steiff stuffed animals

·        Enameled B&O Railroad sign

·        Star Wars action figures in Darth Vader case

·        Midge, Skipper, and Ken dolls in original boxes

·        Barbie cases with assorted dolls, clothing, and accessories

·        Coffee mill

·        Bose Wave Radio and CD with remote

·        Lenox angel figurines

·        Small carriage clock

·        Covered animal dishes

·        Herend figurine of an Asian man

·        Hand-painted Chinese figurine of a young lady with basket

·        B&G figurines

·        Royal Copenhagen vase with classical figure

·        Boehm porcelain flowers, etc.

Books

·        "Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle" by Oliver Wendell Holmes

·        W.H. Seward's Travels Around the World, 1873

·        Remarkable Shipwrecks and Naval Disasters, 1813

·        "A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts", dated 1816

·        "The Ahiman Rezon" Pennsylvania Masonic book, 1825

·        Antique French books

·        "Roughing It" by Mark Twain, 1872

·        "The Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrim's Progress" by Mark Twain, 1869

·        "Biography of Henry Clay" by George D. Prentice, Esq., 1831

·        October 1, 1887 edition of Hagerstown Daily News

·        "Floral Gems"

·        "Elbert Hubbard's Scrapbook"

·        "The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton"

·        "The Alps, Switzerland, and the North of Italy" by Rev. Charles Williams, 1854

·        "The Columbian Exposition Album" Chicago, 1893

·        1919 Program from the Citizens' Reception to the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Nurses of Chester, Pennsylvania and Vicinity on Their Return from the World War 1914-1919

Sports Collectibles

·        Unopened wax packs of 1980s baseball cards

·        Album of Topps baseball cards from 1953-76

·        Topps SportsTalk Player with additional cards

·        1981 Philadelphia Eagles Yearbook

·        Phillies collectibles:
- Transistor radio
- Wristwatches
- Pinback buttons
- Photos
- Roy Rogers drink set, etc.

·        Various signed baseballs

·        Signed photos:
- Larry Bowa
- Mike Schmidt
- Harry Marnie
- Joe DiMaggio
- Mickey Mantle
- Eric Lindros
- Richie Ashburn
- Muhammed Ali
- Frank Sinatra, etc.

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

Sterling

·        77 pieces Easterling "Rosemary" flatware in fitted case

·        71 pieces International Sterling flatware in fitted case

·        Sets of Cartier salt and pepper shakers in fitted boxes

·        Tiffany & Co. reproduction of a bowl by Ephraim Brasher

·        Bowls

·        Plates

·        Candlesticks and inserts

·        Salt and Pepper Shakers

·        Cream and Sugar sets

·        Rattles with Mother of Pearl teething rings

·        Small Sterling and Formica gallery tray

·        Condiments

·        Hand bell

·        Souvenir spoons

·        Compote

·        Cup Plates

·        Assorted teaspoon and iced tea spoon sets

·        Assorted flatware and serving utensils

·        Tiffany & Co. sterling notepad holder

·        Smoking accessories

·        Dresser set pieces

·        Porringers

·        Trivets and coasters, etc.

Other Silver, Silver Plate, Pewter, Brass, etc.

·        Hallmarked magnifying glass

·        Set of Toron Parisot knives with hand-painted porcelain handles

·        Pair of mixed metal candlesticks

·        Brass candlesticks

·        English pewter coffee pot

·        Pewter tankard

·        Silver plated flatware

·        Silver plated tea set and samovar, etc.

ESTATE FINE and VINTAGE COSTUME JEWELRY | FURS | LINENS

·        Gold jewelry to include: necklaces, brooches, and earrings

·        Gold rings, some with gemstones

·        Diamond stud earrings

·        Diamond solitaire pendant

·        Pearls

·        Assorted sterling jewelry

·        Bakelite and early plastic jewelry

·        Contemporary and vintage costume jewelry

·        Celtic jewelry

·        Holiday jewelry

·        Stone fetish necklace

·        New old stock earrings

·        Masonic pendant

·        Masonic badge from Zembo Temple, Harrisburg

·        Wristwatches, Pocket Watches, and Watch Chains

·        Vintage purses

·        Ted Baker London purse with storage pouch

·        Coach purse

·        Chinese robes

·        Contemporary mink jacket and Vintage fur coats and stoles

·        Promotional jackets for ABC TV channels and shows

FINE ART - Back Room

·        Unsigned portrait of a young lady painted on porcelain

·        Unsigned watercolor of boats approaching a harbor

·        Unsigned hand-colored landscape photographs

·        Enameled landscape with young girl, "Cardin"

·        Carol Cohen 10/18 print

·        Raoul Dufy print

·        Historic Wilmington, DE map

·        Watercolor of Notre Dame, dated 1956

·        Oil of Italian city landscape, Vitell Martinelli

·        Oil on canvas of European village landscape, A. Franchet

·        Pen and ink European cityscape, M. Fischer

·        Pair of oil on board still life, Claire Vincent, c. 1926

·        Artist proof, E. Diamond

·        Barber engraving of a hunt scene, "Taking the Lead"

·        Gainborough engraving, squire and wife

·        Morland Pledge of Love engraving

·        "Imagine" John Lennon poster, radio station 94WYSP

·        1980 Gold Medal Hockey Team poster

·        Print of Wilmington, DE map

·        Print of Philadelphia skyline and art museum

·        C.F. Payne, "Word Power" print

·        Matisse prints on board

·        Temple rubbings

·        Framed railroad puzzles

·        Framed dried floral arrangements, etc.

DISCOVERY TABLE & BOX LOTS, and much more!

·        Etched Fostoria glass in Chintz pattern

·        Griswold #9 griddle

·        Andrew Wyeth Franklin Mint bowl

·        Carnival glass

·        Concert posters

·        LP 45 records: rock, country, Motown, Elvis

·        Chinese porcelain

·        Cut crystal

·        Pair of pierced tin lanterns

·        Madeline original California vase

·        Ephemera

·        Vintage photos

·        Sheet music

·        Postcards

·        Antique bibles

·        1950s glassware

·        Pattern glass

·        Primitive kitchen utensils

·        Hand-blown colored glass

·        Amberina pitcher, glasses, and cruet

·        Lenox

·        Continental Parian figures

·        Bone china cups and saucers

·        Set of Finladia china

·        Designer purses

·        Godey prints

·        Fada vintage radio

·        Lanterns and oil lamps

·        Enamel kitchenware

·        Vintage utility scales

·        Set Homer Laughlin Skytone china

·        Byer Carolers

·        Pink and green depression glass

·        Women's scarves

·        Ironstone bowls

·        Antique books

·        American Girl dresses and accessories

·        Wedgwood Jasperware

·        Elvis doll

·        Elvis tumbler glasses

·        HP monitor screen

·        Lenox china, "Butterfly Meadow"

·        Eschenbach Bavarian china, "Elena"

·        Copper skillets and pots

·        Pyrex divided casserole dish

·        Flow blue

·        Child's rocking chair

·        Marbles

·        Vera Wang stainless decorative bowl

·        Crown Victoria china, "Love Lace"

Sports Collectibles & Memorabilia

·        Trading cards

·        Baseballs; Baseball figures; Baseball hobble heads

·        Topps 1990 baseball coins

·        Sports posters

·        Framed photos

·        Books, and more.

Toys

·        Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls

·        Vintage dolls

·        Madeline dolls and accessories

·        Ship and plane models

·        Action figures: Buzz Lightyear; ID4 day; A Bug's Life; Godzilla; Batman, etc.

·        Danbury Mint cars

·        Mini Hess trucks and cars

·        Nylint trucks

·        Buddy L trucks

·        Tonka trucks

·        Uncle Wiggly game

·        Comic books

·        Lionel trains, and more.

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