Public Estate Discovery Auction - MAY 31
May 31
11amTerms & Conditions
All merchandise is offered as is, where is, without guarantee.
All items are offered at absolute auction, with no reserves or minimums, unless otherwise specified.
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The buyer's premium is 15%; may be higher for special collections & catalog auctions
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Briggs Auction, Inc.
Description & Details
BRIGGS AUCTION, INC.
1932 ~ Celebrating 87 Years! ~ 2019
BriggsAuction.com
Public Estate Discovery Auction | Friday, May 31, 2019
Selling a wide array of merchandise from Main Line, PA and Delaware Valley Estates, Homes, and Collections
AUCTION PREVIEW: Thursday, May 30: Noon-7PM | All-day Friday, May 31: 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 | TWO ESTATE AUTOS
2008 Toyota Sienna XLE Minivan
Silver Metallic Exterior, Gray Leather Interior with Burlwood Trim; Automatic Transmission; Power Windows, Locks, Mirrors; Power Sliding Doors; Remote Keyless Entry; In-Dash Navigation System with Voice Navigation; JBL AM/FM Stereo with Satellite, MP3 and CD; Dual Front & Rear Climate Controls; Heated Front Seats; Bruno Lift System; Odometer: 85,233 Miles, and more. VIN: 5TDZK22C88S186996
1996 Toyota Corolla DX Wagon
Gold Exterior, Gold Cloth Interior; Automatic Transmission; Power Windows, Locks, Mirrors; AM/FM Stereo with Cassette; Air Conditioning; Odometer: 126,270 Miles. VIN: JT2EB02E9T0114004
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
· Electronics
· Assorted Decorative Arts, Collectibles, Books, etc.
· New In Box Men's Shoes
· Bicycles; Toys and Games
· Var. China/Dinnerware; Kitchen Items , and much more!
1PM: DISCOVERY AUCTION
Front Room
FURNITURE and DECORATIVE ARTS, etc.
Antique, Traditional, Modern Design, & Quality Reproduction Furniture
· Hancock & Moore French Style Armchair
· Pair of white painted Chinese Chippendale side tables
· Federal Style inlaid card table
· Pair of Georgian style carved side chairs
· Pair of Chippendale style carved mahogany corner chairs
· Pair of marble-inset Asian carved pedestals
· Pair of Link-Taylor Chippendale style mahogany block front chests
· 12 Stanley Chippendale-Style mahogany dining chairs
· Stanley Chippendale-Style mahogany extension dining table
· Mahogany Chippendale-Style buffet on ball and claw feet
· White Furniture Company three piece French bombe bedroom suite
· Louis XV style swivel vanity stool with caned back
· Baker French-Style circular and square table
· Chinese rosewood carved marble-inset low pedestal
· Pair of Asian carved hardwood chairs; Asian carved figural bar cabinet
· Stickley mahogany two-door armoire
· Antique two-part pine stepback cupboard
· Georgian style mahogany breakfront china cabinet with beveled glass doors
· Mission style oak dining table and six chairs
· Sumter Cabinet mahogany six-piece bedroom suite
· Link Taylor Regency-Style Mahogany Four Poster King Bed
· Link Taylor mahogany chest on chest and bureau
· Mahogany Queen Anne style window bench
· Pair of Jasper Asian lacquered curio cabinets
· Bradington-Young leather three cushion sofa and recliner
· Pair of decorator country French style armchairs with plaid upholstery
· Beveled glass and iron table with two armchairs
· Country French extension dining table with six feather-back chairs
· French leather-top library table desk
· French carved stool with tufted seat
· Asian lacquered low table
· Glass top Asian jardinière table
· Weiman glass top coffee table
· Faux bamboo painted nighstands, dresser, and lingerie chest
· Queen Anne style dining room suite
· Pair of decorator painted three-drawer cabinets
· Floral decorator bombe low chest
· Maple bedroom furnishings
· Queen Anne cherry nightstands
· Tall painted multi-drawer cabinet
· French Provincial bedroom suite
· Cherry china cabinet
· Cherry dining table with six Windsor-style chairs
· Victorian walnut secretary desk
· Empire mahogany console table
· Plank seat chairs
· Tribal ladder-back chair
· Porcelain and oak Hoosier cabinet
· Victorian marble-top stand
· Spinning wheel
· Horner Style carved library table
· Three vintage Koken porcelain barber chairs
· Oak serpentine china cabinet
· Empire bow glass china cabinet
· Blue painted primitive cupboard
· Red painted glass door cupboard
· Victorian oak cabinet
· Victorian paw foot china cabinet
· Danish teak side table
· 10 bentwood slat back dining chairs with caned seats
· Eames style lounge chair with ottoman
· Two decoration Italian style high-back chairs
· Pair of long American Modern walnut daybed sofas with geometric bases
· John Widdicomb dining table and caned back chairs
· Geometric pedestal base
· Nest of three orange painted metal faux bamboo tables
· Vintage free-edge slab bench
· American modern surfboard sofa table
· Moroccan etched brass tray spider-leg table
· D-Scan contemporary sofa
· Decorator upholstered chairs and sofas
· Secretary desk
· Modern four door cabinet
· Bar and counter stools
· Living, bedroom, and dining furnishings
· Patio furnishings, including a blue painted wrought iron table and chairs, and much more.
Decorative Arts; Country Antiques & Primitives; Clocks; Carpets; Misc. Home Items, etc.
· Chinese porcelain dragon decorated vase with blue background
· Chinese porcelain famille rose vase
· Asian porcelain elephant-form garden seat
· Arts and crafts floor lamp with decorated screen shade
· Victorian yellow glass parlor lamp with globe shade
· Pair of Waterford crystal and brass table lamps
· Pair of Maitland Smith Lidded French style urns
· Porcelain and bronze decorated urn
· Pair of silverplated candelabra
· Assorted vintage and contemporary globes
· Green painted barb-wire cactus sculpture
· Assorted vintage teak trays and serving pieces
· 80s modern black glazed ceramic lamps
· Antique violin in case
· Copper and brass fire extinguisher umbrella stand
· Galvanized metal trash can with lid
· Copper architectural cupola
· Iron cane or umbrella stand
· Assorted primitives and decorative arts
· Flying geese weathervane with directionals
· Copper food molds
· Earthenware mixing bowls
· Antique ogee mirrors
· Assorted gilt mirrors
· L.C. Smith typewriter
· Pair of glazed pottery cherub figures
· Assorted antique wall and shelf clocks
· Mastertone Special slide guitar with case
· Cast iron Michelin man with dog
· Vintage croquet set with wooden case
· Stoneware
· Wire baskets
· Taxidermy bear rug
· National Theater broadside
· Tiffany style leaded glass shades
· Milk cans
· Elk antlers, and more; too many pieces to list!
FINE ART - Front Room
1. Unsigned oil on canvas, portrait of woman and girl
2. Two hand-tinted engravings, ladies
3. Erin signed oil on canvas, modern abstract with colored dots
4. James Courtland print on canvas, "Opening", 2012
5. Two prints, Vincent Van Gogh's "Pink Peach Tree" and unattributed floral
6. Signed Japanese watercolor on silk, two ladies, one reading
7. Japanese embroidery on silk, birds of paradise
8. Japanese watercolor, floral
9. Walter Cleveland pencil signed etching, "Flower Studies", #36/200
10. T. Clark oil on canvas, portrait of a seated woman wearing hat
11.. A. Vianni oil on canvas, portrait of a woman in Elizabethan style dress
12. Three photographs including architectural, lone tree and seascape
13. Unsigned oil on panel, rowing to shore
14. Unsigned carved wood plaque of man
15. Thornbee pencil signed etching, "Conversational", #2/20, 1967
16. Thornbee pencil signed etching, "Log Gear #2", #2/25, 1968
17. Two D'Pinto prints on canvas, feathers
18. C. Phillip Wykoff pencil signed print, "The Arrival", #14/150
19. James Munchhouser print, ballet, 1940
20. Signed watercolor triptych, Jerusalem
21. Two raised rubbings of temple goddess
22. Raised rubbing of chariot
23. Tom French oil on canvas, still life with flowers and birds
24. Campin oil on canvas, portrait of a Mason in uniform
25. William L. Turner oil on canvas, "Ravenglass"
26. Sol Targan oil on panel, piano lessons
27. Three M. Escofet floral prints
28. Print of pastel portrait of a young girl
29. Charles Townsend oil on canvas, "Spanish Mission Church", 1990
30. Lithograph icon of Maria SS Di Montevergine
31. West oil on canvas, barn
32. Erdossy Bela oil on panel, wagons in train
33. Descourtil botanical print, Palm
34. Three John Richard botanical prints
35. Bowlett oil on canvas, impressionist alpine town scene
36. West oil on canvas, rose
37. Llewelyn oil on panel, seated lady
38. Signed oil on canvas, surrealist view of town
39. Axel H. Haig pencil signed etching, cathedral interior
40. Lange print on canvas, Mediterranean seaside town
41. Unsigned oil on canvas, modern abstract
42. Unsigned oil on canvas, modern abstract with spheres
43. Allan Nafte surreal block print, #6/20
44. William Hogarth color engraving, "Pit Ticket"
45. L. Losangelis oil on canvas, "Michele's"
46. Albers modern art wall sculpture
47. Embroidered sampler including trees and animals
48. N.R. signed oil on canvas, portrait of a man
49. A. Pissot oil on canvas, floral still life
50. Photographic print of Grand Canyon with rattlesnake
51. Paul MacWilliams pencil signed print, "American Princess", #99/450
52. Shirley Patterson signed pastel on paper, "One Night in Bethlehem", 1976
53. Jean Wigglesworth Watson watercolor on paper, winter farmscape
54. M.H. Llahan pastel on paper, still life with pitcher, plant and fruit
55. Two charcoal portraits of man and woman
56. Southern Railway poster, "Bournemouth Belle"
57. Railway poster, "The Night Scotsman"
58. Railway poster, "Take Your Dog With You By Rail"
59. Sebastian Upson pencil signed print, "Leaving the Slip"
60. Andrew Wyeth copyright print, "Anna"
61. Andrew Wyeth copyright print, "Patrolling"
62. Marc Chagall lithograph, "Bouquet de Fleurs"
63. Edvard Munch print, "The Girls on the Bridge"
64. Two Moser oils on canvas, castle and chapel
65. Asian textile with bird and flowers
66. Toulouse-Lautrec print on exhibition poster
67. Norman Rockwell print, The School Teacher
68. St. Germain pencil signed 1982 New York Jazz Festival poster, #242/500
69. Lithograph of inlet with rock outcroppings
70. Laura Nevin pencil signed lithograph, "Butterflys Are Free I"
71. Claude W. Bernardine pencil signed print, country still life with crocks
72. Nicholas Santoleri pencil signed print, "Breck's Mill", #722/950
73. Remenick pencil signed block print, woman at desk, #29/175
74. Mildred Sands Kratz signed print, winter water pump, #17/450
75. Kerry Hallam poster, "Steps to the Sea"
76. Two unsigned floral prints
77. Andrew Wyeth copyright print, "Master Bedroom"
78. Charles Bernardine pencil signed print, "Early Glory", #50/350
79. Panoramic photograph of "Culver Summer School – 1920"
80. Richard Bollinger pencil signed print, "Morning Along the Strand", #295/450
81. C. Phillip Wikoff pencil signed print, "Brantwyn", #115/875
82. Philip Jamison print, still life with tea kettle and pears
83. Warren Craig watercolor on paper, landscape with house
84. Lithograph of regal baby getting a bath
85. Steven R. Kozar pencil signed print, sheep, #155/480
86. Impressionist print on canvas, canal with boats
87. Marc Chagall print, "The Enchanted Castle"
88. Camille Corot print, "Quai Des Paquis, Geneva"
89. Temple rubbing
90. Beatles mirror with gold foil background
91. Beatles mirror
92. Beatles mirror with band playing
93. Beatles mirror
94. Capt. Foultz oil on panel, ship in stormy seas
95. Capt. Foultz oil on panel, waves crashing on rocks
96. Pencil signed multimedia print, kimono
97. Floral print of flowers in a Chinese bowl
98. Ray Fairchild-Woodard pencil signed serigraph, "A Favoured Land", #36/500
99. Poster of a tiger in snow
100. Signed oil on panel, seaside walk
101. Beatles poster with Paul smoking
Back Room
SHOWCASES
Fine China & Porcelains, Glassware, Art Pottery, etc.
· Flow blue meat platter
· "The Liberty Bowl" by Wedgwood
· Transferware including a Queen Victoria and Prince Albert pitcher
· Asian porcelains and china
· Set of Lenox dinner plates, red and gilt decorated border
· Set of Spode "Ship George of Salem" plates
· Glass sunflower plates
· Van Briggle Pottery
· Weller Pottery
· Pair of hand-painted ruby glass cordials
· Bohemian Glass wines
· Limoges floral ramekins with under plates
· Baccarat crystal
· Coffee sets
· Hand-painted china
· "Hubertus" platter by Arabia Finland
· Hay Creek Pottery Bowl
· Modern art pottery pieces, some signed
· Pottery jardinieres, one with stand
· Wedgwood Jasperware, and more.
Sets of China, Dinnerware, etc.
· Limoges "Nymphea"
· Lenox China, "Eternal"
· Lenox China, "Winter Greetings"
· Franciscan Appleware China
· German Patricia Blue and Gilt Rimmed China set
· Partial set of Spode Blue Newbury, etc.
Collectibles, Coins/Currency, Toys, Ephemera, etc.
· Decoys identified as made by:
- John Redden
- Alvin Meekins, Hoopers Island
- Reme Roussel
- H.H.E.
- Jim Pierce, Havre De Grace; etc.
· Quail and butterfly display in glass dome
· Pair of French porcelain busts of children
· Pair of Tiffany & Co. crystal bud vases
· Staffordshire figurines
· Lladro and Nao figurines
· Royal Doulton figurines
· Bust of Napoleon
· Boehm and Capodimonte porcelain florals
· Ginger Jars
· B&G and Royal Copenhagen figurines
· Joan Tafoya San Ildefonso pottery pot
· Three piece gilt carved wall plaques with birds and flowers
· Mottahedeh birds
· Gondor seahorse vase
· Pair of mirrored obelisks
· Toleware candlestick with shade
· Large stoneware pitcher with Spongeware decoration
· Vintage kitchen ceramics
· Art glass vases
· Kaiser porcelain horse head bust
· Glass decanters
· U.S. and foreign coins
· Art glass paperweights
· Opera glasses
· Yellow ware bread molds
· Wooden butter presses
· Vintage holiday decorations
· Glass cruets
· Set of chisels and other hand tools
· Large selection of smoking pipes
· Thimbles, doll house accessories, and other miniatures
· Desk sets
· Straight razors
· Vintage dolls including a Madame Alexander bride doll in original box
· Skeleton keys
· Carved African figures
· Carved wooden boxes
· Automobile emblems
· Collectible knives
· Military medals
· Lead soldiers
· British military books
· Artillery shell lamp
· Cast iron coffee grinder
· Kundo Electric Clock
· Pocket lighters
· 1920 Germantown High School autograph book
· Postcards
· Ephemera, some advertising related
· World War II era scrapbook with photos
· Symphonion music disks
· Vintage radios
· Cast iron figural door stops
· Figural bookends
· Miniature toy/salesman's sample wooden chests
· Brass scale weights
· Antique bottles
· Bennington Pottery pitchers, casserole dishes, etc.
· Spongeware pitcher
· Record and CD box sets: The Beatles, Elvis Presley, etc.
· Beatles trading cards
· Horse brasses on strap
· Hummels
· Art glass perfume bottles
· Signed Judy Johnson framed print, etc.
Books
· "The Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge', 1835
· Early 19th century British Government related books
· "King's Views of New York 1908-1909"
· 2 volume set: "Life of Napoleon Buonaparte", 1828
· Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle
· Abbott's The Pioneers and Patriots of America
· 1842 Life of Napoleon Buonaparte
· 19th Century Pictorial Family Bible
· Books about and by the Monkees, Rolling Stones, etc.
· Large collection of Beatles books
· 1922 National Child Welfare Association
· Vintage children's books
· Boy Scout books and novels, c. 1940s-50s
· Star Trek blueprints
· The Delaware Scene by Jack Lewis
· The Hudson River by Jack Lewis
· 1920 I.L. Perez Gleichnisse
· Wilhelm Busch, and more.
Large Collection of Vintage Toys
· Ungar Hot Rod Kit
· Marx Fort Apache Stockade
· Marx US Army Training Center
· Marx Tom Corbett Space Academy
· Ideal's Mechanical Harbor Police Boat
· Ideal Fire Boat
· Marx Arctic Explorer Play Set, Series-2000
· Marx Log Cabin
· Hubley The Rifleman Flip Special
· Marx-Atomic Cape Canaveral Missile Base
· Marx Robin Hood Castle set
· Marx Roy Rogers Mineral City Western Town playset
· Marx Davy Crockett and the Alamo playset
· Hubley Motor Express truck
· Disneyland Rollercoaster
· Spike Jones drum kit
· Barbie cases, some with clothing and accessories
· Vintage roller skates
· Toy guns
· Toy cars, trucks, and boats
· Wind-up toys
· Vintage dexterity puzzles
· Pull toys, etc.
STERLING and SILVER | SILVER PLATE | PEWTER | BRASS, etc.
Sterling
· 62 pieces of sterling flatware, floral pattern
· 35 pieces Tiffany & Co. sterling flatware
· Trays
· Porringers
· Candlesticks
· Compotes
· Plates
· Bowls
· Cream and sugar sets
· Salt and pepper shakers
· Pepper mill
· Assorted flatware and serving utensils
· Baby rattle with mother of pearl teething ring
· Coasters and trivets
· Bud vase, etc.
Other Silver, Silver Plate, Pewter, Brass, etc.
· English hallmarked bowl with two handles
· Large pewter charger, etc.
ESTATE FINE and VINTAGE COSTUME JEWELRY | FURS | LINENS
· Gold jewelry, including
- Brooches
- Rings with assorted gemstones
- Earrings
- Bracelets
- Necklaces, etc.
· Diamond cocktail rings in gold settings
· Gold brooches
· Cameos
· Fraternal and Masonic jewelry
· David Andersen sterling necklace with matching earrings
· Modern design sterling pendant, signed Hans Hansen
· Assortment of sterling jewelry, some Southwestern
· Wristwatches & pocket watches, including
- Bell & Ross
- Pierce Chronograph
- Hamilton
- Bucherer
- Swiss Army, etc.
· Amber jewelry
· Large collection of Victorian jewelry including lockets, watch chains, fobs, etc.
· Contemporary and vintage costume jewelry
· Men's jewelry
· Furs
· Military uniforms, etc.
FINE ART - Back Room
· Pair of framed Verue prints
· French Lait Pur Child's poster
· Ursula Ippoliti watercolor, winter landscape
· Four US Pacific Railroad Survey Bird engravings
· Ann Howes watercolors, farmer's market still life and others
· 1916 Fr. Garden magazines, etc
· Currier & Ives Cutter Yacht Galatea
· Richard Hood decoy prints
· Colored pencil "Bird Watching" by Stamm
· 1934 Vogue Cover
· Framed vintage advertising
· 2 Framed Scherenschnitte
· Commemorative "1845" map of Texas
· Vue de Philadelphia print
· Levick 1911 Florence engraving
· Gordon Grant checkers engraving
· Miniature convex mirror with eagle top
· Ran-Thambhor bird paintings
· 1913 fashion print
· Pair of Darlene's stained glass panels
· Paul Berdanier waterfront 1700 engraving (Newman label)
· Jean Liberte ink drawing, "The Sky Above"
· Assorted portfolio of artwork
· Herbert Pollinger wood block
· "Bus Stop Valley Forge Tours" sign
· Selmar Hess leopard and tiger prints, etc.
DISCOVERY TABLE & BOX LOTS, and much more!
Large Collection of LPs & 45s
· Beatles
· Billy Joel
· Beatle solo artists
· Jazz
· Moody Blues
· Steeleye Span
· Rolling Stones
· Other Rock and Rhythm & Blues artists, etc.
· Murano glass compote
· Dresden
· Copper Luster
· Puzzel Pitcher
· Randall Wood Red Wood products
· Vintage board games
· Tootsie Toy Fire Dept.
· Robin Hood archery set
· Ideal Harbor Launch
· Roy Rogers Western Town
· Model cars
· Nerf guns
· Mikasa Firenze china
· Vaseline glass
· Bread machine by Williams-Sonoma
· Mason jars
· Alberdeen China, set
· Russel Wright China, set
· Countertop jewelry/watch case
· Auction catalogs
· Black pottery by Donna Rosa
· Emily Pearlman pottery
· Breimer pottery slipware
· Mercury glass
· Dresden figural candleholder
· Majolica artichoke plates
· Susan Roboski hand-painting bureau set
· Set of Bavarian Oremant bread plates
· L. Thomas hand-painted French charger
· Blue willow
· Assorted antique transferware
· Flow blue
· Pattern glass
· Sitting hens of various material
· Yellowware molds
· Cut glass
· Opalescent glass
· Chinese celadon set of dinnerware
· Blue canton plates, platters, creamers, etc.
· Fitz & Floyd holiday cake stand
· Abercrombie & Fitch game bird bowl
· Spode woodland bowl
· Lenox bride and groom
· Torralba figure
· Art glass bowl
· John Brand Co. Wilmington, DE carnival glass pieces
· Large assortment of depression glass
· Snowbabies
· Pr. Hand painted urns
· Vintage photos
· Antique sadirons
· Night of the Dead Mexican diorama; Night of the Dead figures
· Beatles VHS tapes, cassette tapes, and other ephemera
· Assorted rock CD box sets
· Star bird electronic game
· Miniature cast-iron stove
· German felt-face doll
· Assorted artisan pottery bowls, plates, vases, menorah, etc.
· Mexican pottery
· Squash and pumpkin toureens
· Pottery by Turnpike Road
· Kaplan face bowl
· Nine MA Hadley matching fruit bowl plates
· Bennington dog pitcher
· Redware
· Tin candlemold
· Baldwin brass door lock
· Antique pewter and reproduction
· Japanese bamboo basket
· Vintage kitchen utensils
· Assorted silver plate
· Rogers silver plated flatware
· Muffin pan
· Wallace Nutting natural bridge
· JB Partridge wooden bowl
· Burl wood box
· Toleware trays
· Fern decorated oval papier-mâché tray
· Seltzer bottles
· Jim Shore angel
· Madame Alexander dolls
· Crocks
· Antique baby clothing
· Tiny toy sand pail
· Lanterns
· Agateware
· Speciman glass domes
· Ephemera
· Advertising tins
· Rock and mineral collection
· Antique wood cookie mold
· Oil lamps
· Salesman samples of footstools and other furniture, and more!
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