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FRIDAY DECEMBER 23, 2022 • VOL. 52, NO. 51
Gehman Auctions To Hold New Year’s Day Toy Sale Ephrata, Pa., Auction House Celebrates One-Year Anniversary Online auction company Gehman Auctions, based in Ephrata, Pa., is holding a 2,000-lot twosession toy sale on Sunday, Jan. 1. Session one will consist of a large selection of quality vintage and modern toys, while session two will be vintage slot cars and Hot Wheels red line toys. In their first year in business, Shane Gehman and team were able to successfully sell a significant single-owner collection of sports cards, toys, comic books, and coins over the span of more than 20 auctions. The final sale for the large consignment resulted in a gross total of over half a million dollars. Six sessions were dedicated to coins, with prices realized for the category bringing a total of over $150,000. This was a highlight for Gehman, who launched the company in January 2022. Gehman and team possess a broad base of general product knowledge and extensive in-depth expertise in multiple core categories. With accurate, thorough and professional presentation of consignments, along with aggressive marketing, they have seen strong results. Hallmarks of the process include multiple high-resolution digital photos in a studio environment, thorough lotting and cataloging services, quick and safe in-house shipping, and an authentic love of the people and
Conestoga Auction Co., A Division Of The Hess Auction Group, To Offer Items From The Late Darlene Moser Live Catalog Sale To Be Held Jan. 14 The late Darlene Rose Eyrich Moser was an antique dealer, collector, and businesswoman. She was born in 1942 on a farm in the Oley Valley. Growing up, she was an avid horseback rider and had a love for animals. She met and married Eugene L. Moser and moved to an adjacent farm after graduating from beauty school. In 1961, she opened a beauty shop in their home and started her first business. She pursued a business career for five years and had two daughters, Michele and Sharon. Over this time, she joined the Farm Women’s Club of America and did volunteer work, cooking for the refreshment stand at auctions. This was when she fell in love with antiques and auctions. Relishing in the thrill of the hunt and pursuit, she began buying things to decorate their home. During this time, a friend had asked her to share a booth setting up at a flea market. There, she made her first $100 in the business. She had the bug and soon opened a booth at Renningers Antique Mall every Sunday. She began studying antiques and reading books in the
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Clemens Inverted Sand Bottle Highlights Americana Sale “Merry Christmas” Bottle Brings $277,575
This large inverted sand picture in a bottle by Andrew Clemens of McGregor, Iowa, 1887, realized $277,575.
Bonhams Skinner’s live Americana Auction, which occurred Nov. 18, saw significant bidder interest, with particular excitement in the auction house’s offering of an inverted sand picture in a bottle by Andrew Clemens, McGregor, Iowa, 1887, realizing $277,575. Few examples of inverted sand bottles by the well-known artist exist. Clemens (1857-94) lived with deafness from an early age. He made a career of painstakingly inserting and arranging naturally colored grains of sand into intricate images inside small glass drug and
chemist bottles. The sand was collected and presorted from an area in Pikes Peak State Park referred to as Pictured Rocks. The sandstone is naturally colored by iron and mineral staining. It is known he used homemade tools formed out of hickory sticks and wire with a process using no glue. Upon completion of the detailed work, Clemens sealed the bottle with a stopper and wax. The bottle sold includes an incredibly fine depiction of a ship at sea on one side with an inscription of “Merry Christmas” on the other and was
done fairly late in his career (1887), when the images became more and more elaborate. Lot 158, “The Four Seasons Suite,” consisted of four paintings attributed to Fatqua, from Canton, China, ca. 1805-15 selling for $189,375. Believed to have been originally purchased in Boston at Child’s Gallery in the 1950s and featuring examples of nighttime and winter landscapes largely unheard of in Chinese landscape art of this period, this domestic celebration of the Qing Dynasty from the early Continued on page 10
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 8 AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 9 AUCTION SALE BILLS . starting on page 10
FEATURE RESULTS: Hake’s Nov. 15 and 16 Auction - Page 2
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