Double-Sided Graded 8.9+ Porcelain Neon Sign With Unique Glass Face Inserts Sells For $44,280
An unusual Pabst Blue Ribbon double-sided porcelain neon sign with unique glass face inserts chalked up $44,280; a rare, high-grade single-sided tin sign for Ace High Motor Oil with car and airplane graphic garnered $41,820; and a Canadian twin 10-gallon double-visible gas pump rang up $34,440 at Morphy’s Automobilia & Petroliana auction held Feb. 17, 18, and 19.
The three-day event was packed with nearly 1,500 lots of motoring-related signage and service station items, antique advertising, bottles and flasks, all meant to appeal to
A Red Hat Motor Oil (“Approved”) tin flange sign with eye-catching top hat graphic graded a modest 7.75 and realized $31,980.
discerning collectors. It was held live at Morphy’s Pennsylvania gallery, with all forms of remote bidding available, including live via the internet thru Morphy Live.
The Pabst Blue Ribbon double-sided porcelain neon sign was the overall top lot of the three days, breezing past its $10,000 high estimate. Mounted to its original can, the sign was a fine, rust-free example that would enhance any breweriana collection. It was large, measuring 58 inches by 11 inches by 38 inches, and was graded 8.9+ on both sides.
This Flying A Gasoline single-sided embossed porcelain sign, showing excellent color and gloss throughout the field and graded 8.5, sold for $19,680.
The ca. 1920s one-gallon can from Valvoline Oil Company (“100% Pure Pennsylvania”), made exclusively for Indian Motorcycles, showing a Native American graphic front and back, sold for
The rare and high-grade single-sided tin sign for Ace High Motor Oil, with a car-and-airplane graphic, measured 7.75 inches by 13.25 inches. It was certified and graded by AGS, the premier authentication and grading service for antique advertising. It boasted great color and gloss throughout the field and was one of the highest-grade examples of this type of sign that Morphy has ever sold.
The Canadian twin 10-gallon double visible gas pump, standing 100 inches tall, had undergone an older restoration in red, white and gold livery. The pump showed two intact glass cylinders, with the upper one in very good to excellent condition. It was a candidate for a good cleaning or even a new restoration.
Two petroliana lots posted identical selling prices of $19,680. One was a Flying A Gasoline single-sided embossed porcelain sign, showing excellent color and gloss throughout the field and a clean Flying A graphic. The bright and glossy example, measuring 62 inches by 48 inches, graded at 8.5 for condition. The other was a brilliant example of a Tioga Gasoline single 13.5-inch diameter globe lens with a Native American graphic. The globe lens, boasting excellent color and gloss throughout, scored a near-perfect 9.0 for condition. It exhibited negligible wear in the field.
A rare, ca. 1920s single-sided curved porcelain Campbell’s Tomato Soup can sign, graded 8.5+, exhibited exceptional color and gloss. It ended up finishing at $14,760. The iconic Campbell’s Tomato Soup can went from grocery store staple to pop art superstardom thanks to Andy Warhol.
To learn more, visit www.morphyauctions.com. All images courtesy of Morphy Auctions.
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By Karl Pass
In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Morgan Library & Museum will present a select group of important materials relating to the history of the founding of the nation in the rotunda of the historic library from Tuesday, May 5, through Sunday, Sept. 13. Placed in conversation with each other, this installation of six works provides a snapshot of an incredibly robust area of the Morgan’s collection that speaks to the vitality of the country in its nascence.
The centerpiece of the installation is a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence. Known as the “Dunlap broadside,” this artifact of the nation’s founding was typeset by John Dunlap on the night of July 4, 1776, for distribution to “the several Assemblies, Conventions & Committees Rare Copy Of The Declaration Of
Pewter Collectors Club Of America (PCCA) To Meet
Annual Spring Meeting To Take Place April 24 To 26
The Pewter Collectors Club of America (PCCA) will hold its annual National Meeting from Friday to Sunday, April 24 to April 26, at the DoubleTree in Dayton/Fairborn, Ohio.
On Friday, there will be a presentation titled “Introduction to Pewter” starting at 3:30 p.m. and open to the public. In the evening, Al Sheer, the club’s vice president, will give a presentation titled “The Sellew Family, an Introduction to an Entrepreneurial Family.” The program will also include talks about pewter by several members and a visit to the house of
The Pabst Blue Ribbon double-sided porcelain neon sign with unique glass face inserts, graded 8.9+ both sides, sold for $44,280.
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Red Earthenware And Stoneware Sugar Bowls
A Brief Examination
By Justin W. Thomas
Earthenware and stoneware sugar bowls evolved from being a luxury good and prized object to becoming widespread in Europe and America in the 17th century. This was a result of the growing sugar, coffee and tea trade, while also reflecting social status and changing tastes. Sugar was an expensive commodity, so early sugar containers were typically symbols of wealth. However, as sugar became more accessible, especially in America, the sugar bowl form became a staple of American dining tables. Some of the imported ceramic sugar bowls came from such manufacturers as Josiah Wedgewood (1730-
Of The Form Manufactured In 18th- And 19th-Century America
produced example is possibly a ca. 1717-1754 slip-decorated red earthenware bowl with two handles and a lid likely made at the Isaac (1692-1742) and Grace Parker (1697-1754) Pottery in Charlestown, Mass. This object does not appear to be a part of the regular production at the Parker Pottery, based on site work done by archaeologists in the 1980s, as part of Boston’s Big Dig Project, now kept at the City of Boston Archaeology Department in West Roxbury, Mass. This bowl was possibly made for a specific person or building, although it did not travel far, as it was discovered about 16 miles to the northwest in an old house in Winchester, Mass., in 1976.
A ca. 1717-1754
1795) and other Staffordshire, England, potters, as well as wares imported from Chinese porcelain factories.
Sugar, molasses and coffee were major components of the West Indies Trade in Salem, Mass., where some people even referred to sugar as “white gold.” This trade formed a crucial part of the triangular trade network with Salem ships supplying West Indian plantations with fish and lumber and returning with these valuable, slave-produced goods, fueling New England’s economy.
This trade was also vital to Salem’s prosperity before the American Revolution, though its focus later shifted to Asian spices after 1783, as part of the China Trade. The sugar trade was also affected by the Sugar Act of 1764, which was enacted by British Parliament to pay off war debts, strictly enforcing taxes on molasses and sugar imported into the American Colonies.
Large sugar bowls often signified wealth in Colonial America, where the most significant surviving domestically
paved the way for mass-produced sugar-based products in the 20th century.
Some of the most prolific post-American Revolution and 19th-century red earthenware sugar bowls made in America
were manufactured near locations where sugar was grown and manufactured. These include slip-decorated stoneware sugar bowls made by enslaved Black potters in Edgefield, S.C., before Continued on page 4
After the American Revolution, the West Indies trade was restricted by Britain, which affected the American economy and largely collapsed some of the triangular trade in America. But the Caribbean sugar trade continued, and cities like Philadelphia and New York City (i.e. Isaac Roosevelt (1726-1794), 1786), also established large sugar refineries, where they were able to process raw sugar.
In the early 19th century, French planters and enslaved workers established massive cane cultivation and sugar production operations on plantations in Louisiana. The sugar pl antation system expanded to other parts of the American South. Additionally, the cultivation of sugar beets around Philadelphia began in 1836, followed by new source opportunities in Hawaii in the mid-19th century. This led to the mechanization and refining growth that took place in the United States as part of the Industrial Revolution in the later part of the 1800s. This is the period that sugar bowls were produced in more widespread regions, such as locations in Maryland and Virginia, etc. The introduction of industrial sugar production also
slip-decorated red earthenware bowl with its original lid, made in Charlestown, Mass., before 1755, and discovered in an old house in Winchester, Mass., in 1976. This photo was taken when the bowl was brought to the City of Boston Archaeology lab in West Roxbury, Mass., in 2014. It was brought to the lab to be compared to existing Colonial artifacts collected in Charlestown in the 1980s.
Photo courtesy Sam Herrup.
My nephew Jason with a late 18th- or early 19th-century slipdecorated red earthenware bowl outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan in 2018. The bowl was originally owned by Robert (1848-1931) and Emily (1851-1942) Weeks DeForest, who were instrumental in the foundation of the Met. Similar sugar bowls are also displayed inside the museum.
On the left is a late 18th- or early 19th-century slip-decorated red earthenware bowl probably from southeastern Pennsylvania and possibly related to the bowl previously owned by Robert and Emily Weeks DeForest. At right is an early 19th-century slipdecorated red earthenware bowl from southeastern Pennsylvania, possibly made in Bucks County, which is also similar. Photo courtesy Greg Kramer (left) and Crocker Farm (right).
Collector Chats With Peter S. Seibert
This Week: China And Glass: The Sad Pariahs Of The Trade
By Peter Seibert
I grew up loving old china and glass. In particular, there was just something very special about meeting little old ladies who had corner cupboards filled with unique china pieces. It was like a treasure hunt. And then there was my grandmother who loved cups and saucers, a generational collectible among Edwardian women for sure. Most of them could not be used as they were so fancy that the contents would run up your nose, but they were still lovely. Fast forward, and I remember attending the Robacher Auctions that Horst Auction Center had in 1989. It was my first introduction to the crazy prices that ceramics were bringing in the superheated market of that era. Who would have thought five figures for a cup and saucer!
The other week, my daughter was in a large co-op near Harrisburg and found a collection of early 19th-century ceramics. The items were amazing in quality and clearly had come from a well-curated old collection. Many had labels on the bottom showing where the pieces originated (something that an older generation of collector loved to do). The condition was impeccable, and the prices, well, were about $20 per item. It was enough to make a china collector drool. Such bargains! Until you recognize that they had been sitting out for some time and no one had purchased them. The market was dead.
Back in the 1980s, I recall the magazine “Art and Antiques” did a really good article on the hot and not hot items in the marketplace. They noted that English 17th-century oak and American Empire furniture had peaked in the 1920s in terms of value and had not really moved since then. The author positioned that this was a heck of an opportunity for
an astute collector. Being in my 20s at that time, I agreed and began collecting both, much to the chagrin of my friends who thought both eras were dreadful. The point of the article was that stagnant pricing was an opportunity for things to come back into fashion and thus it was a great collecting opportunity.
Well, as we all know, American Empire and 17th-century English oak have not made the comeback that was once hoped for by magazine authors. One can go to Adamstown on any given Sunday and probably find an abundance of Empire furniture in the under $150 per item category. Early English oak has fared better since it is that much scarcer. It has been years since I saw a cheap joint stool or table.
So what should a collector do about antique china? Let me come clean and admit that I buy it every chance I get. Sorry, but I can’t let a $10 Salopian cup pass by. My daughters will probably give it all to Goodwill when I die, but these early 19th-century ceramics are just too wonderful to go wanting. But are they a good investment? Readers know I am loathe to discuss antiques as an investment. However, it is an obvious question that needs to be answered. In the short run, I have to believe the answer is no. Prices will remain flat until the next generation of collectors realizes what these items are, how affordable they are, and that they can be used in modern living. I continue to hold out hope that a younger generation will see old china as a wonderful thing. Zero modern carbon footprint, unique and
Untold Stories Of The Revolution Lecture Series
Next Presentation Set For April 12
On Sunday, April 12, Historic Rock Ford’s Untold Stories of the Revolution Lecture Series welcomes Mickey Herr as she presents, “That One Day Women Will Be Treated and Thought of the Same Way as Men: Considering Women’s Contributions to Colonial Pennsylvania.”
Herr will share highlights from her research into Colonial Pennsylvania women, a process of discovery which caused her to rethink everything she thought she knew.
distinctive, a bargain to thrift for. And when that happens, look out!
“Born to collect” should be the motto of Peter Seibert’s family. Raised in Central Pennsylvania, Seibert has been collecting and writing about antiques for more than three decades. By day, he is a museum director and has worked in Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Virginia and New Mexico.
In addition, he advises and consults with auction houses throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, particularly about American furniture and decorative arts. Seibert’s writings include books on photography, American fraternal societies and paintings. He and his family are restoring a 1905 arts and crafts house filled with years’ worth of antique treasures found in shops, co-ops and at auctions.
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the American Civil War, as well as slip-decorated red earthenware examples made in Alamance County, N.C., in the late 18th and early 19th century. There may have also been some sugar bowls produced in Baltimore as that city also sustained a significant trade and refining industry.
Some of the massive stoneware jars made by Black potters in Edgefield may have also incorporated the use of sugar since it was an ingredient used in the process of meat storage, which some of the jars were used for. According to historical recipes that mention the use of stone-jars, “For dry curing, meat would be layered with mixtures of salt and saltpeter, sometimes with the addition of sugar, molasses, and spices, prior to
Here is an 18th- or early 19thcentury slip-decorated red earthenware bowl probably from southeastern Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy Greg Kramer.
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Interestingly, there are a group of existing red earthenware sugar bowls made in the southeastern Pennsylvania area in the late 18th and 19th century. This is likely because Philadelphia was a major sugar refining hub, which made sugar more affordable for everyday use, while also being an area that employed many potters during this period. Nonetheless, an area that might be confusing with some of the production in southeastern Pennsylvania are some red earthenware types that were also produced in Europe in the 18th and 19th century. Some are difficult to determine the origin, whether American or foreign made, while others are easier to identify to local production. The confusion stems from similar slip techniques and forms, including the shape of the bowl, the handles and lids.
However, this is a form of red earthenware that is less common with New England potters after 1775, especially those w ho operated near coastal trade ports such as Salem, Boston, Plymouth and New Bedford, Mass. Sugar was generally more expensive in New England than in Philadelphia during the first half of the 1800s, primarily because Philadelphia benefited from its closer proximity to the Caribbean sugar islands (like St. Croix, Jamaica and Cuba)
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This 18th- or early 19th-century green glazed red earthenware sugar bowl missing its lid retains a history of ownership in southeastern Pennsylvania. However, it is also similar to production in southwest Tennessee and along the area’s Great Road.
and its own refining industry, making it a major import hub. New England relied more on northern-grown beet sugar or higher-cost imported molasses and refined sugar, although prices fluctuated with trade. Sugar was likely still somewhat of a luxury during this period in New England, when compared to Philadelphia. The lack of red earthenware forms probably meant sugar in New England was kept in a sugar chest or box, as well as more refined imported ceramics and porcelain, some of which migrated to America as part of the China Trade in places like Salem and Boston.
Overall, though, the history of sugar and subsequent sugar storage bowls or jars is central
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Here are examples of red earthenware and stoneware sugar bowls made in America in the 18th and 19th century. The two jars shown on the top row, top left, were made in Alamance County, N.C., ca. 17901810; the two bowls shown on the top row, top right, were made by John Nice (1785-1867) in Montgomery County, Pa., in the 1800s; the stoneware jar shown on the bottom row, far left, was made in Edgefield, S.C., ca. 1840; the bowl shown on the bottom row second from the left was made in Somerset County, Pa.; the bowl shown on the bottom row second from the right was made at the pottery of Andrew Coffman (1795-1853) in Rockingham County, Va., in the 1800s; the two bowls shown on the bottom row, top right, were made by (left) Anthony Weis Baecher (1824-1889) in Winchester, Va., and (right) James C. Mackley (1843-1916) in Thurmont, Md.; and the stoneware sugar bowl shown on the bottom row, bottom far right is believed to have been made in Manhattan in the 1700s. Photo courtesy: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Crocker Farm, Pook & Pook and Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates.
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Antique Playing Cards And Tarot Cards
noted include the auction house’s 20 percent buyer’s premium. The top lot was a deck of James Y. Humphrey’s “Seminole Wars” playing cards selling for $7,800. These were printed in Philadelphia around 1819. The courts were
length portraits, with the Jacks as Indian chiefs, the Queens as
A pack of Martin Dupont Belgian tarot cards was estimated at $800 to $1,200 and sold for $4,320.
classical goddesses, and the Kings as American presidents. The deck’s card backs were decorated with dots and asterisks. “Life” magazine featured this deck on the cover of its May 30, 1955, issue, and a copy of that publication was included with the lot.
their backs were decorated with small suns within diamonds. A deck of Marseilles tarot cards traded hands at $3,360. This 78-card deck from the 19th century was blockprinted with stencil coloring
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This deck of James Y. Humphrey’s “Seminole Wars” playing cards, estimated at $5,000 to $7,000, sold for $7,800.
A brick (12 pack) of Jerry’s Nugget playing cards sold for $5,520. These 1980sera poker sized, cellophane wrapped decks included six blue and six red backs and were sold with their original white carton. A pack of Martin Dupont Belgian tarot cards landed at $4,320. This 18th-century block-and-stencil printed pack was lettered on the four of coins “I.G.”;
Three antique Parker Bros. war games, estimated at $300 to $500, realized $4,080.
The ca. 1920s single-sided curved porcelain Campbell’s Tomato Soup can sign, graded 8.5+, exhibiting exceptional color and gloss, sold for $14,760.
A double-sided tin flange sign for Du Pont Red Cross Dynamite (“For Clearing Land, Planting Trees, Deep Plowing and Ditching”) graded 8.5 for condition and sold for $29,520.
The Canadian twin 10-gallon double-visible gas pump, standing 100 inches tall, showing an older restoration done in red, white and gold, the pump showing two intact glass cylinders, sold for $34,440.
A brightly colored, embossed single-sided tin sign advertising Everlasting Roof and Metal Paint (“Old Government Paints”) by the United States Refining Company, Cleveland, Ohio, sold for $18,450.
A rare and high-grade
tin sign for Ace High Motor Oil, car and airplane graphic, graded by AGS, the premier authentication and grading service, brought $41,820.
Potter & Potter
Sugar Bowls
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and housed in a later dark green buckram box.
Continued from page 5 to American history because it reflects an important element of commerce for the economic foundation of America before and after the Revolutionary War. In the years that followed the Civil War and the end of slavery, sugar evolved into an everyday domestic household staple, eventually transforming into the way it is used and sold today. Nevertheless, these existing American sugar bowls
Another interesting lot were three antique Parker Bros. war games, which realized $4,080. These were produced in Salem, Mass., in the late 19th/early 20th century and included “The War in Cuba” (1898), “The Battle of Manila” (1898), and “Fighting with the Boers” (1920). Each retained its original box featuring chromolithographed covers. The trio were from the Curtis Wilson Games Collection.
“We were impressed with the high level of interest and bidding throughout the auction. The top lot was a deck of cards we had seen only once before, and collectors clearly noted it and other quality lots,” according to Joe Slabaugh, Potter & Potter Auctions’ director of cataloging.
For additional information, call 773-472-1442.
Lecture
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She found ministers, interpreters, diarists, an inventor, a fur trader, and more. This revelation became the catalyst for a project of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, “For the Common Good: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation,” a nine-part docuseries featuring women who made important contributions to the founding of America. Herr will highlight Lancaster-area ladies, including Ann Wood Henry, the first woman to hold public office in Pennsylvania.
This presentation will begin at 2 p.m. in the Langmuir Education Room located on the first floor of the Rock Ford Barn. Visitors may park in the area located behind the barn. Prior to the lecture, attendees may visit the Snyder Gallery and the 2026 Focus Exhibit. The Snyder Gallery closes at 4 p.m.
About the presenter: Mickey Herr is a writer, storyteller, public historian, and communications strategist. She has held positions in development and communications for cultural institutions in the Philadelphia area and is the executive producer of “For the Common Good: The Women Who Shaped our Nation.”¬†Herr serves as first vice president of the board of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She is a new member of the Committee of 1926 at Historic Strawberry Mansion, and a longtime member of the Franklin Inn, Philadelphia’s oldest literary club.
General admission tickets are $10 and may be purchased at www.HistoricRockFord.org/special-events.
Historic Rock Ford, located at 881 Rock Ford Road, Lancaster, Pa., is comprised of the General Edward Hand Mansion and the John J. Snyder, Jr. Gallery. It is owned and operated by the Rock Ford Foundation, a private, not-forprofit corporation.
(some are also made from glass, while others are molded ceramics made at factories) are much more than a piece of utilitarian pottery from the 1700s and/ or 1800s; rather, they speak to what sugar represented in a historical context, dating back hundreds of years.
Sources: Rizzo, Adriana. “Examining Storage Jars from the American South: Scientific research on food residue found in nineteenth-century stoneware
vessels produced by enslaved artisans sheds light on the contents once stored inside.” New York City: Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 10, 2023. Thomas, Justin W. “A Charlestown Sugar Bowl: The rediscovery of a redware masterpiece.” New England Antiques Journal, February 2016.
_____. “The Dawn of Independence, the Death of an Industry : The Pottery of Charlestown, Massachusetts.” Beverly, Mass.: Historic Beverly, 2020.
This Tioga Gasoline single 13.5-inch diameter globe lens with a Native American graphic, scoring 9.0 for condition, sold for $19,680.
Declaration of Independence
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or Councils of Safety and to the several Commanding Officers of the Continental troops.” Among the rarest of the rare in this category, it is one of 26 recorded copies surviving today. As a foundational document, it is put in context with other important works from the period.
For example, Thomas Paine’s radical polemic “Common Sense,” published earlier that year, gave the nation’s founders a solid rationale for a break from monarchical rule based on the principles of reason.
Also included are correspondences from key figures of the Revolutionary period. A letter dated June 29, 1776, from Patrick Henry, written upon his appointment as Governor of Virginia, reveals the combined sense of humility and anxiety he felt
regarding his ability to lead the infant commonwealth through the war effort to combat the “Tyranny of the British King.” Another letter from Martha Washington to her sister Anna Maria “Nancy” Dandridge Bassett, dated Aug. 28, 1776, shows us a window into life on the home front, as she reports on the massive troop movements through Philadelphia toward New York.
The installation also features a life mask of George Washington. In 1785, the French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) visited Washington at his Mount Vernon residence. To make a mold of the future first president’s visage, Houdon had Washington lie down and then applied a protective layer of grease followed by a layer of plaster. Once hardened, the mold
This is a copy of the Declaration of Independence. Known as the “Dunlap broadside,” July 4, 1776, it was printed by John Dunlap, 1776, and purchased by the Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Trust, 1982, courtesy the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, PML 77518.
was removed, and plaster was poured into it to make this positive cast. Houdon brought this “life mask” with him to France and apparently used it while working on the marble statue of Washington for the Virginia State Capitol.
A museum and independent research library located in the heart of New York City, the Morgan Library & Museum began as the personal library of financier, collector, and cultural benefactor Pierpont Morgan. The Morgan offers visitors close encounters with great works of human accomplishment in a setting treasured for its intimate scale and historic significance.
To learn more, call 212-685-0008.
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a member to view a large private collection of Ohio pewter. Saturday evening’s
program will include a presentation by Amelia Jeffers, owner and operator of the auction firm Amelia Jeffers Auctioneers & Appraisers, titled “Dispersing One’s
The Pewter Collectors Club of America (PCCA) will hold its annual National Meeting from Friday to Sunday, April 24 to April 26, in Dayton, Ohio.
INCLUDING A 4-LEGGED CIDER PRESS, SADDLER’S
SWITCHBOARD, SLATTED WOOD ICE CHEST, A DRY SINK, SHAVE HORSE, EASTLAKE M/T DRESSER WITH MIRROR, A BARRISTER BOOKCASE, A VICTOR VICTROLA, A SMOKING TABLE, A VICTORIAN COLLAPSIBLE CHILD’S CRIB, A DEPRESSION BEDROOM SET, COUCHES & LOVE SEATS & MORE. THE CATALOG WILL INCLUDE PRIMITIVES, ANTIQUES, QUALITY PRINTS & LITHOGRAPHS, TOOLS, & A LARGE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN MADE POTTERY BY ROSEVILLE, WELLER, COWAN, FULPER & OTHER MAKERS.
PREVIEW: TUESDAY, APRIL 7TH 10-5 PM & WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8TH 10-4 PM DOORS OPEN AT 9 AM THE DAY OF THE SALE.
WE HAVE PULLED TOGETHER AN INCREDIBLE AUCTION OF SMALLS, FINE LISTED & OLD MASTER ARTWORKS, UNUSUAL & CAPTIVATING ANTIQUES, SEVERAL MUSIC BOXES & VICTROLAS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, CAMERAS, PHOTO ALBUMS, A QUALITY SILHOUETTE COLLECTION, SPORTS MEMORABILIA, STONEWARE CROCKS & GERMAN BEER STEINS, SCANDINAVIAN CERAMICS, & A SINGLE 1906 PA LICENSE PLATE & A 1906 PA MATCHED PAIR.
A LARGE 75 + LB ANVIL, A FINE PAIR OF BLACKAMORE STATUES, AN 1845 HAND STITCHED SAMPLER BY SARAH E RICHARDS, A CHARLES EMILE JONCHERY ART NOUVEAU “MAIDEN MIRROR”. A 19TH C GREEK ORTHODOX ICON, HANDPAINTED WITH EGG TEMPURA OF ST DEMETRIUS ON HORSE SLAYING A SOLDIER, GESSO ON WOOD PANEL. A WILLARD’S PATENT BANJO CLOCK WITH GILDED WOOD FRAME, BRASS SIDE ARMS, AND AN EAGLE FINIAL. REVERSE PAINTED GLASS IN THE RECTANGULAR BOX BASE - AN AGRICULTURAL SCENE. THE NARROW THROAT ALSO HAS A REVERSE PAINTED GLASS IN A GOLD, RED & GREEN DESIGN. A MAGNIFICENT WEIGHT DRIVEN CLOCK.
ONE OF THE LARGEST MARKLIN CONSTRUCTION SETS WE HAVE SEEN - COMPLETE WITH MOTOR & MANY EXTRA PARTS. A GREAT TURN OF THE CENTURY CARD PLAYERS SET IN A FINE WOOD CASE WITH CHIPS, & GAMBLING PIECES. SPORTS: MOSTLY ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE BASEBALL PHOTOS, SEVERAL 1940’S PENNSYLVANIA BASEBALL UNIFORMS, COLLECTIBLE BATS, AN EARLY CATCHER’S MASK AND SOME ANTIQUE / EARLY BASKETBALL PHOTOS. ARTWORKS: W.A. SHAKLETON, OIL ON BOARD TITLED “THE HERO OF TRAFLAGAR”. NORMAN ROCKWELL, PENCIL SIGNED AND NUMBERED LITHOGRAPH TITLED “ME AND MY PAL”. STEFAN LOKOS (1913-1994), HUNGARIAN LISTED ARTIST, ACRYLIC ON PAPER TITLED “CLUSTERED”. FRAMED GRAVURE (PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION) OF “ THE HEAD OF CHRIST” BY LEONARDO DA VINCI, DONE BY FRANS HANFSTAENGL (1804 - 1877). WELL DONE OIL ON BOARD OF A PEKINGESE DOG IN A WONDERFUL GILT FRAME, HAS A GEORGE ROWNEY & CO. LABEL, WITH THE ADDRESS 51 RATHBONE PLACE, LONDON. GEORGE ROWNEY & CO. WAS AT THIS LOCATION FROM 1820 -1859. UNSIGNED. AN EARLY BAROQUE STYLE OIL ON CANVAS OF A RECLINING SEMI NUDE WOMAN. LIKELY FROM THE ITALIAN SCHOOL OF THE 17TH -18TH CENTURY. A 19TH C PASTORAL OIL ON CANVAS OF COWS IN A STREAM SURROUNDED BY LARGE BOULDERS & TREES WITH HILLS IN THE BACKGROUND. A LARGE ORIGINAL ABSTRACT PAINTING FEATURING BOLD GEOMETRIC SHAPES & VIBRANT COLORS, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, IN GILT FRAME. A VERY LARGE 19TH C EUROPEAN OIL ON CANVAS OF A DRAMATIC COASTAL SCENE. UNKNOWN ARTIST. EXTREMELY WELL DONE - BY AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST. IN A WONDERFUL GILT FRAME. MILTON E. DENLINGER, PENNSYLVANIA ARTIST, DATED 1947. A WATERCOLOR TITLED “CREATION”. FEATURING A SHEPHERD WITH HIS SHEEP STANDING BY A LAKE WITH LILY PADS, SWANS & A SAILBOAT. THREE SIGNED & NUMBERED WORKS BY MICHAEL
FLOHR. BAR / RESTAURANT SCENES WITH MUTED AND EYE-CATCHING COLORS. SIGNED AND NUMBERED.
A MYTHOLOGICAL DEPICTION / RELIGIOUS SCENE OF PENELOPE AND ODYSSEUS CIRCA 1800. EUROPEAN
SCHOOL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE CIRCLE OF HENRY HOWARD (1769 - 1847). THE PAINTING WAS EXHIBITED AT THE BRITISH INSTITUTION IN 1814. HAS AN OLD LABEL ON THE BACK BEARING AN ATTRIBUTION TO NOEL NICOLAS COYPEL (1690 - 1734). 17.3 INCHES X 14 INCHES SITE. HEINRICH HEINLEIN (1803 - 1885), ATTRIBUTED, HILLY LANDSCAPE WITH GNARLED TREE, WATERCOLOR & GOUACHE ON PAPER, UNSIGNED, OLD LABEL ADDED TO THE REVERSE WITH HEINLEIN’S BIOGRAPHY. FRAMED BEHIND GLASS. 10.6 X 13.8 INCHES SITE. NICHOLAS VERKOLJE (DUTCH) IN THE MANNER OF GODFRIED SCHALKEN. A YOUNG MAN NEGOTIATING WITH A COURTESAN BY CANDLELIGHT WITH PIECES OF JEWELRY. A DIMINUTIVE OIL ON PAPER BOARD
IN GILT FRAME. 5 X 6 INCHES SITE. SIGNED BAKER, AN EARLY 19TH C OIL ON CANVAS OF IMMIGRANTS
DISEMBARKING FROM SAILING SHIPS BY THE SHORE. MANY MORE ARTWORKS STILL TO BE LISTED. MUSIC MACHINES BY CHAUTAUQUA ROLLER ORGAN, REGINA, VICTOR, COLUMBIA,
Collection via Public Auction.” Attendance is limited to members of the club. The PCCA is a nonprofit organization established to encourage, develop, and foster the study, discussion, and collecting of pewter. Annual membership dues are $60. To learn more, email Greg Aurand at gdaurand@ gmail.com. For further information, visit www.pewter collectors club.org.
UKELELE
SPECIAL TOY & COLLECTIBLE AUCTION
Located at 185 Logan Rd. (RT 15), DILLSBURG, PA 17019
Check www.haars.com for pictures and updates. Office 717-432-8246 or Doug & Vickie Hardy auctioneers 717-432-3779.
Terms: Cash or good PA Check, ATM ON-SITE.
AUCTION Monday, April 13 -
HARDY’S AUCTION SERVICE AH000010L 717-432-8246 or 717-432-3779
LOCATION: THE FREDERICK FAIRGROUNDS (INDOORS-BUILDING#12) 797 EAST PATRICK STREET, FREDERICK, MARYLAND 21701
SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH, 2026
DOORS OPEN AT 8:00 A.M. • 9:00 A.M. ANTIQUE FURNITURE; NUMEROUS GLASSWARE; NUMEROUS FINE CHINA; FINE ART & FRAMED PRINTS; CLOCKS; LAMPS; DOLLS, MANY OIL LAMPS; MINIATURE LAMPS; OLD MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WOODEN CARVED CAROSEL HORSE; MIRRORS; ANTIQUE REFERNCE BOOKS; STEIFF TEDDY BEARS; COINS; ANTIQUE TOOLS; VINTAGE TOYS & MUCH MORE!
