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Les Paul Gehman Auctions To Hold Two Speciality Sales Gibson Junior Electric Antique Advertising And Vintage Train And Toys To Be Sold On Feb. 24 And 25 By Karl Pass Shane Gehman and the crew of Gehman Auctions based in Ephrata, Pa., are holding backto-back online speciality sales on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 24 and 25. Day one will begin at 11 a.m. through HiBid and consist of antique and vintage advertising. Material included will be signs and ephemera from Coca Cola, RC Cola, CASE, 7-UP, various cigarette advertising, automotive advertising, vases, vintage holiday items such as Easter and Christmas decorations, beer advertising signs featuring Sunshine and Reading, antique marbles, early U.S. currency, and much more.
Guitar Sells For $8,030 At Witman Auction By Karl Pass
Day two will begin at 3 p.m., also through HiBid, and consist of vintage trains and toys from many eras. There will be a large
assortment of HO & O Gauge train cars and engines, many with original boxes, early Buddy-L, Tonka (new in box), vintage tin toys,
“Jurassic Park” dinosaurs (new in box), early farm implements toys, Coleco Sectaurs, a tin James Bond Continued on page 11
Witman Auctioneers Inc., based in Manheim, Pa., held an auction of decoys, musical instruments, and tools on Tuesday, Jan. 9, in Havre De Grace, Md. There were 247 registered bidders, and here are a few of the star lots. A Gibson Les Paul Junior electric guitar was the top seller, bringing $8,030. A Gibson Dove guitar sold for $2,750, and a Gibson ETC 150 guitar, $1,320. A Fairbanks banjo realized $940, while a Guild acoustic guitar, $830. A pair of working duck decoys went for $500; an embroidered silk Japanese jacket, $410; and a vintage metal Craftsman machinist tool box, $290. A cylinder roll top desk sold for $170; a Sandrite drum sander, $170; and a double door bookcase brought $130. For further information, call Witman Auctioneers at 717-665-5735.
Modernist Fernand Leger (1881-1955) Painting Sells For $10,980 At Embassy By Karl Pass Embassy Auctions International held a large sale on Jan. 11 billed as an eclectic estates auction. Eclectic, it was, and prices realized were strong in many categories. Prices include buyer’s premium. Known for his modernist work, a signed Fernand Leger (1881-1955) “Composition” gouache-on-paper was the highest selling lot, bringing $10,980. Very collectible among watch buyers, a Dudley Masonic Model 1 pocket watch realized $3,965. An antique Chinese silver necklace with jade lock pendent dating to the Qing Dynasty sold for $2,190; an antique Burmese gilt manscript chest, $1,054; and an oilA signed Fernand Leger (1881-1955) “Composition” on-canvas, “The Awakening of Love,” by Edouard Continued on page 9 gouache-on-paper sold for $10,980.
The Gibson Les Paul Junior electric guitar realized $8,030.
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High Museum Of Art To Present Landmark Exhibition Of Work By 19th-Century Black Potters From The American South By Karl Pass
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culture, diaspora and Afri- work by leading contempo- take advantage of its natural can American studies, these rary Black artists who have clays. Hundreds of enslaved The High Museum of Art in 19th-century vessels testify to responded to or whose prac- adults and children were Atlanta, Ga., will be the exclu- the lived experiences, artistic tice connects with the Edge- forced to work in the pottersive Southeast venue for agency and material knowl- field story, including Theaster ies, bearing all responsibility “Hear Me Now: The Black Pot- edge of those who created Gates, Simone Leigh and for the labor-intensive craft, ters of Old Edgefield, South them. Woody De Othello. The exhi- from mining and preparing Carolina” (Feb. 16-May 12, The works include monu- bition is organized by The clay to throwing vast quanti2024), a critically acclaimed mental storage jars by the lit- Metropolitan Museum of Art ties of wares and decorating exhibition featuring nearly erate potter and poet Dave and the Museum of Fine Arts, and glazing the vessels. By 60 ceramic objects created (later recorded as David Boston. the 1840s, they were producby enslaved African Amer- Drake, ca. 1800-70) and rare “We are honored to pres- ing tens of thousands of vesicans in Edgefield, S.C., in examples of utilitarian wares ent this exhibition, which sels each year. The stoneware the decades before the Civil and face vessels by unre- recognizes the innovation of they made, of varying sizes War. Considered through the corded makers, including a Edgefield potters, a practice and forms and essential for lens of current scholarship ca. 1840 water cooler jug from all the more remarkable given food preparation and storin the fields of history, liter- the High’s collection. “Hear that their work was created age, supported the region’s ature, anthropology, material Me Now” will also include under the most inhumane expanding population and
A face jug, ca. 1850–80, alkaline-glazed stoneware with kaolin, unrecorded potter, is from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, purchase, Nancy Dunn Revocable Trust Gift, 2017, 2017. 310. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Eileen Travell.
PUBLISHER: Jocelyn Engle EDITOR: Karl Pass kpass@antiquesandauctionnews.net 717-278-1404 DISPLAY SALES: Tim Moore tmoore-ant@engleonline.com 717-492-2534 CLASSIFIEDS: 1-800-800-1833, ext 6022 antiquesnews@engleonline.com SUBSCRIPTION & CIRCULATION: 717-492-2556 This water cooler, ca. 1840, alkaline-glazed, slip-decorated stoneware, attributed to Thomas Chandler (American), maker; Phoenix Factory, Edgefield District, S.C., 1840–46, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga., was a purchase in honor of Audrey Shilt, president of the Members Guild, 1996–97, with funds from the Decorative Arts Acquisition Endowment and Decorative Arts Acquisition Trust, 1996.132. Photo by Michael McKelvey, courtesy of the High Museum of Art.
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T h e A s h e f o r d I n s t i - poll of students and alumni a directional sales barom- new,” said Harper, “in large tute’s 15th annual survey of by the institute serves as eter for those working in part because the items were top decorative arts buying a guidepost for many in the antique and vintage right there in front of them t re n d s f ro m t h e p a s t 1 2 t h e i n d u s t r y, e s p e c i a l l y business. and could be immediately months is now available in as it relates to the current T h e s c h o o l ’ s u n i q u e taken home.” This accessiprint and digitally nation- state of today’s decorative position of having unfet- bility helped bolster sales w i d e . T h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l arts marketplace, and as tered and direct access to of Victorian era and early a substantial number of American pieces, accordindustry respondents has ing to many of the dealmade the survey a staple for ers involved in the survey. many in the decorative arts Although supply-chain-buys community. from those originally lookA n t h o n y H a r p e r, t h e ing to purchase new could school’s lead researcher, have potentially affected s a y s t h e k e y t o g e t t i n g the poll’s stats, Harper says meaningful survey results he’s firmly convinced the that antique and vintage n u m b e rs w i l l h o ld . “ O u r businesses can actually use s u r v e y h a s b e e n s h o w to help plan their inventory ing a resurgence of interand buying strategies for est related to brown furthe upcoming year is based niture for a while now,” he on receiving actual sales noted, “but this past year it data, alongside item-spe- really began to resonate in a cific requests from buyers, much larger way with a variwhich can then be used to ety of different buyers and indicate interest within a collectors.” particular collecting genre. Fa n fav o r i te s l i k e Harper says that while Mid-Century Modern and m o s t o t h e r i n d u s t r i e s Art Deco also continued to s u f f e r e d f r o m e a r l y run strong with many of the supply-chain issues in 2023, dealers who participated in it was actually a boon to the poll; however, Amber many working in the deco- Shole, who’s been compilrative arts business, since ing school survey statistics s u p p l i e s o f u s e d g o o d s for over 12 years now, says were already readily avail- there were some newcoma b l e . “ Pe o p l e t u r n e d to ers to the scene as well. antiques and vintage items “The modern motif isn’t over Continued on page 9 when they couldn’t source work; and Woody De High Museum Dave’s Othello’s “Secret Safe,” a
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A face jug, ca. 1867–85, alkaline-glazed stoneware with kaolin, unrecorded potter, attributed to Miles Mill Pottery, Old Edgefield District, S.C., 1867–85, is from the Hudgins Family Collection, New York. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Eileen Travell.
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SAT., FEB. 17, 2024-9:00 AM (Blizzard Date - Sun. 2/18/2024) LOCATED: INDOORS AT THE LEESPORT FIRE CO. SOCIAL HALL, JUST OFF RT. 61, LEESPORT, BERKS CO., PA. Turn off Rt. 61 at Turkey Hill traffic light onto Wall Street to Hall on left. A very nice clean quality collection - Plan to attend. TERMS: Cash or PA check; day of auction. For Full Listing & Photos, visit www.AuctionZip.com #5718. KENNETH P. LEIBY - AUCTIONEER PA L#AU00541-L - 610-562-3929 R103933
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385 Lots of Coins & Currency Selling A Nice Selection of Silver Dollars in Both Bulk and Singles (‘91-CC PCGS 63, ‘93-S PCGS G Detail, ‘78-CC Unc., (4) Different ‘93-P, CC Dollars, etc.). Seated and Trade Dollars. Bust Halves and Commemoratives. 10 Plus Gold Pieces U.S. and Bullion. Currency in Large and Small. Silver Proof Sets, Many Nice “Collector” Coins. *Online Bidding Available Through HiBid.com A catalogued listing can be picked up at the Auction Center for free. Listing is also available on our website www.horstauction.com Accepted Payments: Cash or PA Check. Visa, MasterCard & Debit Card with 3% fee. No out-of-state checks without prior approval. R104109
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A domed turn-of-the-century Victorian era taxidermy bird and squirrel display realized $1,830.
Antiques, Collectibles: blue dec. stoneware incl. Cowden & Wilcox 2 gal. crock, chick waterer; Edison Phonograph, Clocks, Pressed Steel Steam Shovel, Other Vintage Toys, Lionel & Other Standard & O Gauge Trains, Antique Books, Vintage WWI & WWII Era Posters & Books, 1950s Naval Aviators Flight Helmet & Other U.S. Naval Memorabilia, Stereoptic Viewers & Cards, Paper & Ephemera, Selection of Art-framed ptgs., sgd. lithographs/prints; Wildlife Leather Carvings by Tom & Mary Felsburg (Harrisburg, PA); grpgs. of local Bucks & Montgomery postcards, greeting & advert. trade cards, etc.
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A 1973 Wurlitzer jukebox machine, model 1050, sold for $922.
This signed oil-on-canvas painting, “Forest Path,” by Max Weyl (1837-1901), realized $976.
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from the 1959 ones.) Davis also designed a series of “Giant” “Funny Valentine” cards in 1961, but their size made them less handy for trading (and more trouble to sneak into the classroom). Most “Funny Valentines,” even those in mint condition, sell online for $2 to $3. While a jump from their original nickel price, the cards remain a sweetheart of a deal. In the early years of “vinegar valentines,” an outraged
And what would that be?
Sounds promising. . .
Or maybe just kind of scary. (#18A)
“New York Times” editorial Now, does anyone have a referred to their senders as “hydra-headed monsters who #3 they’d like to trade for a #64gloat over distorted effigies of A? Meet you at the playground. human nature and cruel cutting Photo Associate: Hank things in rhyme.” By the time of Kuhlmann. their mid-20th-century moment All Photos by in the sun, Topps “Funny Val- Donald-Brian Johnson. entines” had drained away all that Victorian era vitriol, leavDonald-Brian Johnson is ing in its wake cards that were the co-author of numerous silly enough to chuckle over, Schiffer books on design and wild enough to whisper about, collectibles, including “Postwar and just the thing for would-be Pop,” a collection of his colyoung “rebels’” sweet (well, umns. Please address inquiries maybe not so sweet), comic (or Valentine’s Day greetings) valentines. to: donaldbrian@msn.com.
Anyone with information about the Jan. 24 theft from a Lambertville, N.J., jewelry store, or anyone who recognizes the man or woman shown here, is asked to call the city police department at 609-397-3132 or email Cpl. Matt Bast at mbast@lambert villepolice.org. Photo courtesy Greater Lambertville Chamber of Commerce.
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S h a w n S u r m i c k h a s and is a passionate collec2000s are being bid up to no vintage are going to be read- to wake up and be able to live end on online auction sites, it ily available in mass quanti- my 20s all over again! But even b e e n a n a v i d c o l l e c t o r tor of antiques and collectContinued from page 5 is easy to see why collectors ties. Be careful when someone if I was in my 20s, I would still since the age of 12. He cur- ibles. His articles focus on Another type of rarity is are pushing to make the term tells you an item that is only not define myself as vintage. rently resides in his home- various topics affecting the to w n o f B o y e r to w n , Pa . , marketplace. conditional rarity. This gener- vintage include items that are 20 years old meets the defini- Food for thought. ally applies to graded collect- 20 years or older, as opposed tion of being vintage, as they ibles. An example would be to 40. However, in the pro- may have a nefarious purpose a trading card, coin, or comic cess, these younger collectors to get you to overvalue the book in the highest graded are actually doing themselves object in question. a disservice. Twenty years is There are several other condition known. The last and final type of nothing, and in the scope of words I would have loved to rarity that seems to attract the antiques and collectibles include here, but I will save starry-eyed speculators is trade, it is almost the equiv- those for another article. As I PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AT ANTIQUESANDAUCTIONNEWS.NET OR 1-800-428-4211 mass-produced rarity, also alent of yesterday. Over the approach the ripe old age of known as mass-produced past few decades, the value of 50, my hair is slowly starting scarcity. This is when the man- newer collectibles has soared, to show gray. I am not, howufacturer deliberately limits which is causing a lot of mod- ever, losing my hearing, and I production of an item to make ern-era mass-produced col- can already hear the cries of 1950s STYLE PAYPHONES BUYING SPORTS CARDS & Available are 1950s style old payphones COMIC BOOKS: 1940-1990 it hard to find. Unfortunately, lectibles to be hoarded. In younger starry-eyed speculanot plastic repros! $280, TT $235. ANY Condition. Vintage Toys, unknowledgeable speculators another 20 years, most of tors and collectors telling me Call, send for details. Offering to sell out. all related collectibles and memorabilia. tend to think this means the these items that are going that I am wrong in my analysis. Typical pictures on website: Don Deluca, P.O. Box 581, www.phonecoinc.com Also old store & Cranbury, NJ 08512 item is rare, simply because to be incorrectly defined as Oh, how wonderful it would be tavern antiques to vacate building. #609-203-1900 delucadon@yahoo.com these kinds of items usually 608-582-2263 10 am- 8 pm CST sell for a premium on the secGehman Auctions is phonecoinc@aol.com FINE ART WANTED MOVIE POSTERS ondary market. However, this located on 564 N. Reading ROGALLERY.COM Highest Prices Paid. is an artificial rarity. If you Continued from page 1 Road, Ephrata, Pa. Lobby Cards, 1-Sheets, Displays, are using rare to define your Aston-Martin, and many other BUY. SELL. CONSIGN Window Cards, Glass Slides. To l e a r n m o r e , c a l l Dwight Cleveland, ph. 773-525-9152 items, use caution. I myself vintage toys and collectibles. 717-863-9339. POB 10922, Chicago, IL 60610 ONLINE ART AUCTIONS have been known to get into posterboss@aol.com some interesting discussions OVER 5,000 ARTISTS with collectors who think their mass-produced toys from the 800.888.1063 1980s are rare. Very few, if any art@rogallery.com mass-produced items, can ever be considered truly rare. 47-15 36th ST., LIC, NY 11101 SHEET MUSIC WANTED, any era. Mint Sandy Marrone, 113 Oakwood Drive, Cinnaminson, NJ 08077, 856-829-6104 Mint is a descriptive word E-mail: smusandy@aol.com that represents condition. OLD PAINTINGS WANTED Believe it or not, you can have American Impressionists, New Hope ANTIQUE LAMP & METALS School artists, PAFA artists, European a brand new item that is not STAMPS STA M P S RESTORATION paintings. 40 years experience. mint and a used item that is Antique Oxidized Patina Finishes, Immediate payment. Call 215-348-2500. mint. Most items, however are Polishing & more in Abbottstown, PA. CHINESE STAMP BUYER not mint. Even in top grade, Ask for John: 717-797-9194 PAYS TOP $ most would qualify as being www.chinesetampbuyer.com jon@chinesestampbuyer.com near mint. This is important to note, and if you don’t believe me check out any third-party grading company’s grading Get scale. Very few items with the exception of certain trading the cards ever score the equivWord alent of a perfect 10 when Out! 40 TONS OF MULTI-STONES sent in for grading. Be careful BUSINESS FOR SALE if you describe every item as Advertise SMYRNA, DELAWARE being in mint condition. Even Your 100s color of marble, some granite, COINS/CURRENCY near mint is pushing it a lot of COINS/CURRENCY onyx, soapstone, 200 stone sculptures, SERVICE OR times, and if you see the words lapidary stones, small tombstones, steel mint and rare together in the & diamond tools, 400. 4 diamond saws. SUPPLIES SMALL COLLECTOR PAYS A book “A Sculptor’s Miracles,” 200 in the Classifieds! title of an online auction, proFOR COINS & COLLECTIONS: pgs. by Richard H. Bailey stone sculptor. Call 1-800-800-1833, x6022 ceed with caution. Am I really ALL TYPES. Also 300 American Indian or to believe that the would-be Will travel to you. Stone Arrowheads $5.00 ea. www.antiquesandauctionnews.net seller has the equivalent of a 302-399-9777 or 302-653-4810 Call Gary: 301-809-0291. truly rare comic book like an “Action Comics #1” that just happens to be in mint condition as well? In June of 1991, the dance group C+C Music Factory released a song titled “Things That Make You Go Hmmm.” I think that song title 5336 MINE RD., 17535 fits perfectly here. 717-442-8529 OR 302-438-1217 Vintage EMAIL: embassyauctionsint@gmail.com WEB: www.embassyauctionsinternational.com Most hardened and knowlwww.auctionzip.com Auctioneer ID# 4741 edgeable antique dealers FOR ONLINE BIDDING GO TO will tell you the definition of www.liveauctioneers.com or www.invaluable.com something being defined as
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APOLLO 11-17 .999 SILVER
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FEATURING GRADED GOLD COINS: 1904 $20 GOLD DOUBLE EAGLE PCGS MS62; 1908 $20 GOLD SAINT GAUDENS; 1905 $10 GOLD EAGLE PCGS MS62; 1909 $10 GOLD INDIAN VARIETY 2; 1880 $5 GOLD EAGLE VARIETY 2; 1885 $5 GOLD EAGLE VARIETY 2; 1912 $5 GOLD INDIAN HEAD; 1916 $5 GOLD INDIAN HEAD; 1853 $2 1/2 GOLD QUARTER EAGLE; 1914 $2 1/2 GOLD INDIAN HEAD; 1992- W $5 GOLD COLUMBUS LIBERTY PROOF PF 69; 2006-S $5 GOLD SAN FRANCISCO OLD MINT PROOF PF69; 1993-W $5 GOLD JAMES MADISON PROOF PF 69; 1989-W $5 GOLD CONGRESS PROOF PF69; 1988-W $5 GOLD OLYMPIC PROOF PF 67; 1991-W $5 GOLD MT RUSHMORE PROOF PF 68; 2007-W $5 GOLD JAMESTOWN PROOF PF 69; 1992-W $5 GOLD OLYMPIC PROOF PF 68; 1986-W $5 GOLD STATUE OF LIBERTY PROOF PF 69; 1987-W $5 GOLD CONSTITUTION PROOF PF 69. RARE APOLLO 11 - APOLLO 17 LUNAR SERIES SET OF 7 MEDALS, .999 FINE SILVER, 35.6 TROY OZS. MADE BY METALLIC ART CO. OF NEW YORK. FEATURES RELIEF IMAGES OF THE ASTRONAUTS INVOLVED WITH EACH MISSION. SHIPWRECK COBB COINS: MEL FISHER 1715 FLEET COBBS, 4 AND 8 REALES, COMPLETE WITH PAPERWORK. MANY U. S. COINS: MORGAN AND PEACE DOLLARS, MANY GRADED; AMERICAN EAGLES; SILVER PROOF SETS; COMMEMORATIVES; MANY BAGS OF 90% U.S. SILVER COINS; MANY OTHER U.S. COINS; U.S. AND FOREIGN CURRENCY; CANADIAN SILVER COINS.
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