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J.P. Drenning Quart Bottle Brings $2,000 FRIDAY JUNE 2, 2017 • VOL. 48, NO. 22 Steinlen’s Cat Tops Vintage Posters Sale
Bertoia’s To Offer Magnificent Array Of Toys, Banks, Dolls, Doorstops And Country Store Antiques
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Annual Spring Auction Will Take Place On June 2 And 3 Over time, fine toys become historical objects as they pass from one prestigious collection to the next. That concept will be strikingly apparent at Bertoia Auctions’ Annual Spring Auction on Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3, which includes treasured toys from some of the greatest collections of all, including that of the late KB Toys co-founder Donald Kaufman. “Toys from the Donald Kaufman collection are now starting to reappear in our auctions. Collectors are ecstatic to have a second chance to buy the rare and beautiful toys they missed out on during the Kaufman auction series we hosted in 2009 and 2010,” said Jeanne Bertoia, owner of Bertoia Auctions. Recognized as the largest privately owned automotive toy collection of all time, the Kaufman collection totaled $12.1 million. Not only does Bertoia’s June auction include several prized pieces from the Kaufman collection, it also features the final 150 lots of pressed-steel and light This Kingsbury pressed-steel Huckster truck, 15 inches long, is estimated at $800-$1,000. pressed-steel vehicles from the Jay Schoedinger collection and part two of the Catherine Sue McKinney collection of antique teddy bears. A special attraction from across the Atlantic is the multigenerational Lorette This late-18th-century Lance (English) Queen Anne-type wooden doll, 21 inches, is estimated at $2,500-$3,500. family collection from Switzerland, which contains superb handpainted German tin toys, many extremely rare.
The Hubley boxed castiron racer with electric lights is estimated at $4,000-$6,000.
The Friday session will open with cast-iron automotive, including a few toys with Kaufman provenance, such as a Hubley boxed racer with electric lights and an all-original Hubley Friendship airplane. “It is unusual to see a Friendship plane in factory This Bradley & Hubbard figural castiron Huckleberry Finn doorstop is estimated at $2,500-$3,500. condition with original paint. Many that have appeared in the marketplace at one time or another were repaints,” noted Bertoia. Among the other star lots are a large-size Hubley Borden’s Milk truck, an extremely scarce Seto Bugatti racecar made by Scoglund & Olsen,
and one of three known examples of a Kilgore sedan with trunk. In the horsedrawn cast-iron subcategory, standouts include two Pratt & Letchworth productions - a fourseat brake and a hook and ladder wagon. Twenty-five lots of early American tin toys will cross the auction block, as well. Leading the parade is an elusive and always avidly pursued Suffragette patriotic toy. The mechanical and still bank selection is brimming with superior Continued on page 2
Gilbert & Gilbert Auctioneers Inc. of Wrightsville, Pa., sold the Eva Crist estate collection of regional milk bottles on April 15 at the Hellam Fire Hall in Hellam, Pa. The common bottles sold between $20 and $100, but a few unusual examples were sold. Among the highlights was a J.P. Drenning, Wrightsville, quart bottle selling for $2,000. An E. R. Ness
quart brought $550, and a Detwiler, Long Level, quart sold for $300. A David Bahn and Son, York, half pint, brought $250, and a Brookleaf Farms, Emig Bros., Hellam, pint, sold for $240. A Lauxmont Farms, Wrightsville, quart sold for $125, and a J.P. Arnold (Valley Acres Farm), Hellam, quart sold for $110. To learn more, call Gilbert & Gilbert at 717-252-3591.
Norman Rockwell Study Sets World Record At Heritage “Study For Triple Self Portrait” Reaches An Unprecedented $1,332,500 Norman Rockwell’s “Study for Triple Self Portrait,” an oil study for the artist’s self-described 1960 Saturday Evening Post “masterpiece,” sold for $1,332,500, a new world record for an oil study by the artist on May 3, during Heritage Auctions’ American Art Auction in Dallas, Texas. The record-setting Rockwell led a $4.5 million auction of diverse American art pieces that realized a 96 percent sell-through rate by value and saw spirited bidding across all Heritage Auctions’ bidding platforms. Other top lots include Birger Sandzén’s powerful “Creek at Twilight.” Once relegated to a Milwaukee school’s storage room, the masterwork soared to $516,500, well above its pre-sale estimate. Net proceeds of the work will be set aside to fund college scholarships for Washington High School graduates. Thomas Moran’s visually stunning “Mountain Lion in Grand Canyon” (Lair of the Mountain Lion) fetched $612,500. “Today’s American Art auction was unbelievably exciting,” said Aviva Lehmann, director of American Art. “We exceeded the aggregate high estimate by over one million dollars. Setting a new auction record for a Rockwell study, combined with the number of active bidders for the Sandzén that
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reached a final sale price as the third highest price for the artist at auction, demonstrates Heritage Auctions’ solid strength across all categories of American art.” Hermann Ottomar Herzog’s oil painting “Fishing on the Gulf Coast, Florida” sold for $150,000, well
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above its $30,000-$50,000 pre-auction estimate. Samuel Colman’s “Autumn Landscape,” 1864, achieved $137,500. Milton Avery’s landscape “Rippled Rock and Rippled Sea,” 1938, realized $106,250, and Rockwell Kent’s “Greenland” (Spring) sold for $87,500. For more information, visit www.HA.com.
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 6 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 6
FEATURED AUCTION: Briggs Auction Inc. - June 9 in Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania - Page 6
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 8 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 19