Antiques & Auction News 061016

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Historic Baseball Cards On Display At The Met To Feature New York Teams FRIDAY JUNE 10, 2016 • VOL. 47, NO. 24

John Hess Delivers High Powered On-Site Sale For Breininger Family Sale Highlighted By Berks County Pottery By Karl Pass Conestoga Auction Company, a division of the John Hess Auction Group held an on-site sale on behalf of the Breininger family at the family residence, just outside the rural Berks County town of Robesonia, Pa., on May 21. It was the eighth on-site sale for the late Lester Breininger, wife Barbara, and three children. A ninth and expected to be final sale will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24, and will include the real estate. The large residence, known locally as Taylor Mansion, is a late 19th-century, 20-room house, whose original owner was iron industry magnate George Taylor. The late local historian and

A collector from Ohio paid $950 for this Breininger figural standing dog with the primitive scratching of “LB 67” under the oval base. It was in mint condition.

This unique primitive redware cabin signed “R.R Stahl 7/10/49” was 5.25-inches high and made by Russell Stahl.An advanced collector of Stahl pottery paid $4,200 for it.

teacher, Lester Breininger (19352011), born in Tilden Township, was a regional collector of epic proportions. He was active in historical

Since the mid-19th century, when the New York Knickerbockers played the first organized baseball games using modern-day rules, New York has been home to some of the sport’s most successful and beloved teams. Opening Friday, June 10, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the exhibition “The Old Ball Game: New York Baseball, 1887-1977” will include nearly 400 baseball cards featuring players from numerous teams, from the New York Metropolitans and the Brooklyn Bridegrooms to the Giants, Dodgers, Yankees, and Mets. All of the cards are from the collection of The Met and many will be on display for the first time. The exhibit will run until Thursday, Oct. 20. Highlights of the exhibition include never-before-shown cabinet cards of the late 19th century, such as an 1894 example picturing George Davis, the Hall-of-Famer shortstop for the New York Giants. The first six hitters in the Yankees’ famed 1927 lineup - Earle Combs, Mark Koenig, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel, and Tony Lazzeri, also known as “Murderers’ Row” - will be represented through cards published in the 1920s and 1930s by the American Caramel Company and Big League Goudey Gum, respectively. The legendary “Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” in

Spring Antique And Vintage Telephone Show Will Be Held June 11 on page 4

The Goudey Gum Company George Herman (Babe) Ruth, New York Yankees card is from the Goudey Gum Company’s Big League Chewing Gum series (R319) in 1933. The card was a commercial lithograph. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, gift of Jefferson R. Burdick.

preservation efforts throughout western Berks County and in preserving traditional crafts. A graduate of Kutztown University, Breininger taught biology at Conrad Weiser High School and was the figurehead of the Breininger pottery operation. In the vein of Pennsylvania German revivalist arts, Breininger employed potters Continued on page 2

This 8.25-inch diameter redware bowl with manganese splotches on green glaze was stamped “J. FEEG” underneath. Potter Joseph Feeg (1821-1891) worked in Womelsdorf and in partnership with his brother, Daniel. For a period, Willoughby Smith worked with the two brothers. Eventually, Smith bought the operation. The bowl with extremely scarce maker’s stamp sold for $5,200 to dealer Greg Kramer.

Ryan Groff of Lane Ryan Auctions LLC is opening an auction facility in Hershey, Pa., in June. Auctions will be held in a historic building located at 515 W. Chocolate Ave. formally known as the Hershey Trolley Barn. Groff, formerly of Classic Edge Auctions, has been a licensed auctioneer since 2000. Lane Ryan Auctions LLC along with Kerry Pae Auctioneers Inc., plan to hold regular auctions featuring antiques, estates, furniture, coins, jewelry, lawn and garden, restaurant equipment, business liquidations, and sporting items such as guns, hunting and fishing material. The full service auction staff will handle everything from start to finish and plans to offer estate purchasing, clean-out services and hauling. The company will also specialize in on-site real estate and commercial liquidation auctions. Groff’s passion for innovation in the auction industry will combine state of the art technology with time honored traditions. The auction house will feature live, cataloged and Internet auctions. It will by fully modernized with state of the art technology to enhance both the buyers’ and sellers’ experience. The building is handicap accessible. The new company plans to feature regular auctions on Monday evenings with additional auctions held on Saturdays. Lane Ryan Auctions is currently accepting

The Frick To Receive Important Collection Of Portrait Medals on page 9

which outfielder Bobby Thomson led the New York Giants to win the National League pennant against the team’s long-time rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers, with his gamewinning home run in 1951, will be recognized through 1952 Picture Cards issued by Bowman Gum. Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Jackie Robinson, Reggie Continued on page 6

Lane Ryan Auctions LLC Opens Facility In Hershey, Pa. The small cut-work watercolor fraktur attributed to Wilhelm Antonius Faber signed “Henry W. Stiegel in Geo. Eges Garden” measured 4-by-3.25-inches (image size). It sold to a local dealer for $1,800.

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William Bunch Sells Dentzel Carousel Rooster For $75,000 on page 12

Culturally Diverse Clothing Storage, Or, A Wardrobe By Any Other Name on page 13

quality consignments at competitive rates. The new auction facility will be open Tuesday’s between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to accept consignments. Staffed operating hours will be announced soon. In addition to personal property auctions, Lane Ryan Auctions LLC will also conduct personal property appraisals. There will be a grand opening auction held on Monday, June 13, starting at approximately 4:30 p.m. It will feature a low mileage Dodge Ram truck, coins, guns, furniture, quality antiques, a 27-inch iMac computer and much more. Stop by for free ice cream, food and door prizes. To learn more, visit www.LaneRyanAuctions.com.

Fitz Henry Lane : A Brief History on page 15

In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 8 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 8

FEATURED AUCTION: Pook & Pook Inc. Online-Only Decorative Arts Sale - June 15 - Page 6

AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 11 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 19


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