Antiques & Auction News - April 18, 2025 by Antiques & Auction News

By Karl Pass

Ron Hammer Sale

Exciting Two-Day Estate Sold By Hess Auction Group

Conestoga Auction Company, a division of the Hess Auction Group in Manheim, Pa., held an unreserved twoday estate sale for the late Ron Hammer on March 28 and 29. Wellpresented, the auction house did a great job handling the material. It was among the highest quality sales in several years conducted by Hess.

Most market observers will tell you an object needs to stand on its own merits, meaning if something is objectively a high condition, quality item, it matters very little where it sells, just when. The latter can be tricky to understand. There

were more active buyers 20 to 40 years ago vs. today. This isn’t commentary on the age demographics of buyers. Not many 30or 40-year-olds are prepared to

Called “Nunnery

a group of these slip-

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write a check for $20,000 on something to decorate their home with. That was the case generations ago, as it is now. This is an industry fueled by disposable income, unlike the car market, something nearly everyone in society needs. But spending $2,000 and under is accessible for people who have enough interest to check out and attend an auction.

Hats off to John Hess and crew for fostering an auction environment where I’m not the youngest person in the salesroom. A good crowd was there both days, and Internet bidding was active. Business partners John Hess and Phil Nissley called the bulk of the 952 lots, 461 of which were day one. Hess’s 25-year-old son, Alec Hess,

is a licensed auctioneer and working for the firm. A bright future is ahead. He called some of the sale both days and did a fine job. In-house bidders were charged a 20-percent buyer’s premium, online were charged 25 percent.

Ron Hammer of New Oxford, Pa., was by-and-large an auction buyer. Passionate about the hunt, he never missed a Saturday sale, whether it was when small on-site farm sales were still occurring or high profile sales at any of the Pennsylvania auction houses. He had the resources, and some that knew him would say he enjoyed being the last one with his hand raised.

A volume buyer and regional buyer, this was a Pennsylvania sale

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A five-bird, 12.5-inch-tall Simmons bird tree sold for $42,000 to the trade. “Schtockschnitzler” Simmons was an itinerant carver, active ca. 1885-1910, in the Moselem Springs area of Berks County. At an auction on May 3, 2014, reported on in Antiques & Auction News, this bird tree sold to Ron Hammer for $30,000.

By Karl Pass

The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently announced it will be hosting a new event at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area on Saturday, June 28. Titled the Pennsylvania Conservation Collectables Expo, the show will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the visitor’s center.

Vendors will be set-up with the opportunity to buy, sell, and trade antique and collectible conservation-themed memorabilia. Items will include old “Game News” publications and posters, as well as old hunting licenses, patches, state duck stamps, and other material. The Game

By Karl Pass

Kleinfelter’s Auction in Myerstown, Pa., is holding an online Spring Antique Extravaganza sale, which begins closing Saturday, April 19, at 1 p.m.

Among the expected stars of this sale are two rare antique Colt revolvers. They are lot #2141 and #2142. The former is a Model 1851 Navy presentation gun marked “Major Fred K Hardy 84th Reg” on the grip frame. It’s fully

Bringing $6,900 was this early country red painted wooden bucket bench. It brought $5,225 at the Elgin sale in 2004.

Bowls”

decorated redware bowls were made at

Bell pottery in Waynesboro, Pa., for the Snow Hill Nunnery community, ca. 1840. This bowl realized $13,200 from a phone bidder.

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LANCASTER DOLL, TOY, TEDDY BEAR

74th Fishersville Antiques Expo

Spring Show Will Take Place May 9 And 10

By Karl Pass

Most Mid-Atlantic aficionados or collectors of antiques, whether traditional country, high style, American, International, the list goes

the marketplace, determining what’s trending and popular and what is making a comeback, then finding those dealers that can fulfill those interests. That is what Heritage Promotions strives for.

on, know about the Fishersville Show. It is a well-attended show for dealers to look for merchandise and for other kinds of buyers. The show is known for the treasure hunt. It attracts interior designers/decorators and even landscape designers. It also attracts hobby buyers who sell off Etsy and eBay. Presented by Heritage Promotions, the Fishersville Antiques Expo (referred to as Fishersville) is one of the largest and longest running indoor and outdoor antiques shows in the nation. Heritage Promotions owner Lesley Stokes is deep in preparations for the spring edition to be held Friday and Saturday, May 9 and 10. Show hours will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

What does it take to put on successful shows in today’s market and what accounts for the thousands of loyal customers who attend the twice-yearly shows? One obvious answer is, of course, an incredible amount of hard work. The planning, recruiting, mailings, setups, and other logistics it takes to put on a large show are instrumental. It takes an investment and understanding of over-arching influences that shape and impact the antiques business. It’s not just finding dealers for the show. It helps to find the right mix of dealers to provide customers more than the typical array of merchandise. It is also about studying

And they understand their customer base. They know that collectors are not looking for perfection but items that reflect the past, provide a moment of nostalgia, a bit of “what’s old is new again.”

Many categories are available at the sale, from mid-century modern, vintage vinyl records, art deco, painted panels and screens and tapestries, old advertising signs and posters, rustic farmhouse decor, antique quilts, items that add character to a modern setting, just anything that makes a statement and makes a space inviting and appealing. The Fishersville Antiques Expo

has a reputation of being current and relevant, and that is what brings people back. Customers and dealers alike say Fishersville provides the opportunity to find that treasure they are looking for or, perhaps, maybe even the treasure they didn’t know you were looking for. The Fishersville Antique

Expo is held at the Augusta Expo Event Center at 277 Expo Road, Fishersville, Va. Admission is $10 per person on Friday (early shopping and two-day pass) and $5 per person on Saturday. Tickets are sold only at the gate, rain or shine. For additional infomation, call 804-239-0553 or visit www.heritagepromotions.net.

Lafayette Presentation And Book Signing

Author Bruce Mowday To Speak At Historic Rock Ford

On Wednesday, April 30, at 5:30 p.m., at Historic Rock Ford in Lancaster, Pa., author Bruce Mowday will present an overview of the life of the Marquis de Lafayette before, during and after the Revolutionary War followed by a Q&A session

and book signing. This presentation will be held in the Langmuir Education Room located on the first floor of the Rock Ford Barn.

This event is part of Historic Rock Ford’s 2025 Lafayette Lecture Series in conjunction with

the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s farewell tour of America. Bruce E. Mowday is an award-winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 25 books on history, sports, business,

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Collector Chats With Peter S. Seibert

This Week: Silver - Part One

By Peter Seibert

Every couple of years, I get the itch in me to write about silver. Not silver jewelry or bars or coins, but flatware and hollowware. Most readers hopefully know that we are talking about the fine silver made for use at the dining room table. The market on this silver has been fascinating to watch over the years. When I was a boy, back in the 1970s, the Hunt brothers, in pursuit of a speculative price on silver, drove prices to untold levels. I vividly recall that every hotel and motel had a scrap dealer who came and would offer cash on the barrel based upon the spot price of silver

for whatever people wanted to bring in. My grandfather had a bad habit of dropping sterling flatware down the garbage disposal, and we had some truly mangled items. So with those in hand, we went in, they weighed them, paid us cash and tossed them in a bucket for the smelter. My memory was more shock than anything else as I saw a lot of really beautiful silver in that bucket also heading to be melted. I recall reading that in the United Kingdom, families would bring in their fathers’ and grandfathers’ silver military medals to melt them down as part of the rush. It was a sad day, and much bad, good and great silver got turned into bars and ingots. Fast forward to the hot and heavy 1990s when everything in the market went insane and prices were crazy. Some good books appeared about high style Victorian silver, and the market for those items went through the roof. All of a sudden, big Gorham sterling urns were bringing five figure prices. It was the peak of the passion for Victoriana, and folks piled on to buy and sell.

At the same time, a number of clock books were being published, and collectors became aware that many rural clockmakers, particularly in Pennsylvania, also purportedly made coin silver. While recent scholarship shows that most of those spoons marked by clockmakers were in fact made in Philadelphia and retailed elsewhere, there was a rush to find regional coin silver. This was also fed by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Art’s publications identifying hundreds of new makers. It was a hot time for coin silver as well.

the antiques trade did deal in names like William Spratling. An influx of big money in Florida, Texas, New Mexico and California drove nouveau riche to buy Mexican silver from the 1920s onward. As someone who loves this material, I recall the crazy prices people were paying. I purchased a massive hot water pot by a good Mexican maker and doubled my money on it at auction within a year.

Those were the heady days of silver collecting. But what is happening now? Stay tuned for the next column.

In the midst of all this, there was a steady and constant background drumbeat about the big name silver makers and/or retailers. Tiffany, of course, but also Bailey Banks and Biddle plus Caldwell’s. The wares from these companies were never inexpensive and so the secondary market priced itself accordingly when flatware and hollowware appeared. Perhaps the giant of this period was Kirk-Stieff, whose repousse pattern became the standard that everyone wanted. I recall cataloging a massive set at Conestoga Auction Co. It weighed a great deal, was beautifully executed, and it brought a strong five figure price. The name, the quality and the original pricing drove the market for this pattern, which was, and still is, a must have.

Finally, there was the beginning of a new passion among collectors in this period for Mexican silver. It was a topic that had not been heavily explored in the past, although the intelligentsia of

Lafayette

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Author Bruce Mowday will present a lecture on April 30.

and true crime, including “Lafayette at Brandywine: The Making of an American Hero” and “Lafayette: America’s Young Hero and Guest.” Mowday has appeared on numerous television and radio shows and has also served in leadership roles at the Chester County Historical Society, the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates, the Valley Forge Park Alliance, and the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau.

Admission will be $5 for the event. Tickets may be purchased at www.HistoricRockFord.org/special-events.

Historic Rock Ford, located at 881 Rock Ford Road, Lancaster, Pa., is comprised of the Gen. Edward Hand Mansion and the John J. Snyder Jr. Gallery. It is owned and operated by the Rock Ford Foundation, a private, not-for-profit corporation.

“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.

Rare Movie Posters Win Big Sale Realizes

$1.45 Million

On March 27 and 28, Heritage offered the cream of a world-renowned Chicago-based movie poster collection in a single-owner auction. The sale proved collector Dwight Cleveland’s acumen, enthusiasm and strategy for collecting cinema’s greatest movie posters, from Golden-Age Hollywood classics such as “King Kong” to international interpretations of familiar favorites like

As Cleveland told Heritage, “The best posters in my mind are those that reduce the entire essence of a movie into a single, vivid sheet. My collection represents 125 years of film history and transcends global differences and even literacy through the deceptively simple universal language of the world’s most refined film art.” Collectors, both veteran and new, evidently agreed with him

“Cabaret” and “Barbarella.” One-of-a-kind lobby cards dating back to the early 1900s also helped land him at the top of the collector and philanthropic hierarchy. Cleveland’s storied collection, built over 50 years, grossed $1,448,18 million over 540 lots with 1,561 bidders vying for a collection distinguished by a key factor: Cleveland collects his materials based on the impact of their imagery, artistry and history rather than the more usual practice of building a collection around a specific era, genre or movie star.

as they competed for their favorites.

“Dwight Cleveland has single-handedly elevated movie posters from promotional materials to fine art, and this auction was a testament to his unparalleled vision. From Hollywood’s Golden Age to avant-garde international interpretations, his collection captures the very essence of cinema’s visual storytelling. This was more than an auction, it was a rare opportunity to reach for pieces that have shaped film history and inspired generations of collectors and

A Czech iteration of “King Kong,” in all its roaring

for $32,500.

cinephiles alike,” explained Joe Maddalena, Heritage’s executive vice president.

The sale set some Heritage auction records and saw many lots far outperforming their estimates. The top seller, the three-sheet “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” sold for $47,500, the highest price the auction house has ever realized for a poster for that film, and surpasses the six-sheet Heritage sold in 2013 by more than four figures. The second top seller was the 1933 James Cagney vehicle “Picture Snatcher,”

A one-sheet for the Mary Astor-starring 1928 movie “Dry Martini,” estimated at $2,000, sold for a cool $10,000.

which brought $42,500, more than doubling its high estimate, and a one-sheet, “The High Sign,” which sold for $38,750, is the second-highest price Heritage has ever seen for a Buster Keaton poster.

Other 1930s skyscraping figures in the auction include both “Mickey Mouse” and “King Kong.” “Mickey Mouse in Building a Building,” from 1933, climbed to $32,500, and, from the same year, a Czech iteration of “King Kong,” in all its roaring glory, brought $32,500.

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A one-sheet “The High Sign” sold for $38,750 and is now the second-highest price Heritage has ever achieved for a Buster Keaton poster.

“Mickey Mouse in Building a Building,” from 1933, climbed to $32,500.

glory, sold

Glass Artist Show Opens

Massive Stained-Glass Dome Among Featured Installations

The Michener Art Museum’s original exhibition, “Judith Schaechter: Super/ Natural,” is the first to feature the internationally-known glass artist’s newest, monumental work, a stunning eight-foot-tall stained-glass dome designed for a single viewer.

On view from April 12 to Sept. 14, the immersive stained-glass environment, also titled just “Super/Natural,” represents a “threetiered cosmos” that explores the idea of biophilia, the human tendency to connect with nature.

Judith Schaechter, who lives and works in Philadelphia, produced “Super/Natural” in a year and a half as artist-in-residence at the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics.

While creating this multitiered masterpiece of glass craft, she attended lab meetings with a pioneering team of researchers and scientists who study the neural and biological basis of aesthetic experiences. Their research, and Schaechter’s recent work, explores relationships between art, beauty, morality, and the brain. The “Super/ Natural” dome’s 65 panels are filled with a riot of imagined insects, flora, plants, and birds, encouraging visitors to imagine themselves subsumed in the natural world, with all its beauty, violence,

decay, and growth. The central stained-glass structure, reminiscent of a church, creates a sublime sanctuary space for the secular.

“My goal is to invite viewers into a deeply personal, immersive experience that explores the connections between self, nature, and imagination,” said Schaechter. “We are ultimately connected to, not just observing, nature.”

Curated by Laura Turner Igoe, Ph.D., the Michener Art Museum’s Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Chief Curator, “Judith Schaechter: Super/ Natural” will feature nine additional stained-glass pieces by Schaechter to complement the dome and provide a context for the debut of her new work. These pieces similarly examine the cultural construction of nature, and are presented along with a series of drawings and sketches related to the “Super/Natural” dome.

“It was thrilling to work with Judith on this exhibition and see the ‘Super/Natural’ dome evolve over the past couple of years,” said Igoe. “Through the dome and other pieces on view in ‘Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural,’ Judith embraces awe and wonder in order to encourage viewers to consider their own relationship with the natural world.”

Schaechter’s work is collected internationally and included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Smithsonian, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Hermitage in Russia, along with numerous others. Among other honors, Schaechter was inducted into the American Craft Council of College Fellows in 2013, received a lifetime achievement award from the Glass Art Society in 2022, and was the recipient of the Smithsonian Visionary Award in 2024.

“The Michener is honored to be the first institution to exhibit ‘Judith Schaechter’s Super/Natural,’” said Michener Art Museum executive director Anne Corso. “Schaechter’s work honors the tradition of stained glass and yet pushes the boundaries of the medium with

Heritage

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Some entertaining surprises came compliments of lots far outperforming their high estimates. A title lobby card for “Gold Diggers” of 1933, a movie marked by Busby Berkeley choreography and a high estimate of $2,000, brought a whopping $13,750; a beautifully illustrated one sheet for the Mary Astor-starring 1928 movie “Dry Martini,” estimated at $2000, realized $10,000.

But a real sleeper in the auction was the 1929 iteration of “Wolf of Wall Street.” The striking pre-Code financial drama, directed by Rowland V. Lee, was initially conceived as a silent film, but Paramount re-filmed the entire production with sound, marking George Bancroft’s first talking picture. Despite the fact that the film no longer exists, a three-sheet Wolf poster that features Bancroft screaming into a telephone, with a high estimate of $2,000, sold for $30,000, and a title card for the movie, estimated at $800$1600, went for $21,250.

“Heritage has never seen this concentration of movie poster treasures from around the world, especially ones signed by their artists,” according to Zach Pogemiller,

her intricate process and complex imagery; it is truly awe-inspiring.”

The exhibition is supported by the Gorsky Family, Rago/Wright, with additional support from Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass and an anonymous donor. The “Super/Natural” dome will next appear in an exhibition presented by the Museum of Craft and Design in San Francisco, Calif.

Special interior viewing for the “Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural dome” is available at the exhibition. Hours for interior viewing dome are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday during museum hours.

The Michener Art Museum is located at 138 S. Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa.

To learn more, visit www. michenerartmuseum.org.

Heritage’s associate director of Movie Posters. “We were incredibly proud to debut them here. Dwight’s keen eye and relentless pursuit have preserved a visual language that might have otherwise been lost, and this auction offered collectors a once-ina-lifetime chance to own a piece of that legacy.”

To learn more, visit www. HA.com.

LIVE ESTATE AUCTION

REAL ESTATE 12 NOON Farm Equipment, Furniture & Antiques

SATURDAY, MAY 3 9:00 A.M.

58 Blacksmith Rd., Oley, PA 19547

We will be offering a large collection of period and primitive furniture, antiques, household items, and farm equipment to maintain a 64-acre farm.

LIVE ONSITE IN-PERSON AUCTION

Must be present to bid – NO online bidding for this sale!

1st Auction Ring: Selling Hundred of antiques, collectibles, household items, and primitive furniture including corner cupboards, blanket chests, dressers, ironworks, antique Kitchen Stove, large wooden factory gears, early wooden boats and more – this was a lifetime collection from this estate.

64-Acre Historic Farm Estate

Real Estate Auction Open House: Wednesday, April 23rd from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Sunday, April 27th from 1:00pm to 3:00pm

For more information, photos & terms about this historic estate Visit www.geyerauctions.com

2nd Auction Ring: Selling farm equipment and tools including 2022 Kubota BX23 4x4 Tractor Loader with backhoe and mower

Bobcat S150 Skid Steer with bucket, forks, broom, etc. Kubota Tractors, John Deere Gator, Bush Hog Mower, Gas and Electric Powered Golf Carts, Case 380D Track Loader, Cat E70B Excavator, Fuel Tanks, Aluminum Ladder, Picks, Hand Tools, Farm Supplies Vintage Farm Equipment, Multiple Onan Generators and more!

ONLINE AUCTION

As part of a multi-auction estate sale, the private collection of Mr. Rhodes and his wife includes a collection of signed artwork, antiques, collectives, primitive and period furniture, silver coins, firearms,and ammunition.

• 19th Century Hutches

• 19th Century Corner Cupboards

• Grandfather Clocks

• Dining Room Sets

• Copper and Brass Collectibles

• 19th Century Bedroom Sets

• Hand Crafted Quilts

• English and Japanese China

• Signed Picasso

• Signed P. Godillot

• Signed Bill Rank

• Rembrandt

• Pennsylvania Cobalt Decorative Crocks

• Pocket Watches

• Oriental Rugs

• Postmasters of America Silver Coin Sets

• Rifles

• Shotguns

• Handguns

• Ammunition

Ron Hammer

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through-and-through. There was some very fine signed redware and stoneware, a lot of early baskets, a large assortment of Lehnware, Currier & Ives framed prints, good country furniture, fraktur, and other folk art. Many things were from Adams County. It didn’t take long for things to get exciting, as a three-gallon Cowden & Wilcox crock with foxglove, floral and leaf design realized a high $37,200, going to a phone bidder. “I saw him buy that here (Conestoga) in 2013 for $3,750 hammer price,” said someone in the salesroom. The price was shocking for stoneware followers who understand what price structures typically are for certain forms and designs. Convention can be thrown out the window if two people disregard those typical market price structures.

A softwood paintdecorated box, often referred to as an apple tray, went for $4,680. Hammer paid $6,050 in 2004 at the first Dorothy and Eugene Elgin sale held at Conestoga. An early country wooden bucket bench in red brought $6,900. Hammer paid $5,225 at the Elgin sale. Hammer spent around $25,000 at the 2004 Elgin sale. It was a

Lehnware is a term for the distinctive woodenware items made by Joseph Long Lehn (1798-1892), Clay Township, Lancaster County. This sugar bucket by Lehn sold for $3,240. It brought $4,503 in 2013 at a Pook & Pook auction, ex. Dittmar collection. Another Lehn sugar bucket sold a few lots later, with an increased amount of paint wear (not pictured) for $960.

This decorated three-gallon stoneware crock by Cowden & Wilcox sold for a strong $37,200 on day one.

The small

high powered auction. As outlined, a few things did a bit less here, some brought more.

In the rare pottery category, a stamped John Bell miniature stoneware jug in

script reading, “C. F. Bell 1857,” brought $16,800. It sold for $10,350 in 2012 at a Crocker Farm auction. John Bell’s son was Charles Frederick Bell. Continued on page 9

Not an ordinary antique round rye straw basket, this wooden base example is believed to have been used as a collection basket at an Adams County church. A small group of these are known and are very rare. It sold to a collector for $3,000.

A fine Lehnware miniature painted chest including decal decoration sold for $6,240. It was a $5,200 hammer price and had a $5,000 hammer price at a sale in 2013. For such a large quantity of Lehnware to sell at once, the market held up.

ILLINOIS

04/12-13/2025, UnionSat & Sun 10 AM & Online, donleyauctions.com. April All Must Go Auction, Donley Auctions

INDIANA

04/23/2025, Shipshewana - Wed 9 AM, shipshewana tradingplace.com. Antique toy auction. Shipshewana Trading Post 04/30/2025, Shipshewana - Wed 4 PM & Online, chupp auctions.com. 1- owner sign & thermometer auction. Chupp Auctions

05/28/2025, Shipshewana - Wed 9 AM, shipshewana tradingplace.com. Sign/ Advertising Auction. Shipshewana Trading Place

MARYLAND

04/02-11/2025, Sparks - Wed through Fri., Online only, crockerfarm.com. Spring 2025 Stoneware & Redware auction. Crocker Farm

NEVADA

04/30-05/03/2025, Las Vegas - Wed - Sat. Morphy Auctions Las Vegas

OHIO

05/03/2025, WilloughbySat 10 AM & Online, mile stoneauctions.com. Premier Spring Vintage Toy Auction. Milestone Auctions 09/27/2025, WilloughbySat 10 AM & Online, mile stoneauctions.com. Fall Spectacular Auction. Milestone Auctions

PENNSYLVANIA

03/28-04/15/2025, Myerstown - Tues 1 PM, Online

A UCTIONS

only, kleinfelters.com. Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Online Liquidation Sale. Arcade games, commercial motors, musical equipment, outdoor lights, industrial kitchen equipment, sanitation equipment & more! Kleinfelter’s Auction, Inc. 04/03-19/2025, Myerstown - Sat 1 PM, Online only, klein felters.hibid.com. April Online Antique Extravaganza. Kleinfelter’s Auction, Inc. 04/11-25/2025, EphrataEnds Fri 10 AM & Online, gehmanauctions.hibid.com. 19th century art & studio glass auction. Gehman Auctions 04/12/2025, East Earl - Sat 12 PM. paauctioncenter.com. Masterpieces by the Zook family. 3-Dimensional dioramas. PA Auction Center 04/12/2025, Ephrata - Sat 9 AM. horstauction.com. 517 lots of currency & gold. Horst Auction Center 04/13/2025, Pineville - Sun 12 PM & Online, locatillc.com. Fine art & furniture. Locati LLC 04/14/2025, Dillsburg - Mon 6:00 PM. haars.com. Furniture, antiques, mower, snowblower, kayak, tools, clocks, die cast cars & more! Hardy’s Auction Service 04/19/2025, MyerstownSat 8:30 AM. lhauctionsinc. com. Annual Lawn & Garden Consignment Auction. L & H Auctions, Inc. 04/19/2025, Ephrata - Sat 9 AM. horstauction.com. Antiques, New Holland advertising collectibles, Walt Disney collectibles, Longaberger baskets, political memorabilia, child & adult

bicycles & parts, cast iron, model trains & accessories, household goods, tools & more! Horst Auction Center 04/19/2025, Mt. Wolf - Sat 9 AM. gilbertauctions.com. Real Estate, Subaru Outback, Star Wars collectibles, clocks, pocket knives, oriental rugs, antiques, furniture, lawn & garden items & more! Gilbert & Gilbert Auctioneers

04/19/2025, Reading - Mon through Sunday, game7auctions.com. Basketball, baseball, football & hockey cards & memorabilia. Game 7 Auctions

04/23/2025, West ChesterWed 10 AM, barrdavis.com. Quality antiques, collectables, furniture, glassware, sterling silver items, tools & household goods. Real estate at 1 PM. Barr Davis Auctioneers, LLC

04/24/2025, Kinzers - Thu 10 AM & Online, invaluable. com/Quality estate gold & silver jewelry, gold pocketwatches, sterling tableware & more! Embassy Auctions International 05/06/2025, Glen Rock - Tues 9 AM & Online, wehrlysauction.com. Firearms & big boy toys. Wehrly’s Auction Service 05/10/2025, Gettysburg - Sat 9 AM. larryswartzauctioneer. hibid.com. College & University Milk Bottle Auction. Larry Swartz Auctioneer

06/07/2025, New Providence - Sat 9 AM, auctionzip.com #50152, Public real estate & personal property. 3 Bed, 3 Bath 14 acre farmette. Timberline Auction Services

SHO W & FLEA MARKET CALEND AR

DELAWARE

04/26/2025, New Castle - Sat 9 Am - 2 PM, Rt 13, 198 S Dupont Highway, Delaware Train Show

04/27/2025, New Castle - Sun

10 AM - 4 PM, Rt 13, 198 S. Dupont Highway, April Fools Toy Show

GEORGIA

04/10-13/2025, Atlanta - Thu 10 AM - 5 PM, Fri & Sat 9 AM6 PM, Sun 10 AM - 4 PM, 3650 & 3850 Jonesboro Road, Scott Antique Markets

MARYLAND

04/12/2025, Elkton - Sat 10

AM - 3 PM, 4640 Telegraph Road, From the Farmhouse Spring Antique Show

04/12/2025, North East - Sat

8 AM - 2 PM, 211 Brick Meeting Road, East Nottingham Antiques Barn Sale

MASSACHUSETTS

06/14/2025, Brookfield - Sat

10 AM - 3 PM, 19 Martin Road, Walker Homestead

NEW JERSEY

04/27/2025, Wayne - Sun

9:30 AM - 3:30 PM, 1 Pal Drive, Mechanical Music Extravaganza

05/18/2025, Hammonton - Sun

9 AM - 3 PM, 31 Batsto Road, Historic Batsto Village

05/18/2025, Ringoes - Sat 10

AM - 4 PM, Route 179, Hunterdon County Antiques Fair

06/14/2025, Mullica HillSat 9 AM - 3 PM, 275 Bridgeton Pike, The Yellow Garage Antiques &#8211 June Festival of Antiques

NEW YORK

04/12-13/2025, BinghamtonSat 10AM - 5AM, Sun 10AM4PM, 907 Upper Front Street, Binghamton Shriners

04/26-27/2025, Stormville - Saturday & Sunday 8AM4PM, 428 Rt. 216, Stormville Airport Flea Market

06/06-08/2025, BouckvilleFri - Sun 8 AM - 5 PM, Scenic Rt 20, Madison-Bouckville Antique Week

08/10-16/2025, BouckvilleSun - Sat., Scenic Rt. 20, Madison Bouckville Antique Week OHIO

04/26/2025, Berlin - Sat 9

AM - 3 PM, 3558 US Route 62, Simple Goods Show PENNSYLVANIA

01/02-12/27/2025, BerwynEvery Sat. & Sun, 9-5, 270 W. Swedesford Rd. 01/02-12/31/2025, Lewisburg

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A good crowd was in the salesroom for both sessions.

The Rev. Henry Young fraktur birth certicate (Union County) sold to the trade for $3,240.

A softwood paint-decorated box, often referred as an apple tray, sold for $4,680. Read the story for more.

hand-modeled glazed redware figure of a dog attributed to Jesiah Shorb sold for $4,200.

Ron Hammer

This jug bears possibly his earliest date, made when Charles was 17. From a group of early openwork rye straw baskets believed to be from Hanover, an example with footed base sold for $2,520. A fraktur bookplate signed “Catharina Guth” sold for $4,500. A decorated show (hand) towel signed “Catharina Guth” dated 1852 sold later in the sale for $900. Ideally, they should have been

Continued from page 8 sold following each other. A conversation piece of day two was the Youtz Dutch cupboard. A well-known item, it was among the highlights of the landmark April 1, 2000, Clyde Youtz estate sale held at Conestoga. Under different market conditions, the first of four catalog sales for the late dealer from Newmanstown, this April 1, 2000, auction was considered the high water market for country Americana sales. The salesroom was standing room only and it was difficult to move around. Prices

Read the story for more.

Attributed to Hanover, a rare and early openwork oval rye straw basket with footed base sold for $2,520.

An exceptional piece, the stamped John Bell miniature stoneware jug in script reading, “C. F. Bell 1857,” sold for $16,800 to a phone bidder. It sold for $10,350 on July 21, 2012, at Crocker Farm. A handful of finely-made redware and stoneware items were made and signed at the Bell shop in Waynesboro by John Bell’s son, Charles Frederick Bell. This jug bears possibly his earliest date, made when Charles was 17 years old. The size, decoration, condition, and rare signature make it one of the

achieved were staggering. As a whole, prices realized at auction pre-9/11, notably in 1999 and 2000, were staggering. The Youtz sales helped cement the career of Jeff DeHart, former owner of Conestoga Auction Co. Ron Hammer paid $66,000 for the cupboard in 2000 at that sale. Dealer Greg Kramer bought the cupboard at the Hammer sale for $24,000.

Wilhelm Schimmel was a German speaking immigrant who lived in the Cumberland Valley of Cumberland Co., Pa., ca. 1869 to his death in 1890. It is widely believed he came over during the large waves of immigration that occurred post Civil War. Among the legendary figures of American folk art, he carved and painted (never signed) and is most known for spread-wing eagles and roosters. At a sale just west of

Selling for $12,000 was this one-gallon stoneware jar by Cowden & Wilcox of Harrisburg with rare “man-inthe-moon” decoration.

Carlisle in 2013 a 7.5-inch-high rooster having descended in the Raudabaugh and King families, sold for $27,000 to Ron Hammer. It sold at the Hammer sale for $18,000 to one of the back bidders at that previously

for the Joseph Lehn 20-drawer paint-decorated seed chest.

very fine set of six smoke-decorated

mentioned sale. Another Schimmel rooster, 6.75 inches tall, sold to an advanced private collector from Berks County for $16,800. Staying in the folk carving category, a Simmons (five) bird 12.5-inch-high bird tree sold to Greg Kramer for $42,000. “Schtockschnitzler” Simmons was an itinerant carver, active ca. 1885-1910, known to have spent time in the Moselem Springs area of Berks County. The forename of “Schtockschnitzler” loosely translates to “old man cane carver.” He carved canes, birds on stands, and bird trees, and the work is highly valued today. Due in large part to Dick and Rosemarie Machmer’s 1991 book “Just For Nice” and the exhibit which followed suit, wider recognition for the folk carvings heightened. At a sale on May 3, 2014, reported

on in Antiques & Auction News, this bird tree sold for $30,000.

John Hess will be selling Ron Hammer’s large 1830s brick house in New Oxford at auction on Thursday, April 17. For more information, call 717-898-7284 or visit www. hessauctiongroup.com.

are still popular regional items.

to folk

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Over 700 lots to include Redware & Yellowware, Stoneware, Glass & China, Contemporary & Antique Folk Art, Woodenwares, Metalwares, Various Books, Sterling Silver Flatware, Kugels & other Christmas Ornaments & Decorations, Tubular Lanterns, Paintings, Fraktur, Bronze Sculptures, Quilts, Coverlets, Braided Table Mats & Hooked Rugs, Needlework Samplers, & American & Pennsylvania Furniture.

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finest John Bell stoneware jugs known.

A private collector in the front row, a major buyer at the sale, paid $37,200

Attributed

legend Wilhelm Schimmel, this carved and painted pine rooster sold for $18,000. The York County History Center has a Schimmel rooster with similar pegged tail construction.

An antique wreath pattern applique quilt sold for $5,100.

plank bottom side chairs with floral decoration on crest rails realized $10,800.

The labeled George Pritz (Hanover, Pa.) tiger maple coffee grinder, dated 1839, realized $3,480. They

A paint-decorated Dutch cupboard with smoke-decorated paneled upper doors sold for $24,000 to dealer Greg Kramer.

Game Commission

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Commission will also be selling merchandise at this event.

To learn more, people are encouraged to visit the Game Commission’s

website through www.pa.gov/ agencies/pgc. The Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area visitor’s center is located at 100 Museum Road, Stevens, Pa.

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engraved and inlaid with 18-karat yellow gold and what appears to be platinum (metals have not been t ested). The serial #25088 was manufactured in 1853. With a small crack at the upper left-hand grip, it exhibits a small amount of blue wear on the front of the cylinder. With matching serial numbers and what appears to be near perfect screws, the wedgepin has slight marks from assembly and disassembly. The left barrel lug has a sultan holding a sword and a pistol, and the right barrel lug has a cheetah. The trigger guard and grip frame appear to be 18-karat gold plated with floral embellishment. Grips have a scroll pattern carved on both sides. Engraved in the style of Gustave Young, the gun is contained in a factory-like case with an unmarked bullet mold, powder flask and original cap tin.

The second revolver is a 3rd Model Dragoon Presentation gun marked “Col

Hugh Forbes Fidei Defensor” on the grip frame. Also manufactured in 1853, the frame, barrel lug and hammer are fully engraved with scroll patter. The muzzle is lightly embellished at the end. It’s serial #136 30 and has matching numbers. This gun has norma l light wear for its age with two-piece excellent grips. The top of barrel lug is engraved “Sam Colt” surrounded by scroll. The gun is contained in a factory-like case with instructions inside the lid with C olt marked bullet mold containing round and conical internals. It also contains Colt patent powder fl ask and Colt marked cap tin.

The auction house has garnered a lot of excitement with these revolvers. The y are highly collectible antique firearms. Antiques & Auction News will have a post-sale follow up in a future issue.

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Here is the Colt Model 1851 Navy presentation revolver.

An up-close look at the Colt Model 1851 Navy presentation revolver.

This is a Colt 3rd Model Dragoon presentation revolver.

An up-close look at the Colt 3rd Model Dragoon