Warwick Middle School To Host Show On June 27 And 28
By Cory Van Brookhoven
Lancaster County’s oldest antiques show and always a perennial favorite, the Lititz Historical Foundation’s biggest fundraiser of the year will be staged on Friday and Saturday, June 27 and 28. The popular show will take place at the Warwick Middle School, located at
401 Maple St. in Lititz, Pa.
Admission is $10 per person or $9 in advance by visiting the ticket link at www.zeffy.com/ en-US/ticketing/62nd-annual-antiques-show. Show hours will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on day one and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second day. There will be 51 dealers at this show, which quickly sold out.
Mullica Hill Toy Show
On Sunday, June 15, ToyShows. org will be holding its Father’s Day toy show. Coined the Mullica Hill Toy Show, it will be held at the Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds at 275 Bridgeton Pike in Mullica Hill, N.J. Show hours will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $5, and children under the age of 12 may enter free of charge. It will feature 80-plus spaces under roofed pavilions and outdoor booths. The special event features some of the best toy vendors of new, collectible and antique toys. The fairgrounds provide plenty of free parking. It is a rain or shine event. There will be a food truck on-site.
The show is often called an old-time country show due to the emphasis on country antiques. Quality dealers will present a wide range of reasonably priced country wares and dry goods. Shoppers can expect to find antique pottery; textiles; kitchen goods; early lighting; transferware china; doll items; vintage Halloween and other holiday items; Pennsylvania folk
art, such as carvings and fraktur; and much more.
Hungry shoppers will have an opportunity on-site to purchase hot food for lunch or a snack. Proceeds from the show will go to the historical foundation and help preserve the Johannes Mueller House.
For further information, call 717-626-1204.
Lecture To Be Held June 12
Famous Tiffany
By Karl Pass
Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen will present a lecture, “Beyond the Glass Ceiling,” at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa., on Thursday, June 12, at 7 p.m. The talk, part of the museum’s Putman Arts Leader Lecture Series, will focus on the female artists and philanthropists who commissioned, designed and crafted the historic Tiffany Studios stained-glass “Garden Landscape” window from 1912. This famous work was recently installed at the MET. The work was conceived, commissioned, and crafted by women and highlights the important role women played in the art of Louis C.Tiffany. “Garden Landscape” is a three-part work designed by Agnes Northrop, one of Tiffany’s premier window designers. Northrop worked for Tiffany’s firm her entire career as an independent woman with a studio of her own. The work was commissioned by Sarah Cochran, a successful Pittsburgh businesswoman, philanthropist, and suffragist for Linden Hall, the large estate she built in Dawson, Pa., in 1912. She personally requested the subject, suggestive of her own gardens.
Hear the unique story “Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Agnes Northrop and a Tiffany Garden Landscape Window” by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang curator of American Decorative Arts. The cost of the lecture is $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers.
Rare Postwar Japanese Toys Performed At Milestone
Yonezawa Atom Jet 58 Racer Sped To $47,970
On May 3, Milestone Auctions unleashed a fantastic selection of vintage and antique toys that kept bidders engaged from start to finish, whether they were competing live in the gallery, over the phones, or burning the midnight oil via the internet from Europe and beyond. Finishing at $1.1 million (inclusive of buyer’s premium), the auction was Milestone’s second dedicated toy auction to surpass the million-dollar mark, with last year’s New Year’s
Toy Extravaganza blazing the trail for seven-figure results at $1.3 million. “We had a great variety of toys to offer to collectors, including high-quality antique European autos and character toys. Every category attracted its own following, but even before the sale, we knew the hottest group would be the postwar Japanese toys. The prices on some things were just astonishing, like a tin Space Pistol that sold for ten times the high estimate,” said Miles
King, principal auctioneer and co-owner of Milestone Auctions.
The grand marshal of the Japanese tin toy parade was a rare and coveted Yonezawa Atom Jet 58 Racer. Friction-powered and all original, including its tailfin, tires and hubcaps, the impressive 27-inch-long showstopper was offered complete with its original paper-label box.
“On top of being very rare and one of the largest Japanese cars ever produced, it appeared never to have been played, so that was the perfect trifecta. Bidders didn’t hold back,” remarked King. Against an estimate of $30,000-$40,000, it sold for $47,970.
Robots can bring the big bucks, whether they’re more than a foot tall or roughly half that size. Examples of both were entered in the sale and commanded
above-estimate prices. A rare 13-inch battery-operated Yonezawa Jupiter Robot accompanied by its extremely scarce original pictorial box presented in all-original condition, complete with its correct remote-control battery box. It defied its $15,000-$25,000 estimate and was chased to $43,290. At the other end of the size spectrum, a 7.75inch Yoshiya windup Sparky Robot was in demand for its unusual color motif of chocolate brown with red, white and black accents. Working and in excellent condition, it put in a stellar performance, realizing $9,600 against an estimate of $600-$800.
When something exotic appears in a toy auction, the sky can
This Marx (Japan) 12-inch battery-operated remote-control Yeti The Abominable Snowman, all original and complete, appearing never to have been played with, in original pictorial box with insert and storybook about Yeti, sold for $6,900 against an estimate of $2,000-$3,000.
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A rare Asakusa (Japan) 8-inch tin friction Mighty Atom / Astroboy Motorcycle, tin, all original, with vinyl head, full-color Japanese-language box with humorous graphic of the beloved cartoon character riding his
be the limit. Such was the case when a rare Asakusa 8-inch tin friction Mighty Atom (Astroboy) Motorcycle crossed the auction block. In all original condition, with a clean vinyl head, this appealing toy was destined to land a super-premium price, in part, because of its colorful, Japanese-language box. On its lid is a nonsensical
but endearing graphic of the popular cartoon character Mighty Atom (Astroboy) riding his motorcycle, shirtless and in shorts, across an Arctic landscape as a seal and five penguins look on from the distance. Entered with a $3,000-$5,000 estimate, it was bid aggressively to $25,830.
Following closely in the
list of top 10 auction winners was a K Okada 19-inchlong tin friction XY-105 Space Fighter. All original and complete, including its guns and canopy above two correct spacemen drivers, it also retained its original paper-label box. One of the best and most original examples of its type
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Fernand Martin (France) windup Lady Walking with Baby, tin with handpainted facial features, cloth-dressed, excellent condition, sold for $5,850 against an estimate of $1,500-$2,500.
The Buddy “L” (USA) pressed-steel #208 Passenger Bus, an all-original example with exceptional paint and decals, sold for $9,535 against an estimate of $5,000-$7,000.
The Asahi/ATC (Japan) 15-inch long tin friction Chrysler Imperial, all original and complete, with sleek black factory paint and in excellent condition, sold for $11,700 against an estimate of $6,000-$8,000.
This MT (Japan) 7-inch tin friction Flying Saucer X-3000 with scarce pictorial box, all original, colorful, and in excellent condition, realized $10,200 against an estimate of $6,000-$8,000.
motorcycle across an Arctic landscape, sold for $25,830 against a $3,000-$5,000 estimate.
Collector Anecdotes And Antics
“Slow Your Roll”
How To Build An Incredible Collection Without Breaking The Bank
By Shawn Surmick
As I have repeated many times now, there is only one constant in the antiques and collectibles trade. That constant, of course, is change. The markets that make up the trade are constantly moving and evolving. Some go through periodic cycles of boom and bust intervals while others gain momentum and keep growing year after year for several decades or more. Some markets end up hitting their peak and start their eventual downward spiral only to be forgotten by younger generations who no longer covet the items in question. This is what makes the economics side of the trade so fascinating, and as someone with decades of experience studying these markets, I often advise against trying to predict what the next big collectible boom will be.
Still, these words of caution usually fall on deaf ears. I have witnessed (just barely, due to my age) the magnificent coin grading bubble of the mid to late 1980s, the junk wax era of sports cards that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the modern era comic book speculator craze that took hold in the early 1990s, the Beanie Baby bubble of the mid to late 1990s, and of course, the advent of eBay and online auctions. I should also mention that I was one of the early voices warning nostalgic-driven speculators to avoid buying into the pandemic crazed hype that saw certain collecting categories hit the stratosphere during the COVID pandemic. The collectibles trade in particular is one of the few markets where nostalgia and emotional attachment can lead speculators and collectors to make
disastrous financial decisions. Now more than ever, we are reminded of record breaking sales occurring across almost all facets of the trade on a regular basis. Auction companies in particular have a vested interest in making the public aware of these sales. I have personally come into contact with many collectors who have gone massively into debt to fund their purchases. As a result, I want to share some knowledge to help any would-be speculator or collector out there build an award-winning collection without breaking the bank.
In my younger years of learning the antiques and collectibles trade, I received some excellent tidbits of advice from serious collectors who accumulated incredible collections across a variety of different categories. Whether they were passionate about rare coins, vintage toys, comic books, or art glass, they all had one thing in common. They were quite methodical and patient in their approach when it came to adding a new piece to each of their collections. They did not just buy something on a whim, or attend an auction and bid on a multitude of things. The collectors who took the time to teach me the trade were some of the most patient collectors I have ever had the privilege of knowing. In the age of online auctions, online collecting forums, and instant gratification, it was this lesson alone that served me well and allowed me the chance to curate some collections of my own. Spending time with these individuals was a true blessing, and most echoed one of my most favorite phrases in the trade: “The most important piece in any collector’s collection is the next piece they are attempting to acquire.” It was advice like this that stayed with me over the years.
I fondly remember learning the rare coin market in the 1990s and early 2000s. I had a mentor who is now unfortunately deceased (like most of my early mentors, sadly), and he would scold me in the kindest possible way for wanting to buy something without doing the necessary research. He used to always ask me, “What is the downside risk to the item you are buying?” This would pique
my curiosity and I would ask, “Why is that important?” To which he would answer, “The collectors who build world class collections have an exit plan before they purchase each and every piece.” This was the start of my education on the financial side of the trade.
Today, I often advise new and even young collectors starting out to “slow their roll.” This is a phrase that I have borrowed from the reality television show “American Pickers,” and it is great advice to novices and experts alike. The phrase is to remind you that emotions can easily take over when you have an emotional attachment to the items you are buying. This is excellent advice in my opinion, as today’s collectors are experiencing a myriad of online advertising promoting the antiques and collectibles as an alternate investment class by high profile auction houses and third-party grading companies alike. Even the popular “Pokemon” trading card game’s slogan is “Gotta catch ‘em all!”
The one thing that longterm successful collectors in these markets know how to do is build a collection over the long term. Much like financial investing, dollar cost averaging works in a lot of markets that make up the antiques and collectibles trade. If you started collecting graded coins in the 1990s, I can assure you that the rare coin market has experienced highs and lows in the decades that followed. If you slowly bought in over the years, you made some excellent purchases that can now be sold for a premium, even with all the changes
that took place in this market with the advent of new thirdparty grading companies like CAC becoming a force in this market. The same is true for vintage sports cards. I know several high profile collectors in this market who, just by taking this advice, were able to slowly put together a six-figure collection of high grade sports cards. With all the bad internet advice and hype making its rounds through social media and the like, it is important to know that the best advice I can offer you is to go slow; stop and research the market from time to time; and don’t get sucked into the hype being propped up by the news media, high profile auction companies, and third-party grading conglomerates. I am not against using debt in any of these markets as long as it is done wisely. As someone with a background in finance,
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Encore! Hake’s Sale Clears $1.2 Million
Auction Marks Their Second $1 Million-Plus Sale Exclusively Devoted To Action Figures
Earlier this year, Hake’s made headlines worldwide as the first auction house ever to break the million-dollar mark with an auction focused exclusively on action figures. The company’s high-profile sale of the Jeff Jacob Collection Part I rocketed to $1.45 million and included a Kenner 1978 “Star Wars” Double-Telescoping Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi 12
Back-A action figure that sold for $105,182, a world auction record for a figure of its type. Less than four months later, on May 15, Hake’s returned to the auction spotlight with Part II of the Jacob Collection, which closed at $1.2 million and became the second action-figure-specific sale in history to land in seven-figure territory. Adding extra luster to
The Hasbro “G.I. Joe” (1984) Attack Vehicle (VAMP) and Heavy Artillery Laser (HAL) Series 3 Vehicle, Sears-exclusive 2-pack AFA-graded 75 EX+/NM, a rare set, in factory-sealed box, at time of cataloging, one of only six graded examples shown in AFA Population Report, with only two examples in grade 75 (four higher), realized $12,980 against an estimate of $5,000-$10,000.
The Kenner “Star Wars” (1978) Darth Vader 12 Back-A DoubleTelescoping (DT) Light Saber action figure was AFA-graded 80 NM. At time of cataloging, AFA’s Population Report indicated only nine examples of this type had been graded, with only four achieving an AFA 80 grade, and just one graded higher. It sold for $130,095, a world auction record for a production action figure of any type from any toy line.
the May sale’s results, its top lot, a Kenner “Star Wars” (1978) Darth Vader 12 Back-A Double-Telescoping (DT) action figure, blazed its way to an unheard-of $130,095, the highest auction price ever paid for a production action figure of any type from any toy line.
Hake’s had previously held the record for the highest-priced action figure ever sold at auction. That record would later be surpassed elsewhere, but for only a brief period of time. It was reclaimed by Hake’s, and quite decisively so, with the meteoric performance of the Darth Vader figure.
The Double Telescoping Light Saber-wielding figure of Galactic Empire antagonist Vader had been issued an AFA grade of 80 NM. It was only the fourth carded DT specimen of its type ever to be offered by Hake’s and the first they had ever handled in its high grade. At the time of its cataloging, AFA’s Population Report indicated that only nine examples of its type had ever been graded, with only four assigned an AFA 80 grade and just one graded higher. Bidding on the coveted figure opened at $25,000 and escalated to a hefty $130,095, clinching its title as top-selling production action figure of all time.
A Kenner “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” (1983) Jabba the Hutt Action Playset advertised as containing “Two Star Wars Creatures And One Platform With Prisoner Gates” was outfitted with a humorous movable figure of Jabba the Hutt and a smaller figure of Salacious Crumb. The platform base was designed with monster-head attachments for use in opening the gates. Additionally, the set came with a hookah-like accessory piece, Jabba’s pipe bowl. At the time of cataloging, only nine examples of the playset were recorded in an AFA 85 grade according to current AFA Population Report, with none graded higher. Against a $1,000-$2,000 estimate, it claimed a winning realized price of $38,940, a world auction record for a playset of its type.
From Kenner Canada’s 1985 “Star Wars: The Power of the Force” range, a Yak Face 92 Back AFA 90 Y-NM/ Mint 4-inch action figure was
A Kenner “Star Wars” (1979) Boba Fett mailer envelope with “Maple Plain Company” return address and sealed baggie with 3.75-inch tall Kenner action figure, introductory slip and large Kenner catalog booklet, at time of cataloging, was one of only five examples in total that had been graded by AFA according to current AFA Population Report, with only two examples in an AFA 85 grade (none higher). Estimated at $2,000-$5,000, it sold for $22,066.
blister-carded together with its matching aluminum collector’s coin. One of only eight examples of its type in an AFA 90 grade, per the AFA Population Report at the time of cataloging, it was also the first of its type in this high grade ever to be offered by Hake’s. It sold within its estimate range for a world-record $23,738.
A Kenner “Star Wars” (1979) mailer envelope with a return address from “Maple Plain Company” contained a sealed baggie with a 3.75-inch-tall Kenner action figure of Boba
Fett, plus an introductory slip and large Kenner catalog booklet. It’s extremely uncommon to find this figure in its mailer envelope. The auction example was the first of its type that Hake’s had ever offered. At the time of cataloging, only five examples in total had been AFA-graded, with only two in an AFA 85 grade (none higher). Estimated at $2,000-$5,000, it was bid to a world-record $22,066.
In its original factory-sealed box, a Kenner “Star Wars” (1979) Darth Vader TIE
Fighter vehicle with flashing “laser” light and “space sound” was AFA-graded 85 NM+. It was described by Hake’s specialists as one of only seven known examples in that grade as of the time of cataloging, with none graded higher in the AFA Population Report. Adding to its scarcity, it isn’t seen very often in the public marketplace. The only comparable example Hake’s had ever auctioned came from the Russell Branton collection, which they auctioned in 2019.
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The “Star Wars” (1979) boxed “Special Offer” version of the Action Display Stand (which was first available as a mail-away in 1978) was not a regular-release Kenner toy, being produced solely as “Special Offer” item for larger retailers. This 1979 release featured a sticker that reflected the additional figures that had been added to the toyline since the previous year and sold for $16,550 against an estimate of $5,000-$10,000.
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The TIE Fighter in the May sale, which was not the same one previously owned by Branton, sold for an above-estimate, world-record auction price of $21,240.
“Star Wars” collectors will go the extra mile for prototypes, unusual variants and mail-in offers. A Kenner “Star Wars” (1979) boxed “Special Offer” version of the Action Display Stand, which was first available as a mail-away in
The mail-away version came with a
label bearing the names of Kenner’s first 12 “Star Wars” figures; however the 1979 release, which was never widely available to consumers, featured a new sticker because additional figures had been added to the toyline since its inception. The picture box for this great toy contains an Action Display Stand with an illustrated full-color backdrop
A Kenner Canada “Star Wars: The Power of the Force” (1985) Yak Face 92 Back AFA 90 Y-NM/Mint, 4-inch action figure with matching aluminum collector’s coin, the most desirable of the last 17 vintage issued figures and, as of the time of cataloging, one of only eight examples of its type in an AFA 90 grade according to the current AFA Population Report, sold within its estimate range for $23,738.
The Kenner “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” (1983) Jabba the Hutt Action Playset containing “Two Star Wars Creatures And One Platform With Prisoner Gates,” including movable figure of Jabba the Hutt and Salacious Crumb, includes Jabba’s pipe bowl accessory piece. At time of cataloging, only nine examples were recorded in AFA 85 grade according to current AFA Population Report, with none higher. Entered with a $1,000-$2,000 estimate, it landed at $38,940.
The Kenner “Star Wars” (1979) Darth Vader TIE Fighter vehicle with flashing “laser” light and “space sound” in original factory-sealed box, AFA-graded 85 NM+, one of only seven known examples in that grade as of time of cataloging, with none graded higher in the AFA Population Report, sold above high estimate for $21,240.
A Lili Ledy “Stars Wars: Return of the Jedi/La Guerra de las Galaxias: El Regreso del Jedi” (1983) Squid Head action figure, 3.75-inch tall, with Spanish text on card, considered very rare, was, at time of cataloging, the only known and single highest-graded example according to AFA Population Report. Estimated at $5,000-$10,000, it sold for $15,616.
and instruction sheet. It holds 12 figures and is designed with action levers to move the figures back and forth. Against an estimate of $5,000-$10,000, it sold for $16,550, a worldrecord auction price for a toy of its particular type.
From the world of “GI Joe,” the most popular lot of the day was a Hasbro (1984) Attack Vehicle (VAMP) and Heavy Artillery Laser (HAL) Series 3 Vehicle. This very rare and
iconic Sears-exclusive 2-pack was AFA-graded 75 EX+/NM and presented in its factory-sealed box. At the time of cataloging, it was one of only six graded examples shown in AFA Population Report, with only two examples in grade 75 (only four higher). It declared victory at $12,980 against an estimate of $5,000-$10,000.
After the auction concluded, Hake’s president, Alex Winter, remarked “Collector interest in the Jeff Jacob Collection has been phenomenal so far. The quality and rarity of its contents is what has led to our becoming the first auction house to produce consecutive million-dollar-plus action-figure sales. It is a testament to Jeff’s decades of astute collecting that these milestones have been achieved. We’re honored and excited to continue auctioning additional installments of his astonishing collection later this year.”
For additional information, call 1 866-404-9800 (tollfree) or 1 717-434-1600 or email hakes@hakes.com.
All images courtesy of Hake’s Auctions. Prices shown for all items below represent world auction records for items of their specific type. In the case of Lot 1, it also now holds the world auction record for a production action figure of any type from any toy line.
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that Milestone’s specialists had ever seen, it rocketed to $25,800 against an estimate of $10,000-$15,000.
Also achieving an auction price that exceeded expectations, an MT 7-inch tin friction Flying Saucer X-3000 with its scarce pictorial box showed off excellent color and condition. Estimated at $6,000-$8,000, it closed at $10,200.
Even in the world of space toys, very good things come in small packages. An Alps tin friction Space Control pistol proved that point to be true. All original with bright colors and graphics, and accompanied by its original pictorial-label box, it checked out at more than 10 times its pre-sale estimate, selling for $8,100.
A flawless Marx battery-operated remote-control Yeti The Abominable Snowman was all original and complete, and appeared never to have been played with. It was accompanied by its crisp original pictorial box, including its correct insert and a mini-storybook about Yeti that came with the toy from the factory. As pristine as the day it was made, the amusing depiction of a mythical Himalayan beast was won for $6,900 against an estimate of $2,000-$3,000.
The sale also included 59 lots of all-American Buddy “L” pressed-steel automotive toys. A #208 Passenger Bus in extremely fine all-original condition measured a full 29 inches long. With exceptional
The rare Yonezawa (Japan) Atom Jet 58 Racer, friction-powered, all original, including tailfin, tires and hubcaps, and complete with original paper-label box is considered one of the largest and most impressive postwar-Japanese toys ever produced. Appeared never to have been played with, it sold for $47,970 against an estimate of $30,000-$40,000.
This K Okada (Japan) tin friction XY-105 Space Fighter, 19-inch long, all original and complete, including its guns and canopy above two spacemen drivers, with rare original paper-label box, is one of the best and most original examples Milestone’s specialists had ever seen. It sold for $25,800 against an estimate of $10,000-$15,000.
paint and decals, this Midwestern transportation classic changed hands for $9,535 against an estimate of $5,000-$7,000.
For further information, call Miles King at 440527-8060 or email info@ milestoneauctions.com.
All prices quoted in this press release are inclusive of buyer’s premium, as detailed on Milestone’s website.
All images courtesy of Milestone Auctions.
This Alps (Japan) tin friction Space Control pistol, all original with bright colors and graphics, accompanied by its original pictorial-label box, sold for $8,100, more than 10 times the high estimate.
A rare battery-operated Yonezawa
with scarce original pictorial box, all original and complete, realized $43,290 against an estimate of $15,000-$25,000.
(Japan) Jupiter Robot
A Yoshiya (Japan) 7.75-inch lithographed tin windup Sparky robot in hard-to-find color motif of chocolate brown with red, white and black accents, working and in excellent condition, sold for $9,600 against an estimate of $600-$800.
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Organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London, the exhibition features works drawn from the V&A’s extensive holdings of nearly one thousand of Cameron’s photographs, which comprise the largest and
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“Arresting Beauty” includes
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an array of Cameron’s most striking works, including her celebrated portraits of preeminent Victorians, allegorical tableaux, and a selection of her subjects inspired by literature and biblical
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themes. Also on view are pages from Cameron’s unfinished memoir, “Annals of My Glass House.”
To contact the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City, call 212-685-0008.
The Morgan Library & Museum presents “Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron,” a major exhibition exploring the revolutionary work of one of photography’s
Julia Margaret Cameron’s “Call, I Follow, Let Me Die!” dates to 1867, carbon print, courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society Collection at
Tiffany Window Finds New Home
Important Stained Glass Is Now At Crystal Bridges Museum
An important example of a giant Tiffany window is the latest treasure acquired by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., the deep-pocketed institution founded by Walmart heiress and philanthropist Alice Walton. As reported by Sarah Cascone for Artnet, the monumental stained-glass masterpiece, created in 1917
by Tiffany Studios, is titled “Mountain Landscape (Root Memorial Window).” Measuring 110-by-93 inches, over nine feet tall and almost eight feet wide, it comes to the museum from the Sunset Ridge Church and Collective in San Antonio, Texas, where it has been installed for 94 years.
“It has an impact and this immersive quality and will be
illuminated from the back,” stated Jen Padgett, the museum’s curator of craft. “We’re going to have it on view with landscape paintings by artists like Thomas Cole (180148). To think about landscape with a very different medium and format will have this really lively dynamic.” The window depicts a cascading waterfall, with mountains in the distance, behind towering trees with lush foliage.
“This really wooded area feels like it was made for the museum,” added Padgett. “Set in this space where we’re
surrounded by the Ozark woods, it has such a striking similarity to scenes that people might see here when they go hiking in these rural areas in northwest Arkansas.”
This is only the second work in the Crystal Bridges collection from the decorative arts company founded by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), son of Charles Lewis Tiffany of the jewelry company Tiffany & Co. The younger Tiffany ran his company from 1878 until 1933 and became well known for his work in glass, including mosaics, vases, and stained glass
windows and lamps.
In 2022, the Benedict Silverman Collection donated one of Tiffany’s famous wisteria lamps to Crystal Bridges. It’s one of the designs now credited to Clara Driscoll (18611944), the manager of the so-called “Tiffany girls” who made up the company’s Women’s Glass Cutting Department in the studio in Corona, Queens.
While Driscoll specialized
in lampshades, also creating the beloved Tiffany dragonfly lamp, many of the stained glass windows were the work of Agnes Northrop (1857-1953).
“Agnes Northrop was a prominent designer within Tiffany Studios and was responsible for the major landscape windows during this period. She specialized in beautiful scenes of nature,” said Padgett.
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From the Tiffany Studios and designed by Agnes Northrop is “Mountain Landscape (Root Memorial Window)” from 1917, installation view, from Sunset Ridge Church, San Antonio, Texas, photo courtesy Ansen Seale.
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subject of this window are very similar to a really monumental one (the Hartwell Memorial Window) at the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as a window that’s at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art,(Autumn Landscape).”
Like those well-known examples, the Root Memorial Window is a beautiful piece, with Tiffany’s signature mottled colors in rich shades of blue, green, and red glass.
“Tiffany’s innovation was these really experimental glass fabrication techniques,” explained Padgett. “When a window was being assembled, having not just one pane where you would see the scene, but layering the panes so that you might have three
or four or five or six panes of glass so that you have those multiple layers.”
At Crystal Bridges, the window will be among the new stars of the collection next year, when the museum unveils its current expansion project, first announced in 2021. The institution, which will turn 15 in 2026, is adding 114,000 square feet to its facilities, meaning 50% more space, in a project designed by Safdie Architects.
The galleries will be completely reinstalled on a rotating basis ahead of the opening, allowing the museum to remain open to visitors throughout the process.
The new displays will highlight acquisitions like the Root Memorial Window as well as “the ways that the collection has grown, especially
expanding around the areas of craft and Indigenous art,” added Padgett. “It’ll be everything that people love about Crystal Bridges and even more.”
The museum declined to share details of the work’s purchase price, but a slightly larger piece, the Danner Memorial Window, designed by Northrop for the First Baptist Church in Canton, Ohio, in 1913, set a Tiffany Studios auction record of $12.4 million in 2024 at Sotheby’s New York, according to the Artnet Price Database. (Another Tiffany window, although not from Northrop, is expected to fetch up to $3 million at Christie’s New York next month.)
The potential value of the Root Memorial Window was something of a double-edged sword for Sunset Ridge Church. It couldn’t afford to insure the art-historical treasure, which was originally commissioned by the Woodmen of the World, a fraternal organization in Omaha, as a memorial to founder Joseph Cullen Root. Out of concern for potential damage to the work, the church had actually closed the window off from visitors over a decade ago.
“We were approached by the church because they had been thinking about the future of the window,” said Padgett. “Other individuals, private collectors and dealers, had made offers around purchasing the window from them, but they really wanted to find a future home where the window would reach a large public audience.”
The first order of business upon receipt of the window is to subject it to “a very thorough and meticulous cleaning. It had been installed in a site
where it was exposed to the elements.” explained Padgett. “We’re excited about those next steps, in the conservation of the window, which is in the early stages now.”
The acquisition also includes the gift of a second window. The Woodmen of the World built the chapel in 1931, as part of a tuberculosis hospital. To decorate the nondenominational Fraser Chapel, as it was then called, the organization commissioned a set of narrow, pointed lancet windows by Tiffany to represent all the states where it operated. Sunset Ridge, which purchased the property in 1959, is donating the Arkansas State Window to Crystal Bridges to accompany the Root Memorial Window.
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From Tiffany Studios, designed by Agnes Northrop, “Mountain Landscape (Root Memorial Window)” is from 1917, installation view from Sunset Ridge Church of Christ, San Antonio, Texas, photo courtesy Ansen Seale.
Food For Thought: Feed Sack Art
Smack Dab In The Middle: Design Trends Of The Mid-20th Century
By Donald-Brian Johnson
Beaming bakers. Knights in armor. Singing chickens; a solemn Sphinx; and even a corn cob or two, outfitted with airplane wings.
What gives? Well, one and all are examples of “feed sack art.” Those colorful logos on cotton feed sacks provided a healthy dose of Americana from just before the turn of the 20th century well into the 1950s.
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Cloth feed sacks were the mid-1800s successors to the wooden barrels that had previously handled storage chores. Industrial sewing machines now made it possible to sew reliable seams. Although dubbed “feed sacks,” the bags were put to work carrying plenty besides animal feed. Among the contents: seeds, flour, sugar, tobacco, bath salts, corn meal, and even ammunition. While early bags were often burlap or jute, by the 1890s, cotton was king. Cotton bags were more pliable, cheaper to produce, and reusable.
homemaker intended to refill her empty Blue Feather Potatoes bag with more potatoes. But with a good washing, and by picking out those sturdy seams, there were plenty of other uses for that good cotton, and there was plenty to use. The standard 100-pound feed sack, when laid flat, measured approximately 37 by 43 inches. With enough bags, there was soon more than enough material on hand to sew up a wide variety of household necessities, from dish towels and bed sheets to new curtains and
Actually “repurpose-able” is a better description. No
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IN THE EARLY 1950’S, FRANCES DAVIS MARRIED CARL MEALEY OF NEW MARKET, MARYLAND. MR. MEALEY OWNED A PROPERTY AT 8 WEST MAIN STREET, WHICH WAS KNOWN AS MEALEY’S RESTAURANT WHICH WAS ONLY OPEN ON SUNDAYS. BY THE EARLY 1960’S MRS. MEALEY HAD EXPANDED THE ONCE SMALL RESTAURANT TO A FULL-TIME OPERATION.
“AS ONE CAN SAY, MEALEY’S RESTAURANT BECAME A FREDRICK COUNTY LANDMARK OVER MANY DECADES KNOWN FOR FRIED CHICKEN GOOD COUNTRY-STYLE FOOD”. BY 1980, MEALEY’S HAD BEEN SOLD. MRS. MEALEY HAD CHOSEN TO RESIDE IN HER HISTORIC HOME DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM HER BELOVED RESTAURANT UNTIL HER PASSING.
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ANTIQUE GINGER BREAD CLOCKS PLUS OTHER DESIRABLE CLOCKS, STERLING SILVER, EARLY SILVER PLATE, FINE GLASSWARE, PAINTED CHINA, VERY RARE SET OF “WILD TURKEY” PLATES & PLATTERS C.1800’S IMPORTED FROM ENGLAND, EARLY PAINTED CHINA, NICE SLAG GLASS TABLE LAMP, MANY LAMPS INCLUDING ANTIQUE, PAINTED SERVING TRAYS, BLOWN GLASSWARE, LARGE & SMALL MIRRORS, EARLY FIREPLACE ANDIRONS & FENDER GUARDS, EARLY BIRD CAGES, WALL SCONCES, SIGNED DUCK DECOYS, PRIMITIVES, FLOW BLUE STONEWARE, BRASS & COPPER WARE, CUT GLASS DECANTERS PLUS FINE PIECES OF GLASS, VERY RARE SET OF OUTSTANDING MATCHING CANDLE HOLDERS FROM A LOCAL CHURCH C.1800’S, GREAT CHILD’S SMALL SPINNING WHEEL, MANY SMALLS. PLUS, SO MUCH MORE!
“ADDITIONS TO THIS AUCTION ALSO INCLUDE A NICE COIN COLLECTION” CONSISTING OF PEACE DOLLARS, MORGAN DOLLARS, MORGAN DOLLARS UNCIRCULATED, $2.00 BILLS UNCIRCULATED, SILVER & RED CERTIFICATES, FOREIGN COINS, WHEAT PENNIES, BUFFALO NICKELS, WALKING LIBERTY’S, 200 NEVERCIRCULATED NICKELS, PROOF & UNCIRCULATED MINT SETS, COMMEMORATIVE COINS, COIN SILVER, COIN ALBUMS, PLUS OTHER COINS, 32 PIECES OF STERLING SILVER FLATWARE, ASSORTED WOMEN’S RINGS, ASSORTED JEWELRY, ASSORTED WRIST WATCHES, VINTAGE BELT BUCKLES, PLUS MUCH MORE!
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quilt backings.
Just about the only thing early white cotton bags were less than desirable for was clothing. Initially, the logos and product information inked on the bags was there to stay. The only hope for removal was dousing them with bleach or other “sure-fire” home remedies, before engaging in some vigorous scrubbing. If that didn’t do the trick, printed info was sometimes left as is. After all, who would see it?
Only the disgruntled little girl heading off to school, knowing that her new set of drawers had “100 lbs. net weight” plastered across the posterior. (Patterned feed bags, which came into vogue for clothing use in the 1920s, solved the problem. Their labels and logos were either water-soluble ink or on easily removable tags. This led to a surge in dresses, play clothes, aprons, and other types of feed sack clothing during the Depression
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my best advice is: if debt is used responsibly, it can be a blessing to those who respect it. On the reverse side of that same proverbial coin, always remember that the debtor is slave to the lender. Interest rates and opportunity costs must be taken into account before choosing to haphazardly use a credit card to buy these items.
In conclusion, my very best advice is of course to recognize these markets for what they actually are. Have fun and remember that there are more important things in life than the objects we all covet and adore. Real relationships, friendships, and our own physical health and well-being are far more
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The James Michener Art Museum is at 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown, Pa.
and WWII years.)
By the early 1940s, over 30 companies were churning out feed sacks nationwide. There was an ongoing effort to come up with distinctive, uniquely-themed logos, sure to drum up buyer interest. This explains the warbling poultry and flying corncobs on some bags, which vied for attention with more traditional illustrations of farms and countrysides.
For today’s collectors, accumulating feed sacks requires pre-planning. As noted, they’re huge. Unless you have plenty of room to hang them (say, in an empty barn), much of
your collection could remain unseen. But if it’s just the feed sack logo you’re interested in, an attractive and workable alternative is to frame and display just the logo portion. As for the remainder of the bag, there’s no need to try stuffing it into the frame, or cutting it up to get at the logo. As feed sack prices can range from $10$50, depending on condition, put away those scissors! The answer to the dilemma is as close as your camera or phone. Just photograph the logos, then print them for display. This allows for size adjustment of the image to fit the frame. It also offers the option of touching up any undesired deterioration. The result is an eye-catching display, true to the source, but with the original feed sacks remaining intact.
With the introduction of equally sturdy, yet much less expensive paper and burlap bags in the 1950s, the use of cotton feed sacks declined. Their logos, however, continue to hold a nostalgic appeal for today’s collectors. They hearken back to a simpler, more peaceful time. A time when chickens could sing and corncobs could fly.
Original feed sack photos courtesy of Shari Aken. Photo Associate: Hank Kuhlmann.
Donald-Brian Johnson is the co-author of numerous books on design and collectibles, including “Postwar Pop,” a collection of his columns. Please address inquiries to: donaldbrian@msn.com.
Teddy Bear Picnic
Throughout the month of June, teddy bears will be picnicking in the special sales display case at the Haddon Heights Antiques Center. For those who collect vintage picnic baskets and related objects such as coolers, thermos bottles, or mid-century modern plates and cups, there is a nice selection on sale. There are vintage wicker and metal picnic baskets in varying sizes, perfect for stacking and storage, to use or display.
Plus, for collectors of stuffed animals, notably teddy bears, there are varying ages, sizes, and colors to choose from. Steiff and Boyds Bears are represented. Also included will be bears represented in figurines, toys, pottery, and children’s books. It’s a fun display of items on sale well worth checking out. Then again, there’s a reason that many customers
find the Haddon Heights Antiques Center worth checking out on a regular basis. The multi-dealer shop has two floors to explore and a generous discount on items priced $6 and up.
The Haddon Heights Antiques Center is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours on Fridays. It is located at 531 Clements Bridge Road in Barrington, N.J. For directions, call 856-546-0555.
important than anything else, regardless as to how much it is worth or how sought after it is. I can assure you, over the long term, the antiques and collectibles trade, along with the objects we all covet and desire, will still be here. For the most part, they will outlast us and future generations. So it is important to remember to take care of yourselves and each other. Now I sound like Jerry Springer, which means it is time to end this article. Thank you for reading!
Shawn Surmick has been an avid collector since the age of 12. He currently resides in his hometown of Boyertown, Pa., and is a passionate collector of antiques and collectibles. His articles focus on various topics affecting the marketplace.
To purchase tickets or learn more, visit www. michenerartmuseum.org.
Agnes F. Northrop designed “Garden Landscape” for Tiffany Studios in 1912. The three-part window for Linden Hall in Dawson, Pa., is leaded Favrile glass and 124-by-246 inches. Image courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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measuring 15 by 30 inches, for Hybrid Sorghum, Aller & Pease, Inc., Beatrice, Neb.
A happy baker highlights the “Primo Flour” logo for Franklin County Grain Growers, Inc., Preston, Idaho.
This smiling farmer is evidently pleased with his purchase from Miller Seed Co., of York, Neb.
Here is a locomotive logo for “Yellowstone Flour” from Ranch House Food, a division of the Colorado Milling & Elevator Co., of Denver, Colo.
“Blue Feather Potatoes” were from the Howard McLean Co. of Scottsbluff, Neb.
She’s busy with her baking thanks to “Tivoli Flour” of Garofolo Bros., Chicago, Ill.
