FRIDAY MAY 16, 2025 • VOL. 55, NO. 19
Fine Single-Owner Estate Comes to Locati
English and Dutch Delft, Armorial Chinese Export Porcelain Among Strengths Of Sale
By Karl Pass
Locati LLC, located in Pineville, Bucks County, Pa., is pleased to offer a Greater Philadelphia area estate featuring a large collection of English and Dutch Delft, Chinese export porcelain, and fine art. Highlights include a Picasso Madoura pottery vessel, a Severin Roesen still-life painting, along with art by Kenneth Hayes Miller, Albert Roosenboom, and Alexander Francois Loemans.
Over 30 lots of 17th and 18th
Pablo Picasso’s (1881-1973),
jug will be
century Delft stand as a high light, as well as 18th century Chinese export porcelain, including armorial pieces. The collection was assem bled from well-respected dealers in the U.S. and abroad beginning in the mid-1970s. The col lectors were patrons of both the Phila delphia Museum of Art and The Barnes Foundation. The second half of this auction fea tures jewelry from various local estates and collections. Online bid ding is available on LiveAuction eers, Invaluable, Bidsquare, and Bid spirit until Sunday, May 18. Locati will be available for preview between Monday, May 12, and Saturday, May 17. Auction gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The live auction will be held on Sunday, May 18, at noon at 761 Durham Road in Pineville, Pa. For GPS purposes, use Furlong, New
Reinholds Station Trinity Chapel Show
Annual Summer Arts Festival Set For Aug. 2
By Karl Pass
The Historic Reinholds Station Trinity Chapel Annual Summer Arts Festival will be held Saturday, Aug. 2, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This small event takes place at the West Cocalico Township Building, which also serves as the Reinholds Fire Company’s Banquet Hall, located at 156 W. Main St. (Route 897), in the village of Reinholds, Pa. Local artisans who will be showcasing their work for sale include Doug and Susan Shaw (wood carvings), Mike and Donna Brown (paper mache and chalkware), Janice Sonnen (hooked and penny rugs), Cynthia Baker (weaving), Helen Reinhold-Gordon (oil
Estimated at $1,500-$2,500 is this pair of Chinese Export Porcelain candlesticks, Qianlong Period, ca. 1770.
This Severin Roesen (Prussian/ American, 1815-72) framed oval oil-on-canvas still-life will be estimated at $15,000 to $20,000. dated “1728” with initials “E.F.,” will be estimated at $800 to $1,200.
To Present Lecture On May 18
In 1824-25, American Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette visited the United States of America for a Grand Tour of all 24 states. On Sunday, May 18, at 2 p.m., Historic Rock Ford in Lancaster, Pa., will host historian Elizabeth M. Reese as she presents a lecture “Marquis de Lafayette Returns,” which follows Lafayette’s tour, highlighting the important people, events, and legacy of America’s favorite fighting Frenchman. Reese is a historian in the
Madoura pottery
Collector Chats With Peter S. Seibert
This Week: They Must Have Missed The Memo
By Peter Seibert
The antiques world has been plagued for decades with the commonly held view that “young people don’t care about antiques.”
The corollary being that this is why the market (Read,
The Met
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exhibition at The Met to feature photographs drawn from the famous collection of 19th-century photographs amassed by Schaeffer. In 2013, the museum included more than a dozen Civil War views in “Photography and the American Civil War.” These are now part of the museum’s collection through the direct support of another museum trustee, Joyce Frank
prices) has not expanded in years. This is a narrative that is widely held outside the antiques trade as well. Far too often I have heard from people at parties and events that antiques collecting is deader than a doornail and momma’s silver will just need to go to the smelter.
This past weekend, I was part of a panel brought together by the Fine Objects Society, which is a new and very exciting collectors’ group. The panel was co-sponsored by and held at the Philadelphia Antiques Show, which remains one of the premier events to see great stuff (to use the trade phrase).
Being in my late 50s, I was among the oldest of those participating in the forum. And more to the point, having walked the show
Menschel. The gifts by the Maritzes to The Met, as well as those by Joyce Menschel, mark a pinnacle in the institution’s ongoing effort to build the finest holdings of 19th-century American photography in the nation.
Exhibition Overview In 1839, the invention of photography transformed the world. In December of that year, when the first daguerreotypes were exhibited in New York, former mayor Philip Hone marveled in his diary
for two hours, I was one of the minority of attendees age-wise. Younger collectors were in abundance everywhere. What dazzled me in the panel is that so many had both the scholarly chops and buyer’s eye that are the building blocks for great collections. Perhaps their liquidity to buy was more financially tempered (and frankly right now we are all cognizant of our buying), but the reality was that they were there and passionate about collecting.
Longtime readers know that I espouse the idea that collecting is a result of nature more than nurture, the passion coming from something baked into our DNA. Assuming that to be true, one has to believe that the new collectors I saw in Philadelphia
at what he described as “one of the wonders of modern times,” adding that “like other miracles, one may almost be excused for disbelieving it without seeing the very process by which it is created.”
The daguerreotype’s remarkable ability to hold permanently an unimaginably detailed likeness on its surface, an image heretofore only seen fleetingly in a mirror, seemed in equal measure unbelievable and perfectly real, darkly mysterious yet scientifically verifiable, a shadowy fiction and yet a beautiful truth. The supernatural quality of the new art was noted by many around the world. As one reviewer, writing for a Baltimore weekly in January 1840, admitted, “We can find no language to express the charm of these pictures painted by no mortal hand.”
Photography arrived almost simultaneously with the steam locomotive, the steam ship, and the electric telegraph, all inventions that dramatically shortened the distances between people and places and forever changed the way civilizations communicate. The medium developed during the age of the type-crazy broadside, the morning and the evening newspaper, and the illustrated weekly. It was also the time of the birth of mercantile libraries (previously only the wealthy had access to books and libraries) and, not surprisingly, of eye strain. The era saw the medical specialization in the study of eye maladies and the development of optometry and ophthalmology. In
are simply the latest, but not the last, generation of collectors to walk upon the auction/gallery stage. It was equally fascinating that each of the panelists was asked to bring items that demonstrated how their professional work was reflected/revealed by antique objects. Three of the four of us brought silver. Once again, if you believe what you read, the popular magazines and the AI generated stories abound about how silver is the antique that if inherited should be sold right away! Well, tell that to the collectors at this event, who all had passionate stories about silver and how it inspired their collecting and professional careers. Silver remains a wonderful thing to collect, not only
1835, just before the concurrent announcement of the invention of the new art in Paris and London, the American philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson noted in his private journal: “Our age is ocular.”
Organized primarily by picture format across three galleries, “The New Art” illustrates what photography looked like for the average working citizen as well as those at the top of the economic scale. Exhibition visitors can see the clothes individuals wore at work and home, their attitudes to the camera singly and in groups, their ways of sitting or standing or touching, and how they honored their children and respected their ailing and recently deceased family members. They can look at newly constructed storefronts, see how farmers worked their fields, and measure where new towns met the wilderness. They can observe the near total devastation of Native American communities, especially those living in the Plains, and confront the vicious cruelty of slavery and the influential role of the camera in the Civil War, still the crucible of American history.
In daguerreotypes, tintypes, and paper prints, viewers can also begin to see and comprehend how African Americans during the Civil War, throughout the Reconstruction era, and leading into
because of its beauty, but as each of us discussed, there are so many wonderful stories to tell about the owners, makers and provenance of the items.
I really encourage the antiques trade to disavow the stereotype that Millennials and Gen Z hate antiques. There are young collectors who do understand and appreciate “stuff.” Their priorities are different, as are their budgets. They pick up the trade papers and attend shows and sales. Most that I have talked to are willing to spend, albeit more surgically. Many do embrace 18th and 19th century arts and are not as infatuated with mid-century modern as the pundits would suggest. Finally, they are bringing their own scholarship to the
the 20th century slowly began to replace negative stereotypes with positive self-images. This effort was explicitly nurtured by Frederick Douglass, who had long advocated visits to photography studios. In his nearly constant lecturing circuit across the country, he argued persuasively that no one could be truly free until each individual could sit for and possess their own photographic likeness. In “The New Art,” men and women of color definitively hold the camera’s attention and the viewer’s as well.
Seen together in “The New Art,” the subjects in these photographs are not just sitters molded by a camera operator, but the cocreators of their own portraits. One can see this clearly in their eyes and in their many small, seductive gestures. Confronting a photograph that left an artist’s studio more than 150 years ago can be a humbling experience. The magic of
table in understanding items and how to collect them.
“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.
photography brings one face to face with the past, and the present is never more vital than it is in these early pictures. That is the medium’s essence, its beauty, and its pathos.
Cameras
The exhibition will also showcase a small selection of 19th-century American cameras to further immerse visitors in the photography process. These have been kindly lent to The Met by Eric Taubman and the Penumbra Foundation.
Credits and Related Content.
“The New Art: American Photography, 1839–1910” is curated by Jeff L. Rosenheim, Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs.
The Met will host a variety of exhibition-related programs, to be posted on The Met website as details become available. For more information, visit www.metmuseum.org.
Unknown Maker, Studio Photographer at Work, dates ca. 1855, and is a salted paper print from glass negative, courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art, William L. Schaeffer Collection, Promised Gift of Jennifer and Philip Maritz, in celebration of the museum’s 150th anniversary.
Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916) titled this “View on the Columbia River, from the O.R.R., Cascades, No. 1286” from the series “Pacific Coast” dating to 1867, the albumen silver print from glass negative is mounted and courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art, William L. Schaeffer Collection, Promised Gift of Jennifer and Philip Maritz, in celebration of the museum’s 150th anniversary.
400 ANTIQUE DEALERS
Bachman Merganser Decoy Sells
$35,400
Sale Featured The Collection Of Chris Huntington
A rare merganser drake decoy by Capt. Edwin Bachman (1872-1914) sold for $35,400, and original paintings by acclaimed Nova Scotia folk artists Cyril Hirtle (1918-2003) and Maud Lewis (1903-1970) realized $27,140 and $17,700, respectively, in Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd.’s online East Coast Canadiana & Folk Art Auction held April 12. All prices reported are in Canadian dollars and include an 18 percent buyer’s premium. Currently, one Canadian dollar converts to 72 cents U.S. currency. Roughly $1,000 U.S. dollars equals $1,382.31 Canadian currency.
The auction featured the collection of Chris Huntington, “arguably the most recognized name in the world of Canadiana folk art,” according to Ethan Miller of Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. In all, 304 lots came up for bid, in categories that included Canadiana, folk art, textiles, art and decoys. Online bidding was via MillerandMillerAuctions.com and LiveAuctioneers.com.
“Chris Huntington was a trailblazer on the East Coast of Canada, an antique dealer, artist, auctioneer, passionate collector and someone with the ability to hone in on talented folk artists and assist in bringing them to prominence,” said Ben Lennox of Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. “Chris’s eye for the exuberant, whimsical, colorful and fancy brought the collecting community together to fight for some of his treasures. Many of the highlights of the day were displayed proudly in his home, and battles ensued to ensure the next caretakers of these fine objects of merit could display them distinctly amongst their procured collections,” added Lennox.
“A Day on the Farm,” was one of the surprise lots of the auction, selling for more than five times the $5,000 high estimate. The large work (24-by-30 inches, board minus the frame) depicted life on the farm and captured various farm activities with lively detail, color and imagination. The painting was signed lower center. The mixed media-on-beaverboard signed by folk art icon Maud Lewis (190370), titled “Oxen in Winter,” was small in scale (just 11.75-by-14 inches), but the mighty oxen took up most of the space, quietly staring straight ahead. It was a serial image that spanned three decades and dated to 1969-1970, likely one of her last in the popular series. It sold for near the high estimate.
The sale grossed $379,635, and there were 439 online bidders. A painted carved wood sculpture by Collins Eisenhauer (Nova Scotia, 1898-1979) depicting a man in black clothes sitting on a brown stool carving a swan settled at $12,980 against a high estimate of $8,000. The man’s expression reflected his focus, as he firmly held the swan by the neck while his other hand held a knife. The untouched, 6-inch-tall piece was made ca. 1975.
A crocheted side chair covered in jute and then finished with colored yarn, made by Albert Lohnes (West Berlin, Nova Scotia, 1895-1977), fetched $10,620 against a high estimate of $6,000. Rarely seen outside museums, the chair is one of 16 known examples and showed a house and oxen team on a blue background that included multiple white and red diamonds.
The 17.5-inch-long merganser drake decoy by Nova Scotia carver Capt. Edwin Bachman was of stylish form, with a carved head featuring a prominent integral crest and carved eyes. It boasted the original paint, with some early second paint to the white areas and bill. The decoy was probably carved sometime between 1890-1910 and sold for a little below estimate.
The mixed media-onmasonite by Cyril Hirtle, titled
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A rare merganser drake decoy by Nova Scotia carver Capt. Edwin Bachman (1872-1914), of stylish form, with a carved head featuring a prominent crest and carved eyes, sold for $35,400.
The mixed media on masonite by Cyril Hirtle (Nova Scotia, 1918-2003), titled “A Day on the Farm,” was a true sleeper, selling for more than five times the $5,000 high estimate, going for $27,140.
A mixed media on beaverboard signed by folk art icon Maud Lewis (Nova Scotia, 1903-70), titled “Oxen in Winter,” a painting that dated to 1969-70, sold for $17,700.
This 6-inch-tall painted carved wood sculpture by Collins Eisenhauer (Nova Scotia, 1898-1979), depicting a man in black clothes sitting on a brown stool carving a swan, settled at $12,980.
Collectors On The Trail For Old West Treasures
Nickel-Plated 1878 Colt Frontier Six-Shooter On Target At $14,440
A Winchester Model 1895 lever-action rifle manufactured in 1932, 303 British caliber, sold for $4,680 against an estimate of $2,200-$3,000.
Milestone’s Premier Firearms Auction held March 22 and 23 chalked up a robust $1,550,000 after collectors took their pick from 1,187 antique, vintage and modern guns produced by revered American, European and Japanese arms manufacturers. There was something to please every firearms enthusiast, whether
their preference was for storied Colts of the Old West, rare World War II weapons, or expertly-engraved shotguns. A bonus section of the sale was devoted to antique and vintage firearms-related advertising. It was from this specialty category that the auction’s top lot emerged: a Winchester Repeating Arms “Double W” cartridge
The Smith & Wesson Pre-Model 40 .38 Special revolver is known as a “Centennial Model” due to its having been introduced in 1953, the manufacturer’s 100th year. Custom ordered and engraved with the name “Cecil R. King,” 14term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California’s 17th district, accompanied by factory box and S&W factory letter, it sold above high estimate for $4,797.
advertising board. This rarity originated with Wilson Hardware Co., East Main St., Eaton, Ohio, a firm that has been in business since 1867. The board was sent by Winchester in 1897 for display at Wilson’s, where it was kept for more than 120 years. In original, unrestored condition, it underwent a professional cleaning, with every measure taken to ensure retention of the original patina on the board and its affixed shells. It sold midpoint of its estimate range, for $49,140. Prized Colts from throughout the legendary Connecticut company’s 170-year history were up for bid. A nearmint Colt Frontier Six-Shooter Revolver, manufactured in 1878 in 44-40 WCF caliber, was nickel-plated with one-piece walnut grips. According to the accompanying Colt Archive letter, the gun was shipped in March 1878 to Spies Kissam & Co., a New York firm that would order blued guns from Colt and apply nickel directly over them. However, the guns were never buffed or “finished” after the nickeling process. According to Milestone’s
research, there was a time during the 1800s when it was difficult, if not impossible, to order nickel-plated revolvers from Colt. The nickel was more durable and popular, so New York companies like Spies Kissam filled a need by nickeling guns that came to them directly from Colt. The revolver closed within its estimate range for $14,400.
A later and also very desirable Colt, a 1992 Single Action Army revolver in .45 caliber was engraved and signed by Master Engraver Ben Shostle. It displayed many elegant touches, like double gold bands on the barrel breech and at the rear of the cylinder, and gold-inlaid line work and a high-relief inlaid bear’s head on the backstrap. A scrimshawed American Eagle appeared on the left panel of the grip. Presented in a deluxe French-fitted case, this handsome gun commanded $9,360 against an estimate of $3,000-$5,000.
Two commemorative productions, in particular, captured bidders’ attention. The first was a Colt Bicentennial cased set consisting of a Colt Model 1848 Dragoon in .44 caliber percussion, a Colt Single Action Army revolver in .45 caliber, and a 357 Magnum Colt Python. Each of the three guns was in as-new condition with a special 1776-1976 Bicentennial logo on the left side of its barrel and a custom rosewood non-checkered
This near-mint Colt Frontier Six-Shooter Revolver, .44-40 WCF, manufactured in 1878, nickel-plated with one-piece walnut grips, near-mint original panel etched “Colt Frontier Six Shooter,” serial numbers in proper locations, including cylinder, it sold within its estimate range for $14,400.
The Colt Bicentennial three-gun cased set consists of a Colt Model 1848 Dragoon in .44 caliber percussion, Colt Single Action Army revolver in .45 caliber, and Colt Python in .357 Magnum caliber. All three in as-new condition with special 1776-1976 Bicentennial logo on the left side of their barrels and custom rosewood non-checkered grips with the Great Seal of the United States, one of 1,780 such sets produced in 1976, it sold at the midpoint of its estimate range for $7,897.
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Results From Celestial And Terrestrial Exploration Sale
First Editions Related To Famous Captain William Bligh Excel
By Karl Pass
William Bligh’s “A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty’s Ship
The Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh.” sold for $19,200. It was published in London by George Nicol in 1792. This monumental offering was the scarce first edition of Bligh’s official record of the Bounty’s voyage to the Pacific and the infamous mutiny on his vessel, and the voyage of the crew, set adrift in an open boat. The book was the top lot in a 378-lot sale held April 18 by Potter & Potter. Prices reported include a 20 percent buyer’s premium. The speciality auction was coined the Celestial And Terrestrial Exploration sale.
Later in the sale, William
William Bligh’s “A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board His Majesty’s Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship’s Boat, From Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands…” was estimated at $15,000-$20,000 and sold for $18,000.
Bligh’s “A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board His Majesty’s Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship’s Boat, From Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands‚” realized $18,000. It
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was published in London by George Nicol in 1790. This rare first edition was of Bligh’s personal account of the infamous mutiny on the H. M. S. Bounty, as well as his personal recollection of the loyal crew’s
1913. The menu was printed in gilt lettering, mounted, matted and framed under plexiglass, with framed presentation. Charles Richard Weld’s (1813-69) “The Search for Sir John Franklin. A Lecture
William Bligh’s “A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty’s Ship The Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh….” was estimated at $15,000-$20,000 and sold for $19,200.
voyage to safety in the bounty’s open launch.
Ernest Shackleton (18741922), Louis Bernacchi (18761942), and Robert F. Scott’s (1868-1912), et al. wrote “The South Polar Times,” which sold for $15,600. This first edition, three volume set was published in London by Smith, Elder & Co. from 1907 to 1914. It was illustrated with chromolithographic and blackand-white plates by Edward Wilson and others of the expedition, photographs by Herbert Ponting, and caricatures and silhouettes of expedition members. A signed menu from a dinner honoring Captain Roland Amundsen (18721928) served up $14,400. It was signed by Ernest Shackleton, Robert Peary (1856-1920) and Roland Amundsen and illustrated with an original watercolor image of a ship outside an ice floe at the upper right corner. The dinner was held at the Union Club on Jan. 15,
A signed menu from a special dinner honoring Captain Roland Amundsen was estimated at $5,000-$7,000 and sold for $14,400.
Delivered at The Russell Institution. January 15, 1851” scored $6,000. It was published in London by Richard Bentley in 1851. This rare first edition featured the ownership signature
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GEORGIA
06/12-15/2025, Atlanta - Thu
10 AM - 5 PM, Fri & Sat 9 AM -
6 PM, Sun 10 AM - 4 PM, 3650 & 3850 Jonesboro Road, Scott Antique Markets
07/10-13/2025, Atlanta - Thu
10 AM - 5 PM, Fri & Sat 9 AM -
6 PM, Sun 10 AM - 4 PM, 3650 & 3850 Jonesboro Road, Scott Antique Markets
08/07-10/2025, Atlanta - Thu
10 AM - 4 PM, Fri & Sat 9 AM-
6 PM, Sun 10 AM - 4 PM, 3650 & 3850 Jonesboro Road, Scott Antique Markets
09/11-14/2025, Atlanta - The 10 AM - 5 PM, Fri & Sat 9 AM6 PM, Sun 10 AM - 4 PM, 3650 & 3850 Jonesboro Road, Scott Antique Markets
MASSACHUSETTS
06/14/2025, Brookfield - Sat
10 AM - 3 PM, 19 Martin Road, Walker Homestead
NEW JERSEY
05/18/2025, HammontonSun 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 &June Festival of Antiques
CALENDAR S A UCTIONS
NEW YORK
05/24-25/2025, 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
11/29-30/2025, ColumbusSat 9 AM - 6 PM, Sun 10 AM - 4 PM, 717 East 17th Avenue, Scott Antique Markets
12/20-21/2025, ColumbusSat & Sun., 717 E 17th Avenue, Scott Antique Markets
PENNSYLVANIA
01/02-12/27/2025, BerwynEvery Sat. & Sun, 9-5. 270 W. Swedesford Rd.
01/02-12/31/2025, Lewisburg - Every Sunday (Except Easter) 8 AM - 4 PM, 150 Silvermoon Lane, Rt 15 Flea Market & Farmers Market
05/10-11/2025, Reinholds - Sat & Sun. Shupp’s Grove Antique Market
05/16-18/2025, Reinholds - Sat & Sun 7AM - 4PM. 607 Willow Street, Shupp’s Grove Antique Market
05/17/2025, Gettysburg - Sat 9AM - 3PM. 75 Cunningham Road, Gathering on the Farm
05/24-25/2025, Reinholds - Sat & Sun 7AM - 4PM. 607
Willow Street, Shupp’s Grove Antique Market
05/31-06/01/2025, Reinholds - Fri & Sat., 607 Willow Street, Shupp’s Grove Antique Market
06/07/2025, Lancaster - Sat 9
AM - 1 PM, 1383 Arcadia Road, Keystone Train Collectors Association
06/27-28/2025, Kutztown - Fri & Sat 10 AM - 4 PM, 740 Noble Street, Renninger’s Kutztown
06/29/2025, Denver - Sundays, 2500 N. Reading Rd. Renningers Adamstown
07/19/2025, Schnecksville - Sat 9 AM - 3 PM, 4550 Old Packhouse Road, Indian Artifact Show (I.A.C.A.N.E.)
09/26-27/2025, KutztownFri & Sat., 740 Noble St. Renninger’s Kutztown
09/28/2025, Adamstown - Sun., 740 Noble St, Renninger’s Adamstown
VIRGINIA
05/09-10/2025, FishervilleFri 9AM - 5PM, Sat 9AM - 4PM, 277 Expo Road, Fisherville Antique Expo
ILLINOIS
05/29-31/2025, UnionThu - Sat. & Online, donley auctions.com. Spring Classic Auction. Donley Auctions INDIANA
05/28/2025, Shipshewana - Wed 9 AM, shipshewana tradingplace.com. Sign/ Advertising Auction. Shipshewana Trading Place MARYLAND
05/10/2025, Historic Frederick - Sat 9:00AM, parzow auctions.com. Kick off to spring estate auction. Howard B. Parzow Auctioneer
NEW HAMPSHIRE
05/19/2025, Westmoreland - Mon 4 PM & Online, flying-pig-auctions.live auctioneers.com. Contents from an early farmhouse in Marlow, NH, plus a folk art & antiques & collections from all over New England. Flying Pig Auctions OHIO
auction40. 40th Anniversary Art Auction. Baum School of Art
05/10/2025, Leesport - Sat 9 AM. auctionzip.com. # 55486. 100+ pieces of Halls Poppy, cast iron pieces, blow molds, costume jewelry, weathervanes, banks, carousel horse, glassware, antiques, primitives & tools. Kenneth Leiby Auctioneer
05/10/2025, Gettysburg - Sat 9 AM. larryswartzauctioneer. hibid.com. College & University Milk Bottle Auction. Larry Swartz Auctioneer
05/10/2025, East Berlin - Mon 6:00 PM. haars.com. Estate Auction Mower repair- High performance collection. Hardy’s Auction Service
05/10/2025, LancasterSat 10 AM & Online, boltz auctions.com. Barber Shop/ General Store Auction. Boltz Auction Company
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of Canadian Hudson’s Bay Company officer, Roderick Finlayson. This work was written by Sir John Franklin’s son-inlaw, who helped plan Franklin’s ill-fated expedition.
“This sale succeeded Celestial
beyond my wildest dreams. The Bligh first editions brought more than any other copies have previously brought at auction. The menu signed by Shackleton, Amundsen, and Peary caused a real ‘dog fight’ from motivated bidders, and the winner got a truly wonderful item. This
auction has proven once again that exploration books and collectibles are still hotly pursued by collectors the world over,” according to Chad Reingold, director of Fine Books & Manuscripts.
For more information, email Chad Reingold at chad@ potterauctions.com.
05/24/2025, Dundee - Sat 9 AM. atleeraberauctions.com. This outstanding collection features 750+ lots featuring pieces coming from an estate in Chautauqua, New York. Atlee Raber Auctions 09/27/2025, WilloughbySat 10 AM & Online, mile stoneauctions.com. Fall Spectacular Auction. Milestone Auctions PENNSYLVANIA
05/10/2025, Ephrata - Sat 9 AM & Online, horstauction. com. Antiques, collectibles, comic books, toys, model trains, bicycles & parts, dolls, household goods, tools & more! Horst Auctioneers 05/10/2025, KutztownSat 9 AM. 1964 Pontiac GTO w/62,000 miles, large model train collection, vintage sports cards, silver, gold, Indian jewelry, textiles, quilts & more! George Miller, IV Auction Company
05/10-17/2025, Allentown - Sat 6:30PM - Sat 10PM. givergy.us/baumart
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05/10/2025, Mt Wolf - Sat 9 AM & Online, rentzels auctionservice.com. Primitives, coverlets, early books, tobacco & other nice advertising tins, beer trays & signs. bottle openers, country store items, Harley Davidson items, mid-century modern furniture, 1800s clothing, art, dolls & more! Rentzels Auction Service
05/15/2025, Ephrata - Thu 12 PM & Online, hibid.com, Coin Auction. Horst Auction Center
05/15/2025, LandisburgThu 6:30 PM. markkeller auctioneer.hibid.com. 300+ lots antiques, collectibles, locals, miscellaneous from the Gladys McCracken estate. Mark Keller Auctioneer
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Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers”
The Guggenheim New York is presenting a major solo exhibition of work by Rashid Johnson, which opened April 18 and will remain on view through Jan. 18, 2026. Encompassing the entirety of the museum’s rotunda, the show is Johnson’s first solo presentation at the Guggenheim, his largest exhibition to date, and the first expansive museum survey of his work in over a decade. “Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers” brings together more than 90 artworks, including an outdoor sculpture and new pieces made specifically for the exhibition.
The exhibition’s public programs include a dynamic performance and public-engagement series, developed in collaboration with both
existing and new community partners. These programs will take place on a stage
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Ernest Shackleton, Louis Bernacchi, and Robert F. Scott’s, et al. “The South Polar Times” was estimated at $12,000-$15,000 and sold for $15,600.
Charles Richard Weld’s “The Search for Sir John Franklin. A Lecture Delivered at The Russell Institution. January 15, 1851” was estimated at $400-$600 and sold for $6,000.
designed by the artist on the rotunda floor and within the
New Silver Exhibition
“Silver From Modest To Majestic” To Open At Colonial Williamsburg
Work is currently underway at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg on a new exhibition featuring more than 120 objects from the museum’s extensive collection of 17th- to 19th-century silver. “Silver from Modest to Majestic” will be on view in the museum’s newly relocated Mary Jewett Gaiser Silver Gallery, on the main floor of the museum, from May 24, 2025, through May 24, 2028.
The exhibition’s scope is wide-ranging, from a 49-pound chandelier made for a monarch to a simple spoon made by a Williamsburg silversmith, all displayed in brilliantly lit cases against dark blue backgrounds. While silver has long been associated with wealth and aristocracy, the items featured in this exhibition were crafted for use in nearly every setting imaginable, ranging from churches, classrooms, and kitchens to businesses, battlefields, and bedrooms.
One thing that every piece
on display has in common is a powerful story. Some are objects of great beauty created with the highest level of skill, while others have lengthy pedigrees. Knowing who made a piece and who used it lets Colonial Williamsburg curators pinpoint that object in a time and a place, and then bring it forward through history, allowing it to tell its tale.
“Collecting objects where we know the Ωwho, when, and where’ of their manufacture, plus their provenance, allows us to exhibit silver items which transcend the differences between artistic, historical, and functional,” said Erik Goldstein, Colonial Williamsburg’s senior curator of mechanical arts, metals and numismatics.
“These particular objects are the pinnacle of early silver, no matter how humble they may be.”
This new exhibition replaces the museum’s previous silver exhibition, “Silver
This punch ladle, possibly Williamsburg, Va., ca. 1740-70, silver and wood, was a gift of A. Jefferson Lewis III in memory of Elizabeth Neville Miller and Margaret Prentis Miller Conner, 2023-101, photo by Jason Copes, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Colonial Virginians loved punch as much as anyone in London or the larger cities to the North and sought the appropriate ladles to complement their punch bowls. This worn and lovingly preserved ladle, believed to have been made locally, descended in the Prentis family of Williamsburg.
from Mine to Masterpiece,” which was on view from 2015 to 2023. While the former exhibition had a larger percentage of British silver, nearly half of the objects on display in the new exhibition are examples of early American-made silver, many of which were created for everyday use by ordinary people.
Early colonists originally relied on imported British silver wares, but over time, the innovation, skill and
The Caddy Spoon marked by Hester Bateman (170894), London, England, 178990, silver, was a gift of Mr. E. Palmer Taylor, 1998-92, photo by Jason Copes, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Many now anonymous British women worked in the silversmithing trade, producing small items like buttons or finishing and polishing larger wares. Standing out is Hester Bateman, a female silversmith who ran a thriving business after the death of her husband. She specialized in affordable items aimed at the rising middle class. When Bateman retired in 1790, the business was carried on by her sons and one of her daughters-in-law.
entrepreneurship of those early American tradespeople resulted in the establishment of a robust and exciting cohort of American silversmiths producing items that were touched by everyone from elite to enslaved individuals.
“Our collection of British silver is justly famous, but our decision to build a collection of American silver terrifically advances the museums’ goal of telling the varied stories of so many different craftspeople and consumers, each of whom influenced the tastes and styles of colonial America,” said Grahame Long, executive director of collections and deputy chief curator.
Visitors to Colonial Williamsburg will experience firsthand how the pieces featured in “Silver from Modest to
Majestic” connect to the lives of Williamsburg’s 18th-century residents. One item in the exhibition, a silver punch ladle owned by the Prentis family of Williamsburg and passed down in the family for
250 years, served as the model for a reproduction punch ladle created by Williamsburg’s silversmiths that visitors will find in the corner cupboard at the Williamsburg Bray School after
HARR’S AUCTION
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painting), Frances Foltz (paper cutting), Janet Fasnacht (fiber angora art), Steve Good (metal works), Lisa Ochs (fiber artist), Joel Hildebrand (pottery), Bradley and Jessica
Nestler (glass blowing), Ken Wittelsberger (fraktur), and Karen Hurd (tinsmithing).
There will also be regional folk art for sale from artists such as J.F. Long, Walter and June Gottshall, Breininger Pottery, James and Verna
Seagreaves, Luke and Fannie Gottshall, John G. Long baskets, Strawser carvings, Keyser redware, and more. A food stand will be on-site, and there will also be a bake sale. Items donated from exhibitors will be raffled off at 2 p.m. Ticket buyers do not need to be present to win. The raffle benefits the 501(c)3 nonprofit group that oversees the Trinity Chapel. For additional information, call show manager Gladys Eckenroad at 717-336-6846.
The Reinholds Station Trinity Chapel Crafts Show Will Take Place Sat. Aug. 2.
John Long (1894-1984) painted this snow covered winter view of the Trinity Station Chapel on reverse glass. Notice the artist embellished the frame with gilded acorn caps.
A Tiffany & Co. 18-carat gold minute repeater will be estimated at $2,000 to $2,500.
The Alexander Francois Loemans (1816-98) oil-on-canvas painting will be estimated at $1,600 to $2,200.
Four English Delftware tin glazed earthenware plates, 18th century, will be estimated at $300 to $400.
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An enamel-oncanvas painting by Joe
Norris (Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia, 1924-96), one of Canada’s most famous artists, was a ca. 1980 ren-
inal 36-by-54.5 inch frame, showed a busy scene by the ocean’s shore. It was artist signed and hit $10,620, topping the high
Another sleeper lot was the unusual ca. 1900 game board with white and black dots in a
This crocheted side chair covered in jute and finished with colored yarn, by Albert Lohnes (West Berlin, Nova Scotia, 1895-1977), fetched $10,620 against a high estimate of $6,000.
This unusual ca. 1900 game board used for playing the German game “Fang den Hut” (or Nyout) had an estimate of $800-$1,000 but sold for $7,670.
large circle on a dark green background and a divided orange square in the center, used for playing the German game “Fang den Hut” (or Nyout), a game played with dice as players race their playing pieces around the track. It had an estimate of $800$1,000 but sold for $7,670. A
pair of ca. 1930-40 merganser decoys carved by Lindsey Levy (Nova Scotia, 18921980), in as-found, untouched condition and with the original paint, changed hands for $5,015. They were illustrated in the book “The Spirit of Nova Scotia” by Richard Henning Field, p. 16. A pair
of ca. 1910 merganser decoys by Manson Young (Tancook Island, Nova Scotia, 18831953), in as-found untouched condition, sold within estimate for $4,130. Both were also illustrated in “The Spirit of Nova Scotia.”
A profusely decorated “last look” wall box, with the mirror between the top overhanging shelf and a lower open compartment for combs and brushes, a towel bar hanging below, garnered $3,835, more than doubling the $1,500 high estimate.
The ca. 1890-1910 “last look” mirror, from Lunenburg County, appeared in the book “Canadian Country Furniture” by Michael Bird. A rare, ca. 1875 canvas riggers bag in untouched condition from East Lahave, Nova Scotia, finished at $3,835. The bag, with original oxidized blue paint and was painted with two full-rigged ships and mariner symbols. To learn more, email info@millerandmiller auctions.com or visit www. MillerandMillerAuctions.com.
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An oil on canvas by Charles F. Comfort (Canadian, 1900-94), depicting Lunenburg Harbour, Canada, and titled “Emerald Sea,” 20-by-26 inches (canvas, less frame), realized $11,210.
An enamel on canvas painting by Joe Norris (Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia, 1924-96), titled “Ships Offshore,” sold for $9,440.
