Part One Of Expert And International Dealer Tom Sage Sr. Collection To Be Sold At Morphy’s
The auction catalog’s cover piece is a ca. 1904 Marklin Ferris Wheel with six gondolas, stained glass, and original figures. Regarded by some to be one of the most beautiful tin toys ever made, it’s estimated at $100,000-$200,000.
On Thursday, May 29, Morphy’s will auction Part I of the lifetime personal collection of European and American antique toys amassed by the late Tom Sage Sr. (1939-2024) of Allentown, Pa. Widely acknowledged as a pioneer of antique toy dealing and collecting, Sage was known for his encyclopedia knowledge of toys and a well-cultivated international network of industry contacts with whom he conducted business for more than 50 years. While buying and selling rare toys was his fulltime occupation, Sage also had a mental wish list of toys and trains he personally wanted to own. Over decades, he filled the slots on that list, and it is those pieces that will be offered in the sale.
While every toy in the collection is a showstopper, the auction catalog’s cover photo suggests the top seller may end up being Sage’s 1904 Ferris Wheel made by the revered German firm Marklin. One of only three or four of its type known to exist, in researching his father’s toys, Tommy Sage
Jr., who heads Morphy Auctions’ Toys & Trains department, related that he had found copies of ca. 1910 photos taken in Brooklyn of the Ferris Wheel’s then-owner sitting with his son and holding this example.
“The Ferris Wheel can be traced back to the gentleman’s relative who worked for a Brooklyn department store and who received the toy when the store closed down before World War I. Dad purchased it at Sotheby’s in 1994. It was one of his finest toys, and he thought so highly of it, he kept it in his bedroom,” noted Sage. The Ferris Wheel will convey to its new owner with paperwork, the aforementioned copies of 1910 photos, and a Sotheby’s tag and receipt. The pre-sale estimate is $100,000-$200,000.
In addition to rarity, another characteristic apparent throughout the museum-quality Sage Collection is exceptional, if not astonishing, original condition. Tom Sr. was one of the first antique toy
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Spring Carlisle driven by www. Hemmings.com has come and gone, taking place April 23 to 27 at the Carlisle, Pa., Fairgrounds. This year’s offering marked another historic chapter for the longstanding season-opening event in Carlisle. As has been the case since 1977, Spring Carlisle brought together thousands of automotive enthusiasts from around the world for a week filled with buying, selling, trading, and celebrating everything automotive. Spring Carlisle not only lived up to expectations but delivered countless smiles, friendships, and camaraderie that can’t be matched by any online shopping experience.
Backed by great weather throughout a majority of the event, gates opened at 7 a.m. daily and from the start on Wednesday,
The Morgan Library & Museum will present “A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250,” a major exhibition devoted to the life and legacy of the beloved literary icon. On view from June 6 through Sept. 14, “A Lively Mind” immerses viewers in the inspiring story of Jane Austen’s authorship and her gradual rise to international fame. Iconic artifacts from Jane Austen’s house in Chawton, England, will join manuscripts, books, and artworks from
A ca. 1912 Fischer Father Christmas car with lithographed images of toys, teddy bears, etc., on a red body, includes a small feather tree, Cracker Jack mini Toonerville Trolley and other small toys and novelties in rear seat. Among the finest of few surviving examples of its type, mint condition, the estimate is $15,000-$25,000.
Tom Sage Sr. and Tom Sage Jr. setting up antique toys to sell in Brimfield, Mass., in 1995. Photo courtesy Catherine Saunders-Watson.
New Exhibition At Brandywine Museum of Art
Cross-Disciplinary Show Focused On Nature Opens May 24
Opening at the Brandywine Museum of Art this mo nth, “This Earthen Door: Nature as Muse and Material” is a remarkably immersive, cross-disciplinary e xhibition focused on nature. The exhibition is the culmination of an almost five-year project of artists Amanda Marchand (b. 1972) and Leah Sobsey (b. 1973). Combining natural materials with historical and contemporary photographic processes and inspired by a book of pressed flowers,
known as an “herbarium” created by renowned poet Emily Dickinson in the mid19th century, Marchand and Sobsey utilized pure pigments extracted from flowers to make a vibrant series of pl ant-based artworks. The resulting exhibition is a kaleidoscope of colors comprising over 50 works, including two site-specific commissions.
Though now celebrated as one of the country’s foremost poets, Dickinson in her lifetime was also
known as an accomplished gardener and student of botany. As a teenager, she began the creation of an herbarium that would be filled with over 400 pressed plants collected from her Massachusetts garden and on walks near her Amherst home. In a gesture honoring Dickinson’s nearly 200-year-old effort, Marchand and Sobsey set out t o grow as many of these plants as possible in their own gardens.
are increasingly necessary in a world w here pollinators are threatened. In this way, Marchand and Sobsey emphasize the full meaning, visually and conceptually, that these pl ants had for Dickinson and still hold today.
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Included in the exhibition is a large series of anthot ypes, a plant-based process that is one of the earliest forms of photography, and one not requiring a camera. Marchand and Sobse y coated sheets of paper with a light-sensitive emulsion made from the pur e pigments they extracted from flowers. The artists then placed transparencies made from Dickinson’s herbarium on their coated papers and exposed them to the sun for weeks or even months. The sun’s bleaching rays left a shadow imprint of Dickinson’s original arrangements of plants on the paper, creating camera-less sun-prints of her no w inaccessible book. Using this process, they recreated the 66 pages from Dickinson’s original herbarium, reanimating her botanical endeavors for the 21st century.
The exhibition also features a number of compositions that the artists call “ The Chromotaxia,” which are composed with the colored sheets of pure pigment from the 66 flowers (their “photo papers”). E ach chromotaxy composition provides additional insight into Dickinson’s, and the contemporary, botanical world. The title of each chromotaxy is the first line of a Dickinson poem and signals the theme around which the pigments of various flowers are grouped. For example, the 94-panel grid of “To Make a Prairie” represents the self-fertilizing plants in Dickinson’s herbarium. These so-called “self-compatible” plants
“With This Earthen Door, Amanda and Leah have created a lush inquiry into the ephemerality of nature, the range of pure color to be derived by flowering plants, as well as their fascinating symbolism, now largely lost to contemporary audiences. The artists have beautifully highlighted the connections between art , poetry and science,” said Thomas Padon, the James H. Duff Director of the Brandywine Museum of Art. “The exhibition brings to light Emily Dickinson’s scientific inquiries and reframes her storied herbarium for contemporary audiences, whil e also connecting them to new ways of appr eciating our natural environment. With the included site-specific pieces created by the artists expressly for the exhibition, a new and final chapter of their multi-year project is brought to life,” he added.
Amanda Marchand & Leah Sobsey titled this “Herbarium Plate 54 – Purple Pansy,” 2023; it is an archival pigment print (made from original anthotype), 40-by-30 inches, courtesy of the artists and Rick Wester Fine Art, NYC, copyright Amanda Marchand & Leah Sobsey.
The first site-specific work, “Estranged from Beauty - none can be -,” is a grouping of 10 anthotypes of in vasive species found in the Brandywine Conservancy’s 170-acre Waterloo Mills Preserve, l ocated in Easttown Township, Chester County, and Newtown Township, Delaware County. Exploring the duality of these flowering plants, the artists celebrate their be auty while underscoring the danger the y pose to the local ecosystem. The second site-specific work, “Talk not to me of Summer Trees,” is a chromotaxy featuring 56 sheets representing the pure color extracted fr om 14 tree species from Waterloo Mills Preserve, capturing the pigments of the leaves in both summer and autumn. Speaking of both site-specific works of art, Padon noted they “highlight the Brandywine Conservancy’s environmental stewardship efforts and honor Br andywine’s mission, history and future.”
Amanda Marchand & Leah Sobsey titled this work “Purple – is fashionable – twice,” printed 2023; they are archival pigment prints (from original plant pigments on paper), 80.5-by-53.5 inches. (approx.) (56 - 9-by-7 inch prints), courtesy of the artists and Rick Wester Fine Art, NYC, copyright Amanda Marchand & Leah Sobsey.
“E mily Dickinson’s book of flowers was an object that had long inspired us. Her herbarium lives in a
temperature-controlled vault at the Houghton Library at Harvard University and crumbles if handled, so it is off-limits to even the most accomplished scientists,” said artist Leah Sobsey. “We wanted to see or hold this special object, a forgotten treasure at the intersection of art and science, and knew we never could,” added artist Amanda Marchand. “As creatives we decided, why not remake it for ourselves and others?”
“This Earthen Door: Nature as Muse and
Material” will be on view at the Brandywine Museum of Art from Saturday, May 24, through Sept. 7, 2025. Support for the exhibition is pr ovided by The Arcadia Foundation. Programming support is provided by PNC Foundation.
The Brandywine Museum of Art is located on Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pa. Current admission rates and hours of operation can be found at www.brandywine.org/ hours.
For more information, call 610-388-2700.
Collector Anecdotes And Antics
Investors Return To The High End Collectible Trading Card Market?
By Shawn Surmick
If we get in my DeLorean time machine and journey back to the late 1980s, sports c ard manufacturers like Topps, Fleer, Donruss, and Upper Deck were all busy churning out mass quantities of overproduced cards and selling them as valuable collectibles to anyone gullible enough to buy them. Wall Street was getting heavily involved in all aspects of the antiques and collectibles trade at this time, and it would have long lasting implications for today. Publically traded companies headed by slick businessmen with no knowledge as to how the collectibles market operated were busy telling their shareholders that t hey were going to continually sell more and more of a product that was being marketed as a collectible. Meanwhile, the folks on Main Street who were buying these mass-produced trinkets were getting drunk off of nostalgia and the possibility of financially speculating in this brave new world. After all, these weren’t just sports
cards, they were potentially valuable collectibles that would one day finance their retirements or even their children’s college educations.
Unfortunately, things don’t always work out as planned, especially when everyone is buying the same exact mass-produced items and keeping them factory sealed. This was the beginning of what is now known as the junk wax era, an era that any sports card collector would love to forget, but shouldn’t. The junk wax era lasted from the late 1980s all the way to the early 1990s and then collapsed due to multiple manufacturers all producing massive amounts of sports cards with no end in sight. Collectors and speculators finally tired of the deluge of products, and the sports card industry faced possible extinction by the mid-1990s if things didn’t change. Luckily, the collecting community prevailed against Wall Street and the market was reborn. Many manufacturers left the sports card business altogether, and the proverbial pendulum swung the other way. Sports cards manufacturers would now learn to use mass-produced scarcity as a clever marketing gimmick to carefully limit certain cards and products, all w hile producing more and more of these limited edition cards to cater to higher end collectors. The advent of the internet and, more importantly, third-party grading, would be the ultimate trifecta that the sports c ard trading world needed to become an unstoppable force in the current collectibles boom.
T oday, it is not just
special limited-edition sports cards and vintage favorites like a Topps 1952 Mickey Mantle card that are being graded and advertised as investment grade piec es. Collectible trading card games like Pokemon are now a part of the growing investment trading card boom with prices approaching new highs on a regular basis. During the pandemic, prices were booming and more speculators entered the market eager to own some of the most sought after pieces. With inflation rearing its ugly head and economic uncertainty, the new norm, prices are still trending up after softening for the past few years following the pandemic. Add in the demand of Pokemon cards to the mix and now even hardened sports card collectors are chasing after Charizards and Pikachus (both popular Pokemon) due to their potential as being coveted investments. This all begs the question as to what comes next. Or a more practical question is, can this level of e xcitement even last? It would appear so, at least for now. Case in point: On Friday, April 11, the American Dream mall located in East Rutherford, N.J., had a surprise guest in the form of NFL all-star great Tom Brady. He was there to celebrate the grand opening o f a high end trading card store that he is an investor in. The name of the store is CardVault by Tom Brady (fitting name, don’t you think?). C ardVault is aiming to
become the premier retail store for higher end collectors and speculators who wish to invest in all things trading cards. The company has started to open up retail locations in higher end retail shopping malls on the East Coast and is looking to open up even more stores in the future (side note: here is me hoping that my favorite mall, the King of Prussia Mall, gets a CardVault store soon!).
But is this strategy wise, and will it work over the long term? Thanks to the adoption of third-party grading and a plethora of high profile online auction companies catering to this market, the days of having to physically inspect and buy cards in person is no longer needed. If I want to but a vintage Pokemon Charizard holofoil card in PSA 10 condition, I can simply log onto eBa y or Heritage Auctions and know exactly what I am buying and, best of all, the transaction is completely private. I don’t have to worry about having security escort me to my car bec ause I just spent thousands of dollars on a card that is just sitting in a plastic bag marked CardVault, l etting everyone know I likely have something valuable in my possession.
And even without this risk, rents in higher end shopping malls are not cheap. Each CardVault retail store is over a 1,000 squarefeet and in order to be able to cover this expense the company is going to have to do a lot of business.
Virtually no other segment of the collectibles market has retail stores of this magnitude, sans, of course, the high end luxury brands like Rolex and Hermes that use their retail locations to advertise and sell their direct products which they themselves manufacture. The days of high end coin stores have been made obsolete by online internet dealers and auction h ouses. Even higher end comic books are now sold online, and, in fact, comic book shops have been on a steady decline since reaching their peak in the 1990s.
Video games, which have started to become collectible within the last 10 years, do have their fair share of diehard fans who have been opening up mom-and-pop type retail stores on a regular basis. But most of these st ores don’t bother to sell graded video games that are worth thousands of dollars on the secondary market.
The internet has become the preferred way to buy and sell that caliber of item. Still, the trading card market has been growing by leaps and bounds, and if CardVault can become the premier place where both investors and collectors want to go, then the concept can possibly work. I will be taking the trek to the newest location at the American Dream Mall soon. And when I do I will gladly report back on my findings. Until then, here is hoping the collectible trading card world can survive the impending influx of even more high profile speculators entering the hobby.
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.
Morris Hirshfield Gifts
Commemorate Artist’s Birthday
Major Gift Coincides With AFAM’s Landmark Publication
To commemorate Morris Hirshfield’s birthday (April 10, 1872-July 26, 1946), the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) recently announced a major gift of five masterworks by the artist, from the estate of Maria and Conrad Janis, son of legendary art dealer and gallerist Sidney Janis, comprising one of the most significant groups of Hirshfield paintings donated to an institution in recent years. The announcement also coincides with the museum’s publication of the proceedings from its 2023 symposium inspired by the artist and his complex interchange with American modernism. Titled “Unexpected Partners: Self-Taught Artists and Modernism in Interwar America,” the symposium was organized as part of the programming for the exhibition “Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered” that was held in 2022-23, which featured over 40 of the artist’s paintings as well as archival material that traced the painter’s brief but sensational career. Together, these gifts of art and the proceedings further solidify the American Folk Art Museum’s leadership and commitment to the care, preservation, and study of Hirshfield’s work and legacy.
The museum’s holdings by the artist consist of nine works. The significance of these gifts is further enhanced by the rarity of Hirshfield paintings and the relatively small body of work he produced, which positions the museum as the world’s largest institutional repository of his work. These five recent gifts include “Zebra Family” (1942), “Cat and Kittens on the Carpet” (1943), “Nude with Cupids” (1944), “Harp Girl” (1945), and “Christmas Tree and Angels” (1946). Sidney Janis was an early champion of Hirshfield who helped introduce his work to a wider audience in the early 1940s, who would go on to play a major role in New York’s mid-century art world, including his pivotal role in the promotion of Abstract Expressionist artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, and many more. Several of the works in this group were acquired by Sidney Janis directly from the artist in the mid-1940s and remained within the Janis family collection for decades.
Sidney Janis’ other son, Carroll Janis, and his wife, Donna, also made a gift to AFAM of a remarkable Hirshfield painting, titled “Girl with Flowered Dress” (1945), in 2006.
Additionally, the museum received an exceptional Hirshfield painting titled “View” (1945) as part of a larger collection bequest from the estate of Audrey B. Heckler, a former museum trustee, which was announced earlier this year. Robert Rentzer, Morris Hirshfield’s nephew, also recently gifted the museum a bird encyclopedia that served as source material for Hirshfield and provides further insight into Hirshfield’s creative process.
“The announcement of
this unprecedented gift and the publication of the proceedings from our groundbreaking symposium showcase AFAM’s commitment, as the nation’s museum of folk and selftaught art, to be a leader in the field and make lasting contributions to the study and preservation of Morris Hirshfield’s legacy, in addition to the wider milieu of self-taught art,” stated Jason T. Busch, Becky and Bob Alexander Director & CEO of the American Folk Art Museum. “Forget about the stories of modern art you have heard in the past. They almost certainly exclude self-taught art and the pivotal role it played in American modernism of the 1930s of ‘40s. A former tailor and slipper maker living in Brooklyn, Morris Hirshfield provides a vibrant example of this phenomenon. His wildly stylized paintings of women, animals, and landscapes were internationally recognized in the 1940s yet largely forgotten after his death. Until now. In conjunction with AFAM’s retrospective of the artist and my accompanying book, “Master of the Two Left Feet,’ ‘Unexpected Partners’ approaches Hirshfield as a vital entry point to consider the wider dialogue between self-taught art and the modernist avantgarde. Leading scholars and curators present cutting-edge work on an international range of artists and cultures. Recovering largely forgotten histories, “Unexpected
Partners’ expands the history of 20th century art and our knowledge of the visual past,” added Richard Meyer, Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor in Art History, Stanford University.
“Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered” was curated by Richard Meyer, Robert, and Ruth Halperin, professor of Art History at Stanford University. Susan Davidson served as curatorial advisor to the exhibition. Valérie Rousseau, the American Folk Art Museum’s Curatorial Chair and Senior Curator of 20th-Century & Contemporary Art, was the show’s coordinating curator. The publication of Meyer’s study of Hirshfield, “Master of the Two Left Feet” (MIT Press, 2022), accompanied the exhibition. Following the presentation at AFAM, the exhibition traveled to Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center. “Unexpected Partners: Self-Taught Artists and Modernism in Interwar America” was made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. Additional support was provided by the Department of Art & Art History at Stanford.
American Folk Art Museum staff contributions to the publication: the proceedings are edited by Margarita Sánchez Urdaneta, AFAM’s former Director of Publications and Editorial, and Mathilde Walker-Billaud, Curator of Programs and Engagement, with the support of Andreane Balconi, Digital Asset Manager, and Mitra Parineh, copy editor. The publication was designed by Kate Johnson, Director of Design. For more information, visit www.folkartmuseum.org.
By Morris Hirshfield (1872–1946), “Zebra Family,” 1942, is an oil-on-canvas, measuring 33.5-by-49.5 inches.
“Vermeer’s Love Letters”
Special Exhibition Galleries To Showcase Major Vermeer Loans
In the first exhibition to be held in The Frick Collection’s new special exhibition galleries, three works by Johannes Vermeer will be presented from June 18 to Sept. 8. The unprecedented installation titled “Vermeer’s Love Letters” centers on the Frick’s iconic “Mistress and Maid,” uniting it with two special loans: “The Love Letter” from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and “Woman Writing a Letter with Her Maid” from the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. Presented together in a single gallery for the first time, this trio of works will offer visitors the opportunity to consider Vermeer’s exploration of themes of letter writing and epistolary exchange in the context of the 17th-century domestic settings for which the artist is renowned.
From left to right is Johannes Vermeer (1632-75) “Mistress and Maid,” ca. 1664-67, oil-oncanvas, The Frick Collection, New York, photo courtesy Joseph Coscia Jr.; Vermeer, “The Love Letter,” ca. 1669-70, oil-on-canvas, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt; Vermeer, “Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid,” ca. 1670-72, oilon-canvas, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, presented by Sir Alfred and Lady Beit, 1987 (Beit Collection), image courtesy National Gallery of Ireland.
States Xavier F. Salomon, the Frick’s Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, “On the heels of the museum’s public reopening on April 17, it is fitting that we are debuting our new special exhibition galleries with a closer look at the work of Vermeer, one of the most popular artists in our collection. His ‘Mistress and Maid’ is the final masterpiece that Henry Clay Frick acquired before his death, making this inaugural show a particularly appropriate tribute to his legacy as a collector.”
In taking up the motif of the exchange of letters, Vermeer and his contemporaries explored and imagined the inner lives and emotions of their painted subjects, often creating enigmatic narrative scenes. Of about three dozen surviving works by Vermeer, six are variations on this theme. The three works united
in the exhibition share a particular focus on women in the domestic sphere: ladies and their maidservants. The complex relationships, tensions, and trust between these two social classes, domestic servants and their employers, is a topic linked to and exemplified by the writing, reading, and delivery of letters.
The exhibition’s curator, Dr. Robert Fucci, distinguished scholar on 17th-century Dutch art from the University of Amsterdam, examines these ideas in the literary and
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artistic contexts of Vermeer’s time. The display of the three works brought together in “Vermeer’s Love Letters” captures the artist’s ability to portray themes of everyday life with nuance, variety, and drama.
This exhibition is generously funded by the Jasmine Charity Trust in memory of Regina Jaglom Wachter.
The Frick Collection is located at 1 East 70th St. in New York City.
For additional information, visit www.frick.org.
A History Of The Family’s Production In Adams County, Pa.
By Justin W. Thomas
The tradition of multiple generations of a family
working as utilitarian red earthenware or stoneware potters was abundant in the Mid-Atlantic region. This
notion was prevalent in Pennsylvania in the 18th, 19th century, and early 20th century, especially with migrant potters, often of German descent. In fact, some of the previous feature stories I’ve written for Antiques & Auction News have noted such family operations, including the Bell family in Waynesboro, Pa. (Dec. 7, 2018 issue), the Bach family in Allentown, Pa. (July 26, 2024 issue) and the Hissong family in Cassville, Pa. (Dec. 6, 2014 issue). However, another noted family of potters were the Millers, who produced red earthenware in Adams County, Pa. The family’s
production is documented in the early 19th century with Johanas Adam Miller (17681841), but the family business was likely established by George Miller (1728-79), a local farmer who migrated from Germany to Pennsylvania sometime before he married Maria Elisabetha Herring (1728-79) in York, in 1762.
An account of the Miller family’s red earthenware production was published in Jeannette Lasansky’s book, “Central Pennsylvania Redware Pottery, 1780-1904,” published in 1979. “It is from the Miller family that we
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Here is a miniature 19th century red earthenware creamer and sugar bowl attributed to the Miller family of Adams County, Pa. Courtesy Jeff Herb.
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can learn the most about an Adams County pottery. Adam Miller began working in Franklin Township, where George Miller had been working. Adam, building a kiln and a pot shop on his farm, worked into the late 1820s. Of his 11 children, it was his son, John (1803-60), and John’s children and grandchildren who carried on the pottery tradition. John worked fulltime as a potter from age 24 until his death in 1860. Most of his nine children, including the girls, where involved with some aspect of the pottery, which moved up the road ca. 1863 to his eldest son Solomon’s (1832-1916) home. In particular, Adam C. (1837-1916) and later Samuel (1847-1927)
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Interestingly, the men themselves did not sign their ware; the women did, especially Samuel’s daughter, Amedia, (1877-1958), who worked at the pottery until she married (on March 17, 1898). On a Sunday, for lack of anything else to do, she and her sisters would pick up a stick and scratch the name Solomon, the date, and sometimes their county or the person for whom the
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Solomon, and later Samuel, also employed journeymen potters, generally Germans, who lived with them or neighbors for a short time each year, often for several years. Two of these men might be at the pottery at the
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George Kimmel, whose father, Philip, had been a
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potter in adjoining Washington Township, York County, was one of Miller’s helpers. Two of his dated-greenglazed pieces signed “Pleasant Hill Pottery near Hampton” survive. He made the four-mile journey over to Miller’s, staying from Monday through Friday and working at the pottery in addition to helping on the farm.
In good weather, the ware was packed amidst straw in a large wagon and taken to the towns in the area: Porter, Sideling, Mt. Holly, East
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Berlin, Biglerville, Arendtville and Hanover. Traditionally they were paid for the red earthenware the following year when they made the next delivery. Often small special pieces were given to customers as a courtesy. The forms made at the Miller Pottery were jars, crocks, custard cups, milk pans, jugs, spittoons, sugar bowls, master salts, mugs, stovepipe, garden urns, bird whistles and pierced-work bowls, as well as whimsical
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The 19th century red earthenware mottled glaze pitcher attributed to the Miller family in Adams County, Pa., has an incised collar on one side with foliate motifs, while the rim is impressed with stamped asterisks, and the body is decorated with impressed checked diamond motifs. Courtesy Crocker Farm.
A 19th century red earthenware pitcher attributed to the Miller family of Adams County, Pa. The collar is incised with a bird and foliate motif, while the rim is impressed with stamped asterisks, the body is decorated with incised wavy lines, and handle decorated with various stamps. A view of the stamps applied on the handle.
A close-up view of the incised bird and foliate motif.
dealers who weighed condition as the overriding factor prior to making any purchase. Tommy recalled, “He recognized early on just how important condition was to the trailblazers who came just before him in the toy hobby. He took that as a cue to follow and would always pay a lot of money to obtain a perfect example.”
It took many years of dedicated searching for Sage to locate his 45-inch Marklin “Amerika” tin oceanliner. Made ca. 1909-10, it is an electric version, powered by a dry cell battery-operated motor housed within the hull and connected to two propellers via a drive shaft. Beautifully appointed and in stunning original condition, it represents the largest cataloged (Ref. 5050/11E) Marklin oceanliner of its era. “My dad was very fond of large German boats, and this was one of his best,” remarked Tommy.
Also produced at Marklin’s original factory in Goppingen, Germany, the all-original Gefion battleship is designed with a distinctive “ram” front, a feature that was added to warships of its era for the express purpose of inflicting damage on enemy vessels. With respect to toy ships, the rule is, the bigger the ram front, the earlier the production. This particular toy, which comes with a crew of 11 original Heyde soldiers, dates to around 1904.
Marklin rival Rock & Graner, which also based its operation in Goppingen, Germany, was the manufacturer of a 20-inchlong “Wilhelm II” clockwork side-wheel (paddlewheel) boat with a substantial front bow.
Tommy Sage noted that his father owned some 70 antique toy boats, and of those, only two were paddlewheelers. He explained that they are especially rare because not as many were made in comparison to other types of marine craft.
“In the early 20th century, kids preferred battleships and oceanliners, so far fewer paddlewheelers actually made it to the marketplace,” he said. Rare and desirable, the “Wilhelm II” is pictured in (David) “Pressland’s Great Book of Tin Toys” (New Cavendish Books, 1995).
A classic that appeals to both toy aficionados and collectors of holiday antiques, a ca.
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From a selection of Marklin lamps, an especially-rare triple-globe lamp retaining its three original globes, 16.5 inches high, excellent to near-mint condition, will be estimated at $8,000-$12,000.
its red body with endearing images of teddy bears and other playthings. The rear section of the car is loaded with Christmas-themed goodies, including a small feather tree, a Cracker Jack mini Toonerville Trolley, and other small toys and novelties. Sage observed that the car is “in mint condition and one of the finest of few known examples of its type.”
Tom Sr. was fascinated by early German trains and trams and acquired some fine productions, including a ca. 1900 Marklin clockwork tramway trolley. Handpainted in green with red and cream, the nearmint tram car still has its six original figures and four original catenary poles, with a 27-inch track on which to travel. Like so many important toys in the collection, this turnof-the-20th-century charmer is illustrated in “Pressland’s Great Book of Tin Toys.” Tommy opined that it is the best of all trolleys in his father’s collection, describing it as “absolutely beautiful.”
Tommy recalled that his father loved to place an antique Marklin lamp next to every antique toy car he displayed. His selection of Marklin “lighting” included single, double, and especially-rare triple-globe lamps. One of his best “triples” retains all three of its original globes,
The 45-inch Marklin “Amerika” tin oceanliner, electric (dry cell battery-powered), ca. 1909-10, stunning original condition, this model was the largest of Marklin’s cataloged ocean liners in the period of its production. The estimate will be $100,000-$150,000.
A ca. 1900
clockwork tramway trolley, original green with red and cream paint, near-mint with six original figures and four original catenary poles, illustrated in (David) “Pressland’s Great Book of Tin Toys” (New Cavendish Books, 1995), will be estimated at $20,000-$30,000.
The ca. 1890s Rock & Graner 1 gauge floor train set, engine/tender combo (push toy) with two additional cars and replacement passenger figures, will be estimated at $20,000-$30,000.
with appealing robin’s-egg blue original paint still present on its metal lamp post. Standing 16.5 inches tall and in excellent to near-mint condition, it is expected to sell for $8,000-$12,000.
The Thursday, May 29, auction will be held live at Morphy’s gallery, 2000 N. Reading Rd., Denver, Pa., starting at 9 a.m. Eastern Time. All
forms of bidding will be available, including absentee, by phone, and live via the Internet through Morphy Live. For condition enquiries, to leave an absentee bid, or to reserve a line for phone bidding, call Dan Morphy toll-free at 877968-8880 or email info@ morphyauctions.com. All images courtesy of Morphy Auctions.
A German handpainted tin horseless carriage with unusual maroon spoked wheels, full-figure driver with female passenger behind him, ca. 1890s, possibly by Gunthermann, is pictured in (David) “Pressland’s Great Book of Tin Toys” (New Cavendish Books, 1995). One of the earliest cars in the Sage collection the estimate will be $6,000-$9,000.
A handpainted Bing taxi with taxi meter, mint in its original store box from Au Bon Marche in Paris, and in unusual maroon color, will hold an estimate of $25,000-$35,000.
Estimated at $15,000-$25,000 is this rare ca. 1876-81 Rock & Graner “Wilhelm II” clockwork side-wheel (paddlewheel) boat, near-mint with original paint, original anchor and original key, 27 inches. It was pictured in (David) “Pressland’s Great Book of Tin Toys” (New Cavendish Books, 1995).
A ca. 1904 Marklin “Gefion” battleship, an early version with a ram front, a feature seen on warships of the era designed specifically to inflict damage on enemy vessels, 23.5 inches, all original, including 11 original Heyde soldiers and original key, will be estimated at $30,000-$50,000.
SATURDAY, MAY 31 • 10 A.M. Valley View Road, MONTROSE, PA 18801
FURNITURE: Oak Victrola with Horn, Oak 3 stacking bookcase, Oak Buffet with glass doors, Hoosier Cabinet, Large Apothecary /Card Catalogue, Oak Hall tree, locally made Windsor chair, M/T Coffee table, M/T table and chairs, gateleg table, porcelain table and chairs. Western Bronzes signed C M RUSSELL with COAS, Uranium Glass, Pyrex, Carnival Glass, Crocks and Jugs, GI JOES, Star Wars Toys, Large Collection of German Nutcrackers, Fenton Birds Artist Signed, Waterford Ornaments, Old glass ornaments, Large collection of yellowware, Navajo pottery, Victorian hair wreath, Hoosier Jars, Longaberger® Baskets, Arts and Crafts Style lamp, Oil Lamps, Early Wooden Barber Pole, Childs Barber Chair, cast iron fry pans, fishing gear, McCoy pottery, Taxidermy. ART: Signed oil on canvas by Clarence Rowe, Winter Scene signed Buhat, Art by Russell Steel. NO CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED, ALL ONE ESTATE. TOO MUCH TO LIST SEE AUCTIONEER #55542 AT AUCTIONZIP.com 10% Buyer’s Premium Terms of Auction: Cash Or Card With 3% Fee, Pre-Approved PA Check
1912 Fischer Father Christmas car is lithographed
Marklin
Native American artifacts, G.A.R. items, badges & metals, Third Reich items, relics, antique military toys, & more.
filling the grounds. By Thursday, excitement reached a n ew level with the start of the two-day classic and collector car auction powered b y Carlisle Auctions. Over 400 lots were up for bid, and with strong participation from both buyers and sell ers, the auction contributed significantly to the overall energy of the event. Carlisle Auctions concluded the event with more than $5 million in sales, including a 1963 Corvette, which sold for $257,500.
The car corral, flea market, and Manufacturers Midway were in full swing throughout the weekend, drawing in crowds eager to shop, discover, and find the perfect parts, memorabilia, or classic cars. Automotive flea market vendors continued to bring the goods, with many offering a vast selection of automotive parts and collectibles. Meanwhile, the car corral saw classic and collector cars finding new homes at a record pace.
In addition to the buying and selling, several displays and showcases highlighted the best of the automotive world. The ARMO Hot Products Showcase, located near the stage, featured the latest products from the industry’s biggest names, giving guests a firsthand look at new innovations that can enhance their rides. The AACA Car Club returned to the stage, displaying vintage and classic cars, soliciting memberships, and promoting their upcoming fall
meet in Hershey, Pa.
Spring Carlisle also welcomed back representatives from local Lions Clubs. This year, they returned to solicit donations benefiting their Lions International Disaster Relief Fund. With generous support from attendees, the
Lions raised just over $2,000 to assist those in need. With Spring Carlisle 2025 now in the books, Carlisle Events is already looking forward to upcoming events during the year. Next year’s Spring Carlisle will be held April 22 to 26, 2026, with the
auction happening April 23 and 24. Details on all upcoming events, as well as the ability to purchase spectator tickets in advance, are available at www.CarlisleEvents. com.
Photos courtesy Andrew Welsh/Carlisle Events.
2-Day Auction.
PUBLIC AUCTION
Dinosaur excrement and teeth; Black pottery; Painted saws; 2 western saddles; Copper bowls; Fishing Rods; Walking Sticks; Porcelain & China; Cameras;reference and other books; Audio Technica 350D Microphones; Jewelry; Comic books; vintage toys and cars; extension ladders. (Fri. & Sat. Session) Vehicles – 2001 Ford Crown Victoria, 141,289 miles, Ford Econoline 250, 98,605 miles. Native American: Outstanding Collection Of antique and vintage Native American Papago and Tohono O’Odham handmade lidded, serving, open and horsehair baskets; pottery; artifacts; Navajo rugs; Serape rugs; Quantity vintage and antique Skookums including pair 35” and 33” tall (Several Bully Good Skookums); trading pipes; collectibles; grinding stone; painted hides and more! Saturday Taxidermy – Deer, Elk, Kudu, Antelope, Pheasant, plus assorted horns and polished bovine horns. (Sat. Session) Instruments – Martin D18 guitar; Martin Sigma DM-5 acoustic guitar; Gibson 1758 guitar; Avalon 12 String; Framus 12 string;Carlos; Harmony; Stella, Harmony; Sovereign’ Harmony; Aria A-644; Stella; Alverez Custom Made Banjo; Epiphone PR200;Yamaha FG-335R; Lotus Mandolin Unbranded Mandolin; Violin; Bugles. (Sat. Session) Crystals, mineral, variety of fossils, petrified wood, American and foreign coins, Stones and beads for jewelry making. Guns - Winchester .22 cal Model 62A, Ruger Ranch Rifle .223 ca, Ruger LCP w/laser sight .380, Cobra .38 special, Civil War musket balls; Ammo Walter & June Have Collected For Many Years And Will Be Moving To A Retirement Community. A Lifelong Collection Must All Go! Be Sure To Save The Date. This Is A Very Abbreviated List! Online bidding available both days on select items at heiseyauctions.com.
ROWE’S AUCTION
18th & 19th CENTURY ANTIQUES & ACCESSORIES
THURSDAY, MAY 29 • 3:00 P.M.
Location: Rowe’s Auction Barn 2505 Ritner Hwy. Carlisle PA Between exits 44 (Allen Rd) & 37 (Newville) off Int. 81
Miniature portraits & silhouettes, miniature grandfathers clocks & watch hutches, Folk Portraits & Drawings, baskets, coverlets, tin & iron lighting, salt box & other boxes, miniature chests, 2 fire buckets, 1876 Bracket w/ eagle, toleware, samplers, hair wreaths, early iron & tin fireplace accessories, andirons, old kitchen wares, decorated stoneware & redware, Noahs ark, book boxes, old books, Indentures, pewter, long rifle and decorated powder horn, 3 early onion bottles, old material, contemporary folk art, 100 box lots of early country related. Furniture incl. wall cupboards, open cupboards, hanging cupboards, stretcher base tables, work tables, 8’ 3 drawer table, Windsor chairs, grandfather’s clock, dressers, rope & trundle beds, stands, dry sinks, N.E. & other blanket chests, school masters desk, country Sheraton sofa, lots of country related. Very brief ad check website or Auctionzip for photos.
Note: Selling for the late James & Mary Dodrill of Newville, Box lots beginning @ 3:00 p.m. w/ single lots mixed in from the beginning, Furniture beginning around 6:00 p.m.
Preview: Wednesday, May 28, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. morning of auction.
Terms: Cash or PA check, major credit cards w/ 3% surcharge, out-ofstate checks w/ prior approval or established credit.
Jane Austen
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the Morgan, as well as from a dozen other institutional and private collections, to present compelling new perspectives on Austen’s literary achievement, her personal style, and her global legacy.
“Jane Austen has inspired generations of readers, and the Morgan is honored to join the celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of her birth,” said Colin B. Bailey, Katharine J. Rayner Director of the Morgan Library & Museum. “Bringing together the Morgan’s expansive collection of Austen works, particularly her letters, alongside many exquisite loans, “A Lively Mind” is a rare opportunity to experience Austen’s many facets at once, from her family life to her authorship and her legacy.”
Born on Dec. 16, 1775, Austen began cultivating her imaginative powers and her ambition to publish
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pieces and miniature objects.
The Millers were also known to have used various stamps of different types impressed on a small number of large mottled green and black glazed red earthenware pitchers, which were further embellished with inscribed decorations, including plants and birds. These stamps may also help with identifying other forms adorned with matching stamps.
Interestingly, a 19th century red earthenware cuspidor that was recently identified in Ontario, Canada, where the base appears to read, “Samuel Miller Near Hampton May 24 1864.” The “Near Hampton” was also described by Lasansky as being used in Washington Township.
Among the notable examples of Miller Pottery in museum collections is a bowl owned by the New York Historical Society in Manhattan, as part of the Elie Nadelman (1882-1946) collection. Nadelman was a pioneer folk art collector influenced by the “peasant arts” of his native Poland and other European countries. He began collecting after immigrating to New York City in 1914. In 1937, the historical society acquired 15,000 objects that he and his wife, Viola Spiess Flannery (18781962), had amassed.
Another museum object is a pierced-work bowl made by Samuel Miller that is owned by The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, which is dated on the base “1871.” This type of production is reflective of the German heritage in Adams County. Furthermore, Adams County did see its share of German migrant potters in the 1800s, like Anthony Wise Baecher (1824-89), born in 1824 in Bavaria, Germany. He learned his trade from his father, and in 1848, Baecher immigrated to the United States via Ellis Island, New York, and held apprenticeships in both New Jersey and Adams County. He worked for David Ditzer in Adams County, as well as other potters. However, after a few years of working in Adams County, he moved to Maryland and later Virginia, where he was employed as a potter, as well.
during her teen years. Austen’s upbringing was unconventional, particularly in the degree of familial support she received for her creative endeavors. Her creativity found expression in a range of artistic pursuits, from music making to a delight in fashion. Writing with an intimate knowledge of women’s lives but removed from many of the gender expectations herself, Austen gave voice to the everyday experiences and emotions of English gentlewomen.
Drawing significantly on Austen’s correspondence with Cassandra, her sister and lifelong confidante, “A Lively Mind” allows a picture of Austen’s life to emerge through her own words. Contemporary prints and drawings evoke sights familiar to her, while first-edition copies of her six major novels, from “Sense and Sensibility” to “Persuasion,” demonstrate how her identity as author was concealed
from her earliest readers.
“‘A Lively Mind’ examines how it was possible for Austen to publish her now-beloved novels when women generally were not permitted to become writers, much less encouraged to be,” said Dale Stinchcomb, Drue Heinz Curator of Literary and Historical Manuscripts at the Morgan Library & Museum. “In addition to her own brilliance, many people, friends, family, readers, made her who she is today, and we hope visitors come away feeling that they can have a profound impact on literature and the arts as well.”
Though Austen’s novels now hold international renown, this was not always the case; those who loved her novels helped new generations of readers to appreciate them. American readers, in particular, played a major role in securing her place as one of the great English novelists. Unbeknownst to Austen, her work reached an appreciative audience in America during
Lasansky also noted Amedia Miller’s perspective of the family business: “Never marry a potter,” said Amedia Miller, “it’s hard work.” She knew, for she had seen the others work and had helped grind the red lead in the quern, marked and packed the wares, and had gone with her father, Samuel, who made most of the deliveries. Their trips to the country stores in Adams and York counties were a pleasant opportunity to get muslin for quilts, in addition, fruit and candy treats.”
The Miller family’s red earthenware production seems to have lasted into the early 20th century with Samuel Miller still listed with a primary occupation of “potter” in Adams County in the 1900 United States Federal Census. Solomon was also still likely working as a
her lifetime. Among other notable editions and letters that highlight Austen’s influence in America, the exhibition brings together four of the six known surviving copies of the first American edition of “Emma,” printed in Philadelphia in 1816. Each copy bears markings left by its past owners and readers.
“It’s exciting to share books and artworks, many of which have never been exhibited before, to bring to light how American readers first encountered and responded to Austen’s novels,” said Juliette Wells, co-curator of the exhibition and Professor of Literary Studies at Goucher College, “as well as to show how American advocates broadened Austen’s readership later in the 19th century.”
Additional highlights of the exhibition include Austen’s only surviving complete fiction manuscript, “Lady Susan;” Austen’s gold and turquoise ring; a playful letter to her niece, with every word spelled backwards; and a painting by Amy Sherald, “A Single Man in Possession of a Good Fortune” (2019), whose title is drawn from the opening line of Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.”
In addition to celebrating Austen, “A Lively Mind” commemorates the 50th
anniversary of the landmark gift of Austen manuscripts to the Morgan by Alberta H. Burke. Burke bequeathed her Austen manuscripts to the Morgan because the institution welcomed her to view manuscripts even without an academic title, which members of the public can still request to do today. The exhibition also draws extensively on the extraordinary collection Burke bequeathed to Goucher College, in Baltimore,
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The Morgan is home to nearly a third of Jane Austen’s surviving letters, the largest collection of her letters anywhere in the world. Alongside the opening of the exhibition, the Morgan will publish digital facsimiles of all 51 letters on its website for researchers, students, and lovers of Austen near and far to enjoy. For more information and programs, visit www.the morgan.org/programs/list.
potter during this period. Nevertheless, Adams County was a significant production center in Pennsylvania in the 19th century; the wares were skilled and creative. The Millers’ production was clearly a successful family enterprise, based on the continued success of the family’s pottery production, which lasted for multiple generations, and perhaps more than a century, possibly dating back to the 1700s.
Sources: Adams County News, April 8, 1916. Comstock, H.E. “The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region.” Winston-Salem, N.C.: The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 1994. Lasansky, Jeannette. “Central Pennsylvania Redware Pottery 1780-1904.” Lewisburg, PA: Union County Oral Traditions Project, 1979.
Anonymous artist miniature portrait of Jane Austen, 19th century, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, AZ078.
This 19th century red earthenware pierced-work covered bowl was made by Samuel Miller is dated “1871.” Courtesy The Barnes Foundation.
A 19th century red earthenware jar is inscribed “Solomon Miller October 15, 1887.” Courtesy Pook & Pook.
3-DAY ANTIQUE AUCTION
19 TH ANNUAL HAY TOOL COLLECTOR SHOW
WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY
JUNE 4-5-6-7, 2025
•WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4 •
8:00 AM - Doors open for wheelin’ and dealin’ for Hay Tool Collectors. Everyone Welcome!
•THURSDAY, JUNE 5 •
8:00 AM - Doors open for wheelin’ and dealin’ for Hay Tool Collectors. Everyone Welcome!
1:00 PM - UNCATALOGED LOTS Signs, Country Store, Farm Primitives, etc. NO Online Bidding!
5:00 PM - Free Dinner - Everyone Welcome!
6:00 PM - UNCATALOGED LOTS Hay Trolleys & Hay Tools NO Online Bidding!
•FRIDAY, JUNE 6 •
8:00 AM - Doors open for wheelin’ and dealin’ for Hay Tool Collectors. Everyone Welcome!
9:00 AM - CATALOGED ANTIQUES
4:30 PM - CATALOGED LOTS from multiple Hay Trolley collections Online bidding available all day!
•SATURDAY, JUNE 7 •
9:00 AM - CATALOGED Antiques Online bidding available! ONLINE BIDDING AVAILABLE AT:
WAGON SEATS: BOX WAGONS include (2)Owensboro, John Deere, Leudinghaus, Quincy, Weber & Grand Detour; pony size stagecoach; CSA military wagon; (9) GOAT WAGONS including Hickory, Studebaker Jr Badger; Yale, Tennessee, John Deere & more; (50) box wagons seats -many RARE!; SALESMAN SAMPLES: Wooden National 9000 Car Line Co. Hammonds Dressed Beef, Pork and Mutton refrigerated railroad car used for transporting meat, WOW! Horse-drawn Waterous Engine Works fire ladder wagon, WOW!; Harris patent hay fork; Sam Mulke Mfg. hay elevator; Samson brass windmill; butter churn; walking plow; Adams road grader & more; FARM EQUIPMENT • PRIMITIVES: Collection of walking plows and floor model corn shellers; hand corn shellers; 1-horse grain drill; primitive wash machines; more; SIGNS: (12) John Deere Farm Implements, all with different dealer names; (9) different John Deere thermometers; wood & sandstone signs include Eddy Plows, Dr. A.C. Daniels Veterinary Medicines, OVB Tools and Cutlery, Syracuse Plows & more; die-cut Keen Kutter with hanger; B&B Dairy & Poultry Feeds; lighted Ford; collection of NOS DeLaval; Meadow Gold Ice Cream; plus more; MISC ITEMS: 5hp New Holland hit & miss engine on cart -WOW! • Slade & Rexford cast iron stagecoach hitching post with 2 steps for entering stagecoach -RARE! • Colt 1849 revolver, serial #188565 -WOW!; Vet cabinets; Oliver plow share display stand; Surge Milker store display stand; milking cow weathervane; stockyard collectables; butter churns; Griswold pieces including #14 & #20 skillets; custom scale model farm machinery hitched to horses;
FRIDAY EVENING SESSION • 4:30 PM
Collection of 200+ hay trolleys -many RARE! Collection of pulleys and barn door rollers!
SATURDAY SESSION • 9:00 AM
COUNTRY STORE: Enterprise 216 floor model coffee grinder -Excellent! All kinds of floor model & countertop showcases; wood & cast iron revolving bolt bins; colletion of spool cabinets; seed boxes; highly decorated crocks; oak store counter; coffee grinders; Moses Cough Drop revolving product display; 72-drawer filing cabinet; plus more; ADVERTISING SIGNS: PETROLEUM: 94”x72” wooden White Eagle Gas; 58” Richfield; 66” Gulf; 48” Shell; Quaker State Oil spinner clock; Pure Oil; Buick Authorized Service; (5) Cities Service; plus more; COUNTRY STORE: wood & sandstone Boot and Shoe Workers Union -WOW! International Tailoring; 3-dimensional Burr Oak Plug Tobacco; wooden Diamond Black Leather clock; Armours Mince Meat; Sunbeam Bread; POP & DRINK: variety of Coca Cola; Frostie Root Beer; Pepsi; Whistle; Grapette; Dodger; R-Pep; Orange Crush; plus more; PETROLEUM • GAS PUMPS: Texaco island with (2) Bennett pumps & light; Tokheim 300P gas pump; double Mobiloil Lubrite; Bennett lighted oil can rack; gas globes; (2) Mobiloil bottle racks; MISC ITEMS: (7) Pedal cars; 10-cent coinoperated Champion ride-on horse; Vendorlater Model 27 Coca Cola pop machine; (2) Schwinn Sting Ray bikes; Crouse lighthouse beacon light; set of Ryan Newman racing uniform & helmet, all autographed; horn chair; (2) ticker tape machines for fire calls; railroad lights; (8) brass steam whistles; NOTICE: This is a VERY abbreviated ad!
