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Witman Holds Auction For Ned Foltz Special Redware Locomotive Brings $5,500 By Karl Pass
FRIDAY JULY 17, 2020 • VOL. 51, NO. 29
Rich Penn Gears Up For Blockbuster Four-Day Sale Nearly 2,500 Lots To Be Sold Unreserved July 23 To 26 By Rich Penn Weekend road trips. Thousands of miles on backroads and byways. Lunch in Main Street cafes. All in search of that special addition to that special collection. We’ve all discovered the magic of hunting for antiques and love the stories. We’ve lived them. We’ve shared them. To some, it’s as much about the hunt as the
This 1927 Ford Model T Cretors Popcorn truck with recent restoration is ready to use. object itself. So when you have the opportunity to look through the fruits of years and years and literally millions of miles of the hunt, don’t miss it. Gathered from every nook and cranny across America, nearly 2,500 lots will be coming to auction at Rich Penn Auctions’ special sale scheduled for Thursday, July 23, to Sunday, July 26. It is one on the largest assemblages ever offered by Penn and is all unreserved. “This auction offers a truly spectacular variety, including the coolest and biggest ‘toy truck’ we’ve
ever offered,” said Penn. “This restored 1927 Model T Cretors Popcorn truck has been in service for the better part of 100 years. There are smaller trucks too and a large selection of John Deere toys, many NOS with boxes. And a whole fleet of great pedal cars, American National, Garton, Gendron, Murray and others. Nearly all are restored. Pressed steel trucks, windups, castiron banks and lots more,” added Penn. “A nice collection of Popeye windup toys will find new homes too. And some of these are so rare, you could spend a long time hunting and never find them, toys like these: Popeye and Row Boat, Heavy Hitter, Bag Puncher, Fliers, The Pilot, Basketball Player and others.” With every Penn auction, there is a great variety of Country Store, Drug Store and Soda Fountain pieces. This auction will be one with another full array of life from the early 1900s Drug Store, with syrup dispensers, ice cream dippers, trays, signs, double tower display cases, gum and candy displays, candy jars, even some rare straw dispensers. Take a look back to when the drug store was a social center and you were encouraged to stay a while. The country store was different. It provided more for the household utilitarian needs than the drug store. You’d find things for home life, especially for the kitchen. Wall and counter coffee grinders were a necessity, and there are many to choose from. Tobacco and spices, match holders, tip trays and pocket mirrors were all sourced in the country store. And the silent
Father and son team Luke and Clarke Witman, of Witman Auctioneers in Manheim, Pa., conducted a public sale on behalf of potter and collector Ned Foltz and his late wife Gwen Foltz at The Foltz Pottery shop outside Reinholds on June 27. The Witmans have been holding sales for the Foltzes since 2015. There are typically two a year held
under a tent outside of Ned’s studio/shop. An assortment of Foltz redware was sold, as were baskets, tin decorations and various decorations and folk art. Some of Ned’s collection of Walter and June Gottshall folk carvings were sold and did well. Walter Luke Gottshall (19212018) of Reinholds, Pa., married June E. (Fiant) Gottshall in 1941. The two lived near Galen Hall on the Berks and Lancaster County border. He served in WWII and was a member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. He was the son of Luke and Fannie (Klapp) Gottshall and
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How To Care For Your Silver on page 5
Potter Ned Foltz made this special redware locomotive and coal car for the auction. As is tradition for the sales, it was the last item sold and went to a local collector for $5,500.
Kleinfelter’s Sells Local Ephemera: Ledgers, Books, Broadsides, Fraktur, Much More
Heritage Ethnographic Art Auction Soars Past $1.2 Million on page 8
Documents Sold Included 18th-Century Land Deeds Signed By Alexander Shaeffer (Founder Of Schaefferstown) By Karl Pass Kleinfelter’s Auction Inc., of Lebanon, Pa., held a multi-consignor online-only sale the afternoon of June 28. The diverse sale had early tin toys, advertising, china, baseball cards, canes, local ephemera largely associated to Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, and much This spatter cup and saucer in thistle pattern with yellow and red border, excellent condition, sold for $480.25. Continued on page 3
Rare Posters Auction #81 To Feature 500 Iconic Works on page 9
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Miller & Miller’s Online Advertising, Toys, And Historic Objects Auction on page 10
In This Issue A Coca-Cola sign, litho-on-cardboard, ca. 1943, “Work Refreshed” with a horse and wagon scene and two girls enjoying bottles of Coca-Cola, in near-mint to mint condition, is 53-by-32.25 inches.
This occupational shaving mug with a Harley Davidson motorcycle is considered rare, personalized B.F. Herring, and is in excellent condition.
SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 A rare and early Ephrata press broadside, as is, realized $1,017.
This Emerson bakelite radio, excellent condition, just missing one knob, sold for $2,712.
SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 6 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 6
FEATURED AUCTION: Poster Auction International - July 21 in New York, N.Y. - page 9
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 8 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 11