Antiques & Auction News 080720

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Lancaster County Auctioneer’s Estate Going To Auction Auctioneer Steve Barr To Sell Partner’s Collection On Aug. 11 And 12 In Kinzers, Pa.

FRIDAY AUGUST 7, 2020 • VOL. 51, NO. 32

Skinner’s To Hold Kolar Collection Sale Major Auction Will Be Timed Online Sale Opening Aug. 3 And Closing Aug. 12 Skinner is honored to be offering the Kolar collection as the centerpiece of its annual August Americana Auction. Carefully assembled over decades by collector, scholar, and author John Kolar, the collection is an impressive grouping of Americana. The collection is especially strong in the

Many lots of very good fraktur will be sold, including several taufshein by Abraham Huth, ca. 1805-15, with unique characteristic vivid red and yellow tulips, birds, and stars, and excellent examples by Rev. Henry Young, Abraham Brubaker (Huber Artist), and Ehre Vater Artist. A rare paint-decorated slant-lid

The rare paint-decorated slant-lid wooden box attributed to “Checkerboard Artist,” possibly Somerset County, Pa., with red, black, yellow, and dark green unique banding/checkerboard pattern and scalloping with geometricly incised outlines, has a hinged lid and cutout backboard has a pierced oval for hanging. decorative arts of rural wooden box attributed to Pennsylvania and Ohio, exuberant “Checkerboard Artist” possibly paint-decorated dower chests, Somerset County, Pa., with red, fraktur, and painted boxes, includ- black, yellow, and dark green ing examples by the Compass Artist unique banding/checkerboard and the Checkerboard Artist. pattern and scalloping with The timed online only auction geometricly incised outlines, is an opens Monday, Aug 3, and closes expected highlight in the painted Wednesday, Aug 12., at 7 p.m. Visit box category. www.skinnerinc.com for terms, conditions, and bidding instructions. The 300-plus sale begins with spectacular mochaware china, painted furniture, formal furniture, portraits including a pair attributed to George Hartwell depicting a husband and wife, Pennsylvania and New Here is a stellar paint-decorated Berks County, Pa., England redware, stoneware, weather- early lift-top chest with unusual applied tulip and heart carving vanes, gameboards, in center front. windsor chairs, fine baskets, quilts, A Sugar Creek Township, and more. Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1846, Lehnware includes a fine lidded paint-decorated lift-top chest, the sugar pail and decorated box. A red facade lettered in yellow “Noah painted ground “Compass Artist” Mali” and dated 1846, above a box will be sold, ex. Harry Hartman, rectangular reserve painted with a and also a blue ground example in scene of a red-roofed two-story rare slide-lid box form, ex. Chris house, and flanking floral reserves Machmer. will be estimated at $15,000$20,000. This chest was used as the frontispiece illustration for “Ohio Furniture Makers 1790 to 1860,” by Jane Sikes and Edward M. Hageman, in 1989. A Berks County, Pa., early 19th century paint-decorated lift-top chest painted all over with salmon ground, and varied designs in pink, black, white pinwheels, floral devices, and black

James S. Davis Jr., an auctioneer and partner for 34 years with Barr/Davis Auctioneers LLC, passed away at the age of 63 on March 9. His real estate and extensive collections of antiques and personal property will be offered at a twoday on-site auction on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 11 and 12, starting at 2 p.m. both days. The auction will be held at 5124 Strasburg Road, Kinzers, Pa., and is being conducted by Barr/Davis Auctioneers LLC. Day one will feature tractors and lawn equipment, boats, fishing equipment, saddles and tack items, sleigh bells,

branding irons, game mounts, 25plus rifles and shotguns, duck decoys, cigar rollers and cutters, a tobacco sizing box, a rare Conestoga wagon wheel reamer, old butchering tools, large copper and butchering kettles, cannonball, axe head and arrow head collections, handcuffs and shackles, frog gigs, a bear trap, and much more. Day two will consist of antique coins and collectibles, including rolltop and secretary desks, an oak Continued on page 4

Morphy’s Coin-Op And Antique Advertising Auction Strikes $3 Million Jackpot on page 2

This is a Hamilton 17 jewel gold pocket watch.

The late James S. Davis Jr. with his dog, Charlie.

Atlanta’s Scott Antique Market Returns Aug. 6 To 9 After Four-Month Hiatus, Popular Monthly Antiques Show Resumes By Tom O’Hara Scott Antique Market halted for months and is now ready to return to monthly action. Don Scott announced on behalf of his exhibitors, shoppers and staff that his monthly show will resume Thursday, Aug. 6, to Sunday, Aug. 9, at Atlanta Expo Centers (North and South Buildings). Speaking on behalf of his company and the 3,000 exhibitors that set up each month, “All the dealers have been chomping at the bit to get back to work and again sell their antiques, home décor and vintage collectibles,” said Scott. He was quick

to point out, “Even with no shows, dealers continued to buy more collections, so this first show after the nearly five months will have wonderful offerings of first-time-onthe-market collections.” The monthly show is held in two enormous buildings with 3,000 dealers and their extensive inventories with typically several thousand shoppers over the course of four days. Due to the social protections brought about by the COVID19 restrictions, there will be some different measures taken. Everyone will be expected to wear face masks or safety shields. Scott has

Kempton Antiques Show Cancelled on page 5

Haar’s Holds Sales In Dillsburg, Pa., Every Other Monday Night on page 7

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American Indian Artifact Show Will Be Held In Allentown, Pa., On Aug. 15 on page 7

In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3

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This is a fine taufshein by Ehre Vater Artist, ca. 1802, with vibrant multicolored columns, floral work, and birds. It was exhibited at the Museum of American Folk Art in 1990-91.

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The Atlanta Expo Centers North and South Buildings house 3,000 exhibitors for the popular monthly Scott Antiques Market, which will resume on Aug. 6 to 9.

SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 5 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 6

FEATURED RESULTS: Morphy’s June 20 and 21 Coin-Op and Antique Advertising Auction - Page 2

AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 6 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 7


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