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Russian Glass Among Offerings In Sale Where Bidders From 43 Countries Participated FRIDAY MARCH 4, 2016 • VOL. 47, NO. 10
The 50-Year Lifetime Collection Of Preston Evans Will Be Sold Items Include Vintage Automobiles, Motorcycles, Bicycles, And Advertising
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ first auction of the 2016 season offered important collections of 18th- to 20th-century American and European glass in two unreserved sessions. The wide and varied selection drew 4,175 registered bidders from 43 different countries. The 1,172 total lots grossed $400,000. All prices quoted include buyer’s premium. Session one on Jan. 29, featured over 400 pieces of 18thand This pair of mid 18th-century engraved 19th-century English air-twist wine glasses, reading E u r o p e a n “Success To The / Harwich / Cap Ios and Ameri- Rowley,” sold for $10,925. can glass from the collection of the late J. Anthony “Tony” Stout of Washington, D.C. Stout was a respected collector, scholar and author The 18th-century Russian who had a special interhalf-post blown and est in 18th-century drinkengraved Imperial Glass ing vessels. His collection The Hobbs No. 319/Polka shtof, or case bottle featuring featured a strong selec- Dot three-piece champagne an Imperial Eagle and the tion of English wine set, rubina verde. Hobbs, cipher for Empress Catherine glasses highlighted by a Brockunier & Co., sold for Continued on page 7 $1,725. II sold for $8,625.
Matthew Hurley Wins Auctioneer Of The Year on page 2
Framing Shop Opens At The Emporium on page 6
Two Shows - One Weekend! on page 8
Satchel Page Autographed Baseball Brings $800 At Gateway An all original 1910 Yale motorcycle, with some original paint, will be sold. The complete liquidation of all name due to the show “American the inventory in two museums, the Pickers,” who profiled him in an personal 50-year lifetime collection episode and nicknamed him “the of Preston Evans will be held at a Georgia gambler.” three-day auction on Memorial Day The auction will be no small weekend, Friday, Saturday, and undertaking. The first two days of Sunday, May 27, 28, and 29, at Evans’ sessions will feature numerous gallery facility at 24 First Avenue in mechanical oddities, musical items Newnan, Ga. Evans is known and specialty items. Up for bid will throughout the country as an aucbe advertising items, arcade and tioneer and collector. slot machines, jukeboxes, “I made the lamps, music boxes, phonopromise to my lovegraphs, rare bicycles, petroly wife that after liana, toys, clocks, posters 50 years of buyand prints, vendors and ing and collectdispensers, automata ing, I would aucand more. tion everything I On the third day have in order to over 75 handspend more picked motorcytime with my cles and a select family and let group of vintage others share in A circa 1880 big-wheel bicycle, or veloci- cars from 1923-60, the joy that these pede, is one of many antique bicycles in will come up for bid. many items have the sale. These will be interbrought me over mingled with other the years,” said Evans. Readers items. In the Spring of 2015, 30 of Continued on page 2 outside of Georgia may know his
Gateway Gallery Auction of Chambersburg, Pa., held a sports cards and memorabilia auction on Feb. 6 with the following results. A PSA graded autographed baseball by Satchel Paige brought $800. Baseball card sets and partial sets made up the majority of the sale. Kellogg’s partial sets from 1972, 74, 76, and 78 sold for $260. The 1970
Kellogg’s set (66 of 75 cards), 1971 Kellogg’s (39 of 75 cards) and alltime greats, sold for $250. A partial 1959 Topps set (672 cards) realized $240, and a 1974 Topps set and 1974 Topps traded set sold for $180. To learn more about Gateway Gallery Auction, call 717-263-6512 or visit www.GatewayAuction.com.
This baseball autographed by Satchel Paige, These baseball cards from the 1970 Kellogg’s graded by PSA, sold for $800. set (66 of 75 cards), 1971 Kellogg’s (39 of 75 cards), and all-time greats, sold for $250.
Cordier Auctions And Appraisals Announces New Auctioneer on page 14
New Book On Barclay Manufacturing Company Toys Is Released on page 22
In This Issue
A 1938 Bantam convertible micro-car will be sold.A 1957 Izeta micro-car will also be sold (not shown).
These baseball cards from the 1959 Topps set (672 cards) sold for $240.
SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 10 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 9
FEATURED AUCTION: Morphy Auctions - March 6, in Denver, Pennsylvania - page 4
AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 9 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 23