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Collectors Converge On Columbus Market Next Scott Antique Markets Show To Be Held March 24 And 25 FRIDAY MARCH 23, 2018 • VOL. 49, NO. 12
New Bidders Battle At Milestone’s Militaria Auction
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Historic Military and Firearms Sale Grosses $750,000
A vendor and a customer talk about various train sets in the vendor’s booth during the Scott Antique Markets show in Columbus, Ohio.
By Jess Grimm When you’re a collector, you can’t wait for your next hunt and the rush you feel when you find something good you’ve been looking for. Collectors of all varieties came out for that purpose in This grouping of Native American artifacts dug in Lake County, Ohio, in the 1890s with impeccable provenance from the digger’s family includes a large 8.5-inch pop-eyed birdstone. The collection sold for $18,600. A motivated crowd and relentless internet bidding drove the total to $750,000 at Milestone’s Historic Military and Firearms Auction held at the company’s suburban Cleveland, Ohio, gallery on Jan. 27. The 668-lot sale included many World War II and Nazi rarities with extra- An extensive archive of uniforms, jackets, accessories, medals ordinary provenance, and career memorabilia of World War II Army Air Force P-39 as well as Civil War uni- pilot Joseph Scherer of Cleveland, Ohio, sold for $12,000 forms and parapherna- against an estimate of $3,000-$4,000. lia, Native-American relics, and a virtual armory of collectors came to the preview and really enjoyed handling the old antique weaponry. “This sale set a record for the guns and studying how they were most bidder sign-ups we’ve ever put together. There were many new had,” said Miles King, co-owner of customers who had never bid in our Milestone Auctions. “A lot of gun sales before and more bidders than usual participating at the high end. We were very pleased.” Antique and vintage firearms were led by a Springfield M1-D Garand DCM .30-caliber sniper rifle in original sealed packaging with all accessories present. In untouched condition and accompanied by the paperwork documenting its original sale, it finished near the top of its estimate range for $7,200. All prices quoted in this report include a 20 percent buyer’s premium. An Enfield P53 .577 three-band Civil War rifle from 1862 was identified as the gun of Ransom Tifft of the 18th Massachusetts Infantry. It came with a letter of provenance from renowned historical military artist Don Troiani, who acquired the The 1938 World War II anti-Semitic poster gun directly from Tifft’s descencriticizing “Degenerate Music” with the dants. In all-original condition, the image of a black saxophonist wearing the gun soared past its $1,200-$1,500 Star of David on his lapel sold for $7,500. Continued on page 2
Columbus, Ohio, for the Scott Antique Markets show held Feb. 24 and 25. Hundreds of customers combed through row after row of vendors in the Voinovich building at the Ohio Expo Center in pursuit of that one,
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Spring Into Easter Sale Set For Cackleberry Farm Antique Mall
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Annual Sale Scheduled For March 24 To 31 The Cackleberry Farm Antique Mall will host its annual Spring Into Easter Sale from Saturday, March 24, through Satuday, March 31. Cackleberry Farm Antique Mall is located at 3371 Lincoln Highway East in Paradise, An incredibly large assortment of merchandise is displayed by over Pa., on Route 30. It is 125 dealers. four miles west of Route 41 and six miles east of the trains, Christmas items, pottery, Rockvale Square Outlet Mall in linens, primitives, kitchenware, and much more. Lancaster County. Housed inside the antique The huge, 26,000-square-foot facility houses a wide variety of mall is an Old Time General antiques and collectibles displayed Store. Cackleberry Farm Antique by over 125 dealers. Merchandise Mall offers convenient parking featured includes items such as for over 100 vehicles, with a spafurniture, glassware, sterling silver, cious area for campers, trailers, clocks, advertising, jewelry, fine and tour buses. The shop is china, toys, books, postcards, clean, climate-controlled, brightly lit and carpeted. Shop-goers may also want to visit the stores out in front of the mall. Not Just Baskets of Cackleberry Farm is a unique gift shop filled with quilts, baskets, candy, gifts for pets, candles, framed prints, and all sorts of of other great gift ideas. Many items Here is a sampling of merchandise, such as old tools, in the wide assortment firefighting items, lanterns, and oil and automobile memorabilia.
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Morphy Auctions’ Premier Sports Memorabilia Auction Slated For March 29 on page 12
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 8 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 8
FEATURED AUCTION: Cordier Firearms and Militaria Auction - March 25 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Page 4
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 10 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 15