Antiques & Auction News 050616

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Political Collectors To Gather In Titusville, N.J.

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The 13th Annual Political Memorabilia Gathering Will Be Held May 14 FRIDAY MAY 6, 2016 • VOL. 47, NO. 19

Energetic Bidding And Above Estimate Prices At Bertoia’s Select Toys Auction Achieves $1.3 Million Total In toy collecting circles, the Bridge had survived for more term “top shelf” is used to describe than a century in excellent the upper reaches where a person condition and sold for $9,440. might display his or her most trea“There was so much sured pieces - the ones that stay in interest in American trains, their places for years, maybe especially Jim Ferguson’s decades. For its March 12 Select outstanding American Toys Auction, Bertoia’s had the Flyer collection,” said honor of presenting toys, Bertoia Auctions associtrains, banks and figural castate Rich Bertoia. “Jim had iron doorstops from the top some of the best sets shelves of some of American Flyer ever America’s most important made, and his fellow colcollections. Many lectors knew that. pieces also came Whenever this is the case, with distineven the most astute aucguished pedition estimates can quickly grees from historThe Littco Halloween Girl become meaningless.” ical collections, such cast-iron doorstop, ex. Lot 521, a beautiful as those of Bernard Jeanne Bertoia collection, wide-gauge Presidential Barenholtz, William realized $29,500. passenger set, achieved Gottschalk, Donald $8,260; while Lot 518, a Kaufman, the Buddy ‘L’ corporate #400 set with pre-war engine with archive, and Philadelphia’s fabled cars, swept past its $400-$600 Perelman Antique Toy Museum. expectation to garner $7,080. Lot The synergy of a robust market 516, a handsome circa-1931 wideand blue-chip toys in specgauge set with red tacular condition resulted The Hubley castin a raft of above-estiiron DO-X mate prices and Seaplane, circa a $1.3 million 1930s, 7.5-inch total for Bertoia’s wingspan, sold for $11,210. at its well-attended 581-lot auction. Antique and vinroofs tage trains were a n d among the main attracblue-green tions of the day, with early bodies was American productions dominatentered with a ing the catego$700-$1,000 ry. Lot 561, a estimate but Voltamp #2220 went on to train set, one of earn $4,425. only four or five 8Lot 48, a wheel sets known Buddy ‘L’ to exist, swept pressed-steel past its $12,000locomotive $15,000 estimate to Continued on page 2 reach $26,550. It was fol- The Buddy ‘L’ pressed-steel Tugboat, circa 1928, realized lowed by another Voltamp gem entered as $21,240. Lot 562, a United Electric trolley and trailer, which rang its bell at $9,440. Lot 556, one of only seven known examples of a circa 1906-07 Ives #97 Swing This J&E Stevens cast-iron Boy Scout Camp mechanical bank sold for $12,980.

The Frick Collection Continues To Acquire Important Decorative Arts Objects For the 13th year in a row, east coast collectors of political buttons, badges, ribbons and related ephemera will meet in Titusville, N.J., on Saturday, May 14, to sell, trade and display memorabilia from the 2016 campaigns, as well as from elections throughout history. This show is scheduled from 9 a.m. through 3 p.m. at the Titusville United Methodist Church. Attendees may expect to see a wide variety of political items, ranging from present day candidates, to items from such popular former presidents as Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan. The gathering will be hosted by the local chapter of the American Political Items Collectors (APIC) a national nonprofit hobbyist association, dedicated to preserving political history. “Our meeting will offer a great

opportunity for young and old alike to collect buttons and other items from this year’s exciting presidential campaigns,” said Tony Lee, a Titusville resident and president of APIC’s Big Apple Chapter. “Most political items don’t survive the elections in which they were used, so to see an ‘I Like Ike’ apron or a Ronald Reagan cowboy hat or a clothing button worn at George Washington’s inauguration and inscribed with ‘Long Live the President’ is a great experience for students of political history at any age.” The historic Titusville United Methodist Church is located at 7 Church Road - at the corner of River Road (Route 29) and Church Road in Titusville, just seven miles due south of the Lambertville, N.J., flea market. The button show will be held in the church’s separate

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The First Annual Auction Of Textiles And Antique Sewing Accoutrements Set Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates is pleased to announce the first of what will be an annual auction of textiles and antique sewing accoutrements to be held Saturday, July 16 beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST. Consignments to this auction will be accepted until Tuesday, May 31. Textile specialist, Marcy Molinaro will be head cataloguer of the textiles, and staff sewing specialist, Barbara Morris will handle the sewing element of the sale. Current consignments include a large group of items deaccessioned by the Museum of Early Southern

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Decorative Arts (MESDA). These are being sold because they fall outside of the museum’s collecting mission, and all funds will go into the museum’s acquisition fund. Several other museums have also consigned to the sale. The auction will feature a fine selection of early 19th to early 20th century quilts from Virginia, Maryland, and other areas including examples that have descended in the family of the original makers. There will be a collection of Shenandoah Valley overshot coverlets that were recently featured in the exhibition “Colorful and Cozy: The Woven Art of the Coverlet” at the Heritage Museum in Dayton, Va.; other types of coverlets and woven bedcovers; 18th and 19th century samplers; vintage clothing; fine sewing tools and accessories; and related objects. “We have a great track record with textiles, especially Southern examples, and have developed a strong client base,”

On-Site Breininger Sale Promises More Local Treasures on page 11

“A Night-Club Map Of Harlem” Sold For $100,000 At Swann on page 16

Haddon Heights Antiques Center Will Honor Mother’s Day With Special Display on page 17

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This important Baltimore, Md., pieced and chintz appliqué quilt of monumental size, circa 1840, measuring 128-by-129 inches descended in the family of Emily Q. Moon of Baltimore, Md., and Northumberland Co., Va. It was published in “Quilts of Virginia, 1607-1899,” p. 32, and exhibited at the Virginia Historical Society in 2006.

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: Cottone Auctions - March 19 in Geneseo, New York, Page 12

AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 10 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 19


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