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FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2021 • VOL. 51, NO. 34
Roan Inc. Auctioneers And Appraisers Holds Two-Day Sporting And Outdoor-Related Speciality Sale F. Pautrot Bronze Of A Spaniel With Game Bird Realizes $1,500 Roan Inc. of Cogan Station, Pa., conducted a two-day speciality sale on July 23 and 24 at its gallery. Much of the sale consisted of the William and Carola Glennon estate of Sabinsville, Pa. Ron Roan was requested in the Glennons’ will to handle their estate. This was sale number two for the late couple.
The wide variety of goods were of interest to sportsmen and outdoor enthusiasts. A collection of Newhouse bear traps ranged in hammer price from $525 to $4,900 for a size #6 Oneida. Prices reported are hammer prices and do not include a buyer’s premium, either in-house or online.
A selection of North American and African taxidermy sold. Most of the interest was in a full mounted chase scene of a grizzly bear and black bear selling for $900. Firearm lots were not offered to online bidders. A Schuetzen rifle once belonging to Dr. Lou Palmisano of the U.S. shooting team sold for $3,500. Shooting trophies from various competitions and a Black Forest stag were sold. The majestic stag went to a local home for $800. Among the trophies, Sterling silver and silver plate chalice examples ranged from $40 to $400.
Other highlights included a carved bone Gatling gun selling for $575. An F. Pautrot bronze of a spaniel with game bird realized $1,500, going to a buyer outside Williamsport. A selection of early patent models ranged from $55 to $950. The later was for an early tobacco processing aparatus. Bev Doolittle framed art prints sold between $120 and $375. A vintage “AMOCO” double sided sign went for $3,100, and a “COVINGTON,” Pa., railroad sign sold online for $550. The other popular attractions were automobiles and machinery. A 2017 Suburu Outback sold for $24,000; a 2009 Cadillac CTS, $7,000; a John Deere JD 2032 4WD tractor, $18,000; a John Deere 850D tractor, $11,500; a Kubota RTV X1120D, $15,000; and a Vermont duck dory fishing boat went for $1,600 Also included were catergories Continued on page 11
Philadelphia Museum Of Art Displays Thomas Cole Masterpiece “The Arch of Nero” Long-Term Loan Installation Is In New American Galleries The Philadelphia Museum of art recently announced it will display in its American galleries “The Arch of Nero,” a masterpiece by the great 19th-century American landscape painter Thomas Cole (180148), as a long-term loan from the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation. Purchased by the Foundation at Sotheby’s American art auction in New York on May 19, 2021, this painting was one of a number of works of art sold by the Newark Museum of Art in Newark, N.J., to raise funds for the direct care of its collection. “The Arch of Nero” was widely considered to be the most important of the works sold Continued on page 9
This F. Pautrot bronze of a spaniel with game bird The Black Forest stag went for realized $1,500. $800. A carved bone Gatling gun sold for $575.
Hires Root Beer Collectibles For Sale At Grist Mill Antiques Center Charles Hires debuted his new creation coined “root beer” at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. Working in his pharmacy, he began with “root tea,” popular among the Native American tribes, but in order to appeal to working class Philadelphians, he renamed it “root beer” (smart move) and began marketing a powdered version. The main ingredient, sassafras root, gave the concoction part of its name. In 1884, Hires began producing a liquid extract and a syrup for use in soda fountains and soon was shipping the product in kegs. He also created a special fountain
dispenser called the “Hires Automatic Munimaker.” By 1890, the Charles E. Hires Company incorporated and began supplying Hires Root Beer in small bottles, roughly a million of which were sold by 1891. The company passed out of the Hires family in 1960, when it ended up as part of Cadbury Schweppes, and there have been numerous intermediate sales. Assuming due to low distribution, today it is uncommon to find in stores. Many advertising pieces were created during the height of the Hires Root Beer market, such as a large tin Hires Root Beer
thermometer from the 1940s. It measured around 28 inches tall by 8 inches wide. Another rare piece is a mug from the 1890s, made by Villeroy & Boch, of Mettlach, Germany, a prestigious ceramics producer. The mug had the stamp on the bottom, with a picture of a young man raising a mug of Continued on page 5
“The Arch of Nero,” 1846, is by Thomas Cole (1801-48) and is an oil-on-canvas, 60.25-by-48.25 inches, image courtesy of the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation.
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . starting on page 2 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 4 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 5 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . starting on page 6 AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 6
FEATURE AUCTION: Cordier Auction’s Fine And Decorative Arts Sale - August 28 - Page 2
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