Gehman Auctions To Hold Sale At Fivepointville Fire Company
Antiques And Collectibles Will Be Sold Sept. 14
By Karl Pass
Shane Gehman of Gehman
Auctions has scheduled a live antiques and collectibles sale for Saturday, Sept. 14, to take place at the Fivepointville Fire Company Hall, located at 1087 Dry Tavern Road in Denver, Pa. The auction will begin at 9 a.m., with a preview slated for Friday, Sept. 13, from noon to 5 p.m. Gehman Auctions is based at 564 N. Reading Road, Ephrata, Pa. The company typically holds online only sales. The live sale will include antique porcelain and tin advertising signs, antique German
and French bisque dolls, Roseville pottery, antique fire call boxes, pedal cars, and an assortment of vintage muscle bikes. Other material will include an antique wood pinball machine, vintage and antique carousel horses, gumball machines, collectible oyster cans, a Tiffany & Co. sterling silver trophy bowl, and various jewelry. To further round out the offerings, antique prints and frames, ephemera, postcards, circus posters, an antique game wheel, and antique marbles will also be sold.
For additional information, call 717-863-9339 or visit www. gehmanauctions.hibid.com.
York Show Slated For Sept. 20 And 21
Antique Event Held At York Fairgrounds Welcomes All
The Original 183rd Semiannual York Antiques Show and Sale is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20 and 21, at Memorial Hall East, located within the York Fairgrounds Convention and Expo Center in downtown York, Pa. This popular event will feature 60 exhibitors in room settings offering an impressive and outstanding variety of antiques.
According to show manager Melvin L. Arion, the merchandise will run the full gamut, including 18th- and 19th-century period American and English furniture; American country pieces in original paint; early china and glassware; 18th- and 19th-century
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” First Tour Program Sells For $15,600
Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce the results of its 477-lot sale held on July 11. Prices noted include the company’s 20-percent buyer’s premium.
The top lot was William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” first tour program. Estimated at $3,000-$5,000, it delivered $15,600. Published in Hartford, Conn., by the Calhoun Printing Company in 1883, the program Antique And Vintage Sideshow Banners And Ephemera
Flame On! World’s Most Fantastic Copy Of “Fantastic Four No. 1” Hits The Auction Block
Large Sale Set For Sept. 12 To 15
“None higher” is the clarion call of the collector for whom only the perfect and pristine will suffice. None higher. The best of the best. It’s a phrase that will be heard during Heritage Auctions’ Thursday to Sunday, Sept. 12 to 15, Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction, applied to mint-condition moments spanning some of comics and pulp fiction’s
most significant offerings. Among their precious ranks: Marvel’s first superhero book of the Silver Age that’s as treasured as gold, a copy of the 1928 magazine that introduced an oversleeping time traveler named Buck Rogers, Doctor Doom’s first solo title and the KISS comic book that, seriously, was once Marvel’s biggest seller. That’s in addition to a
varied selection of comic art, including horrific highlights from the pre-Code era, Iron Man’s initial tumble toward immortality and the cover from Wolverine’s first ongoing solo series.
“This catalog reads like a pie-in-the-sky wish list filled with all the important books and iconic moments you likely remember as though you just read them yesterday,” says Heritage Auctions Vice President Barry Sandoval. “Who could have imagined a single auction during which you could find the best ‘Fantastic Four No. 1,’ the page
Among this event’s centerpieces is one of only two copies of 1961’s “Fantastic Four No. 1” awarded a Near Mint+ 9.6 grade by Certified Guaranty Company. Most copies of this Marvel landmark didn’t look this clean and crisp, this impressively immaculate, when they rolled off the printing press, fell off the distributors’ truck and landed on newsstands 63 years ago. It’s the Silver Age dipped in platinum, a sonically sealed time machine heading to auction for the first time. Heritage has never offered so highly a graded
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The sale also features the earliest Frank Miller original cover art Heritage has ever offered: 1980’s “Captain America No. 241,” featuring the first meeting of Cap and the Punisher.
of art on which Iron Man takes his first steps, or some of Steve Ditko’s most memorable pages from the 1960s? Yet here they are, among so many other historic and meaningful works, offered in a single place, and with no minimum bid, to boot.”
copy of the first Fantastic Four as this one.
This was Marvel’s first superhero book of the era, and, given its mint condition, there will be little debate about its value, as a copy graded Near Mint- 9.2 sold in 2022 for $1.5 million. The book also serves as a springboard for the most anticipated Marvel movie in a long while: July 2025’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” starring Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm and The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm, a period piece set in the 1960s in keeping with the title’s debut.
But this first Fantastic Four is more than a comic book franchise awaiting its latest big-screen iteration. It redefined the superhero whole cloth. Marvel launched the book to complete with DC’s Justice League of America. But Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and their super friends were “square-jawed paragons of virtue,” as longtime FF writer Tom DeFalco notes in the paperback collection “Fantastic Firsts.” Marvel’s new
Among the three-day sale’s highlights is one of only two copies of 1961’s “Fantastic Four No. 1” awarded a Near Mint+ 9.6 grade by Certified Guaranty Company.
This August 1928 issue of “Amazing Stories” is the lone copy bearing CGC’s grade of 9.8, with none higher.
superhero team, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, possessed quirks and flaws, too. Wrote DeFalco, forever after that first FF, “Heroes were required to have individual personalities, dialogue patterns, interesting backstories and personal conflicts.”
“Fantastic Four No. 1” was more than just a superhero tale. It created the entire foundation upon which the Marvel Universe was eventually built and commingled numerous genres into a singular, riveting narrative. As Douglas Wolk wrote in “All of the Marvels,” the team’s debut was “an adventure-serial comic that’s also
a superhero comic and also a monster comic and also a romance comic and also a teen-humor comic and also a sci-fi comic, all at once.” There’s a museum’s worth of masterpieces on offer, and a few hundred spinner racks’ worth of marvels and Marvels of significance throughout this auction, chief among them the book that introduced Spider-Man less than a year after the FF’s first fight: 1962’s “Amazing Fantasy No. 15,” graded Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0. This is no ordinary copy, as it bears from CGC’s Curator Pedigree, which a former museum worker
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Collector Chats With Peter S. Seibert
This Week: Are Antiques An Investment?
By Peter Seibert
Boy, this is one of those questions that you can ask 100 people--from collectors, dealers, auctioneers, pundits--and get 150 different answers. For decades, people believed that antiques would always grow in value. I remember working for a museum in Lancaster and having a silver creamer and sugar that were on loan from a collector. Every year, he called and increased the insurance value by $5,000 because the antiques market would never go down. You can guess how quickly I returned those items to him!
The perception was that antiques were the perfect hedge against inflation. Safe, reliable, like gold in Fort Knox, plus beautiful to look at. That was until the bubble began to burst in 2008. One can argue for
a date earlier or later than that, but bottom line is that antiques were no longer a reliable investment. They could lose money, and boy did they.
Let’s begin with two axioms that I would ask you to accept before answering the question for yourself about the value of antiques. The first is, if are you are seeking to collect antiques as they offer a better financial return than stocks or bonds, you are out of your mind. If you want to invest purely for financial reasons, then go for stocks and bonds. You can’t hang them on the wall, but you can sell them pretty much anytime and place you wish. Antiques can only be sold for a profit to the right buyer in the right venue and the right market.
The second is that collectors need to buy only the very best quality they can. It’s simple, and it’s basic. Broken, chipped and damaged will never be the same as pure and intact. So if you want to have a premium collection, then spend the money to buy the best and rarest items that are in the best condition.
Accepting these axioms and assuming you are a collector who buys for pleasure but buys the best you can afford, then are antiques a good investment? I would give you a qualified yes. For example, one can go into a big box store and purchase a new sofa for $800, bring it home and live with it for a
decade. One day you decide you want a new sofa and so you try and sell the old one. Unless you bought a lovely wooden settee by Thomas Moser whose value never goes down, the odds are that the old overstuffed sofa in your living has no value and instead will need to be left on the curb for the trash man. Pivot now, and if you purchased a built-like-abattleship 1840s Empire sofa for $150 right now and keep it for 10 years, what would it be worth? Well, realistically, it probably will be worth $150. Is that an investment? Well, you had ten years of use for both sofas, but the antique one kept its value and the new one lost it.
And suppose it sold for $200, then you made some money. Perhaps not much considering inflation indexes, but more than putting the modern sofa out for the trash man. Antiques do represent a value and an investment in-so-far as when of good quality and superb condition, they will hold their value for future generations.
“Born to collect” should be the motto of Peter Seibert’s family. Raised in Central Pennsylvania, Seibert has been collecting and writing about antiques for more than three decades. By day, he is a museum director and has worked in Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Virginia and New Mexico. In addition, he advises and consults with
OBITUARIES
Ronald D. Funk
Ronald D. Funk, 79, of Gordonville, Pa., passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 23. Ron was the husband of Susan Hable Funk, with whom he celebrated 50 years of marriage in June. He was born in Bloomsburg, Pa., the son of Howard and Madalyn Funk. He graduated from Central Columbia High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Bloomsburg University. As a young man living in Bloomsburg, Ron was an auctioneer apprentice with Lloyd Force and worked as an auctioneer with John Autotore.
In 1968, Ron relocated to Lancaster County to teach at Pequea Valley Intermediate School, where he also served as their PA Hunting Safety Instructor and retired after 32 years. In addition, Ron partnered with Gordon
Ressler and formed Funk/ Ressler Auctioneers of Paradise. For over 25 years, Ron conducted residential and commercial auctions, including benefit auctions to raise funds for fire companies, schools, and charitable organizations. Ron attended the yearly PAA State Convention of auctioneers and served as the PAA President in 1986, State Director for the Southeast Region, and was inducted to the PAA Hall of Fame in 2009.
When visiting Ron’s home on a hill in Paradise, visitors never knew what his latest “great find” might be (both jeeps and taxidermy were of particular interest). He had a particular interest in military vehicles and Willy Jeeps, at one point owning 38 Jeeps. Ron always enjoyed meeting and talking with
auction houses throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, particularly about American furniture and decorative arts. Seibert’s writings include books on photography, American fraternal societies and paintings. He and his family are restoring a 1905 arts and crafts house filled with years’ worth of antique treasures found in shops, co-ops and at auctions.
people. He was a member of Sertoma and was the 1998 “Sertoman of the Year.” He was a member of the Leacock Presbyterian Church, the Willy’s Jeep Club, the Military Vehicle Association, and the Paradise Sportsman Association.
Besides his wife, Ron is survived by his four sons: Glenn (Carol) Smith, Todd (Valerie) Smith, both of Evansville, Ind.; Stephen (Jayme) of Paradise; and Michael (Megan) of Exton, as well as 10 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren, his sister Janet (John) Bloomsburg and nieces and nephews.
A service celebrating Ron’s life will be held on Saturday, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. at Leacock Presbyterian Church, Paradise, Pa. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be given in Ron’s name to Hospice & Community Care, P.O. Box 4125, Lancaster, Pa. 17601 or the Paradise Sportsman Association, 327 S. Belmont Road, Paradise, Pa. 17562.
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Exhibition At The Met To Illuminate Rich History Of Printmaking In Mexico
Featuring More Than 130 Woodcuts, Lithographs, And Screen Prints, “Mexican Prints At The Vanguard” Will Highlight Rarely Seen Works
Opening Thursday, Sept. 12, at The Metropoli -
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Prints at the Vanguard” explores the rich tradition of printmaking in Mexico, from the 18th century to the mid20th century, through works drawn mainly from the museum’s collection. Among the
early works presented are those by Mexico’s best-known printmaker, José Guadalupe Posada, whose depictions of skeletons engaged in different activities helped establish a global identity for Mexican art. Following the Mexican Revolution (1910-20), printmaking proved to be
the ideal medium for artists wanting to address social and political concerns and voice resistance to the rise of fascism around the world. Artists also turned to printmaking to reproduce Mexican murals from the 1920s and to create exhibition posters, prints for the popular press, and portfolios celebrating Mexican dress and customs.
The exhibition is made possible by Jessie and Charles Price. Additional support is provided by The Schiff Foundation.
“This remarkable exhibition evokes the continued resonance of the graphic arts in Mexico and illuminates treasures of The Met collection, many of which have
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A Bird in Hand, Florham Park, NJ
Michael Gunselman, Centreville, DE
H&L Antiques, Princeton, NJ
Jane Langol, Medina, OH
Antiques from Home, Bethesda, MD
Steven & Sally Still, Manheim, PA
Hilary & Paulette Nolan, Falmouth, MA
Jon Mehl, York, PA
Marc Calciano, Clifton Heights, PA
Christopher & Bernadette Evans, Waynesboro, VA
Jewett & Berdan, New Castle, ME
Saratoga Fine Art, Saratoga Springs, NY
Barometer Fair, Sarasota, FL
Lisa S. McAllister, Clear Spring, MD
Marc Witus, Gladstone, NJ
Ziebarth’s Antiques, Verona, WI
Daniel and Karen Olson, Newburgh, NY
Thomas Restoration, Laurel, MD
Greg K. Kramer & Co., Robesonia, PA
Larry Thompson, Atlanta, GA
Joseph J. Lodge, Lederach, PA
James Island Antiques, Charleston, SC
James L. Price, Carlisle, PA
Joan Staufer, Catskill, NY
Frylings Antiques, Green Lane, PA
Willow Springs Antiques, Rexford, NY
Mark & Kelli Saylor, Cape May, NJ
and Native American Artifacts
Hanes and Ruskin, Niantic, CT
Richard M. Worth, Centreville, DE
Stephen-Douglas, Rockingham, VT
Steve Sherhog, Canfield, OH
Art and Antiques Gallery, Holden, MA
Fleshman’s Antiques, New Market, MD
Robert Conrad, Yeagertown, PA
Heller-Washam, Portland, ME
Beaver Creek Antiques & Arms, Dillsburg, PA
Marvin Wies, Baltimore, MD
Soheil Oriental Rugs, Roslyn, NY
The Haneberg’s Antiques, East Lyme, CT
Dennis & Valerie Baboledis, Rhinebeck, NY
Wm. R. & Teresa Kurau, Lampeter, PA
Newsom and Berdan, Thomasville, PA
Steve Smoot Antiques & Navajo Textiles, Lancaster, PA
Sandy Jacobs-Scott Bassoff, Swampscott, MA
Joan Bowman Antiques, Milford, DE
Nancy and Gene Pratt, Victor, NY
Charley Horse Antiques - Toby Chittum, Petersburg, VA
John Kolar Antiques, Hershey, PA
Blandon Cherry Antiques & Art, Paris, KY
James Grievo, Stockton, NJ
Firehouse Antiques, Galena, MD
B. Hannah Daniel, Athens, AL
Frank Gaglio, Rhinebeck, NY
Pat & Rich Garthoeffner, Lititz, PA
This is Gabriel Fernández Ledesma’s (Mexican, 1900–83) poster advertising an exhibition of work by young Mexican artists held in the Retiro Park, Madrid (detail), in 1929, woodcut, letterpress, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, gift of Gabriel Fernández Ledesma, 1930 (30.88.1).
The 19th- And
20th-Century
Stahl Family Pottery In Lehigh
By Justin W. Thomas
County, Pa.
The Stahl’s Pottery Preservation Society Inc. (SPPS) in Zionsville, Pa., holds a Spring and Fall pottery festival at the Stahl’s historic property in Powder Valley. Thirty regional contemporary potters display and sell their work, and conduct potting demonstrations. Tours of the site are also held. The 17th annual autumn event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 5.
The Stahl family operated on and off for more than 100 years. Russell died in 1986, and 27 living family members, including descendants of Thomas, formed the SPPS in 1987 when the contents of the historic Stahl family pottery were sold onsite at a major sale held by Maurer’s. More than 1,000 pieces of pottery were sold, some of which was green ware or pieces that were never fired, and others biscuit ware, pottery that had been fired once, then glazed, but never fired again. This is an event that I truly wish I could have attended. How many auctions for utilitarian pottery businesses dating from the 19th century have there been? I cannot recall another in my lifetime.
The auction included all sorts of wares made at the Stahl Pottery in the 1900s, such as historical objects, plaques, rooster figures, sugar bowls and just about every other type of pottery that the Stahls produced. The wood-fired kiln, pot shop, all sorts of bottled glazes, molds, throwing wheels, slip cups, tools, a small library, the actual homestead, and even an old hat and apron that had been sitting around the pottery shop since the 1950s was sold. The SPPS was fortunate to purchase the property at the sale. Part of the SPPS mission is to preserve the site and interpret one of the dominant periods of production (mid-1930s), when brothers Thomas and Isaac revived the operation. The SPPS festivals are great opportunities for the public to tour the property of this revivalist pottery, including the kiln (originally built in 1933).
The particular area along the Indian Creek in Zionsville referred to as Powder Valley first received its name due to having gun powder mills. The quality veins of red clay and accessibility to markets was a bounty to the pottery operation for generations.
The Stahl Family Pottery
In the mid-19th century, Charles Ludwig Stahl (182896) established the Powder Valley Pottery in Lehigh County, Pa., a red earthenware business that supplied local homeowners with utilitarian pottery for their daily household needs. Charles was a second generation Pennsylvania German and trained under John Krauss, who operated his own business in nearby Upper Milford Township.
The forms manufactured at Charles’ business included crocks, pots, pans, plates and bowls. In the heyday of the company, as many as 20 assistants were employed at the pottery. Author Susan L.F. Isaac wrote about the history of the Stahls in 1987, citing that “some of the assistants were itinerant Irish potters, who reportedly did produce pottery. When the day was over, they might make a fancy ring vase, and indeed a damaged ring vase was found in the workshop attic.”
In the 1870s, Charles taught three of his sons the pottery craft, training Isaac (1872-1950), James (18601943), and Thomas (18631942). When Charles died in 1896, Isaac took over, but only a few years later James became owner. The family business closed in about 1903.
As the years passed, wares made by the Stahls became quite collectible and even received some published recognition. The Stahls found that the wares, which were originally priced at only a few pennies, were now selling for at least a dollar, and in some cases, much more. This was a rare occurrence. Most American utilitarian potters never lived long enough to see their wares transition from how they were used as their intended purpose to being thought of as collectible. In fact, in the early 1930s, Isaac reportedly attended an auction, which is where he saw pottery created by his family and also the Medinger family selling for surprisingly high amounts.
The Medingers were located roughly 35 miles from where the Stahls operated. A well-known, still considered revivalist operation (operating in the style of period 18th century and early 19th century craft), they were in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pa. Although in this
case, the Medinger family did not stop production at the turn of the 20th century and continued to produce pottery under Jacob Medinger (18651932). Production eventually ceased when Jacob died from a tragic kiln accident. It was reported in area newspapers, proclaiming that all of the Pennsylvania German potters were now gone.
These events served as a source of inspiration, because in 1933, Isaac and Thomas chose to re-establish the family business, but they also decided to change some of the production style to accommodate fancier decorative wares.
In some ways, this business was comparable to John Bell’s (1800-80) 19th-century pottery in Waynesboro, Pa., though the Stahls were more daring in what they produced. Production was more colorful and creative. There was even a sense of modernism. They began to sign just about every piece of pottery and typically inscribed a description, as well. Nevertheless, color was clearly a point of emphasis when some objects were decorated with as many as seven colors, all of which were typically masterfully applied.
An interesting aspect about some of the decoration accomplished in Powder Valley during this period is that Thomas’ daughter, Carrie (Stahl) Schultz (1908-85), was responsible for creating some of the sgraffito decoration. She also manufactured some of the whimsical animals. Her skill was perhaps similar to Mary Elizabeth Bell (1829-1914), daughter of John Bell, who also decorated some of the wares in the late
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This is Charles Ludwig Stahl (1828-96).
Isaac (left) and Thomas (right) are signing pieces of pottery in the 1930s.
This is Carrie (Stahl) Schultz decorating a sgraffito plate at the Stahl Pottery.
Russell Stahl signing a piece of pottery.
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“Heeere’s “The Shining’!” Horror Movie Memories And Memorabilia
By William J. Felchner
Stephen King-based movies are legion in Hollywood. It all began with “Carrie” in 1976, opening the floodgates for a plethora of films inspired by the undisputed master of horror.
One of the best Stephen King horror flicks to emerge was 1980’s “The Shining,” King Fear’s unique take on the old haunted house tale set in the snowy, isolated mountains of Colorado. Stephen King movie fans and collectors have made “The Shining” one of King’s most famous films, pursuing all manner of memorabilia generated by this all-time horror classic.
“The Shining,” Stephen King’s third published novel and his first hardcover bestseller, was released in 1977 by Doubleday. The novel was inspired by King and his wife, Tabitha’s, 1974 visit to the old Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colo.
“The Shining” was a big commercial success, initially selling 50,000 copies in hardcover and two million copies in paperback. Warner Bros. subsequently purchased the movie rights to “The Shining ,” with director Stanley Kubrick receiving galley proofs of the novel in 1976 prior to publication. Kubrick, who had a personal interest in the supernatural and ESP, wanted to make a horror film that was both commercially successful and artistically satisfying. He apparently found it in “The Shining.”
Budgeted at $19 million, “The Shining” was written for the screen by Stanley K ubrick and Diane Johnson, with Kubrick also producing and directing. Serving as cinematographer was John Alcott, with Ray Lovejoy as film editor and music by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind. Heading the cast was Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance, with Shelley Duvall as
W endy Torrance and Danny Lloyd as Danny “Doc” Torrance. Other cast members included Scatman Crothers as Dick Hallorann, Barry Nelson as Stuart Ullman, Philip Stone as Delbert Grady, Joe Turkel as Lloyd the bartender, Anne Jackson as Doctor, Tony Burton as Larry Durkin, Lia Beldam as young woman in bathtub, Billie Gibson as old woman in bathtub, Barry Dennen as Bill Watson and Lisa and Louise Burns as the Grady girls.
Production on “The Shining” began in May 1978. Most of the filming took place at EMI Elstree Studios, located in southern England, where multiple sets were constructed depicting the fictional Overlook Hotel. One of the largest sets constructed was a spectacular, life-size replica of the hotel’s exterior. Second unit production crews filmed the movie’s exterior scenes back in the United States, most notably
in Montana and Oregon. By July 1979, filming was completed at all locations, and “The Shining” was in the can.
“The Shining” opens with a majestic aerial view of Jack Torrance in his Volkswagen Beetle heading to a job interview at the remote Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Jack, a schoolteacher and aspiring writer, is applying for the job of caretaker at the hotel, which closes its doors every winter due to adverse weather conditions and impassable roads. Here he meets the hotel’s manager, Stuart Ullman, who informs Jack of his duties, which primarily involve keeping the boilers going in order to prevent any winter damage to the old hotel. It’s not a difficult job, Ullman says, but the isolation could be a problem. Ullman then reluctantly relates the story of a previous caretaker
This one sheet poster with art by Saul Bass sold for $360.
Rago Wright Partners With Travis Landry To Launch Landry Pop Auctions
First Sale Slated For October
Rago Wright is set to shake up the collectibles market with the launch of Landry Pop Auctions (LPA), led by expert and TV star Travis Landry. This new venture will be the sixth stand-alone auction house under the Rago Wright umbrella, signaling the firm’s continued growth and diversification. With Travis Landry at the helm, LPA will introduce an exciting range of offerings in comics, toys, video games, and trading cards, as the collectible market continues to accrue significant value and attract new buyers.
Travis Landry, known for his roles on PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow” (2017-present) and the Travel Channel’s “Toy Hunter” (2012-2014), brings his knowledge and passion for collectibles to LPA. His expertise in a range of collectibles will expand Rago Wright’s offerings into new categories, providing services previously unmet within their network.
“Joining forces with Travis to form Landry Pop Auctions will revolutionize the collectibles market,” said Richard Wright, CEO of Rago Wright. “Travis’s extensive
knowledge and passion for collectibles, especially in comics, toys, video games, and trading cards, aligns perfectly with our vision for growth and diversification. His unmatched expertise will elevate our offerings and provide our clients with unparalleled auction experiences. We look forward to this new chapter and the incredible opportunities it will bring.”
Landry has handled numerous high-profile items, including a 1999 “Pokemon” Base Set Shadowless Booster Box that brought $100,000 at market; a Marvel Comics “Fantastic Four #1” (11/61) CGC 8.0, which sold for $150,000; and a Marvel Comics “Werewolf by Night #1” (9/72) CGC 9.8, which sold for $51,250. The latter two above-mentioned comics were from the collection of Kevin Willis, CFO of Ashland Inc., which was sold at auction on New Year’s Day of 2022 and was part of the 20-lot auction selling for a total of $900,000. Notably, Landry also handled the collection of Andy Yanchus, the project manager for Aurora (1965-75) and colorist for Marvel Comics (197592). His extensive experience
and enthusiasm for discovering rare finds will be pivotal in driving LPA’s successes.
“Landry Pop Auctions will bring a fresh and dynamic approach to the auction industry,” said Landry. “With my deep passion for and expertise in comics, toys, video games, and trading cards, and Rago Wright’s innovative stye and superior expertise, we will move the industry forward in new and exciting ways. I look forward to discovering and showcasing rare and extraordinary items, creating unparalleled
auction experiences for collectors and enthusiasts alike.”
Over the past five years, Rago Wright has demonstrated growth through strategic acquisitions and market expansion. From the merger of Rago and Wright in 2019 to the recent acquisition of Poster Auctions International, the firm has continually broadened its scope. The addition of LPA further diversifies its portfolio, catering to modern collectors and enthusiasts. Landry Pop Auctions will be launching its first auction in October.
Wellin Museum Of Art At Hamilton College To Present “Menagerie: Animals In Art From The Wellin Museum”
The Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College will present the exhibition “Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum” from Sept. 7 through June 8, 2025. A large survey of artworks and artifacts drawn from the museum’s collection, “Menagerie” features representations of real and imagined creatures from across eras and cultures.
Organized by the Wellin Museum’s collections curator Elizabeth Shannon, Ph.D., the exhibition includes works that engage with animal imagery for symbolic,
cultural, ceremonial, and religious purposes; as decorative motifs; and to comment, often satirically, upon human relations and events. The exhibition also takes a holistic and environmental approach to animals and encourages visitors to examine the multitude of ways in which wild and domesticated creatures impact our lives, and vice versa.
“From the ancient world through to the present day, ‘Menagerie’ demonstrates how humans have utilized animal iconography across
all areas of cultural production and encourages a more thoughtful and conscious understanding of the presence of animals in our
Julie Buffalohead’s “Fly Catcher” 2023 is oil-on-canvas, courtesy of the Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, photo by Rik Sferra. Continued on page 15
MARYLAND
09/11/2024, Belle Haven, Sun
Ending starts at 5PM, Online Only. Estate vehicle, tractor implements, primitives, furniture & more! A & M Auctioneers & Appraisers
09/21-22/2024, Forest Hill, Fri & Sat 10 AM, Personal property from a house and 2 barns including antique cars, tractor, tools, advertising, huge collection of pedal cars, household items & more! Keystone Auctions
11/06/2024, Parsonsburg, Wed. Ending starts at 5PM, Online Only. Civil War memorabilia auction. A & M Auctioneers & Appraisers
NEW HAMPSHIRE
09/09/2024, Westmoreland, Mon
4:30 PM & Online. Multi estate eclectic collection of antiques. Flying Pig Auctions
NEW JERSEY
08/29-10/05/2024, Flemington, Sat. beginning at 7 PM, Online Only. John Force milk bottle colelction. One of the greatest collections of war themed milk bottles ever to be dispersed. Larry Swartz Auctioneer
OHIO
09/14/2024, Willoughby, Sat 10 AM. Fall Antique Toys Extravaganza Auction Milestone Auctions
PENNSYLVANIA
08/21-12/31/2024, Lehighton, Wed through Sun 10 AM - 6 PM. Antiques & Collectibles. 30 Dealers. Anthracite Vintage Mercantile & Auctions
09/06/2024, Phoenixville, Fri 9
AM & Online. Spectacular vintage lighting sale! Wiederseim Associates, Inc.
Movie
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named Charles Grady who, a decade earlier, had apparently succumbed to an extreme version of “cabin fever,” murdering his wife and two young daughters. An undeterred Jack, who is looking for a little isolation as he is working on a new writing project, takes the job as caretaker, where he is later joined by wife Wendy and young son Danny. While on a final tour of the hotel led by head chef Dick Hallorann, who is headed to Florida for the winter, Danny exhibits “the shining,” a telepathic ability which he shares with Dick. The chef then tells Danny that the Overlook possesses a “shine” also, where residue from past events lurk in the hotel.
This is especially true for Room 237, a place where Dick warns Danny to avoid. The Torrances settle in to their new digs, but things begin to slowly unravel. Jack, a recovering alcoholic now suffering from writer’s block as well, becomes increasingly moody and agitated, snapping at his wife and son. The hotel’s past
CALENDAR S A UCTIONS SHO W
09/06-09/07/2024, Ephrata, Fri 2 PM & Sat 9 AM. Horst Auction Center. Cataloged antique auction Horst Auctioneers
09/06/2024, York, Fri 9 AM, Wide range of collectibles, collection of antique iron ice harvesting tools, hand crank ice cream makers, kitchenware, coins & currency & more! Keystone Auctions
09/07/2024, Lancaster, Sat 10
AM. Rock & Roll Auction featuring Taylor & Martin Acoustics, Fender Electrics & more! Boltz Auction Company
09/07/2024, Orwigsburg, Sat 10
AM. Firearms, gunsafe, coins, jewelry, furniture, antique & vintage items, toys, sports, collectibles & more! Auction Time Bid Board
09/07/2024, Mt Wolf, Sat 9 AM & Online. Advertising signs, lighted displays, York bottles & jugs, Soda advertising, jewelry, sports cards & more! Rentzels Auction Service
09/07-09/11/2024, Lititz, Sat 8:30
AM & Wed 8 AM & Online. 2 day public auction. 851 cataloged wood working tools, cars, rare & antique tools of all kinds, antiques. Martin & Rutt Auctioneers
09/07/2024, Harrisburg, Sat 9
AM. Old engines, farm antiques, antiques & collectibles, miscellaneous items. Kenny’s Auction
09/09/2024, Dillsburg, Sat 9 AM.
Furniture, upright freezers, blow mold carolers, tools, camping gear, dishes & more! Hardy’s Auction Service
09/12/2024, Kinzers, Thu 10 AM & Online. Huge Wonder Woman collection, A great array of Marvel & DC graphic novels & superhero, Collectible figures & more! Embassy Auctions International
09/12/2024, Carlisle, Thu 2 PM, Rowe’s Auction Barn. Quilts,
“residue” eventually surfaces, as Jack encounters the Overlook’s ghostly apparitions. Jack is now taking refuge in the Gold Room, a throwback to the Roaring Twenties, where he is drinking once again thanks to the hospitality of the ghostly bartender Lloyd.
Encouraged by the apparition of Delbert Grady to “correct” the wayward Wendy and Danny, Jack eventually snaps and goes on a rampage. Jack later corners his family in a bathroom, breaking down the door with an axe and sticking his head through the ragged opening, maniacally announcing a la Ed McMahon’s famous “The Tonight Show” opening for host Johnny Carson, “Heeere’s Johnny!”
Dick Hallorann, telepathically summoned by Danny from Florida, reaches the hotel via snowcat in a raging blizzard. Still armed with the axe, Jack ambushes the chef in the hotel lobby, leaving him for dead and continuing his pursuit of Wendy and Danny outside in the snow-covered hedge maze.
“The Shining” ends with a vintage group photograph of the Overlook Hotel dated July 4,
400 ANTIQUE DEALERS
country, tramp art, samplers, early clothing, furniture. Rowe’s Auction Service
09/14/2024, Ephrata, Sat 8 AM
Antique farm machinery, steam items, tools, guns, coins, antiques & primitives, collectibles, toys & dolls, household items Tim Weaver Auction Service
09/14/2024, Ephrata, Sat 9 AM, Antiques, collectibles, cast iron, copper & brass, Disney collectibles, vintage & costume jewelry, sports cards & memorabilia & more! Horst Auction Center
09/14/2024, Denver, Sat 9 AM, Fivepointville Fire Company. Antique & Collectible Auction Gehman Auctions
09/17/2024, Reinholds, Tues 9 AM & Online. Quilts, Crocks & Antiques. 2006 Harley Davidson Trike, 2001 Dodge Dakota Wehrly’s Auction Service
09/21-09/22/2024, Harrisburg, Sat 9 AM, Old engines, farm antiques, antiques & collectibles, miscellaneous items. Kenny’s Auction
09/21/2024, Ephrata, Sat 9 AM. PA German interest, Anabaptist interest, folk art, folk medicine, herbal, agriculture, textile weaving and dyeing, hymn books & Bibles. Horst Auction Service
09/28/2024, Lancaster, Sat 10 AM. Militaria, hunting, fishing, sports memorabilia & vehicles. Boltz Auction Company
10/05/2024, Harrisburg, Sat 9 AM Old engines, farm antiques, antiques & collectibles, miscellaneous items. Kenny’s Auction 10/29/2024, Reinholds, Tues 9 AM & Online. Firearms & Big Boy Toy Auction. Wehrly’s Auction Service
1921. Pictured among the revelers is a grinning Jack Torrance, who app arently had always been the hotel’s designated caretaker.
“The Shining” was released in the United States on May 23, 1980, initially opening in ten selected movie theaters in Los Angeles and New York City. The movie subsequently made its UK debut on Oct. 2, 1980, featuring a shorter version in which director/producer Kubrick had axed 25 minutes of multiple scenes taking place outside the Overlook Hotel.
Reviews for “The Shining” were a mixed bag. Janet Maslin of “The New York Times” praised Nicholson’s performance as the deranged, haunted Jack Torrance and the Overlook Hotel for its spooky setting , but opined that the actual story made little sense. Gary Arnold of “The Washington Post” panned the movie, calling the picture “the Big Letdown of the new film season,” adding, “I can’t recall a more elaborately ineffective scare movie.”
The biggest critic of all was Stephen King himself, citing the old writer’s lament that “The Shining” was a poor adaptation of his novel. “The Shining” would later be remade into a three-part TV miniseries, which ran on ABC from April 27 to May 1, 1997, starring Steve Weber, Rebecca De Mornay, Courtland Mead and Melvin Van Peebles. This version of “The Shining,” written by Stephen King and filmed at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, was King’s answer to Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 movie, which King had found so disappointing. King himself makes a cameo in the TV miniseries,
GEORGIA
& FLEA MARKET CALEND AR
09/12-09/15/2024, Atlanta, Thu
- Sun. ATLANTA EXPO CENTER, NORTH BLDG., Antique Market, 3650 Jonesboro Rd SE.
10/10-10/13/2024, Atlanta, Thurs.Sun. ATLANTA EXPO CENTER, NORTH BLDG. Antique Market 3650 Jonesboro Rd. SE MASSACHUSETTS
09/28/2024, Brookfield, Sat 10 AM - 3 PM, WALKER’S HOMESTEAD Antiques & Primitive Goods Show 19 Martin Road.
NEW JERSEY
08/04-09/15/2024 , Barnegat Light, Sunday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. HISTORIC VIKING VILLAGE Antique & Collectible Show 19th & Bayview Ave.
09/07/2024, Ocean Grove, Sat 9 a.m.-4 p.m. FROM THE GREAT AUDITORIUM TO THE OCEAN Fall Flea Market
09/15/2024, Barnegat Light, Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. HISTORIC VIKING VILLAGE Antique & Collectible Show
09/22/2024, Batsto Village, Sunday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. HISTORIC BATSTO VILLAGE Fall Antique & Bottle Show, Historic Batsto Village
NEW YORK
08/31-09/01/2024, Stormville, Saturday & Sunday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.,
STORMVILLE AIRPORT FLEA MARKET, 428 Rt 216
10/12-10/13/2024, Stormville, Saturday & Sunday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.,
STORMVILLE AIRPORT FLEA MARKET, 428 Rt 216
10/12-10/13/2024, Stormville, Saturday & Sunday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., STORMVILLE AIRPORT FLEA MARKET, 428 Rt 216
11/02/2024, Stormville, Saturday & Sunday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., STORMVILLE AIRPORT FLEA MARKET, 428 Rt 216
gleefully playing Gage Creed, the conductor of a Big Band orchestra performing in the Gold Room.
“The Shining,” which grossed $47.3 million during its initial release, eventually overcame many of the negative reviews from 1980 to become one of the true classic films in the horror genre. “The Shining” generated a myriad of equally classic movie memorabilia, with the film’s standard one sheet poster leading the way.
A great deal of time and effort went into selecting “The Shining’s” basic poster design. Stanley Kubrick and celebrated Hollywood graphic designer Saul Bass looked at over 300 potential variations before settling on an angry, frightened, bug-eyed face staring through the word “The” with the “Shining” below it and the blurb at top, “A Masterpiece of Modern Horror.” Bass wanted the poster to be black on a red background, while Kubrick preferred black on a yellow background, with Kubrick’s color scheme eventually winning the day. A standard one sheet poster (27by-41 inches) of “The Shining” in rolled very fine+ condition sold at auction for $360.
High on any collector’s want list is the film’s deluxe lobby card set, which was originally displayed in movie theater lobbies. Numbering 13 color cards (11-by-14 inches) and depicting various memorable scenes from the production, one set in very fine/near mint condition brought a top bid of $312 at auction.
Also available is the film’s mini lobby card set, comprised of nine 8-by-10-inch color scene
OHIO
11/30-12/01/2024, Columbus, Sat. & Sun., SCOTT ANTIQUE MARKETS
Ohio Expo Centers, 717 E 17th Avenue
12/22-12/23/2024, Columbus, Sat. & Sun., SCOTT ANTIQUE MARKETS
Ohio Expo Centers, 717 E 17th Avenue
PENNSYLVANIA
12/16/2023 - 01/05/2025, Berwyn, Every Sat. & Sun, 9-5, Indoor/Outdoor Vintage Flea Market – Now Open Year Round! 270 W. Swedesford Rd.
01/07-12/29/2024, Lewisburg, Every Sun. 8-4 (except Easter) Rt. 15 Flea & Farmers Market, 150 Silvermoon Ln.
02/03-12/21/2024, Kutztown, Saturdays 8-4 (7:30am-flea), RENNINGERS KUTZTOWN Antique & Farmer’s Market, 740 Noble St. 02/04-12/22/2024, Denver, Sundays 7:30-4, RENNINGERS ADAMSTOWN Antique Market, 2500 N. Reading Rd.
09/07-09/08/2024, Reinholds, Sat & Sun 9AM - 2PM. SHUPP’S GROVE ANTIQUE MARKET. Mid century modern furnishings, Apparel & pop art culture. 607 Willow Street.
09/14-09/15/2024, Reinholds, Sat & Sun 9AM - 2PM SHUPP’S GROVE ANTIQUE MARKET Breweriana 607 Willow St.
09/15/2024, Lebanon, Sun. 10 AM4 PM CENTRAL PENN DOLL COLLECTORS CLUB DOLL SHOW Lebanon Expo Center, 80 Rocherty Road.
09/20-09/22/2024, Reinholds, Fri 11 AM - 5 PM, Sat & Sun 7AM - 4PM SHUPP’S GROVE ANTIQUE MARKET Fall bottle fest, hunting & fishing show, nautical items. 607 Willow Street.
09/20-09/21/2024, York, Fri 10 AM - 6 PM, Sat 10 AM - 5 PM, YORK
cards. One example in very finecondition realized a top bid of $48 at auction.
One of the rarer “The Shining” movie posters is Saul Bass’s own limited edition silk screen print (20-by-27 inches), which he had printed at Krebs Studio and subsequently distributed as gifts to the Museum of Modern Art, various exhibitions and friends from around the world. This was the black on red poster that Bass had originally wanted for the film but had been rejected by Stanley Kubrick in favor of the yellow background version. Numbering only 150 copies, one example of this poster, with its accompanying official identification card, in rolled fine/very fine condition, sold at auction for $9,000.
Foreign “The Shining” movie posters are also available. The British so-called “What A Scream!” advance film poster (30-by-40 inches) is, well, “a real scream,” featuring a grinning Jack Nicholson, a terrified Shelley Duvall, et al, in all their horrific glory. One example in folded very fine+ condition brought a top bid of $49 at auction.
Another superb foreign movie poster is the Japanese B2 movie poster (20-by-28 inches) picturing Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. One e xample in rolled very fine+ condition sold at auction for $50.
The Australian Daybill poster (13-by-27 inches), with the blaring tagline, “The tide of terror that swept America Is Here,” is also of prime interest to collectors. One example in folded very fine/near mint condition brought $51 at auction.
FAIRGROUNDS CONVENTION & EXPO CENTER 183rd Semi-Annual Antiques Show & Sale, 334 Carlisle Avenue.
09/27-09/28/2024, Kutztown, Fri & Sat, RENNINGER’S VINTAGE Antiques & Collectors Extravaganza 740 Noble St
09/29/2024, Denver, Sunday, RENNINGER’S VINTAGE ANTIQUES Antique Show Special Sunday 2500 N Reading Rd.
10/04-10/05/2024, Lebanon, Fri 10AM - 4PM, Sat 10 AM - 2PM, LEBANON EXPO CENTER Antique & Artisan Show, 80 Rocherty Road. 10/05/2024, Fairfield, Sat 9 a.m.3 p.m. THE FARM AT GETTYSBURG Gathering on the Farm at Gettysburg, 1042 Bullfrog Road
10/05-10/06/2024, Reinholds, Sat & Sun., SHUPP’S GROVE ANTIQUE MARKET Season Finale, 607 Willow Street.
11/02-11/03/2024, Honey Brook, Sat 10 AM - 4 PM & Sun 10 AM - 3 PM, HONEY BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Antique Show & Sale, 1530 West Walnut Road.
11/03/2024, Lancaster, Sun 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. LANCASTER FARM & HOME CENTER Lancaster Doll, Toy & Teddy Bear Show, 1383 Arcadia Road.
VIRGINIA
09/21-09/22/2024, Chantilly, Sat 9 AM - 6 PM & Sun 11 AM - 5 PM, DULLES EXPO CENTER DC Big Flea Antiques Event, 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center.
10/11-10/12/2024, Fisherville, Fri 9 AM-5 PM, Sat 9 AM-4 PM AUGUSTA EXPO CENTER 73rd Antiques Expo, 277 Expo Road.
11/02-11/03/2024, Chantilly, Sat 9AM - 6PM, Sun 11AM - 5PM, DULLES EXPO CENTER DC Big Flea Antiques Flea Event, 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center.
P rivately commissioned poster prints have gained in popularity in recent years.
“The Shining” has witnessed its fair share, with one 2021 limited-edition print (36-by-24 inches) by Karl Fitzgerald featuring Jack Nicholson as the b udding writer Jack Torrance at his Adler manual typewriter (“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”) comprises one of the more attractive pieces. One example, hand-numbered 32 of 35 and in rolled near mint condition, realized $1,080 at auction.
Original movie props are always very big with collectors. One of the most iconic pieces from “The Shining,” of course, is the axe wielded by movie maniac Jack “Hereee’s Johnny” Nicholson. There were, in fact, several stunt axes made for various uses in “The Shining.” One was a lightweight version, measuring 35 inches, made of rigid polyfoam and expertly crafted/painted to resemble the real thing, which Jack Nicholson could then tote around with relative ease. This particular prop, showing some wear and damage from movie use, sold at auction for $27,500. Auction results and images are courtesy of Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas.
William J. F elchner is a graduate of Illinois State University. His work has appeared in a number of periodic als, including True West, Hot Rod, Movie Collector’s World, Big Reel, Old West, Corvette Quarterly, Goldmine, Autograph Collector, Illinois, Sports Collectors Digest, Frontier Times and Pennsylvania Magazine.
19th century. Females decorating traditional pottery are not exactly the norm for utilitarian red earthenware made in America, but both of these businesses do share that connection.
The Stahls managed to produce a large amount of pottery during this period, largely thanks to their kiln. Built in 1933, the giant kiln could reportedly hold as many as 2,000 pieces of pottery, which was powered by burning wood. Some of the more desired production from this era includes large vases, urns, pottery decorated with historical figures like Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, various styles of sgraffito, objects decorated with applied decorations, tobacco jars, compotes, and various wares decorated with tulips and floral work in slip and sgraffito.
With the rebirth of the business came a third generation: Russell Stahl (191186) was the youngest son of Isaac’s and began learning the craft in the 1930s. He took a hiatus in the 1940s, during service in World War II, but
returned to work at the pottery in 1946. He worked alongside his father for a few years and took control sometime around 1948, operating it by himself until 1953. The last kiln firing reportedly happened in 1956, and Russell decided to spend the next two decades managing a nearby hotel. Many of the objects that sold at the onsite Stahl estate sale in the summer of 1987 had been left since the 1950s.
The Stahls, notably Russell, influenced Lester Breininger (1935-2011), a Pennsylvania German collector, potter, and businessman from Robesonia, Pa., who often visited the Stahl site. He ran a well-known pottery business throughout the later half of the 20th century. Neighbor antiques dealer Greg Kramer and Breininger were good friends. A collector of epic proportions, Breininger acquired a lot of redware over the years from Kramer. There was a museum-like area dedicated to Stahl pottery at the Breininger property, still referred to by many as Taylor mansion. In November 2011, Pook & Pook held a large sale of the Breininger collection, grossing over $2.1
million. Ensuing years witnessed around a dozen onsite sales held by Conestoga Auction Company.
The Stahl Family Legacy
The wares made by the Stahls are included in many outstanding Pennsylvania museum and private collections today, a tradition that continued when the Stahls reinvigorated the family business in the 1930s. Very few family-oriented American potters actually existed in the 19th century and managed to maintain success and viability into the 20th century. The Stahls may have gone out of business shortly after the turn of the 20th century, but I cannot recall another family pottery that was able to reinvent itself 30 years later.
When Isaac and Thomas reopened around 1933, in many ways they created a lasting renaissance movement in the tradition of Pennsylvania German craft pottery. This was a period where this type of classic production could have disappeared. They ultimately
kept a long-standing culture of craft alive, where other customs had already disappeared elsewhere in the country. The Stahl family pottery is a special tradition, a tradition which influenced potters over many decades, some of whom are still practicing their craft today.
Special thanks to the Stahl’s Pottery Preservation Society for saving this history and publishing so much information about the history of the Stahl family pottery.
Photos courtesy of the Stahl’s Pottery Preservation Society Inc. (SPPS) unless otherwise noted.
Sources:
Bartlett, Louisa. A Cultural Celebration: Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans from a Berks County Private Collection, June 10 to Sept. 26, 2010. Christianson, Justine and Susan L.F. Isaacs. Historic American Engineering Record: Stahl Pottery (Powder Valley Pottery). National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1987/2007.
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The Stahl Pottery kiln as it appears today. (Inset) Carrie (Stahl) Schultz and Russell Stahl in front of the Stahl Pottery kiln in 1985. The kiln and its surroundings have changed very little.
The sgraffito plate was decorated by Carrie (Stahl) Schultz at the Stahl Pottery in 1936, with an American flag, an eagle, tulips and a German inscription around the border. The back is inscribed “Made at the Stahls Pottery September 22, 1936, C.S.S.” Image courtesy Conestoga Auction Company.
This plate made by Isaac Stahl, decorated with a tulip in the center, is dated 1941, ex. Breininger collection. It sold for $889 in 2011. Image courtesy of Pook & Pook Inc.
Some of the Stahl family pottery is on display at the historic Stahl Pottery in Zionsville, Pa.
Here is a Stahl Pottery dish that I purchased years ago while driving through central Pennsylvania. The back of the dish is inscribed, “Made by I.S. Stahl Sept. 1838 S.P.” Image courtesy of the author.
The glaze room at the historic Stahl Pottery in Zionsville, Pa.
This is a 1962 “Amazing Fantasy No. 15” graded Very Fine/ Near Mint 9.0.
Here is the world’s single finest copy of Marvel Comics “Super Special No. 1” from June 1977 and graded 9.9 by Certified Guaranty Company.
Pottery
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Goda, Anna W. and Barbara R. Stahl’s Pottery of Powder Valley. Published by Author, 2008.
Locher, Paul G. Collecting Breininger Pottery From A to Z. Breininger Publications LLC, 2013. The Collection of Lester and Barbara Breininger. Pook & Pook Inc., Nov. 12, 2011.
Thomas, Justin W. “The Bell Pottery Collection at the Renfrew Museum in Waynesboro, Pa.” Antiques & Auction News, Dec. 7, 2018.
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assembled from the 1950s well into the 1980s (hence the name) and stored in the institution’s vaults until a collector acquired them in the 1990s. The Curator Pedigree is “one of the best Silver Age collections ever discovered,” according to CGC, which means this Spidey swings to the top of any historic assemblage.
This event has one other book that can shout out loud its best-of-the-best status: the world’s single finest copy of Marvel Comics “Super Special No. 1,” a unicorn from June 1977, when everything Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss KISS-ed turned to gold. This copy of Marvel’s biggest seller (until Todd McFarlane suited up for the million-plus-selling Spider-Man No. 1 in 1990) is graded 9.9 by Certified Guaranty Company.
And with Doctor Doom finally set to make his formal bow in the MCU, thanks to Robert Downey Jr., there’s no better time for Heritage to offer one of the world’s finest copies of Marvel “Superheroes No. 20,” the 1969 book in which the FF’s nemesis makes his solo debut. This is one of five copies graded CGC NM/ MT 9.8 with, you guessed it, none higher.
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VARIETY SALE
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2024 AT 9:00 A.M.
Preview Times - Friday, Sept. 13 from 2:00-5:00 P.M. and Saturday, Sept. 14 from 7:00 A.M.
*The following is just a very general list of items to be sold. Photos representing the entire auction will be posted on our website www.horstauction.com on Friday, Sept. 13. Sale to be held at Horst Auction Center, 50 Durlach Road, EPHRATA, PA 17522
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES; CAST IRON; COPPER & BRASS; SILVER; LONGABERGER® BASKETS & POTTERY; DISNEY COLLECTIBLES; CHRISTMAS & SEASONAL DECORATIONS; CHINA & GLASSWARE; POTTERY; VINTAGE & COSTUME JEWELRY; LINENS & TEXTILES; ARTWORK & PRINTS; BOOKS & PAPER;
HAAR’S AUCTION SCHEDULE
Located @ 185 Logan Rd (RT 15), Dillsburg, PA 17019
MONDAY – SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 • 6:00 P.M.
NICE FURNITURE – COLLECTIBLES – TOOLS – ETC.
Restaurant & doors open @ 5:00 P.M. Porch begins @ 6:00 P.M. weather permitted. Nice pine bedroom suite; tea carts; Leather double recliner; recliner; bookcase; tables & chairs; Curio cabinet; Wicker patio set; porch rocker; French Provincial Bedroom suite; Coffee & end tables; Cedar chest; Upright freezers; Butcher kettles w/3 ft.; New tripod to skin deer; Lots of real nice tools; collectibles; primitives; camping gear; grill; pond items to include pump; bird houses; live traps; blow mold carolers; STAGE AUCTION begins @ 6:30 p.m. will include collectibles; primitives; new items; décor; dishes; plus so much more. NOTE: Only a partial listing, STILL MUCH MORE TO UNPACK and set up! Check www.haars.com for pictures and updates. Office 717-432-8246 or Doug & Vickie Hardy auctioneers 717-432-3779. NEXT AUCTION MON., SEPT. 16, 6:00 P.M
This sgraffito bowl made by Isaac Stahl, decorated with a bust of George Washington and dated 1947, is also ex. Breininger collection. It sold for $1,126. Image courtesy of Pook & Pook Inc.
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10 Early quilts, 20+ crib & doll quilts, early clothes & materials, Early samplers incl. Carlisle & Harrisburg, early sewing related, large lot tramp art & inlaid boxes, beaded cushions, 8 drawer spice cabinet, nice Am. Indian figure w/ clothes, dressed mannequins, decorated sleds, Grenfell & hooked rugs, Black Americana dolls, bears & soft toys, baskets, stools, painted boxes & buckets, cast iron banks & doorstops, decorated stoneware, yellow ware, fraktur & scherenschnitte, miniature sled & sewing machine, Bliss doll house & children’s items, old dolls, early Christmas & Easter decorations, old lighting incl. slag glass lamps, wall paper boxes, wooden signs, tin cookie cutters & old kitchen wares, skittles, old shoes & hats, paintings, folk art, photos, etc. Furniture incl. corner cupboards, wall cupboards, bucket benches, blanket chests, jelly cupboards, stands, benches, pierced tin pie safes, nice high back settle bench, farm table, hutch table, chairs, etc. Very brief ad, check website or Auctionzip for photos & updates
Note: Selling for the late Nancy Noll, Boiling Springs. Note earlier 2:00 starting time, Furniture mixed @ 6:00 p.m.
Terms: Cash or PA check, major credit cards w/ 3% surcharge, out of state checks w/ prior approval.
Preview: Wednesday, September 11, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. morning of auction.
STAMP ALBUMS; COMIC BOOKS; TOYS; TONKA; HOT WHEELS & MATCHBOX CARS; HESS & WINROSS TRUCKS; MODEL TRAINS & ACCESS.; SPORTS CARDS & MEMORABILIA; BARBIE DOLLS & STUFFED ANIMALS; HOUSEHOLD GOODS; TOOLS; BOX LOTS & MANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE SOLD!
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for “E.H. Caldwell’s Past and Present,” estimated at $10,000-$15,000, traded hands at $10,200. Produced in Los Angeles, Calif., in the 1920s, this huge painted banner measured 66-by252 inches and depicted a complete cast from a sideshow annex. These included a pin-headed man, fat lady, tattooed man, lion-faced man, human skeleton, half man, three-legged man, and others.
Fred G. Johnson’s “Pin Head Henry / The Man from Mars,” estimated at $1,500$2,500, realized $6,600. This was one of only a few existing examples sold on the first tour and first performances of the Wild West show. It was densely illustrated and contains information about performers and characters intended to help early audiences understand the purpose of the Wild West “exhibition.” Potter’s experts considered this among the rarest of all the surviving “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” programs. A sideshow banner
large handpainted sideshow banner measured 92-by-92 inches and was produced in
Chicago, Ill., by the O’Henry Tent & Awning Co. It was signed by the artist. Ephraim
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never been exhibited before,” said Max Hollein, The Met’s Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Executive Officer.
“Reflecting a vibrant tradition that is deeply imbued with political and social history, these works exemplify the extraordinary power of print as a medium and the importance of creative expression as response to specific cultural moments.”
Featuring over 130 works, including woodcuts, lithographs, and screen prints by artists such as Posada, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, Elizabeth Catlett, and Leopoldo Méndez, the exhibition explores how prints were central to artistic identity and practice in
Mexico and highlights their effectiveness in addressing social and political issues, a role of the graphic arts that continues today. The bulk of The Met’s expansive collection came through the French-born artist Jean Charlot, whose association with the museum began in the late 1920s. Charlot donated many of his own prints and works by other artists to The Met, and in the mid-1940s acted on behalf of the museum to acquire prints in Mexico.
“As a long-preferred medium for artists to challenge and support social and political issues, printmaking provides a rich visual record of Mexican history. This exhibition activates The Met’s unique ability to explore this visual history through its
extensive holdings of Mexican prints in addition to highlighting a key moment in the museum’s collecting practice,” said Mark McDonald, curator, Department of Drawings and Prints at The Met.
Among the exhibition’s featured works are prints that survive in unique impressions and have not been published, offering a singular glimpse into the breadth of printmaking in Mexico. These include a group of posters from the late 1920s that address public health, workers’ rights, and education. The collection demonstrates The Met’s early interest in Mexican art and culture at a time when there was growing international interest in the subject.
To learn more, visit www. metmuseum.org.
Thompson’s “New Eph. Thompson and his Wonderful Elephant Mary” was estimated at $1,200-$3,000 and realized $4,800. This linen backed lithographed poster was produced in Hamburg, Germany, by Adolph Friedländer in 1902. It featured one of the first black American animal trainers with his somersaulting elephant, Mary, performing a
series of tricks. And finally, a “Mickey Mouse” circus sideshow banner estimated at $800$1,200 sold for $4,250. This mid-20th century American painted canvas banner advertised a flea circus style attraction and was pictured in the book “Freaks, Geeks & Strange Girls,” pg. 148. To learn more, visit www. potterauctions.com.
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Auction Center”
Full listing & photos representing the entire auction is posted on our website www.horstauction.com.
Sale to be held at the Horst Auction Center, 50 Durlach Rd., Ephrata, PA 17522 (The corner of Rt. 322 & Durlach Rd., approx. 2 ½ miles west of Ephrata)
Subjects including: PA German Interest, Anabaptist Interest, Folk Art, Folk Medicine, Herbal, Agriculture, Textile Weaving and Dyeing, Hymn Books and Bibles.
Highlights including: An Ephrata Martyrer Spiegel 1748, Ephrata Broadsides 1766 and 1784, a Bible printed by Christoph Saur 1776, Amish Ausbund printed by Christoph Saur 1742, Calendars printed by Christoph Saur 1739-1755, a Calendar printed by Andrew Bradford 1733, Baumann Broadsides, G. S. Peters Broadsides, Villee Broadsides, Peter Montelius Broadside, The Earth is the Lord’s. and PA German and Folk Art reference books.
Includes: Items printed by Ephrata Bruderschaft, Ephrata Baumann, Christoph Saur, Germantown, Chestnut Hill, Norristown, Lancaster, Paradise, Reading, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Lebanon, New Berlin, Sumnytaun, Schellsburg, Skippack, Skippackville, Doylestown, Philadelphia, Allentown, Bath, Selins Grove, Chambersburg, Baltimore, Hagerstown, New Market, Elkhart, and various European Imprints.
*A complete list of books & broadsides to be sold on this sale is available by sending $5.00 to the Horst Auction Center, 50 Durlach Road, Ephrata, PA 17522; can be picked up at the Auction Center for $2.00; or is available with photos on our website www.horstauction.com.
*Live Online Bidding Available
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” program from his first tour sold for $15,600.
Ephraim Thompson’s “New Eph. Thompson and his Wonderful Elephant Mary” realized $4,800.
E.H. Caldwell’s “Past and Present” large sideshow banner sold for $10,200.
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silver; Chinese Export porcelain; antique toys; Oriental carpets; pewter; estate jewelry; quilts, English samplers, and other textiles; early kitchen and fireplace accessories; Navajo rugs, Pueblo pottery, baskets, and Native American artifacts; historic American militaria; and much more. Arion does an exceptional job of making sure the scope of merchandise offered is as broad as possible so nearly any visitor can find a new treasure. In addition, all major credit cards will be accepted for both admission and buying. This show is considered among
the premier antiquing events in the mid-Atlantic region. According to Arion, it’s the second oldest antiques show in the country. Three former exhibitors will be returning: Frank Gaglio of Rhinebeck, N.Y.; Firehouse Antiques of Galena, Md.; and Toby Chittum of Petersburg, Va. Show hours on Friday will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking is free of charge, and the building is smokefree. Food will be available. Admission will be $10 per person, $9 with this article, an ad, or show card. For further information, call Arion at 302-542-3286 or visit www. theoriginalyorkantiques show.com.
with American redware, including some slip-decorated examples, all displayed at a previous York show.
SEEKERS/SELLERS
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saw blades; log/pipe vises; one row HD corn sheller; single trees; iron wheels; Syracuse score plow; garden push plow; cast iron bell w/yoke; iron tractor seats; horse hames; saddle w/eagle head. ANTIQUES/COLLECTIBLES: Brass blade fans; many lanterns; scales; tin boxes; Thermiodyne battery radio; oak 3 door ice box; Anto Kamp Kook Kits stove; iron skillets; one room schoolhouse Sunshine Oak iron stove; Edison cylinder player w/morning glory horn; log toy trucks, ect; typewriters; flat irons; wood wash tub stand; C1890 walnut wheelchair; shoe lasts; tin oven; sleds; iron crib; RR tongs; coal sifter; old tools & wrenches; wood planes; collection advertising watch fobs; books; beer signs; license plates.
OLD PAINTINGS WANTED
American Impressionists, New Hope School artists, PAFA artists, European paintings. 40 years experience. Immediate payment. Call 215-348-2500.
WANTED: WEEKLY MAGAZINES from 1900-1990, Life, Time, SEP, Liberty, Colliers, Newsweek, Literary Digest, Look, Leslies. Fran DiBacco, Vintage Magazine Nostalgia Center, 1460 Grandview Ave., Ste. 3-A, Paulsboro, NJ 08066 #856-848-8040
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everyday lives,” explains Shannon.
The exhibition also draws attention to the scope of the Wellin’s collection. Selections include objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome; Mesoamerican and Andean artifacts; sculptures from Medieval and Renaissance Europe; prints, drawings, and textiles from East Asia; French animalier bronzes; Persian illuminated manuscripts; and global modern and contemporary art.
Works by contemporary artists such as Julie Buffalohead, Asad Faulwell, Diego Romero, Ibrahim Said, Shahzia Sikander, and Celia Vasquez Yui, and 18th-century artists such as Francisco de Goya and John James Audubon are presented in the exhibition as ways to explore and question how animals have been seen and depicted by humans throughout time.
Highest Prices Paid. Lobby Cards, 1-Sheets, Displays, Window Cards, Glass Slides. Dwight Cleveland, ph. 773-525-9152 POB 10922, Chicago, IL 60610 posterboss@aol.com
VENDORS WANTED
2025 Spring Hunterdon County, NJ Antiques Fair Under new management - presented by Gallery on Main 908-722-4234 Please call for details
SHEET MUSIC WANTED, any era. Sandy Marrone, 113 Oakwood Drive, Cinnaminson, NJ 08077, 856-829-6104 E-mail: smusandy@aol.com
MISCELLANEOUS: Tool chests w/tools; bench grinder; parts cleaner; toy farm tractors; modern signs; showcases; cabinets; metal lockers; hinges, nuts/bolts/hardware; LOADS MORE NOT LISTED.
NOTE: This is the FIRST OF THREE sales for the 70 year collection of the late J. Nelson Pottieger. Mr. Pottieger was a life member to Williams Grove Steam Engine Assoc. Food stand, Additional parking at the church. OTHER SALES- SEPT. 21 & OCT. 5 Vivian Pottieger Terms: Cash, good check. FINE ART WANTED ROGALLERY.COM BUY. SELL. CONSIGN ONLINE ART AUCTIONS OVER 5,000 ARTISTS 800.888.1063 art@rogallery.com 47-15 36th ST., LIC, NY 11101
COLLECTOR SELLING: 500 COOKIE JARS, FISHER-PRICE TOYS, CABBAGE PATCH DOLLS, FRANKOMA POTTERY, Call for price 302-222-0930
Hamilton College is in Clinton, N.Y. To learn more, visit www.hamilton.edu.
Visitors to the York Antiques Show can look forward to seeing quality American country furniture in original paint like this corner cupboard filled
MULTI-DAY ON-SITE AUCTION
Saturday & Sunday, September 21 & 22 • 10 A.M. plus September 28 & 29 as needed 1317 West Jarretsville Road, Forest Hill, MD, 21050
Check our website for updates.
Thousands of items of personal property from a house & 2 barns including antique cars, tractors, tools, lawn mowers, automotive signs & oil company related, barber pole, advertising, lighting, huge collection of pedal cars, antique furniture, & more!
Vehicles include a 1928 Chevrolet Truck, 1931 Hupmobile, 1931 Hupmobile truck with steel rims & spare tire, 1931 Nash, 1937 Buick Century, 1954 Chrysler Windsor Deluxe (from the movie Diner), 1969 Mercury Marauder with column shift & running 390 engine, another engine.
License plates, vintage road lanterns, vintage gas cans with advertising, head lights, wagon, shifter knobs & various car parts, automotive car part display, road signs, auto photos, air compressor, Chevrolet grill, foot pedal grinder, license plate topper, shifter, Atlas display, car mirrors, car manuals, old tools, Anco, Littlestown vice, Michelin tires, unused oil, early oil cans & bottles, battery testers, parts cabinet, rims, 1950s Buick Special (dash only), heavy duty car jack, Klaxon car horn, vintage car parts, rare car manuals & book collection.
Texaco oil pump c 1920-30s, stop light, original gas & oil signs with NAPA, Craftman, Anco, Goodwrench, Peddle cars, Diecast cars, Shell Station toys, Hess trucks, wind-up toys, model cars, model trains, railroad related, railroad lanterns, erector set, cast iron &other molds, early printing presses (small), collector glasses, early utensils, Antique Automobile Club related, maps. 19th C sleigh, sleds, wagon wheels, buggy seat, vintage saddle, horse related items, decoys, bicycles including a tandem & Huffy seat, McCormick Farmall Pull Wagon (c. 1949) SS#8638-DE, FAB-152084 National Harvester Co.), vintage plow, yard equipment, primitive bucket, cement lions, weather vane, early farmer tools, long tools, mitre saw & table saw, extension cords, tool boxes, Gravely multi tool, lawn mower Yardman by MTB.
Koken Barber pole #801, dome top chest, Hitchcock furniture, painted furniture, stained glass, cash register, bank bags, scales, collector bottles, cameras, early stick phone, 1970s stick telephone, Remington typewriter, Singer sewing machine, early buttons, Victorian strollers, early dolls, hat pins, dolls, Victorian furniture, vintage clothing with costumes cowboy, RCA Dog, vintage Coke cooler, ice box, candy displays, beer advertising, display cabinets, new old stock advertising, clocks / cuckoo clock, Philco Radio 461209, other radios, door bells, lighting, early glass lenses, advertising ashtrays, coin banks.
Wedgwood / Queensware, Lladros, matchsafe, blue China, Austrian china, enamelware, canning & cookie jars, cast iron frying pans, copper pots, primitives, string holders, fruit press, parlor stoves, kerosene stoves, vintage TVs, figural chicken collection, crocks, other household items.
Buyer pays 10% Buyer’s Premium. No sales tax. Form of payment cash. Alternative FOP may be added / to be determined. Selling “as-is where-is with no guarantees.”
