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Premier Yarbrough Coca-Cola Collection To Be Sold Oct. 17 Morphy’s To Auction Rare Grouping Including 1903-05 Coca-Cola Chewing Gum Ad FRIDAY OCTOBER 11, 2019 • VOL. 50, NO. 41
Kempton Antiques Show Scheduled For Oct. 19 Gem Of A Show Is Can’t-Miss Event In Southeastern Pennsylvania
The Thursday, Oct. 17, Yarbrough Coca-Cola sale contains 465 prized lots from one of America’s most admired “soda pop” collections. This very scarce 1922 oval Coca-Cola bathing beauty pocket mirror, NM, one of the best of all known examples, will be estimated at $10,000$20,000. The John and Charlotte Yarbrough collection shines a spotlight on 30 years of scholarship and thoughtful acquisition of premier Coca-Cola and antique soda-related artifacts. “John and Charlotte started their collection in 1988 in Memphis, at the legendary ‘Pop’ Poppenheimer Coca-Cola auction,” said Dan Morphy. “From then on, their focus was always on rarity and condition. Morphy’s is honored to present the very best of their collection in a fully curated one-day sale.” A vast array of signs and posters reflects Coca-Cola’s long and
The Kempton Community Recreation Center is located at 83 Community Center Drive in Kempton, Pa. It is a short drive north of the Kutztown/Krumsville exit of I-78. The Antique Dealers Association of Berks County, Pa., or ADABC, will proudly present its sixth annual Kempton Antiques Show on Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Kempton Community Recreation Center, located at 83 Community Center Drive in Kempton, Pa. The small town of Kempton is in Albany Township, Berks County, north of the Kutztown/Krumsville exit of I78. This country show is known for having quality material at buyable prices. Many of the exhibitors do very few shows and bring fresh-to-themarket antiques. The show hours will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s edition will feature roughly 45 exhibitors offering an impressively wide variety of quality antiques. The show has a distinct “Pennsylvania Dutch” flavor. There will be Pennsylvania country furniture; textiles such as quilts, rag rugs, samplers, coverlets, and hooked rugs; pottery such as redware, stoneware and Staffordshire; vintage toys made of wood, tin, fabric and celluloid; metalware including pewter, cast-iron, tin and hand wrought iron; folk carvings; weathervanes; utilitarian baskets; woodenware like butter prints, rolling pins and other kitchen collectibles; and much more. It is not strictly a country show, however, there will be a range of estate jewelry, illustration art, tools, and Native American pottery, rugs and jewelry. In short, because it’s an association show, there will be something for
nearly every collector. Berks County has a storied reputation as a great source of antiques for collectors, dealers, and decorators. And, the ADABC has a long history. This professional organization was founded in 1948/49 by a group of antiques dealers who were legends in the antiquing community. They staged their first show in 1952 and were chartered as a nonprofit in 1954. Since that first show in 1952, the ADABC has promoted numerous annual and semiannual antique shows in a variety of venues in the Reading area. Six years ago, in an effort to improve and update the groups only show, a committee moved the event to the Kempton Community Center, choosing the third Saturday in October as its date. This location was carefully selected to better reach the Lehigh Valley, along with New Jersey customers. The group held a successful show in Kempton throughout the 1980s. The ADABC pioneers like Dick Machmer are gone, and this is a new era; however, this show is wellworth attending, and some great material always changes hands. Food will be available, and parking is free. Admission is $7 per person, $6 with an ad, show card, or this press release. For more information, readers may call either 610-285-2249 or 610-678-7669 or email antique dealersofberks@verizon.net.
successful timeline dating back to its origins in the last quarter of the 19th century. The images most often seen in the Yarbrough collection are those of lovely young women, from bathing beauties to elegant society ladies. One of the finest inclusions is a horizontal poster depicting a young woman under moonlight. One of fewer than five known to exist, the poster is in NM-NM+ condition and is expected to make $6,000$12,000. Model Hilda
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The exceptionally rare 1903-05 advertisement for Coca-Cola Chewing Gum, formerly in the collection of a Coca-Cola plant owner, NM, 15-by-7 inches (framed), will be estimated at $15,000-$30,000.
The Zitzman Post Office Of Lititz Returns Home Now On Display At Lititz Historical Foundation
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“The Matchmaker: A Tale Drawn From ‘Emma’ By Jane Austen” Set on page 13
The Lititz Historical Foundation in Lititz, Pa., is excited to announce a recent special donation. Through the generosity of an out-of-state donor, Lititz’s second post office
has made its way back to its place of origin and is currently on display in the same room where it once stood nearly 190 years ago. In 1806, Christian Hall became the first postmaster of Lititz and ran his small operation inside the Lititz Springs Hotel (now the General Sutter Inn). Then, in 1830, Frederick Zitzman (1787-1872) was appointed the second postmaster of Lititz by President Andrew Jackson and used the log structure portion of his home (now the Lititz Historical Foundation’s 1792 Johannes Mueller House) for his postal office. Zitzman served as the town postmaster until Continued on page 6
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In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 7 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 7
FEATURED AUCTION: Dotta Auction Co. - October 12 in Nazareth, Pennsylvania - Page 2
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 8 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 15