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FRIDAY OCTOBER 13, 2017 • VOL. 48, NO. 41
Iconic American Political Memorabilia Collection Debuts At Heritage Auctions Inaugural Auction Of The David And Janice Frent Collection Slated For Oct. 21 The landmark political memorabilia collection of David and Janice Frent, widely regarded as the largest and most comprehensive collection of its kind ever assembled, will debut at Heritage Auctions on Saturday, Oct. 21. This will be the first of eight planned auctions dedicated to the collection, with items spanning from buttons to banners, from George Washington up through recent elections. The collection has never been displayed publicly, but a number of items can be seen illustrated in the two-volume reference work, “Running for President, The Candidates and Their Images,” edited by historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and published by Simon & Schuster in 1994. “Presenting this monumental collection at auction will be quite a challenge,” said Heritage’s Tom Slater. “I have presided over the sales of some of the greatest political collections, including
Tire covers endorsing the two 1932 tickets are relics of the days when an automobile’s spare tire was mounted on the back of the vehicle, providing a high-visibility spot used to promote candidates. those will just include the more important pieces in the collection. The Harris and Berman collections each realized over $2 million dollars at auction, and the Frent collection will unquestionably achieve multiples of that amount.” The collection was begun by the Frents when they were newlyweds nearly a half century ago, when they happened on a Mason
Early Sunflower Chest To Headline Nadeau’s Fall Auction
Bowling Alley Of Baseball Great Nellie Fox Goes To Auction on page 2
Pre-Fire Chicago Map Sells for $198,600 At Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Sale on page 4
Haddon Heights Antiques Center’s October Display To Feature Orange And Black on page 6
Chest’s Provenance Dates To Before The Revolution
One of several sought-after campaign banners in flag format is this example issued to support 1844 Whig presidential candidates Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen. This is a selection from the many sought-after brass shank buttons issued in 1789 to celebrate George Washington’s first inauguration.
those of U.I. ‘Chick’ Harris and Merrill Berman. But the Frent collection dwarfs even those legendary holdings. We anticipate a minimum of eight quarterly catalog auctions of 500 to 600 lots each, and
The Antique Dealers Association of Berks County, Pa., or (ADABC), will proudly present its fourth annual Kempton Antique Show on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Kempton C o m m u n i t y Recreation Center, located at 83 Community Center Drive in Kempton, Pa. The group’s annual show was moved from The Kempton Community Recreation Center is located next to Leesport in 2014. This the WK&S Railroad in rural Kempton, Berks County, Pa. year’s edition will feature 50 exhibitors offering an vintage toys made of wood, tin, fabimpressively wide variety of quality ric and celluloid; metalware includantiques and collectibles. This one- ing pewter, cast-iron, tin, and day country show in northern Berks wrought-iron; weathervanes; utiliCounty has a distinct “Pennsylvania tarian baskets; estate jewelry; Dutch” flavor and a reputation for woodenware like butter prints, folk both quality fresh material and carving, and kitchen collectibles; early lighting; Native American potdealer-friendly pricing. There will be Pennsylvania tery; art pottery; and much more. In country furniture in original paint; short, there will be something at textiles such as quilts, rag rugs, this show for nearly every collector. Berks County has a storied repsamplers, coverlets and hooked utation as a great source of rugs; ceramics, including redware, Continued on page 6 stoneware, and Staffordshire china;
jar containing some colorful turn-of-the-century political buttons including “Rough Rider” Theodore Roosevelt. Both already had an affinity for American history, and these tangible artifacts immediately caught their fancy. “It’s hard to Continued on page 2
Note the misspelling on this small ceramic mug honoring President James Monroe.
An important early 18th-century sunflower chest attributed to Peter Blinn (1640-1725), a Colonial-era artisan who moved to Wethersfield, Conn., in the late 17th century, is an expected highlight in Nadeau’s Auction Gallery’s annual fall antiques, fine art, sporting and Asian auction on Saturday, Oct. 21, in the Windsor gallery at 25 Meadow Road. For those unable to attend in person, online bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com, Bidsquare.com and Invaluable.com. Telephone and absentee (or left) bids will also be accepted. The auction will feature American and European antiques, paintings and works on paper, folk art, primitives, silver, Chinese and Japanese, Oriental rugs and carpets and more, to include property from part of the Credit Suisse Americana collection on Madison Avenue in New York; the estate of Arthur C. Pinto, M.D.; and deaccessioned material from the Litchfield (Conn.) Historical Society. The sunflower chest, believed to have been crafted circa 1703-04, features a lift top over sunflower carved panels, flanked by turned applied ornaments over two long
drawers, with molded fronts and applied ornaments, all set in plain legs, oak and hard pine. The piece measures 38.75 inches in height by 45 inches deep. The chest’s provenance is lengthy and impressive, dating back to well before the birth of the nation and recalling prominent Connecticut names and families. It was originally purchased by Israel and Elizabeth (Kimberly) Foote of Colchester for their daughter, Mary
The Met To Show Nomadic Weavings From The Collection Of William And Inger Ginsberg on page 15
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Simple Goods Show To Be Held Nov. 4 on page 18
In This Issue This is an early 18th century sunflower chest, attributed to Peter Blinn (1640-1725), with some objects on top that will also be in the Oct. 21 auction at Nadeau’s Auction Gallery in Windsor, Conn.
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: Hurley Auctions - October 18 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania - Page 2
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 9 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 19