Antiques & Auction News - October 20, 2023

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 20, 2023, 2023 • VOL. 53, NO. 42

Hartzell’s To Celebrate 80th Anniversary Three Auctions Slated On Nov. 3, 4, And 17 By Karl Pass Hartzell’s Auction Gallery Inc., based in Bangor, Pa., is proud to be celebrating its 80th anniversary in the auction business. The operation has been family-owned and operated since 1943, and the fourth generation is currently running the company, which serves Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York with dedication, integrity, and a vast knowledge of the auction market. Great-grandfather Melvin Hartzell began the business onsite

at the Jacktown Grove, currently where the Blue Mountain Antique Gas and Steam Engine holds its shows and flea market. He eventually moved to the current location at 521 Richmond Road in Bangor. The structure, which originally served as a chicken coop, was renovated, and the building received an addition as business increased. The current auction house is large enough to accommodate multiple auctions at the same time as well as store a vast amount of inventory for future sale. Today, Hartzell’s Auction is managed and run by four members of the family with additional support staff. The auction gallery has conducted thousands of onsite, inhouse, and now online auctions. From Americana to Orientalia to farm machinery, the staff is equipped to catalog, photograph,

display, sell and ship. With the addition of online bidding platforms, the auction house is able to achieve and exceed current market prices by exposing items on a global scale. Items are routinely purchased by bidders from coast to coast as well as Australia, England, Mexico, Germany and Japan, to name a recent few. John Hartzell expressed some surprise at the variety of bidders that register online. “You just never know where an item removed from an attic in rural Pennsylvania may end up,” he said, noting that an unusual electric brass blade fan was sold to a buyer in Thailand. “The internet and its auction platforms have opened the world up to buying, and it certainly is a game changer.”

T h e staff enjoys holding inperson auctions in the gallery. “It’s great to see familiar faces and chat with customers you haven’t seen in a while,” said Karen Hartzell. “They get to see and hold items in-person, which can be an advantage to only seeing photos on a computer.” In celebration of this anniversary, Hartzell’s Auction is planning three quality auctions during the month of November. On Friday, Nov. 3, there will be an Antique Gun

Gold Shipwreck Coin, Dated 1712, Brought $19,000 Locati LLC, located in Pineville, Bucks County, Pa., held its monthly online-only auction on Sept. 17. Nearly 500 lots were offered in a wide range of categories. “We saw some great activity for the first sale of our season. We are now selling on five competing platforms that allow our lots to have exposure to a very large audience,” stated co-owner Michael Locati. “Clearly higher end pieces are excelling, mid-range in the market is still struggling, but I think we are proving that creative marketing can help get better results across the board,” furthered Locati. The leading lot was a gold shipwreck coin, dated 1712, which went for $19,000. Prices reported are hammer prices and do not include buyer’s premium. Some other notable lots included a Pablo Picasso “Chouette Femme (A.R. 119)” ceramic vase, selling Continued on page 15

Auction, followed by a Country and Americana Auction on Saturday, Nov. 4. The third sale will be Friday, Nov. 17, featuring a collection of SelfTaught and Outsider Art with Tramp Art and Folk Art. These auctions will

all be held live in the gallery as well as on the internet, with bidding facilitated by liveauctioneers.com. For further information on these upcoming sales, visit www.hartzells auction.com.

Michener Art Museum Presents “Ethel Wallace: Modern Rebel”

A 1712 gold coin, Peru 8 Escudos, realized $19,000.

Show Traces Development Of American Modernism In New Hope And New York The James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa., is pleased to present “Ethel Wallace: Modern Rebel” on view from Saturday, Oct. 21, through March 1, 2024. It is the first comprehensive study of the artist’s career, focusing on Wallace’s unique adaptation of batik, garments, and oil paintings, popular

among New York’s elite in the 1910s and ’20s. Wallace’s story spans decades of culturally transformative eras in United States history, including first-wave feminism, the Roaring Twenties, the World Wars, and the Great Depression. Since her death in 1968, her body of Continued on page 3

Strong Results In Locati’s First Sale Of Fall Season

In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 By Ethel Wallace (1886-1968), “A Medieval Celebration (possibly Ballad of Life)” is a ca. 1920, oil and gold leaf work measuring 96-by-66 inches, courtesy Jim’s of Lambertville.

SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 9 AUCTION SALE BILLS . starting on page 10 AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 10

FEATURE AUCTION: Milestone’s Auction - October 28 - Page 5

CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . .on page 15


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