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Simple Goods Show Returns To Berlin, Ohio Popular Country Primitive Event Set For Nov. 2 FRIDAY OCTOBER 25, 2019 • VOL. 50, NO. 43
Rich Penn To Hold Three-Day Bonanza Sale On Nov. 1, 2, And 3
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Many Popular Items In Numerous Categories Will Be Sold, Such As Country Store Memorabilia, Advertising, And Toys Many auctioneers hear similar comments from both buyers and sellers. “We’re buying back memories.” “That’s what our business is all about,” according to Rich Penn. “In our 20 years of business, we’ve heard those stories a hundred times. Grandad had one of those. My dad had one of those. Now I want one. So that’s what This Coca-Cola diecut cardboard festoon element, with we do, we connect buyers “Umbrella Girls,” ca. 1918, is matted and framed, in very to those memories,” furgood to excellent condition. thered Penn. The Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Nov. 1, 2, and 3, Rich Penn auction event will offer collectors hundreds of memories in over a dozen categories. “There are categories in this auction that bring back a lot of great memories for me. I’m sure our buyers will have those same feelings,” The Marx Superman Rollover Plane, litho on tin windup, is said Penn. Once again, the marked 1940 Superman Inc. on cape and is in working auction will be held in condition. Waterloo, Iowa, at the Five Sullivan Bros. Convention Center. “That 11,000-square-foot store memorabilia, soda fountain, facility is going to be jammed with country store and western items. Day two starts at 9 a.m. The seswonderful things,” stated Penn. The 1,800-plus lot variety will sion will cover 700 lots, including cover 200 non-cataloged lots on day several hundred toys such as one, starting at noon. Those items German wind-ups, BO Robots, many are not included in the online auc- with original boxes, and early tion, only in-house bidders. At 2 p.m., pressed steel and cast-iron toys. the 1,600 cataloged lots will begin. Fitting in with the cast iron are The first 300 will begin with WWII dozens of salesman sample stoves, memorabilia, including Nazi items still and mechanical banks. Several and even an unused WWII automatons will also sell and flamethrower. Several rare Civil War entertain bidders. Many country store pieces will be pieces are in this session as well. The balance of day one includes drug offered along with more drug store and soda fountain items, including a marble soda-fountain. Everyone knows drug store soda-fountains had Coca-Cola. And most soda fountain collectors love iconic Coca-Cola. This will be the biggest offering of early, pre WWII Coca-Cola items Penn has ever brought to market. There’s Breweriana too. For the collector of advertising for adult beverages, there is a very rare, ca. 1905 Anheuser Busch tin litho sign. For the regional brewery collector, Here is a Cragstan’s Mr. Robot with box, there’s a rare Potosi Brewery manufactured in Japan, tin with bump-n-go reverse-paint-on-glass sign. Black action, lights and spinning mechanical brain, Americana continues to attract colbattery-driven, factory flaw on dome, other- lector interest. The day two session wise excellent, never-played-with condition. Continued on page 2
Mary de Buhr Antiques is from Downer’s Grove, Ill. The Simple Goods Early Country Antiques and Primitive Goods Show will return to Berlin, Ohio, on Saturday, Nov. 2, in the heart of Amish country. In its 13th year, the fall show will be held at the Heritage Community Center, which is located 3.6 miles northeast of Berlin, Ohio, on U.S. Route 62. The rural Amish setting makes it the perfect place for a great country
and primitive show. The show features over 50 wellknown dealers representing 15 states from the Midwest to the East Coast. The dealers offer early country and primitive antiques and oneof-a-kind handcrafted wares in every price range. It is an easy show to shop, with porters to help with large items. Customers enjoy the
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Cordier’s Sale To Cover 18th-Century Ephrata Cloister Books To NASA Space Photographs
Lancaster Doll, Toy, And Teddy Bear Show Set on page 6
Book And Ephemera Auction Slated For Oct. 27 Poster Auction #79 Presents A Premier Collection Of Rare And Celebrated Lithographs on page 10
Here is one of the 1754 Ephrata Cloister hymnals. Exciting new-to-market items will include a collection of NASA photographs as well as two 18th-century Ephrata Cloister hymnals at Cordier’s Book and Ephemera Auction on Sunday, Oct. 27, in Harrisburg, Pa. NASA contracted Kodak to provide the film for their Gemini and Apollo missions. At the time, Charles “Rex” Anderson was working in Kodak’s research lab. Anderson assisted NASA officials to develop
film that returned from missions. During his tenure, Anderson acquired a collection of official NASA photographs, which are being offered to the public for the first time. More than 80 photos will be sold, including iconic images such as the first U.S. spacewalk, Charles Duke exploring Plum crater, and John Young saluting the American Flag at the Descartes landing site. Continued on page 4
Nye & Company’s Estate Treasures Auction To Offer Plenty Of Treats on page 14
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: Pook & Pook Inc. - Online-Only Coins And Jewelry Auction - October 31 - Page 4
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 8 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 15