Antiques & Auction News 110819

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Collecting Politics Past And Present American Political Items Collectors (APIC) To Hold Pinback Button Show In Bucks County, Pa., On Nov. 15 And 16 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2019 • VOL. 50, NO. 45

Glass Works Auctions To Hold Two Special Online-Only Catalog Sales Two Auctions To Take Place From Nov. 4 To 11 And Then Nov. 18 To 25 Glass Works Auctions will hold two online-only auctions from one catalog in November. Auction #134, “The Colors of Fall” auction, opens Monday, Nov. 4, and closes Monday Nov. 11. It will feature the first offering of the Don Spangler collection of Midwestern glass. Auction #135, “The Big Southern Round-Up” auction, opens Monday, Nov. 18, and closes Monday, Nov. 25. It will feature part one of the collection of the late Ralph van Brocklin. All bidding will be handled through the Glass Works Auction website (www.glswrk-auction.com). About 25 of the 335 lots in Auction #134 will come from the Don Spangler collection. Parts two and three of the collection will be offered in subsequent auctions in 2020. From his home in Dayton, Ohio, Spangler became aware of the various forms and colors of Midwestern glass blown at the early Ohio glass houses near where he lived. He attended most of the bottle shows in the area and also Pennsylvania from the late 1960s to the early ’80s, including the famous Guernsey Barn show in Pennsylvania. Expected Auction #134 highlights include a Washington/Taylor “Firecracker” flake amber bottle,

A free blown sugar bowl with matching creamer in amber, from Zanesville Glass Works, dates ca. 1820-35 (est. $35,000-$45,000).

one of only three known in that color (est. $35,000-$45,000); a Washington-Tree calabash flask in a very rare cobalt blue color (est. $12,000-$16,000); an Eagle/Cluster of Grapes aqua flask with a rare applied handle (est. $3,500-$4,500); and a freeblown sugar bowl with matching creamer in amber, Zanesville Glass Works, ca. 1820-35 (est. $35,000-$45,000). Additional expected top lots from Auction #134 include a pattern moulded bottle made by the New Geneva Glass Works, ca. 1810-25 (est. $2,500-$3,500); a Brown’s Indian Herb Bitters figural Indian Princess bottle in a rare green color (est. $8,000-$12,000); and a pattern moulded chestnut form Grandfather flask, (est. 2,500-$3,500). At the many shows Spangler attended, he made friends with a number of early collectors and dealers, all of them specializing in early Continued on page 2

All presidents have something more than the highest office in common: They all have their political memorabilia. From the time of George Washington on, these artifacts, campaign buttons, badges, ribbons, and posters, all relics of American history, are fun to learn about and collect. The American Political Items Collectors will hold its annual show and sale, which gives collectors and history buffs the opportunity to view, buy, sell and trade this memorabilia. The show will held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15 and 16, at the Sheraton Bucks County Hotel, 400 Oxford Valley Road, Langhorne, Pa. Show hours will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to

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2 p.m. on Sunday. The public is invited to bring in their items for a complimentary appraisal and/or consign for on-thespot floor auctions for immediate cash if they like. In addition to George, Abe, Teddy, FDR, JFK, and the others, there will be local and regional candidate memorabilia as well. Admission is $5, or $4 with an ad. To learn more, readers may email collectorstuff@msn.com.

Bucks County Antiques Dealers Association Show Scheduled For Nov. 9 And 10

Phillips To Offer Norman Rockwell’s “Before The Shot” on page 2

GoggleWorks And Habitat For Humanity Of Berks County Announce Partnership on page 2

Annual Show Takes Place In New Hope, Pa. The Bucks County Antiques Dealers Association will proudly present its 73rd annual Antiques Show on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 9 and 10. The event will take place at the Event Center by Cornerstone at the Eagle Fire Company on Route 202 and Sugan Road in New Hope, Pa. Show hours on Saturday will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission will be $6, or $5 with an ad. Children under age 16 will be admitted free of charge. This is the largest antiques

Bertoia’s Annual Fall Auction To Feature Part II Of Revered Sam Downey Jr. Estate Collection on page 4

show in Bucks County and among the best in the Delaware Valley. For more information, call 215-290-3140 or visit www.BCADAPA.org.

Met Exhibition To Explore Etching Through Early Experimentations And Masterworks on page 11

In This Issue This Washington/Taylor “Firecracker” flake amber bottle is one of only three known in this color (est. $35,000-$45,000).

This pattern moulded bottle made by the New Geneva Glass Works dates ca. 1810-25 (est. $2,500-$3,500).

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: Bertoia’s Annual Fall Auction - November 14, 15, and 16 in Vineland, New Jersey - Page 4

AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 8 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 11


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