“Valley Culture Constructing Identity Along The Great Wagon Road”
Significant New Exhibit Now On View At Historic Trappe
By Lisa Minardi
“Valley Culture: Constructing Identity Along the Great Wagon Road” explores the evolution of Pennsylvania German folk art as settlers moved west. From the Perkiomen Valley of southeastern Pennsylvania to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, locally distinctive forms of material culture emerged. This exhibition will help viewers understand how German settlers transformed artifacts of daily life, including fraktur, painted furniture, boxes, and other artifacts, as they settled along the Great Wagon Road.
Drawn from nearly a dozen private collections, the exhibit features exemplary works of American folk art, including the iconic “leaping stag” cupboard painted by Johannes Spitler of Shenandoah (now Page) County, Va.; exuberantly painted boxes by John Drissel of Bucks County; and fraktur by Jacob and Samuel Gottschall, Durs Rudy, and Andreas Kolb of Montgomery County.
Chest of drawers. Mahantongo Valley, Northumberland and Schuylkill counties, Pennsylvania, 1829. Yellow pine, tulip poplar, paint, brass. Collection of the Knorr Family
Never before exhibited and still owned by the original family for which it was made, this chest of drawers is the most elaborate example of Mahantongo Valley furniture known. Although decorated with many typical features of this valley’s painted furniture, in particular the stamped rosettes that march around the frame, the use of so many colors is unusual. Bird and floral motifs are painted on the drawer fronts, as well as praying children and winged angels, both copied from printed fraktur. Unique to this chest of drawers are the female figures painted on the sides. The women’s vibrant checkered dresses are skillfully rendered, using a combination of precise lines and freehand details such as the tulips they hold aloft.
Research on this extraordinary chest of drawers, its maker, and the family in which it descended is underway. Stay tuned for more information!
Other highlights include painted boxes and a corner cupboard from the Brothers Valley of Somerset County, a newly-discovered chest of drawers from the Mahantongo Valley, plus painted furniture and fraktur from the Tulpehocken Valley of Berks and Lebanon counties. Continued on page 6
Attributed to John Drissell (1762–1846), slide-lid box for Cathrina Angelmeier, 1796 (left, private collection); slide-lid box for Elizabeth Stauffer, 1796 (middle; collection of Steve and Jenifer Smith); and slide-lid box for Anne von Red, 1796 (right; collection of Robert and Katharine Booth)
Born Johannes Drissell in Bucks County, Pa., Drissell is known for his colorful paintdecorated boxes, tape looms, and diminutive hanging cupboards. Drissell attended the East Swamp Mennonite Meeting in Milford Township, Bucks County, and was likely a carpenter by trade. His work is easily recognizable, with a red ground and distinctive tulips rendered in bold white outlines accented in blue. He often signed his work, sometimes adding the phrase “his hand and pen.” He made about two dozen or so objects for members of his local Mennonite community, dated between 1792 and 1800.
Drawing of three women. Attributed to Samuel Gottschall (1808–1898) Franconia, Montgomery County, Pa., 1835. Watercolor and ink on wove paper. Dietrich American Foundation, 7.9.HRD.1791
In addition to teaching school, Samuel Gottschall also worked as a weaver from 1830–36; he later built a sawmill and a clover mill in Franconia Township along the Branch Creek, a tributary of the Perkiomen Creek. Many of Samuel Gottschall’s fraktur show the strong influence of his father’s work, including several renditions of the wise and foolish virgins, whom Samuel depicted here in simplified form but with bolder outlines and more saturated colors. Typical of Samuel Gottschall’s work are the heavily pooled areas of pigment that resulted in a mottled effect, particularly evident in the women’s blue caps and the yellow stripes on their dresses; this was likely caused by the use of a thick gum Arabic binder.
Special Sale Set For Nov. 13
Locati LLC of Pineville, Pa., is pleased to present a Fall Fine Jewelry Auction featuring the pocket watch collection of Sydney F.Martin on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The first half of the auction will include over 100 lots of fine jewelry from local estates and collections. Highlights include a pair of Marcus pins, several pieces of David Yurman jewelry, several engagement rings, pieces by Tiffany and two wristwatches by Patek Philippe. After a break, the second half of the auction will feature nearly 200 lots of pocket watches from makers including Hamilton, American Watch Co., Charles Frodsham,
By Karl Pass
Kleinfelter’s Auction, located off Route 422 in Myerstown, Pa., held a big antique extravaganza sale ending Oct. 12, realizing several huge results. Among the highlights of the online-only sale were a series of 18th-century documents from Schaefferstown (sold in several lots) totaling over $13,000. One lot was a 1762 indenture signed by Alexander Schaeffer. There were letters, legal papers, and maps
Original Artwork From Early G.I. Joe Boxes And Batman Leads Vintage Toy Auction
Two-Day Sale Set For Nov. 20 And 21
When Gary Keller was a little boy, he and his dad bonded over “all the coolest stuff,” recalls Keller. Like G. I. Joes, packs of Batman and Wacky Packages cards, monster and race cars and sports-moment model kits, Captain Action superhero figures, play sets, puzzles, and comic books. The bright stuff. The fun stuff. The scary stuff. The silly stuff. All the stuff.
“But there was a lot of stuff that was too expensive, too,” the 60-yearol d Gary Keller says now, “things we couldn’t afford.” That childhood problem was easily solved by adulthood, a successful business, trade magazines filled with ads for entire toy collections and, later, a start-up called eBay that made it so easy to buy everything missing from his shelves. That’s how
Keller amassed what came to be known as The Windy City Collection, an enviable assemblage filled with vintage action figures, sealed toys and unassembled puzzles, and the original artwork that once graced the p ackages in which those fond memories were sold.
“My collection makes me feel good,” said Keller. “I don’t know how else to explain it. I have pieces all over my place. Everywhere. You can stand in my living room and see 20 pieces. I become a kid when I look at them.”
four of the original G.I. Joe boxes but also designed the logo. The Action Sailor original artwork is the earliest and only known surviving piece dating to G.I. Joe’s debut, and it’s a quintessential work, the recon div er with a knife in one hand and dynamite in the other.
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The joy is contagious. Titled “Browse The Windy City Collection: Action Figures & Toys Signature Auction,” the event will take p lace Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 20 and 21, and contains more than 500 pieces from Keller’s sprawling collection. It’s an ear-to-ear grin, an event awash in warm memories, an endless feast of nostalgia that includes among its offerings not just those sealed (and often graded) toys, including the highly sought-after Batman and Justice League of America play set from 1966, but original paintings that became G.I. Joe and Captain America model packages, Six Million Dollar and Time Tunnel coloring book covers and Garbage Pail Kids, Wacky Packages and Caped Crusader trading cards.
The auction is now open for bidding, and among its myriad centerpieces is the original box artwork for the G.I Joe Action Sailor, which stormed shelves in 1964. This piece is by Sam Petrucci, the Ritz Carlton bellhop-turned-Naval radio operator who, by the mid1960s, spent five years as Hasbro’s G.I. Joe artist, an oft-uncredited maker of memories who gets his due in this auction.
Petrucci was a hot commodity, illustrating board games and t oy packages for Mr. Potato Head, The Banana Splits and Superman. During his tenure at Hasbr o, Petrucci not only painted the artwork for all
This original box art is among the scant survivors from the original G.I. Joe line “ that we know of,” according to Keller. “Then again, people didn’t know I had this, either.” This event marks the first time the work has been available at auction.
Petrucci’s painting is joined by a handful made by the man who replaced him in the 1970s, Don Stivers, best known, according to “The Joe Report,” for his “aggressive style (and) bright, colorful palette.” Stivers was a lso tasked with giving Joe a makeover amid the war in Vietnam, from enlisted man to Adventure Team member, from the soldier of yesterday to today’s real American h ero. Stivers, a Navy veteran and fine artist whose subjects sp anned the Civil War and the Buffalo Soldiers to WWII, defined the action figure as much as G.I. Joe’s new grip. Keller offers five of Stivers’ original works in the auction, beginning with two from 1972, the original art for the G.I. Joe Adventure Team Missile Recovery p ackaging and the painting used to package G.I. Joe ’s Recovery of the Lost Mummy Adventure. From 1973 hails the Dangerous Mission Action Outfit artwork; from ‘75 comes the Adv enture Team Chest Winch package painting. And there’s plenty of card art here, too, most famously those painted by Norman Saunders, the pulp magazine cover artist hired by Topps in the late 1950s to paint baseball players and rose to prominence (and infamy) with his Mar s Attacks cards in the early 1960s. In 1966, just as Batman was setting up camp on ABC, Topps introduced its illustrated cards (six sets in ‘66 alone), which have proved among the hobby’s most enduring nonsports cards, with Batman’s “rookie” card realizing a record $45,000 recently at Heritage.
This auction features two of Saunders’ original paintings from Topps’ 1966 Batman series: “Batman Wins a Prize” and “Batman Bucks Badman,” the latter of which is so rare that PSA has only graded seven cards. These paintings are the ultimate one-of-ones. Saunders’ most popular project for Topps came a year after he left the Batcave: 1967’s Wacky Packages, which parodied everyday things, in this case, “ Alcohol-Seltzer,” a painting made for a die-cut c ard that became among
Here is a Batman and Justice League of America play set (Ideal, 1966).
This is the GI Joe Adventure Team Missile Recovery original packaging artwork by Don Stivers (Hasbro, 1972).
This is original illustration artwork for the Batman Trading Card #21A by Norman Saunders (Topps, 1966).
Collector Anecdotes And Antics
Pokemon Speculators Defy Economics
By Shawn Surmick
In economics, the market equilibrium can be simply defined as the point at which the quantity of a good produced by suppliers equals the quantity demanded by consumers. The collectibles trade i s the perfect market to see this economic principle in action. Unfortunately, market participants need to understand that the market equilibrium price is often changing. I have long lamented that the only constant in the antiques and collectibles trade is change. Collectors’ tastes change, prices change, and markets are always changing and evolving for better or worse. What is popular today most likely won’t be popular tomorrow and vice versa.
Incidentally, one of the hottest markets in the collectibles trade at present time is the market for P okemon trading cards.
Pokemon was a Japanese phenomenon that first premiered on the scene in the U nited States back in 1998, spawned from the popular Nintendo video game franchise. Since that time, the mark et for Pokemon cards has had its share of ebbs and flows. When the cards were first produced for the North American market (originally produced by Wizards of the Coast), hysteria o vertook the market, and Pokemon fever was in full swing.
Fast forward to 2003 when The Pokemon Company itself started to manufacture the cards, and demand fina lly subsided. But as what tends to happen with a lot of pop culture crazes, what was once old is now new again, and by 2015 with the release of the mobile phone application known as Pokemon Go, Pokemon cards were back in vogue again, with prices on secondary market starting to escalate. It was also around this time that major third-party card grading companies like PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) started grading and e ncapsulating Pokemon cards. This gave the market a shot in the proverbial arm, and collectors as well as nostalgia seekers looking to capture the innocence of their youth took notice. By the time the pandemic started, Pokemon w as poised to make a
monumental splash with modern era mass-produced cards selling out at retailers all across the country and vintage cards seeking new high price points at auction. This led to many wannabe speculators starting t o hoard the product and devote massive amounts of money (and in some cases, debt) to acquiring as much of the product as they could. This in turn led The Pokemon Company to announce that they were upping production to over 9 billion (yes, that is billion with a “b,” folks) cards per y ear. This announcement did nothing to quell the demand of the c ards, and speculators just doubled down on their belief in the l ong-term investment potential of these items.
Make no mistake, I have a lot of faith in the vintage Pokemon card market. The cards produced during the early years of the company in the late 1990s were quite iconic and reek of nostalgia. I myself hold a small position in these cards and do ha ve an emotional attachment to them. When the opportunit y permits and I come across a vintage graded card at a reasonable price, I will purchase it and add it to my collection. I am not, however, caught up in the frenzy like some collectors who lose all sense of r ationality and pay a premium to buy up these items as a sound financial investment. This is the antiques and c ollectibles trade, after all, and in my opinion, there are no sound financial investments here. It is a ll speculation and fairy dust. An item is only worth
whatever someone is willing to pay for it at a distinct fleeting moment in time.
That said, today the modern era Pokemon market has entered into a massive bull market with sets that were released just a few years ago doubling and tripling in price. This is not a healthy market, especially given the fact that these products were recently mass-produced. I have long criticized extreme price movements in the antiques and collectibles trade. During the pandemic, prices on most antiques and collectibles soared to new heights. The vintage comic book market hit alltime highs during this timeframe as did demand for lu xury watches, handbags, and even graded video games (side note: to be fair, the market for graded video games was most likely artificially manipulated due to other factors at play).
The prices that most of these mass-produced modern era Pokemon cards and sets are now selling for is not sustainable over the long term. Few Pokemon collectors can remember back around 2005, Pokemon cards fell out of favor and the market entered a bad bear market. It was only recently revived with the launch of the mobile game Pokemon Go and the demand for nostalgia during the pandemic. As noted, Pokemon was conceived in 1998, which was roughly 26 years ago. While Pokemon isn’t going away anytime soon, it still has a long way to go to become an established, let alone mature, collecting category.
All this appears to be lost on modern era speculators who are quick to call themselves savvy investors just because they bought a case of six factory-sealed booster boxes of the latest Pokemon trading card set that will sit untouched in a closet hoping it accrues in value. Ironically, if and when the Pokemon set does increase in value, these same starry eyed speculators won’t sell, the thinking being that it will go up e ven higher in the future. The Pokemon Company also has a habit of reprinting some of their most popular sets, but this does nothing to deter these same speculators who just buy more of the product.
I am sorry, but this is not collecting, this is hoarding. Pokemon cards have no
underlying cash flows. They are purely speculative, and make no mistake, when this frenzy ends, and it will surely end, these same speculators are going to be counting their losses. Always remember this famous quote that sums up speculating in the collectibles trade quite eloquently, “The trend is your friend, until the end, when it bends.” And in the collectibles trade, bend it does, bec ause nothing lasts forever, not even Pokemon.
Shaw n Surmick has been an avid collector since the age of 12. He currently resides in his hometown of Boyertown, Pa., and is a passionate collector of antiques and collectibles. His articles focus on various topics affecting the marketplace.
1963 Marx Prototype Robot “Charlene”
Won
Gold At $21,600
Milestone’s Premier Vintage Toy Auction Grossed $861,000
A comical German-made police car, pressed-steel rarities of the pre- and postwar era, and a robot that was “pretty in pink” were among the entries that landed in the top 10 at Milestone’s Oct. 5 Premier Vintage Toy Auction. More than 700 high-quality lots from long-held collections took the spotlight at the company’s suburban-Cleveland gallery, with hundreds of phone and Internet competitors vying against in-person bidders to produce an exciting day of estimate-topping prices. After the hammer fell on the final lot, presiding auctioneer and Milestone Auctions co-owner Miles King confirmed that the sale had achieved a robust $861,000.
Even those with little knowledge of robots could have taken one look at “Charlene,” the auction’s top lot, and recognized that she was something quite special. A prototype made by Marx, the 38-inch-tall plastic robot was designed by Harry Evanhoff in 1963 as a “wife” for the legendary toy manufacturer’s male ‘bot named “Big Loo.” Like her hubby, “Charlene” was designed with a green plastic body and cone-shaped head, but her eye-catching color scheme also included pink secondary and accent colors,
The Gendron Sampson 27-inch pressed-steel stake truck with original paint and decals, the only original example of this truck Milestone’s team have encountered, sold for $10,500 against an estimate of $6,000-$8,000.
red lips, and decidedly feminine lace and fishnet trim. She came to auction with a blue “Louis Marx & Co., Glendale, West Virginia,” sample tag that said “7650-X Loo” and “SEND GLENDALE/CHARLENE.”
Uniquely historical and with provenance from the Frank Bartzyel collection, the robot intended to be “Mrs. Loo” sold for $21,600 against an estimate of $10,000-$15,000.
Following closely “Charlene” in the robot stakes was an ASC (Aoshin Shoten, Japan) tin windup “Tremendous Mike” robot accompanied by its rare original box. All original, super-clean and complete, even including its easily-lost antenna, the desirable 10-inch robot commanded $19,065
A rare 28-inch-long Buddy “L” pressed-steel red tugboat, non-motorized version believed to have been intentionally produced that way at the company’s East Moline, Ill. factory, sold just below high estimate for $19,680.
against a pre-sale estimate of $8,000-$10,000.
Of all the vintage superhero toys favored by today’s collectors, few have enjoyed a winning streak in the secondary marketplace to rival that of Batman. The Caped Crusader packed a punch yet again when a 1966 Bandai (Japan) battery-operated tin Batmobile glided across the auction block. In excellent condition and in working order, the 11-inch convertible with figures of Batman at the wheel and Robin in the passenger seat ended its run at $8,917, nearly four times its high estimate.
As predicted, American pressed steel made a strong showing at the auction. An elusive Buddy “L” pressedsteel tugboat, all original with vibrant red paint and intact decals, was a non-motorized version believed to have been intentionally produced that way at the fabled Buddy “L” factory in East Moline, Ill. A sizable 28 inches long, it sold just shy of its high
estimate at $19,680.
Oozing luxury, a rare American National Packard Roadster pedal car presented in all-original condition with rich cardinal-red paint. Milestone’s auction catalog described it as the only known example with electric headlights, leading to speculation that it might have been produced to show at the famed New York Toy Fair, where
An original Marx 38-inch-high “Charlene” prototype robot designed by Harry Evanhoff in 1963 as wife to male “Big Loo,” the body identical to “Big Loo” but with pink secondary body colors, red lips and pink accessories, retains Marx “7650-X Loo” sample tag, sold for $21,600 against an estimate of $10,000-$15,000.
exhibitors since 1903 have typically brought their highest-quality, most-advanced examples. The Packard Roadster had a replaced battery holder but, for completeness, came with the original part, as well as a dry cell battery. A high bid in the range of $10,000$15,000 had been anticipated, but the spiffy little convertible went the extra mile, reaching $16,605.
Another pressed-steel rarity, an all-original 27-inchlong Gendron Sampson stake
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This rare American National Packard Roadster pedal car, all original and the only known example with electric headlights, possibly made for exhibition at the New York Toy Fair, sold above high estimate for
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truck, displayed beautiful orange-and-black paint and its desirable factory decals. Miles King remarked that it was the only original example of that particular model that his team had ever seen. It rumbled past its pre-sale high estimate to settle at $10,500. Also noteworthy, a 12-inch Tonka #750 pressed-steel Carnation Milk truck whose condition
compared to new-old stock sold for $3,813, more than six times its high estimate.
European tin toys were led by a rare Distler tin windup Directional Policeman Car. This zany-looking vehicle has a bug-eyed driver and, on the front of the vehicle, a figural policeman figure who points his arms in the direction in which the car is turning. In excellent condition, the vehicle boasts bright colors and profuse lithography overall
A 1966 Bandai (Japan) battery-operated tin Batman Batmobile sold for $8,917 against an estimate of $1,000-$1,500.
with a medley of graphics that includes motorcycles, automobiles, people, dogs, a double-decker bus, gas pump, buildings, street lights and more. A museum-quality toy and the only one of its type that Milestone’s team has ever encountered, it sped past its $10,000-$15,000 to apply the brakes at $18,000.
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A Tonka #750 pressed-steel Carnation Milk truck, condition comparable to new-old stock, sold for $3,813, more than six times the high estimate.
This Distler 8-inch tin windup Directional Policeman Car with bug-eyed comical driver and figural policeman affixed to front of vehicle, a very rare museum-quality toy in excellent condition, sold for $18,000 against an estimate of $10,000-$15,000.
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Organized by Historic Trappe to celebrate the fifth anniversary of its Center for Pennsylvania German Studies, the exhibition is open now through Aug. 17, 2025. It is on view at the Dewees Tavern, 301 W. Street, Trappe, Pa., during regular museum hours on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. Group tours and weekday hours are also available by appointment.
Lead support for “Valley Culture” is provided by Pook & Pook Inc. Additional support is provided by Jane and Gerald Katcher, Robert and Katharine Booth, Susan and Steve Babinsky, Steve and Jenifer Smith, the American Folk Art Society, Peggy Pace Duckett, and Brett Robbins and Renata Ferrari. For further information, visit www.HistoricTrappe.org.
Photos by Michael E. Myers and Gavin Ashworth.
Slide-lid box. Probably Lancaster County, Pa., ca. 1780–1810, White pine, paint. Collection of Jane and Gerald Katcher
This vibrant slide-lid box is covered in decoration on every visible surface. The designs were first laid out and then carefully incised into the wood before being executed in paint. The lid is decorated with curving lines in alternating red, white, and blue colors; the sides feature tulips within two-handled vases and chickens embellished with polka dots.
Chest-over-drawers for Daniel Eisz. Berks or Montgomery County, Pa., 1795. Tulip poplar, paint, brass, iron. Collection of Jane and Gerald Katcher
A large group of chests with blue grounds and white panels with compass stars and floral decoration were made for owners living in the northern Perkiomen Valley of Montgomery County, near the Berks County border. This is one of the most impressive examples of the group, with birds perched in large sprays of flowers. It was made for Daniel Eisz in 1795. He was confirmed in 1791 at the Oley Hills Union Church in Berks County, which was at that time was an affiliate of the New Hanover parish of Montgomery County. Union churches were common in Pennsylvania and were shared between Lutheran and Reformed congregations. Daniel’s father, Nicholas Ihst (Eis, Eiss), immigrated from Switzerland in 1732. He died in 1804 and was buried at the Boyertown Mennonite Church.
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Attributed to Jonas Weber (1810–1876), small chest for Johannes Zimmermann, 1848. Collection of Robert and Katharine Booth
Jonas Weber was born in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, part of the Cocalico Valley. By 1838, Jonas lived Leacock Township, Lancaster County. His father, Abraham Weber, was a miller, and in Abraham’s ledger of 1842–1852 is recorded the sale of 20 objects made by Jonas Weber for prices ranging from 4 to 30 cents. Weber’s boxes are typically constructed of pine with tiny wooden pins, hinged lids, and simple tin hasps. Most were painted with bluishgreen grounds, but some examples are yellow, green, red, or orange. Many are decorated with flowers, trees, and houses with polychrome details adorning the windows, shutters, front doors, and pitched roofs. The boxes were made in a range of sizes; the smallest ones originally sold for 5 cents. Weber also made miniature cradles, hanging wall boxes, and carved songbirds.
Lebanon County, Pa., ca. 1825. Watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper. Collection of Jane and Gerald Katcher
John and Caterina Bickel’s portraits showcase the vibrant interior of their home in Jonestown, Lebanon County, with brilliant blue walls covered in tiny white flowers and a colorful carpet or painted floorcloth at their feet. The Bickels sit in black and yellow painted chairs, flanking a small table topped by an elaborate gilt looking glass. John Bickel (1775–1863) was the postmaster of Jonestown for 57 years; he retired in 1859 as the oldest postmaster in the United States. The portraits were painted by Jacob Maentel, a German immigrant who appears to have first settled in Baltimore,
where he is listed as a “Portrait Painter” in the 1807 city directory. Maentel soon moved to Pennsylvania and became a prolific artist, first working in simpler profile portraits before attempting frontal compositions and elaborate interior views. He moved frequently, working in Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties. By 1830 he was in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, where he purchased painting supplies from the Zimmerman family until 1833. He then moved west, settling in New Harmony, Ind., where he continued to paint portraits. Jacob Maentel is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in New Harmony, with an undated headstone that bears only his initials.
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This hanging wall cupboard was discovered in a closet in the home of Jesse T. Modisett (1904–1998), a descendant of fraktur artist Jacob Strickler (1770–1842). It is the only known example of this form made by Johannes Spitler. The leaping stag painted on the door is also found on a tall case clock attributed to Spitler. Similar deer can be found on other forms of Pennsylvania German folk art including painted chests, fraktur, redware, and long rifles.
Johannes Spitler and Jacob Strickler are two of the Shenandoah Valley’s most famous artists. Primarily a farmer, Spitler also decoratively painted furniture including multiple chests, two tall case clocks, and a hanging cupboard. His work is immediately recognizable by its use of bold, often abstract designs and strong blue, red, and white color palette. Jacob Strickler was a schoolmaster and fraktur artist who lived near Johannes Spitler. His earliest surviving work is dated 1787; Strickler produced different types of fraktur such as birth records, writing samples, and religious texts. Some of his designs bear a striking similarity to those used on Johannes Spitler’s furniture, leading to speculation that the two artists may have collaborated from time to time.
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Portraits of John and Caterina Bickel. Attributed to Jacob Maentel (1778–1863). Jonestown,
Hanging box for Christina Hoffman, 1841. Collection of Steve and Jenifer Smith
Inscribed
lid “Chrisdina x Hoffmanin 1841” and on front panel “CH CH,” this box is the only known example to bear a name or initials. Hoffman is a common surname in Somerset County, making it hard to identify a specific individual. Somerset County is home to the Brothers Valley, located in western Pennsylvania and part of the Allegheny Mountains.
Hanging cupboard made for Jacob Strickler. Attributed to Johannes Spitler (1774–1837). Shenandoah (now Page) County, Va., ca. 1800. Yellow pine, paint, brass. Collection of Jane and
Rare 16th Century Spanish Drawing Discovered At Small New England Auction Goes To Detroit Institute of Arts
A 16th century Spanish drawing discovered by dealer Christopher Bishop was recently sold to the Detroit Institute of Arts. The work was the highlight of an exhibition of rare works of art on paper at Christopher Bishop Fine Art as part of Master Drawings New York (MDNY).
The extraordinarily rare Spanish drawing, “The Pharaoh’s Judgment,” was first discovered by Bishop at a small New England auction. “Its gripping subject matter and modern feel make it the type of drawing that only emerges once every generation,” said Bishop. “A priceless object, “The Pharaoh’s Judgment’ presents an extraordinary story of survival.”
Drawings such as “The Pharaoh’s Judgment” are well documented in the Escorial collection, the royal collection
of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, near Madrid, in central Spain. The most important architectural monument of the Spanish Renaissance, El Escorial includes a church (1582); monastery, royal palace, and college (1584); and library (1592). Like these building projects, the ambitious liturgical project connected to this drawing was intended as an expression of the prestige of the Spanish royal house, then the richest in the world.
“’The Pharaoh’s Judgment’ offers a unique chance to understand a lost world,” noted Bishop. “It was made at the end of the 16th century in the royal embroidery studio at the Escorial palace in Spain. King Philip II spared no expense when it came to his pet project, funneling huge wealth into the creation of ornate embroideries. The drawing’s rarity and importance only came to light when the drawing was lifted off of its old backing and its function and origins became clear as the light came through the pricks in the paper.”
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Cutwork for John Mayer. Isaac Faust Stiehly (1800–1869). Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1844 Watercolor on paper. Collection of Robert and Katharine Booth
Cutworks, known as Scherenschnitte (scissor-cuttings) in German, were made by Isaac Faust Stiehly for John Mayer. Embellished with hand-colored details, they feature a large spread-wing eagle grasping a snake in its beak and talons and flanked by an American flag. Across the bottom, Stiehly included his name and the date; at the top is the recipient’s name and the year each piece was made. John Mayer (1794–1883) was a carpenter, joiner, and turner who lived in Upper Mahanoy Township, near the Northumberland–Schuylkill County border.
CALENDARS
ILLINOIS
11/14-11/17/2024, Union – Thu 10 AM, Fri 5 PM, Sun 10 AM, Fall classic auction featuring coin-op, antiques, advertising, motorcycles, amusement rides & more! Donley Auctions
11/15-11/16/2025, Sparks - Wed through Fri., Online, Phone & Mail, Fall 2024 Stoneware & Redware Auction. Crocker Farm
OHIO
11/23/2024, Whipple - Sat 10 AM, Holiday Antiques & Art Auction. Meander Auctions
PENNSYLVANIA
08/21-12/31/2024, Lehighton - Wed through Sun 10 AM - 6 PM. Antiques & Collectibles. 30 Dealers. Anthracite Vintage Mercantile & Auctions
11/08/2024, Landenburg - Fri 9 AM, Estate sale featuring a nice selection of furniture & antiques. Hill’s Auction
11/08/2024, Manheim - Fri 5 PM, Fall 2024 Firearms auction. Antique, modern, tactical, sporting, military. Hess Auction Group
11/09/2024, Mt Wolf - Sat
9 AM, Old electrical equipment & testing items, old telephones, old tools. arrow heads, old clocks, moose & caribou heads, military collectibles & more! Rentzels Auction Service 11/09/2024, Lebanon - Sat 9 AM, Lifetime Lionel Train collection. Harry H. Bachman Auctioneer
6 PM, Furniture, Vintage Halloween & Christmas, German steins, Fenton, Virginia Rose dishes, military items & more! Hardy’s Auction Service
The drawing has tiny pinsize prick holes along the whole pattern of the drawing, which would have been used to transfer the image to a piece of cloth. These holes are visible to the naked eye when held up to the light. The picture would then have been used to prepare an embroidery of the same size for a portion of a luxurious ecclesiastical garment.
“Imagine the dazzling display these embroideries must have made. Even this one scene, which must have been one of many on a priest’s vestments, would have taken months to weave and contained more silver and gold thread than the average Spaniard could hope to accumulate in a lifetime. The shock and awe of these garments must have been tremendous. The Spanish understood theological theater. Even the subject matter is chosen to impress the viewer with the power of the King. Fashion and religion seem like very different fields, but really, they have always been linked through a sense of theater and drama, just think of the Metropolitan Museum’s 2018 costume exhibition ‘Heavenly Bodies’
SHO W & FLEA MARKET CALEND AR A UCTIONS
GEORGIA
11/07-11/10/2024, Atlanta, Thurs. - Sun., ATLANTA EXPO CENTER, NORTH BLDG., Antique Market, 3650 Jonesboro Rd SE.
12/12-12/15/2024, Atlanta, Thurs. - Sun., ATLANTA EXPO CENTER, NORTH BLDG. Antique Market, 3650 Jonesboro Rd. SE.
01/09-01/12/2025, Atlanta, Thurs 10 AM - 6 PM, Fri & Sat 9
AM - 6 PM & Sun 10 AM - 4 PM, ATLANTA EXPO CENTER, NORTH BLDG. - ANTIQUE MARKET, Antique Show, 3650 Jonesboro Road SE. 02/06-02/09/2025, Atlanta, Thurs 10 AM - 6 PM, Fri & Sat 9
AM - 6 PM & Sun 10 AM - 4 PM, ATLANTA EXPO CENTER, NORTH BLDG. - ANTIQUE MARKET, Atlanta Expo Center 3650 Jonesboro Rd. SE. NEW YORK
11/30-12/01/2024, Columbus, Sat. & Sun., SCOTT ANTIQUE MARKETS - ANTIQUES & DESIGNER ITEMS, Ohio Expo Centers, 717 E 17th Avenue. 12/21-12/22/2024, Columbus, Sat. & Sun., SCOTT ANTIQUE MARKETS - ANTIQUE & DESIGNER ITEMS, Ohio Expo Centers, 717 E 17th Avenue. 01/25-01/26/2025, Columbus, Sat 9 AM - 9 PM & Sun 10 AM - 4 PM, SCOTT ANTIQUE MARKETS - ANTIQUES, INTERIORS & MORE! Ohio Expo Center, 717 East 17th Avenue. 02/22-02/23/2025, Columbus, Sat 9 AM - 9 PM & Sun 10 AM - 4 PM, SCOTT ANTIQUE MARKETS - ANTIQUES, INTERIORS & MORE! Ohio Expo Center, 717 17th Avenue.
11/12/2024, Glen Rock - Tues
9 AM, Gigantic Walt Disney collection. Wehrly’s Auction Service, Inc.
11/14/2024, Kinzers - Thu 10 AM, A multi-consignor auction filled with great costume jewelry, fine gold & silver, silver tablewares and quality wrist watches. Embassy Auctions International 11/16/2024, Ephrata - Sat 9 AM, Antiques, collectibles, toys, model trains, dolls, household goods, tools & more! Horst Auction Center
11/16/2024, Manheim - Sat 9 AM, Fall 2024 Antiques & Americana. Hess Auction Group
11/16/2024, Hughesville - Sat 10 AM, Multi estate & firearms auction including furniture, stoneware, trains, clocks, cast iron banks & more! Scott A. Young Auctioneer
11/16/2024, North Wales - Sat 9 AM, Antiques, collectibles, furniture, garden decor & more! Gary Fluck Auctions
WISCONSIN
11/08-11/09/2024, Tomah - Fri & Sat 9 AM, Advertising signs, clocks & thermometers, gas pumps, Coke machines, display racks, stoneware collections, furniture, antiques & more! Millers Auction Company
PENNSYLVANIA
12/16/2023 - 01/05/2025, Berwyn, Every Sat. & Sun. 9-5, Indoor/Outdoor Vintage Flea Market – Now Open Year Round! 270 W. Swedesford Rd. 01/07-12/29/2024, Lewisburg, Every Sun. 8-4 (except Easter). Rt. 15 Flea & Farmers Market, 150 Silvermoon Ln. 02/03-12/21/2024, Kutztown, Saturdays 8-4 (7:30am-flea), RENNINGERS KUTZTOWN Antique & Farmer’s Market, 740 Noble St. 02/04-12/22/2024, Denver, Sundays 7:30-4, RENNINGERS ADAMSTOWN Antique Market, 2500 N. Reading Rd. 11/29-11/30/2024, Boyertown, Fri & Sat 10 AM - 4 PM, GLENDALE FLOUR MILLS COUNTRY ANTIQUES & PRIMITIVES, Holiday Open House, 60 Grist Mill Road.
12/06-12/07/2024, Boyertown, Fri & Sat 10 AM - 4 PM, GLENDALE FLOUR MILLS COUNTRY ANTIQUES & PRIMITIVES, Holiday Open House, 60 Grist Mill Road.
12/13-12/14/2024, Boyertown, Fri & Sat 10 AM - 4 PM,
GLENDALE FLOUR MILLS COUNTRY ANTIQUES & PRIMITIVES, Holiday Open House, 60 Grist Mill Road.
11/08-11/09/2024, Lebanon, Fri & Sat 10 AM - 4 PM, LEBANON QUILTERS GUILD - 15TH BIENNIAL EXHIBITION OF QUILTS, Lebanon Valley Expo Center & Fairgrounds, 80 Rocherty Road.
11/09-11/10/2024, Jamison, Sat 10 AM - 5 PM & Sun 11 AM - 4 PM, BUCKS COUNTY ANTIQUES DEALERS ASSOCIATION - 2024 ANNUAL ANTIQUES SHOW, St. Cyril Jerusalem Church, 1410 Almshouse Rd.
11/22-11/23/2024, Carlisle, Fri 10 AM - 5 PM, Sat 10 AM - 4 PM, HOLIDAY PROMOTIONS GLASS, CHINA, JEWELRY & MORE, 69th Annual Fall Eastern National Show & Sale, Carlisle Expo Center, 100 K Street.
11/29-11/30/2024, Lancaster, Fri 10 AM - 5 PM, Sat 10 AM3 PM, LANCASTER FALL POSTCARD SHOW - POSTCARD, Lancaster Farm & Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road.
“The Pharaoh’s Judgment,” ca. 1585, from the embroidery workshop of the Monastery of the Escorial, is a pen and brown ink with brown wash and white highlights on blue paper, pricked for transfer, and measures 11 15/16-by-7 5/8 inches, courtesy Prints Drawings and Photographs, the Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund, Detroit Institute of Arts. Image courtesy Norman Godinez.
The Met’s American Wing Celebrates 100 Years
This fall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s iconic American Wing will celebrate its centennial with a series of exhibitions and reinstalled galleries. Since its founding in 1924, the curatorial department has expanded its collecting strategy to include a wider array of work from the mid-17th to the mid-20th century, including select contemporary expressions, by makers from across North America. “The
American Wing at 100” provides visitors with the opportunity to experience a broad scope of the wing’s current holdings, presented in fresh arrangements with new interpretive frameworks. Audio commentaries and a virtual video representing multiple perspectives, from curators to community partners, will further enhance and enrich visitors’ experience. The overall reinstallation will be informed
involving 18th- and 19thcentury figures from the Lebanon County town.
The late Lester Breininger was a well-known figure who ran a pottery business in Robesonia, Pa. He was among the most well-known “revivalists” of the last half of the 20th century. This dated “1966” glazed redware plate nearly 8 inches diameter, good condition, is one of the earliest done at the Breininger Pottery. It sold for $318.60.
A 1759 indenture from Schaefferstown was one of several lots of early documents that sold well. This went for $4,248.
by expansive scholarship and a range of voices related to the ongoing redefinition of a broadly conceived idea and understanding of American art. “The American Wing at 100” is made possible by the Jane Parsons Klein Fund. Additional support is provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. “Over the last 100 years, The Met’s American Wing has continued to evolve and transform, expanding to encompass an ever-broadening concept of American art,” said Max Hollein, the Met’s Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Executive Officer. “The exhibitions and displays offered this year present both a compelling and comprehensive view of the wing’s growth over the past century, and a deep dive into definitions of American art, identity, and place.” “The centennial is more than a retrospective moment; it is a chance to consider how the wing’s evolution mirrors increasingly fluid and nuanced understandings of what it means to be American, both historically
Some antique automatons sold well, as did some art pottery, gold jewelry, early lighting, coins, vintage Christmas material, and Sterling silver flatware. Another interesting lot was a Winchester gun store display, which realized $17,900. Prices include an 18percent buyer’s premium. For further information, call 717-272-7078.
as well as today,” stated Sylvia Yount, Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Charge of the American Wing.
New Int erpretive Frameworks “To welcome and reintroduce visitors to the American Wing in its 100th year, critical entry points to the first-floor galleries (723, 730, and 731) have been reinstalled to display multilayered works from across the collection. Arranged in thematic contexts of “origin stories” or
founding narratives of American art, design, and culture, these galleries also highlight the intentional expansion of the wing’s holdings to include works produced outside the boundaries of the United States. “On mezzanine level 2A, two reinstalled galleries (717 and 719) offer new displays of 18th-century painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts, with strategic contemporary interventions, exploring aesthetic and
“Horst
sociopolitical issues of the Atlantic world of ongoing resonance. “The wing’s second floor showcases the broadest transformation, beginning with “The Calculated Curve: Eighteenth-Century American Furniture,” a reimagining of the wing’s Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Galleries (747749 and 751-753), which opened in April. This reinstallation elevates a pivotal moment in American furniture design from 1720
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VARIETY SALE
list of items to be sold. Photos representing the entire auction will be posted on our website www.horstauction.com on Friday, November 15. Sale to be held at Horst Auction Center, 50 Durlach Road, Lancaster Co., EPHRATA, PA 17522
COLLECTION PEANUT BUTTER GLASSES; VINTAGE & COSTUME JEWELRY; LINENS & TEXTILES; ARTWORK & PRINTS; BOOKS & PAPER; COMIC BOOKS; TOYS; TONCA; MODEL TRAINS & ACCESS.; SPORTS CARDS & MEMORABILIA; BITTY BABY DOLLS & ACCESS.; GROOVY GIRL DOLLS; MADAME ALEXANDER DOLLS; AMERICAN GIRL DOLLS & ACCESS.; STUFFED ANIMALS; HOUSEHOLD GOODS; TOOLS; BOX LOTS & MANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE SOLD!
ANTIQUE AUCTION
To be Sold at Absolute Auction from a prominent York County Estate - Antique slipware, redware, pottery, crocks, candle mold, redware cake molds, antique baskets, miniature redware pieces, handwrought trivet, 1864 horse & rooster folk art, painted folk art blanket chest, bucket bench, Radio Junior postcard projector, Ivy League pennants, 2 oval antique portraits, shaving mirror, miniature trunk, painted folk art box, vintage change purse, Lewis Miller book, antique dolls & clothing, Gibson & Prowell York Co. History books, C. D. Kenny coffee tin, lamp desk, eagle gold leaf mirror, antique games, postcards, old linens, Majolica pitcher & creamer, Hopi Squash Kachina, Hampshire pottery lamp, Princeton Univ. lamp, old cowboy movie star cards, 1923 Grace Putnam doll, set of large silver plate candelabra, 1929 Exeter megaphone, candle snuffers, butcher tools, brass candle sticks, old chairs & rockers, small grain blanket chest, night stand, butter print, Shelter Island oyster tin, vintage fireplace tools, old benches, green painted cabinet, On The Delaware pencil sketch, hanging candle box, coffee grinder, chest of drawers, 2 old painted caddy’s, antique desk, artwork, blanket chests, boot jacks, food scales, miniature trunk, 1800’s York County Bar Assoc. picture, painted antique hutch, several thousand foreign coins, Indian head cents, buffalo nickels, wheat cents, & other coin lots, plus much more. All auction announcements supersede all printed material. 10% Buyers Premium. - Terms: Cash or check with auctioneers approval. Credit cards accepted 3% premium. Preview Friday Nov. 22 from 6-8 pm - Good Parking –Refreshments Available.
This is the Charles Engelhard Court within the American Wing at The Met.
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the long-running series’ most popular. Saunders stuck with the Wackys for
a decade as they evolved from sticker cards to posters; Keller includes in this auction Saunders’ original art for 1974’s Hipton “Hippy” Tea Bags poster.
“Wacky Packages were something I remember from second grade when my friends and I would walk two blocks to the drug store to buy the first series,” said
Keller. “It was huge. The first series swept the nation because they were considered too gross and obnoxious at the time. No one ever put something like that out. And when the opportunity arose to own original artworks, I had to have them, like everything else in my collection.”
K eller is parting with only some of his extraordinary assemblage, and only b ecause he’s downsized in recent years and because, like all good collectors, he knows he’s just a temporary caretaker. It’s time for someone else to love these pieces as much as he has for as long as he has.
“Whenever I look at these things, they release endorphins,” Keller says. “And I just start smiling.”
Picnic Tables; Large Amount Old Wood Doors; Pony Cart; Cannon Image Runner Advance C5535i (Like New, Very Low Use) Printer Like New; Patio Furniture; Lg. Amount Used Wheel Chairs; 2 Conference Tables & Chairs; File Cabinets; Lg.
Equipment at proxibid.com. TERMS: Cash PA Check Or Credit Card. (3% Fee For Credit Card)
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Selling furniture and antiques from the longtime collection of John & Pat Montague from Unionville, PA with additions. John passed away in January 2024 and Pat moved to the Friends Home.
FURNITURE HIGHLIGHTS: Pine work table, Oak Hoosier cabinet, Oak icebox, step-back hutch, half spindle chairs, early 4 door cupboard, Chippendale slant front secretary desk, empire dressers, several washstands, 4 dovetail blanket chests, Victorian camel back sofa, Mahogany Victrola, Edison gramophone with horn, early pine corner cupboard, cherry drop leaf tables, pine wood bench, cherry Queen Anne bedroom suite, pair of single rope beds, 3 half spindle settees, marble top empire washstand, clothes tree, spinning wheel, rope beds, trundle beds, yarn-winder, metal bathtub, dovetail baby cradle, rockers, dovetail dough box on legs, 2 early pine dressers, antique quilts, Ebersol chairs, New England commode, 2 pine jelly cupboards, 28 drawer apothecary chest, wicker doll carriage, pie safe, Barber’s cabinet, Singer featherweight sewing machine, a chopping block & many more antique furniture pieces!
ANTIQUE HIGHLIGHTS: glass butter churns, lanterns, bottles & tins, tinware, woodenware, copper & brass items, coffee grinder, ironstone china, blue Delft pieces, flatware sets, West Chester art by Barclay Rubincam 1965, cast iron bulldog, 1835 leather fireman’s bucket, brass bedwarmer, mechanical bank, spongeware pitcher and bowl set, 1945 Marx electric train sets, gray agate pieces, 40 pieces of Hall’s Red Poppy china, 70 jugs & crocks including 12 William Hare, Wilmington, DE & blue/gray Cowden & Wilcox, 20 German Bisque head dolls, 9 pc pitcher & bowl set, Skookum native American dolls & so many
Sets, some very old.
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wristwatches will be sold by Breitling, Hamilton, Girard Perregaux and others. The collection is centered by military and railroad examples, including Waltham, Ball, Patek Philippe, William Harpur, Illinois and others. A small offering of
military chronometers. Some European examples will be offered, including timepieces with repeater function.
Michael Locati, co-owner, has been enthusiastic about the sale, “It’s rare to have a single-owner sale this large with so many interesting pieces; this is a must-see for pocket watch enthusiasts.”
The live auction will start at 11 a.m., with online bidding on LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable, Bidsquare and Bidspirit. Locati LLC is located 761 Durham Road in Pineville, Pa. (GPS: Furlong 18925).
A preview will be on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 11 and 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For further information, call 215-619-2873.
HAAR’S SCHEDULE
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FURNITURE - COLLECTIBLES – TOOLS – TOYS - ETC.
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Restaurant & doors open @ 5:00 P.M.
FURNITURE: Real nice bedroom suite; barrel table w/chairs; curio; sofa; STAGE AUCTION begins @ 6:30 p.m. will include vintage Halloween and Christmas, oak mantle clocks, 6 ft. Aluminum Christmas tree, Lionel trains, mounted ducks and geese, postcards, marbles, German steins, Goebel figurines, Fenton, half dolls, German sheep, jewelry, pocket knives, Virginia rose dishes, nice selection of military items to include, swords, bayonets, civil war books, framed prints, badges, medals, helmets, hats, collectibles; primitives; new items; plus, so much more. NOTE: Selling smalls from the Snader estate Boiling Springs. Only a partial listing, STILL MUCH MORE TO UNPACK and set up! Office 717-432-8246 or Doug & Vickie Hardy auctioneers 717-432-3779.
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One of the best Americana auctions to sell at the Garth’s Barn in many years, with roughly 1,000 lots of well-documented, important, and scarce examples of 18th & 19th Century folk art, furniture, and decorative accessories with provenances from notable dealers and collectors from the 1970s through today. Of note are the wonderful examples of period New England furniture, weathervanes, trade signs, Odd Fellows & lodge material, works on paper, redware, lighting, baskets, and treen - many fresh-to-market examples from collections that have been built over 50+ years!
Full Color Catalog Available, $30. Live & Online (Seat reservations recommended).
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Mariner’s Daughter, Ex Peter Tillou
Diminutive Massachusetts Block Front Chest
Large selection of wonderful 18th & 19th Century watercolors
Fine & scarce paintdecorated folk art corner cupboard attributed to the Ralph family of Sussex, Delaware.
Extensive & unusual period lighting selection
Early painted and chipcarved box, ex Israel Sack & CO. (published in their 90th anniversary catalog).
Large folk art carving of the first state seal of New Jersey, circa 1800, ex Stephen Score
Large and unusual early shoe trade sign from NYC
NEXT AUCTION IS NOVEMBER 18TH
A Hamilton Model 22 Chronometer, U.S. Navy, has the original box.
This is a vintage Girard Perregaux Three Register Chronograph.
Here are two Hamilton Grade 950 pocket watches.
This is a Charles Frodsham 18-carat gold pocket watch. This is a L. Leroy & Cie. Chronograph repeating pocket watch in an 18-carat gold case.
This is an Automaton Minute Repeater pocket watch.
on this theme,” added Bishop.
“In the period, women did the embroidery work and one can imagine the many hours of anonymous work they did to complete this image,” further explained Bishop. “Deep in the Escorial archives probably lies this very embroidery, the product of countless hours of unrecognized labor. With any luck and much patience, it might be found again. The recovery of these connections will allow us for the first time to put these female workers back into the story of art and make their presence known again. They were the ones who knew how to bring this scene to life in
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to 1770 and encourages closer looking at materials and forms as well as an understanding of furniture’s sensuality and ergonomics. Featuring iconic American pieces from the wing’s founding collection and beyond, the installation offers a counterpoint to the contextual displays of furniture on view in the period rooms. “Finally, the remainder of the second-floor galleries (755772), reopening in early November, will highlight well-known and recently acquired painting and sculpture from the late 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, newly recontextualized and interpreted through relevant lenses, including identity, place, and time, as well as through cultural frameworks inspired by influential world’s fairs. “Recent Acquisitions and Exhibitions”. To further mark its centennial, the American Wing will display a number of major works recently added to the collection, including the monumental three-part Tiffany Studios Garden Landscape Window for Linden Halln(1912), designed by Agnes Northrop, which will be installed this fall in the south end of the wing’s destination Charles Engelhard Court. In addition, Jacques Amans’s “Bélizaire and the Frey Children,” one of the rarest and most fully documented American portraits of an identified Black individual depicted with the family of his enslaver, will be featured in a new display focused on diverse representations of cultural hybridity. Also newly on view in the Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art is a carved wood carousel horse, created by D.C. Muller & Bro. of Philadelphia. Colorfully painted to accentuate the animal’s physical and behavioral traits, this appealing sculpture joins the wing’s growing collection of vernacular
full technicolor.”
Christopher Bishop Fine Art specializes in drawings and paintings from the 15th through early 20th century. Known for a scholarly approach to evaluating, presenting, and authenticating Old Master works as well as a wide range of works on paper, the gallery seeks to present new ways to think about and collect Old Masters and modern works on paper. Located at 1046 Madison Avenue at East 80th Street in New York City, the gallery participates in Master Drawings New York; TEFAF Maastricht; The Salon du Dessin, Paris; and October Art Week, New York.
Images courtesy Norman Godinez.
objects. “The wing’s Wolf North gallery currently showcases the recent acquisition of drawings by the early 20th-century Yankton Dakota artist Mary Sully in the first solo exhibition of her art, “Mary Sully: Native Modern.”
“Another special centennial installation “A Decade on Paper: Recent Acquisitions, 2014-2024” is now on view in the changing gallery of The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art, on the wing’s east mezzanine. Highlighting a wide range of graphic production acquired over the past 10 years, the exhibition underscores the renewed attention to the collecting and presentation of works on paper by both well-known and historically understudied figures, including women and artists of color, from diverse communities and across a broad geographic range. The display features thematic groupings of figure studies, landscapes, and still lifes that encourage fresh considerations of the social, political, and economic conditions in which they were produced, as well as their ongoing relevance.
“Important Loans”. In addition to works from the American Wing’s extensive collection of art and design, the centennial presentation will feature select works from the Met’s Department of Modern and Contemporary Art in a new display focused on “multiple modernisms” (Gallery 757). These Met works will be presented in dialogue with key loans from private collections that reveal the cultural fascination with Black and Indigenous communities by White, Black, and Brown artists between the 1920s and 1940s. Another special highlight is the two-year loan from the Art Bridges Foundation of Henry Ossawa Tanner’s iconic “The Thankful Poor,” one of only two Black genre subjects painted by the leading early-20th-century African American artist. Displayed and interpreted in the context
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of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, also known as the White City, held in Chicago, the painting raises questions about race, faith, and representation in late-19thcentury American art and culture that continue to resonate today. For more information, visit www. metmuseum.org.
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FINE AND COSTUME JEWELRY, QUALITY WATCHES AUCTION THURSDAY, NOV. 14 - 10 AM
THIS IS A LIVE, IN-HOUSE AND ONLINE AUCTION A multi-consignor auction filled with great costume jewelry, fine gold
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 • 10 A.M.
St. Peters United Church of Christ 1920 Ridge Road • Along Rt. 23 in Knauertown, PA 3 miles West of Rt. 100 • GPS Pottstown, PA 19465
OLD: Lionel N. 8 Red Set, 10E, 380, 390, 318, 42, 9U, 384E, 400E, 402, 38, 1835E, 260 L&T, 226 L&T, Beautiful Marklin Station, Ga. 1 C.W. Loco, Several Pass. Cars, 0 Ga. Pass. Set. Lionel Peacock 53 Loco, OB, Also Many Frt. & Pass. Cars Restored & Original. Numerous Std. Ga. Locos Restored & Original. A.F. Wide Ga. 4672 L&T, Ives 1132 Loco Only. Modern Era Std. Ga. M.T.H., Williams, etc. Stephen Girard Set, 381 Bild-aLoco, Williams 408E State Set, Pride Lines Voltamp Trolleys, Brass No. 7, Also Pass. Cars To Make The Set, L.T.I. State Cars, 9E Build-A-Loco, 390E, MTH Blue Ives 1766-67 & 68 Cars, B&O No. 5 Loco, Rich-Art Ives Copper & Brass 3245-R, M.T.H. Blue Ecomet, Cohen 1912 Special, Many Others. Many Stations, Houses, Signals, Parts & Track-Work. Books & Catalogs: Original, Lionel Cats. 1930-1942, 1946-1959, Also Flyer. We Promise Many Surprises, Both Good & Bad!
No buyer’s premium, no internet, no phone, no PA tax, no reserves, no credit cards. Please come prepared to BID, PAY, and TAKE AWAY! Absentee bids may be left at Friday evening. Preview 5pm-8pm.
Ted Mauer, Auctioneer PA #AU00593L 717-464-6673 950 Willow Valley Lakes Dr., Apt. SK-503, Willow Street, PA 17584
