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VOL. 45, NO. 39 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
The 50-Year Collection Of Bud And Sally Bassett Will Be Sold Without Reserve Oct. 3 To 5 By Showtime Auction Services T
he single-owner lifetime collection of mostly advertising items from the late Bud and Sally Bassett will be sold without reserve
The R & G Corsets two-sided porcelain sign in a wrought iron frame with the original hanging bracket will be sold.
the weekend of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Oct. 3 to 5, by Showtime Auction Services at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, Mich. Everything in the collection will be sold to the highest bidder, with tens of thousands of items coming up for bid, many in bulk multiple lots.
“Bud and Sally became collec- you factor in Mr. Bassett’s remarktors of antiques back in the 1960s, able military career. He was the and over the years they became most decorated serviceman in the friends with thousands of like- state of Arizona, having collectminded collectors as they ventured ed an amazing 32 medals durthroughout the country,” ing his years said Mike Eckles of served in Korea Showtime Auction and Vietnam. Services. “We were Around saddened to have 2,000 lots will lost Sally three come up for years ago and bid over the then Bud last course of the year. It is an three days, honor that almost all of we were them from the asked to sell Bassett coltheir collection. lection. The They were true bulk lots in the friends.” Bassett collection The collection will comprise tens is broad in scope of thousands of and tremendous in volCalifornia fruit ume. Offered will be The Campbell’s Soup porce- labels, cigar labels, many Western-related lain thermometer in near grocery can labels advertising signs, to mint condition, is one of and more, approxiinclude cowboys, cow- only a few known. mately 50,000 girls, Native American items in all. These and horse-themed signs; more than will be sold in large bulk quantity 100 serving trays (mostly beer and lots. brewery related); and vintage The Bassetts were originally Halloween and Christmas items from northern California, but lived (papier-mâché figures of pump- much of their adult life in Chino kins, Jack-o-Lanterns, Santas, Valley, Ariz., just north of Prescott. candy containers and more). They were wellAlso sold will be known in colearly military lecting circles. medals, including “Anyone who Civil War, was lucky Spanish-American enough to meet War and World Bud and Sally War I. These became friends would seem to be right away and an unusual sideline most likely had to the Bassetts’ dealings with collection, until
Here is a complete set of six “Roly Poly” Tobacco tins, produced for Dixie Queen. They are in exceptional condition.
them in the years that followed,” Eckles said. “That was certainly true for Lori and I.” Internet bidding (available all three auction days) will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. The host hotel will be Weber’s Hotel, located at 3050 Jackson Ave. in Ann Arbor. For reservations, call 734-769-2500. To get a 260-page color catalog, call Showtime Auction Services at 951-453-2415. The firm’s next big auction after this one is scheduled for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, April 10 to 12, 2015, also in Ann Arbor. It will also feature another lifetime collection of 35 years of quality antiques. Showtime Auction Services is based in Woodhaven, Mich. To learn more, visit www.showtimeauctions.com.
A mid-1880s Pony Stockings papier-mâché display, depicting a U.S. Cavalry rider, is in all-original condition.
This Munsing Union Suits die-cut tin flange sign with tray (almost always missing from similar examples) will be sold.
A rare wood Cigar Store punch figure in good original condition and standing about six feet tall will be sold.
This rare, heavy composite Turkey Candy container, 12 inches tall, is in excellent original condition.
This Republic Staggard Tread Tire This is a Mills Novelty Company Brownie trade sign from the early 1900s has marstimulator, patented 1898, with nickel play and velous color and graphics and is in a quarter sawn oak cabinet. one of only a few known.