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FRIDAY DECEMBER 11, 2020 • VOL. 51, NO. 50
Kimberly K Auction LLC Sells Nearly 3,000 Lots For Daniel Bell Estate In Barto, Pa. Antique Tools, Signs, Cars, And Old Farm Equipment Just Some Of The Offerings Tucked back on a private road in rural Barto, Pa., Kimberly K. Auction LLC conducted three days of sales over a span of two weekends. The auction crew began digging and sorting through boxes and piles in mid-August to prepare. Auctioneer and owner Kim Douglass has been in the auction industry for almost 30 years and said, “These old collections are hard to come by today, and I was excited to be able to offer it for auction.” On Oct. 16, 17 and 24, she held the on-site live auction with an excited crowd in attendance. There were approximately 2,800 lots sold over the three days. “We had a lot of pre-auction excitement about the auction in general, not necessarily about any one or two particular items, but about the event’s overall offerings. I think many were excited about being able to safely attend a live auction again,” said Douglass. Since the pandemic, Kimberly K Auction LLC has been conducting online-only sales and doing well with them, yet believes live auctions are so much more exciting. The collections were from the estate of Daniel Bell and consisted of auto-related signs, early tools, plumb bobs, oyster cans, oil bottles and cans, scales of all types, coffee grinders and mills, spittoons, sausage
The New England Jenney Lubrication Service two-piece porcelain sign sold for $3,960.
A collection of early fishing licenses brought $588.
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Just like everything else in 2020, Christmas will be different this year. The Historic Burlington Antiques and Art Emporium in Burlington City, N.J., believes Christmas is a time of sharing, of giving, and a time with family, although the latter may be modified this year. The dealers started decorating for Christmas early, just after Halloween at the Emporium,
attempting to put a smile on shoppers’ faces. The courtyard entryway is already lit up. Each day, the dealers try to add more lights to display. This holiday season, the Emporium sales display case will contain items for train platforms, tree ornaments, and holiday decorations for the dining table. The special sales display case is located next to the front door, and each
Political Auctions On Parade on page 2
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Sealed Pokémon Booster Box Sells For $360,000 To Shatter World Record
“Bill Graham And The Rock & Roll Revolution” on page 6
Heritage Auctions Hit $7.83 Million On First Day Of Four-Day Comics And Comic Art Sale The large table-top apple peeler sold for $300. stuffers, meat grinders, old mouse traps, cherry pitters, antique fishing items, fish and eel gigs, a typewriter collection, and much more. On Oct. 16 and 17, the auction company sold the contents of a large two-story barn, several outbuildings and a four-story mill. Included in these sessions were early broad axes, unusual tools, early auto wrenches, a treadle jig saw, hand crank mortise machine, auto-related advertising tins and many signs. The contents of the outbuildings included early farm tools, tractor equipment, a seat collection, fencing, wood barrels, advertising crates, a 1951 Pontiac Chieftain, a 1947 Ford Pick-up (disassembled), and a Cub Cadet lowboy tractor. Leading the list of signs was a New England Jenney Lubrication Service two-piece porcelain sign that sold for $3,960. Prices reported include a buyer’s premium. An oversized wooden MARFAX sign sold for $660, and a Mobiloil gas pump realized $1,980. A framed Triflex Reflecting Rear Lens advertising display that had quite a bit of Continued on page 2
A sealed first-edition Pokémon base set booster box set a world record when it sold for $360,000 in Heritage Auctions’ Comics and Comic Art Auction on Nov. 19. The entire auction ran from Nov. 19 to 21. Thomas Fish, president of Blowoutcards.com, was the winning bidder. “I am thrilled to purchase this pedigree box as well as the Pokémon demo game sealed booster pack (Wizards of the Coast, 1998), PSA GEM MT 10, from the Pokémon Central A sealed first edition Pokémon base set booster box Collection,” said Fish. The single set a world record when it sold for $360,000. deck of cards booster pack ended at $22,800. Bidders were exceptionally Still sealed in its original aggressive in their pursuit of the shrinkwrap, the Pokémon First lot. Online bids exceeded the Edition Base Set is considered the previous world record before the pinnacle of Pokémon box collecting. auction opened. The sale broke the previous world The Pokémon booster box wasrecord, which was set at Heritage n’t the only item smashing records Auctions in September when a sim- at Heritage Auctions on day one. ilar set sold for $198,000. The highest price ever realized for a “This set is the pinnacle for all “Batman” comic book was realized Pokémon collectors, and the back- when a fine/very fine 7.0 copy to-back record-breaking sales show of Detective Comics No. 27 sold that,” stated Heritage Auctions assis- for $1.5 million. The first two tant comics and comic art operations sessions the first day in the Comics supervisor Jesus Garcia. “This set and Comic Art auction realized a comes from a very low print run, and combined $7.83 million. to find one that is still sealed and in Further coverage of the entire such great condition explains why sale will appear in an upcoming the demand for it was so intense.” issue.
Folk Art And Historical Material Lead The Way on page 7
The Beauty And Function Of 18th- And 19th-Century Tall Case Clocks on page 8
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR
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AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 6
FEATURED AUCTION RESULTS: Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates - November 12, 13, and 14 Auction - Page 10
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 10 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 11