Antiques Questions And Answers Can you advise us on selling the items in the enclosed photos that belonged to my grandmother and great aunt? “Horst Auction Center” PUBLIC SALE ANTIQUES, PRIMITIVES, HIT & MISS ENGINES, ANTIQUE TOOLS, HARDWARE, BUTCHERING EQUIPMENT, TOYS, METAL WARE, EARLY LIGHTING, ETC. “FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE BILL LEISEY” SAT., DEC. 22,2001 AT 9:00 A.M. (Due To The Similarity Of The Items Being Sold, Just One Auction Ring Will Be Running. The Sale Will Start w/Outside Items, Followed By Garage And Then Main Auction Room). Sale to be held at the Horst Auction Center, located at the comer of Rt. 322 & Durlach Rd. (approx. 21/2 miles west of Ephrata), Ephrata, Lancaster County, PA. FURNITURE &A( iRIES: Wood Chest. Mahogany Floor Model Victrola (VV-215); Antique Floor Radios (RCA); Mahogany Music Cabinet; Standard Talking Machine; Walnut Case Treadle Sewing Machines; Pot Belly Stove; Ornate Parlor Stove; Slag Glass Lamp; Depression Hanging Lamp; Alpine Sun Lamp; Gray Multi-Drawer Cabinet; Parts Cabinet (14 Drawers); Doctor’s Chair & Accessories; Early Wooden Display Cabinet (Phila. Museum); Tramp Art; Antique Prints & Frames; Early Leather Bound Books; Beverage Bottles Apothecary Bottles; Canning Jars (Dated); Sauder “Bob-White” Feed Bags; Pocket Watches; PAINTED WOODEN SIGNS - “John Enck Cattle” (w/Steer); “Cigar Factory 623 - 9th District”; Paper Cutter. METALWARE: ENTERPRISE DOUBLE WHEEL COFFEE GRINDER; #3 Single Wheel Mill; Sm. Coffee Mills (w/Pewter Tops); Iron Tea Kettle; Tin Water Jug; Early Tin Sweeper; Lard Cans; Storage Box; Dutch Oven; Sleigh Bells EARLY LIGHTIN Tin Lanterns & Parts; Hanging Store Lamp; Several Antique Hanging Lamps; Post Lamp; Bracket Lamps; Chimneys; Founts. TOYS: Structo Steam Shovel; Marx Crawler; Hubley Roller & Crawler; Tin Marx Police Motorcycle & Sidecar; Iron Fire Engine; Pedal Fire Engine; Sled; Old Bicycles (Schwinn Majestic; Rambler). ANTIQUE TOOL! & HARDWARE: Signed Goosewing Axe (Double Stamped); Broad Axes (Stohler, Simmons); Signed Axes; Slicks; Buck & 2-Man Saws; Hand Saws; Bag Wagon; Boring Jig, Tinner’s Furnace; Augers; Blacksmith Tongs & Pinchers; Assorted Antique Hardware. PRIMITIVES & EARLY FARMING ITEMS: Treman/Waterman Corn Shelter; Early Corn Shelter; Walking Plows; Primitive Cultivator; Bacon Mfg. Bean & Seed Sorter; Keystone Com Shelter; Tobacco Bate Box; Grain Cradle; Straw & Hay Cutter; Leather Harness & Parts; “New Rapid” Ice Breaker; Hand Crank Sheep Shearer; Wooden Boxes & Barrels; Tobacco Lathe; Brown’s Mute Plug Tobacco Cutter; Copper Apple Butter Kettle; Kettle Stirrer; Orchard Baskets; Wooden Washing Machine; Wooden Wringer. EARLY BUTCHERING EQUIPMENT: Enter prise Improved Rotary Beef Shaver; Bone Cutter; Early Meat Sheer, Bologna Cutter; Primitive Sausage Staffers; Butcher Saws & Knives; Bar Scales; Ice Cream Freezer. HIT & MISS ENGINE NEW HOLLAND 1 1/2 H.P. (w/Single Fly Wheel); FAIRBANKS & MORSE 3 H.R (w/Double Fly Wheel On Cart); ASSOCIATED MFC. “THE CHORE BOY” And Many Other Items To Be Sold! *Don’t Miss This Second Sale Of Bill Leisey’s Personal Collection. There Will Be Many Unique & Unusual Items, Many Of Which Are Not Listed. Be Sure To Come & See What We Find! No out of state checks without prior approval. SALE FOR: KATHRYN G. LEISEY (MRS. BILL LEISEY) Horst aucts. AU43BL T. Glenn (717) 859-1331 (717) 730-3080 Timothy G. Fax # (7i7> 738-2132 Thomas A. , vo^»|fe Before you can sell antiques you have to have an idea of value. From your photos you appear to have late 19th cen- tury furniture. Pay a personal property ap praiser, prefera bly belonging to one of the Ap praisal societies, such as Ameri can Society of Appraisers, list ed in the yellow pages under an tiques apprais- PUBLIC AUCTION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21,2001 4 miles North of Chambersburg along Route 11 at Kenny’s Auction FURNITURE starts at 9 PM: Victorian walnut cameo back settee; East Lake walnut recamier; walnut white marble top washstand; marble top table; modern oak bowfront china closet; display cabinet; chair and rocker; oak chest of drawers; modem dining room set; Waterfall bedroom set; modern bedroom set; much more furniture. MISCELLANEOUS: 1899 Ruby VIGILENT FIRE CO #1; child’s sewing machine; several old muskets; crocks; tins; old frames; oak ginger bread clock; glassware and china; a large amount of antique and collectible items. TOOLS: A few new, dump wagon, rear tine tiller; snow blower; several riding mowers; a lot of chicken feeders. LIKE NEW Husqvarna 15 bp hydrostatic rid ing mower with snow blade-8 hrs. Auction in the back room begins at 6:30 with box lots outside, MANY OUTSIDE ITEMS then inside for a variety of smalls and furni ture not listed. Terms: Cash, good check Kenny’s Auction 717-264-6578 VISIT OUR WEBSITE: **NEXT AUCTION WILL BE JANUARY 11,2002** PORTERFIELD AUCTIONS ABSOLUTE AUCTION TRUCK LOAD OF NEW A SHAKER & MISSION STYLE OAK REPRODUCTION COMPUTER COMPONENTS SATELLITE SYSTEMS, BOSE HOME THEATRE SAT., DEC. 22 @ 9:00 AM (Located on Rt. 272, 1 mile south of the Buck) FURNITURE: Shaker: Dining tables, End tables. Coffee tables and occasional tables. Mission; Bookcases, end tables, desks, sofa tables, library tables, clothes tree, apothecary chests. Computer desk, rocking horse, pie safe, bench chest, slant top desk and MORE!! ELECTRONICS : CPU Zeos Laptop. Monitors: 14” CTX, 19” IBM & Compaq. Oki Data Fax. HP Vectra 500, Compaq CDSBSO. HP Laser Jet, Canon BJC 1000, Epson Stylus 500. Nextel, Motorola, Ericsson, Nokia phones & accessories. Dish Network, Hughes, Panasonic RCA receivers and systems. Several dish systems and compo nents. Lots of software. Pagers and accessories. JVCDSTPSIB Home Surround Sound, Bose Companion Satellite Surround Sound. ers. Get the appraisal in writ ing, signed and dated and ask the items be appraised at resale value. (Half of retail). You can always run an ad and do an ,( estate sale”. If the appraiser tries to say your pieces aren’t worth anything, but he’ll take them off your hands, throw him out. From your photos you have some quality pieces, though not worth thousands. I have an aluminum tray and waste basket both marked “Wen dell August forge” received as wedding gifts in 1936. Where can I find an appraiser? V.E. - Charlotte, NC Auctioneer AU2425-L ' 4:30 PM To be held at 4401 Philadelphia Ave., Chambersburg, PA 17201 JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!! DON’T MISS THIS SALE!! Furniture sold at 9:00 am Electronics sold at 11:00 am Antique Detective (Continued from Page B 18) be the most expensive flower prints, the engravings from his Temple of Flora (c. 1799-1804) number only 35. The first and best printing consisted of not more than 400 copies of each. These were from the Temple of Flora. Obviously the buyers had done their homework. Print collecting in general can be a risky business, where old prints are involved. It is certainly a truism that when an antique or First you need to know the name of the patterns. Of the many makers of aluminum in the 19305, 40s, Wendell August is among the finest. Generally his wastebaskets sell in shops from $l5O to $250. His trays run from $lOO up. Most any dealer can appraise these with a simple Price Guide, once the pattern is identified Would you know the value of this small, mahogany cabinet purchased in the 19205, 30s? The bottom half has a metal interior and once had a humidor. I’ve never seen anything like it. L.F. - Miami, FL This is a humidor, popular with cigar smokers of the 19305. Today it could fetch over $2,000 at auction. This is one of a pair of porce lain Capodimonte lamps, with raised flowers purchased about 50 years ago. I would like to know the value so I can sell them. R.S. - Coral Gables, FL While your lamps are very beautiful they aren’t antiques. They could sell for around $l5O-250 the pair at auction. You might contacting Sloan’s Auctioneers Miami, 8861 NW 18 th Terrace, Suite 100, Miami, FL 33172. Send clear photos, measurements. PUBLIC AUCTION MON., DEC. 17, 2001 @12:00 PM Murry Auction Emporium, 23 N Water Street/Lititz, PA 17543 717-626-2636 LAST SALE OF 2001!! Lots of misc. household items (some new), col lectibles, maple bedroom set, PA House table. Oriental chairs and cabinet, small dining room hutch, cherry case phonograph (repro), bedding, kitchen table and chairs, sofas, end tables, small appliances, floor lamps, nice washer and dryer, glass top table w/4 chairs, wicker settee, artificial fireplace, camp stove, gift and craft items (some Xmas, native American, Western), various display cases, toys, baby stroller, kids’ books, box lots, coins 10% Buyer Premium/ Visa & Master Card 'THcWUI /4uet69H&, *}•&. -AU-648-L- Professional Auctioneer, Appraiser and Advisor Our Services Are Not a Sideline (717) 626-2636 Fax (717) 627-6757 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 15,2001-819 art form becomes popular, fakers won’t be far behind. The faking and copying of prints plagued Albert Durer back in 1512, when copies of his works were so wide spread that the Nuremberg town council wrote a decree making this a crime. Woodblocks and copperplates made reprints easy even then and is a snap these days. CLUES: Botanical or floral prints became so popular in the 19205-19305, that reproductions were sold even in Woolworth’s for a couple of dollars. Printed in great quantities they are still around at budget prices, at ga rage sales and flea markets. Prints were hand-colored until about 1850 when they were color lithographed. Since then thou sands of re-strikes have been made. There are several ways to identify the early 20th century re-strikes. When a strong magni fying glass or jewelers loupe is used the print will show an over all pattern of tiny dots. However, since the 1970 s the photographic prints are close to impossible to tell. One clue, the handcolored prints will be very slightly raised and have a bit of texture. If paying a high price, examine the print out of the frame. If they have been cut down, this lowers the price. Often re-strikes will have a copyright date, skillfully hidden under an old frame. Old prints will have a water mark. This is a translucent iden tifying mark made during the manufacture of the paper. They can be a crown, monogram or company name; further proof of the print’s age. A facsimile is a photochemical reproduction of a print. Examin ing it with a magnifying glass can show the pattern of tell-tale small dots. A reproductive print is an original print that is a copy of a painting or drawing. Among the most valuable prints are those that are in their original portfolio. This is the case or folio and the set of prints that are part of these com plete set. These folios were popular with collectors in the 19th century and many were pro duced. However, over the years, many of the foli os were separated and favorite prints taken out. Another reason to examine out of the frame is it could be “laid down,” pasted di rectly on a backing material without hing ing. This lowers the value. Removing the backing is a job for professional restorers, and is costly but worth it if you have a rare print.
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