I have a collection of 100 pieces of Japanese Imari. They were bought in 1946 by an uncle who worked there then. How can I get them appraised? M.S.- Hickory, NC Check the Yellow pages for a listing of Antiques Appraisers, members of one the profession al appraiser societies. Or, con tact the Mint Museum in Char lotte, as for a curator of Oriental porcelains. Then ask who they would recommend. This is a photo of three glass items I have had for 30 years. When I went to the York Muse um there were identical pieces in their Roman section. Any in formation appreciated. L.P. - Charlotte, NC VERY LARGE PUBLIC AUCTION ANTIQUES, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, NORITAKE CHINA, STAMPS, COLLECTIBLES, GLASSWARE, PICKUP TRUCK, GUNS, TRACTOR & TOOLS FOR CHARLES A. HELP, SR., BEL AIR, MD & OTHERS SAT, SEPT. 14, 2002 at 8 a.m. sharp (Box lots first) Auction to be held in the Winterstown Fire Hall, along Rt. 24 between Red Lion & Stewartstown, PA ANTIQUES & HOUSEHOLD GOODS: Oak ped. table w/paw feet & ext. bds; nice pine D.R. suite w/2 pc hutch, table & 6 chairs; pine repro dry sink; oak side by side sec./gun cabinet w/mirrors; 12’ ent. center wall unit w/desk, book shelf & 4 dr chest; Ig. cedar wardrobe; single bookcase bed; Grandmothers clock; Ig. petal wardrobe; sq oak stand; cream w/red & blue heart design; green sofa w/matching chair; red & blue chairs & reclin ers; Ig. Lazy Boy recliner sofa; tea cart; king bed & frame; computer desk; Shaker style lamp tables; oak armoire, dresser & 2 matching night stands; knee hole desk & chair; chiropractic or massage table & 2 chairs; sq & round picnic tables & benches; Lloyd Flanders glider & matching chairs; lamps; 2 2 dr file cabinets; glass door bookcase; sev. computer monitors & keyboards; Hotpoint fridge; Hotpoint almond 30” stove, like new; almond fridge; Maytag roll around dishwasher w/butcher block top, used 1 yr; Maytag gas clothes dryer; window AC unit; 2 new ceiling fans; Ig 500 lb. safe; kitchen appliances, etc. APPROX. 275 PCS NORITAKE AZALEA CHINA with 1 qt. jug, jam jar, waffle set, syrup pitcher w/underplate, whipped cream sets, condiment sets, demi sugar & creamer sets, egg cups; etc. STAMPS: 100 lots of stamps from early 1900’s & up of U.S., Foreign, Olympics & many more. COLLECTIBLES & GLASSWARE: Set of Haviland china; Lenox china; Liberty Blue china; nice repro GWTW lamp; dec. copper luster; cus tard glass; crystal; pattern glass; opalescent vases, compote & basket; kerosene lamps; beer steins; costume jewelry; silk flowers arrang; 10 gal crock; pink Fostoria; adv. pcs; nickel rayo lite; 6’ ant. wooden airplane pro peller; brass 1890 coach clock; sm. dinner bell; chunk stove; pewter; cellu loid; gorgeous Ig. hand-painted bisque dolls. PICKUP; 1986 dark blue CMC H.D. 3/4 T pickup, V-8, auto, class 3 hitch, only 76,000 mi., very nice clean truck. GUNS & AMMO: Iver Johnson 20 ga. dbl bbl; dated 1892 32 cal hex bar rel rifler Brazil made 12 ga. pump gun, new; Ruger 22 cal carbine; dated 1905 Colt 45 Army pistol; Defender 32 cal Bulldog pistol; Riverside Arms Co 1915-12 ga. dbl. bbl shotgun; Ward & Sons 12 ga. dbl bbl. hammer type shot gun; Iver Johnson mod. 1900 - 32 cal. revolver; Herters 401 cal (Colt Peacemaker Style) revolver, made in W. Germany; Colt Cobra 38 spec, stub nose pistol; Mossberg 22 cal. rifle; dbl bbl muzzle loader shotgun; 1903 Remington mod. 31 pump shotgun; 1891 Mauser mod. Argentine M 0779 rifle; Springfield 03A3 bolt action 30 cal rifle w/Leopold 3-9 scope; Rem. mod 572 - 22 cal pump rifle wAasco 3-9 scope; Savage mod 340 D 22 cal rifle w/Herters 3-9 scope; ant. primitive pump (Ben Franklin) air rifle; Herters 4-9 scope; military type sheath knife; fishing rods, tackle & waders, Ig. selection of ammo of variable loads & cal; white tail & mule deer head mounts. TRACTOR, ROTO-TILLER & TOOLS: 1992 Power King #1617 twin cyl tractor, all gear drive, WFE, 3 Pt hitch, hyd lift; 4’ snow blade, 4’ rotary mower, 1 bottom plow, looks & runs like brand new; Troy Bill mod Horse BHP magnum engine roto-tiller w/snowblade, wheel wts, chains & other extras, very nice; Honda 11HP 3200 PSI power washer; ant Iron Horse 2 wheel clete garden tractor w/attach; 1997 Snapper 9 HP riding mower; 2 Lawn Boy mowers; 24” snow blower; Yardman 6 HP mower; Craftsman mini tiller/cult, like new; HD appliance truck; Stihl chain saw; battery charger; new Delta & Ryobi cut off saws; Mil, Ryobi & Makita power tools; Scotts spreader; lawn cart; Craftsman drill press; bench vise; air tank; Cat tractor manuals; 3/4 & 1” HD socket sets; hand tools of every descrip; lad ders; & many items not mentioned. Not responsible for accidents. Auct. Note: Truck, tractor & Ig. equip approx 10:30. Stamps approx. 11 a.m. Guns approx 11:30, Nontake 12 p.m. Furniture approx. 1 p.m. Cash or approved check. in BmcMMimr BA Auctioneers Lie. Nos. Web site: www.sechristauctions.com RgdLion PA Ph 717 244-0295 Antiques Questions And Answers What you have is known as Venetian glass, with the rib bing and applied blue trim. It was popular in America in the early 20th century and much was brought back by travelers to Italy. Your goblets could sell in a shop for $5O each or more. I bought this copper ewer with a brass handle at an auction 20 years ago. I was told it is Arabi an. What can you tell me about it? E.B. - Charlotte, NC In the 1980 s copper serving and cooking utensils were im ported from the mid east and sold as antiques. Your ewer was probably one of them. It could sell in a shop for $4O-65. York PA Ph 717 741 4489 I have a one pint glass peanut butter jar. It has raised letter, “Jumbo Brand”, with an ele phant head. Also, Patented “ALL THE CHILDREN LIKE JUMBO” JUNE 24, 1930. Does this jar have value? B.A. - Ellenborro, NC As an advertising collectible it could sell for $l5O-175. While cleaning out my late fa ther’s belongings I found flyers goggles. My father had pinned a written note saying “Japanese goggles.” They have yellow lenses. Are they a keepsake or worth money? D.J. - Charlotte, NC German Fraktur Evaluation Sept. 8 PENRYN (Lancaster Co.) Bring your Pennsylvania German fraktur to Penryn on Sept. 8 to have a couple of the country’s top fraktur ex perts evaluate what you have. Check attics and family Bibles for fraktur hand written text and colorful wa tercoior drawings that were made to celebrate life and rites of passage. Fraktur ex amples are birth and bap tismal certificates, religious text on slips of paper in a German Bible, family regis ters, writing exercises and re wards from a parochial schoolmaster. The fraktur fest is just one part of a public event Sun day, Sept. 8, for all ages titled “Celebrating Our Pennsylva nia German Christian Heri tage.” It will be conducted at St. Paul Evangelical Luther an Church, St. Paul Hall (old fire hall) and the Penryn Cemetery from 2-3:30 p.m. St. Paul Lutheran Church, TWO DAY AUCTION Antique dealer going out of business, selling everything REAL ESTATE AND CONTENTS Saturday September I4th & 21st, 2002,9:00 A.M. 197 South Chapel Street, Newark, Delaware Preview: Friday September 13th & 20th 10:00-4:00 Real Estate will be offered September 14th -12 noon 10% day of sale - balance due in 60 days China, Pottery, Ceramics & Glass; CEP (Ming Dynasty), Roseville, McCoy, Wedgewood, Lenox, Blue Willow, Royal Doulton, salt glaze, carnival, Ivo Lill art glass, milk glass, stoneware, art pottery, Hawkes glass, uranium Glass, milk bottles, candlewick, white ware, blue & white glassware, depression glass, crocks & jugs, wash bowls & pitch ers, German steins, candy jars, stained glass. Figurines: Staffordshire, Hummel, Snow babies. Toys: Matchbox, Hot Wheels, Hess, cast iron, comic books, porcelain dolls, doll furniture. As a souvenir of World War 11 they could sell for $2O. This metal vase was given to my grandmother for winning a cotillion dancing contest in the 1880 s. I need value and informa tion. Your silver plate trophy was made by James W.Tufts, Bos ton MA around 1881. In good, polished condition, it could sell in an antique shop for around $5O. We own a miniature portrait, painted on ivory and signed A.Renoir. We have contacted which is celebrating 250 years of ministry, is hosting the event. Members of two other Penryn congregations founded in the 18th century Jerusalem United Church of Christ and White Oak Church of the Brethren will share their heritage with the pub lic. Participants will circulate among six stations of hands-on activities, demonstrations and guided talks. One highlight will be a tour of the Penryn Cemetery to see remarkable examples of gravestone folk art with professor Gary Collison of York and gene alogist Martha Xakellis of Lititz. Winged cherubs, flowers and compass stars decorate some gravestones. Another station in the church sanctuary will look at pioneer church fife and religious tradi tions with pastors of Penryn churches. An 18th century com munion set including pieces crafted by Lancaster pewterer Jo hann Christoph Heyne will be on display. Religious artifacts from area churches and private collec- Furniture: Philadelphia Mirror labeled Earps & Co. c. 1820, Victorian furniture & mirrors, Kincaid bedroom suite, china cabinets, drop front desk & others, rocker, chairs, tables, side boards, dressers, armoire, loveseats & settee, comer cupboards, Victorian screen, brass bed, Duncan Phyfe sofa, wash stands, marble top tables, many other pieces. Clocks: Grandmother, Ansonia, Vienna regulator, Atmos, Lenox, mantle, cuckoo. Memorabilia: Railroad, Elvis, Boy Scouts, beer. Call or Email for Brochure JOHN J. McGRELLIS 111, AUCTIONEER (302) 239-7244, Fax (302) 239-1649 Email: mcgrellisauction@comcast.net Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 7, 2002-825 D.H. - Cincinnati, OH auction houses to verify if it was done by Augustine Renoir and a curator at the Cincinnati Art Mu* seum...no conclusive results. We also researched Renoir and found he had early in his career painted in the classical style and that he had painted on ivory. What next? T.W. - Cincinnati, OH Use the internet and a scanned photo with a close-up of the signature. Contact the Louvre in Paris curator of Im pressionist paintings who in turn could lead you to experts in French portrait miniatures, etc. Computers can translate into French. Let me know what happens. tions will be displayed in the lower level of the church. In St. Paul Hall, participants will find stations on parochial schools and fraktur, home life and food demonstrations, farm ers and craftsmen. There will be food tasting, sauerkraut making, weaving and clothing demonstra tions, a Conestoga wagon jack, a schnitzelbank, wooden hayforks and blacksmithing items made in Penryn. Participants may bring their baptismal date to fill in a blank taufschein (baptismal cer tificate). Fraktur experts Russell and Corinne Earnest of East Berlin will identify and traflgate print ed and hand done frakturs peo ple bring to the event. The Earn ests have written 18 books and hundreds of articles on Pennsyl vania fraktur and genealogy. Their next book to be published this fall is titled “Family Regis ters of the Pennsylvania Ger mans.” They have 25,000 frak turs in a computer database. V*- • , - * Miscellaneous: John Holly decoys, paper weights, base ball cards, scales & weights, pens, penknives, tiles, pocket watches & fobs, hand tools, silverware, Chnstmas items, jewelry, pewter & brass items, vintage glasses, post cardiaHpiical instru ments, kitcnOTutensils, stere opticon scenes, lamps.
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