826-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 12, 2003
O THE ANTIQUE
DETECTIVE
Anne Gilbert
Italian Art Glass
Varies Widely In Price
Italian art glass of the 20th cen
tury can range from a couple of
hundred dollars to the high thou
sands when it comes to auction.
Prices depend not only on the qual
ity of design but who made it and
when.
At the March 2 Treadway/
Toomey auction of 20th century art
and design a Venini hanging light
fixture estimated at $9OO - $l,lOO
didn’t sell. A pair of Seguso glass
figures from the 1950 s fetched
$350. A Venini “a canne” bottle
vase, c. 1968 sold for $3OO.
One reason for the disparity in
bidding is that buyers and collec
tors are more knowledgeable than
they were a decade ago when the
Italian art glass craze began.
CLUES: Serious collectors know
better than to pay too much for
common place made-for-export
pieces or reproductions. A case in
point are the Venini clown figures.
They were made for export. Not
studio-designed. Many were whim
seys or throw-aways filled with li
quor. However, these aren’t to be
compared with the figural pieces
designed by fulvio Bianconi for the
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PUBLIC AUCTION
APRIL 26,2003 -9:30 ajm.
Located at 361 Ragan Rd, Conowingo, MD
Directions: From US RT 1 take 222 North approx. 2 miles to Ragan Rd.-
tum right on Ragan Rd.- sale is 1/2 mile on the Left. From PA- take 222
South- turn Left on Ragan Rd approx. 2 miles over the MD line- sale on Left
1/2 mile on Ragan Rd.
ANTIQUES - FURNITURE - JEWELRY - BOOKS - TOYS - TOOLS
ANTIQUES - coke bottles, zinc lids, insulators, arrow heads, pocket knives,
violin, ukelele, fiddle, globe, oil lamps, finger lamps, candle sticks, Gorham
bird, cereal premiums, baskets, sewing boxes, 78 records, metal clock, old
pocketbooks, bureau sets, hair combs, eyeglasses, scissors, advertising pen
cils and pens, carnival glass, glassware, linens, quilts, comforters, (15) flat
irons, old tins, old calendars, tin pot and pans, spools, buttons, enamelware,
lanterns, oval frames and pictures, wood wig stand, boxes of hankies, #8
Gnswald skillet, plant stand, crutches (one pr. dated 1840), pictures, egg
crate, egg baskets, baskets, blankets, material, suitcases, sleigh bells, crocks,
metal fans, flower pots, vases, kmc knacs (60) flats Avon bottles (ruby and
other). Coke clock, blue canning jars, milk bottle carrier, dinner bell, agate
pans, Atlantic sign, (70) advertising boxes, (6) early cheese boxes,
Winchester ammo boxes, steamer trunk, sleds, sausage and meat grinders,
gas pump
FURNITURE - drop leaf table w/ 4 chairs, open wash stand, wood cook
stove, (2) drop leaf tables, 8 pc. dining room suite, 4 dining room chairs,
comer china, (2) sm. mahog. tables, (6) cane seat chairs, arm chair, book
cases, end tables, couch, game table, lamps, (3) upholstered chairs, player
piano w/ rolls, Edison record player and (30) cylinders, organ, (2) floor
lamps, cane seat rocker, wing back chair, 4 drawer dresser, elephant foot
bed, wrought iron floor lamp, cedar chest, sewing machine, wash stands,
mantle clocks, barrel back wicker chaii, desk, 4 drawer chest, piano stool,
dry rack, oak chairs, porcelain top bakers table, potty chair, stools, sewing
machine, clothes trees, bedroom lamps, 3 fold vanity mirror, Morris chair,
candle stand, settee, Victrola, dough box, double tub, green porch rocker,
metal porch chairs, treadle sewing machine, metal bed, ironing boards,
playpen
JEWELRY - VINTAGE CLOTHING - Christmas pins, buttons, cameos,
pop beads, pearls, brouches, necklaces, beads, bracelets (many collectible
pieces to numerous to mention 1 ), fur coats, minks, stolls, lamb coat, vintage
clothing
BOOKS AND TOYS - (4) Popeye hand puppets, large scrapbook of plays
(1890’s - Dixon and Zimmerman Opera, Baltimore, MD) , old bear, old
children and Golden books, optic viewer, train, wood blocks, table croquette
set, (3) wood toy boats, games, old newspapers and magazines, old stamps,
boxes asst, old collectible books, Natl. Geographies, Life mags., models
TOOLS - hog scrapers, rim former, dehomers, vises, traps, hatchets, crow
bars, screwdrivers, flat irons, tobacco spears, hand saws, shears, barrel
bongs, drill bits, chains, mallots, chisels, lug wrenches, (30) wood planes,
levels, shoe lathes, punch and chisels, (2) scythe, meat saws, (3) cleavers,
socket sets, butchering tools, strap hinges, pore, door knobs, pipe vises, drill
press, old license plates (some pairs), (18) axes, 2 prong forks, (18) single
trees, (5) 2 man crosscut saws, cow kickers, bridle bits, (33) blacksmith
tongs, blacksmith forge, soldering uons, chicken waters, pipe wrenches,
vise, grind stone, wet stone,.oil cans, eaily wrenches, andirons, old carjacks,
phones, mitre boxes, spindles, scales, wood tool box, (4) old stoves, plat
form scale, (12) wood pulleys, (6) metal pulleys, hay hooks, brace bits,
augers, (60) hammers, anvil
Sale by EARL GILBERT
Auctioneer - George L. Gibney (PA license #AU-00-2534-L)
Phone - 410-658-5649 Food Available - Cecil Co Farm Museum
Terms - cash oi appio\cd check
Auctioneers Note - Bung lawn chan- this will he a good sale - you won't
want to miss it’
“A canne” bottle vase, c.
1968, signed Seguso, sold at
Treadway/Toomey auction for
$3OO. Photo credit:
Treadway/Toomey, 818 North
Blvd., Oak Park, 111.
Lancaster Farming
ABSOLUTE CONSIGNMENT
Antique Collectible Auction
Sat., April 19 • 9:00 am
Auction held indoors at former Shirt Factory building on Route 35,
(Village Merchants) Richfield, PA
Elbow Room - Lots of Parking - A Great Place to Spend the Day
Sale located between Mifflintown and Mt. Pleasant Mills
From State College take Rt. 322 East to Mifflintown/McAlistemlle exit Make a left onto Rt. 35, watch
lot auction signs on light at Richfield. From Lancaster take Rt. 322 West to Rt. 11/15 go to Sclmsgiove
exit - on right continue straight - Rt. 35 to Richfield or stay on Rt. 322 to Mifflmtown exit and go
straight on Rt. 35 to Richfield.
Antiques & Collectibles, Furniture, etc.: Birds
eye maple armoire; child’s table/4 chairs; large
antique beveled glass mirror; old wooden radio
with record player; 2 wooden clocks; old brass
telephone light; old metal crib & wooden crib;
dressers; old wall light; wooden table with cutting
board; fainting couch; wooden dryer rack; bam
boo settee with cushion; Singer sewing machine
cabinet; 2 piece wicker set; wooden Pepsi case,
small glass lamp; vases; tins; Ig wood cabbage
slicer; small cabbage sheer; wooden rolling pin,
old quilt & quilt lop, wooden ironing board, 2 old
ceiling light shades, old grease gun & old spray
gun, wooden clamps, glass Budweiser sign in
frame; 2 old shaving mirrors; Japanese sword;
WWII duffle bag; old military items - patches,
etc., US Navy aviation goggles; old window pane
holder (wood); flowered tray; Yuengling beer bot
tle; beer coasters; F&S labels; chairs; Avon bottles
(some in boxes); post cards; 1936 Philadelphia
Enquirer; cast iron banks; lard can; insulator;
news item (1964 centennial edition); Philadelphia
Enquirer Newspaper (1936); Federation mugs (2
sets), token - Williamsport trolly; 1939
Williamsport last raft (tag); china serving (6)
green/gold trim; old doll; tin toy horse; old puz
zles; Peanuts’ thermos; child’s tin lunch box with
thermos; tin Dick Tracy car; tin toy carriage;
child’s blackboard stand; jack in the box; carom
game with stand; tin ferris wheel cars; 5 cane bot
tom kitchen chairs, very good condition; old rye
hand woven basket; black cast-iron three foot ket
tle marked h.k. 8; handmade afghan with roses;
handmade lap quilt new multi colors patches; old
metal chicken feeder with wooden rod; vintage
Satin cigarettes advertisement beer tray; wooden
handle fish net; wooden basket; framed picture
mountain stream; vintage Rambler thermos jug;
Keystone metal meat grinder; old Eagle oil can;
brown ceramic insulator: old Mason pint jar full of
buttons; blue Mason pint jar full of marbles; red
ware bowl small; chalkware dog ashtray; green
swah powder dish; ceramic souvenir dish of state
capitol made for Pomeroy & Stewart Harrisburg
#6428, 1936 Taylor Smith Taylor China plates 4
total 2 with small chips; metal sugar shaker; car
nival glass ashtray orange; Duncan & Miller
teardrop candle holders (pair), orange and white
slag glass planter, amethyst shot glass slag, green
slag glass um small, orange & white slag glass
um; Homer Laughlin Blue Willow dessert plates;
American Fostoria cups and saucers; glass boot
Libbey of Canada; 2 real-life hunting duck decoys
plastic; fish gravy boat-old. White Mountain apple
peeler-old-in original box; McCoy cookie jar with
rooster; child’s slate board; Nylint coupe; Bakelite
cigarette holder; salt & pepper shakers; 4 antique
ceiling lights; comb & brush holder; cookie
cutters tin; John Deere 7800 toy tractor exc. Ertl
truck banks; old Cardinal sewing machine
(works); assorted tools; 1970-80 auto owners
manuals; old glass & china pieces; custom-made
toy truck carry case.
Milk Bottles: Twin Cedar Dairy qt. McClure, PA;
Liverpool round qt. embossed; 1 pt. cream top
embossed J.H. Brokhoff Pottsville, PA; 1 pt.
embossed Burschel Dairy Co. Scranton, PA; 1 pt.
embossed Sanitary Milk Co. Shamokin, PA; 1 pt.
Pennsupreme Milk Co. Lancaster, PA; 1 qt. cream
top embossed Willow Farms Dairy; 1 qt.
embossed West Shore Creamery Co. Lemoyne,
PA; 1 qt. cream top embossed Chestnut Farms
Chevy Chase Dairy, 1/2 pt. painted sports figure;
1 qt. Ross Dairy, Sunbury, PA; 1 qt. Steigers
Dairy, Williamsport, PA; 1/2 pt. embossed with
metal & wire cap; 1/2 pt. painted sports figure; 1
pt. embossed Wameys Dairy; 1 qt. round Home
Dairy Co. Georgetown, KY; 1/2 pt. embossed
Finch Dairy; 1 qt. Hertzlers Dairy, Elizabethtown,
PA; 1 qt. Sanitary Milk Co. Easton, PA; 1 qt.
Price’s Farms Dairy, Hazleton, PA; I qt. Avalong
Faims, York, PA; 1/2 pt. embossed Briggs Dairy
Co., 1 qt. Kauffman’s Dairy; 1/2 pt. Kauffman’s
Dairy, Ka-Vee round qt pt. 1/2 pt. red/blue letters,
Belleville, PA. Ka-Vee 1/2 pt embossed,
Belleville, PA, Moser’s Dairy qt. embossed origi
nal lid Danville, PA; Poitzlme round qt.
Northumberland; Weaver 1 pt. embossed; Spruce
Valley Farms 1/2 pt State College, PA.
German Books: German Martyrs Mirror;
1888 Biblische Gesschichten, Treatise on
Magistracy and War by John Holdeman, Dated
1913 Lekture Des Pastors, Bibllsche
Geschichten, 1926 German Menno Simons, Die
Alteste Chronik Der Hutterischen Bruder,
1933 Grundzuge, 1921 Die Mennoniton
Gemeinden, 1917 Jesus is Coming, 1912 Die
Apokryphen, Das Neue Spelling Buch, Pupils
Bible Dictionary, Dated 1886 Small Catechism
signed Mrs. Mary Kauffman, 1873
Mennonitesches Gesangbuch.
Depression Glass: Depression cup pink buttons
& bows; depression creamers, buttons & bows
(pink); 1 old 1935 wooden movie plaque Laurel &
Hardy 24”x30”; old baskets; 18 pc. Staffordshire
England china onions; 2 Iris iridescent 11 'A ruffled
bowl; green depression glass burple bowls;
Snowcrest bear bank; Barthrico copper piggy
bank; depression glass amber sandwich 4 plates 3
cups; depression glass pink Madrid creamer & 1
Madrid amber cup; Germany weatherhouse; old
etched pitcher and 12 glasses crystal; 4 sour cream
glasses; 1 depression glass Queen Mary oyster &
pearls bowl pink; crystal depression glass candy
dish & lid; pr. of candle wick candle holders crys
tal; depression glass amber meat plate & dinner
plate (Rose Mary); pr. of double Anchor Hocking
depression glass candle holders; Hall Pnm Rose
9” bowl; Ironstone china old washbowl; 3 depres
sion glass amber Sharon dinner plates; 9 depres
sion glass amber saucers (Sharon); 1 depression
glass Sharon amber cup; 4 old ceiling light shaded
glass; 3 green bubble dinner plates; ivory porce
lain by Sebring -22 k - bowl & lid; creamer &
bowl; sugar & lid; Keystone C.R. Co. tea cups (7);
saucers (12); dessert plates (8), 8 panel pitcher old
crystal; Pink depression cube sugar bowl; 3 pc.
cream sugar & relish dish-gold trim; crystal
depression glass pretzel cream & sugar; McCoy
teakettle cookie jar. i
More Antiques, Collectibles, etc.: Ned Smith
waterfowl glasses set of 8, 1978-1980 Ned Smith
Game News, state game land metal signs; WPA
safety zone sign cardboard; trapping magazines;
1941 sporting good catalog; tool books (2)
Starred; (10) 1922 silver dollars; Starred bench
level; 1926 sporting good catalog; Port Royal
National Bank postcard; Chester Valley Hatchery
thermometer; game law book 1931-1932; (2)
whistle bottle from Lewistown 1 clear 1 frosted;
oak kneehole desk; 1916 paper resident hunting
license; 355 Beacon flashlight; assortment straight
razors; sheet music; tobacco co. metal tags; Pine
Hill Crystal Spring jug; (2) 1 gal. lard press; mutu
lar jack; shelf clock; baseball cards; Sinclair
patches; old license plate (some porcelain); (2)
horses w/clocks; toy collectors; 23 pieces Hess
trucks from 1980-2002 in boxes; die-cast Texaco
Gulf Ertl banks; die-cast tow trucks; plastic
Caroline trucks 60 to 70 lots all pieces mint con
dition; Nascars - 1/24 and 1/64 size of all named
drivers, 1/64 size Nascar transporters; embossed
turkey feather design picture frames; (1) old hunt
ing camp picture, (1) cherubs; (1) very old funer
al scene; Down Town C of Newark, NJ wooden
cigar box made in Tampa, FL (Tampa, FL seal on
bottom, factory no. 154 retail at 80 ea.).
From the Rissler family: Old White trundle
sewing machine nice; old dresser; old tea
kettle; from Mose Rissler descendants 1832
German Sahonn Arndts (German Bible Philip
Ritzier); old Harris store coupons stamps; New
Holland old farm and farm record books; old
checks; letters; receipts; bank books; cards;
wills; plus more, old cigar boxes - Weaver,
Ressler, Smeltzers, 2-1 no Don’t miss this
auction! Something for everyone!
Good PA Dutch Food by Levi & Lydia Ann
of Walnut Cheese Nook - come hungry 1
Bring lawn chairs.
Call 570-658-8706 for further information.
Terms: Cash or Good PA bank check or
Pie-approved Out ot State Check
Owner and auctioneer not responsible for
accidents
Roger Lauver, Auctioneer
THE AU-002634-L
Ph. 570-374-3793
Dean Longacre.
SELLS Assisting Auctioneer