Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 9:00 am
Preview: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 from 3:00??? – 7:00 pm and day of auction from 7:00 – 9:00 am
Trains and Toys: To be sold at 9:00 am
Trains: Carlisle & Finch #34 steam loco and tender, also C&F mining loco, Lionel 726 with 2426 with tender, 395 yellow flood light tower, 2046 L&T OB, 497 coaling station OB, 97 coal elevator, 3356 horse cart corral, 2344 NYC F3 diesel, 2321 Lackawanna FM, 313 Bascule bridge, 182 crane, 3459 dump Carin green, Madison 4 piece passenger car set 2625, 27, 28, 28. 50-75 assorted Lionel trains most in original boxes and more without original boxes. Lionel std. Gauge 10 freight set in original box, 514R refrigerator OB, 513 cattle reverse colors OB, American Flyer switch tower, 755 talking station, Shell diesel fueling station, HO scale trains mostly all vintage by Varney, Hobbytown, Lionel, Athearn including boxed sets, locos and various rolling stock N scale small assortment. Toys: Marx, Buck Rogers, various wind-up, rocket police patrol space ship, cities service wrecker, small assortment of die cast toys. Call 215.393.3034 for listing or view online at www.alderferauction.com.
Books, Ephemera and Postcards: To be sold at 9:00 am
800+ LOTS! POSTCARDS: Over 50 lots, containing thousands of postcards, encompassing many subjects from all periods. Included are, topicals, real photos, U. S. and foreign views, illustrated, artist signed, holidays, greetings, comics, souvenir and accordion folders, novelty, plus many others. BOOKS & EPHEMERA: 750+ lots, 1600’s to 1900’s, including books, first, limited, signed and collector’s editions, leather bound, sets, Franklin imprint, private press, classics, hand colored, fine & decorative bindings, pop-ups, animated and mechanicals, juvenile series, tobacco and non sports cards, valentines, almanacs, pulps, ledgers, account books, diaries, checks, color plates, prints, engravings, magazines, newspapers, posters, manuscripts, blotters, advertising trade cards, atlases, documents, stocks, Big Little books, stamps, labels, autographs, playbills, sheet music, photographs, bound volumes, maps, catalogs, scrapbooks, plus many other types of ephemera.
SUBJECTS INCLUDE: Children, natural history, Civil War, architecture, American Indians, African Americans, fashion, American Revolution, World War I, World War II, military, navy, golf, KKK, alcohol, Harry Houdini, Roycrofters, expositions, automobiles, ships, railroads, aviation, firearms, genealogy, music, theatre, movies, pin-ups, poetry, religion, circus, Pennsylvania German, Quakers, sciences, Disney, Titanic, politics, Americana, American West, local history, holidays, exploration, medical, archeology, Judaic, hunting, travel, art, antiques, sports, erotica, cooking, plus many other subjects, illustrators include Willcox Smith, Greenaway, Brundage, Tasha Tudor, Pogany, Denslow, Rockwell, Parrish, Fisher, Christy, Dore’, Wyeth, Kent, Gibson, Rackham, and others. Call 215.393.3035 for listing or view online at www.alderferauction.com. Book Preview: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 from 3:00 - 7:00 pm and day of auction from 7:00 - 9:00 am.
Antiques and Collectibles:
Selection of Victorian, cherry and mahogany living room, dining room and bedroom furnishings;
M. Hohner accordion with manual; antique sled; decorative accessories; artwork including Wallace Nutting, Thompson and Gutman colored photos, still life with miniature soldiers and musket, oils, watercolors - Michael Rocco, Ann Howes, lithos and prints – 2 Thomas Blinks hunting prints; gold, gold-filled, silver and costume jewelry; parasols; 1898 McLoughlin Bros. Uncle Sam’s “Get There” game; Christmas and Holiday Collectibles: Huge auction of 5,000+ Christmas collectibles including: collection of 400+ Santa Clauses (Jim Shore, many other); several thousand Christmas ornaments including Christopher Radko, Polanise, Waterford, Spode, many more quality makers; 200+ pieces of Spode Christmas china including a rare Spode Christmas decanter, dishes, bowls, platters, urns, lamps and more; quantity of Christmas Fiestaware dishes and china; 20+ Christmas trees; assorted other Christmas decorations; much more.
China and Glassware:
Various makers of fine china including Pfaltzgraff china “Winterberry” pattern; Waterford; cut, pressed and pattern glass.
