EPHEMERA, DECORATIVE ARTS AND FINE FURNISHINGS CATALOG AUCTION
 
Thursday, December 11, 2008 - Commencing at 9:00 AM

Preview Times:

Wednesday, December  3, 2008 from 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Thursday, December 4, 2008 from 9:00 - 5:00 pm

Friday, December  5, 2008 from 9:00 - 5:00 pm

Saturday, December  6, 2008 from 9:00 - 12:00 noon

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 from 9:00 - 7:00 pm

Thursday, December 11, 2008 from 7:00 - 5:00 pm

Friday, December 12, 2008 from 9:00 - 4:00 pm

Ephemera:
60+ lots of T-205, T-206, T-207 Sweet Caporal cigarette baseball cards including Tyrus Raymond Cobb, Denton T. Young, Tris Speaker, Roderick J. Wallace, Edward Walsh, William Dahlen, Christopher Mathewson, Richard Marquard, Albert Leifield, Fred Payne, Addie Joss, John J. Evers, Walter Johnson. 20+ group lots of Sweet Caporal P-2 baseball pins including Ty Cobb, Byrne and Clarke (Pittsburg Pirates), Tommy Leach. German Garde- Kurassier Regiment Parade Helmet, 48 star WWII flag (Normandy), two Bucks County (PA) 1876 atlases, Currier and Ives lithographs, Odd Fellows and Masonic medals, CDV album (Zouaves), 19th and 20th century family archives.

Silver:
70+ lots including Tiffany- serving pieces, hollowware, fish flask,  Cartier basket, Schofield “Baltimore Rose” water pitcher, J.E. Caldwell including inkstand, large bowl, Stieff flatware- princess pattern, Baltimore Rose serving pieces, Kirk and Son serving pieces, Gorham figural sauceboat, E. Bateman sterling basket, Georgian fish slice, Durgin Fairfax flatware, coffee and tea services, vases, picture frames, sugar creamers, teapots, ladles, Sheffield plate water urn and monumental candelabrum “Silver Jubilee 1877-1902”.

Smalls:
Americana including: Gaudy Dutch teapots including “No Name” and “Oyster”, 30+ piece blue decorated stoneware collection including pitchers, jugs, and crocks, floral, bird, double bird, chicken and script by Remmey (attr.), W. Roberts, N.A. White and Son, S. Hart, Haxstun, Clark, Whites, F.T. Wright, J.C. Thomas, Ottman Brothers. Redware by Medinger, theorems by Ellinger, watercolors by Rank and French, quilts and coverlets, folk story genre carvings by John Dale (Montgomery County). Porcelain including Royal Vienna portrait plate and classical urns, portrait plaque, Meissen and Staffordshire figures, Capo-di-Monte, micro mosaic frames, Lalique, Daum and Orrefors, 30+ piece Nippon collection including vases, dresser sets, lamps, chargers and serving pieces. Imari, Sumidagawa, Chinese export, Japanese porcelain. Sculpture including Van Teel - Lucite, M. Fredericks - bronze, silver plated shell sconces.  Lamps including Argand double arm, double student, chandeliers.

Furniture:
Clocks including English bracket clock, Bailey Banks and Biddle French clock set, French figural clock. Seven tall case clocks including George Hagey 8 day Trappe PA, George Faber Sumneytown PA, J.E. Caldwell, Seth Thomas, N.E. Roxbury case. Pennsylvania paint decorated blanket chest Barbara Erthmenen 1802 and paint decorated Kas 1819. Eleven corner cupboards including walnut blind door, cherry 16 light, walnut 16 light, English hanging corner cupboard, pine architectural corner cupboards, Chippendale corner cupboard with arched door broken arch pediment, Sheraton mahogany corner cupboard. Cherry step-back Dutch cupboard 12 light top, diminutive Sheraton worktable, miniature birds-eye maple Sheraton chest, tiger maple Sheraton washstand, New England dressing table (original paint), tiger maple tester bed. Tilt top tea table and candlestands, Chippendale chest on frame and slant front secretary desk. Queen Anne highboy and side chair, Windsor chairs, set of eight and six Chippendale style chairs, camelback sofa and fireside chair, Chippendale figured walnut with gilt eagle crest, gilt convex girandole mirror with eagle pediment. Hepplewhite pieces including chest, tall chest, line inlay sideboard, slant front desk, bowfront chest of drawers. Wallace Nutting Chippendale style chest, Sheraton blind door Dutch cupboard and bowfront chest of drawers, Louis XV French vitrine, mahogany carved side by side secretary desk, mahogany figural carved bookcase, mahogany figural carved chair. Baroque carved marble top library table with tiger maple, tiger maple worktable with two drawers, Empire fall front secretary desk, Empire claw foot sideboard, dressers and bookcase. Allen brothers ottoman and shaving stand, American Renaissance bedroom suite, Herter Brother Renaissance revival mantel clock, aesthetic leaded glass fire screen, Limbert writing desk, Rose Valley side table. George Nakashima set of four “Mira” chairs, demilune breakfast table, graduated four drawer chest, and wall mounted sideboard. Pair of C. Hansen chairs, pair of Breuton chairs, Jeff Bigelow dining table, G. Rietveld style “Z” chair, massive brass chandelier, eight light prism chandelier, Chinese deco carpet, Dagestan prayer rug, Navajo carpets.

Catalog:

Catalog with detailed photographs & inclusive descriptions is available for $25.00. Call 215.393.3039 to order. Descriptions & photographs will also be available at www.alderferauction.com and www.liveauctioneers.com. Bid live online at www.ebayliveauctions.com.

Auction Location:

Alderfer Auction Center
501 Fairgrounds Road
Hatfield, PA 19440
215.393.3023
800.577.8846 ext. 3023

Two hours from Manhattan & Washington, DC

Terms:

All announcements made on auction day shall take precedence over previously distributed information. 15% Buyers Premium, 20% Online Buyers Premium. Visa, MC, Discover, PayPal, Cash, Debit & approved check accepted.