Blue Hen Auction Co.
2 Day Fall Antique Auction
Friday, November 20 , 2009
&
Saturday, November 21 , 2009
To be Held at the
Cheswold Fire Co. Social Hall
Main Street
Cheswold, Delaware 19936
Located Just 3 Miles North of Dover, Delaware
Friday Evening Session, Starting at 5 pm
The Friday Evening Session will Start at 5 pm with a Good Old Fashioned Country Auction of 20+ Tables Stacked Full of Hand Selected Local Estate Items, Antiques, Collectibles, Delaware & Eastern Shore Historical Memorabilia, Many Old Political Buttons, Collection of Fraternal Ribbons, Stacks of Old Books, Paper Ephemera, Hundreds of Postcards, Delaware Postcards, Delaware Milk Bottles, Toys, Dolls, Glassware, China, Artwork, Primitives, Graniteware, Stoneware, Advertising, Old Gun Parts, Small Furniture, Quilts, Many Boxes of Oil Lamp Parts & Shades, Lots of Unique & Obscure Estate Stuff.
Second Auctioneer – Cataloged Auction – Friday Evening Starting at 7 pm – Large Coin Collection – U.S. Coins, Over 100 Silver Dollars with some to be sold in Large Lots, Many Early Half Dollars, Large Lots of Silver Coins, U.S. Gold Coins including $2 ½, $5, $10, $20, 4pcs. 50 Peso Gold Coins, ½ Ounce Gold Bar & Lots More.
Saturday Session, Starting at 10:00 am
Period & Country Furniture – Very Fine 18th Century Delaware Valley Chippendale Chest of Drawers, 18th C. Mid Atlantic Chippendale Chest, Important 18th C. Walnut Tall Case Clock by Jonas Alrichs of Wilmington, Delaware, Very Fine 19th C. 2 pc. Corner Cupboard w/ Original Paint Decoration, Exceptional 19th C. Cherry Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest w/ Fine French Bracket Feet, Early 19th C. Highly Carved Mahogany Piano by Charles Pommer of Philadelphia, Paint Dec. Blanket Chest Dated 1846, Queen Anne Looking Glass Dated 1736, 19th C. Maple Tilt Top Table, 19th C. Federal Tilt Top Table, 18th C. English Stretcher Base Table, 18th C. English Side Table, 3 Early English Windsor Armchairs, 19th C. Federal Card Table, 19th C. Federal Shaving Mirror, Early Dome Top Trunk w/ Original Paint, Early Cricket Table, Childs Ladderback Chair, Pair Centennial Wine Stands, Very Fine Pair of Hepplewhite Style Card Table w/ Shell Inlay, Early 19th C. Hepplewhite Inlaid Silver Chest, Unusual Sheraton Desk Base, Spinning Wheels, Sheraton 2 Drawer Stand, Victorian Marble Top Tables, Small Walnut Victorian Drop Leaf Side Table, Victorian Chairs, Fine Antique Mahogany Revolving Bookcase w/ Inlay, Old Trunk Marked Dover, Delaware, 18th C. Chippendale Mirror, Gustav Stickley No. 302 Foot Stool w/ Original Paper Label, Pine Washstand, Plank Chairs & More, Unique & Historical 1793 Pictorial Needlework Sampler by Elizabeth Townsend of Dover, Delaware, Superb Collection of 6 Rare 19th C. Stoneware Crocks w/ Impressed Delaware Merchant Names from, Dover, Angola, Magnolia, Seaford & Frankford, Delaware, 9 pc. Collection of Stoneware Crocks Signed Wm. Hare, Wilmington, Delaware including Scarce Ovoid Crock, 19th C. Salisbury, Md. Stoneware Jug, Many Blue Decorated Stoneware Crocks & Jugs, Levy & Glosking Whiskey Jug from Dover, Whiskey Jugs w/ Names, Lots of Early Staffordshire Pottery, Historical Soft Paste Mug Decorated with Warship “U.S.S. Columbia”, Early Mocha, 19th C. Bennington Pottery Toby Bottle, Early Rose Medallion Compote, Copper Luster, 19th C. Porcelain Figures & More, Fine Collection of Early New Jersey Glassware including 2 Water Pitchers, Bowl, Creamer, Etc., Other Early Glassware, 19th C. Sewing Box w/ Silk Lined Interior, 19th C. Stenciled Dec. Shaving Mirror, Salt Box, Butter Prints, Tole Dec. Document Box, Early Locks, Pewter, Occupational Shaving Mug, Early Hat Boxes, Decoys, Many Hand Sewn Quilts, Sleigh Bells, Victorian Brass Candlesticks, 18th C. Map of Chesapeake Bay, Many Cast Iron Doorstops, Girandole Set & More, 18th & 19th C. Coin Silver – Including 30 pieces of Delaware Coin Silver, Delaware Silver Books by Harrington & Hindes, 100+ Various U.S. Coin Silver Spoons to be Sold, Collection of Rare Miniature 18th C. Coin Silver Spoons including Joseph Richardson Sr. Spoon w/ Rat Tail Bowl, John Lynch Spoon w/ Bird Dec. Bowl & More, Lots of Early English Silver, Early European Silver, Lifetime Collection of 1000+ Pieces of Sterling Silver Flatware, The Largest Selection of Sterling Silver to have been sold at Auction in Delaware over the past 10 years, including Many Sets of Sterling Flatware, Huge Selection of Sterling Silver Flatware Patterns by Gorham, Dominick & Haff, Alvin, Durgin, Wallace, Whiting, Reed & Barton, Kirk, Stieff, Watson, Frank Smith, International, Hamilton & Diesinger, Towle & More, Large Group of Sterling Silver Hollowware including Tea Sets, Coffee Sets, Large Baskets, Tiffany Bowls, Repousee Pieces, Large Sterling Pitcher, Stacks of Sterling Trays & Bowls, Sterling Candle Sticks, Salt & Peppers, Hurricane Lamps, Butter Pats, Porringers, Creamers, Sugar Bowls, Demitasse Cup Holders, Gravy Boats, Large Group of Weighted Sterling, Boxes Full of Sterling for Scrap & More, Estate Jewelry – including Exceptional Ladies 14K Gold & Diamond Bracelet w/ 8 Carat Pear Shaped Emerald, Very Fine Ladies Platinum Ring w/ 1 ½ Carats of Diamonds, Very Fine Ladies Triple Strand Pearl & Opal Bracelet, Over 35 Fine 14K & 18K Gold Ladies & Men’s Rings in Various Settings w/ Diamonds & Precious Gem Stones, 14K Gold Bracelets, Diamond Tennis Bracelets, Victorian Cameos, Many Fine Antique Pocket Watches, 18 K Gold Men’s Wrist Watch, Ladies Rolex Model # 6719 Wrist Watch, Fine 19th C. Russian Enameled Basket & more - Fine Original Artwork – Seascape Oil Painting on Canvas by George Robert Bonfield (American 1805-1898), Oil Painting on Canvas by Karl J. Kuerner, Watercolor of Dagsboro, Delaware Weaver by Delaware Artist Sarah Stafford Goodwin (American 1912-2000), Oil Painting of Leipsic, Delaware by Louise Jamison, Many Other Oil Paintings, Early Watercolor of Sailing Ship, 2 Signed Lithos by Delaware Artist Charles Colombo, Currier & Ives Lithographs & more Artwork, American Art Pottery including Roseville Blackberry Vase, Carnelian II Vases, Dahlrose Jardinière & Pedestal, Wisteria Jardinière, Baneda Vase, Laurel, Velmoss, Futura Wall Pocket & More, Lots of Weller Art Pottery , Rookwood Bookends, Fulper Vase, Stangl Horsehead Vase #3611, Stangl Birds, Royal Doulton & more, Military Items & Firearms, Model 1808 Flintlock Musket from Salem Brigade of New Jersey Militia, Four 18th C. Flintlock & Percussion Full Stock Pennsylvania Rifles, 1863 Civil War Diary by Jason E. Killmer of Penna. 17th Calvary Reg., Confederate Civil War Bond, Early Powder Horns, Winchester Countertop Felt Adv., Old Knives, Rare 1870’s Photo of Camden, Delaware Fire Wagon, Old Toys, Old Pedal Car, Child’s Wheelbarrow, Doll Furniture, Lots of Victorian Lighting, Oil Lamps, Double Student Lamp, Mini Oil Lamps, Lamp Shades, Diamond State Brewery Wooden Keg, Lots of Victorian Opalescent Glassware, Small Galle Art Glass Vase, Vintage Fur Coats & More
Be Sure to Visit our Website for Descriptions, Photos, Directions & Free Downloadable Catalog
www.bluehenauction.com
Terms: Cash, Local Personal Check, Visa, MC, Discover Credit or Debit Cards Accepted with No Extra Charge or “Clerking Fee”, Out of State Personal Checks Accepted thru Tele-Check, Out of State Business Checks Must have Bank Letter of Credit
10% Buyer Premium on All Items Sold No Sales Tax – No Internet Bidding
Preview: Friday from Noon until end of Evening Auction Session
Doors open Saturday at 8 am - Absentee Bids Accepted
Cataloged Order of Sale – Small Items, Early Guns, Room Settings with Furniture & Artwork followed by Jewelry & Sterling Silver
Auction to be Held Regardless of Weather Conditions
All Items Sold As-is Where-is with No Expressed or Implied Warranties.
All Items must be Removed the Day of the Auction. Local Delivery Available. Plenty of Free Parking
Homemade Breakfast & Lunch Served by the Cheswold Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary
Blue Hen Auction Co. LLC
Showroom & Office located in Historic Downtown Dover, Delaware
9 W. Loockerman Street Dover, Delaware 19904
Phone 302-734-3235 302-228-0042
