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Collectables

Lot# 7001

Sesame Street Standing Big Bird Figure

Approximate dimensions: 65 1/2 high x 36 inches wide..
Condition: Some wear and chip paint loss to beak and feet. The eyes with apparent repainting and minor chip loss to paint.

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sesame Street Standing Big Bird Figure

Lot# 7001

Estimate: $500 - $700

Lot# 7021

Bisque Head Doll with Blue Glass Sleep Eyes

Blonde hair over the bisque head with painted eyebrows and eyelashes, blue glass sleep eyes, composition body, pale blue cotton dress over white cotton and lace undergarments, blue stockings and black calf skin shoes. 14K yellow gold, blue enamel and seed pearl pinned to dress.
Approximate dimensions: 28 inches high..
Condition: Wig tangled, matted scuffing to left check, nose tip, flaking, scratches and dirt to composition parts. Dress stained, dirty and faded.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Bisque Head Doll with Blue Glass Sleep Eyes

Lot# 7021

Estimate: $200 - $300

Lot# 7037

Black Americana, Two Cast Iron Banks

Comprising male and female banks, both with green and red paint the male bank with JOLLY NIGGER BANK PAT MAR 14802() to the reverse the female bank with DINAH to the reverse.
Approximate dimensions: 6 3/4 inches high..
Condition: Patina, rust, and some paint loss throughout. Male bank missing the stopper to the underside.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Black Americana, Two Cast Iron Banks

Lot# 7037

Estimate: $400 - $600

Lot# 7038

Black Americana, Smilin Sam Cast Iron Bank

The collar with SMILIN SAM FROM ALABAM, THE BASE WITH THE SALTED PEANUT MAN,
Approximate dimensions: 6 inches high..
Condition: Patina and some rust throughout. Some paint loss. The lever mechanism works but is not totally smooth.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Black Americana, Smilin Sam Cast Iron Bank

Lot# 7038

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 7039

Black Americana, Jolly Boy Bank with Top Hat

Loss to most of original paint, JOLLY BOY BANK to the reverse side.
J.E. STEVENS PAT. 455 18965 to the underside.
Approximate dimensions: 8 1/4 inches high..
Condition: Patina and wear throughout. Some thin rust layers. Paint loss. The bank mechanism seems to be working smoothly.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Black Americana, Jolly Boy Bank with Top Hat

Lot# 7039

Estimate: $400 - $600

Lot# 7040

Black Americana, Dark Town Battery Cast Iron Bank

The batter jersey reading POSSUMS, the base with DARK TOWN BATTERY.
The underside with PATD FEB 18...()
Approximate dimensions: 7 1/4 high x 10 inches wide..
Condition: Patina and paint loss throughout. Some rust spots. The button mechanism seems to work with the batter and catcher, but not the pitcher.

Estimate: $600 - $800

Lot# 7058

Large Lionel Lines Signalman Figure

Painted plastic, battery compartment to the bottom.
Lionel logo throughout, including hat, lantern, watch and buttons.
Approximate dimensions 40 1/2 inches high..
Condition: Some minor surface wear throughout has not been tested working order is not guaranteed.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Large Lionel Lines Signalman Figure

Lot# 7058

Estimate: $400 - $600

Lot# 7065

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Pedal Car

Plastic body with sticker decals.
Approximate dimensions: 17 high x 22 wide x 45 inches long..
Condition: Some surface wear throughout, noticeable scuffs and scratches. The decals with scratching and wear, but minimal apparent peeling.

Estimate: $500 - $700

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Pedal Car

Lot# 7065

Estimate: $500 - $700

Lot# 7067

Vintage Firetruck Pedal Car

The painted metal body with wood ladders and seat, license plat reads LICENSE 54-321.
Approximate dimensions: 29 high x 68 long x 23 inches wide..
Condition: Very light wear overall, minimal apparent use.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Vintage Firetruck Pedal Car

Lot# 7067

Estimate: $400 - $600

Lot# 7075

Restored Computing Scale Co. 30 Lb Scale

The red painted finish with orange and parcel gilt accent, engraved glass tray.
With serial number 240070.
Approximate dimensions: 31 1/2 high x 17 wide x 21 inches deep..
Condition: In restored condition, light surface wear overall, light wear to glass tray nameplate to top has been repaired.

Estimate: $500 - $900

Restored Computing Scale Co. 30 Lb Scale

Lot# 7075

Estimate: $500 - $900

Lot# 7077

Dayton Style 166 Country Store Scale

Blue painted finish with light blue trim brass scoop.
Approximate dimensions not including scoop: 14 1/2 high x 14 1/2 inches long..
Condition: In restored condition. Loss and cracks to glass panels. Corrosion and patina to the brass scoop. Minor surface wear overall.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Dayton Style 166 Country Store Scale

Lot# 7077

Estimate: $300 - $500

 

Decorations

Lot# 7002

Wood Carousel Jumper Horse, Stein and Goldstein, 1908

Unpainted finish, glass eyes, with later tail and brass stand.
Approximate dimensions: 39 high x 45 inches long..
With copy of receipt from the Carousel Company, certificate of authenticity from Tobin Fraley Studios and receipts from Tobin Fraley Studios for the brass stand, tail, restoration, repairs, and staining in 1987.
Apparent repairs and restorations throughout some wear to finish..

Estimate: $1500 - $2000

Lot# 7031

French Bisque Head Doll Marked F and Stand

Attributed to Francois Gaulthier. The doll with painted eyebrows and eyelashes, grey glass eyes under blonde hair, fixed position head, bisque torso and lower arms to hands, kid upper arms and body to feet. Later orange polyester and lace dress over cotton undergarments, , stocking and kid shoes, with applied clocks. A Victorian pendant necklace around her neck. On metal doll stand.
F incised to back of upper torso.
Approximate dimensions: 17 5/8 inches high. Stand 6 inches diameter..
Condition: hair has been cut, matted. kid glued to bisque at shoulders.

Estimate: $600 - $800

French Bisque Head Doll Marked F and Stand

Lot# 7031

Estimate: $600 - $800

Lot# 7064

Railroadiana, Dressel Oil Railroad Lantern

Black painted metal, four convex red and blue lantern inserts.
The top with AF LINGTON / DRESSEL / N.J. U.S.A..
Approximate dimensions: 17 1/4 inches high..
Condition: Surface wear and patina throughout. Some paint loss with rust spots.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Railroadiana, Dressel Oil Railroad Lantern

Lot# 7064

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 7072

Antique Standard Computing Scale Co. Store Scale

Early 20th century.
Plaque to top reads THE STANDARD COMPUTING SCALE CO. / LTD. / DETROIT MICH. serial number 32659 B.
Approximate dimensions 32 1/2 high x 17 wide x 18 inches deep..
Condition: Appears to be in working order. Surface wear, patina, and rust throughout. Scratches and chips to edges of glass tray.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Antique Standard Computing Scale Co. Store Scale

Lot# 7072

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 7073

Toledo Computing Scale, Style 405A

White with blue painted trim, brass-plated basin.
With serial number 117271.
Approximate dimensions not including basin: 14 3/4 high x 14 1/2 inches long..
Condition: In restored condition, minor contemporary surface wear overall, the basin with some corrosion and loss to brass plating. Seems to be in working order consistency is not guaranteed.

Estimate: $150 - $250

Toledo Computing Scale, Style 405A

Lot# 7073

Estimate: $150 - $250

Lot# 7080

Antique Caru-Guss Country Store Coffee Dispenser

With three glass storage vessels, brown painted finish with red and parcel gilt decoration.
Dispenser scoops with CARU-GUSS MFG CO the reverse of dispenser with ASTOR HOUSE BRAND, COFFEE SAN FRANCISCO CAL. EST. JULY 1, 1883.
Approximate dimensions: 18 high x 21 1/4 wide x 9 3/4 inches deep..
Condition: Restored condition including painted lettering, some chips to dispenser cover edges, light surface wear overall, the brass scoops with significant patina to interiors.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Antique Caru-Guss Country Store Coffee Dispenser

Lot# 7080

Estimate: $400 - $600

 

Dolls and Toys

Lot# 7003

Five Steiff Replica Bears with Boxes

Comprising two Muzzle Bear 1908 bears, one larger than the other, a Teddy Rose 1925 bear, 101st Anniversary bear, and 100th Anniversary bear the two Muzzle Bears still mounted to boxes.
All except Teddy Rose with paper certificates.
Condition: Bears with very light wear overall, boxes with wear, Teddy Rose box lacking cover.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Five Steiff Replica Bears with Boxes

Lot# 7003

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 7004

Six Large Teddy Bears

Various sizes, colors and fur length, all with mohair, most with ribbons or ties around their necks.
Two with leather tags to back with illegible or faded inscription. One with An Original by Christine tag. long haired bear with metal tag reading The Couturierre Bear. One bear THE DANCING NEEDLE...CORLA CUBILLAS 1989.
Approximate dimensions from shortest to tallest: 24 - 37 3/4 inches..
Condition: Light wear overall paw pads with minor marks.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Six Large Teddy Bears

Lot# 7004

Estimate: $200 - $300

Lot# 7005

Steiff Bears Including Rub-A-Dub-Dub Tub Set

Comprising 0157/51 in OshKosh BGosh, 0167/452 with pink ribbon, 0085/12 1905 replica in original box, 0151/25 bear with original box (not pictured), and the Rub-A-Dub-Dub set with original box.
Approximate dimensions: 5 - 21 1/2 inches overall..
Condition: Rub-A-Dub set with apparent loss to chef knife blade, flag, candelabra, and sausage some wear to original boxes overalls with some potential staining.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Steiff Bears Including Rub-A-Dub-Dub Tub Set

Lot# 7005

Estimate: $200 - $300

Lot# 7006

R. John Wright Winnie the Pooh Doll with Box

R. John Wright labels to box and bear throughout.
Approximate dimensions: 19 1/2 inches high..
Condition: Very light wear overall, one foot with some loss to mohair and the box with some wear including tearing to the cover.

Estimate: $150 - $250

R. John Wright Winnie the Pooh Doll with Box

Lot# 7006

Estimate: $150 - $250

Lot# 7007

Two HH Bisque Head Dolls and Teddy Bear

Germany.
The larger, a blonde Heinrich Handwerk bisque head doll size 8, model 109 - 17 1/2 , with vintage teddy bear in the crook of her left arm. The smaller a brunette Heinrich Handwerk Simon Halbig bisque head doll, size 6 1/2. Both dolls with molded, painted eyebrows. The larger with brown sleep eyes and fur eyelashes, the smaller with fixed brown eyes and painted eyelashes. Both with composition bodies, and vintage dress. The teddy bear with sparse fur, signed indistinctly to heel.
The larger, incised marked: HH/Germany/ 8 /109 17 1/2. The smaller, incised HEINRICH /HANDWERK /HALBIG / 6 1/2.
Approximate dimensions: the first 36 inches long, the second 33 inches long. The bear 8 inches long..
Both dolls with replacement wigs, scuffing and scratches to bodies. Minor wear, grime to bisque heads. Very light scratches to bisque surfaces. Smaller doll absent one earring to left ear.The bear with much of its fur now absent.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Two HH Bisque Head Dolls and Teddy Bear

Lot# 7007

Estimate: $400 - $600

Lot# 7008

Heinrich Handwerk Simon Halbig Bisque Head Doll

Blonde hair, bisque head doll with blue sleep eyes under blonde fur eyebrows, open mouth displaying four teeth, over composition body. Comes dressed in white underclothes white and lace trimmed cotton dress, modern black ballet flats.
Incised to back of head: Germany / HEINRICH HANDWERK /
SIMON HALBIG. Size 9 to base of neck.
Approximate dimensions: 48 inches high..
Condition replacement wig eyebrows possibly replaced. Bisque head in good condition, with minor scratching to surfaces at nose tip, and at pierced ear holes. Chipping to upper composition body where it meets neck base of bisque head. Some flaking to paint and surface, hands. Scratches at joints.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Heinrich Handwerk Simon Halbig Bisque Head Doll

Lot# 7008

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 7009

Heinrich Handwerk Simon Halbig Bisque Head Doll

Blonde hair, bisque head doll with brown sleep eyes under molded, painted eyebrows, open mouth displaying four teeth, over composition body. Comes dressed in white underclothes white and lace trimmed cotton night dress, white cotton and lace robe, modern tan ballet flats with eyelets. Includes gilt metal pin.
Incised to back of head: Germany / HEINRICH HANDWERK /
SIMON HALBIG. Size 9 to base of neck.
Approximate dimensions: 38 inches high..
Condition: replacement wig bisque head in good condition, with minor scratching to surfaces at pierced ear holes. Absent one earring. Some flaking to paint and surface, hands. Scratches at joints.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Heinrich Handwerk Simon Halbig Bisque Head Doll

Lot# 7009

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 7010

Kestner Bisque Headed Doll N 117

Blonde wig, over painted eyebrows and eyelashes, socketted brown sleep eyes, open mouth with four teeth, over fifteen piece ball jointed body. Wearing a period cotton gauze and lace dress, stockings and later white leather booties with pearl buttons. 12K gold-filled bracelet to left wrist.
The back of the skull incised made in/N Germay 17.
Approxiimate dimensions: 32 inches high..
Condition: The head in good condition, with minor scratching to cheeks, tip of nose, glue residue from wig, etc. The body restrung, using old parts. Some scratching to surfaces.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Kestner Bisque Headed Doll N 117

Lot# 7010

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 7011

Two Reproduction Bisque Head Dolls Bru and Kestner 161

The Bru Titianna with brunette ringlet wig, painted eyebrows and lashes, grey fixed eyes, oepen mouth, composition body. The Kestner 161 with blonde ringlet wig, painted eyebrows and lashes, blue sleep eyes, open mouth, four porcelain teeth, and kid body, with bisque lower arms. Both in later aqua, grey-pink and lace outfits, with rabbits fur trim and bonnet to the Kestner. Both with hats. Both with stands, including metal and oak with round base.
Bru JME/ 14 CDC 1986/Titianna II. The Kestner: incised Darling in script to lower base of head.
Approximate dimensions: 23 inches high. and 27 inches high..
Condition: The dolls are modern reproductions, with very good overall condition, light scratches, wear and dirt to bisque, the kid body of the 161 shedding a bit of sawdust.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 7012

JDK Grand Size Bisque Head Character Doll 260

Brunette hair, bisque head doll with brown sleep eyes under molded, painted eyebrows, open mouth displaying two teeth, over composition body. Comes dressed in white underclothes white and lace trimmed cotton dress, knit stockings and modern tan flats.
Approximate dimensions: 30 inches high..
Condition: Head a newer model replaced wig. Minor scratching to bisque the composition with some flaking, stains and scratches to joints, back, etc.

Estimate: $300 - $500

JDK Grand Size Bisque Head Character Doll 260

Lot# 7012

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 7013

Two Armand Marseille Bisque Head 370 Character Dolls

The first with brunette ringlet wig, fur eyebrows and upper lashes painted lower lashes brown sleep eyes, open mouth, four porcelain teeth, kid torso, lower body and bisque lower arms. Dressed in period white cotton embroidered garments, cotton and lace undergarments, and knit stockings with leather shoes,. The second, a ginger wigged Flora Dora with painted eyebrows and eyelashes, blue fixed eyes, kid body, bisque lower arms, in later Victorian-style dress.
The first incised: CM577439 to back of skull 370/ GM3748303748/A.M. 2. DEP. Made in Germany. The second incised 370 to back of neck, and to upper back. A.M. 1. DEP. /Armand Marseille / Made in Germany.

Approximate dimensions: 20 - 21 1/2 inches high..
Condition: newer models of Armand Marseille bisque heads replaced wigs. Overall condition is very good, with minor scuffing to bisque, light scratches, flakes to bisque arms, with some dirt.

Estimate: $300 - $500

 

Furniture

Lot# 7057

Gledhill-Brook Time Recorder

Oak case.
The dial with THE GLEDHILL-BROOK TIME RECORDERS LTD PATENT / HUDERSFIELD HALIFAX LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM plaque below dial with 65868 the top of the case impressed with 65788 and T JACKSON, with later stand.
Approximate dimensions: recorder 42 high x 16 wide x 14 inches deep stand is 25 1/2 inches high.
Condition: Some surface wear throughout, some scratches and minor enamel loss to dial, working order is not guaranteed.
Key available.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Gledhill-Brook Time Recorder

Lot# 7057

Estimate: $200 - $300

Lot# 7078

Portable Roll Top Oak Desk, Browne and Nolan

Opening and closing the bottom drawer also operates the roll top which is concealing paper storage niches slant front comes down to reveal storage spaces, two glass inkwells and gilt tooled black leather writing surface with adjustable date and day of the week display to the top.
Plaque to top reads, BROWNE NOLAN NASSAU ST DUBLIN.
Approximate dimensions: 16 1/4 high x 17 1/4 wide x 15 1/2 inches deep..
Condition: Some surface wear and patina patina throughout includes divots, later writing surface is likely the date display does not work flawlessly.
Key included.

Estimate: $200 - $400

Portable Roll Top Oak Desk, Browne and Nolan

Lot# 7078

Estimate: $200 - $400

 

Sports and Entertainment Memorabilia

Lot# 7054

HANK WILLIAMS: Mercury Ten CD Set, Memorabilia

Circa 1960 and later.
The Complete limited edition ten CD set of all of Hank Williams recordings, No. 00422/10,000, plus promotional sampler CD. Attorney correspondence re taxes and royalty statements of Randall Hank Williams (Hank Williams Jr. as a minor), 1963 and later. Various posthumous promotional books, folios, about Hank Williams, and an inscribed Lefty Frizzell: Lifes Like Poetry paperback by Charles Wolfe, not dated.
Approximate dimensions: The Frizzell book 12 x 12 inches overall.
Irene Williams Smith, sister to Hank Williams, managed the singers legacy after their mother died in the mid 1950s. By descent.
Condition: The CD set appears never to have been played. The books and papers with some bent pages, covers, scuffs, dirt, wear, and some fading to typed pages.

Estimate: $300 - $400

HANK WILLIAMS: Mercury Ten CD Set, Memorabilia

Lot# 7054

Estimate: $300 - $400

 

Stamps, Coins and Ephemera

Lot# 7042

Collection Victorian Die Cut or Pop Up Holiday Card

Approximately 60 pieces including Christmas, New Years, Easter, Birthday, etc. many trimmed with silk and rayon fringe some pop-up and three-dimensional examples.
Condition: Overall condition is very good considering age. Some minor discoloration to fringe on some examples. Some minor spotting. Most kept in plastic sleeves.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 7043

Victorian Paper Ephemera Incl Valentines

Spanning 1817 to 1920.
Comprising approximately 63 examples of valentines, along with calendars, advertising, paper dolls, many die-cut, early 19th Century hand-painted school achievement cards, photographic carte-de-visite including Tiny Tim and his Wife, Edward VII souvenir cards, watered end papers, etc.
Approximate dimensions: 3 1/2 - 11 1/2 inches high, 1 3/8 - 8 3/4 inches overall..
Condition: Some staining, creasing, tearing, tape marks.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Victorian Paper Ephemera Incl Valentines

Lot# 7043

Estimate: $400 - $600

Lot# 7045

Five Victorian Scrapbooks

The hardcover books with tooled, painted, and decal decorations the contents comprising various 19th century ephemera, mainly cards and advertisements.
Approximate dimensions: 15 - 17 high x 12 3/4 - 14 1/2 inches wide overall..
Condition: Significant wear to covers including separation and repair to some bindings. Discoloration to pages, with the contents looking to be in very good condition overall.

Estimate: $500 - $700

Five Victorian Scrapbooks

Lot# 7045

Estimate: $500 - $700

Lot# 7046

Four Victorian Scrapbooks

Late 1880s - 1920.
Each with copious laid-down die-cut event, Valentines, religious, match cards, etc. The albums with pressed, multi-colored leather photographic insets, velveteen and embroidered covers.Including photographic cards of Eastborne Philadelphia etc. Over 200 pps. total.
Approximate dimensions overall: 14 - 17 high x 11 1/2 - 13 3/4 inches wide..
Condition: Bindings loose, torn, moderate condition. Many pages now yellowed, many dog-eared, and otherwise with various tears, loose in binding, etc. The cards mostly brightly colored and maintaining much of their original decorative charm.

Estimate: $400 - $700

Four Victorian Scrapbooks

Lot# 7046

Estimate: $400 - $700

Lot# 7047

Panama-Pacific Exposition Memorabilia

Comprising approximately 15 pieces. Including souvenir ticket with numbered stub, two Brunt pinbacks with participant ribbon, a third pinback for closing day admittance, participant booklet in leather, mirrorback pin for Independent Order of Foresters at the Expo, gold medal for Eastside Beer, Pan Pacific medal and medallion. Together with a Danville Oddfellows Lodge pin and ribbon, an NRA marksmans pin for rifle, two medal and souvenir, 1893 Columbian Exposition, 1915 California Midwinter International Exposition bronze medal and a mixed metal Naval medal.
Condition: The Closing Day pin with tear to ribbon, overall wear is minor and condition is good considering the age.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Panama-Pacific Exposition Memorabilia

Lot# 7047

Estimate: $300 - $500

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