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Session #2
Saturday, May 17, 2008
(Sale begins at 9:30 a.m. with Lot #322)

Lots #322 - #334
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Lot 322 - ARMAN AND C. S. & S. AUCTION CATALOGS, LOT OF 79, spanning the years of 1984 to 2004, not complete, most with prices realized sheets. Most in excellent condition, several in poor condition. Estimate: $100 - $150.

Provenance: Collection of the late Anne and Leon Powell.
Lot 323 - EARLY AMERICAN GLASS AUCTION CATALOG, "Early American Glass. Choice Comprehensive Groups of Sandwich Lacy and Other Pressed, Blown Three-Mold, Hand-Blown and Pattern-Molded Glass. Including Rare and Beautiful Specimens of South Jersey, New York State, New England, Stiegel and Mid-Western Varieties. Collection Formed by Mrs. Frederick S. Fish", catalog written by Helen McKearin, Public Sale January 5 and 6, 1940, Parke-Bernet Galleries, NY, soft cover, well illustrated, no prices. Good condition, cover detached and with edge tears and wear, light foxing. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 324 - EARLY AMERICAN GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF 14, consisting of two Lee/Rose "American Glass Cup Plates", Spillman's "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass", plus eleven others, hard and soft covers. Poor to excellent condition. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: Collection of the late Anne and Leon Powell.
Lot 325 - EARLY AMERICAN GLASS REFERENCE PERIODICALS, LOT OF 18, consisting of 17 copies of "The Magazine Antiques" dating from 1923-1957, each with one or more articles on American glass, along with a single 1939 copy of "American Collector" containing an article on glass knobs. Good to very good condition, earliest issue lacking cover, others with some tears and wear. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: Collection of the late Anne and Leon Powell.
Lot 326 - WILLIAM J. ELSHOLZ AUCTION CATALOGS, THREE VOLUME SET, "The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass", Richard A. Bourne Co. Inc., 1986-1987. Hard cover with prices realized. Very good condition, light scuffing and wear to covers, one corner bumped. Estimate: $50 - $75.
Lot 327 - GLASS AUCTION CATALOGS, LOT OF 13, most glass specific, several containing other antiques, including the collections of Walter E. Simmons, II, Raymond E. Barlow, three different Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Wakefield, etc., two in duplicate, most with prices realized sheets. Very good to excellent condition, Barlow catalog with some water damage. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: Collection of the late Anne and Leon Powell.
Lot 328 - LOWELL INNES AUCTION CATALOG, "Important Sale of Glass From the Lowell Innes Collection", May 3, 1986, Richard W. Oliver Auction Gallery, soft cover with prices realized sheets. Like new. Estimate: $30 - $50.
Lot 329 - PITTSBURGH GLASS REFERENCE VOLUME, "Pittsburgh Glass 1797-1891", Lowell Innes, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1976, hard cover with dust jacket. Very good condition with light shelf wear and some wear and tears to jacket. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 330 - PITTSBURGH GLASS REFERENCE VOLUME, "Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1808-1882: From Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co.", Arlene Palmer, Pittsburgh, PA: The Frick Art & Historical Center, 2004, soft cover. Like new. Estimate: $30 - $50.
Lot 331 - PITTSBURGH GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF TWO, Lowell Innes, "Pittsburgh Glass 1797-1891", hard cover with dust jacket, and Innes/Spillman, "M'Kee Victorian Glass, Five Complete Glass Catalogs from 1859/60 to 1871", soft cover. First with water damage to jacket and cover, interior pages lightly damped at lower corner but not stuck, jacket spine cut, a good usable copy, second very good with normal wear. Estimate: $50 - $75.
Lot 332 - SANDWICH GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF FOUR, Williams' "Sandwich Glass, A Technical Book for Collectors" with first supplement, 1921and 1922, Chipman's "The Romance of Old Sandwich Glass", 1932, Barbour's "Sandwich, The Town that Glass Built", 1948, and Barlow/Kaiser's "A Guide to Sandwich Glass: Blown Tableware, Pressed Cup Plates and Salts", three hard cover and one soft cover. Good to excellent condition with some tears and wear to covers. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: Collection of the late Anne and Leon Powell.
Lot 333 - SANDWICH GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF TWO, "The Glass Industry in Sandwich", Volumes 1 and 4, Raymond E. Barlow and Joan E. Kaiser, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Co., 1993 and 1983, hard covers with dust jackets. Excellent condition with minor wear to jackets. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: Collection of the late Anne and Leon Powell.
Lot 334 - VARIOUS GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF NINE, including Lee's "Sandwich Glass - Revised Edition" and "Early American Pressed Glass", Hughes' "English, Scottish & Irish Table Glass", along with six others, hard and soft covers. Good to very good condition, one soft cover detached, wear and tears to jackets. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: Collection of Alice J. Lenker.