March 30, 2012
Antique Estate Auction
12:00 p.m.


Large sale of antiques & personal property from the Thomas Hern home, Staunton; The Buddy & Lois Jeane Comer home, Shenandoah; The Jennings estate, Luray; plus others.

Please contact us for more information.

Preview the sale on Thursday, March 29, 10 a.m.—4 p.m.

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Be sure to check out our food service provided by Our Daily Bread Catering.

Friday, March 30: Order Of Sale
Doors open at 11:00 a.m. for preview
Start at 12:00 p.m. in Gallery #2
Start at 1:30 p.m. in Gallery #3
Start in Gallery #1 on Accessories at 7:00 p.m.
Start in Gallery #1 on Glass & China at 7:00 p.m.
Start in Gallery #1 on Furniture at 7:30 p.m.

A printable version of the auction flyer we mail out is available by clicking here. This will print on legal size paper. (You can still print it on letter size paper—it will just be split in half.)

A complete Firearms Listing is available by clicking here.

Gallery One
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Furniture (7:30 p.m.)

  • Nice grain painted blanket chest
  • WALNUT including 1850s 12-pane corner cupboard made by Hobert Harvey Alleghany Co., 12-pane Page Co. stepback cupboard, massive Shenandoah Valley 2-piece Schrank/linen press (3 doors over 6 drawers), Page Co. dovetailed blanket chest, early chest with 4 graduated drawers, nice Victorian barrel roll secretary, Victorian high-back bed, MT dresser, mirrored-door wardrobe, fine MT parlor table, Victorian pier mirror, one-drawer stand, etc.
  • Rosewood Victorian sofa
  • Unique tramp art bookcase/secretary made by WV inmate
  • Early rope bed
  • Nice 9-piece Depression dining room suite
  • English carved sideboard
  • OAK including fine 2-door wardrobe with carvings, 4 round glass china presses, high-back bedroom suites, nice buffet with glass cabinet back, good mantle with beveled mirror & columns, large partners desk, square china press with bead work, library table, nice set 6 chairs, etc.
  • Unusual Eastlake icebox/backbar
  • MAHOGANY including 6-piece Berkey & Gay bedroom suite, 5-piece twin-size bedroom suite, etc.
  • Ethan Allen cherry 24-pane stepback cupboard
  • Roomsize Oriental rugs
  • La-Z-Boy leather recliner
  • LN sofa
  • Plus more.

Accessories (7:00 p.m.)

  • Virginia & Mid-Atlantic STONEWARE including E.W. Mort Alum Wells, VA (Washington County), Miller & Woodward Strasburg, VA, Virginia high-collar blue decorated 1/2 gal. crock, (2) W.H. Lehew & Co. Strasburg wax seal jars, S. Bell & Son Strasburg with manganese decoration 2 gallon crock, blue decorated H. J. Miller Alexandria (VA) 1 gallon crock, Western PA canning crock, Jas. Hamilton & Co. Greensboro PA, Donaghho Parkersburg jug & 1 gallon crocks
  • Outstanding COCA-COLA metal signs & accessories from the Chris Crites collection (majority of signs are grade 9+) including 1923 hobble skirt store display bottle, 1920s Truck Radiator plate, 1963 King Size 6-pack sign (PTN132.000), 1950s including button sign with arrow, cooler radio, 8' hot dog sign, porcelain bottle sign, Sprite Boy button sign, Buddy Lee composition doll with uniform, etc., 1960s small fishtail signs, 2' & 3' buttons, 4' button "Here's a Coke for You," Vendo #110 bottle vending machine, 5-year service pin, nice chest cooler converted into sofa, Winross convention trucks, etc.
  • COUNTRY STORE including 1950s restored Sinclair #290 "Gasboy" pump, Diamond Dyes cabinet with original lithographed tin sign, nice small black safe with stencil decoration, Modern McDonalds Neon signs, AMI/Rowe CD/45rpm juke box, etc.
  • American art pottery including ROSEVILLE (Freesia, Pinecone Teasel, Water Lily, Snowberry), Weller (Woodcraft, Forest), etc.
  • Fine Estate ARTWORK including Adolf Nowey oil-on-board painting of sheep, Georg Fischoff o/c seascape, S.W. Probert o/c landscape & Elmer C. Stewart o/c landscape
  • French champleve-style mantle clock
  • P. Buckley Moss framed print "A Secret Told"
  • LUDWIG GREINER 1858 papier-mache doll with period clothing
  • Diminutive tramp art frame, etc.
  • Royal Art Glass camel slag glass table lamp
  • 19th c. brass fireplace tools & andirons
  • 14 FIREARMS including Winchester Model 63 .22. rifle, Remington Zig-Zag pepperbox, Colt Model 1911 U.S. Army .45 cal. pistol, etc. (A complete Firearms Listing is available by clicking here.)
  • Hern collection MILITARY including 1880 U.S. Springfield hunting knife with leather sheaf, Nazi Red Cross Hewer, Nazi Third Reich RAD Hewer Labor Service dagger, Nazi dagger with scabbard, Imperial Germany military sword & scabbard, 19th & 20th century daggers, bayonets, French artillery shell / trench art vases marked Verdun/313/F(eild)H(ospital), etc.
  • STERLING including S. Kirk & Son Repousse water pitcher & serving plate, 85 pieces Stieff Rose flatware including serving pieces, Westmoreland #601 coffeepot, etc.
  • 14k & 18k GOLD JEWELRY including cocktail ring with diamonds, Tiffany stamped bracelet & broach, Egyptian beetle bracelet, equestrian tie clasps, etc.
  • Old Pawn Native American turquoise large bracelets
  • MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS including nice RARE SELMER MARK VI ALTO SAXOPHONE, nice Martin tenor saxophone, E.M. Winston soprano saxophone, nice wooden Selmer clarinet, c.1830s Stauffer-style acoustic guitar with coffin case, etc.
  • Sumidagawa Oriental ceramics
  • Plus more.

Glass & China (7:00 p.m.)

  • Fine Noritake Parrot deep bowl & square plate
  • Nippon including Arabian Desert scene vase, scenic chocolate pot & dessert set, etc.
  • 20+ Royal Copenhagen & Royal Doulton porcelain figures
  • Early ceramics include Mayer black Transferware "Rhone Scenery" platter
  • L.G. Wright cranberry Inverted Thumbprint sugar shakers
  • Fenton cranberry art glass basket
  • 50+ pieces Fostoria American including 18" diameter punch bowl
  • 60+ pieces Royal Ruby including jug pitcher, footed tumblers, etc.
  • 30 pieces Royal Doulton Brambly Hedge china & porcelain figures
  • 1988 Goebel porcelain ladies series figures
  • Carnival glass including Imperial reissue Hobstar green biscuit jar
  • McKee Seville canister jars with lids
  • Tray lots
  • Plus more.

Gallery Two
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Gallery 2 (12:00 p.m.)

  • 40 PIECES WATT including Apple, Rooster, Tulip & Dutch Tulip, etc.
  • 31" Bonnard Co. Indian Bronze by Kauba
  • Bundy trumpet
  • 1936-60S LIFE MAGS
  • Books including Wayland's "Stonewall Jackson's Way," History of Rockingham County, family histories (Mauck-Brubaker, etc.), West Virginia histories (Blackhurst, Greenbrier County, etc.), lot NATIVE AMERICAN BOOKS, western, etc.
  • Local ephemera including Luray drug store bottles (McKim, Grove & McKay), Luray Vandermark glass-works hand blown bottles, White Star Mills Staunton flour bags (display quality), Ray Hottle Mt. Crawford, VA Buckwheat flour bags, etc.
  • Lot old postcards including Luray
  • Ronceverte, WV milk bottle
  • 1908 seed catalog
  • CDVs including W.G.R. Frayser Charlottesville, VA photographer's mark with Internal Revenue Proprietary 3-cent stamp
  • 1929 UCV Charlotte, N.C. Reunion booklet
  • Material from Leveritte C. Root (Civil War soldier & machinist) including 1885 Roster 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Historical Sketch, calipers inscribed L.C. Root & 19th c. machinist tool box, President Woodrow Wilson WWI photo "Review of the Devil Dogs," 1765 Colony of Connecticut document & Root family 19th & 20th century photos
  • Artwork including 25+ WALLACE NUTTING PRINTS (sell approximately 5:30PM), Chesapeake, VA wildlife artist Lynn Forehand (1932-2008) etchings, Maurice Bebb "Screech Owl" color etching, 19th & 20th c. prints including hunt scene, Linda Patrick, etc
  • 10 pieces blue & white salt glaze kitchen ceramics including Apricots mixing bowl, butter tub, etc.
  • Rockingham glaze Peacock at Fountain stoneware pitcher
  • Large yellowware mixing bowls
  • Stereopticon viewer & cards
  • Old toys including Lionel #1615 engine & cars with boxes, Unique Art tin lithographed Lincoln Tunnel, etc.
  • Vintage dolls including Shirley Temple, Cream of Wheat cloth doll, etc.
  • Tunstall ceramic wash bowl set
  • Sets china including Theodore Haviland "Pink Spray," Syracuse "Victoria," etc.
  • Crystal stemware sets including Cristal d'Argques "Antique," Colony ruby stained "Park Lane," etc.
  • 20 pieces Ruby Stained King's Crown including pitcher with ice lip, goblets, etc.
  • Blue Willow china including Churchill
  • Paneled Thistle glass including covered honey dishes, butter dish, etc.
  • Large Hobstar punch bowl with stand
  • Roseville Bonnet Girl baby plate
  • Vintage cookie cutters
  • Hull Art Pottery including Magnolia, Water Lily, Wildflower
  • Green depression oil lamp
  • Vintage china sets including Metlox Homestead Provincial
  • 19th century homespun blankets, coverlets
  • 19th & 20th century pieced quilts
  • 1844 John Denholm PA Jaquard
  • Nice chenille spreads
  • Lenox snowman sculptures by Lynn Bywaters
  • Dept. 56 Christmas & Easter accessories
  • Stetson 3X beaver cowboy hat
  • Holland cast iron enameled cookware
  • contemporary art glass paper weights
  • Vintage Technics receiver & nice turntable
  • LN transport wheelchair
  • LN dehumidifier
  • 100s of box lots of dishes, etc.
  • Plus more.

Gallery Three
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Gallery 3 (1:30 p.m.)

  • As-found & primitive furniture including fancy iron parlor stove, folky jelly cupboard, walnut chest with 4 graduated drawers, painted dry sink, dough box with red wash, oak convertible high chair, oak lift top treadle sew machine, nice Edison phonograph, fancy alabaster floor lamps & smoking stand, oval wicker table, Empire chest, neat folding screen, split & plank bottom chairs, nice round top trunk with tray, modern curios, cedar chest, etc.
  • Washer & dryer
  • Electric range
  • Art Nouveou magazine rack with nudes
  • South West Virginia large copper moonshine still with oak barrel
  • Telefunken Opus 7 radio
  • SEIKOSA Japanese #2450 ships clock
  • Other clocks including Seth Thomas oak regulator, Gilbert mahogany mantle, oak kitchen clock, Vienna wall regulator, etc.
  • Nice Virginia splint oak baskets (Jennings estate) including round sewing, egg & gathering, oblong garden, etc.
  • Wooden firkin
  • Yellow painted wooden minced meat bucket
  • Spitzer footstool
  • H&D corn chopper
  • Early wooden sled
  • VMC cast iron #23-2 sundial
  • Lighting rod
  • Redware & stoneware jugs
  • Geo. W. Miller, Strasburg, VA stoneware bowl (as is)
  • Advertising plastic light-up clocks including Sealtest, Marlboro, Budweiser, Schiltz, etc.
  • Other adv. clocks including 1950/60s Snyders jewelry box Staunton, etc.
  • Stop light
  • Dress forms
  • 24' alum ext ladder
  • LN Coleman 5000 generator
  • Craftsman & Delta power tools including radial arm saw, jointer, etc.
  • Fly rods & reels
  • Plus more.
  1. Visa, MasterCard, Discover, cash or approved check are accepted.
  2. 3% Buyer's Premium
  3. Buyer's Premium waived on cash/check purchases
  4. ID required to secure bidding number
  5. All bidders are filmed during registration and check out
  6. Surveillance cameras in all galleries
  7. Absentee Bids Accepted
  8. Deliveries Available
  9. Smoke Free Galleries