19th & 20th Century Pharmacy & Ephemera Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Auction of 19th and 20th Century Pharmacy Items and Ephemera at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday December 11, 2011 at 10:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. The auction includes items from the Smith family drug store operated in Deposit, NY from 1875 to 1960, and items from the Estate of Ron J. Whalen Jr., a teacher, historian, author and an assistant to Congressman George Wortley (NY Rep. 1981-1989). All of the items in this auction are selling without reserve AS IS (No Refunds, No Returns) at a 10% buyers premium.

Photos of selected items are displayed in the slideshow below and in an AuctionZip Gallery.



Some of the items in this auction are pharmaceutical, including an oak label dispensing cabinet, several mortars and pestles, hundreds of jars and bottles, several stoneware snuff jars, prescription files, apothecary scales and boxes of weights, numerous patent medicine bottles, many in their original boxes, and many smalls; advertising, including an 18" papier-mâché cigar store Indian for Admiration Cigars, display cabinets for Putnam Dyes, Broncho Homeopathic Remedies and Coats sewing thread, a Hires Rootbeer mug and assorted Rexall store items; miscellaneous, including a Mickey Mouse wrist watch in original box, a large railroad or trolley bell, a horn hat rack, and 4 Presidential medals; and ephemera, including 100's of scenic postcards, political buttons, drug store papers, photo albums of Presidents, souvenir items from a Congressional trip to Russia, 10 boxes of Binghamton ephemera, an 1856 Jay Gould map of Delaware County NY, an 1876 Broome County Atlas, hand drawn surveyor's maps, and an assortment of old books.

Absentee and phone bids for this auction can be submitted using the convenient bidform. Bidders must be pre-registered. First-time NYS tax exempt buyers must complete and submit NYS Resale Certificate ST-120.

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Guns, Military, Indian & Sporting Items Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Auction of Guns, Military, Indian & Sporting Items at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday November 20, 2011 at 10:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. The auction includes 30 pistols, 56 long guns, and military, Indian and sporting items removed from local Estates.  All of the items in this auction are selling without reserve AS IS (No Refunds, No Returns) at a 10% buyers premium.

Photos of selected items are displayed in the slideshow below and in an AuctionZip Gallery.



On the block in this auction: pistols, including 4 German Lugers, a Walther P-38 and a 1901/22 Browning, both with Nazi stamps, an Colt revolvers, an 1860 and an 1849 Pocket model; long guns, including a 1903 Springfield, a 16 ga Remington Model 58 ADL and a special caliber Winchester 94.32 Win; miscellaneous military items, including helmets, ammunition and belts, German and Japanese swords, cloth insignias, Russian and German pins and medals, military postcards, books, and gun scopes, cases and holsters; Indian items, including a Coyote headdress, beaded moccasins, quiver holders and pouches, arrowheads and points, dolls and figures, and Eskimo ivory carvings; and sporting items, including a pre-WWI 16' Thompson canoe, 4 outboard motors (AS IS) and over 35 fly rods and fishing poles.

Additional details, photos, an order of sale and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 298KB), which is also available in a slim version (184KB) without photos.

Absentee and phone bids for this auction can be submitted using the convenient bidform. Bidders must be pre-registered. First-time NYS tax exempt buyers must complete and submit NYS Resale Certificate ST-120.

Buyers of firearms not exempt from Federal Firearms License (FFL) requirements will be charged a $10 fee for a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) search if they don't hold a current FFL. An FFL gun dealer will be on-site during the auction to process the paperwork.

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