Bob & Sallie Connelly have an active schedule of appraisal clinics, sales, auctions, lectures, seminars, conferences, speeches, and radio and TV appearances. Their calendar features real estate, residential contents, decorative arts, antiques and collectibles, clocks and watches, sports memorabilia and classic cars.
Sports Memorabilia Auction: 250 Lots
Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct a Sports Memorabilia Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday October 16, 2011 at 10:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. The auction includes 250 lots – over 100,00 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.
The auction includes baseball cards; autographed baseballs including 1959 Yankees with Mantle, Maris, Berra & Stengel; football cards; football autographs including Vince Lombardi and 21 others from the 1967 Giants, including Earl Morrall, Gogolak, Lockhart, Larson, Shofner, Katcavage; plus basketball, golf and tennis autographs including Rod Laver, Billie Jean King, Rosemary Casals; NASCAR items, too.
Photos of selected items are displayed in the slideshow below and in an AuctionZip Gallery .
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.
Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Attic Finds Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 11:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. Most of the items in this auction were found in local attics. All of the items are selling without reserve AS IS (No Refunds, No Returns) at a 10% buyers premium.
Photos of selected items are displayed in an AuctionZip Gallery and in the slideshow below.
Some of the items featured in this auction (see slideshow) include an 1875 child's high wheel stroller, surrey type, with wagon pin striping; a 20" Halloween felt pumpkin man doll; a mohair, windup toy camel with Arab rider, "Occupied Japan"; a 32" wooden gambling wheel; an 1880 Brainerd & Armstrong Co. walnut spool cabinet with Seth Thomas clock, as found; a Waterbury crystal regulator clock; a 3-gallon White of Binghamton stoneware jug with double cabbage rose; a Phoenix glass banquet lamp with molded oak leaf pattern; a large earthenware portrait and frame sculpture of Ferdinand Perrone, 1817-1908 (Count of the Holy Roman Empire) by Paul Giacobbe [with family provenance]; and two oil paintings on paper (one pictured) signed "18 J over H 73," attributed to James Hayllar, British 1829-1920 in outstanding matched frames with marquetry.
Other unique items include as a Horner/Hotz/Pohl oak harmonica store display case; a cast iron spring loaded double rooster shooting gallery target; a People's semi-circular typewriter, invented by C. Sjoberg of Brooklyn; a box of 1953 Boy Scout uniforms; a $10 Hawaii bill, 1942 special World War II Federal Reserve note that could be declared worthless in case of Japanese invasion; fish and birds carved by Fred Plaumann; and a barber chair by Theo A. Kochs with three headrests.
The auction also includes clocks, including an Ephraim Downes Pillar & Scroll and a Birge, Mallory & Co triple Decker with brass movement, both as found; an 18" Gilbert gallery; and a Mission oak mantle clock with slag glass inserts; dolls, as found including a 24" mohair rabbit, dressed for Easter; 22" 550 and 570 Simon & Halbig dolls; and six early mohair Teddy Bears, including one with a head that rotates; artwork, including a portfolio of twelve 1968 diptych etchings, 24.5" X 37.5," by Michael Mazur, American 1939-2009, signed and inscribed in pencil; three large iron sculptures by Marco; an oil by Edward Mack Curtis Hawkins (Ithaca, 1877-?); and a naïve oval portrait of a young girl, on panel; and baseball memorabilia, including a 1956 World Series program from Don Larsen's perfect game; a 1956 Yankees yearbook, autographed by Mel Allen; and early college photographs, circa 1870, of an athletic field with two baseball games underway and of students, professors and a building.
Additional details, photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 442KB), which is also available in a slim version (231KB) 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.
Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct a Baseball & Sports Memorabilia Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 10:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am.
Selling AS IS without reserve, with a 10% Buyer's Premium, are baseball, football and other sports cards, including complete annual sets, autographed photographs, baseballs, bats, posters, programs, ticket stubs, newspaper clippings, and other sports-related items, as well as scrap and autograph books. Many autographs with COA. Included are factory packs from Topps, Fleer, Score, Pinnacle, Upper Deck, Bowman and Pacific. Featured in this auction are a Carlton Fisk Pepsi Cola Card (at right), an autographed copy of Jackie Robinson's book, Baseball Has Done It (with COA), a 14 X 20.75 inch Sporting Record advertisement (4/20/1916) "Will [Charles Albert] Bender Make Good?", over 25,000 sports cards in packs, and framed photos, with autographed cards and COAs of such sports luminaries as Honus Wagner, Satchel Paige, Grover Alexander, and Larry LaJoie.
Additional details, photos, directions and the order of sale are available in the auction brochure [PDF: 350 KB] and in the no-photo brochure [130 kb] for speedy download.
Located at 33 West State St Ste 10, Binghamton, NY 13901-2461, the Showplace is the venue for many of Bob & Sallie Connelly's events. To get there, take I81 or NY Rte 17 to exit 4S, NY Rte 7S/NY Rte 363W. Turn right at the first light onto Frederick St, then left at the light onto Chenango St, which forks right into West State St. Go one block to the Binghamton Plaza, located left of the Big K Kmart.
Absentee and Phone Bids
Absentee and phone bids are accepted for most Bob & Sallie Connelly Auctions. Bidders must be pre-registered and bids must be received by 5:00 p.m. (EST) of the day before the auction. Additional information is available on the Bid Form
Sales Tax
By law, we collect combined New York State and local sales tax of 8% on all items delivered in New York unless the buyer provides a valid exemption certificate. A copy of NYS Resale Certificate ST-120 is available here (PDF: 13KB). We do not collect tax on items shipped to an out of state buyer by a qualified carrier. Charity auctions may also be exempt.