No Reserve Auction: Silver, Paintings, Oriental, Ephemera, Collectibles

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct a No Reserve Auction of Silver, Paintings, Oriental, Ephemera, and Collectibles at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday August 14, 2016 at noon, with a preview at 10:00 am.

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

STERLING SILVER:
Outstanding Chinese presentation bowl with dragon handles, 50.2 Troy oz, engraved "NG Sau Cook Compradore, Guranty Trust of New York, Hong Kong, December 1902" [SIC]; Gorham 8-day desk clock; Howard & Co. compote & salt & peppers; Tiffany bon bon dish and miscellaneous flatware.

ART & PAINTINGS:

• Repose by Louis Icart, drypoint color with hand coloring in gouache, 1934. The 18 5/8 x 45 1/2 image is signed in pencil "E.A. 44" in the lower-left margin. This is Icart's largest nude print.
• Sheep by C. Von Fascini, 19th century Italian. The oil on canvas image is 19 1/2 X 29 5/8.
• Monk Drinking Wine by Eduard von Grützner, German 1846-1925. The 15 1/2 x 19 /12 oil on canvas image is signed and dated 1865.
• Blumen (Flowers) by Fritz Oswald, Swiss 1878-1966. The oil on board image is 20 1/4 X 25 5/8.

Others by William Verplanck Birney, David Pelbam, Raoul Pene Du Bois and Jon (sp) Bundrum. Also, works deaccessioned from the Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT, including by Michael Mazur, Renata Bernal, Stephen Kaye and more.

COLLECTIBLES:

• Oriental items, including an outstanding 24" Chinese bronze vase in high relief, 4 kimonos, a bone carving and a silk tapestry with cranes.
• Scales, including an Art Deco Penny Scale from Palisades Amusement Park, NJ and early gold scales.
• Coca Cola items including a Vendo Coke Machine, model V125-220, 3 dolls, lit houses, older bottles and advertising.
• Radios, including 2 Atwater Kent models 44 and 55, a book model crystal set, and a Zenith Trans-Oceanic.
• Advertising, including Old Coon Cigars, cardboard Butternut Bread, Schmidt's Beer figure, a Goebel "München Weltstadt Mit Herz" (Munich, the metropolitan city with heart) figurine, and a 31" Pizza Man.

Other collectibles include Royal Doulton mugs, clocks, puzzles, dolls, stoneware, lamps, wood carvings, circa 1920 purses, a boxed accordion and 3 harmonicas.

EMPHEMERA:
Over 100 Life magazines including Volume 1, No. 1; Politically Incorrect letter, dated 1901; political posters of Nixon, Kennedy; postcards; "Welcome Home" banner for Scott Carpenter.

FURNITURE:
Carpenter's chest with tiger maple interior; 9-pc Danish modern dining room set, walnut; Art Nouveau oak side table; large primitive "tac" chest; 3 dome tops; 5 trunks; 2 early hide covered chests; walnut Pembroke table; primitive pine drop-leaf table; mahogany Empire Revival sofa with large paw feet, etc.

All items are offered with NO RESERVE and sold "AS IS” -- no refunds and no returns – with a 13% Buyer’s Premium and a 3% Discount for Cash or Check.

Additional details, photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 506 KB) and in a slim version (214 KB) 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

Auction of Farm Equipment, Tools, Guns, Furniture, Ephemera and Personal Property

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct a Farm Equipment, Tools, Guns, Furniture, Ephemera and Personal Property Auction on site at 65 Houdlum Hill Road, Binghamton, NY 13905 on Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 10:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. 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.

Equipment and Tools, including a 2010 Kubota BX25 4-wheel drive diesel tractor, with attachments sold separately; a Huskee 6 HP log splitter; a Husqvarna CRT900 tiller; two 5,000 watt generators; a 10 ft jon boat; a utility trailer; Stihl and Royal chain saws; a Die Hard battery charger; a weed wacker; a lawn mower; car ramps; jack stands; floor jacks; a table saw; a bench grinder; a router; a Sawzall; a sander; a right angle drill; two large tool chests; many sockets, wrenches and hand tools; yard tools; boat accessories, etc.

Furniture, including a 5-piece walnut sleigh bedroom set; pair of contemporary mission oak end tables; two stands by Art Furniture; a harvest table; a leather 3-piece sectional couch with ottoman by Bernhardt; wrought iron patio furniture; a contemporary oak roll top desk; a large entertainment center, etc.

Ephemera, including one lot of WWII letters, books and photos; Farmer’s Almanacs 1859-1898; Farmer’s Daily Diaries 1888-1944; 2 autographed books; a stampless cover letter, etc.

Miscellaneous, including 5 saddles; a horse drawn sleigh; a World’s Sterling cast iron cook stove; costume jewelry; a Sherwood Newcastle stereo with amplifier and 5-disk CD changer; a Klipsch sound surround system; Samsung 19” TVs; an LG 48” LCD TV, etc.

Guns, etc. Selling at 11:00 am, including a 22 Magnum Ruger New Model pistol; shotguns, including a 12 gauge Ithaca Featherlight and a 12 gauge Eastern Arms Model 9413; 22s, including Winchester 63 and 67 models; a CO2 Bean Bag shooter; 2 pellet rifles; a Schrade scrimshaw 7 knife set; a Case XX limited edition Gulf War knife boxed; other knives, etc.

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. Pre-1892 firearms and those determined to be parts or relics do not require an ATF search.  An FFL gun dealer will be on-site during the auction to process the paperwork.

Additional details, photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 843 KB) and in a slim version (134 KB) without images.

On the same day and in the same location, Bob and Sallie Connelly will auction at noon the Real Estate consisting of the restored Victorian house, 2-car garage, hay shed, 4-stall barn, fenced horse paddock, and storage shed on the 15-acre horse farm.

Save the Date: Civil War and WWI Museum Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct a Civil War and WWI Museum Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday May 4, 2014 at 10:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am.

On the block: An extensive Civil War Collection as well as the contents of a World War I Museum. An inventory is being prepared and an order of sale will be available at the auction. All of the items in this auction are selling without reserve AS IS (No Refunds, No Returns) at a 10% buyers premium.

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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. Pre-1892 firearms and those determined to be parts or relics do not require an ATF search.

Auction of Military Items, Swords, Guns and Regina Music Players

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct a Military, Swords, Guns and Regina Music Players Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday November 24, 2013 at 11:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. Included in this auction is a large collection of items which descended in the family of Henry B. Morse, a Lieutenant Colonel in the 114th Regiment of New York State Volunteers during the Civil War*. 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.

Large Lot consisting of Henry Morse's frock coat as a Lt. Colonel, shoulder straps as a Major and 1851 officer’s belt plate. Also included are letters from New York State to enroll volunteers for the Civil War; Morse's Commission as a Major; his Commission as a Lt. Colonel; his Commission as a Brevet Brigadier General signed by President Johnson and Secretary of War Stanton.  

Morse Artifacts To Be Sold Separately: presentation sword, dated August 1, 1862 to Major H.B. Morse from his friends in Eaton, NY; Harper's Ferry Model 1805 pistol, dated 1807, in excellent condition; small size Deringer / Philadela (only 1”R”); Colt Model 1860 Army Serial #76209.  

Morse Ephemera: Letter about battle of Winchester, VA; Group of 68 Letters from Alfred A. Morse, Henry Morse's brother. He was wounded in Virginia, had his leg amputated and eventually died from his wound; Group includes Memoriam Booklet, carte-de-visite of Alfred. Group of more than 34 letters from Henry Morse to his mother and other family members, including correspondence about being a judge in Arkansas.  

Guns and Swords: Militia bayonet scabbard and cartridge box, pre-Civil War; Model 1842 H. Aston Percussion Pistol; Brown Bess Bayonet; NYS Militia flintlock musket signed I.& H. Meacham, Albany NY; percussion musket by Warren & Steele, Albany NY; Model 1842 Springfield Musket, stamped U.S. 1854; Buck & Ball rifle/shotgun signed W. Ogden Owego NY; 2 shotguns; M1 Winchester Carbine Sporterized; Iver Johnson 38 pistol; Civil War Calvary sword D.J. Millard, Clayville, NY; French broad sword; G. Bauman sword with lion on guard; Knights of Pythia fraternal sword; contemporary black powder rifle. German: 150 badges and tinnies from WWII; German helmet; 17th Panzer arm band.  

Music Players: Columbia (Regina) Grafonola Deluxe, mahogany with carved lions and 39 15.25" tin records; upright Regina Oak Eastlake style 6'8" high with 5-cent slot and 18 15.25" tin disks; 2 lots of 10 Each 15.25" tin disks; mahogany Victrola Table Model VV–IX. Tools: An early wooden brace; Bailey-Stanley planes #3, 5 & 8; wood plow plane; 2 surveyor's levels; W. & L. E. Gurley 411876 and B. L. Makepeace LOXO #3005; General Jones Doctor's Scale; Fairbanks brass scale.  

Miscellaneous: Furniture, including a Shaker style rocker, a cherry and curly maple jelly cupboard, 3 walnut Eastlake bookcases, 8 maple ladder back chairs with rush seats, a dovetailed blanket chest, and an oak buffet with mirror; Furnishings, including a Loetz Art Glass vase with Sterling Silver overlay, a 16" American burl bowl, a hanging slag glass dome lighting fixture, a reverse painted lamp, a set of American painted China, a pair of carriage lamps, a Gone with the Wind lamp, log cabin finger lamps, 2 pieces of Majolica, a cigar humidor, 5 quilts, and cut glass; Clocks, including a Seth Thomas Ogee clock, a Seth Thomas Adamantine clock, an outstanding Raingo Fres, Louis XIV Clock, 24.5“ H x 14.5" D, 3 school house clocks, a Waterbury French Style clock with 2 candlesticks, and a mission mantel clock; Safes, including a brass National Cash Register 313 Special Edition 3170, and a Meilinks safe; Toys & Dolls, including a mule-in-barn mechanical bank, 2 Armand Marseille dolls, Dolly Dimple and 985 as well as a 16" tin head doll; and Artwork, including a Daguerreotype and 2 gutta percha cases, a tonalist landscape signed Albert Duvannes 1881-1962, an early pin prick water color, a seascape signed Wyik ?, a winter scene by Butterlin, and several other oils and prints.

Additional details, photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF). A descriptive list of the Morse Collection and a description of the lots in the auction are also available (PDFs).

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. Pre-1892 firearms and those determined to be parts or relics do not require an ATF search.  An FFL gun dealer will be on-site during the auction to process the paperwork. *Thanks to 

Dr. Michael Colella of Endicott, NY, who compiled some of the Civil War research used to identify, classify and describe the items in this auction.

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.

Collectibles Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct a Collectibles Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 6:00 pm with a preview at 5:00 pm. The auction includes toys, KKK collectibles, Victrolas and records, furniture, ephemera and accessories. 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 an AuctionZip Gallery and in the slideshow below.

In this auction are Toys, including over 500 Mint in Box or blister-packed items, 300 Star Wars pieces, including action figures in 3 sizes; X-Wing and B-Wing fighters; Millennium Falcons; 50 Star Trek pieces; and 15 Hess trucks; KKK, including Ku Klux Klan robe with Knights Cross patch and Ku Klux Klan shield with provenance tag and brass ID tag "KKK 1925,"carried by Charles Andrews in several parades in Binghamton, NY and Washington DC during the 1920's and 1930's; KKK record album, first ever produced, circa 1923-1925; KKK Member in Good Standing brass tag, with E. S. Youngs, 1923 on back; Victrolas, Records, including Victor Talking Machine Co. Victrola, floor model; Edison Victrola, floor model No. C250; Corona Victrola, portable; Columbia Gratonola Victrola, table top model, needs work; RCA Victor 70, cathedral style table top model; Victor floor model radio with phonograph; Motorola radio with microphone; box of radio tubes; hundreds of records including 3 boxes of cylinder rolls, Edison 78's, 33's and 45's; Furniture, including Heywood Wakefield 5-piece bedroom set and 6-piece dining room set; Arts and Crafts quarter sawn oak gate leg table; and cow hide domed top and flat top trunks; Ephemera and Accessories, including assortment of postcards including Tuck; group of photographs with cabinet cards, tintypes including 2 of Franklin Engine Co. Waverly, PA; framed photographs of famous people, some autographed and some with signatures on separate piece of paper and framed with photo including Tiny Tim, Marshall Wilder, Dorothy Tennaut Stanley, Tony Randall, Phil Brito, John Archer, and Freddy Bartholomew; framed & unframed prints and original art work; Watling penny horoscope & weight scale; over 100 books, 1800's and later; photographs of 1940's WNBF personalities; 100's of framed pictures; an 1880 liquor license, Boston.

Additional details, photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 261KB), which is also available in a slim version (123KB) 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.

Super Sunday Antiques Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Antiques Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 10:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. The auction includes vintage Valentines, furniture, quilt and fabrics, cut glass, china and other household pieces. Many of the items are from the home of Mahlon Card, Esq., who at 92 has moved to a retirement center.

Selling without reserve AS IS (No Refunds, No Returns) at a 10% buyers premium are Vintage Valentines and Ephemera, including foldout, popup, mechanical and lace Valentines, and postcards, newspapers and childrens books; Selling at 11:00 am Furniture, including a mahogany and walnut dresser with white marble top, tables, chests, a mahogany Empire Revival slant top desk, dining room and living room pieces, 2 bedroom sets, two Boston rockers, and two rope beds; Quilts and Fabric, including an 1841 blue and white coverlet, a pair of poppy pattern applique quilts, other quilts and linen; Cut Glass, including a pair of Daisy and Button decanters, ice buckets, carafes, tumblers, wine glasses, and signed Hawkes stemware; Other Glassware, including Murano glass, Depression glass, and Waterford, Heisey, Fostoria, Orrefors, Cambridge, and Carnival pieces; and China and Miscellaneous, including an Art Deco gun metal statue on marble base, 6 pieces of Majolica, 80 pieceds of signed American china painted by Edna Sawyer, other hand-painted china including dishes, clocks, talcum jars, Haviland, Bing & Grondahl, Belleek, Wedgewood, Nippon, Flow Blue and Ironstone pieces, and assortments of buttons and household items.

Additional details, selected photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 3514 KB). A slim (297 KB) version without photos is also available. Additional photos are available in our AuctionZip gallery.