On-Site Personal Property Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct a Personal Property Auction on site at 42 Fairview Avenue, Binghamton, NY 13904 on Saturday, November 15, 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.

 

This auction, for the Estate of Gail Dombosky, includes a reverse painted Art Deco lamp; a 9' x 17' Saurok rug and 2 other rugs; furniture including a mahogany secretary and a Victorian settee, 3 chests of drawers, an early stenciled doll cradle, and a corner Whatnot; postcard and photo albums;; 500 paperbacks and other books; costume jewelry; a large assortment of china & glasses; 40 pieces of adolescent Edwardian Whites; Endicott Johnson factory photos and other photographs; 2 Indian baskets; a collection of harmonicas; and Scottish Terrier bookends, dated 1929, Hummel.

Additional details, photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 510 KB).

On the same day and in the same location, Bob and Sallie Connelly will auction at 11:00 am the Real Estate consisting of a 2-story 4-bedroom, 2-bath home on a 40 X 103 plot with detached garage. In move-in condition.

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.

Antiques and Collectibles Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Antiques & Collectibles Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday April 7, 2013 at 10:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. The auction has items from several Estates and includes an Art Deco Black Moor statue, clocks, quilts, cut glass, books and furniture. 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.

 

This auction features a life sized Art Deco Black Moor statue, clocks, including a Ball Standard, Cleveland, an oak New Haven Weight Driven Regulator, an E.N. Welch Hanging Eclipse, an Ansonia Crystal Regulator, an Ingraham walnut mantle, Warwick, and a Rainbow China Case; cut glass, including a lamp, a 5-piece lemonade set, a trumpet vase, bowls, and an inkwell; furniture, including a queen size Gothic Revival walnut bed, circa 1855, a Chippendale Mirror with gesso eagle; a small pine blanket chest, and a Pembroke table with X stretcher; artwork, including African masks, paintings, bisque figurines, a Loetz vase, a bronze of Bear after Fish, a bronze stag, and a figure of Roman Warrior and Musketeer; household items, including a Sterling Silver Art Nouveau hand mirror, a pair of forged candle lanterns, 2 small bowls, Roseville Clematis and Apple Blossom, a candle box, a stoneware jug with cobalt, and 4 quilts; and miscellaneous items, including several sets of sleigh bells, a collection of scales, including a Fairbanks Feed Scale, badges and medals, a restored brass National Cash Register, Halloween items, a cast iron turkey bank, and a horse weathervane.

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.

Real Estate & Personal Property Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct a Real Estate and Personal Property Auction on site at 442 Grand Avenue, Johnson City, NY 13790 on Friday, June 29, 2012 at 6 pm with a preview at 5:00 pm and the real estate selling at 7:00 pm.  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.

 

Personal Property

In this auction: children's dishes, including Royal Doulton Bunnykins, and a set of Wade Quack Quacks dishes by Robert Barlow; an old violin; old linens; a camel saddle; glassware including a Castor set, and Shawnee, McCoy and Redwing pottery; a lady's oak writing desk; a washstand; a bamboo book shelf; two cash registers; a breakfront; and more.  Also: a 1974 Lincoln Continental.  Stored in a barn for 5 years, it runs and is sold ‘AS IS.’

Real Estate Auction

Connelly Realty, Robert J. Connelly, Broker and Auctioneer, will auction the real estate at 442 Grand Avenue, Johnson City, NY 13790 on-site on Friday, June 29, 2012 at 7:00 pm with previews by appointment.  The property consists of a 2-bedroom, 2-bath, house with a 12' X 18' detached garage on 40’ x 120’ lot with all city services. The property, which includes new furnace, central air, hot water heater and electrical service, is selling 'AS IS' with a Warranty Deed.  The opening bid is $35,000.

The vinyl sided house has a full walk-out basement, aluminum storm and screen doors and windows, and a scuttle to the attic.  The first floor includes an 11' X 11' kitchen entered through a 7.5' X 11' mud room, an 11' X 13' dining room, a 12' X 21' living room, and a 10' X 10' combined bathroom and laundry. The 12' X 18' master bedroom is on the second floor as are a second 10' X 11' bedroom and a 10' X 6' bathroom.

Additional details, photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 225KB)

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.

Attic Finds Auction

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.

Antique & Art Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Antique & Art Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 11:00 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 an AuctionZip Gallery and in the slideshow below.

The auction features ANTIQUES, including a 5.5 in marblehead vase signed HT, several pieces of Van Briggle pottery, furniture including a Hepplewhite desk, bedroom pieces, an Arts & Crafts mahogany arm chair and matching side chair, tables, a spice cabinet, a hall bench and living room pieces, 3 signed samplers (Mary Barley and 2 Maria H. Lamb) an Asco Express child's wagon, hooked rugs with pictures of Atlantic salmon, miniature duck decoys (signed), an Edison mahogany Victrola, jewelry including a 1.07 ct European cut diamond ring, and an early 19th Century Broome Culvert & Supply Company trade sign; and art, including an authenticated Frederic Remington sketch of horses, a still life oil painting by Fritz Osswald (Swiss, 1878-1966), 20 other oil paintings, several bronzes and a watercolor by Mrs. R. W. Brown of Watertown, NY.

Additional details, photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 275KB), which is also available in a slim version (146KB) 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.

Estates Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Estates Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 11:00 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 an AuctionZip Gallery and in the slideshow preview below.

The auction includes very clean furniture and miscellaneous items from five Estates and electrical items and systems from a disc jockey, even a disco ball.

Among the items in this auction are Furniture, including a four-piece maple bedroom set with double cannon ball bed, tall chest, double dresser and night stand, a three-piece fruitwood bedroom set, chests, tables, end tables, desks, bookcases, wardrobes, a Mission-style entertainment center with matching computer desk, credenzas, horizontal file cabinets, sofas, chairs, breakfronts, a Queen Anne style display cabinet, and a fruitwood dining room table with six chairs; Electronics, including Mackie M-1400I power amp, CF-12 mixer and 808S power mixer, a Vocopro KC-100 digital key controller, multi-disc CD changers from Sony (CX400), Fleco, and Kenwood, an ADC SS117EX equalizer, Marantz 6270Q turntable, speakers, microphones, stands, lights, TVs, DVD players, over 500 VHS tapes and CDs, records, and even a vintage disco ball; and Miscellaneous, including rugs, Hess trucks, Maxfield prints, tools, glassware and china.

Additional details, photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 320KB), which is also available in a slim version (114KB) 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.

On-Site Estate Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Auction of the Estate of Sue Thompson on-site at 30 Clifton Blvd, Binghamton, NY 13903-1420 on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 6:00 pm with a preview at 5:00 pm. The auction includes furniture, art and related items, jewelry, hundreds of smalls and miscellaneous items.

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.

The auction includes FURNITURE, including a 9-piece Ethan Allen bedroom suite, Heywood Wakefield cabinets and Captain's chairs, living room furniture, lamps, book shelves and a large quantity of household items; MISCELLANEOUS, including a sterling silver topped cut glass cocktail shaker by Hawkes, a Tiffany sterling silver bowl, a Meigh salt glaze apostle pitcher, books, smalls, and a working Apple iBook laptop; ARTWORK, including by well known regional artists such as Hans Junga, Don Kah, Larry Stratton, John Wagner, Leo Bitteker, Ruth Harasta, Nai-Hua Frances Li, Toney Cocen, Claudine, Craig Tebler, Paul Elliott, Marion Simpson, Sue Thompson, Pat Martin, and art supplies and a 5-drawer print file; and JEWELRY, including cameos, a Tiffany sterling silver bracelet, ring and earrings, other Tiffany, and a 10K white gold pendant with 1 carat diamond.

Additional details, photos and directions are available in the large auction brochure (PDF: 221 KB), which is also available without photos (126 KB).

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

Annual January Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct their Annual January Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, January 24, 2010 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 an AuctionZip Gallery and in the slideshow preview below.

 

In this auction are BRONZE AND ART, including Porter of Tunis by Jean Didier Début, (French, 1824-1893), 24.5" high on marble base, 2nd Edition; a bronze of Nude Archer, mounted on a marble base by Otto Hoffmann (German, 1907-1994); a bronze of Young Girl with Flowers, signed Theodore Starr, NY; and several cold painted bronzes including four of Arab subjects, an oil painting by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), a California Seascape by Rockwell Smith Brank (1875-1947), and two miniature oil paintings on ivory; ARTS AND CRAFTS, including a Roycroft Box by Kipp and two other boxes and stand; FURNITURE, including six marble top tables, two marble top Chinese plant stands, and three mahogany pedestals; VICTORIAN AND OTHER GLASSWARE, including a cased Amberina dish, a pair of Mary Gregory Vases, a Rubina vase, a pair of Steven & Williams bud vases and a pair of 13" Victoria vases; BOEHM PORCELAIN FIGURINES, including a bald eagle, Bonapart's gulls, boreal own, chestnut backed chickadee, Miss Indiana iris, and Spring Genetian; PORCELAIN AND CHINA, including a set of Minton, Cheviot pattern, set of Mason, Vista pattern, eight miniature Salesman's Samples of Syracuse China, and porcelain plates with Arabs, signed Punch Z.S. & Co., Bavaria; ORIENTAL RUGS, including Kerman 12 X 18, 10 X 17, and 9 X 12 and two Sarouk mats, 30" X 35"; and MISCELLANEOUS, including a Maxfied Parrish Venetian Lamplighter print, four steins including a Mettlach #2184 dwarf gnome, a Bohemian with family crest, a German with motto and story on lid, and a Richardson's Liberty Cream Root Beer, radios, including an RCA Model 121, and Art Nouveau statues and vases.

Additional details, photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 408 KB), which is also available in a slim version (119 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.

Large On-Site Estate Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Auction of the Estate of Virginia Bradley on-site at 26 Onondaga Street, Skaneateles, NY 13152-2306 on Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 10:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. The Bradleys were avid collectors active from the late 1930's through the 1950's. Their house is packed: two auctioneers will be selling at the same time throughout the sale. Come prepared to spend the day! Refreshments available; bring your own chair and boxes.

All of the items in this auction are selling without reserve AS IS (No Refunds, No Returns) at a 13% buyers premium. Photos of selected items are displayed in an AuctionZip Gallery and in the preview below.

 

In this auction are FURNITURE, including two elaborately carved mahogany Partner's Desks, one by R.J. Horner & Co. with Northwind faces, large gargoyles and claw feet; ACCESSORIES, including a carved ivory eagle head cane with matching umbrella handle, half-plate and quarter-plate Daguerreotypes, quarter-plate Ambrotypes, and Gutta Percha cases; FABRICS AND LINENS, including two French framed wool embroidered pictures, circa 1830, and Whitework, dated 1817; CLOCKS AND WATCHES, including a mahogany Colonial grandfather clock with 5-tube chime, and a Fusee watch, KW & KS by Wm. Williams, Dublin in clam shell Sterling case; STONEWARE, including three Whites of Utica and two Norton crocks; ORIENTAL RUGS, including ten in poor to good condition; ARTWORK, including an oil on canvas Winter Scene by Frank A. Barney (1862-1954) and an oil painting by Fernando A. Carter (1855-1931), dated 1917, in elaborate frame; POTTERY AND GLASSWARE, including Royal Doulton Grantham plates and cups, a Staffordshire tea set, and a Weller Woodcraft squirrel wall pocket; TOYS AND DOLLS, including 19th and early 20th century dolls, Walt Disney marionettes from Alice in Wonderland including Alice, the Mad Hatter and Rabbit, plus Hazelle's Tony, and trains, games, Fork Art toys, and papier mache circus animals; VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY TOOLS, including many wooden planes and block planes, yard tools, power and hand tools, and automotive tools; MISCELLANEOUS, including assorted household items and 20-ft pontoons for a party boat; and an AUTOMOBILE: 1991 4-door Oldsmobile Cutlass station wagon.

And selling at 11:15 am, 15 POSTERS, circa 1920-1939, in poor to good condition (see below for brochure).

Additional details, photos and directions are available in the large auction brochure (PDF: 2141 KB), which is also available without photos (153 KB). An additional brochure is available for the Posters, selling at 11:15 am, including the order of sale with photos (494 KB) and without (10 KB).

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

On-Site Auction: Antiques & Household with Real Estate

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an On-Site Auction at 265 Academy Drive, Vestal, NY 13850 on Thursday, June 25, 2009 with Antiques and Household items selling at 6:00 pm, with a preview at 5:00 pm, and the real estate selling at 7:00 pm. The real estate can be viewed at An Open House on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 from 5:00-7:00 pm and by appointment. View on map.

Antiques and Household
Selling AS IS without reserve, with a 10% Buyer's Premium, are furniture, including a mahogany fall front desk with serpentine drawers and claw feet, a Duncan Phyfe dining room table, several breakfronts, including a French Provincial and one with a butler's desk drawer and matching server, a copper-lined smoke stand, coffee, end, tier and corner tables, an oak Empire library table, a brass bed and two Hepplewhite style dressers, six bentwood chairs, and bar stools; and accessories, including a Bradley & Hubbard slag glass table lamp, a collection of 26 Hess trucks, Hot Wheels, year books, assorted costume jewelry, stemware including Rose Point by Cambridge, American Pattern, Fostoria, a pedal tractor and pedal fire truck, 11 pieces of iron lawn furniture, silver plate, hand and yard tools, a black mantel clock, several oil paintings, a Kenmore washer and Whirlpool electric dryer, lamps, china, a cast iron Teddy Roosevelt door stop, dated 1899, mirrors, lamps, and pictures.

Real Estate
Connelly Realty, Robert "Bob" Connelly Broker and Auctioneer, will sell AS IS with a Warranty Deed at 7:00 pm the 3 bedroom 1,118 sq ft ranch on an 82 (front & rear) X 110 ft lot at 265 Academy Drive in Vestal. Built in 1955, the forced-hot-air gas heated house with central air conditioning, wall-to-wall carpeting, and a security system has a brick and cedar shingle exterior, a poured concrete foundation with a large finished basement, and an attached 11 X 21 one-car garage. The ranch includes a kitchen (10 X 11) with built-in dishwasher, living/dining room (10 X 11) with fireplace, three bedrooms (10-8 X 9-6, 10-8 X 11, 10-8 X 12-8) and a full (10-8 X 5) tiled bath. An attached 18 X 12 sun porch features a stone barbecue. There is a dry bar, laundry room and -- yes -- a bomb shelter in the basement. Located one block from Vestal High School, the house has a picket fence around the rear yard, and has some aluminum storm windows and screens. The Buyer's Premium is 10% and the opening bid is $89,000.

Estates Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Estates Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 10:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. The auction includes a collection of cut glass plus items from the Estate of Anthony Aloysi.

Selling without reserve AS IS (No Refunds, No Returns) at a 10% buyers premium are FURNITURE, including desks, file cabinets, trunks and household furniture; MISCELLANEOUS, including fancy frames, an early map of Vestal, Depression glass, Stangl pottery, vintage postcards and photos; CRYSTAL, including a 14" Hawkes vase, Waterford candlebra, punch bowl, compotes and decanter; Ewer cocktail shaker, 2-piece lamp; Bicentennial Steuben eagle; and CUT GLASS, including Harvard pattern relish, compote, bowls, poppy vase, a Galway decanter, Libby ice cream dishes, Bohemian 15" covered candy jar, and Lalique birds, bird compote, and bird vase.

Additional details, selected photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 1.03 MB). A slim (197 KB) version without photos is also available. Additional photos are available in our AuctionZip gallery.