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.

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.

Art Walk Exhibit and Sale: Original Art Pottery by Cristy Aloysi

As part of Binghamton's extended First Friday Art Walk the Connelly Gallery at 205 State St, Binghamton, NY 13901-2711 will open an exhibit and sale of original art pottery by Cristy Aloysi on Friday, December 7, 2007 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 8 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Visitors to the Gallery on Friday evening will enjoy American folk music with a modern twist by Dan Forsyth and Joe Kellar. The exhibit and sale of original art pottery from the collection of the artist's mother, Virginia Aloysi, will continue through December 28, weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and at other times by appointment (Telephone: 607-722-9593).

A graduate of Skidmore College, Cristy Aloysi continued her studies at the Studio Art Center International in Florence, at Corning Glass, at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine, and at other venues. She was twice selected as resident artist for glassblowing at the Maho Bay Recycled Art Center on St. John, the Virgin Islands. She participated in the New England Craft Program in Williamsburg, MA, and taught at Renton Technical College in Washington, and at Seattle's Pratt Fine Arts Center, as well as at Maho Bay. Ms. Aloysi began her current career at Urban Glass in Brooklyn, NY, where she learned the ancient art of blowing glass by hand. In 2002, she moved to Seattle, where she has been developing a line of contemporary glass objects for the home. Click for a slideshow of selected works by Cristy Aloysi on exhibit at the Connelly Gallery.