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American Antiques Auction conducts Monthly Estate Treasures Auctions the
first Thursday evening of each month. The sales are Free, and Open to the
Public. The sales usually include: antique furniture, rugs, paintings,
jewelry, silver, glassware, pottery, porcelain, china, bronzes, and clocks.
The sales are often highlighted with various "Collections." Click
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There is routinely an early-preview the night before the auction from
6:00 to 9:00pm. And the preview continues at 3:00pm the day of the sale.
Customers are also allowed to inspect while the sale is in progress. The
auctions are conducted at the Elks Lodge, 375 Old Post Road, Edison, NJ.
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January 3rd, 2002
Estate Treasures Auction
Sale contents added to February 7th Estate Treasures Auction.
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February, 7th, 2002
Estate Treasures Auction
Thursday, February 7th, 5:00 pm
Previews: Wednesday, February 6th, 6:00-9:00pm
Thursday, February 7th, 3:00pm
Elks Lodge, 375 Old Post Road, Edison, NJ
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The Darden Lighting Collection -
Handel, Pairpoint, Moe-Bridges, Jefferson, Miller,
Bradley & Hubbard, Reverse-Painted, Scenics, Florals,
Paneled, Plus a Pair of 18th C.Cut-Glass Sconces.
From the Governor's Mansion, Boston, MA
Sold Without Reserve!
18th, 19th, and 20th C. Furniture -
C. 1800 English Breakfast Table; 19th C. Classical
Secretary with Bookcase Top; Decorated Ball & Claw
Partner's Desk; Chickering Baby Grand Piano; M. T.
Commodes; Vernis Martin Vitrine; Extra King-Size
Tall-Poster Bed; Sold Without Reserve!
Rugs, Bronzes, Porcelain, and More -
Sarouk, Kirman, Silk Estate Carpets; Collection of
Bronze: Figures, Mythical Characters, Candelabra;
Sevres, Meissen, Dresden, KPM; Silver; Pottery;
Clocks; Sold Without Reserve!
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March 7th, 2002
Estate Treasures Auction
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April 4th, 2002
Estate Treasures Auction
Thursday, April 4th, 5:00 pm
Previews: Wednesday, April 3rd, 6:00-9:00pm
Thursday, April 4th, 3:00pm
Elks Lodge, 375 Old Post Road, Edison, NJ
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Engravings and Photogravures
5:00pm - Fine Engravings and Advertising
From Streetsboro, Ohio, a single-owner collection of
hundreds of great advertising sheets, fine engravings, and
photogravures by such giants as Felix Darley, Gustave Dore,
William Croome, A. R. Ward, Jean Gerome, Ulpiano Checa,
Claude Lorainne and other major classical artists. This
collection contains classic 19th and early 20th C. work; is
matted and ready to frame; and will be sold without reserve!
6:30pm - Estate Jewelry, Porcelain, and More!
From a Queens, NY Estate, and others: Fabulous collection
of enamel, diamond, and Tiffany jewelry; silver; carved
furniture; Venetian mirrors, lustres, chandeliers, lamps; 50
pieces of Shelley, Dresden groups and candelabra, figural
cartel clock, Beleek, Royal Worcester, Wedgwood, Limoges,
chintz, Royal Bayreuth, marble busts, bronze candelabra, and
much more!
SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S WHO YOU KNOW . . .
OTHERS SAY IT'S WHAT YOU KNOW . . .
American Antiques Auction's April 4th Estate Treasures Auction profusely
illustrates this.
At 5:00pm a collector from Streetsboro, OH will part with
150 great advertising sheets, fine engravings and
photogravures, gathered, compiled and carefully cataloged
over the years. He knows what he has.
At 6:30pm American Antiques Auction will sell the
contents of a Queens, NY Estate. Dorothy was in the process
of downsizing in order to relocate to New Jersey. She
thought she could trust calling in a local antique dealer to
dispose of her unwanted items. He offered her $200. for
everything. When she hesitated, he upped the offer to $300.
Still hesitant, the dealer offered to "pay her whatever she
wanted for the stuff." She felt pressured and sent the dealer
on his way.
Dorothy was referred to American Antiques Auction. The
first item Jim Calabrese saw when he walked through the
door was a rosewood pedestal smoking stand with a
mechanical tabletop that lifts upwards to reveal the recessed
humidors and ashtrays nestled inside. He realized
immediately that the bidding on that piece alone would
exceed what the family had been offered for the entire
estate!
"Many older people are too trusting for their own good.
Also, it is often a time when they are most vulnerable. They
are not aware how valuable things have become; or how to
dispose of them properly. They throw things away, give
things away, or sell them for a fraction of what they're worth.
The heirs to estates are usually just as uninformed. They
often run out of patience and make the same mistakes."
Thankfully, Dorothy won't. Now she knows what she has
too!
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May 2nd, 2002
Estate Treasures Auction
Sale contents added to June 6th Estate Treasures Auction.
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June 6th, 2002
Estate Treasures Auction
Thursday, June 6th, 5:00 pm
Previews: Wednesday, June 5th, 6:00-9:00pm
Thursday, June 6th, 3:00pm
Elks Lodge, 375 Old Post Road, Edison, NJ
~ Furniture and Glassware ~ Arthur Sears Model Boat Collection ~
~ Single Owners: Antique Doll Collection; and C. I. Toy Collection ~
~ Collection of Moritz Loeffler Carvings ~ And Much More! ~
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Arthur Sears had all the right tools for building ship
models scattered about his basement workbench, but if it
hadn't been for his wife's roasting pan, many wouldn't have
been built.
"He used to boil the wood in my roasting pan, right on
my stove," explained Sears' widow, Caroline.
The Arthur Sears Ship Model Collection features scale
model replicas of sidewheelers, ferry boats, tugboats,
trawlers, sailing ships, cabin cruisers and speedboats, as well
as automobiles, trolley cars, birds, animals and some
whimsical pieces like a miniature coffin cigarette case, and a
full-busted woman, inside of which is a transistor radio.
"I used to be so ashamed when he showed that off, I
really would," she said.
Sears is one of two New Jersey artisans whose exacting
workmanship is sure to dazzle bidders at the June 6th Estate
Treasures Sale hosted by American Antiques Auction at the
Elk's Lodge in Edison, N. J.
Museum-quality wood sculptures by Moritz Loeffler will
also be featured; the sale will also include a collection of
vintage cast-iron toys and a collection of antique French and
German bisque dolls.
There will be more than 50 hand-built pieces that came
out of Sears' workshop in the basement of his modest home
in Perth Amboy, N. J., just a few blocks from the Raritan
Bay waterfront where he got the inspiration for many of his
handbuilt boats.
Sears died a few years ago, but the workbench has been
left alone; there's a half-finished carriage from a stagecoach
scattered amongst chisels, planes, rags, clamps and
hardware.
Tacked to the inside of a tool chest is a faded ad from a
woodworker's magazine. It reads: "The things You build
will be standing long after You die. Leave a good mark."
Sears also built clocks with wooden gears, tilt-top tables,
desks and other furniture.
The Moritz Loeffler collection of wood sculpture
features a broad range of human and animal figures in a
variety of styles and woods - rosewood, mahogany, maple,
pear, maple and walnut.
Born in Germany in 1871, Loeffler's father, a carpenter,
taught him to respect wood and tools. He was soon carving
figures from scraps of wood in his father's shop.
The family came to the United States when the boy was
12, and his talent blossomed. As a teenager, he was working
at a New York City furniture company when he was hired as
a woodworking instructor at the prestigious Pratt Institute in
New York City.
He was on the faculty for 38 years, doubling up as an
instructor at the Newark Public School of Fine and
Industrial Arts for 28 years.
He surrounded himself with his work inside and outside
his home in Bloomfield, N. J. Life-size carvings of animals
including deer, squirrels, lions and bears were scattered
about the well-manicured lawns and gardens; inside, there
were more sculpted forms of animals, and the human figure,
as well as candlestands, lamps, chairs and other pieces of
furniture.
His works encompass any number of stylings - an Art
Nouveau lamp, a Victorian bust, a heavy Gothic chair, Arts
and Crafts pieces with hammered hardware he fashioned
himself.
His works are in the collections of museums, with
commissioned works including a 13 foot altar chair at a
Brooklyn church and gargoyles at the Prudential Building in
Newark.
Doll collector Nina Agresta, who with her husband owns
an antiques store in New Rochelle, N. Y. is packing off
several dozen of her prized 19th century French and German
bisque dolls to the June 6th Auction.
Collector Randy Rosenberg, who also lives in upstate
New York, has turned his attention towards soda fountain
syrup dispensers, which means he's trotting out his vintage
cast-iron horse drawn fire trucks and ice trucks for other
collectors to buy.
Rosenberg's toy collection features Arcade, Hubley and
Denton cast-iron horse drawn fire apparatus, including ten
ladder trucks, and six steam pumpers. There are police
patrol horse drawn wagons, several ice wagon trucks, even
cast-iron trains!
Rosenberg's collection also includes two rare Currier &
Ives Civil War cannons.
One of the better dolls in Agresta's collection is in rather
poor shape, but the informed collector will see the beauty in
the Bru smiler.
The Bru is a late 19th century French pale bisque doll
with "a cute little smirk" and paperweight hand blown glass
eyes.
The problem with the doll is that the body has
deteriorated a bit.
Agresta says several collectors over the years have tried
to convince her to sell the Bru smiler; she in turn held on to
the Bru, hoping to match it with the right body.
Her decision to sell the Bru should make for some
spirited bidding - she says if placed on the correct body, the
Bru would be worth upwards of $6,000.00.
Her collection includes other Bru dolls, as well as
vintage German bisques, including a Simon Halbig No. 949.
Many in her collection fall into the category of "Sunday
dolls," a term used to describe a well-preserved doll.
She explained that most vintage dolls found in excellent
condition were played with sparingly and very carefully,
usually on Sundays, with mother or father supervising.
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July 4th, 2002
Estate Treasures Auction
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August 1st, 2002
Estate Treasures Auction
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September, 5th, 2002
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Thursday, September 5th, 5:00 pm
Previews: Wednesday, September 4th, 6:00-9:00pm
Thursday, September 5th, 3:00pm
Elks Lodge, 375 Old Post Road, Edison, NJ
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October 3rd, 2002
Estate Treasures Auction
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November, 7th, 2002
Estate Treasures Auction!
Thursday, November 7th, 5:00 pm
Previews: Wednesday, November 6th, 6:00-9:00pm
Thursday, November 7th, 3:00pm
Elks Lodge, 375 Old Post Road, Edison, NJ
5:00pm
Nazi, Civil War, Slavery
Weapons; Documents; Collections of: Movie
Memorabilia; Photographs; Autographs; Cameras;
Fascinating Correspondence (by Political Figures,
Personalities); Press Books; Scrap Books; Ephemera
from the Rose LaRose Estate ("The Queen of
Burlesque"); and Much More!
Some Highlights: SS Weapons; Document Signed by Hitler;
Civil War Bible Signed by former PA Governor Beaver while he
was Commander of "Bible" Company; Slave Transfer of Ownership
Documents; Correspondence between U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Potter Stewart, Newsman Harry Reasoner, and the Queen of Burlesque,
Rose LaRose; Film: Queen of Burlesque starring Rose LaRose;
Deed for a Gold Mine from the Crown Mining Company;
Autographs by: Rudolph Valentino, W. C. Fields, Greta Garbo,
Gary Cooper, Judy Garland, and hundreds of others!
6:30pm
Estate Jewelry, Watches, Coins
Three hundred lots! Most from Private Estates!
Most Sold without Reserve! Diamond, Platinum,
and Gemstone Jewelry. Wrist and Pocket Watches;
Rare Gold and Silver Coins; Enameled Boxes and
other Objects of Art.
Some Highlights: Rose LaRose's 25 Ct Aqua Marine Ring; Tiffany and
Cartier Jewelry; Platinum and Gold ½ Ct to 3.66 Ct Diamond Engagement Rings;
½ Ct to 5 Ct Diamond Earrings, Pins, Pendants, Brooches, Lavaliers,
Necklaces, Bracelets, Wedding Sets, Fancy Colored Diamonds; London
Blues, Rubies, Sapphires, etc; Gold and Silver Wrist Watches,
Pocket Watches, Keywinds; 1790's Large Cents; $1., $5., $10., $20. Gold
Pieces; 1921 Zerbie Dies; Bust of George Washington Signed C. C.
Wright Co.; and Much More!
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Find Out About the Collections
Burlesque Queen's Estate ~
Estate Jewelry, Watches, Coins ~
All Types of Memorabilia
Edison, N. J. - Civil War, slavery and Nazi memorabilia, as well as fan mail,
posters, films, scrapbooks, publicity photos and jewelry from the estate of a
burlesque queen highlight the Nov. 7th American Antiques Auction.
Also featured are more than 300 lots of quality diamond, gemstone and
platinum jewelry, gold and silver coins, enameled boxes and other objects of art
from various estates.
The sale begins at 5:00pm at the Elks Lodge, 375 Old Post Road, Edison, N.
J. with previews 6-9pm, Wed, Nov. 6th, and again at 3:00pm the day of the sale.
Rose La Rose was the consumate professional in a bawdy and sometimes
tawdry business.
Born Rosina DePella in New York's Little Italy, she left school at 15 and
began work as a cashier at Minsky's at Broadway and 42nd Street. It wasn't long
before she worked her way from behind the cage onto the runway.
Showing lots of leg, and lots of saavy, she devised a bump and grind that
gyrated her to the top of her business, one of burlesque's marquee stars in the
1930's and 1940's, earning in excess of $2,500. a week from Jersey City to San
Francisco.
Several colorful posters from theaters across the country advertising the
burlesque queen's performances will be sold.
Long after the house lights had dimmed, in between shows and on the road,
La Rose toiled behind the scenes.
She had no business manager or handlers; she ran the show and took care of
advance publicity; she wrote her own advertising, designed her costumes,
choreographed her bump and grind routines. No detail was too small. One of
the paper lots includes her hand-sketched directions to stage hands for arranging
furniture and other props used in her dance routine.
Rose La Rose had her legions of fans, but without question, her biggest fan
washer mother Jennie, who traveled the circuit with her daughter for 18 years in
the best tradition of a stage mom, chroniciling her daughter's career in a series of
scrapbooks stuffed with newspaper clippings, playbills and fan mail, including
several from U. S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart.
Yet another one of those adoring letters came from Harry Reasoner, at the
time a young GI stationed overseas, later familiar to millions of Americans as a
TV news anchor on CBS and ABC. Reasoner's letter, the scrapbooks, publicity
photos, handbills, cigarette holders - even a few sequined g-strings will be sold
without reserve.
La Rose devoted long hours on the homefront during WWII urging
Americans to donate blood; her Red Cross donor card, with a scrapbook filled
with large format black-and-white photos documenting her work as a
government spokesperson will be sold.
Short in stature - she was 5' 3" - the diminutive La Rose enjoyed the great
outdoors, and would hire guides and go hunting in Alaska when she took a
break from working. She bagged a huge Kodiak bear on one of those trips, with
several pictures and news accounts of the conquest included in the sale. There's
also a campy home movie of La Rose performing a strip tease in the wilds of
Alaska.
When her mother became ill, La Rose settled in Toledo, Ohio, where she
bought a theater and turned it into a burlesque house.
The city fathers were uncomfortable with their new neighbor, and tried to
shut her down. She fought back.
Scrapbooks filled with news accounts of her court battles against the city of
Toledo, Ohio - she eventually won - will also be sold.
Jewelry worn by La Rose - including a 25 Ct aquamarine ring - will highlight
the jewerlry offerings.
Other jewelry featured in the sale include Tiffany and Cartier pieces;
platinum, diamond, and gold rings, earrings, pins, pendants, brooches, lavaliers,
necklaces, bracelets, wedding sets; rubies and sapphires; gold and silver wrist
and pocketwatches.
There will also be a selection of American coins, including 1790's Large
Cents and $1., $5., $10. and $20. gold pieces.
Other highlights include SS weapons, a document signed by Adolf Hitler and
other Nazi items; slave documents including transfer of ownership papers; a
soldier's bible dating from the Civil War given as a gift by the company's
commanding officer, who later became governor of Pennsylvania; an original
Wanted Poster for Bonnie and Clyde; a single-owner collection of Hollywood
celebrities' signed photos and correspondence, and sports memorabilia,
including a vintage collection of early prize fighters' tobacco cards and a
collection of signed photographs.
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December, 5th, 2002
Notice: This Event is posponed due to the heavy snow storm.
The New Date will be posted as soon as it is available.
Now is the time to Consign!
to Our Next
Estate Treasures Auction!
Thursday, December 5th, 5:00 pm
Previews: Wednesday, December 4th, 6:00-9:00pm
Thursday, December 5th, 3:00pm
Elks Lodge, 375 Old Post Road, Edison, NJ
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5:00 pm
Nippon Collection
Single Owner Collection of Over 150 Pieces of Nippon:
Bolted Vases, Plaques, Humidors, Biscuit Barrels,
Moriage, Coralene, and Much More!
6:30 pm
Furniture, Paintings, Jewelry,Silver, Pottery,
Porcelain, China, Bronzes, Clocks, and More!
From a Hollywood Producer's Estate and Others:
Spectacular Majorelle Art Nouveau Sideboard; Two Herman Miller Ames Chairs with Ottomans;
"Century" Banded Mahogany Chippendale Dining Room; Paintings by Reginald Marsh, Others; 100
Ounce Krieder Heavy Repoussee Sterling Tray, Others; Platinum, Diamond and Gold Jewelry; Roseville
Jars and Peds; pair of 18" Ernst Wahlis Art Nouveau Figural Candelabra; Old Mark Belleek; Shelley Dinnerware
Set; Scenic Clock Garniture Sets; 20" Bronze Figure Signed Cartier, Others; Over 50 Pieces of Period, Figural Carved,
Marble-Top, and Oak Furniture From an old Somerset, NJ Farm; and Much More!
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