Best Buys at Bi-monthly Eclectic Auction at Garth’s

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Selection of Furniture & Accessories at Garth's Auctions

On Friday, August 6, a large selection of American and Asian furniture, art, pottery, porcelain, glass, toys, lighting, sterling and advertising will be presented by Garth’s Auctions Inc. during its Eclectic Auction.  The sale will include almost 1000 lots with many consigned from a wonderful West Virginia collection. As they say, there will be something for everybody from a Globe Wernicke 30-drawer cabinet file with fine tambour door to an authentic 1935 Old Spanish Trail Half Dollar to a large electrified dollhouse with furniture & accessories to an impressive mahogany sideboard.

 “Our ‘general’ Eclectic Auctions are bimonthly and are intended to appeal to private collectors of all types as well as those in “the Trade”,” said Amelia Jeffers, President of Garth’s Auctions. “We want attract interior decorators and antique dealers looking for items to impress their choosiest clients to the weekend collector who is focused mainly on price and function.”

Other featured items to be auctioned include:

SET OF RUSSEL WRIGHT CHINA. Chartreuse in color and consisting of: Eleven dinner plates. 10" dia. Eight lunch plates. 8 1/4" dia. Ten dessert plates. 6 1/4" dia. Eight soup bowls. 7" w. Ten dessert bowls. 6 1/4" w. A pitcher. 11" h. Teapot. 5" h. Lidded vegetable. 11 1/2" w. Seven cups/saucers (three extra cups). 2" h. 6" dia. Three shakers. 2" h. Creamer/sugar. 3" h. And seven serving pieces. 9 3/4" to 13 1/4" l.

Estimate $ 500-1,000

 

MILLER TABLE LAMP. Bronze embossed floral decorated base with slag glass polychrome shade. Cast signature "MLCO 232". 25 1/2" h.

Estimate $ 300-400

ARTS AND CRAFTS LIQUOR CABINET. Made by Shop of the Crafters, Cincinnati. Oak having metal hardware with double doors on top and one on bottom. 62 1/2" h.
Estimate $ 400-600

CAST IRON BANK. "Columbia Bank" with combination trap by the Kenton Hardware Co. 9" h. Includes a small booklet on Kenton Hardware.
Estimate $ 800-1,100

REGINA MUSIC BOX. Model # 64332, single comb, celluloid plaques and mahogany case. 13" h. 21" w. 19 3/4" d. With thirty five discs. 15 1/2" dia.
Estimate $ 1,000-1,500

ROOKWOOD URN. Lidded urn in semi matte green with brown accents, made in 1924. Signed with RP logo, date and form #2301E. 9 1/4" h.
Estimate $ 300-500

ROYAL DAULTON SCENIC VASE. Four cows standing in a dusk like landscape. Artist signed "W. Hodkinson" (George William Hodkinson). 12" h.
Estimate $ 800-1,000

TRADE SIGN. Double sided clock in the form of a pocketwatch with porcelain over tin dial and brass works. Dial is signed "Tiffany & Co. New York". 23 1/2" h.

Estimate $ 200-300

 

WW11 War Bonds Poster. "Doing all you can, brother?". Depicting a wounded US soldier on a  WWII battlefield. Artist signed "Robert Sloan" (New York 1915-). 27 1/2" h. 21 1/4" w. Framed and matted. 33" h. 27" w.
Estimate $ 300-500

MOONLIT LANDSCAPE (AMERICAN OR EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 2ND HALF-19TH CENTURY). Oil on canvas, unsigned. Atmospheric night scene with a steam locomotive traveling over a waterfall. Imperfections. 17"h. 34"w., in an oak frame, 26"h. 43 1/2"w.
Estimate $ 600-900

The auction also will include furniture from all over the world with a particular emphasis on Asian cupboards and cabinets, as well as decorative accessories including oriental rugs and an assortment of tin, lithographed toys. The sale begins at 9 a.m. on Friday, August 6th, at 2690 Stratford Road, Delaware, Ohio. Gallery previews will be offered the full week leading to the event, beginning at 10 a.m. each weekday morning. For more information and to see the online, color catalog, visit http://www.garths.com.

Garth's is also accepting consignments for its fall and winter auctions, including the October Arts & Crafts auction and the 50th Annual Thanksgiving Weekend Americana Auction. Parties interested in consigning should contact Jeff Jeffers or Andrew Richmond at 740.362.4771 or info@garths.com

Auction Session:
Friday, August 6, 2010 ~ 9:00 AM

Preview Times:
Monday - Wednesday, August 2 - 4, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday, August 5, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday, August 6, 8 a.m. – 9 a.m.

 

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