Antique and Collectibles Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Antique & Collectibles Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 10:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am.

Selling AS IS without reserve, with a 10% Buyer's Premium, are banks, including an organ grinder and performing bear mechanical bank with original paint in outstanding condition and a U.S. Mail bank with combination lock; toys, including a 13" coupe by Dayton Friction Toy Co., 40 pieces of Elastolin composition WWI British band toy soldiers, circa 1935, also 8 Indians, several Tootsie Toy and Wyandotte cars and trucks, a Wolverine diving submarine with box, and a Midgette Movie Theater with 8 movies and box; trains, including Lionel (2321 Lackawanna, 1862 General, 2065 and 2025 steam engines) and Marx windups; games, including Battleship 1938, Agate Railway Bagatelle marble game, Uncle Wiggily, Peter Coddle's Trip, 1936 Popeye Paint Set, many boxed; and Disney, including 42" motorized 1934 papier mâché display of Minne Mouse combing her hair, Mickey Mouse hobby horse, and 8" papier mâché Bashful.

Click for a slideshow of the Mechanical Bank with organ grinder and performing bear.

Also watches, including five gold mechanical wristwatches from Patek Philippe, Omega Constellation, Longines, and Omega Seamaster, four with gold bands; military, including an 1858 Walch Navy revolver, #117/200, a German leather spike helmet, a French Coulaux sword, and an 1877 French bayonet; stoneware, including five blue decorated pieces by Whites; scientific and optical instruments, including 19th century McAllister telescopes, U.S. Signal Service binoculars, and a transit by Keuffel & Esser, NY, Pat. 1891; and musical, including a table-mounted Swiss music box with six 6-tune cylinders, a 15.75" oak Regina music box with three disks, a Martin saxophone, a Westminster flute, and a Chickering grand piano.

The auction includes several military swords. 1. French sword, signed Coulaux; no scabbard. Image of guard in slideshow.  2. German sword with scabbard; possibly WWI.  3. German SA dagger in sheath, inscribed "Alles für Deutschland"; RZ in circle, M7/37.  4. French bayonet with scabbard, dated 1877, signed ST. ETIENNE.  5. U.S. bayonet; M8 A1.  6. Arab-middle eastern headsmen sword; replaced handle; gold inlay in very good condition. Two images in slideshow.  7. 19th century Arab dagger, sheath and original shoulder cord. Additional image in slideshow.

And Indian artifacts, including over 3000 points, arrowheads, axes, pestles, pipes and three fragments of Peru textile, circa 1400; clocks, including 8-day German ship clock, oak gingerbread, 8-day and 30-hour Ogees, Steeple and miscellaneous parts; furniture, including Empire mahogany secretary, Federal style mahogany secretary, Empire dressers, server, sofa, and set of five barrel fiddle-back chairs, dough box on legs, three Victorian arm chairs, Ogee mirror, and two mahogany slant top desks; miscellaneous, including a 17.5" American burl bowl, Majolica, a Roseville planter, pair of Currier & Ives First Smoke All Right/All Wrong prints, a primitive oil porrait, and assorted glass and china.

Selling at 12 noon are two automobiles: a 1965 Mercury Comet convertible, red, no rust, 98% restored, and a 1986 Ford LTD Crown Victoria LX, 74k miles, fully loaded, inspected and licensed.

Additional details, photos, directions and a more complete list of items are available in the auction brochure [PDF: 287 KB] and in photo set I and photo set II (PDF: 404 KB and 348 KB).

Absentee and phone bidders for this auction must be pre-registered, and bids must be received by 5:00 p.m. (EST) Saturday, December 8. Additional information is available on the Bid Form.

Doll and Barber Shop Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct a Doll and Barber Shop Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 11:00 am with a preview at 10:00 am. We are selling Sueelen Conrow's collection of over 60 artisan dolls, including some Doll of the Year winners, and the contents of a barber shop.

Selling without reserve, with a 10% Buyer's Premium, are dolls and doll accressories, including doll furniture, and dolls from Monika Levenig, Cindy Marschmer Rolfe, Denise McMillen, Janis Beend, and Rustie's Patricia Ross; miscellaneous, including vintage fishing lures, bamboo fishing poles, molding planes, a carpenter's chest, and maple furniture; and barber shop contents, including three chairs, advertising signs, mirrors, stations and lights.

Additional details, photos, directions and a partial list of items are available in the auction brochure [PDF: 335 KB].

Art Walk Exhibit and Sale: Michael Smith Photography

As part of Binghamton's First Friday Art Walk, and in conjunction with Binghamton University's Alumni and Homecoming Weekend the Connelly Gallery at 205 State St, Binghamton, NY 13901-2711 will hold a second exhibit and sale of photographs by F. Michael Smith on Friday, October 5, 2007 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The first exhibit in March 2006 was a great success. Opening night visitors will be treated to pop and popcorn, and Binghamton University students, faculty and staff will receive a gallery-wide 10% discount. The exhibit and sale of F. Michael Smith's photographs will continue through October 26, weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and at other times by appointment (Telephone: 607-722-9593).

F. Michael Smith's lifelong interest in landscape photography was inspired by the Adirondack vistas he enjoyed at his family's summer cottage near Utica. Some of his current images capture local landscapes and seascapes -- Michael is now a Binghamton resident -- and scenes from his travels, such as Perkins Cove, Maine seen at right. Others are non-representational, created by manipulating photographs digitally to produce abstract art. Click for a slideshow of selected works by Michael on exhibit at the Connelly Gallery.

Connelly Gallery: Estate Art

As part of Binghamton's First Friday Art Walk the Connelly Gallery at 205 State St, Binghamton, NY 13901-2711 will hold an exhibit and sale of Estate Art, featuring 19th and early 20th century oil paintings, watercolors and prints by a variety of artists. The exhibit opens on Friday, September 7, 2007 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Estate Art exhibit and sale will continue through September 28, weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and at other times by appointment (Telephone: 607-722-9593).