Jewelry, Silver & Watch Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct a Jewelry, Silver & Watch Auction at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, January 31, 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 DIAMOND RINGS, including a 14k white gold ring with a 2.95ct, I, SI1 diamond with 18 smaller diamonds, a ring, with GIA papers, having a 1.71ct Princess cut, D, VS2 diamond and 6 side diamonds, and an early Russian ring, c. 1800, with a white sapphire surrounded by 6 Rose cut diamonds; VICTORIAN JEWELRY, including a c. 1840 18k gold brooch with 10 small early Rose cut diamonds, a collection of Cameos including a set with a pendant/brooch, earrings, and a ring, and antique drop earrings in a platinum setting with Asscher cut diamonds; PRECIOUS, including over 40 14k gold rings with precious and semi-precious colored stones, 3 strings of cultured pearls, an early 2.5" large amber pendant, and over 2000 pieces of costume jewelry; WATCHES, including a Patek Philippe, 17 jewel pocket watch #171992 in gold filled case, a lady's 14k yellow gold pocket watch, and 3 Invicta wrist watches; and STERLING SILVER FLATWARE, including 107 pieces of Alvin Francis I, 90 pieces of Gorham Camellia, various Salem pattern by Tiffany pieces, and others.

Additional details, photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 226KB), which is also available in a slim version (139KB) 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.

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.

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.