Blue Hen Auction Co.
1490 East Lebanon Road
Dover, Delaware 19901
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1490 East Lebanon Road
Dover, Delaware 19901

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30+ Years Experience In Marketing Fine Antiques.

Specialists In Building Collections and Downsizing Collections.

Appraisals, Consultations and Estate Settlements.

Next Auction
2 Day Winter Antique Auction

To Be Held
Friday, February 10, 2012
&
Saturday, February 11, 2012

To Be Held at the
Blue Hen Auction Gallery
1490 East Lebanon Rd.
Dover, Delaware 19901

Located in the Liberto Plaza on Route 10
Just 1 Mile from the Dover Air Force Base


Friday Evening - Starting at 4:00 pm
With a Good Old Fashioned Country Auction of 15+ Tables Stacked Full of Hand Selected Local Estate Items, Antiques, Collectables, Glassware, Crocks, Great Showcase Smalls, Artwork, Victorian China, Costume Jewelry, Toys, Trains, Art Pottery, Nice Library of Antique Reference Books, Old Decoys, Toleware, Cast Iron Banks, Cloisonné, Old Vending Machines, Military Items, Delaware Memorabilia, Victorian & Country Furniture - Second Auctioneer - Starting at 7 pm Selling Coins & Old Currency, including Lots of U.S. Silver Dollars including Many CC Dollars, Bust, Barber & Walking Liberty Halves, Large Groups of Silver U.S. Coins, U.S. Gold Coins, U.S. Currency including Many Old Bank Notes, Large Notes, Silver Certificates, Private Bank Notes & More Followed by a Wonderful Lifetime Collection of World Stamps from the Estate of Dr. George Q. Williams of Lewes, Del., including over 10,000 World Stamps of All Types and Descriptions, Some to be Sold in Large Lots


Saturday Session - Starting at 10 am

Period & Country & Victorian Furniture
– 18th C. Walnut Chippendale Slant Front Desk Delaware Origin, 19th C. Walnut Broken Arch Top Corner Cupboard, 18th C. Walnut Chippendale Chest of Drawers, Early 19th C. Figured Maple Sheraton Chest of Drawers, 19th C. Hepplewhite Chest of Drawers, 19th C. Hepplewhite Slant Front Desk, Early Inlaid Pembroke Table, 19th C. Federal Sideboard with Rope Twist Columns, 2 Part Victorian Banquet Table, Paint Decorated Blanket Chest, Set of 6 Decorated Plank Seat Chairs, 19th C. Eastern Shore Blanket Chest with Blue Paint, 19th C. Softwood Corner Cupboard, 2 Empire Card Tables, Highly Carved Empire Drop Leaf Table, Sheraton Library Steps, Carved Sheraton Stool, Softwood Bench Table, Softwood Wood Box, Old Blanket Chests, Early Hanging Cupboard, Dough Box, Schoolmasters Desk, Highchair with Original Paint, Sheraton Dressing Table, Many 2 Drawer Night Stands, Windsor Child’s Chair, Tilt Top Table, Old Plant Stand, Bucket Bench, Oriental Rosewood Marble Top Table, Walnut Victorian Marble Top Tables, Victorian Chairs, Walnut Victorian Extension Table, Larkin Desk, Kittinger Executive Desk, Hinkle Harris Tables & More Original Artwork – Very Fine Oil Painting on Canvas by Gayle Porter Hoskins (American 1887-1962), Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas by Clark S. Marshall (Eastern Shore Maryland 1861-1944), Important 19th C. Oil Portrait on Canvas of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis DuPont by Edward Ashton Goodes (American 1832-1910), 19th C. Oil Painting on Canvas by D. Ranley, Theorem Painting by David Y. Ellinger (American 1913-2003), Pastel Painting by Gayle P. Hoskins, Large 19th C. Oil Painting on Canvas of Travelers in Mountains, Early Oil Portrait of Gentleman, Watercolor Painting by Willie Crockett of Onancock, Va., 19th C. Miniature Portraits, Local Oil Paintings and Watercolors, Old Bronze Sculpture of a Winged Goddess & More, Fine Americana – Fine 1822 Needlework Sampler, Nice 19th C. Miniature Cherry Blanket Chest, Signed Peter Derr 1836 Betty Lamp, Other Early Lighting, 18th C. Wedding Ring Hog Scraper Candlesticks, Candle Molds, Early Warming Pan, Early 19th C. Chalkware Dogs, Early Pewter, 18th C. Bible Box with Strap Hinges, Unique & Historical 19th C. Wooden Staves from New Castle County Courthouse, Early Demi-John Bottle, 19th C. Tin Folk Art Top Hat, Large Group of Blue Decorated Stoneware including Unusual Blue Decorated Milk Pail by John Bell, Waynesboro, 2 Scarce Small Store Jugs from Deals Island, Md. & Quantico, Md., Ullman Salisbury, Md. Jug, Levy & Glosking Dover, Del. Jug, Ovoid Crocks, Decorated Water Pitchers, Western Pa. Stenciled Canning Jar by Conrad, Wm. Hare Crocks, More Crocks & Jugs, Lots of Early Staffordshire including Blue Platter with Cows, Historical Blue Plates, Soup Tureen, Indian Chief Pattern Coffee Pot, Plates of All Types, Figurines, etc., Lot of Early Redware, Miniature Redware, Slipware Dec. Plates, Flow Blue China, Early Chinese Export Porcelain including Large Charger, Tea Set with Family Crest, Rose Medallion, Canton, Early Delft Plate, Wonderful Estate Collection of 19th C. Oriental Cloisonné, 19th C. Oriental Ceramic Foo Dogs, Many Early Tea Caddies, Document & Sewing Boxes, Nice Group of Old Decoys, Old Baskets, Tauf Scheins, Samplers, Nice Old Basket Quilt, Early Ironware, Half Plate Daguerreotype, 1748 Dutch Bible, 19th C. Ships Wheel, Old Ships Model, Nautical Items, 19th C. Telescope, Early Woodenware, Folk Art Carved Cane, Old Toys, Keystone 6400 Toy Riding Locomotive, Nice Cut Plug Tobacco Tin, Very Fine 19th C. Goat Cart, Cast Iron Banks, Cast Iron Doorstops, 19th C. Bisque Head Dolls, Victorian Opalescent Glass, Group of 19th C. Barber Bottles, Irish Belleek Porcelain, Gone with the Wind Lamps, Cornelius, Philadelphia Lamp, Signed Handel Leaded Glass Hanging Lamp, Victorian Lighting, Antique Stained Glass Doorway Transom Number 150, Old Andirons, Fine Brass National Cash Register, Cylinder Edison Record Player with Horn, Roseville & Weller Art Pottery, Many Old Clocks, Regulator Wall Clock, 19th C. Swiss Music Box, Antique Thorens Figural Music Box, Antique Counter Top Mechanical Cigar Cutter, Dobro Guitar & More Lots of Early Delaware Silver – 18th C. Spoon by Bancroft Woodcock, 18th C. Sugar Tongs by Thomas McConnell, Set of Bird-back Spoons by James Kendall, Thomas Byrnes Spoon, Daniel Neall Spoon, Sugar Tongs by General J. Wolf & Henry Pepper, 2 Delaware Chatelaines, Many Sets of Delaware Silver Spoons, Lots of Early Philadelphia Silver including Very Fine 3 pc. Silver Tea Set by James Black, Silver by Wolf, Lamar, Shoemaker, Kucher, Shields, Dupay & more Early Southern Silver including Lot of Baltimore, Maryland Silver, Annapolis. Maryland Ladle by McParlin, Alexandria, Va. Silver Spoons, Very Fine Washington D.C. Ladle by Masi, Spoons from Richmond, Norfolk, Kentucky Silver Spoons, Groups of Early Coin Silver Spoons, etc., Estate Group of Sterling Silver including Set of 4 English Sterling Candle Sticks, Sterling Repousse Salver by Jacobi & Jenkins, Large Kirk Sterling Bowl, Sterling Silver Hollow Ware & Flatware Sold in Group Lots Estate Jewelry – Over 20 Ladies 14K Gold Rings in Various Settings w/ Diamonds & Precious Gem Stones, 14K Gold Band Rings, Bracelets, Necklaces, Very Fine Gruen Ladies Platinum Wristwatch with 135 Diamonds, Victorian Jewelry, Groups of Scrap Gold, Vintage Costume Jewelry, Sterling Jewelry & More Civil War Items & 19th Century Guns - including Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver, Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver, Sharps Pepperbox Pistol, Many Percussion Pistols, Model 1873 French Service Revolver, 1860’s Eagle Arms Co. Cup Fire Revolver, Ames Civil War Saber, 1865 Civil War Letter from Delaware General Thomas Smyth to Sect. of War Stanton & More Exceptional Collection of Kent County Delaware Native American Items - Including Hundreds of Arrowheads, Spear Points, Stone Points & More – Nice Group of Mercer County, Illinois Arrowheads, Lots of Native American Beadwork, Knives with Sheaths, Navaho Pot, Moccasins & More

Terms:
Cash, Local Personal Check, Visa, MC, Discover Credit or Debit Cards Accepted.  Out of State Personal Checks Accepted thru Tele-Check, Out of State Business Checks Must have Bank Letter of Credit    

 13% Buyer Premium on All Items Sold, Discounted  3% for Payment by Cash, Check or Debit Card. – No Sales Tax – No Internet Bidding - Absentee Bids Accepted

 Preview: Thursday from 10 am until 7 pm, Friday from 10 am until end of Friday Auction Session Doors open Saturday at 8 am
All Items Sold As-is Where-is with No Expressed or Implied Warranties.
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