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

To Be Held
Friday, May 18, 2012
Starting at 2 pm
&
Saturday May 19, 2012
Starting at 9:30 am

To Be Held at the
Blue Hen Auction Galleryy
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 Afternoon - Starting at 2:00 pm -
A Good Old Fashioned Country Auction - Outside Items starting at 2 pm. Tables Stacked Full of Hand Selected Local Estate Items, Antiques, Over 20 pieces of Antique Victorian & Country Furniture, Woodworking Tools & Machinery, Shop Tools, Collectables, Glassware, Crocks, Primitives, Old Quilts & more. Starting Inside at 4 pm. – Antiques, Collectables, Artwork, Victorian China, Glassware, Oriental Items, Books, Postcards, Delaware Memorabilia, Old Toys, Art Pottery, Old Decoys, Cloisonné, Military Items, Swords, Bayonets, Oil Lamps, Crocks & Jugs, Old Baskets, Advertising, Radios, Old Musical Instruments, Paper Ephemera & more – Starting at 7 pm – Catalogued Auction - Fine Collection of U.S. Coins, Old Currency, Showcase Smalls, Estate Jewelry & Sterling Silver. U.S. Coins including Stacks of U.S. Silver Dollars with Many CC Dollars, Many Key Date Coins, Group Lots of Silver U.S. Coins, Many U.S. Gold Coins including $20 Gold Pieces, U.S. Currency including Many Old Bank Notes, Large Notes, Silver Certificates, etc. Stacks of Sterling Silver Flatware & Hollow Ware Sold in Group Lots, Large Group of Weighted Sterling, Estate Jewelry including 18 K Gold, 14 K Gold & 10 K Gold Jewelry Sold in Group Lots, Silver Jewelry, Victorian Costume Jewelry, Opera Glasses, Many Hummels, Fine Porcelain Figures, Victorian Cut Glass, Bronze Sculptures, Old Delaware Maps, Gunpowder Tins, Military Items, Delaware WW I Medal & Dog Tags, Old Medals, Autographed Movie Star Photos, Delaware Auto License Plates, Early Documents, New Scooter Store Power Chair & more


Saturday Session - Starting at 9:30 am

Period & Country & Victorian Furniture
– Very Fine 18th Century Wing Chair with Needlework Upholstery, Early 19th C. Tiger Maple Sheraton Desk, Hepplewhite Card Table with Bellflower Inlay, 18th C. Windsor Armchair, Early Delaware Pine Splayed Leg Stand, 19th C. Softwood Apothecary Chest, 18th C. Queen Anne Tilt Top Table, 19th C. Tilt Top Table with Pie Crust Top, Early Pine Eastern Shore Blanket Chest, Early Walnut Document Box, Carved Empire Night Stand, Fine Antique French Paint Decorated Music Cabinet, Fine Sheraton Night Stand, Windsor Fan Back Chair, Pine Settee, 19th C. Pine Tall Chest, Softwood Pie Safe, Softwood Jelly Cupboard, Paint Decorated Feed Bin, Nice Federal Stool, 19th C. Cherry Drop Leaf Table, Early 19th C. Federal Tilt Top Table, Mortised Bucket Bench, Finely Inlaid Q.A. Style Chairs, Many Walnut Victorian Marble Top Tables, Walnut Victorian Bed, Victorian Chairs, Pine Cupboards, Chippendale Style Softwood Corner Cupboard, Unusual Folk Art Carved Stand, Quilt Racks, Spinning Wheels , Dough Box, & More, Original Artwork – 2 Very Fine Oil Paintings by Stanley Massey Arthurs (American 1877-1950), Oil Painting by Gayle Porter Hoskins (American 1887-1962), Very Fine Oil Painting of Storm on Herring Creek by Delaware Artist Orville H. Peets (1884-1968), Oil Painting of Harmon’s Mill in Townsend, Delaware by Denman Fink (American 1880-1956), Fine Oil Painting by Thornton Oakley (American 1881-1953), Oil Painting of Main Street in Salisbury, Md. that was Presented to Mayor Dallas Truitt, Fine Pencil Drawing of Quilt Making in Dagsboro by Sarah Stafford Goodwin (American 1912-2000), Watercolor Painting of Bowers Beach by Delaware Artist Jack Lewis, Oil Portrait by Robert Brackman (American 1898-1980), Folk Art Watercolor Painting by David Y. Ellinger (American 1913-2003), Ellinger Theorem, Watercolor Painting of Street Vendor in Wilmington, Del., 19th C. Folk Art Painting of House, Fine Oil Painting of Sailing Ship, Many Other Oil Paintings, Early Silhouettes, Early Lithographs, Currier & Ives , Fine Marble Sculpture of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1795 Political Cartoon & More. Fine Americana – Highly Decorated 1815 Brides Box, 18th C. Chippendale Knife Box, Exceptional 19th C. Album Quilt, Many Hand Sewn Quilts, Nice Old Folk Art Checkerboard, 1868 Beers Atlas State of Delaware, 1848 Hand Drawn Map of Laurel, Delaware, Early Documents, Large Group of Blue Decorated Stoneware including S. Bell Strasburg, Va. Crock, Early Ovoid Crocks, Catskill, N.Y. Script Store Jug, Large Cake Crock, Signed Crocks, Dec. Chicken Feeder, Small Pitcher, Stenciled Crocks, Incised Westerwald Tankard, Lots More Decorated Stoneware, Scarce Wm. Hare 3 Gallon Crock, Lots of Early Staffordshire including Gaudy Dutch, War Bonnet Teapot, Grape Pattern Plate, Urn Sugar Bowl, Carnation Creamer, etc. Spatterware, Blue Water Pitcher, Red Schoolhouse Plate, Purple Tulip Plate, Peafowl C&S , etc. Gaudy Welsh, King’s Rose, Historical Blue, Early Glassware including Demi John Bottle, Onion Bottle, Rolling Pin & More, Early Redware Multi Color Slip Plate, Early Chinese Export Porcelain, Rose Medallion Reticulated Basket, Chinese Blue & White Porcelain, Nice Group of Old Decoys, Goose Decoys, Fine Collection of Old Baskets, Early Ironware including Huge Thumb Latch, Highly Decorated 18th C. Meat Fork, Folk Art Metal “Pig” Trade Sign, Sailor Weathervane, Early Candle Drying Rack, Early Game Hanging Rack, 18th C. Pewter Whale Oil Lamp, Nice Brass Candle Stand, Brass Candlesticks, Early Wall Barometer, Decorated Brass Bed Warming Pan, Paint Decorated Foot Stool, Old Toys, Mechanical Banks including Darktown Battery, Feather Tree, Large Kugel, Doorstops, 19th C. Bisque Head Dolls, Victorian Opalescent Glass, Barber Bottle, Gone with the Wind Lamps, Victorian Lighting, KPM Porcelain Tea Caddy, Collection of Porcelain Figurines, Early Andirons, Blue & White Stoneware, Spongeware, Yelloware, Old Time Clock, Oak Wall Telephone, Roseville & Weller Art Pottery, Many Old Clocks, Antique Slate Pie Boards, Fine ¼ Plate Daguerreotype Photo, Oriental Rugs, Collection of Old Copper Food Molds, 2 Strings of Old Sleigh Bells, Graduated Set of Brass Buckets & More. Lots of Early Delaware Silver – 18th C. Spoon by Duncan Beard, 18th C. Sugar Tongs by Joseph Warner, Very Fine Chatelaine by James Kendall, Silver Eyeglasses by James Guthre, Demitasse Spoons by Henry Pepper, Many Sets of Delaware Silver Spoons, Serving Spoons by General J. Wolf & More. Early American & English Silver including Exceptional 1815 Sterling Silver Hot Water Urn by Craddock & Reid of London, Set of 18th C. Spoons by William Haverstick of Lancaster, Pa., Very Fine Silver Salver by William Adams N.Y., etc., Estate Group of Sterling Silver including Superb 154 pc. Sterling Flatware Set - Francis I Pattern by Reed & Barton, 72 pc. Sterling Flatware Set - Mayflower Pattern by S. Kirk & Son, Large Repousse Sterling Bowl, Fine German 835 Silver Coffee & Tea Serving Set with Tray & More. Fine Estate Jewelry – Over 20 pieces of Fine 14K & 18K Gold Jewelry with Various Settings of Diamonds & Precious Gem Stones, including Superb Antique Filigree 18K Gold Bracelet with 6 Carats of Diamonds, Antique Filigree Diamond Rings, Many Fine Estate Gold Rings, 14K Gold Bracelets, 14K Gold Necklaces & More. Civil War Items & 19th Century Guns - including Fine 1860 Moore’s Patent Rimfire 7 Shot Revolver, Other Civil War Pistols, Sharps Pepperbox Pistol, Percussion Pistols, C. Roby Civil War Saber, Other Sabers & Swords, Fine Civil War Wounded Soldier Folk Art Carving in Bottle, Civil War Belt Buckles, WW II Japanese Naval Officer Sword, Old Muskets & Rifles & More. Collection of Kent County Delaware Native American Items - Including Many of Arrowheads, Spear Points, Stone Points & More, Native American Baskets, Small Beaded Moccasins & More - Special Mention: Fine Coin Operated Seeburg / Edgerton KT Special Orchestrion

 

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 to 10% 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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