Blue Hen Auction Co.  Blue Hen Auction Co., LLC
  9 W. Loockerman St
   Dover, Delaware

Showroom & Office

9 W. Loockerman St
Dover, Delaware 19904

Phone:
(302) 734-3235

email address:
info@bluehenauction.com


30+ Years Experience In Marketing Fine Antiques.

Specialists In Building Collections and Downsizing Collections.

Appraisals, Consultations and Estate Settlements.


Blue Hen Auction    Auction Schedule

2 Day Spring Antique Auction

Friday, May 23, 2008
Starting at 5:00 pm
&
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Starting at 10:00 am

To Be Held at the

Cheswold Fire Company Social Hall
Main Street
Cheswold, Delaware 19936

Located Just 3 Miles North of
Dover, Delaware

Friday Evening Session,  Starting at 5 pm

The Evening Session will Start at 5 pm with a Good Old Fashioned Country Auction of 20+ Tables Stacked Full of Hand Selected Local Estate Items, Antiques, Collectibles, Toys, Glassware, China, Artwork, Primitives, Linens, Kitchenware, Advertising, Hundreds of Books, Stacks of Paper Ephemera, Small Furniture, Oriental Rugs, Longaberger Baskets, Musical Instruments, Lots of Unique & Obscure Estate Stuff.

Followed at 8 pm with a Catalogued Auction - Rare Delaware Real Photo Postcards, Stacks of Vintage Postcards, Delaware & Eastern Shore Historical Memorabilia, Old Books, Many Showcases Full of a Collection of the Finest Small Antique Items we have Seen in Years, Fraternal Medals & Pins, Dover Milk Bottles, U.S. Type Coins, Gold Coins, Paper Currency, Large Stamp Collection, Tobacco Cards, Vintage Sports Memorabilia, Old Photos & Lots More.

Saturday Session, Starting at 10 am

Fine Americana, Period, Country & Victorian Furniture, Original Artwork, Sterling Silver, Delaware Coin Silver, Clocks, Early China & Ceramics, Stoneware, Staffordshire, Glassware, Porcelains, Victorian Lighting, Decoys, Dolls, Estate Jewelry, Military Items, Guns, Advertising, Oriental Rugs & Great Smalls

Period & Country Furniture – Fine Hepplewhite Slant Front Desk, Chippendale Armchair w/ Shell Carved Knees, Early Ladderback Armchairs, Windsor Armchair, Chippendale Mirror w/ Phoenix Bird, Early Candle Stand, Early Heart Pine Card Table, Cherry Night Stand w/ Tapered Legs, Sheraton Cherry Washstand, Chippendale Hall Table, Queen Anne Side Chair, Banister Back Chair, Child’s Windsor Chair, Mortised Benches, Small Early 19th C. Mahogany Corner Cupboard, 2 Softwood Blanket Chests, Primitive Delaware Pine Stand, 2 Walnut Marble Top Victorian Sideboards, Victorian Marble Top Stand, Fancy Carved Tilt Top Table, Heavily Carved Oak Chair, Early Oak Blanket Chest, Hanging Pie Safe, Walnut Victorian Pedestal, Walnut Highchair, Walnut Marble Top Washstand, Empire Sofa, Oak Bow Front China Closet, Oak Roll Top Desk, Fancy Oak Dresser, Oak Floor Model Showcase, Carved Oak Sideboard, Stickley Side Table, Church Pews, Plank Chairs, Mahogany Dressers, Dropleaf Tables & More. Clocks - Early Grandfathers Clock w/ Broken Arch Top & Ogee Bracket Feet Signed “Peter Miller”, 1820’s Eli Terry Pillar & Scroll Clock, Early Stenciled Column Clock w/ Reverse Painting of Lafayette, Mission Oak Tall Case Clock, 4 Gingerbread Kitchen Clocks, Dome Top Clocks, Wall Clock, Fine Original Artwork – Oil Painting of Woman Seated at Window signed William Verplanck Birney (American 1858-1909), Large Oil Painting signed Gretchen Kratzer Wood (American 20th Century), Mid 19th C. Oil Painting of Young Woman, Large 1853 Oil Painting of 3 Children, 18th C. Oil Portrait of Colonial Gentleman, 2 Primitive Folk Art Portraits, 19th C. Landscape Oil Painting, Small Pastoral Oil Painting w/ Sheep, Old Oil Painting of Cats, 19th C. Miniature Mourning Theorem, Penna. Folk Art Watercolor signed Jessie N. Boyer, Fine Victorian Watercolor of a Woman, Watercolor of Sailing Ship signed C.W. Strickland 1910, Currier & Ives Lithographs, Etchings, Prints & more, Sterling Silver – Superb Hand Chased Repousse Fruit Compote by Jenkins & Jenkins, Fine Hand Chased Repousse Candelabra “Rose” Pattern by S. Kirk & Son, Very Scarce Repousse Sterling Flatware Set Service for 12 “Versailles” Pattern by Gorham, Fine Repousse Sterling Flatware Set Service for 8 “Rose” Pattern by Stieff, Tall Sterling Flower Vase by Tiffany, Tiffany Salad Serving Set, Nice Sterling Tea Set, Many Repousse Plates & Bowls by S. Kirk, Set of Repousse Butter Pats by S. Kirk, Lots of Sterling Hollowware & Flatware to be sold in Large Groups, 18th & Early 19th C. Delaware Coin Silver – Very Fine 18th C. Bird Back Spoon by Thomas McConnell, Bancroft Woodcock Table Spoon w/ Shell Decoration, Fine Chatelaine by Joseph Draper, Sets of Spoons by Pepper, LeHuray & Hanna Robinson, Other Early Coin Silver including Rat Tail Spoon by T. Clark of Boston, Sugar Tongs, Groups of Spoons, Large Collection of 18th & Early 19th C. English Silver Flatware & more, Silver Plate Condiment Set, Figural Napkin Ring, Victorian Figural Thermometer, Early Brass Boxes, Tiffany Brass Items, Estate Jewelry – Many Fine 14K Gold Rings in Various Settings w/ Diamonds & Precious Stones, 14K Gold Bracelets, Tiffany Silver Jewelry, Pocket Watches & more - Fine Americana & Unusual Antiques – Exceptional 19th C. Figural Cast Iron Hall Tree / Umbrella Stand Decorated with Civil War Equipment, Very Fine 19th C. Three Wheel Hand Powered Tricycle, Old “Lifesaving” Line Cannon, 19th C. Street Vendors Cart w/ Wooden Wheels & Paint Decoration, Nice 1940’s Pinball Machine in Working Condition, Scarce Military Cutaway Working Training Model of Browning Automatic Rifle over 6 feet long w/ Original Case & Instructions, Lots of 19th C. Blue Decorated Stoneware Crocks & Jugs, Slip Decorated Redware Plate, Miniature Redware Covered Jar, Collection of Antique Yelloware Bowls of All Sizes, 19th C. Staffordshire Figures, Fine 1830’s Staffordshire Transfer Coffee Pot, Figural Pepperpots, Soft Paste Kings Rose Cups & Saucers, Lots of Staffordshire Transfer China, Large Group of Canton Export China, Rose Medallion Cache Pot, Early Chalkware Figure of Sheep, Ironstone, Blue Willow Platters, Flow Blue, Early Teapot, Victorian Porcelain, Child’s Tea Sets, American Art Pottery – Lots of Roseville including Large Ewers, Moss Vase, etc., Weller Ice Bucket, McCoy Dog Planter, Umbrella Stand, Rookwood Vase, Burley Winter, Royal Doulton Figures, Majolica, Limoges, Watt Pottery, Lladro Porcelain Figures, Early Pewter Plates, Bowls, Coffeepot by Dunham, Brass Candlesticks, Hog Scraper Candlesticks, Early Wrought Iron, Early Half Pint Glass Flask, Baskets, Spinning Wheel, Old Decoys including 3 signed R. Madison Mitchell, Fine Folk Art Carved Whale, 2 Carved Shorebirds, Early Screw Tip Powder Horn, Indian Pot, Unusual Hand Held Clay Pigeon Thrower Marked DuPont, Locomotive Brass Bell, Nautical Lamps, Early Telescope, WW II Military Items including Group from U.S. Glider Paratrooper Captured & Held POW in Germany, German Helmet, German Bayonet w/ Belt, Patches, Medals, Armbands & Insignia, Paper Items, Watercolor of English Officers, GAR Medals, & more, Victorian Lighting – Hand Painted Gone With the Wind Lamps, Hanging Parlor Lamps, Oil Lamps, Student Lamps, Candelabras & more, Many Antique Bisque Head Dolls, Old Christmas Items, Putz Sheep, Old Toys, Nice Victorian Music Box, Many Hand Sewn Quilts, Old Exterior Trade Sign from Howard Johnson’s Restaurant, Old Porcelain Adv. Signs, Packard Automotive Tire Gauge, Old Fountain Pens, Bear Skin Rug, Old Outboard Boat Motor, Unusual Old Hand Crank Fishing Motor, Lots of Carnival Glass, Red Bohemian Glass, Mary Gregory Glass, Piano Baby, Victorian Opalescent Glass, Modern Guns – Nice Double Barrel .410 Shotgun, 22 Pump Rifles, Pump Shotguns, 44 cal Revolver, Black Powder Muzzleloader, etc., Old Peanut Vending Machine, Old Penny Coin Operated Floor Scale, Wooden Sleds, Old Theatre Seats from Dover, Oriental Rugs, Butter Churn, Tinware, Candle Molds, Black Americana, Graniteware & more.

Terms: Cash, Local Personal Check, Visa, MC, Discover Credit or Debit Cards Accepted with No Extra Charge or “Clerking Fee”, Out of State Personal Checks Accepted thru Tele-Check, Out of State Business Checks Must have Bank Letter of Credit

 10% Buyer Premium on All Items Sold

No Sales Tax – No Internet Bidding

 Preview: Friday from Noon until end of Evening Auction Session

Doors open Saturday at 8 am

 Absentee Bids Accepted

All Items Sold As-is Where-is with No Expressed or Implied Warranties.

All Items must be Removed the Day of the Auction. Local Delivery Available. Plenty of Free Parking

Homemade Breakfast & Lunch Served by the Cheswold Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary

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Last Updated May 08, 2008