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    Next Auction Schedule

2 Day Antique Auction

Friday June 18th, 2010
Starting at 5:00 pm
&
Saturday  June 19th, 2010
Starting at 10:00 am

To Be Held
Cheswold Fire Company
Social Hall
Cheswold, Delaware 19936

Located 3 Miles North of
Dover, Delaware

Friday Evening Session, Starting at 5 pm

The Friday 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, Delaware History Book Sets, Many Local Books, Rare Books including 1674 Historical Chronicle by Johann L. Gottfried, 1883 Official Dispatches & Letters of Admiral DuPont, 1850’s Handwritten Ledger of Carriage Maker from Willow Grove, Del. & More, Large Estate Collection of Glassware, China, Costume Jewelry, Modern Decoys & Decoy Carving Items, Artwork, Primitives, Lots of Unique & Obscure Estate Stuff. Second Auctioneer – Cataloged Coin Auction – Friday Evening Starting at 7 pm – 1798 Bust Silver Dollar, Gold Coins, U.S. Type Coins, Large Groups of Silver Dollars & Silver U.S. Coins & More.

Saturday Session, Starting at 10:00 am

Period & Country Furniture – 18th Century Mid Atlantic Walnut Chippendale Chest of Drawers, Fine 18th C. Accomack County, Virginia Heart Pine Cupboard with H Hinges, Early 19th C. Mahogany Chippendale 3 over 3 Chest of Drawers, Early 19th C. Inlaid Hepplewhite Sideboard, 18th C. Walnut Queen Anne Drop Leaf Table, 18th C. Walnut Eastern Shore Drop Leaf Table w/ Molded Legs, Fine 19th C. Sheraton 2pc. Cherry Banquet Table, 18th C. Mahogany Queen Anne Drop Leaf Table, Mid 18th C. Walnut Chest on Partial Frame New Jersey Origin, 18th C. Windsor Comb Back Armchair, 18th C. English Queen Anne Hall Table, 19th C. Sheraton Armchair, Softwood Pie Safe, 19th C. Birdcage Tilt Top Table, Carved Oriental Stacking Nest of Tables, Decorated Plank Chairs, Night Stands, Washstands, Queen Anne Side Chair, Period Mirrors, Walnut Victorian Drop Front Desk, Hanging Wall Cupboard, Primitive Eastern Shore Walnut Stand, Half Moon Table, Prayer Bench from Odessa, Del., Inlaid Hepplewhite Style Card Table, Victorian Marble Top Table, Cherry Drop Leaf Table, Large Spinning Wheel, Child’s Rocker, Cabinet Made Splayed Leg Night Stand, Toleware Tray Table, Walnut Sawbuck Table, Fine Rosewood Curio Shelf, Highly Carved Child’s Chair, Ladderback Highchair, Round Oak Dining Table w/ Lions Heads & More,  Very Fine Collection of 18th & 19th C. Sterling & Coin Silver – Including Superb 1828 Repousse Silver Bread Basket by Samuel Kirk of Baltimore, Md., 18th C. Silver Cream Jug by Charles A. Burnett of Alexandria, Va., Set of 6 Bird Back Spoons by John Myers of Philadelphia, Pa., Early Sugar Tongs by Samuel Leonard of Chestertown, Md., Large Group of Early Delaware Coin Silver Spoons, Fine 3pc. Decorated Silver Coffee Service Set by Peter Krider of Philadelphia, Set of  8 Early Spoons by Harvey Lewis of Philadelphia, Early Sugar Tongs by Littleton Holland of Baltimore, Very Fine Chased Repousse 5 pc. Coffee & Tea Serving Set by Whiting, Gorham Chased Repousse Camber Candle Stick, Tiffany Sterling Silver, Large Group of Early English Silver including Serving Pieces, Helmet Creamer & More, Sterling Silver Flatware Sets, Stacks of Sterling Silver Hollowware, Superb English Silver Plate Coffee & Tea Service Set, Large Group of Weighted Sterling Silver, Hundreds of Pieces of Sterling Flatware,  Rare & Important Set of 12 Demitasse Spoons in 18 Karat Gold by Tiffany & Co. , Estate Jewelry – including Over 30 Ladies & Men’s 14K & 18K Rings in Various Settings w/ Diamonds & Precious Gem Stones, Diamond Bracelets, Silver Chatelaine, Cameos, Tiffany Silver Jewelry, Costume Jewelry & More, Collection of American Art Pottery including Newcomb College Vase, Very Fine Group of Weller including Kingfisher Jardinière & Pedestal, LaSa Vase, Dickens ware, Muskota, Dresden Vase, Squirrel Wall Pocket, Many Scarce Weller Pieces, Lots of Roseville including Blackberry Vase, Huge Moorcroft Jardinière, Standard Glaze Art Pottery, Van Briggle, Rookwood, Owens, Dedham Vase, Nice Jardinières & Pedestals & more, Roycroft Copper, Handel Ware Bronzed Matte Finish Glass Humidor, Huge Antique Majolica Floor Vase, Signed Handel Table Lamps, Fine Antique Slag Glass Table Lamp, Reverse Painted Lamps, Pairpoint Silver Plate Lamp, Stained Glass Lamp, Green Pressed Glass Oil Lamps, Parlor Lamps, & More,  Collection of Antique Clocks including Very Fine & Scarce Mahogany Chippendale Style Grand Daughter’s Clock, Fine 3 pc. Tiffany & Co. Figural Brass Clock Set, 19th C. French 3 pc. Marble Clock Set, Fancy 19th C. French Clocks, Antique J.J. Meister French Anniversary Clock, Dresden Porcelain Clock, Cloisonné Shelf Clock, Royal Bonn Porcelain Clock, Early Column Clock, Ogee Shelf Clock, Banjo Clock, Group of 30+ Antique Pocket Watches, Fine Original Artwork, including Watercolor Of St. Michaels, Md. & Watercolor of a Delaware Farm by Delaware Artist Jack Lewis, Watercolor by Delaware Artist Orville H. Peets, Oil Portrait on Canvas by Delaware Artist Ethel P.B. Leach, 2 Oil Paintings by Arthur E. Becher (American 1877-1960), Fine 19th C. Oil Painting on Canvas of Hunting Dogs, Early Oil Portrait of a Woman, Scarce Small 19th C. “4 Face” Watercolor, Oil Paintings by Elsie May Robson (British), Many Other 19th C. Oil Paintings, Folk Art Watercolor by David Y. Ellinger (American 1913-2003), 2 Cut Paper Scherenschnitte by David Y. Ellinger, Louis Icart Etching, Various Antique Lithographs, Fine Americana, Nice Group of 19th C. Blue Decorated Stoneware including Cowden & Wilcox Jug, Wm. Hare Jars, Cake Crock w/ Lid, Ovoid Crocks, Jugs, Nice 1829 Needlework Sampler, Early Staffordshire China, Large Staffordshire Platter w/ Cows, Horse Weathervane, Early Wrought Iron, Sewing Boxes, Tea Caddy, Walking Sticks, Yellowware, Early Baskets, Large Hooked Rug, Paint Decorated Hanging Rack, Pair of Ships Lamps, Ships Compass, Painted Checkerboard, Jasperware, Figural Cast Iron Doorstops, Old Bottles, Brass National Candy Store Cash Register, Wire Plant Stand, Medicine Cabinet, Outdoor Trade Sign, 1840’s Iowa Territory Land Deed, Early Copper Cookware, Carousel Horse, Charles Lindbergh Autograph, Belsnickle Santa Candy Container, Bisque Head Dolls, Candle Molds, Tramp Art Mirror, Old Toys, Oriental Rugs, Cherokee Indian Police Badge & 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    

 13% Buyer Premium on All Items Sold, Discounted  3% for Payment by Cash, Check or Debit Card. 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