NOTICE: This is without a doubt the best collection of antique Lehmann wind-ups and scarce German Pip Squeak toys to be sold at public auction in the tri-state area in many, many years. For those of you seeking quality art we offer the first in a series of auctions that will include selections from a large and diverse collection of original and limited-edition fine art. All art works will be sold without reserve or minimum bid.
TERMS: Cash, Credit cards, and checks from established customers. All items are sold “as found” and subject to a 10% buyer's premium (3% added for credit card use).
Super Antiques Auction
Antique Toys -Fine Art -Mission
Saturday, July 10th - 9:30am
Grand Ledge, MI
Grand Ledge Masonic Temple: 200 W. River Street: I-96 to Lansing (Grand Ledge Exit 93A), then west on M-43 to Grand Ledge, then M-100 (Clinton/Jefferson) into Grand Ledge to River Street… Watch for auction signs.
Americana Auctions is proud to present the outstanding toy collection of the late Jeffery J. Ashley. Mr. Ashley was a graduate of Western Michigan University and the National FBI Academy. After a 30-year law enforcement career Jeff served three separate missions as a UN police officer/station commander for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo. Jeff was an avid outdoorsman, fisherman, and antiques collector. As you can see by his collection, Jeff also had a keen interest in quality antique toys.
Antiques & Collectibles: Arts & Crafts furnishings including: Signed Stickley (Gustav, LJG, Quaint) chairs and rockers; Limbert magazine rack; Pair of All Craft Shop cube chairs; A&C furnishings and accessories; Child’s Morris chair and wicker chair; Native American work stones, Navajo rug, and pottery, points, baskets, and moccasins; THREE Inuit carvings; Nash center vase; Antique quilts and wool textiles; Inlay-decorated cylinder music box; Blackamoor candelabra; Pottery by Roseville, Weller (jard/ped set, Hudson vase) Marblehead, Rookwood, Moorcroft; Frankart, Hirsch pixie, and Deco Cat bookends; Scarce “Mum” base pitcher and satin swirl creamer; Hubley floral doorstops; Beaded Drape glass; Cast metal carousel horse; Antique post card album; Blue “stinger” marked crocks and jug…Photos on website!
Please see the free online catalog at the web address below. If you have questions regarding an auction lot, please call us and use the Lot# and descrption when discussing an item of placeing an absebteee bid!
Antique Toys: 125+ lots! Highlights include antique windups by Lehman (Balky Mule w/box, Oh My w/box, Climbing Monkey w/box, New Century Cycle, ELP-l dirigible, Paddy and Pig, Alabama C-J, and more); Marx Main Street, Charleston Trio, etc; Dogpatch Band, Drummer and other windups; Tin-litho and Penny Toys; Large grouping of scarce antique hand-painted Pip Squeak bellows toys; Outstanding collection of Schuco and other mohair bears (swivel heads, perfumers, hidden-compact and dancer bear); “Monkey” hidden flask and perfumer; Great grouping of Jack-in-the Box toys; Hand-painted papier- mache nodders and toys; Platform and floor toys; Tin and cast-iron banks; Original Bear & Pig bank; Hubley cast iron racecar and sleigh; Arcade McCormick-Deering thresher; Putman Bye-Lo doll; 1920’s Felix 8” wooden cat; 1940’s LuLu cloth doll; 1800’s Noah’s Ark with animals; Celluloid table toys… See website catalog for more listings and photos!
Fine Art: Please take a few moments to research the following: Original woodblock etching by Salvador Dali; AJ Scotti statue; Large grouping of antique Victorian landscape oils in period frames including o/c signed AE Ward; Native American themed graphics by P Collins and L Rogers; Graphic by A Botello; Three original oils by Hugo Casar; Pair of watercolors by LE Timmermanns; Hudson River School o/c…See website for free catalog!
Absentee bidding July 1st thru July 9th . Terms: Cash, Credit cards, and checks from established customers. All items are sold “as found” and subject to a 10% buyer's premium (3% added for credit card use).
Americana Auctions
517-243-9090
www.AmericanaAuctions.com
Americana Auctions
517-243-9090
www.AmericanaAuctions.com
Absentee bidding July 1st thru July 9th . Terms: Cash, Credit cards, and checks from established customers. All items are sold as is/where is and subject to a 10% buyer's premium (3% added for credit card use)…All sales are final. EMAIL: americanaauctions@gmail.com
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