Blanchard’s 15th Annual Premier Adirondack Auction – Online Only
August 12 at 11 am
Blanchard’s Auction Hall, 1891 Morley-Potsdam Rd. Potsdam, NY 13676
www.blanchardsauctionservice.com
315-265-7653 or 315-244-0775
In Person Preview: August 10th & 11th (10am-4pm)

POTSDAM, N.Y. — Blanchard’s Auction Service will present its annual Adirondack auction on Friday, August 12, at 11 am. While it’s an online auction, there will be an in-person preview at Blanchard’s auction hall, August 10-11, from 10 am to 4 pm.

Highlights will include Adirondack and camp furnishings; oil paintings and fine art; guide boats, canoes and nautical items; Old Hickory and rustic furniture; bronzes; Stickley and Mission furniture; Arts and Crafts accessories; Twentieth Century lamps and lighting and more.

A marquee lot is a rare 1854 Batavia, Genesee Co., N.Y., July 4th broadside printed on three pieces of paper and measuring 70 by 36 inches. Also, a relief-cut Bald Eagle measuring 9 by 17 inches, professionally conserved and framed behind lightweight plexiglass will be featured.

The broadside prominently headlines an oration by Sen. William Henry Seward (1801-1872), who was just then beginning to jockey for an 1856 presidential nomination. After the Republican party was formed, and Seward and Thurlow Weed joined it, Weed would convince Seward to wait until 1860. Also prominently featured was a balloon ascent by the aeronaut John Wise (1808-1879), culinary delights, fireworks and music. Seward, of course, would later become secretary of state, survive an assassination attempt the night Lincoln was shot and acquire Alaska from Russia. Experts consider Wise “the most experienced and distinguished aeronaut of his day, perhaps the greatest American balloonist of all time.”

Blanchard’s auction hall is at 1891 Morley-Potsdam Road. For more information, 315-265-5070 or www.blanchardsauctionservice.com.

Highlights to include: Adirondack & Great Camp Furnishings; Oil Paintings & Fine Art; Guideboats, Canoes & Nautical Items; Old Hickory & Rustic Furniture; Bronzes; Stickley & Mission Furniture; Arts & Crafts Accessories; 20th Century Lamps & Lighting; Adirondack Guide, Camping & Sporting Collectibles; Quality Contemporary Rustic Furniture; Oriental & Navajo Rugs; Black Forest Bear Carvings; Fishing Collectibles; Wicker & Porch Furniture; Adirondack Books & Maps; Curly & Birdseye Maple Furniture; Duck Decoys, South West Pottery & Native American Collectibles; Early Adirondack Cabinet Photos; Lake Placid Olympic Items; Wood Carvings & Folk Art; Selection of Pack Baskets & Fishing Creels; Snow Shoes; Big Game Taxidermy; and More!
Native American Items, 1940’s Skookum Indian Store Display Dolls
Ray Andress Exceptional Black Duck Decoy
Tiffany Studios Zodiak Pattern 6 pc Desk Set (Estimate $1,000-$2,000)
Late 1800’s Adirondack Oil Painting Signed Harris (Estimate $1,000-$2,000)
Barney Bellinger, Sampson Bog Studios Oil Painting (Estimate $1,500-$3,000)
Custom Adirondack Dresser Made by Chris Wager, CW Rustics (Estimate $2,000-$4,000)
Rare Old Hickory Porch Glider, Early 1900’s. (Estimate $2,500-$5,000)
Large Collection of Adirondack Cabinet Photos
Minnie E. Robinson 1875 Adirondack Oil Painting (Estimate $2,000-$4,000)
Exceptional Barney Bellinger Rustic Writing Desk (Estimate $5,000-$10,000)
George Jaques, Keene Valley, NY Custom Adirondack Sideboard (Estimate $3,000-$5,000)
Jack Leadley, Speculator, NY Yellow Birch Adirondack Rockers (Estimate $500-$1,000)
Teec Nos Pos Navajo Rug (Estimate $750-$1,500)
Gustav Stickley 2 Drawer Library Table (Estimate $1,000 – $2,000)
Matt Madsen Massive Free Form Rustic Rocker (Estimate $750-$1,500)
S. Kirk & Son Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Set (Estimate $5,000 – $10,000)
John Waldo Nash Trout Painting (Estimate $600 -$1,200)
15’ Adirondack Guideboat Made by R.W. Frenette, Tupper Lake, NY. Like New Condition (Estimate $6,000-$12,000)
1 of 4 Alpheus Keech Painted Paddles (Estimate $500-$1,000)
Brass ship’s telegraph by Mechans Limited Scotston (Estimate $500 – $1,000)
Fabulous Black Forest Bear Hall Tree (Estimate $5,000- $10,000)
1937 Mills 5 Cent Bursting Cherry Slot Machine (Estimate $1,000-$2,000)
Randy Holden Spectacular Lake George Cabinet (Estimate $15,000-$30,000)
Rare 1854 Declaration of Independence Celebration Broadside (Estimate $5,000-$10,000)
Matt Madsen Massive Free Form Rustic Rocker (Estimate $750-$1,500)