SJ Auctioneers Winter Watch For Wanted Collectibles Online Auction
January 29 at 4 pm
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — SJ Auctioneers’ first major event of 2023 will be an online-only winter Watch for Wanted Collectibles auction, slated for Sunday, January 29, beginning at 4 pm Eastern time. Of the 244 lots, two stand out as rare and highly collectible: a 1930 Popeye the Pilot tin wind-up toy plane and a 1934 Popeye pocket watch.

Popeye items are highly desired by collectors. The fictional cartoon character, created by Elzie Crisler Segar, first appeared in a King Features comic strip in 1929 and has been beloved by millions ever since. Collectibles relating to Popeye are a multimillion-dollar industry. The Popeye the Pilot tin wind-up toy plane was made by Marx and has an estimate of $1/1,500.

The Popeye pocket watch was made only one year (1934) by New Haven Watch Co. (Conn.). It has a nickel finish and a colorful and detailed dial, picturing many characters from the strip and Thimble Theatre Players (where Popeye originated). Popeye’s die-cut arms tell the time, while a second wheel shows Wimpy chasing a hamburger. The watch should hammer for $1/5,000.

Collectors of Disney items will be attracted to the Mickey and Minnie Mouse puppets in the original boxes, made by Pelham Puppets ($250/500). Each puppet stands 11 inches tall. The rest of the auction features lots of hard-to-find racers, toy trains and tin friction toys, sterling collectibles, glass arts paperweights, rare jewelry and décor — something for nearly everybody.

The artists, designers and silversmiths include Cartier, Tiffany, Dominick & Haff, Jose Hess, Emile Delaire, Gorham, Movito, Reed & Barton, Watson, Wallace, Wm. B. Kerr, Sackermann Hessenberg & Co., Italian Vetreria, Murano, Arte, American Flyer, Lionel, Nintendo, Tootsie Toy, Buddy L, Matchbox, Lesney, Steuben, Disney and Baccarat.

Tin friction toys will feature a Japanese Ichiko Mercedes-Benz 330 extra-long tin friction vehicle with box, about 2 feet long ($1/2,500); a rare Japanese 1950s Marusan tin friction jet car with working mechanism ($500-$1,000); and a Japanese SAN Marusan “Champion 2-J” battery-operated tin toy speed boat with driver in the original box, model 3811, 10½ inches long ($250/500).

Other toys include a collection of four sets of Britains metal figurines, totaling 17 toy soldiers ($150-$5,000); a group of three 1947 Captain Marvel automatic tin wind-up vehicles with keys included: #2 orange, #4 blue and #1 olive, Fawcett Publications ($750-$1,000); and an 11-inch-tall wooden Schoenhut toddler doll with label, on a walker body ($1/5,000). Walking dolls without the holes in the feet were made in 1919.

The sterling silver category includes a 60-piece Reed & Barton flatware set in the Francis 1st pattern, in a green zip-up box and fabric top, no monograms ($3,5/8,000); a Gorham mixed metals Y50 sterling silver copper jardiniere vase with applied 3-D strawberry plant and spider with original patina, 3½ inches tall, marked on the bottom “Y50” and Gorham date mark for 1882 ($2,5/5,000); a pair of Tiffany & Co. sterling silver salt and pepper shaker owls ($1/3,500); and a pair of 1948 Reed & Barton sterling silver dishes (or bowls) in the Narcissus pattern, 8-3/8 inches long by 5 inches wide with a total weight of 8.99 troy ounces ($1/5,000).

A Daum pate-de-verre cameo vase landscape signed “Devez,” about 8 ¼ inches in height, should realize $3/5,000; while a signed Daum pate-de-verre trotter horse by Jean Francois Leroy, light to dark amber in color, box included, 4.3 inches tall by 5.7 inches in length, carries an estimate of $700-$1,000.

Two vases have identical estimates of $1/5,000. One is a signed Daum pate-de-verre fig leaves lizard art glass vase, purple/green in color. The other is a signed Edward Hald fish design cased glass vase made by Orrefors, approximately 5½ inches tall and weighing about 7 pounds. Also having the same estimate is a signed 1414 Steuben blue aurene (iridescent glassware) perfume bottle with stopper, 8 inches in height.

The jewelry category will feature a pair of 18K gold diamond stud pillow earrings featuring pave set round brilliant cut diamonds weighing 3 carats ($4,5/6,500); a pair of 14K gold textured dome earrings weighing approximately 4.89 grams ($1,5/5,000); and an 18K white gold Tahitian pearl diamond enhancer necklace with a 16-inch-long 14K white gold chain, the pearl 10-11mm, the three round brilliant diamonds totaling 0.24 carats ($1/2,000).

The sale will also feature pieces by Herend, the Hungarian porcelain maker. They include an artist-signed, extra-large, hand-painted bunny rabbit figurine in the White Dynasty (or Siang Blanc) pattern, with lots of green, pink and yellow flowers, 12 inches tall ($2/2,500); and a pair of rust fishnet, 12-7/8 inches tall ($750-$1,500).

Online bidding is via LiveAuctioneers.com and Bidsquare.com. No phone bids will be taken, but absentee bidding is available online. For information, 646-450-7553 or email sjauctioneers@gmail.com.

SJ Auctioneers is honored to provide its finest selections of rare jewelry, silverware, trains, toys and collectibles from artists designers and silversmiths like: Something for everyone!
Cartier, Tiffany & Co. Domminck & Haff, Jose Hess, Emile Delaire, Gorham Movito, Reed & Barton, Watson, Wallace, WM B Kerr, Sackermann Hessenberg & Co, Italian Vetreria Murano, Arte, American Flyer,
Lionel, Nintendo, Tootsie Toy, Buddy L, Matchbox Lesney, Steuben, Disney, Baccarat.