Tim’s Auctions – 31st Annual Cabin Fever Multi-Estates Extravaganza Auction
February 26 at 2 pm (This is an ONLINE Auction)
www.timsauctions.com
tchapulis@timsauctions.com
860-459-0964

BRISTOL, CONN. — Tim’s Annual Cabin Fever Multi Estate Extravaganza is marking its 31st year. In the course of a year Tim Chapulis meets with multiple families, estates and collectors and convinces them to join this special auction. The auction will be conducted on Sunday, February 26, at 2 pm EST. This is an online auction but will have limited seating at the auction house.

This year’s auction features special one-of-a-kind offerings from a direct heir of Norman Rockwell and his wife Molly Rockwell, including a leather bound book of some recollections of their lives from 1961 through 1969. Two of the photos in the recollections book are of former president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito with the Rockwells and a photo at Cape Kennedy with Joe Schmidt, space suit technician, N.R. Young and Virgil “Gus” Grissom. These photos were taken while Rockwell and his wife traveled while on assignments. There are 160 photos in the recollections book.

Also in this collection is a photo of Norman and Molly Rockwell standing in front of their home with their dog; it signed by both Norman and Molly. Two original prints drawn by Norman Rockwell, unsigned, will be offered. The family believes these were for a book. A pair of single period Sheraton beds, also owned by the Rockwells, will cross the block.

The collection of Gary Zuella will be featured in the auction. He had a very dear heart for the city of Waterbury, Conn., and over close to 45 years he would travel and attend auctions and antiques shows and bring back to his hometown collection items that were sold or made in the Waterbury area. Included are Waterbury postcards, maps, paper memorabilia, books, framed photos of downtown Waterbury and the surrounding area, circa 1800s through early 1900s, including the James Elton home, Frederick Kingsbury home, Benedict Miller home, Chase family “Rose Hill” and more. Zuella also attended Tim’s auctions and purchased items. One of the highlights he purchased in 1986 was a Hoadley clock made in Plymouth, Conn. This clock was in the home of Edson Cleveland, owner of Cleveland’s Country Store in Plymouth and remained there for well over 125 years.

Featured from his collection are cast iron jockeys with mostly original untouched paint. Two bronze bells, circa 1871 and 1902, were purchased from Johnsonville, Conn., when the town was broken up. Both bells are complete with original holders; one bell has been refurbished.

A garden adornment collection includes two life-size bronze lions and two sitting bronze lions, cast iron planters, birdbaths, two teak wood benches, two cast iron benches,one cast iron fern bath, finials, obelisks, urns, statuary and more.

A full standing R.J. Horner tiger oak griffin table and R.J. Horner sideboard finished with glass curio cabinets and twin carved lions at the top are on offer, as well as a pair of R.J. Horner matching arm chairs and R.J. Horner full carved lions couch to match are from the same collection. An offering of weight-driven wall clocks, shelf clocks, regulators, banjos, crystal regulators and approximately 25 grandfather clocks are in the auction.

A Kranich & Bach baby grand piano, two letters from the Revolutionary War era, one written by James Wood, colonel in the Revolution, to John Fitzgerald and the other from George Washington Park Custis, grandson of Martha Washington, father-in-law of Robert E. Lee, are on offer.

A Meissen china set MSS40-Scattered Flowers is an 80-piece set purchased in Berlin, Germany, in 1950, by an Air Force officer stationed at Templehof airbase during the Berlin Airlift. It had previously been owned by a Prussian general’s family before the end of World War II and the Cold War.

The sale has a Tiffany Studios 254 Pine Needle bronze lamp and Tiffany Studios bronze candlestick and a Tiffany grandfather clock.

There is a man’s 18K gold Cartier Louis tank watch among an offering of estate gold, silver, diamond jewelry, watches and coins. In an offering from the historic Monahan Jewelers and Antiques from Harwich Port, Mass., are a cash register from the Hotel Belmont, two framed nautical artworks by Robert E. Spring, grandfather clocks, shelf clocks, artwork, signed sports mementos and a music box collection,

Additional highlights include a collection of automobilia, decorative leaded glass lamps, military memorabilia, curio cabinet, barrister bookcases, Victorian marble top parlor table, attic-stored collection of antique bottles and much more.

At all of Tim’s auctions since the passing of his dad in 2017 and his mom in 2021, the firm has collected for the kids of St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, raising more than $100,000 from donations. Tim’s asks everyone who attends the auction for a donation to benefit St Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

This is the first auction allowing bidders to attend live since Covid. For reserved seating, call auctioneer Tim Chapulis at 860-459-0964 (limited amount of seating available). For bidding or information, www.timsauctions.com

Featuring lifetime collections from prominent collectors • Over 1 year in the making • Over 1000 lots to be featured • Check our website for details.
Tim’s Auctions will have reserved seating in the auction house. To reserve a seat please call Tim at 860-459-0964
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For Full Lot Descriptions, Photos & Terms of Sale, Please Visit Our Website
Norman Rockwell Estate Personal Photo Album 1961-1969
Norman & Molly Rockwell’s Beds (2 twin beds put together to make a king)