Talk of The Town Auction
New Year’s Day
Sunday, January 1, 6:30 pm
(Extreme weather date Tuesday,  January 3rd)
Carousel Village – 2100 Doubleday Avenue Route 50
Ballston Spa, NY 12020

OAK: Art Nouveau Jacob & Josef Kohn (Vienna) bentwood armchair; curved glass china cabinet. WALNUT:  Lady’s & man’s Victorian upholstered armchairs; 41” cane & inlay window seat.  MAHOGANY: Music box cabinet stand; 2 drawer work stand (Sheraton style); dresser top shaving mirror. CHERRY: “Hunt” plank seat  spindleback rocker. OTHER FURNITURE: Arts & Crafts style slag glass table lamp; 19th Century double French wire and wood bird-cage; Civil War era E.W. Vaill folding campaign chair; vintage metal medicine cabinet (Vitrine) on cabriole legs; cast iron 2 tier “Heron” water fountain. ORIENTAL RELATED: Asian carved armchair; 8×11 red & tan carpet; 22” round; 11” round & 12×17 rectangular marble top stands; rosewood 43×13 sofa table; Asian hand painted & carved room divider (6’8”x6’); framed portrait of Mandarin woman; red lacquer box (ca 1900); (2) early brass ladles; 18 1/2” Japanese Imari Phoenix motif charger; 20th Century: 18” Chinese porcelain vase, large Chinese tea pot and pair Chinese brass & enamel plaques (4¼” x 5¼”). CLOCKS: Seth Thomas Brookfield banjo (ca 1950); mahogany mantel and pillar style mantel; Waterbury Festus oak kitchen; Sessions steeple mantel; E.&G.W. Bartholomew carved col-umn shelf with wood movement; Ansonia oak kitchen. STONEWARE WITH COBALT DECORATIONS: 4 gallon crock with cobalt bird “Riedinger and Caire Poughkeepsie, NY”; 1 gallon jug with cobalt design “I. Seymour, Troy, NY”; 5 gallon crock with cobalt flower; 1 gallon crock with cobalt flower. GLASS/POTTERY/CHINA: Waterford crystal table lamp; whale oil lamp collection; (2) pair Bohemian glass lamps; set of 4 Jadeite swirl Fire King mixing bowls; Austin Products 22” Art Deco nude (ca 1979); 5¾” cloisonne vase; pair 27” blackamoor figures; ROSEVILLE POTTERY: White Rose 392-10 console bowl; Freesia 392-10 basket & 118-6 vase; foxglove 419-8 tray; 660-5 planter and 2-10 compote; magnolia 86-4 vase; pair Carnelian candleholders; pair Bushberry candleholders. WELLER POTTERY: Pr Silvertone candleholders; green umbrella stand. ART GLASS: 18½” artist signed; 17½” (E. Zareh-Russia); 15¼”, 14” & 7” vases; 15×7 fish; 9½” “Sasaki” bowl; 10½” pedestal dish; 24” sculpture; 36×21 framed lead glass pane; vintage milk glass gas pump globes: 1930s-40s Shell (clam shell); 1940s-50s Texaco Sky Chief; 1940s Skelly Supreme (wide frame) and Skelly Regular; Standard Oil White Crown gas (1999 reproduction). OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST: Bronze elephant (15×7½); 36” tall tin cowboy boot (display ???); Mills 777 High Top 25 cent working slot machine; 1938 Daily Double Track Odds 5 cent console slot machine (needs work); 26” blade Mezzaluna chopper; set of 5 graduated wood measures; country store spring bell; Fairbanks platform scale (250 lbs); (2) brass bed warmers; David White transit; Seeder-Kohbusch cased balance scale; (2) student wood cased brass microscopes; 19” brass steam whistle; 36” ethnic silent butler smoking stand. COINS & CURRENCY: 1934A $500 Federal Re-serve Note (Bank of NY) FR #2202-B PMG30 VF; series of 1902 $5 National Currency Bank of Vergennes, VT (5/14/1905). US SILVER COMMEMORATIVES: 1918 Illinois Lincoln; 1921 Alabama Centennial; 1926 Oregon Trail; set of (3) 1935-P-D-S Daniel Boone; 1936 Arkansas Centennial;. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Tenor banjo Paramount style C “Wm Lange” with hard case; parlor guitar by John C. Hayner Co with Wm B. Tilton patent metal resonator (Brazilian rosewood) with coffin case; Rex Mandolinetto mandolin with case (ca 1900); Washburn mando-lin Style C Model 1915 (ca 1920s) w/case; Ludwig button accordion; Superior metal clarinet with case. VIOLINS WITH CASES: Joh. Bapt. Schweitzer (full size) 1813 Fecit At Forman Hieronym Amati with bow; Joseph Guarnarius Fecit Cremonae Anno 1714 IHS (full size) with bow; Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat copy (full size) with bow; prewar unsigned Stradivarius copy (full size) with bow. STRUNG VIOLIN BOWS: Stamped Albert Schubert; stamped Czech; stamped orchestra; stamped A. Schroetter; oak case “Sonora” imperial style floor model crank phonograph (ca 1916); JEWELRY RELATED: Victorian gold filled slide bracelet; Lorgnette; (2) Asian snuff bottles; Victorian beaded purse with bluebirds and peacocks; .54 carat round brilliant diamond with GIA appraisal; 18K gold ring with diamonds. 14K GOLD: Necklace with sapphire and diamond pendant; earrings with oval ame-thyst; diamond stud earrings (1/2 cttw); necklace with diamond heart; necklace with 1/2 CTTW diamond pendant; necklace with (5) Mikimoto pearls; 7mm pearl necklace. 14K GOLD RINGS: (5) diamond bands; ruby and dia-monds; garnet and diamonds; (2) diamond cocktail; rose gold with jadeite cabochon; emerald & diamond; ruby and diamond (appraisal); with 3 amethyst. STERLING SILVER: 40 pieces Towle “Old Lace” (approx 44.38 troy ounces); (6) Payne & Baker spoons (approx 3.32 troy ounces); (8) misc spoons (approx 3.03 troy ounces); 5 item Chatelaine. POCKET WATCHES: Waltham 15J size 18; Rockford 17K size 12; Elgin 7J size 16 military; Elgin 7J size 12. MEN’S WRISTWATCHES: Magico automatic in box; Orvis quartz in box. TOYS INCLUDING: Buddy-L pressed steel aerial ladder fire truck (28”) ca 1926-30; Hubley “Indian” cast iron 9” police motorcycle with sidecar; 47” wood pond boat; Foss 36” remote control and Fataba 18” radio control tug boats; (2) pedal cars; USN Los Angeles Tootsie Toy dirigible (ca 1937); 18” aluminum still bank “Anvil”; folk art checker board; 1890s German tin plate embossed toy kitchen; early “The Boys Favorite Tool Chest”; battery op Yonezawa #10621 “Piggy Cook” with box; 15” German Kestner doll (#154 Dep 2 1/2) bisque with leather body; Victorian 30” St Claus “Dealer in Good Things” horse-drawn wagon; “Jack Jumper” (W.P. Pritchard Co) single blade ski/sled; life size 6’ animated “Dobson” butler; wood sled w/pull handle; wood “Auto Wheel Coaster” wagon; wood carved decorative figures: 78” elephant, 74” giraffe, 78” ze-bra and 40” peacock; 4 drawer giraffe motif A-frame style storage cabinet. FRAMED WATERCOLOR: by G.H. Tavelle (River & Trees); by Greenbury (Ship at Sea); by C.H. LaBarre (Man & Woman); by Dines (Geese in Flight). OIL ON CANVAS: Artist signed “Children Reading”; S.D. Parker (1898) Portrait of a Woman; J. Heinsman “Harbor Scene”; Wil Noreem (Clam Diggers); N.E. Morse (Elenor Ecob Morse) 33” long (Petunias). FRAMED PRINTS: 1871 “Underwriters Fire Patrol” by Edward Bosqui; The Old Glen Mill (large folio) by Maxfield Parish; Currier & Ives (large folio) The Lightning Express Trains – Leaving the Junction; Egyptienne Straights Cigar ad (13×16) in original marked frame; wood cut “Brown Bird” (ca 1955) by Milton Avery. ORIGINAL BOOKS INCL: History of Saratoga County (1609-1878); History of Columbia County (1878); History of Albany & Schenectady County (1609-1886); framed calligraphy document dated 1883 by Capt Tyler; Victorian photo album; over 30 cased daguerreotypes/tin types/ambros/etc
HUGE CAMERA COLLECTION OF THE LATE ERNIE HAFFNER (REXFORD, NY)*** Alexander Beckers style table top 2 person walnut stereoptic viewer with 42 cards (ca 1860); American Novelty Co Whitings Scultoscope 1 cent coin operated viewer (ca 1922); Monarch & Keystone stereo card viewers; pedestal stereo scope; table top gra-phoscope viewer; (2) carved wood stereoview card holders; WWII Graflex type 20 Aircraft (4×5) camera; Folmer Graflex Copy camera (triple box); Kodak home enlarge (1930s-40s); Kodak #3 Brownie enlarger; wood stereoview with graphoscope; Blair Hawkeye Detective camera with tripod & case. MAGIC LANTERNS & PROJECTORS INC: H.C. White Radioptican postcard projector (ca 1910-15); Buckeye double chimney mirroscope; Argo cylindrical by Muller & Wetzig (ca 1906); E.P. Germany (ca 1883) with box, instructions and 12 glass slides; J.S. Germany (Jean Schornner) with box & slides; S.W. Germany; Ozan double duty flash light and magic lantern #303 w/box; Keystone view projector with several glass slides in wood box; etc. 100S OF MISC CAMERAS INC: 35mm Leica (111 c, 111 f, M2, Minox Type 3); Kodak Retina IIc & IIIc Type 28, etc. MANY BOX CAMERAS: (2) #00 Kodak Car-tridge Premo; Ingersol Shurshot; Kodak Primer pocket; Graflex View Series B & Series F, etc; FOLDING CAM-ERAS: Seneca View (ca 1901-05); Gundlach-Manhattan Korona House portrait; Rochester Optical Excelsior 2 (ca 1887); Kodak 4 Model B; Century Field; Seneca #9 folding plate; Blair Tourograph Combination; American Optical Co Scovill Mfg; Waterbury type; Conley Long Focus Model XV; Goerz Tenax; Agfa Ansco view; Schrambach  (French); National Graflex Series II; Kamera-Werkstaten Dresden A21; Graflex Speed Graphic (4×5 135mm F4.7); Voightlander Bergheil Deluxe, on & on & on…FOLDING POCKET: Kodak 1A, 2A-B, 2B, 2C, 3A FHE, 3C, 4F, Six 20, Jiffy Zoom II; Tourist; Vest Pocket Series III; Promoette; Junior 620; Autographic; Zeiss Ikon Super; Balda Baldinette; Utility MFG; Falcon; Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 523/2; Seneca Uno; Orion; to name a few…SUB-MINI-MINI-SPY: Steky IIIa w/flash, wide angle lens, telephoto lens, film, case, instructions & boxes for all; Start 35; Secam Stylophoto “Private Eye”; Expo Watch Camera w/box; Sugaya Seiko Rubix; Konica Snappy; Minox-C; etc…OTHER MISC: Flomer Graflex Sliding Carriage for #4; Viewmaster personal stereo camera; Al Vista Panoramic Model 5D; M.P. Tench (London) Tail Board Camera; Textronics CHO Oscilloscope; Reflex Cameras; Polaroid Cameras; Kodak Stereo Camera; collection of photography books; etc…
This is only a partial listing. Stop down Sunday and take a look.
Call John Stanislowsky for details at 518-884-0772 (days) 518-885-8036 (eve)
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