12th ANNUAL SPRING ANTIQUE & NOSTALGIA AUCTION
Sat., Mar. 12th at 10:00 a.m.
Preview from 8:30 Day of Sale
Rockway Hall, Vineland Ont.
Another fabulous auction, filled with rare, historical, collectible and decorative items from Oakville, Thornhill, Hamilton and Niagara collections, and Niagara Institutions, over 500 lots!
MILITARY: British/Canadian Infantry Officers (1845 pattern) Sword Ca.1880, marked Sherlock & Co. 15 King Street London, tagged “Edward Gibson Zealand (1857-1937) Sword worn 13th Regiment, Hamilton” exc.; Cased Colonial Auxiliary Forces Medal stamped on reverse “Major E.G. Zealand 13th Regiment”; “Major Zealand” Rifle Shooting Medals & Cloth – Silver (2) and Copper (1) Dominion of Canada Rifle Association 1886 Medals, Silver National Rifle Association Medal 1860 and1889 DCRA Governor General Cloth Badge; The 1884 Governor General Medal presented by Marquess of Lansdowne G.C.M.G. Gov: Gen: of Canada; Canadian WWII Helmet with original liner and chin strap, marked GSW AF 1942; Post 1941 German WWII Luftwaffe style Dagger and Scabbard marked “Eikhorn Solingen Original”; WWI Enfield 1907 Wilkinson Bayonet – exc; WWI Enfield Bayonet marked C & broad arrow; Copper Royal Military College Medal engraved on reverse “1940 Tilting” – J.H. Poag; Military Photos Post Cards and Ephemera; RHLI Wentworth 13th Regiment Buttons and Collar Dog; WWII USA Military Knife LC-14-B. “Woodmans Pal” Survival Axe, with sheath and original info folder; C 1900 Framed Military Marching Band, Winter Scene, Painting – European, unsigned, 14”x16” W; WWI Era Post Cards; “HMCS Quinte” 6” Jacket Crest; Victorian Era Dress Sword with fluted mother of pearl handle, gilt brass hand guard, trefoil shaped blade with leather and gilt brass scabbard; Percussion Cap & Primer 6 piece lot to include – C1830 No.2 Percussion Caps, Boxed Dominion Cartridge Primers No 1 ½, Tin UMC No. 2 Primers, Tin/Paper Label Eley No.2 Percussion Caps (2), Eley (Embossed Tin) No.2 Percussion Caps, all containers partially filled; Military Button Lot; WWII Navy Wool Long Coat; Rare Canadian Buttons – Bruce Rgmt. (1920-’36) 160 Battalion, Walkerton Ontario; Canadian Military Ephemera Lot; Rare Early Canadian Military Promotion Document addressed to Captain Charles Brown dated 28th July 1886, signed in Ottawa, with penned signature of Walker Powell Colonel, Adjutant General of Militia;
LONG GUNS/REVOLVERS: Civil War Era U.S. Springfield Model 1864 Percussion Rifle with cleaning rod, 51647 stamped on breech, G over 3 over 52 stamped on stock, 52” O.A. length, oxidation to metal; Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Model 1906 Take Down, Pump Action, Standard Model .22, fires short or long, Serial # 252507, action marked with suffix B, original Winchester hard rubber butt plate; Vintage Samuel Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver, .31 caliber, 4” barrel, all matching #’s (232832) missing rammer and loading lever; Vintage Samuel Colt 1849 Pocket Revolver, .31 caliber, 4” barrel, all numbers matching (104063) complete, over all surface pitting, good grips; English W.W. Greener 12 Gauge Double Barrel, box lock Shotgun, original and complete, named on action sides and barrel, stock good, overall surface pitting;
DUCK / FISH DECOYS: Ken Anger, Dunnville Ontario carved Drake & Hen Blue Bills or Lesser Scaups; Early Bluebill Drake attributed to George Warin; Early Merganser, found in Arichat, Nova Scotia, with a nice folky quality; Ken Anger, Dunnville, Black Duck, Drake; 1930’s Nova Scotia Merganser with leather comb; Ice Fishing Decoys (7);
SPORTING/CAMP: Moose Antler Cribbage Board with decorative figural details; Canoe Paddles; Hardy Fly Fishing Reels – “The Sovereign 9/10” serial # 706 by House of Hardy, “Marquis #7” Fly Reel by Hardy Bros. Ltd, “Marquis Salmon No.1” Fly Reel by Hardy Bros and “JLH #6” No. 345 Fly Reel by House of Hardy; Vintage Flies and Fly Pocket Folders; Elk Antler Cribbage Board with inlayed copper and polychrome details; 1950’s Stamped Steel 2 Color Sign “Notice Game Preserve Area NO HUNTING Dept. of Game & Fisheries” 12”x12”; Lot of Fishing Lures/Baits; Miniature Carved Fish Pins, very detailed, all signed 1 ½”-3”L; Wood/Lucite Duck Call;
ONTARIO STONEWARE: 2 Gal. Open Crock marked “S. SKINNER & C Picton C. W. with cobalt stylized tree decoration: 4 Gal. Jug marked “W.E. WELDING BRANTFORD, ONT” with cobalt double floral decoration; 3 Gal. Open Crock marked “STONEWARE GLASS BROS. & CO. LONDON ONTARIO” with cobalt double floral decoration; 1 Gal Jug marked “H. Schuler Paris ONT.” with cobalt floral decoration; 3 Gal. Open Crock, unmarked with “FLACK & VAN ARSDALE, CORNWALL” cobalt bird decoration; 1 Quart Stoneware Sealer – unmarked; 1 Gal Jar marked “F.P. GOOLD BRANTFORD;
CANADIAN/GLOBAL STAMPS/ALBUMS: Individual Canadian Stamps, starting with #4, Beaver 3 Pence Stamps (3); Canadian Albums; 19th C. Global Album; Global Albums with Rare stamps; USA Binder; Canadian Plate Blocks, Blocks and Sheets;
ADVERTISING/NOSTALGIA: Rare – Vintage 1938 Quaker Oats Premiums Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol Badges (4) – Inspector General, Captain, Sergeant and Lieutenant; Oak Crank Wall Phone; “Corby’s Whiskey” Sign under glass; Niagara Falls Sign in porcelain, 19”x24”W; Taylor & Bates (St. Catharines) Silver Spire Porcelain Ashtray; Bronze Concierge Sign, 4”x15”; “Lever’s Potato Chips” Lighters, 2 styles; “Labatt’s Ale Lager & Stout” Porcelain Tray; Institutional Copper Confederation Wall Plaque 1867-1927, 12”x18”; Vintage Advertising Tin Lots; “Shell” 1 Gallon Lubricant Tune Tin; Western Style Saddle with tooled decoration; Croquet Set; Vintage Cameras; Strap Metal 12 Bottle Dairy Carrier and Wood Dairy Cases; Aladdin Alacite Deco Boudoir Lamp; Pair of Leaded Glass Architectural Doors; Yellow Ware Bowls; Arrow Dress Collar Sign under glass; “Boyce Moto Meter” Rad Cap for Buick dated Aug 13-1918; 1955 “Bear River Trading Co.” Nova Scotia Calendars (4) NOS, with Robin Hood Flour Advertising; Advertising Match Cover Collection – album and loose, many from Welland, Crowland, Niagara Falls and Welland; Early 24” Oak Kegs (2) with ends branded “Canadian Breweries Limited”; Die Stamped Ontario HWY Signs – The Kings Highway 55, The Kings Highway 20 and the QEW in color; “Iroquois Beer 1842” Sign, stamped brass, 12” diameter; Texaco “Marfak” Grease 5 Gallon Pail; “George A. Clark” Oak 2 Drawer Spool Cabinet; “J&P Coats” Oak 2 Drawer Spool Cabinet; Unopened labeled Bottle of “Sweetheart Orangeade; “The Highway Safety Game” 1932 Ontario Department of Highways Board Game;
VINTAGE JEWELRY/PURSES: Bakelite Bangle Lots; Bakelite, Lucite and Designer Purses; Vintage Costume Jewelry Lots; Bakelite Earrings/Brooches; Sherman Necklace with amber stones; 1940’s Whiting & Davis Alumesh Handbags, Kenneth Cole, Ralph Lauren, Susan Gail, Shiaparelli NY & Paris, Louis Vitton;
VINTAGE TEXTILES/APPAREL: Vintage Quilts including a fabulous signed 1884 Crazy Quilt; Vintage Linen Lots; Collapsible Tall Hat labeled “Woodrow Piccadilly London”; 3/4 Length Wolf Coat, exc;
VINTAGE SCIENCE/INDUSTRIAL: Very Rare Vintage 1920’s Birch Science Lab Table by E.H. Sheldon Co. Muskegon MI, with double sided cupboard, suspended drawers and under mounted lab sink, 60”L, Est. $1,000/2000; Rare Late 19th C. Oak Optician’s Counter Cabinet with bevel glass lift top, lift out tray and under drawer, includes – adjustable trial frames, series of lens, scales, tools and ephemera; 1940’s Industrial Wood Platform style Step Ladder, 7’H, from Downsview Kodak Maintenance Dept.; Vintage Cameras; Keuffel & Esser Surveyors Transit/Level;
CAMERAS/RELATED: No.1 Pocket Kodak and case; 1913 Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak with case; No. 3A Folding Pocket Kodak Model B-4; Jiffy Kodak SIX-20; Camera Profile Painting, oil on canvas of No1A Pocket Kodak, 5’H; 1918 “Toronto Camera Club” Exhibition, Copper Medallion; Kodak Movie Reel Tins, 14”and 12” diameter;
VINTAGE/PRIMITIVE/TOOLS: Oak Machinist Tool Box by H. Gerstener & Sons; Bark Spud; Forged Dengel Stock or Scythe Anvil; Early Iron and Steel Dividers and Calipers; Hatters Tools; Grafting Froe/Knife; Early Back Saw signed “J. Flint Superior, St. Catharines, Ontario; Gouges & Scrapers; Hand Forged Bench Dog; Coopers Adze; Lumberman’s Traveller; Slate Shingle Ripper; Hand Forged 14” O.D. Calipers; Early Hand Forged Boot Scraper with octagonal faceted finials; Child Size Draw Knife & Spoke Shave; Hand Forged String Winder and matching Layout Spike; Double Sided Caliper; Coopers Plane; Hearth Ratchet Trammel; Hay Knife; Rare Cow Bell 5 ½”H stamped “Ye OLDE COW BELL C.O. CLARK & BROS, MADE IN MONTREAL 1858”; Hammered Pewter Tea Set on Tray; Early Copper Kettle;1950’s Croquet Set in stand; Early Wood Mortar & Pestle: Vintage 1950-‘60’s Beaufort (Canada) & Melamine Maplex Toronto Plastic Dinner Ware, 60 pcs; Brass Miners Lamp marked “ Wolf Safety Lantern” Brooklyn NY; Native Stone Lot – arrow heads, pre-forms, scrapers; Niagara Native Pottery Shards Lot; Skeleton Keys Lot; Cast Iron and Tole String Ball Holders;
VINTAGE TOYS/DOLLS: Early Redline Hot Wheels (24) VG; Vintage 1960 Pressed Steel Tonka Dump Truck – near mint; Armand Marseille Character Bisque Socket Child Doll incised “560 Germany A1M”; Vintage 1870’s Black Cloth Doll with original clothes; Vintage Cobo “Alice” Doll; “Empire” Toy Electric Oven with working range and oven; “Parris” Cap Gun Kentucky Long Gun, 52”L, wood stock; Walt Disney Super 8 Films (6) NOS; Marklin HO Gauge Locomotive 6404 and tender; Meccano Set;
GOLD/SILVER/COINS: 1867-1967 Canadian Centennial 7 Coin Cased Proof Sets including $20 Gold Coin – (2 sets in cases); Canadian 1967 Silver Proof Sets (4); Canadian Silver Coin Lots; Canadian 1966 Silver Proof Sets (3);
GOLD/STERLING/SILVER: Platinum marked Ladies Ring, wt. 2.44 grams, no stones; Bulova 10K Ladies Watch; Sterling Northumbria “Cello” pattern, 49 piece Flatware Service, 7 pc. place settings for 6; 10K & 14K Gold Lots; German 800 Silver Flatware Set; Sterling Flatware Lots; Sterling Salt and Pepper; Sterling Demi-tasse Spoons – set of 6; Silver Plate Egg Carrier; Sterling Lidded Dresser Jar/Bottle Lot;
CRYSTAL/GLASS: Green (Tiffin) Cornflower Stem Ware, 31 pcs.; Green Cornflower Luncheon (8) & Relish Plates; Clear Cornflower Serving Pcs (5); Ground Pinwheel Crystal Center Bowl; Glass Target Balls (3);
PORCELAIN/POTTERY: Royal Doulton Lady Figures – Autumn Breezes HN1934, Dinky-Do HN1934, Janet HN1537, Victoria HN2471, Stephanie HN2811, Top O ’Hill HN1834, Christmas Morn HN1992; Royal Doulton Winston Churchill Jug – 9”H; Hummel Figures (8); Childs China (3 sets); Royal Worcester “Evesham” pattern Serving Pieces (5); Limoges Comport with floral decoration; Fancy English Cups & Saucers (24); Royal Copenhagen Christmas Plates 1969-’82; “Paragon” Boy Scout Cup & Saucer; Vintage German Stoneware Stein with pewter lid and decorative horn details; German Porcelain Stein in Figural Bison/Buffalo Form;
PAINTINGS/PRINTS/PHOTOS: Stephen Snake signed “Native Chief” acrylic on canvas, 24”x30”H; George Upper signed “Mrs. Thomson’s” General Store (Port Dalhousie) 176/200 Print; Oil Painting of Vintage Camera 24”x 50”H; Lois Cuttance, Nobel Ontario signed “The Waubuno” Marine Painting,(Note – “The Waubuno” was a steam side wheeler that was lost Nov 22 1879 in Georgian Bay) oil on board,12”x16”W; Oliver Childs signed Photo “Horse Shoe Falls Niagara”, 12”x12” framed; “H. Winslade 1919” signed Harbor Scene, with Military Painting on reverse; Lee Anderson Jr. signed Print “Retriever With Duck” duck hunting scene, 18”x24”H, 242/500; “Grouse Driving” 1891 Framed Print, painted by Douglas Adams, 18”x26”W;
FURNITURE: 1840’s Glazed Pine Corner Cupboard, from early Niagara-on-the-Lake Family, refinished, 7’H; 1840’s Pine Jam Cupboard 2 doors/drawers; Mid 1800’s Pine Wood/Feed Box, canted lid with gallery; 1870’s Pine Cupboard -2pc.; Oak Bow Front/Side China Cupboard with claw feet; 1850 Pine Mariners Trunk; 1920’s Oak Glazed Square Free Standing Display Cabinet with glass shelves 24”x24”x56”H; Walnut Victorian Parlor Chair; Oak Side/Side Secretary Desk; Walnut 1850’s Victorian Sideboard; Pair of Ribbon Mahogany 3 Drawer Lamp Tables with ball & claw feet; Levered Piano/Organ Stool; Oak Barristers Book Case, 3 sections, with base and top; 1920’s Oak Library Table; Carved ¼’d Oak Parlor Table with lower shelf having spindle ends; 1840 Tiger Maple 1 Drawer Lamp Table from early Niagara-on-the Lake Family; ¼’d Oak Library Table
BUFFALO NEW YORK COLLECTIBLES; Rare Buffalo NY Stoneware Jar, 5 ½”H with 7 line embossment – “G. GRIMARD IMPORTERS OF WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, ETC MANUFACTURER OF FRENCH & GERMAN MUSTARD 356 MAIN ST. BUFFALO N.Y.” exc; Rare Wood Gold Gilt Presentation Key 13” long, hand decorated script “Key to the City of Buffalo Steven Pankow Mayor” (1954-57) exc.; “H.D. Taylor Co. Buffalo NY, 1920’s Catalog with large tip in photos; 1901 Buffalo NY “PAN-AM EXPOSTION” Ticket, over stamped “BUFFALO DAY OCTOBER 19.”; Framed, Signed Buffalo NY. Council Chamber Documents with Signing Pen; Brass Plated 6” “Key to The City of Buffalo” reverse, “Mayor Steven Pankow”; “Iroquois Beverage Corp.” Sign, stamped brass, 12” diameter;
RAILWAY COLLECTIBLES: Pair of Brass Railway Coach Lamps, marked GWR; Rail way Buttons in shadow box including CNR, SWA (Sandwich/Windsor/Amherst Railway), Conductor, Union Station, Marine Service; CNR marked Silver Plate Creamer and Tray; CNR Ironstone Creamer and Plate; CNR Oil Cans;
NAUTICAL/MARINE: Rare Vintage Ships Flag, 21”x 35”, cotton, from the 243’ Steam Yacht “Wacouta” built in 1894 – also known as USS Harvard (SP-209) when leased to US Navy in WWI; Brass Sextant marked Stanley London in brass fitted mahogany case; 1850’s Pine Mariners Trunk refinished with rope beckets; Marine Painting of 1850’s Side Wheeler “The Waubuno”, 12”x16”W; Nautical/Navigation Books; C 1900 Carving of Sailor – 6”H; “H. Winslade 1919” signed Harbor Scene Painting, oil on canvas; Hooked Rug with Early 3 Mast Sail Boat, 60”L;
HOCKEY/SPORTS: 1960’s Maple Leaf Garden Programs; Maple Leaf “Hockey Talk” 33 1/3 RPM Records with Covers (10) From Johnny Bower to Punch Imlach; Vintage Boxing Posters; NHL/ESSO Hockey/Broadcast Schedules 1947-’48, 1951-‘52 and 1954-’55; 1959 Hockey Magazine with Bobby Hull Cover; March 1954 “Sport” Magazine with Casey Stengle Cover; 1935 Time Magazine Cover with NHL Goalie Lorne Chabot;
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: W.T. Armstrong Flute – model 104, in hard case;
BOOKS/EPHEMERA; Rare “Motor Magazines” Annual Show Number Magazine Editions including – Jan. 1931, Jan 1932, Jan. 1934 and Jan. 1935 – all exc.; St. Catharines, Lincoln County Presentation Scroll under Glass to “Justice of The Peace” John Buller signed by Provincial Secretary; Nautical Books; Illustrated & Children’s Books; Rare “The Pussycat Princess” 1922, cloth bound, by Edward Anthony with photographic animal studies by Harry Whittier Frees; Bound Volumes of “The Peoples Press” Welland Newspaper, July 2 -Dec 31, 1912 and July – Dec 1913; Book – “Ontario Historical Society” Papers and Records Vol. XXI, 1924; Book “Jeb Stuart” by John Wm Thomason Jr, Captain, US Marine Corps; Rare “Military Operations In Canada 1837-8-9” by Lord Charles Beauclerk, 1980 Collectors’ Edition, in slip case No.36 of 100 copies, in as new condition; “Rival Boy Sportsman” Illustrated by W. Gordon Parker
TERMS: Cash, Visa and MasterCard, Debit- Valid I.D. required. Standard 10% Buyers Premium and 13% HST will apply to all purchases. All items to be removed from premises on day of auction. Auction subject to additions and deletions. All items sold as is, where is, with no guarantees, please inspect items carefully before purchasing
