1954 Stratocaster & Collection of Bronzes to Head Cordier's Fall Sale A 1954 FENDER STRATOCASTER GUITAR AND AN EXCEPTIONAL BRONZE SCULPTURE COLLECTION TO HEAD UP CORDIER ANTIQUES & AUCTIONS’ FALL ANTIQUE & FINE ART AUCTION IN CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA ON NOVEMBER 7 AND 8.
News-Antique.com - Oct 23,2009 - A 1954 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar and a fine collection of bronze sculpture from the Estate of Harold M. Garonzik will headline Cordier Antiques & Auctions’ Fall Auction in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. The single owner Stratocaster includes exceptional provenance and is estimated to sell between $20,000 and $40,000. Items from the Estate of Harold M. Garonzik, a lifelong collector from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, will include an exceptional 36” Sevres palace vase and over ten high quality bronzes including pieces by Claude Michel Clodion (French, 1738-1914) and Auguste Moreau (French, 1826-1897). Other auction highlights include a Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig signed baseball, paintings by Matthew Harris Jouett and Harry Leith-Ross, and a Russian Bolin silver and enameled cigarette case. Also to be included are collections of slave documents, Victorian Valentines and art glass, canes, and rolling pins. The 700 plus lot sale will be held over two days in Camp Hill, across the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg.
Saturday’s sale will feature a large and varied offering of books, documents and ephemera. Leading off the category will be a collection of slave and Civil War documents including several archives of soldier letters. A Civil War field desk with provenance tying it to the 9th New York Heavy Artillery is estimated at $500 to $750 while signed documents by Joshua Chamberlin and President Andrew Johnson are both estimated at $500 to $1,000. A single owner collection of Victorian Valentines will offer several lots of handmade pieces in fine condition. An important offering among books will be a copy of The Martyr’s Mirror printed by the Ephrata Cloister in 1766. This rare and important book is physically the largest volume printed in Colonial America and this copy features what may be a unique printed paper liner. It is estimated at $2,000 to $4,000. Among ephemera will be a rare copy of the German language Stages of Man broadside printed by G.S. Peters in Harrisburg during the 1830’s. Among the most important broadsides printed in Pennsylvania for the German market, it is estimated at $2,000 to $4,000. Autographs will also be featured and will include a set of The Beatles autographs signed on a single sheet (estimate $2,500 to $5,000) as well as autographs from Marilyn Monroe, Ernest Hemingway, Clara Barton, and James Buchanan.
The highlight among collectibles will be the single owner 1954 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar. Estimated at $20,000 to $40,000, the guitar was purchased in Carlisle in 1954 by the consignor John Hippensteel, lead singer of a popular 1950’s Central Pennsylvania Western swing band called The Blue Ridge Boys. Also of note is a Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig signed baseball obtained by the consignor’s maternal grandfather who ushered at Ebbets Fields. The ball was signed at an exhibition game at Dexter Park and is estimated at $5,000 to $7,500. Collectibles will also feature a Vendo V39 Coca Cola machine in original condition as well as single owner collections of rolling pins and canes. Among the weapons to be offered in Saturday’s
