Finney's will sell massive single-owner collection Sat., Oct. 29, in N.Y. A massive single-owner collection consisting of hundreds of vintage and hard-to-find items in a variety of categories will be sold on Saturday, Oct. 29, by Finney’s Auction Service in Schodack, N.Y.
News-Antique.com - Oct 18,2011 - (SCHODACK, N.Y.) – A massive single-owner collection consisting of hundreds of rare, vintage and hard-to-find items in a variety of categories will be sold on Saturday, Oct. 29, by Finney’s Auction Service, beginning promptly at 11 a.m. (EST). The auction will be held in Finney’s showroom in Schodack, located about 15 minutes from Albany, in upstate New York.
Offered will be cast-iron toy stoves, trade cards, miniatures, photos, Disney collectibles, vintage Christmas and Halloween, vintage dolls and Steiff bears, antique gas pumps, advertising signs, old toys, vintage store advertising and more. Internet bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com. Many of the items may be viewed online, at www.finneysauction.com.
One lot expected to generate much bidder interest is rare Walt Disney Duckster award, bearing the earliest known Duckster date of 1952. The 9-inch bronze statuette features a figure of Donald Duck on a Bakelite base with a metal face plate and the engraved words, “Max Westebbe Best Personal Wishes Walt Disney 1952.” The inside base has a tag from the United Bronze Co.
Walt Disney personally presented fewer than two dozen Duckster awards, all to people who made significant contributions to the Walt Disney Studios (including Clarence Nash, the original voice of Donald Duck, and the famed illustrator Carl Banks). A few are in the Walt Disney archives. The one being sold by Finney’s is expected change hands for $3,000-$5,000.
Cast-iron toy stoves will feature a Buck’s Junior #2 cast-iron salesman’s sample toy stove in very good condition and marked on the top “Buck’s Junior #2”, 23 inches tall by 19 inches wide (est. $800-$1,200); and an Acorn cast-iron stove, marked 819-19, in very good condition and with acorns impressed on the burner plate tops, 19 inches by 18 inches (est. $100-$250).
Also offered will be the pride of the owner’s collection: a rare and antique Reliable Parlor Stove clock and bank, 6 ½ inches tall and in remarkable condition (est. $350-$850). The clock is by Waterbury and the back is marked ‘Cleveland Ohio, The Schneider Trenkamp & Co.’
Toys to watch will include a Captain Marvel tin wind-up car made by the Automatic Toy Company (1947), 4 inches long, with rubber wheels (est. $75-$100); and a Drinking Captain battery-operated toy depicting a ship’s captain holding a bottle of Old Hooch, with a pack of Lucky Strikes laying buy his feet. The box says it emits smoke when he drinks (est. $75-$100),
Holiday offerings will feature a Santa Claus roly-poly toy made circa 1915 by Schoenhut Toys (Philadelphia), 9 ¼ inches tall and showing Santa holding a doll and a horse under each arm (est. $400-$500); a 21-inch tall vintage Christmas feather tree with assorted glass ornaments (est. $75-100); and a group of metal Halloween pumpkins and noise-makers (est. $75-$100).
Fans of petroliana will be treated to lots such as a Pure Oil Tokheim gas pump, model #39, 75 inches tall, partially restored with the top globe light replaced and marked ‘1987’ (est. $800-$1,200); and a Mobil gas pump with cut-out
