Alderfer Auction

This Model Trains & Toys Auction features an extensive collection of Lionel, M.T.H., RailKing, and K-Line O-gauge and O-scale trains, along with transformers, command-control equipment, railroad accessories, die-cast vehicles, vintage Buddy L toys, and Coca-Cola collectibles. Lionel offerings include Joshua Lionel Cowen Series locomotives representing Union Pacific, Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Virginian, and Baltimore & Ohio, plus passenger and freight sets, rolling stock, and operating accessories. M.T.H. and RailKing equipment includes Pennsylvania, Santa Fe, Alaska Railroad, Baltimore & Ohio, Rock Island, Milwaukee Road, Seaboard, and Union Pacific locomotives, cars, and sets. Layout equipment includes an M.T.H. Z-4000 transformer, Lionel ZW transformer, #990 Legacy Control System, PowerHouse 180 and TMCC equipment, buildings, bridges, and animated Lionel amusement park accessories. Additional collectibles include numerous die-cast model vehicles, Buddy L pressed-steel toys, Lionel Coca-Cola train sets, a Buddy L Coca-Cola delivery truck, vintage Hasbro G.I. Joe Action Marine, slot-car accessories, and more.

This Home & Décor Auction features antique paper dolls, Asian furniture and decorative arts, art glass, porcelain, Southwestern textiles, collectibles, vintage clothing, cameras, audio equipment, books, and vinyl records. The paper collection includes McLoughlin Brothers, Clark, Austin & Smith, Raphael Tuck & Sons, and J.F. Schreiber, with antique boxed sets, Victorian paper dolls, ephemera, pop-up books, and children's collectibles. Furniture and décor includes Chinese horseshoe-back chairs, carved and lacquered panels, Asian-style cabinets, folding screens, marble-top plant stands, stained glass, statuary, and garden furnishings. Decorative names include Baccarat, Waterford, Rosenthal, Fostoria, Fenton, Lladró, Goebel Hummel, Quimper, Anri, Holmegaard, Tiffany & Co., and Erté. Also included are Navajo and Southwestern woven textiles, Inuit figures, cloisonné, carved masks, military collectibles, Disney items, LEGO, cameras, clocks, and sporting memorabilia. Audio and music offerings include Technics, Kenwood and KLH equipment plus an extensive vinyl collection featuring Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Santana, reggae, dub, ska, rock, and heavy metal.

This Silver Coin Auction features a concentrated selection of U.S. silver coinage, including silver dimes, quarters, half dollars, nickels, and silver dollars, with many coins offered in large groups organized by date and mint. Silver quarters form the largest portion of the sale, with dates from 1932 through 1964 and Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco issues represented. Numerous groups contain approximately 40 or more quarters, including Brilliant Uncirculated examples from the 1950s and 1960s. Silver dimes span the 1910s through 1964, with many lots containing 100 or more coins and several groups of BU 1963 and 1964 dimes. Half dollars include concentrated groups from 1948 through 1958, multiple lots of 1964 BU silver halves, assorted 20th-century examples, and a group of 1965–1970 half dollars cataloged as 40% silver. Earlier silver dollars include dates from 1886, 1887, 1900, 1921, 1922, and 1924, while three large groups of U.S. silver nickels complete the sale.

This Collectors Auction moves from jewelry, watches, Native American jewelry, silver, and fountain pens into Asian antiques, historical material, period furniture, bronzes, Persian rugs, and fine art. The opening selection includes gold and silver jewelry including Native American and Southwestern pieces, watches by Jaeger-LeCoultre, Omega, and IWC Schaffhausen, antique silver, and fountain pens by S.T. Dupont, Montblanc, Pilot, and Waterman. Asian offerings include Japanese ceramics, lacquerware, tetsubin, bronze and silver objects, 19th-century samurai armor, and woodblock prints by Hiroshige II and Kiyoshi Saito. Chinese material includes jade and hardstone objects, snuff bottles, furniture, paintings, decorative objects, and a Famille Verte porcelain brush pot. Historical material includes a James Monroe autograph, Theodore Roosevelt autographed book, Armenian manuscript pages, early American newspapers, Civil War items, patent models, and an Imperial Russian kindjal dagger. The sale continues with a Baker Milling Road writing desk, other period furniture, bronze sculpture, and Persian Tabriz, Farahan Sarouk, Kashan, and Bidjar rugs. Fine art concludes the sale with paintings, prints, photography, and works on paper by Walter Emerson Baum, Robert Spencer, Giovanni and Antonio Martino, Bernard Badura, Benton Spruance, Ranulph Bye, Stow Wengenroth, Humbert Howard, Elizabeth Osborne, Christopher G. Willett, Bert Stern, and Colin Campbell Cooper.