Past Auctions

This Home and Décor Auction features decorative arts, crystal, porcelain, furniture, art glass, sculpture, and household furnishings from makers including Royal Copenhagen, Lladro, Herend, Lenox, Waterford, Baccarat, Daum, and Hawkes. Highlights include Tiffany-style stained glass dragonfly lamps, signed Daisuke Shintani glass sculptures, Hotsherds Pottery, Chia pottery, Royal Copenhagen and Lladro figures, Herend porcelain, Lenox tableware, Waterford crystal, Baccarat stemware, a Baccarat pitcher and glasses, Daum decanters and teapot, Murano art glass, Hawkes cut glass, Matryoshka nesting dolls, carved stone sculpture, and rose quartz mineral specimens. Additional offerings include furniture, mirrors, lamps, serving pieces, decorative accessories, and household décor. This auction offers a broad selection of crystal, porcelain, decorative arts, studio glass, furnishings, and home décor across a variety of collecting categories.  

This Jewelry Auction features 10k, 14k, and 18k gold jewelry, sterling silver, gemstones, vintage watches, and designer costume jewelry. Gold offerings include rings, necklaces, bracelets, pendants, earrings, cufflinks, charms, chains, watch fobs, and gemstone jewelry set with diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, opals, jade, turquoise, amethysts, pearls, and cameos.Sterling silver includes necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, pendants, cufflinks, and a Pandora bracelet. Watch highlights include an Omega DeVille wristwatch, Movado wristwatch, 14k gold Longines pocket watch, Wittnauer wristwatch, Hamilton pocket watch, and grouped lots containing additional vintage watches, including Seiko.   Costume jewelry features multiple Joan Rivers lots along with necklaces, brooches, bracelets, earrings, pins, and fashion accessories.   Additional offerings include lockets, stick pins, tie bars, tie tacks, scarf clips, belt buckles, jewelry boxes, loose gemstones, and mixed jewelry collections.   This auction offers a wide variety of fine jewelry, vintage watches, sterling silver, gemstones, and collectible costume jewelry.  

This Discovery Art Auction features original paintings, watercolors, mixed media, lithographs, etchings, engravings, and serigraphs by American and international artists. The catalog includes works by Leonid Gechtoff, Morris Atkinson Blackburn, Arthur Safford, Harry Horn, Herbert Pullinger, Judith Shahn, Raphael Soyer, Michael J. Griffin, Harold Hopkinson, Benton Spruance, Jean-Michel Folon, Itzchak Tarkay, Raymond Rocklin, and Jean M. Meisel. Collectors will find landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, marine scenes, abstract works, and figurative compositions, along with signed and numbered prints, framed engravings, watercolors, pastels, and mixed media. Additional artist groupings include Harry Brodsky, Peter Boyle, Ira Moskowitz, Edna (Hibel) Plotkin, Susan Bankey Yoder, and Don Dahike. This auction offers a broad selection of original artwork and signed prints from late nineteenth-century, modern, and contemporary artists.  

This Collectors Auction features fine jewelry, sterling silver, Asian art, fine art, period furniture, hand-knotted Persian rugs, decorative arts, and historical collectibles spanning multiple collecting categories. Fine jewelry includes 14k and 18k gold necklaces, bracelets, rings, brooches, cufflinks, diamond and gemstone jewelry, cultured pearl pieces, Russian Orthodox crosses, Tiffany & Co. jewelry, Chopard accessories, and designer gold and gemstone examples. Sterling silver includes a Gorham "Strasbourg" sterling silver tea and coffee service, Tiffany & Co. sterling, Russian silver, English sterling, continental silver boxes, vanity accessories, serving pieces, and decorative silver objects. Also includes gold and silver bullion coins and commemoratives. The Asian section includes Japanese and Chinese cloisonné, Satsuma, Shibayama, silver, mixed metal, and porcelain works. Featured lots include Yabu Meizan Japanese Satsuma pottery, Kinkozan Satsuma charger, Ogasawara Shuzo ginbari cloisonné, and additional examples by Kumeno Teitaro, Hayashi Kodenji, Ando, Takeuchi Chubei , Yoshihide, Lao Tian Li , Fang Jiu Xia Chinese silver cup set, and additional Japanese cloisonné vases, censers, jars, and commemorative pieces. Fine art includes works by Humbert Howard, Walter Launt Palmer, Benton Spruance, Daniel E. Greene, Marian Parkhurst Sloane, Christopher G. Willett, Carl Dennis Laughlin, David Tinsley, William Bowie, and Scott Woolever, along with additional paintings, prints, and sculpture. Furniture and decorative arts include a bench made tiger maple highboy, a Hungarian Biedermeier secrétaire abattant, a French Zodiac garden center table, painted carousel horses, leaded slag glass lamps, Bohemian Art Nouveau glass, Rosenthal - Versace "Medusa" China, Hermes, Erte, Persian rugs, and other porcelain and art glass. Elevate your home entertainment with the latest luxury stereo components from McIntosh: MC207 Seven Channel Power Amplifier, MX120 A/V Control Center, and an RS200 Wireless Loudspeaker System. The auction continues with a selection of vintage movie posters from films such as Rocky, E.T., Jaws, Star Wars, The Shining and more. This Collectors Auction offers jewelry, sterling silver, Asian works of art, fine art, furniture, and decorative arts from a wide range of artists, makers, and manufacturers.

This Primitives Auction brings together stoneware, redware, folk art, early textiles, treenware, country furniture, and kitchen antiques across a wide range of traditional collecting categories. This Primitives Auction features stoneware, redware, folk art, treenware, textiles, country furniture, and early American farmhouse antiques. The catalog includes salt-glazed stoneware crocks, blue-decorated jugs and pitchers, slipware, signed Turtlecreek Potters redware, yellow ware, Bennington pottery, spongeware, and a Roseville spongeware bowl. Country kitchen items include butter churns, butter molds, cabbage cutters, firkins, treenware, pantry boxes, wooden bowls, rolling pins, graniteware, tinware, and Wagner cast iron cookware. Textile highlights include jacquard coverlets woven by Thomas Marsteller, Philip Maus, Benjamin Hausman, and Henry Oberly, along with a framed sampler and vintage quilt. Additional categories include hand painted folk art, weathervanes, baskets, lanterns, candle molds, primitive furniture, rocking chairs, benches, and farmhouse décor. This auction offers a broad selection of primitive antiques, country furnishings, pottery, and folk art representing traditional American craftsmanship.

This Home and Décor Auction features decorative arts, antiques, furniture, radios, porcelain, crystal, collectibles, and household furnishings from makers including Seth Thomas, Waterford, Coalport, Oneida Community, Fenton, Herend, Dale Tiffany, Royal Copenhagen, Minton, Goebel Hummel, Van Briggle, RCA, Philco, Emerson, Stromberg-Carlson, A.H. Grebe & Co., Telechron, Hubley, Dietz, Embury, and Barry Grosscup. Highlights include a Seth Thomas brass regulator clock, Waterford crystal, Fenton glass, Herend porcelain, Royal Copenhagen figures, Goebel Hummel figurines, Chinese Export porcelain, Canton blue and white tableware, Dale Tiffany art glass, Van Briggle pottery, and Barry Grosscup folk art Noah’s Ark sets. Additional categories include RCA Radiola receivers, Philco and Emerson radios, Telechron clocks, Ken Harris duck decoys, Hubley cast iron toys, vintage quilts, vinyl LP records, philatelic collections, sports memorabilia, military items, antique books, travel ephemera, silverplate, brass accessories, and household décor.

This Coins & Currency Auction features U.S. gold coins, silver dollars, mint and proof sets, early copper and nickel coinage, 90% silver, world silver, bullion, and collectible paper currency. The catalog spans early American coinage through modern issues, with strong representation in gold, silver, type coins, and collector albums. Gold coin offerings include Liberty Head and Indian Head gold pieces in multiple denominations. Silver coinage is heavily represented throughout the catalog. Collector albums and folders include Indian cents, Lincoln Wheat cents, Liberty V-Nickels, Roosevelt dimes, Barber quarters, and complete or near-complete date runs. Mint and proof sets form another major category. Paper currency includes large-size and small-size U.S. notes.

This Nautical Auction features an exceptional selection of maritime instruments, navigation equipment, shipbuilding tools, surveying instruments, antique edge tools, and nautical collectibles spanning the 19th and early 20th centuries. The catalog includes examples by Thomas Hemsley & Son, Spencer & Co., F.W. Lincoln Jr. & Co., Dent & Co., E.S. Ritchie, James Bassnett & Sons, Wm. B. Kerr Co., Morris H. Garland, Wilfrid O. White & Sons Co., Riggs & Brother, Chelsea, and Seth Thomas.

This Home and Décor Auction features furniture, porcelain, collectibles, books, vinyl records, sports memorabilia, and decorative household furnishings. Furniture highlights include a Blaupunkt stereo console with Perpetuum-Ebner turntable, a Basic-Witz mid-century modern dresser and desk, a Lee L. Woodard Sons rocking chair, Drexel Heritage footstools, and a Drexel Chinoiserie console table and chest. Additional offerings include gate-leg tables, drop-leaf tables, blanket chests, display cabinets, and Queen Anne style furniture. Decorative arts include Lladro porcelain figures such as The King and Two Nuns, multiple lots of Goebel Hummel figurines, Hutschenreuther porcelain, and Lenox Vienna pattern serving pieces. Collectibles include baseball trading cards, U.S. historical ephemera, illustrated books, decorative books, and sports-related material. Music collectors will find Duke Ellington records along with additional vinyl record collections and boxed sets. Additional categories include sterling items, copperware, rugs, household décor, and display pieces. This auction offers a strong selection of furniture, collectibles, decorative arts, and household furnishings across multiple collecting categories.

This Jewelry Auction features 10k, 14k, and 18k gold jewelry, gemstone rings, wristwatches, sterling silver, pearls, charms, and costume jewelry across a wide range of categories. Gold highlights include diamond and sapphire rings, pearl rings, engraved gold bracelets, chain necklaces, cufflinks, charm bracelets, gemstone pendants, watch fobs, tie clips, and specialty gold pendants. Pearl jewelry includes necklaces, bracelets, and matching sets with gold clasps. Watch offerings include a 14k gold Wittnauer wristwatch, 14k white gold Benrus wristwatch, Seiko watch with 14k gold band, Chaika wristwatch, Bulova Accutron wristwatch, Howard pocket watch, and grouped lots containing Wittnauer, Omega, Seiko, and additional watches and bands. Sterling silver jewelry includes rings, pins, cufflinks, earrings, charms, chains, and pendants with enamel and decorative detailing. Costume jewelry includes Trifari, Swarovski, and Joan Rivers pieces, along with micromosaic jewelry, rhinestone suites, faux pearls, animal pins, botanical designs, cufflinks, tie tacks, and mixed jewelry assortments. This auction offers a strong selection of fine jewelry, watches, sterling silver, and collectible costume jewelry with broad appeal across multiple collecting categories.

Alderfer Auction's June 24 Discovery Art auction brings together an expansive collection of paintings, prints, and sculptures from a diverse group of artists. The sale features a large estate selection of abstract three-dimensional works in wood, stone, and metal by Raymond Rocklin. Graphic arts are heavily highlighted by the lithographs of Benton Spruance, bold modernist collages by Louis Tavelli, and theatrical mixed media pieces by Wolfgang Roth. Traditional and regional landscapes are well represented by painters such as Christopher G. Willett, George Howell Gay, and Adolf Konrad, alongside finely detailed etchings by Frederick Harer. From mid-century modernism to regional folk art, formal portraits, and classical still lifes, this auction offers an approachable mix of styles and mediums for every collector.

This Single Owner collection features an extensive inventory of Royal Worcester porcelain, Art Glass and more. This sale highlights the history of Royal Worcester fine porcelain. Royal Worcester is one of the oldest remaining porcelain brands still in existence today. This curated collection is a timeline dedicated to this porcelain manufacturer, with items from the late 1700's through the 1970's. There is a wide selection of figures, spill vases, centerpieces, and decoratives from known Royal Worcester artists including James Hadley (1837-1903), Gwendolin Parnell (1878-1957), Doris Lindner (1896-1979) and A. Azori. In addition to Royal Worcester porcelain, one can find sculptural pieces by Meissen, Royal Dux and Imperial Amphora. Also included in this Single Owner sale is a crystal assortment from Baccarat, Waterford, Gorham, Lalique and Swarovski with items spanning from paperweights to vases. In addition to crystal works, there is an incredible selection of art glass from Mosser, Northwood Glass Company, Challinor & Taylor, Sowerby & Co., Degenhart Glass, Fenton, Kosta Boda, Caithness, Val St. Lambert and Orrefors. To add to the beautiful collection of porcelain and glass, there are choice pieces of Russian and Indian black lacquered decorative boxes and Art Deco selections.