Alderfer Auction

Our Vintage Ladies’ Accessories Auction features hand mirrors, compacts, perfume bottles, brooches, handbags, and decorative accessories. Highlights include a Russian Imperial Silver Compact, and multiple Limoges porcelain purse mirrors with floral and figural designs. Other examples include Italian mosaic mirrors, Mexican sterling purse mirrors, and Art Nouveau gilt and enamel designs. Perfume and cosmetic entries include Czechoslovakian porcelain perfume bottles, a Bourjois Evening in Paris cobalt bottle, Atomette travel perfume bottles, thimble case and vintage lipstick pendants. Compacts include Evans and Ernest Steiner examples, Karess Woodworth Art Nouveau designs, and Art Deco enamel pieces. Accessories include Guilloche brooches, porcelain brooches, cameo pendants, and lithograph portrait pins. Handbags and purses range from Edwardian seed bead purses and French tapestry handbags to velvet clutches, Italian coin purses, and chain-link bags with enamel decoration. Victorian hand fans and lace fans with painted or printed motifs add further variety. This catalog spans Victorian through mid-20th century styles across mirrors, jewelry accessories, handbags, and perfume items.

The Home and Decor Auction is anchored by historic clothing and textiles acquired from two different major historical museum deaccessions, complemented by ceramics, decorative arts, toys, holiday décor, and ephemera. Women’s fashion includes 1850s–1890s two-piece outfits, 1920s beaded dresses, 1930s evening gowns, and mid-century wedding gowns, alongside petticoats, hoop skirts, slips, and shawls. Accessories feature hat boxes, handbags, aprons, and vintage shoes, while men’s entries include wool vests, silk and wool neck ties, tuxedos, and hats by Wanamaker, Dobbs, Stetson, and Knox. Children’s and infant lots add embroidered gowns, bonnets, and coats. Household and decorative entries include Johann Haviland porcelain, Pyrex and Fire King glassware, German stoneware, spongeware, brass candlesticks, Chinese lacquered and earthenware garden stools, and stained glass lamps. Collectibles span American Flyer trains, tin and die-cast toys, model airplane engines, and cast iron playthings. Seasonal décor is extensive, with Halloween blow molds, Thanksgiving Don Featherstone pieces, vintage Christmas ornaments, and Easter decorations. Ephemera includes Victorian photo albums, postcards, stereoviews, advertising, political memorabilia, and sports trading cards, while additional highlights range from a Franklin Mint coin collection to bicycles and a Barbetta Sona amplified speaker.

Alderfer Auction's Collectors Day 1 sale features jewelry, sterling silver, furniture, rugs, and an extensive collection of pinball machines, jukeboxes, and coin-operated games. Jewelry includes 14k and 18k gold pieces from makers like Hamilton, Elgin, Bulova, and Lady Elgin, spanning rings, bracelets, watches, and brooches set with diamonds and gemstones. Sterling accessories include Native American squash blossom necklaces, turquoise pieces, and bear claw designs. Franklin Mint sterling collections anchor the silver section with Roberts Birds Medallions, Great Sailing Ships Ingots, and Presidential Commemorative Medals. Gold highlights include the Library of Congress Bimetallic Ten Dollar Proof Coin and World Cup USA 1994 commemoratives, alongside Polish coins, American Silver Eagles, and Royal Canadian Mint pieces. Furniture offerings include an R.J. Horner-style dining suite and Baroque pedestal table, complemented by Persian and Caucasian rugs. The specialized collection features early pinball machines including a 1933 Genco Admiral, extensive jukeboxes from Seeburg, Rock-Ola, and Wurlitzer spanning mid-century models, and arcade games including a 1981 Frogger cabinet. Other novelty items range from a Wayne Gretzky rookie card to carousel horses, vintage vending machines, and airplane propellers. From fine jewelry to vintage gaming machines, this sale offers diverse collecting opportunities across traditional and specialized categories.

Alderfer Auction’s Collectors Day 2 sale offers Asian antiquities, fine and decorative arts, and historic items spanning centuries and cultures. The Japanese collection features Meiji era cloisonne and Satsuma pottery by Namikawa Yasuyuki, Seikozan, Yabu Meizan, and the Naruse Seishi Tohaku-en workshop, along with a bronze elephant by Sano Takachika, and carved okimono. Chinese works include Qing and Republic porcelain, jade carvings, and a large group of snuff bottles. Tibetan thangkas, ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and an Anglo-Indian kutch tankard broaden the Asian offerings. Fine art includes European and American painters such as Rockwell Kent, Melville Stark, Louis Smets, Henry Ward Ranger, and Christopher Willett, spanning landscapes, impressionist works, and modernist compositions. Russian Imperial icons with silver oklads, including panel icons and travel icons, represent 19th century devotional objects. The sale concludes with handbags, porcelain, art glass, French bronzes, stained glass, garden sculpture, and historic documents, maps, and Civil War memorabilia.