Past Auctions

This auction presents signed sports memorabilia and related collectibles from professional baseball, football, and hockey. Over 150 autographed baseballs are included, featuring Mickey Mantle, Sandy Koufax, Aaron Judge, and others. Bats include Louisville Sluggers and Big Stick models signed by Mariano Rivera and Francisco Cervelli. Helmets signed by Mets, Yankees, and Giants players are also offered. Trading cards include a 1962 Mickey Mantle card and signed Hall of Fame post cards. Photographs signed by Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, and Henrik Lundqvist are included. Other categories feature multi-signed plaques, team caps, and a 38-piece Yankees pin collection. Tickets include Yankees playoff games and Super Bowl XXV. Additional memorabilia includes autographed stadium seats, a Derek Jeter statue, and a Salvino figure. 

This auction showcases both modern farm equipment and antique engines and washing machines. Featured farm machinery includes a 2013 John Deere 5300 Tractor (886.2 hours), a 2017 John Deere 4100 with mower deck (349 hours), and a Deutz-Allis 5220 with custom snowblade. Also available: a Thomas T15s Mini Excavator (1721 hours) and John Deere MX6 Rotary Cutter. The auction's centerpiece is its Maytag collection, featuring a Model 72 experimental twin-cylinder engine (one of only 100 manufactured) and a vintage wringer washing machine with Fruit Jar gas engine. The Model 56 miniature apartment-sized washer from 1921 (one of 212 made) maintains its original finish and hand-crank mechanism. Additional items include Maytag engines and washing machines, advertising memorabilia, a 1½ HP upright gas engine, a Bessemer engine, and farm implements like a NorTrac 3-point snowblower for 16-35 HP tractors.

Auction highlights include a selection of cameos, an 18k yellow gold micro mosaic pin with earrings, Chinese Kingfisher feather jewelry, gold rings, a 1.5 carat platinum diamond and emerald ring, and vintage gemstone pieces. Decorative arts include a Japanese cloisonné vase by Namikawa Yasuyuki from the Meiji–Taisho period, a celadon-glazed Cong-form vase, a Chinese rose quartz Pixiu, and a copper horse weathervane. Additional decoratives include Chinese Canton and Nanking porcelain, snuff bottles, oyster plates, and Satsuma. The sale also features select furniture to include Charles Limbert and Stickley Bros. rockers and a reclaimed jailhouse door coffee table. Novelty items to include a Maytag Toy Racer; SN: 670 with Maytag Multi-Motor hit & miss engine, a Trek Commemorative Bicycle, a Wurlitzer “One More Time” 1015 Bubble Jukebox, and a collection of Franklin Mint sterling silver collectibles. Artists represented include Ernest De Nagy, Antoine Blanchard, Henry Martin Gasser, Benton Murdoch Spruance, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Yarnall Abbott, Hayley Lever, Moses Soyer, Walter Emerson Baum, Christopher Willett, Bill Bell, and an original Woodstock poster.

This exciting vehicle auction will feature a 2021 Winnebago RV, 1975 Mercedes,  2017 Mazda Miata Launch Edition Convertible, 2003 Dodge Pickup truck, 2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 2012 BMW X5, 2023 Pace American Trailer, 1999 Load-Rite Trailer, brand new scooters and a 1982 Ford F-150 Pickup. Have a vehicle to sell? We are inviting consignments for upcoming auctions: Antique Cars, Classic Cars, Collectible Cars, Everyday Cars and Trucks, Exotic Cars, Sports Cars, and Luxury Cars. From Classic to Contemporary, Alderfer Auction can assist in marketing your vehicles. Alderfer Auction has a unique market of collectors and clients who choose to purchase through the auction method of marketing. The method brings buyers and sellers together to establish a fair and current market value of an automobile. Alderfer’s ability to showcase your vehicle through a national advertising campaign gives you the confidence that the highest price will be achieved. If you have a motor vehicle that you would like to sell, please contact us today for a free valuation.

This April auction features a carefully curated selection of vintage fashion, fine art, and collectibles spanning multiple eras. Highlights include 1950s wool knit dresses with original detailing, silk jackets with intricate beadwork, and museum-quality pieces from the Philadelphia Museum of Art Boutique. The tableware collection showcases Georges Briard for Jaxton pieces with teak handles, Royal Worcester china from the Aesthetic Movement, and sterling silver items with clear glass accents. Art collectors will find abstract mixed media sculptures by A.G. Cap (1928-1998) alongside 19th-century autographs from cultural figures.

Don't miss this unique auction featuring a diverse array of quality firearm accessories. Secure precision aiming with a Trijicon ACOG paired with an RMR, or scan the horizon with a pristine Swarovski spotting scope and tripod. For the history enthusiast, we offer a vintage pair of Leslie Henry Texas cap guns with rig, a detailed scale model 12lb Napoleon cannon, and exquisite Franklin Mint Civil War series collector's knives. Also offered are an assortment of reloading equipment, powders and supplies. Ammunition lots include a wide variety of calibers and types, ranging from common rifle and pistol rounds to vintage and military surplus. Notable quantities include significant amounts of .22LR, .223 Remington, 7.62x39mm, .308 Winchester, and 12-gauge shotshells in various configurations like buckshot and slugs. There's also a substantial assortment of pistol ammunition, including 9mm, .45 Auto, and .380 Auto. Additionally, the collection features less common calibers like .17 HMR, .270 Winchester, .300 Winchester Magnum, and various vintage cartridges, along with linked .30-06 and .50 BMG rounds, and assorted brass and reloading components. Military highlights include knives, bayonets, swords, flare pistols, uniforms and much more.

Alderfer Auction presents another impressive selection of collectible, military, sporting and antique firearms from around the world. Highlights include large selection of high grade shotguns by makers such as Parker, Winchester, Hatfield Uplander, Gebr. Merkel, AYA Aguirre & Aranzabel, Browning, V. Bernardelli/Stoeger and much more. Also offered will be high grade rifles by Blaser, Merkel, Remington. Pistols and Revolvers will include Para Ordnance/Wilson Combat 1911 Semi Automatic, as well as Colts, Rugers, Sig Sauers, Smith and Wessons to name a few. Don't forget our 7PM sale on this day featuring Firearm Accessories, Ammunition and Military.

The furniture auction includes a variety of styles including a pair of butler tray tables with removable tops, an oak washstand with a carved backsplash and glass pulls, and a Japanese tansu chest with metal hardware. A bar cart with marquetry top and a Chinoiserie flip-top table with faux bamboo base represent decorative table options. An Italian Renaissance armchair with a carved wooden frame and leather seat. This auction also includes many floor coverings and rugs, including a Persian Heriz with geometric medallion and an Oriental rug with floral scrollwork. A Gothic-style wall mirror with pointed arch design and folding privacy screens,

This auction includes U.S. coins and currency from the 18th through 20th centuries. Offerings include U.S. Mint Sets and Silver Mint Sets from the 1950s to 2000s, American Eagle silver and gold bullion coins, and Liberty Head and St. Gaudens gold coins in various denominations. Silver coinage includes Morgan and Peace Dollars, Bust Halves, Seated Liberty Halves, and 90% silver coins offered by face value. Type coins include Half Cents, Large Cents, Indian and Lincoln Wheat Cents, Shield and Liberty Nickels, Buffalo Nickels, and Half Dimes. Colonial copper coins include Connecticut and New Jersey varieties. Additional lots include Civil War tokens, elongated coins, obsolete U.S. paper currency, foreign currency, and silver bullion rounds and bars. Certified coins from NGC, PCGS, and ANACS are present. Some items are noted for condition or alteration. Coin supplies and bulk assortments complete the offering.