Past Auctions

The Furniture Auction features a curated selection of seating, tables, storage furniture, and accent pieces. Seating includes a Windsor comb back armchair, an accent settee with rattan sides, a rush seat settee and armchair, a slatted bench, and a corner chair with matching stool. Tables and stands include a painted accent table, bamboo folding chairs with plant stand, a Victorian washstand, a pair of ottomans with accent table, and a Woodard “Chantilly Rose” wrought iron coffee table. Storage offerings include a painted blanket chest by Kathy Grabill, a pie safe cabinet, a genre decorated file cabinet, and a Lane cedar chest. Additional entries include a Globe-Wernicke barrister bookcase and wrought iron patio furniture for outdoor use. Together, the catalog offers a compact furniture sale centered on seating, storage, and decorative accent pieces.

The Home & Décor Auction presents a broad selection of artwork, ceramics, pottery, Fenton glassware, decorative objects, historical memorabilia including the New York World's Fair, and interior accents sourced from multiple collections. The sale includes framed wall décor such as 19th-century documents, official certificates, and portrait miniatures. These pieces provide options for wall display and reflect varying periods and formats. There are offerings to add to anyone's collection. This includes Coca-Cola memorabilia, vintage license plates from 1912 through the 1940s, barometers, clocks, vintage radios, toys, Fiesta Ware, match books, beer collectibles and more.

The Jewelry Auction features a wide range of gold, silver, diamond, gemstone, and estate jewelry, offering strong variety across rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants, and mixed groupings. The catalog includes numerous 14k and 10k gold rings set with diamonds, opal, nephrite, and other gemstones, along with engraved and initialed designs, Masonic rings, and class rings. Earrings include 14k gold diamond earrings, opal earrings, and mixed gold earring sets. Pendant and brooch selections include a 14k white gold cameo pin/pendant, decorative gold pins, and multi-stone designs. Necklaces and chains range from 18k gold chains to sterling and gold-filled chains, along with pendant-accompanied lots. Bracelets appear in gold, gold-filled, and sterling forms. Sterling silver items include rings, bracelets, and assorted jewelry lots, while costume jewelry entries include contemporary and vintage styles, Swarovski pieces, gold-plated jewelry, and ceramic-accented designs. A selection of watches appears throughout the auction, including gold-filled and fashion watches. With gold, sterling silver, gemstone jewelry, and varied estate groupings, the auction offers attractive options for collectors, resellers, and buyers searching for both fine and everyday wearable jewelry.

Alderfer Auction's December Discovery Art sale presents paintings, prints, and sculpture spanning multiple centuries and styles. Notable prints include three Salvador Dali lithographs—"Bullfight," "Dream," and "Joan of Arc"—alongside works by Guillermo Silva and Michel Delacroix. Wolfgang Roth contributes multiple circus-themed screen prints from 1973. Regional American artists dominate the paintings with Florence Prince Ewing's Hawaiian and maritime scenes, Melville F. Stark's coastal works, and R. Woolston Rapp's landscape pairs featuring mills and covered bridges. Contemporary art includes substantial groupings from Louis Tavelli's modernist series and Alfonso Caliendo's Pop Art-influenced works. Raymond Rocklin sculpture spans clay, mixed media, and metal pieces in brutalist and surrealist styles. Decorative landscape prints by Peter Keating, Dan Campanelli, and Peter Sculthorpe appeal to Americana collectors. French Art Nouveau advertising posters by Jules Cheret and Asian works including Japanese woodblocks add international variety. This diverse sale offers accessible collecting across multiple price points and artistic interests.

The Vintage Toys & Games Auction offers a curated collection of classic board games, card games, puzzles, and early printed tabletop entertainment from the Victorian to the Mid-Century eras. The catalog includes titles such as The Game of Naval War, The Game of Pouch Ball, vintage Parker Brothers games, and Monopoly with assorted board games, representing over one hundred years of American game history. Card and quiz games form a large portion of the sale, including Victorian card games, military-themed decks, Old Maid card games, and literature-based card sets. Vintage quiz games appear throughout the catalog, offering a wide range of mid-century trivia and educational formats. Puzzle lots include classic Domino & puzzle games, aviation games, and broader puzzles and games groupings, providing collectors with a mix of boxed activity sets and combination game assortments. One uncommon entry, the Degen & Estes Soldier, Sailor, Tinker, Tailor Game, adds an early mechanical-style format to the auction. The sale also features mixed lots that combine games, puzzles, and books, appealing to those looking for vintage printed graphics and family entertainment in bundled collections. Together, the auction provides an accessible and nostalgic look at classic American tabletop games.

The Fine Arts Auction showcases an exceptional mix of jewelry, silver, watches, fine art, tall case clocks, Scotch, and autographs. Jewelry highlights include 14k and 18k gold bracelets, tanzanite and diamond-set pieces, and a standout Van Cleef & Arpels emerald, ruby, and diamond brooch, paired with designer offerings such as an 18k woven-link bracelet by John Hardy. Silver features prominently with the Dominick & Haff / Gorham sterling tea service, supported by a wide selection of pieces including Wallace “Campania” sterling flatware, Welsch 900 silver chargers, a Bailey Banks & Biddle tray, a Georg Jensen bar set, a Georgian sterling epergne, Gorham vases, and multiple American and European sterling services. The watch category offers depth and variety with a 14k gold ladies’ Rolex, Rolex Oyster Athlete, and classic Rolex Oyster Perpetual models, alongside an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph. Breitling is strongly represented with multiple models, including the Emergency, Emergency Mission, B-1, Chronomat, Aerospace, Jupiter Pilot, Old Navitimer, Bentley Motors, and “Top Gun” Navitimer. Additional highlights include a Cartier Santos Galbée and two Eska 18k gold cloisonné dial automatics. The Scotch offerings include the Macallan 25 Year Anniversary Malt, supported by selections from Pride of Islay, Strathisla, Royal Lochnagar, Bowmore, and Cadenhead’s Authentic Collection. Tall case clocks stand out with examples by Peter Stretch, Thomas Stretch, and David Rittenhouse, representing important names in early American clockmaking and Philadelphia longcase traditions. Other clock offerings include David Wood and David Studley shelf clocks, and bracket clocks by Tiffany and Co. and James McCabe. Fine art offerings include works by Alfred Nunamaker, Maude Drein Bryant, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, George William Sotter, Walter Emerson Baum, and Charles William Ward, spanning landscapes, portraiture, and impressionist subjects. Autographs include pieces signed by James Monroe, Henry Knox, Amelia Earhart, and Nikola Tesla, adding historically significant material to the sale.