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This auction includes a wide selection of antiques, decorative arts, and collectibles. Household items feature a wood and inlaid stone Parcheesi board, a pair of oak swinging doors with stick-and-ball details, and a Victorian Eastlake music stand. A group of copper cookware includes a jug and lidded pot with bail handle. Redware pottery includes Greg Shooner lidded jars with slip and sgraffito decoration, along with additional crocks and puzzle jugs. Stoneware examples include a #2 jug with a metal name tag and crocks with cobalt leaf and border motifs. Carved wooden items include glove forms, loom shuttles, and painted panels. Among the functional antiques are a cast iron and wood singletree, Freeman’s Dairy milk crate, and a group of vintage plant stands with a milk can base. Collectibles include a set of Lionel train cars with original boxes and Plasticville buildings, along with holiday-themed village accessories. A set of Bushnell wide-angle binoculars with original case and paperwork rounds out the group of personal goods. Porcelain offerings include several Lladro figurines and a NAO schoolgirl. Dolls include handmade examples labeled Aunt Susan and Uncle Silas. Printed works include Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls, Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the Poets, and photographic prints by Albert Arthur Allen

The April auction presents a diverse selection of vintage collectibles and toys. Tin toys include a lithographed Idlewild airport control tower with wind-up features, a Japanese Broadway tin trolley, and a green Radar Jeep with tin soldier figures. The Fisher-Price offerings feature a circus play set with red and yellow wagon plus a schoolhouse playset with illustrated walls, clock, and magnetic alphabet letters. Disney collectibles consist of push-puppets, hard plastic nodders, and ceramic figures. Entertainment memorabilia includes Hopalong Cassidy plates and drinkware, Superman peanut butter jars with lids, Wonder Woman club pins, and a Flash Gordon cardboard puzzle. Playskool's Sesame Street items feature a neighborhood playset of 123 Sesame Street and Mr. Hooper's Store with accessories. RCA Nipper collectibles include a tin serving tray and ceramic mugs alongside Sunday Funnies novelty tumblers and a cobalt blue glass Shirley Temple pitcher.

This auction consists of 103 lots featuring vintage toys, mechanical banks, and clocks from the early to mid-20th century. Tin lithograph wind-up toys by Marx, Strauss, Lehmann, and Distler form the largest category, including Marx's Ham & Sam toy, Strauss baggage handlers, and Lehmann clown cars. Cast iron mechanical banks by J & E Stevens are offered, including their Darktown Battery and Always Did 'Spise a Mule banks. Strauss Corporation's Thrifty Tom's wind-up mechanical bank and Chein tin lithograph still banks are included. The clock collection features Lux animated alarm clocks with organ grinder performers, United Electric clocks from 1933, and Amos and Andy character clocks from 1935 and 1942. Disney-licensed Song of the South clocks and advertising clocks from Gold Dust and Dietz & Watson are offered. Other collectibles include Edward Ives clockwork automata from the 19th century, Japanese celluloid and battery-operated toys, Alps guitar-playing monkeys, Modern Toys rocking bears, and a handmade whirligig.

Join us for our next Mid-Century Modern and Design sale featuring mid-century and post-modern creativity from American and Scandinavian designers and artists alike. Furniture highlights include a Murray Gayman credenza in the Manner of Paul Evans, Paul McCobb for Winchendon Planner Group credenza and desk, Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller shell chairs, John Widdicomb chest, Maurice Villency bedroom suite, and a Ferruccio Laviani for Foscarini Orbital Floor Lamp. Decorative offerings consist of a Pablo Picasso Madoura plate, a Russel Wright for Bartlett-Collins Asterisk Barware set, and a Keith Harring signed t-shirt. Artwork by Louis Tavelli, sculptures by Phillip Paul and a sonambient by Val Bertoia.