Auction Details
Ken Farmer Auctions and Appraisal is proud to present the large estate auction of Ralph and Dorothy Poole of Bristol, Virginia, Items from a Southern Museum and select consignors. Featured in this two day auction are clocks, china, porcelain, silver, silver plate, glass, crystal, furniture, American Indian items, paintings, silhouettes, carpets, quilts, dolls and doll accessories. <BR>
<P>Starting on Saturday, June 1, 2002 at 10 a.m. (Eastern) - Clocks: Rare Terryville candlestick, Seth Thomas pillar and scroll, several calendars –Ithaca, B.B. Lewis, Eastman banjo, several Empire period clocks, 2 grandfather clocks, Ansonia – several porcelain cased, rare corner clock, etc. Victoriana: Steinway square grand piano, golden oak curved chinas, rare curved sideboard, bookcase with leaded glass, marble top tables, cut glass punch bowl, large Meissen compote, mantle lusters, beautiful French porcelain china service, pair large Sevres urns, Rosewood Victorian cylinder front secretary, palace size oriental carpet, antique Heriz carpet, postcards, paper advertising, photographs, sterling, Western New York landscape with the Erie Canal, Roseweed Cheval mirror, Eliot Clark oil on canvas, portrait of Patrick Henry Aylett with Richmond, Virginia label, paintings by Henry Ward Ranger and George Fuller. Americana: Silhouette collection, historic blue, brass and pewter, hogscraper candlesticks, leather bound books, rare Chandler Edgefield crock, 1908 Rookwood vase, snuff boxes, coin silver, sterling, English sideboard, banister back chairs, Welsh dresser, knife box, wall boxes, tea caddies, double sided music stand. Quilts: Thirteen c. 1900 quilts descended in a Davisville, West Virginia family, over ten Amish quilts from a North Carolina Collector.
<P>On Sunday, June 2, 2002 at 1 pm.(Eastern Time) - Over 300 dolls – Simon & Halbig, Derheim 21”, Kestner – 30”, SFBJ, Heinrick Handwerk, Gen. MacArthur, Krauss, Heubach, Lenci, Steiner, A.M., Hamburger, Alt, Beck & Gottschalk, Dressel, Madam Alexander, Herbock Koppelsdorf, Shirley Temple, Trays of bisque babies, half dolls, doll clothes, doll parts, some great Victorian period miniature and doll furniture. Toys – windup Popeye, Stieff teddy bear, doll stoves, Marx Sunnyside service station, Schoenhut piano, Trinity Chimes, child’s Singer in the box, Charleston Trio, Galloping Greyhounds pull toy- in box, Christmas collectibles, Maxfield Parrish soldier, doll books and more.