Alderfer Auction in Hatfield, Pa., showcased its Fine and Decorative Arts, Collectors and Firearm Auctions during a three-auction event held Dec. 11 through 17, all total hitting a record-breaking $1 million mark. The Fine and Decorative Arts Auction featured a historic Revolutionary War letter about the Battle of Germantown; diamond, gold and platinum jewelry and many timepieces including Patek Philippe pocket and wrist watches; art glass; silver; Asian arts; a Tiffany Studio Acorn lamp; fine art works from the estates of Wayne Forbes, Joseph Greenberg, Ben Marcune and others; bronze sculptures and Persian carpets. This sale started by selling a 14-carat gold solitaire ring featuring a 3.19-carat brilliant cut diamond for $25,740. The Joseph Greenberg gilt with undertone and gesso scrolled frame mirror struck a fancy at $3,100. Local and international artists gleamed, starting with two prolific Irish artists. The first, Jack Butler Yeats oil-on-board painting, Sea and Lake, relished a $49,725 realized price. Paul Henrys painting, titled Lough Derg, sold for a strong $45,750. As Irish bidders were on the phone and online, the art gallery that sold the piece in the 1980s, Oriel Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, won the bid, and will be bringing the painting back home. Alderfer Auction broke one of its own records when a Jean Halter winterscape painting realized $26,325. Alderfers held the record at $20,700 set in 2006. A Bucks County collector and real estate developer who was enamored by the workings of Halter, called by some the Grandma Moses of New Hope, purchased the piece. Many appreciate Hatlers early renditions of life in New Hope along the Delaware River in Bucks County, the home of art. Fine curations from the Collectors Auction included a work by the artist John Hultberg, titled Outerspace, that sold for $7,930. An oil-on-Masonite painting, Streamside by Evelyn Faherty, brought $5,850. A blue decorated stoneware pitcher sold for $2,223. A pair of Percival Lafer Brazilian rosewood lounge chairs sold for $2,440, and a unique Chinese Art Deco rug sold for $1,952. The Firearms Auction was the final puzzle piece to the three sales. Side-by-side shotguns, taking all three of the top selling spots, shone the brightest on Dec. 17. The first one was a Winchester Model 21 shotgun that sold for $5,265. It was closely followed by another of the exact same make and model, which sold for $4,680. Rounding out the trinity was a LC Smith Skeet Special shotgun realizing $4,095. Alderfer Auction services Montgomery, Bucks, Berks and Chester counties, as well as the Tri-State area. For more information, call call 215-393-3000 or visit www.alderferauction.com.