The Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Summer Americana and Variety Auction contains a true diversity of material and will include everything from rare Civil War material and vintage concert posters to country furniture and silver coins. The large auction will take place Friday and Saturday, Aug. 24 and 25, with absentee, phone, internet, and in-house bidding available.
Friday’s session, beginning at 9:30 a.m., should start the weekend off with a bang and features the 50-plus-year collection of the late Joan M. Wentz, Germansville, Pa., highlighted by American folk and decorative art, including weathervanes, portraits, powder horns, toleware, holiday material (including Christmas and Easter items, ornaments, candy containers, and toys), lighting (including over 130 miniature lamps), glass (including examples by Daum Nancy, Galle, and Stueben, as well as barber bottles, early blown and pressed forms, and EAPG), early ceramics (including children’s articles, spatterware, Gaudy Dutch, Delft, transferware, majolica, and an excellent group of Rabbitware), stoneware, textiles (including samplers, quilts, sewing tools, and accessories), plus more.
Saturday’s session, also beginning at 9:30 a.m., should prove to be equally exciting and features property from the collection of Ellen B. O’Brien, Sarasota, Fla.; the Al Warr collection, Easton, Pa.; the collection of the late William Becker, Bridgewater, Va.; the estate of Mrs. Lee Cochran, Staunton, Va.; the collection of Maxine and the late Grymes Heneberger, Harrisonburg, Va.; the collection of Lucy and Col. Richard Collie (Ret.), Fairfax Station, Va.; as well as property deaccessioned by Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Va., to benefit the collections fund, and property deaccessioned from the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, Pennsburg, Pa., to benefit the acquisitions fund. Day two’s various offerings will consist of a selection of country furniture and accessories, folk art, toys, clocks, vintage and antique posters, country store and advertising, Civil War and other historical material, ceramics and glass, Native American material, comic books, a collection of Mettlach steins, coins and currency, Victorian furniture and lighting, music boxes, plus more.
The complete catalogue for both days will be posted by Wednesday, Aug. 15, on the firm’s website and will be available for absentee and live bidding through the new Jeffrey S. Evans LIVE platform, as well as Live Auctioneers and Invaluable. All lots are on public preview at the firm’s gallery, located at 2177 Green Valley Lane, Mt. Crawford, Va. Call 540-434-3939 for preview times or additional information.