Hess Auction Group will be holding a two-day auction on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5 and 6. The sale will include over 1,100 lots from multiple consignors. There is something for everyone. Day one will feature items from the final personal collection of the late Emma Tex Johnson of Berks County, Pa. Tex was a longtime antiques dealer with over 50 years in the business. Her career began in the fashion industry as a designer and a buyer. Her antiques career began after her husband took her to an antiques show in Delaware in the 1960s, after which she opened a stand at the Black Angus Antique Mall in Adamstown, Pa., until it was destroyed by fire. In 1972, she opened a store just down the road by the town itself in Adamstown, Tex Johnson Antiques, which remained open until the building was sold in 2020. However, she continued to do shows, with her last one (her swan song in her words) taking place when she was 102 years old. Tex loved needlework and the antique needlework tools, of which there are many included in this sale. This led to her participation in the Berks Co. Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America and her traveling to England many times for this study. She was also a founding member of the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County. And she traveled throughout the Northeast, Maryland and Virginia with friends antiquing. Tex came by her nickname when her family moved to Texas when she was young. She married William (Billy) Johnson, and they enjoyed 78 years of marriage until his passing. They had one son, Kristofor (wife Janine), three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Tex Johnsons lots are 1 to 282 and 386 to 430. The remainder of the session on day one will include some very rare books, many collected by George H. Loucks of York County, folio hand-colored plates, early leatherbound series, and more. Also sold will be oriental rugs and a wide variety of furniture. Day two will include contemporary folk art such as Breininger pottery and Strawser carvings, antique stoneware and redware, woodenwares, holiday, toys, and still banks. Two vintage Schwinn Stingray bicycles, baskets, skaters and tubular lanterns, and Hamilton mens wristwatches are also in this session. Artwork will include artists such as Earl Poole, E.S. Reeser, Randy Rowe, F.D. Devlan, and others. Prints, engravings, fraktur, glass, china, metalwares, quilts and Native American textiles will round out the offerings. The auction will be held at the Conestoga Auction Gallery, 768 Graystone Road, Manheim, Pa. Both days will begin at 9 a.m. A preview will be held on Thursday, Dec. 4. For more information, call 717-898-7284.