Catalogued Antique Auction-Session One 2012-09-28 Auction - 367 Price Results - Horst Auction Center in PA
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Revolutionary war era British officer’s gorget2 18th century trade axesUnited States infantry officer’s sword & scabbard
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Ephrata, PA, United States
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Catalogued Antique Auction-Session One

Friday Session - The collection of Anthony L. Tafel - Mr. Tafel is the author of "Everyday Artifacts: America 1750-1850." This auction will feature a majority of the items photographed and described in his book. The collection emphasizes artifacts of early American everyday life that were useful for surveying land, building log homes, farming the land, traveling, blacksmithing, and cabinetmaking. The session also includes a collection of tin and cast iron toys and banks. Saturday Session - The collections of Elsie Roth & others - Auction to include Period & Paint Decorated Furniture; Oriental Rugs; Disc Music Boxes; Artwork; Folk Art Oil Portraits; Miniature Portraits; Lighting Devices; Quilts; Coverlets; Decorated Hand Towels; Lehnware Seed Chest & Two Turnings; Simmons Cane; Weathervanes; Carved Birds; Duck & Owl Decoys; Cobalt Decorated Stoneware; Pewter; Butter Prints; Baskets; Early China & Glassware
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3 18th century documents: ca. 1740-80; handwritten letter pertaining to colonization of Bull River Area, Maryland; (2) Penn signed survey authorizations; 1740 by Thos Penn to Thomas Allison in Delaware Co., PA; 1765 by John
0001: 3 18th century documentsEst. $75-$150
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8 frontiersman tools: ca. 1710-1800; bill hook/hatchet initialed J.D. with hickory handle; (2) non-handled hand wrought belt hatches (1 with note dug near Salem, Mass.); (4) hand wrought flint strikes; hanging four wick
0002: 8 frontiersman toolsEst. $75-$100
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3 pcs. men’s apparel: ca. 1790-1830; beaver felt broad brim hat, 16” brim; 18th century slide type eye glasses; men’s leather wallet inscribed Abraham Brubacher, Rapho. Twp., Lancaster Co.;
0003: 3 pcs. men’s apparelEst. $50-$75
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4 gentleman’s accessories: ca. 1750-1800; rare horn crafted tobacco snuff box, 3”; fine burl wood flip lid snuff box, 2 ½”; 2 small folding pen knives for cutting quill pens, 1 home crafted with wooden handle and 1 with
0004: 4 gentleman’s accessoriesEst. $50-$75
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18th century quality of life items: ca. 1675-1780; 1675 and 1692 London Gazettes; 3 pair of English man’s shoe buckles; display of 22 pewter & brass buttons;
0005: 18th century quality of life itemsEst. $75-$150
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3 hunting related primitives: ca. 1790-1880; powder horn with carved tip and walnut turned plug, 11 ½”; hand wrought hunter’s prey hook with sling, 7”x 4”; wooden home crafted turkey call, 8 ½”;
0006: 3 hunting related primitivesEst. $150-$300
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2 wooden gun powder casks: ca. 1800-50; willow banded keg retaining original paper label from Hazard Powder Co. (Hazardville, CT), 13”; small coopered oak pail style cask with wrought iron bands and wire handle, 5”;
0007: 2 wooden gun powder casksEst. $75-$150
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3 hand wrought tools: ca. 1700s; 2 hand wrought tomahawk style trade axes, 1 impressed with floral surround “E”, other with hand scrolled “S”; ring topped wedge with tool stamping marked S.S.;
0008: 3 hand wrought toolsEst. $75-$100
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2 wooden primitives: ca. 1800-1880; oak banded canteen/field cask with pewter tap, 9 ½”x 7 ½”; mortise and tenon constructed carpenter’s framing square with shaped rail, 18”x 17”;
0009: 2 wooden primitivesEst. $75-$100
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Hand wrought hunter’s leg trap: ca. 1832; wolf type leg trap with 6” broad closer and hand wrought chain;
0010: Hand wrought hunter’s leg trapEst. $100-$200
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Display of 6 folding hunter’s knives: ca. 1750-1900; 5 horn handled and 1 with turned wood handle, 3 ½”-6” folded;
0011: Display of 6 folding hunter’s knivesEst. $50-$75
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4 assorted tools & primitives: ca. 1730-1800; 18th century belt hatchet found in Lancaster Co.; 2 hand wrought belt hangers, 1 with brass tip, 1 with spring clasp; flint striker with original leather cover and star shaped button;
0012: 4 assorted tools & primitivesEst. $75-$200
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8 hunter related accessories: ca. 1790-1900; 11” stag handle belt knife; hand wrought lead ladle and pistol rod cleaner; 3 bullet molds with 2 being hand wrought; paper load/wad; leather shot bag;
0013: 8 hunter related accessoriesEst. $75-$150
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Bone handled dagger type side knife: ca. 1740-1820; 1’ dagger shaped short sword/side knife with shielded and bone mounted handle, 17 ½”;
0015: Bone handled dagger type side knifeEst. $150-$300
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8 assorted hand wrought primitives: ca. 1700s; 4 flint strikers, 2”-4”; 3 horse shoes; ring style horse bit with link chain, 8”;
0016: 8 assorted hand wrought primitivesEst. $50-$75
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2 18th century trade axes: ca. 1740-60; early form with round eye and marked V.I., 6 ½” blade; Daisy stamped combination axe with square poll;
0017: 2 18th century trade axesEst. $75-$100
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3 hand wrought axes: ca. 1730-60; felling axe relic found at John Aldon House (Plymouth, Mass.) mounted on maple display board; transitional form relic felling/trade axe with heart stamp; early Kent Fantail style felling
0018: 3 hand wrought axesEst. $75-$200
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2 hand wrought axes: ca. 1760-1820; M. Sieger felling axe with original hickory handle; unusual form broad blocking/squaring axe with wide double beard and original handle, 13 ½” edge;
0019: 2 hand wrought axesEst. $75-$150
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3 hand wrought edge tools: ca. 1730-1800; colonial period splitting axe with round eye in heavy construction, 9 ½” broad; 2 ring topped splitting wedges with tool work decoration, 11 ½” & 13”;
0020: 3 hand wrought edge toolsEst. $50-$75
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3 surveyor’s tools: ca. 1800; walnut octagon cased 2 arm spotting scope; surveyor’s gunter’s chain; early primitive scope tripod with hand wrought hardware;
0021: 3 surveyor’s toolsEst. $75-$150
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Lot of early American relics: ca. 1750-1909; wrought iron diamond tipped ember tongs; display of 24 clay pipes; 2 brass tobacco tampers; 10 U.S. type coins (1 cent & 2 cent pieces);
0022: Lot of early American relicsEst. $50-$75
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5 assorted measuring devices: ca. 1810-1900; hickory steam boat string winder with bird cage winder; home crafted walnut divider/compass; brass and walnut double bevel gauge; iron doughnut plumb bob; J. Aston two fold 2’ rule
0023: 5 assorted measuring devicesEst. $40-$75
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2 hand wrought measuring devices: ca. 1810-50; framing square marked I. Brumbach 1813 with calibrations, 12”x 24”; wheel wright’s wheel traveler with single brace form, 8 ½”d;
0024: 2 hand wrought measuring devicesEst. $75-$150
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