Bidspirit auctions | Converse Auctions Auction Jan 5, 2024
Converse Auctions, Jan 5, 2024. 427 lots, estimates 10 - 3000 $.
Converse Auctions - January Estate Sale Jan 5, 2024 @ Noon Rolling Into the New Year Converse begins 2024 with The Alfred G. Gaus, Jr. (1947-2022) Train Collection Alfred G. Gaus, Jr. (1947-2022) was a loyal member of the Electric Railroaders Association (ERA). He was a Northeast Philadelphia resident and worker for the legal department of SEPTA until his retirement. He participated in many of the ERA’s European trips and was also an active member of the East Penn Traction Club. This collection of his vintage trains includes: Varney, Trix, Acho, Kleinbahn, Atheann, Piko, Meccano, Ambroid RMA, Hornby Dublo, Roco HO, Pocher, Fleishmann, Liliput, Marklin, Rivarossi, France. This sale also includes other items from Mr. Gaus’ collection: Slides of trains trolleys & railways 1977 - 1978; books & catalogs; vintage railroad, train & trolley postcards; and Philadelphia streetcar memorabilia. Other Sale Lots: - Antique Hand Written & Illuminated Qur'an - Chinese furniture, porcelain, jade, Scholars Items - African: Masks, Statues, Paintings - Kachina Figures - Porcelain & Crystal - Vintage AV equipment - Sterling & Costume Jewelry - Vintage Designer Shoes, Handbags - Vintage and Modern international Currency & Stamps - First Day Covers & 22k Gold Replicas of US Stamps
Lots in this catalog (427)
- Lot 1: VINTAGE SPANISH REVIVAL DINING TABLE — $100 - $200
- Lot 2: NICHOLS AND STONE CO ROCKING CHAIR — $20 - $40
- Lot 3: SINGER SEWING MACHINE TABLE — $40 - $100
- Lot 4: LANE CEDAR HOPE CHEST — $100 - $200
- Lot 5: ELEGANT 1973 OLD TOWNE CHERRY WOOD DESK WITH BRASS ACCENTS — $200 - $400
- Lot 6: VICTORIAN-STYLE LAMP TABLES, ITALIAN MARBLE TOPS — $100 - $200
- Lot 7: PENDANT LAMP WITH TIFFANY STYLE SHADE — $20 - $40
- Lot 8: LARGE COPPER ROOSTER WEATHERVANE — $100 - $200
- Lot 9: LARGE WOODEN DECORATIVE CAROUSEL STYLE HORSE — $100 - $200
- Lot 10: HAND PRINTED JAMAICAN LINEN DISH TOWEL — $20 - $40
- Lot 11: WHITE BED LINENS — $40 - $80
- Lot 12: LARGE LOT OF LINENS — $40 - $80
- Lot 13: TWO HAND MADE BABY BLANKETS — $20 - $40
- Lot 14: LARGE LOT OF TABLE LINENS — $40 - $80
- Lot 15: VINTAGE LINENS TABLECLOTHS, NAPKINS, HANDKERCHIEFS INCL TAMMIS KEEFE — $40 - $80
- Lot 16: LOT OF TABLE LINENS — $40 - $80
- Lot 17: CAMBRIDGE STAINLESS FLATWARE — $20 - $40
- Lot 18: SOUTHERN & RICHARDSON MOTHER OF PEARL HANDLED UTENSILS — $40 - $80
- Lot 19: NORTHAMPTON CUTLERY & J. RUSSELL MOTHER OF PEARL HANDLED FRUIT KNIVES — $40 - $80
- Lot 20: J. TAYLOR & SON HORS D'OEUVRE FORKS & KNIVES — $40 - $80
- Lot 21: UTENSILS WITH HORN LIKE HANDLES — $40 - $80
- Lot 22: KALMAR DESIGNS ITALIAN STAINLESS STEEL STEAK KNIVES IN BOX — $40 - $80
- Lot 23: TWO CUTTING BOARDS WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS — $20 - $40
- Lot 24: TWO CUTTING BOARDS WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS — $20 - $40
- Lot 25: KRAUTHEIM BAVARIA FRANCONIA SERVICE FOR 10 — $100 - $200
- Lot 26: WM GRINDLEY ENGLAND CHINA — $40 - $80
- Lot 27: QUEENS BY CHURCHILL BLUE WILLOW SERVICE FOR 4 — $100 - $200
- Lot 28: FRANCONIA SUMMER BLOOM CHINA — $40 - $80
- Lot 29: VINTAGE GREEN FLORAL CHINA — $20 - $40
- Lot 30: MINIATURE CHILDS TEA SET MADE IN JAPAN — $20 - $40
- Lot 31: WEDGWOOD DORIC PATTERN CHINA — $40 - $80
- Lot 32: JOHANN HAVILAND BAVARIA BLUE GARLAND CHINA — $100 - $200
- Lot 33: LENOX LACE POINT CHINA SERVICE FOR EIGHT — $100 - $200
- Lot 34: WENTWORTH GOLDEN PINE CHINA — $40 - $80
- Lot 35: 7 BLUE & WHITE CURRIER & IVES SAUCE BOWLS — $40 - $80
- Lot 36: 6 CRATE & BARREL SILVER RIMMED BOWLS — $20 - $40
- Lot 37: 7 VILLROY & BOCH BASKET PATTERN DINNER PLATES — $20 - $40
- Lot 38: RARE ARTS & CRAFTS POTTERY LOTUS BOWLS & MATCHING LILY PAD PLATES — $200 - $400
- Lot 39: ANTIQUE PUNCH & JUDY ENGLISH RED TRANSFERWARE TEA SET — $100 - $200
- Lot 40: DEMITASSE TEA CUPS AND SAUCERS — $20 - $40
- Lot 41: DECORATIVE PORCELAIN COLLECTIBLE LOT — $20 - $40
- Lot 42: MCM DECORATIVE & SERVING LOT — $20 - $40
- Lot 43: EARTHENWARE SERVING LOT BROWN UNIVERSITY STEIN — $20 - $40
- Lot 44: CORELLE CUPS & SAUCERS, ENAMEL PLATES, REAL BRAND CUPS — $20 - $40
- Lot 45: ALFRED STELLMACHER TEPLITZ PITCHER WITH STOPPER — $40 - $80
- Lot 46: MARUTOMOWARE JAPAN MINIATURE COTTAGE TEA SET — $40 - $80
- Lot 47: 2 CROWN DUCAL GAINSBOROUGH RURAL ENGLAND PLATES — $20 - $40
- Lot 48: MINIATURE STRAWBERRY TEA SET MADE IN JAPAN — $20 - $40
- Lot 49: MINIATURE ROSE TEA CUPS & SAUCERS — $20 - $40
- Lot 50: HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN ITEMS — $20 - $40
- Lot 51: THREE SMALL TRIPOD HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN SALT CELLARS — $20 - $40
- Lot 52: IRONSTONE PLATTER, 2 HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN SERVING PIECES — $20 - $40
- Lot 53: FRANKOMA WAGON WHEEL POTTERY CREAMER, SUGAR, SALT & PEPPER — $40 - $80
- Lot 54: 4 JACKS CARROTS BY MAGENTA DISHES — $20 - $40
- Lot 55: BLUE & WHITE ELEPHANT CONDIMENT SET WITH TRAY — $20 - $40
- Lot 56: DEMITASSE TEA CUPS AND SAUCERS — $20 - $40
- Lot 57: TEA CUPS AND SAUCERS WITH DECORATIVE ITEMS — $20 - $40
- Lot 58: AZTEC SUN STONE MAYAN CALENDAR SET OF 2 — $20 - $40
- Lot 59: 2 WEDGWOOD BANKS — $40 - $80
- Lot 60: LLADRO GRES FINISH NUDE WITH ROSE FIGURE 3517 — $100 - $400
- Lot 61: BALD EAGLE STATUE BENEATH HER WINGS ARTIST SIGNED — $100 - $200
- Lot 62: ASSORTMENT OF COLLECTIBLE PORCELAIN FIGURINES GOEBEL, SCHMID — $20 - $40
- Lot 63: ASSORTMENT OF COLLECTIBLE PORCELAIN FIGURINES — $20 - $40
- Lot 64: MCM MINIMALIST CARVED BIRD STATUE — $40 - $80
- Lot 65: 2 CARVED WOODEN GERMAN BOTTLE CORK STOPPERS — $20 - $40
- Lot 66: LEFTON RABBIT & CHICK SALT & PEPPER — $20 - $40
- Lot 67: VINTAGE HI STYLE BY BRIDGE SIAMESE CAT & KITTENS BONE CHINA — $20 - $40
- Lot 68: ASSORTMENT OF HAND MADE WOODEN DUCK DECOYS — $20 - $40
- Lot 69: COLONY 12 PIECE GOLD GLASS SNACK SET IN BOX — $40 - $80
- Lot 70: VINTAGE GLASS & LUSTERWARE LOT — $40 - $80
- Lot 71: CENTRAL GLASS WORKS MARVIN BLUE ETCHED FAIRY GLASSES — $40 - $80
- Lot 72: VINTAGE GREEN GLASS ASHTRAY & PINK DIVIDED DISH — $20 - $40
- Lot 73: GLASS HOUR GLASS WITH BLUE SAND — $40 - $80
- Lot 74: AMERICAN BRILLIANT CUT DISH & RED GLASS VASE — $40 - $80
- Lot 75: GLASS FLORAL ARRANGEMENT BUD VASE — $20 - $40
- Lot 76: WATERFORD CRYSTAL CENTERPIECE BOWL — $100 - $200
- Lot 77: SET OF 2 COBALT BLUE GLASS TANKARD MUGS — $40 - $80
- Lot 78: PAIR ITALIAN CUT GLASS EWER DECANTERS — $100 - $200
- Lot 79: LOT OF CAST IRON & METAL FOLK ART ITEMS TRIVETS, SCONCE — $20 - $40
- Lot 80: COLLECTION OF CAST IRON & METAL HORSE AND BUGGY BANK — $20 - $40
- Lot 81: VINTAGE MINIATURE QUEEN CAST IRON TOY STOVE — $20 - $40
- Lot 82: COPPER & METAL ITEMS — $20 - $40
- Lot 83: SILVERPLATE & GLASS SERVING PIECES, 2 STERLING FORKS GORHAM — $40 - $80
- Lot 84: EARLY ANTIQUE TIN PUSH UP CANDLESTICK W YANKEE CANDLE BRAND CANDLE SNUFFER — $40 - $80
- Lot 85: THREE SMALL BRASS ITEMS — $40 - $80
- Lot 86: F.B. ROGERS SILVERPLATE COVERED CASSEROLE DISH WITH PYREX INSERT — $40 - $80
- Lot 87: MCM BRASS SAILBOAT FIGURE — $40 - $80
- Lot 88: 5 LARGE ROUND HAMMERED ALUMINUM TRAYS — $40 - $80
- Lot 89: TWO FARBERWARE HAMMERED ALUMINUM TRAYS WITH PLATE INSERTS — $40 - $80
- Lot 90: 4 RECTANGULAR HAMMERED ALUMINUM TRAYS — $40 - $80
- Lot 91: STERLING TEA STRAINER — $40 - $80
- Lot 92: KANDINSKY, CHAGALL, MALEVICH PRINTS IN PORTFOLIO — $40 - $80
- Lot 93: 4 FERN BISEL PEAT CHILDRENS PRINTS — $40 - $80
- Lot 94: AFRICAN AMERICAN SAMUEL R. BYRD SIGNED NUMBERED SOUL SERENADE — $100 - $200
- Lot 95: SAD CLOWN WITH TRUMPET — $20 - $40
- Lot 96: S. ALPERT FLOWER IN BUD VASE — $20 - $40
- Lot 97: LARGE CARVED & PAINTED FISH WALL HANGING — $20 - $40
- Lot 98: ROBERT DOISNEAU THE KISS PRINT — $20 - $40
- Lot 99: UNFRAMED ARTWORK & PRINTS BIRDS FLOWERS — $40 - $80
- Lot 100: ELLEN ANDERSON SAN FRANCISCO POSTER — $20 - $40
- Lot 101: SUMMER BOTANICAL PRINT — $40 - $80
- Lot 102: F. SLOCOMBE LANDSCAPE PRINT — $40 - $80
- Lot 103: LOT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTWORK — $40 - $80
- Lot 104: INTERNATIONAL CITY ARTWORK SOME SIGNED — $40 - $80
- Lot 105: PAPYRUS ARTWORK HORUS AND NEFERTARI — $40 - $80
- Lot 106: HEADHOUSE SQUARE PHILADELPHIA SIGNED — $20 - $40
- Lot 107: LOT OF FRAMES AND PHOTOGRAPHY — $20 - $40
- Lot 108: SNOWY SLEIGH RIDE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING — $40 - $80
- Lot 109: BARN ON FARMLAND PAINTING ON CANVAS — $40 - $80
- Lot 110: STREAM AND COUNTRYSIDE PAINTING — $40 - $80
- Lot 111: WHITE CLIFFS AND BEACH DECORATIVE PRINT — $10 - $20
- Lot 112: CHARMING COUNTRYSIDE COTTAGE & GEESE PRINT — $20 - $40
- Lot 113: ICE SKATING ON FROZEN STREAM PRINT — $20 - $40
- Lot 114: ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE FARM COTTAGE — $20 - $40
- Lot 115: ABSTRACT ART SIGNED — $40 - $80
- Lot 116: ROYAL VIKING STAR CHINA CRUISE 87 & MS NORDIC PRINCE — $20 - $40
- Lot 117: THOMAS KINKADE RAINBOW ROW CHARLESTON PRINT — $20 - $40
- Lot 118: 2 VIRGINIA GINN SIGNED PRINTS — $40 - $80
- Lot 119: VISCOUNTESS OF ST ASAPH BY JOHN HOPPNER PRINT — $20 - $40
- Lot 120: CA TA HE CAS SA BLACK HOOF SHAWANOES PORTRAIT — $40 - $80
- Lot 121: STERLING MEXICAN AZTEC CALENDAR PIN PENDANT — $40 - $80
- Lot 122: GOLD TONED JEWELRY — $20 - $40
- Lot 123: ASSEMBLED STERLING GOLD BAKELITE JEWELRY LOT — $40 - $80
- Lot 124: LOT OF CRYSTAL PENDANTS — $20 - $40
- Lot 125: LOT OF CUFF LINKS STERLING, SWANK, PARKER DAVIS — $20 - $40
- Lot 126: VANITY ITEM & JEWELRY BOX LOT — $20 - $40
- Lot 127: LARGE BRUTALIST STYLE STERLING PIN MARKED 925 — $40 - $80
- Lot 128: KENNETH LANE EGYPTIAN REVIVAL NECKLACE AND EARRINGS — $40 - $80
- Lot 129: ANIMAL & INSECT PINS STICK PINS — $20 - $40
- Lot 130: RHINESTONE PINS BROOCHES — $20 - $40
- Lot 131: OPELLE GLASS HEART PENDANT ORNAMENT BY CORNING — $20 - $40
- Lot 132: VINTAGE GOLD FILLED JUMP RINGS WATCH JEWELRY MAKING — $40 - $80
- Lot 133: SMALL WIRE DRESS FORM WITH HERMES RIBBON — $20 - $40
- Lot 134: 12K GOLD FILLED VAN DELL FLOWER PENDANT — $40 - $80
- Lot 135: CHRISTIAN SIRIANO DROP BUTTERFLY EARRINGS — $40 - $80
- Lot 136: VINTAGE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S WATCHES & LIGHTER — $40 - $80
- Lot 137: SEIKO & ORIENT WRIST WATCHES — $40 - $80
- Lot 138: 2 LEATHER FOB WATCHES PHILIP PERSIO & BUCK HUNTER — $20 - $40
- Lot 139: SILK & COTTON SCARVES LINENS & MATERIAL — $40 - $80
- Lot 140: VINTAGE BABY CLOTHING, GLOVES, KNIT BLANKET — $40 - $80
- Lot 141: LOT OF HANDBAGS GUCCI — $100 - $200
- Lot 142: VINTAGE HANDBAGS KORET — $40 - $80
- Lot 143: LOT OF VINTAGE DESIGNER HANDBAGS COLE HAAN, ARTCRAFT, BALLY — $100 - $200
- Lot 144: COLLECTION OF VINTAGE LADIES HATS AND HAT PINS — $40 - $80
- Lot 145: TWO HANDBAGS PURSES DOONEY & BOURKE, FOSSIL — $20 - $40
- Lot 146: 4 PURSES, HANDBAGS, CLUTCHES THE SAK — $20 - $40
- Lot 147: GERMAN SILVER MESH PURSE — $40 - $80
- Lot 148: CARVED & PIERCED HAND PAINTED BONE HANDLED FAN — $40 - $80
- Lot 149: MOTHER OF PEARL HANDLED VANITY TOOLS — $40 - $80
- Lot 150: 2 JAMES THOMAS ART PIECES DATED 1997 — $20 - $40