2012 will mark the sixth year of this
exciting and successful event.
As in the past, a small
crowd of highly qualified buyers will be assembled in our gallery hallway for the 10:00 AM Friday opening. Some are
locals, others from across the country, but all are here to attend the weekend events highlighted by The
Philadelphia Antiques Show.We are delighted that they have put our sale on their agenda.
What's so special about "The Collectors Sale"?
Many of our buyers are repeat visitors who know they will see and perhaps purchase the better
examples of American antique furniture and antique needlework. Most of what they will be offered is fresh to
the market and many are wonderful consignments from private collections. There is always something rare or
unique, or both, and there are always several real treasures. In addition, items from our regular inventory will be offered
at special prices.
Our selections are offered at sensible
prices and we have flexible payment terms. Prices are not inflated by the buying and selling premiums and the
advertising expenses of other venues. In addition, it is important to remember that all retail purchases are unconditionally
guaranteed and sold on approval for two weeks after date of purchase.
Finally, there is the private, exclusive nature of the event. Buyers know that only the
others attending will have seen their purchase. There are no sale previews and no published prices or pictures
in magazines, tabloids or auction data bases.
To see these special objects you must attend the sale.
Your purchase remains "market fresh" and future value is preserved.
Why should I be a consignor to "The Collectors Sale"?
Certain advantages to the consignor are much the same as to the buyer. Your item
is not overexposed and if unsold retains its future value in the marketplace. Our consignment fees are reasonable and
there are no charges unless your object is sold. All merchandise in our possession is fully insured and carefully
handled by experts. Prices are established with your input and our market research. If needed , certain
needlework can receive minor conservation at no charge with the permission of the consignor.
As the originators of this sales concept six years ago we have the experience,
we have had great results and we have many very happy buyers and sellers.
This concept is a proven way to safely offer your valued
possessions to the market without risk.
We are continuously evaluating potential consignments for the upcoming
sale in April, 2012. We hope you will contact us.
SALE HIGHLIGHTS 2012
• A very good Quaker medallion sampler worked with green,
white and dark blue silk on linen. Dutchess County, New York, dated 1809.
• An extremely early English band sampler, very colorful,
probably third quarter seventeenth century.
• A very early Philadelphia Queen Anne walnut side chair with yoke crest,
solid splat, slip seat and cabriole legs, circa 1730 - 40. An almost identical
example is part of the Wrights Ferry Mansion collection in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
• We are delighted to offer a very important Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Tidball School
sampler worked by Sarah Tidball, niece of the needlework teacher, Mary Tidball. This sampler is listed and illustrated on
page 43 of the Westmoreland Museum 2007 exhibit catalog "Made In Pennsylvania: A Folk Art Tradition"
and is also featured on the cover of the catalog.
•A rare Staffordshire statue of Benjamin Franklin inscribed erroroneously on
the base "General Washington" joins two other excellent examples in our inventory. A similar example is pictured
in Pugh, page B201, plate 23A and is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
•A very good schoolgirl oil on canvas painting of a New Jersey farm scene. On
the reverse the canvas bears the stencil of a Philadelphia maker and also the label of a Burlington, New Jersey academy
with the date 1859.
