Our 6th Annual Special Sales Event "The Collectors Sale" 2012

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PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER
                                                   
ATTEND THE SIXTH ANNUAL "COLLECTORS SALE"
AT OUR MALVERN, PA. GALLERY, APRIL, 2012
                      
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 27th, 28th and 29th 10:00-5:00 
during The Philadelphia Antiques Show weekend.
                               
PLEASE NOTE: "THE COLLECTORS SALE" IS NOT AN
AUCTION, NOR IS IT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OTHER
CHESTER COUNTY COLLECTORS EVENT.
                            
SEE A LISTING BELOW OF A FEW OF THE ITEMS ALREADY
PROMISED OR RECEIVED FOR OUR SALE.
                                
                                                        
         

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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.                                
      

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We invite you to join us as a buyer, as a seller or just to see some wonderful objects.

Van Tassel - Baumann   American Antiques 
690 Sugartown Rd, Malvern, Pa. 19355 • 610-647-3339
Generally open Tuesday-Saturday 10:30-5:00 • Please call ahead.