Past Auctions

The furniture auction includes a variety of styles including a pair of butler tray tables with removable tops, an oak washstand with a carved backsplash and glass pulls, and a Japanese tansu chest with metal hardware. A bar cart with marquetry top and a Chinoiserie flip-top table with faux bamboo base represent decorative table options. An Italian Renaissance armchair with a carved wooden frame and leather seat. This auction also includes many floor coverings and rugs, including a Persian Heriz with geometric medallion and an Oriental rug with floral scrollwork. A Gothic-style wall mirror with pointed arch design and folding privacy screens,

This auction includes U.S. coins and currency from the 18th through 20th centuries. Offerings include U.S. Mint Sets and Silver Mint Sets from the 1950s to 2000s, American Eagle silver and gold bullion coins, and Liberty Head and St. Gaudens gold coins in various denominations. Silver coinage includes Morgan and Peace Dollars, Bust Halves, Seated Liberty Halves, and 90% silver coins offered by face value. Type coins include Half Cents, Large Cents, Indian and Lincoln Wheat Cents, Shield and Liberty Nickels, Buffalo Nickels, and Half Dimes. Colonial copper coins include Connecticut and New Jersey varieties. Additional lots include Civil War tokens, elongated coins, obsolete U.S. paper currency, foreign currency, and silver bullion rounds and bars. Certified coins from NGC, PCGS, and ANACS are present. Some items are noted for condition or alteration. Coin supplies and bulk assortments complete the offering.

The Estate of Rebecca "Becky" Desmond of Downingtown, PA, presents an exceptional auction showcasing a curated collection of tennis memorabilia and fine collectibles. This distinguished sale features vintage tennis rackets from renowned makers, including Wright & Ditson and Wilson, alongside a rare 18K gold Lacloche Freres tennis racket pendant, appraised on Antiques Roadshow. Notable highlights include an original Billy Jean King "Battle of the Sexes" t-shirt, signed memorabilia, and Wimbledon keepsakes. The auction also offers sterling silver trophies, fine jewelry, porcelain, mid-century barware, and an array of unique items, including an early 20th-century sterling silver tennis racket pin cushion and a 1930s mantle clock. This is an opportunity to acquire historically significant and highly collectible pieces from a meticulously assembled estate.

The auction features a wide range of musical instruments, sound equipment, and percussion from various makers and time periods. The auction includes a Gibson ES-335TD from circa 1973-1975 with walnut finish and a 1952 Martin 0018. For collectors of unusual instruments, an Ibanez Double Neck 6 and 12 string Electric Guitar from 1970s Japan features bolt-on necks and replacement pickups on the 6-string portion. A vintage SS Stewart Banjeaurine is also offered. For keyboard enthusiasts, the auction includes a Fender Rhodes electric piano with 73 keys, dating from the 1970s.  Audio equipment in the collection features many guitar and bass amps including a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III Guitar Amp, Pignose, Egnater, Vox and Marshall. Percussion instruments from international makers include a Japanese-manufactured Yamaha 5-piece drumset with standard configuration and hardware. Percussion instruments range from a Ross R319 Scholastic Xylophone to a complete Yamaha 5-piece drumset and a pair of Tabla drums. Drums and percussion from makers such as Mapex, Rogers, Ludwig, and Majestic are also represented. 

Part 3 in a series of auctions offering approximately 8000 specimens. This scientific mineral specimen auction represents multiple significant collections, including specimens from Paul Seel, former president of the Leidy Microscopical Society and curator of the F.J. Keely Micromount Collection.

Alderfer Auction presents our Silver and Jewelry sale to feature American, Georgian, Mexican, and Russian Sterling Silver flatware, tableswares, serving sets, and Judaica by makers Tiffany, Georg Jensen, Gorham, Towle, and Juventino Lopez Reyes.   Jewelry highlights include rings, necklaces, bracelets, pendants, and chains in 14K and 18K gold set with gemstones of diamonds, sapphires, and rubies. A grouping of cameos is also offered and a David Yurman 18K WG ring with diamond halo around center chalcedony stone.

Welcome to our Catalog of Antique and Other Fine Dolls Auction featuring the Collection of Peggy Getz, partial museum deaccessions and more. Browse 350+ lots of dolls to include a selection of 1950’s/1960’s, Artist Dolls, Asian, Black Dolls, China/Parian, Cloth, Composition, Contemporary Artist Dolls, French, German Bisque, Miniatures, Native American, Novelties, Papier Mache/Wood, Schoenhut, Vintage Steiff/Vintage Mohair, Wax, Doll Supplies and more.