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Tennis Collectibles | Silver, Jewelry, and Rackets | April 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM

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    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.

    Lumber Inventory Reduction | Perkasie, PA | April 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM

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    This auction features a broad selection of lumber including hardwood, softwood, modified, and engineered materials. Lots include Western Red Cedar, Cypress, and Atlantic White Cedar in tongue-and-groove, shiplap, and square-edge formats. Hardwood options cover Ash, White Oak, Red Oak, and more. Modified pine and Accoya wood are offered in a range of profiles including charred, reveal edge, and flooring planks. AYC and Abodo lumber is available in various profiles such as CVG, WB10, and SEM, with several items suited for construction or finish work. Additional materials include glue-laminated boards, glulam timber, and flooring by manufacturers such as Bruce, Timber Products, and ABS International. Lots are noted as bundled, strapped, or palletized, with some including components for furniture or construction. Several engineered, prefinished, and custom-profiled boards are also represented.

    Alderfer Auction at the Eagle Show at Oaks, PA | Greater Phila Expo Center | April 4, 5 & 6

    Accepting Firearm Consignments At This Show
    Visit us at the Eagle Show at Oaks, PA at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, being held from Friday, April 4th through Sunday, April 6th. Come meet our Firearms Team and browse items being sold in our April 15th auction. **We are accepting firearm consignments at this show.**. Missing this show but have firearms to sell? We are accepting consignments and buyouts from collections and estates. Contact us at firearms@alderferauction.com or call us at 215-393-3000. 

    100 Box Challenge | A Community-Wide Food Drive For The Bean Bag Food Program | March 1- 28, 2025

    Together we can make a difference! The Bean Bag Food Program strives to fill the gap of hunger that children face when they are not in school. We partner with schools in the Souderton Area, Quakertown Community, and North Penn School Districts to provide weekly backpacks filled with food to help children and families in need get through the weekend. Alderfer Auction has taken on the 100 Box Challenge and will be collecting donations March 1-28 for the Bean Bag Food Program! Employees and visitors are welcome to come to our Hatfield office and drop off donations of these items: Hormel Compleats – 10 oz Microwave Meals, 60 Second Pasta – 7 oz. pouch, Ready to Eat Tuna Salad – pouch or box, Microwave Popcorn, Instant Oatmeal Packets, Canned Pasta, Canned Chunky Soups, Canned Veggies, Deodorant for Personal Care Bags. Visit beanbagfoodprogram.org for a full list of accepted items. Last day to drop off donations by Friday, March 28th at Noon. No expired foods please. All brands are accepted.

    Musical Instruments | April 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM

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    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. 

    Estate Sale | Zionsville, PA | March 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM

    The Zionsville auction features antique furniture and collectibles. Furniture items include a Chippendale style secretary with drop front desk, a Chippendale style sideboard with four drawers, and a tiger oak bowfront curio cabinet. A Valley Forge tall case clock is also available. Art and decor include a framed silk embroidery, oil paintings of cottage landscapes signed by Bailley, and three decorative art prints. Glass items feature 24 pieces of iridescent stemware, five Bristol glass vases, and a Dorothy Thorpe Silver Fade glass salad bowl set. The porcelain collection includes four decorative plates with rack, 12 Czech floral bowls, and a 42-piece Chikaramachi Japanese dinnerware set. Additional items include silverplated flatware, a vintage hanging swag lamp with red glass globe, and a pair of gilded mirrors.

    Estate Sale | Hulmeville, PA | March 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM

    The auction includes a Shawnee pottery pig cookie jar, an Arcade Crystal wall-mounted coffee mill, and a collection of Black Americana kitchenware, including spice jars, magnets, and pins. Additional kitchen items include enamelware bowls, wooden rolling pins, and a milk glass juicer. Jewelry offerings feature a selection of sterling rings, vintage brooches, and Lenox porcelain perfume bottles. A group of wristwatches includes Timex, Bulova, and Elgin models. Furniture selections include a Singer cast-iron sewing table repurposed with a Baldwin brass lamp and a wooden step-back cupboard. Collectibles include celluloid wind-up toys, a painted shoe shine box, and wooden butter molds with floral carvings. A selection of tools features an Enterprise meat grinder, Bessey bar clamps, and early woodworking chisels. A group of tin lithograph toys, a Roseville vase, and a set of blue and white transferware plates are also included.

    Mineral Specimens | Part 3 | March 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM

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      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.

      Silver and Jewelry | March 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM

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        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.

        Estate Sale | Sellersville, PA | March 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM

        This estate sale offers furniture, art, glassware, china, and jewelry. Featured furniture includes a mahogany china cabinet with lighted top section, eight Chippendale dining chairs with claw feet, a glass and metal dining table, and a mahogany butler's cart with folding tray top. Art pieces include a 1957 Karl Abt oil painting titled 'Fruhlingsturm', a circa 1870 maritime watercolor by A.W. Möller, and a signed 1952 landscape watercolor. The sale offers Waterford and Lenox crystal stemware, Mikasa 'Park Ridge' glassware, Lenox 'Rhodora' and 'Roselyn' dinnerware, Limoges china, and Boehm collector plates. Additional items include pearl and diamond jewelry, a Kismet wool area rug, Towle flatware, silver-plated serving pieces, and a 2008 Sony Bravia television.

        Catalog of Antique and Other Fine Dolls | March 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM

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        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.

        Trains | March 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM

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          This auction presents a variety of tin litho toy trains and accessories. Items include Modern Toys battery operated locomotives such as the Bubble Locomotive and Fairyland locomotive #3930, plus Kanto Toys Silver Choo-Choo #1300 and Animal Choo-Choo with lights and sound. Character trains feature Mickey's Loco, Casey's Loco, and Tom and Jerry locomotive with cymbals. The collection includes SAN brand Lucky Locomotive steam engine, Lionel train sets with original boxes, and MTH freight cars. Train accessories feature Marx and Lionel tin litho stations, crossing signals, and gateman accessories. Plasticville buildings include Ranch houses, Hospital, Post Office, Church, and Firehouse, along with various miniature accessories.

          Plumbing and Bath Inventory Reduction | Newark, DE | March 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM

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          The Delaware estate auction on March 17 features bathroom fixtures and hardware from premium brands. The bathroom section includes Kohler whirlpool tubs like the Sunword with 6 jets, the Archer BubbleMassage with airjets, and a BainUltra Citti tub in gauche configuration. Toilet offerings include a San Raphael one-piece model in almond and a Santa Rosa compact elongated model with AquaPiston flushing. Parts and hardware items include drain assemblies, overflow plates in polished chrome, trip lever bath drains, grid strainers for kitchen sinks, and supply line connectors. Mechanical components feature valve cartridges for various faucet models, mixing valves for shower systems, and diverter valves. Installation hardware includes mounting brackets for wall-hung sinks, wax toilet rings, flange kits, and toilet tank bolts in brass finish. Kitchen fixtures feature a Whitehaven farmhouse sink with tall apron and a Verse stainless steel sink. Faucet offerings include the Artifacts bathroom sink faucet with lever handles, a Purist widespread bathroom faucet in brushed nickel, and several Forte kitchen faucets with ProMotion technology.

          Home & Decor | March 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM

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          This auction showcases an impressive variety of collectibles and home décor items for discerning buyers. Featured prominently are multiple Roseville Pottery, Hull and Weller pieces, including a green zephyr lily urn, blue vase, and a 1931 Jonquil Jardinere. Fine crystal collectors will find signed Lalique pieces from the Jamaique pattern alongside a Baccarat free-form sculptural bowl. Sterling silver and silver plate items include a Sheffield compote with grape motif and a Tiffany & Co. thimble case. Notable timepieces feature an Ethan Allen wood mantel clock with brass finials and an Ingraham & Co. eight-day mantel clock with service history. For collectors of figurines, the auction offers vintage Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls and Norman Rockwell Character Dolls in original packaging. Royal Doulton and Lladro collectibles are represented with a wide selection of Toby Jugs and figures. Asian art, Italian earthenware, and signed art glass paperweights round out this diverse collection.

          Fine and Decorative Arts | March 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM

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            This auction features a diverse collection of fine art, luxury timepieces, high-end jewelry, silver, bronze, and decorative glass. The fine art selection includes works by notable American and European artists. Luxury watches include Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Cartier models. The jewelry collection highlights twelve distinctive Demaret pieces from Belgium, alongside Victorian, Art Deco, and mid-century modern designs. Silver offerings include multiple flatware sets and the Centennial Hawley Cup. Collectors of decorative arts will find Lalique glass, bronze sculptures, and unique objects. A rare Abraham Lincoln signature card and over 40 autograph lots add historical appeal. The furniture selection spans Queen Anne, Chippendale, and Federal Hepplewhite with standout pieces like a New England Chippendale desk and a Massachusetts chest-on-chest. Additional categories include fine porcelain and antique furnishings, Persian rugs and carpets, with each piece chosen for its craftsmanship, provenance, and historical significance.