Collectic Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Auction of Collectic General Store Items, Furniture, China, Trains and Guns at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 11:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am.

Slideshow preview of selected items:

Selling without reserve AS IS at a 10% buyers premium are furniture, including a cylinder roll desk, a "C" curve roll top desk, stacking bookcases, and a washstand all in oak, a butternut Dutch cupboard, a 5-piece mahogany Skyscraper Art Deco bedroom set, and 6 walnut Chippendale chairs, a birds-eye maple desk and chair, a circa 1930 Phildelphia style mahagony tilt-top table, and 2 burl walnut dressers; general store items, including an oak wall telephone, butter churns, a labor-saving bosom board, sad irons, and advertising items and tins; miscellaneous items, including mantle clocks, radios, vacuum tubes, over 100 contemporary candle molds, a large quantity of silver plate, and an unusual typewriter; china, including 54 pieces of Spode "Marina" pattern, 66 pieces of Mason Ironstone "Vista", 67 pieces of "Liberty Blue" -- some in boxes, and Jewel Tea "Autumn Leaf" china, including a cookie jar; trains, including 2 Lionel sets, 2 HO sets, and miscellaneous parts.

Selling at Noon: guns and knives, including a circa 1940 Model 94 Winchester rifle, a 30 WCF caliber rife in excellent condition, a 1937 Beretta Model 1934 9mm pistol with holster (taken from an Italian Lieutenant at Palermo) and fraternal swords.

Additional details, selected photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 451 KB). A slim (100 KB) version without photos is also available, as is a press release.

Auction of Hubley Toys & Company Ephemera

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Auction of Hubley Collection Toys & Company Ephemera at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 11:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. The auction includes over 500 lots and several hundred non-cataloged items from the Estate of Jan McComsey. Mr. McComsey went to work for the Hubley Manufacturing Company in Lancaster Pennsylvania at 15, and throughout his tenure, took home many items discarded by the Company, including mockups, color separations, correspondence, court documents, catalogs, notes and letters.

Slideshow preview of selected items:

All of the items in this auction can be previewed in the auction slideshow.

Selling without reserve AS IS at a 12% buyers premium are toys, including a grasshopper, specially built for Jan McComsey by Hubley designer Bill Gigl, a gold presentation 961 Ford Powermaster tractor (1 of 4 made), 35 mint cap pistols, over 50 puzzles, 500 comic books, Mickey Mouse magazines from 1933, hand blown and other marbles, Tonka and Hess trucks, and boxed games; and dolls and accessories, including a 22" Karl Hastman, 23" Kestner, 28" Simon & Halbig, two early large composition dolls, an A&J bake set, doll dishes and furniture.

Ephemera in the auction include original artwork for Hubley's Indian motorcycle with rider and other toys, the earliest dated January 17, 1888, There are price lists, brochures, flyers and toy catalogs, as well as catalogs for door stops, paperweights, lamps, furniture and metal castings -- and drawings, color separations, and proofs for the catalogs. There are many pieces of correspondence between Hubley and other companies, including Harley Davidson, Indian Motorcycle Company, Lionel, Schoenhut, Arcadia, Murphy, Owens-Kreiser, and Maytag, and photographs of motorcycle toy displays. In all, there are over 200 pieces of ephemera and drawings of prototype toys that were never produced.

Additional details, selected photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 1195 KB). A slim (106 KB) version without photos is also available. Description of the cataloged items and the order of sale is available in the auction listing (PDF: 138 KB). Photos of each cataloged lot are also available.

Absentee and phone bids for this auction can be submitted using the online bidform. First-time NYS tax exempt buyers must complete and submit NYS Resale Certificate ST-120.

Collectibles Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Auction of Fishing Equipment, Guns, Knives, Tools and Electronics at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 11:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. Selling at noon: two Kawasaki 900 ZXI Jet Skis with trailers and a well-used Honda 200 M 3-Wheeler ATV.

Selling without reserve at a 10% buyers premium are guns, including a Colt Replica 38 cal blackpowder pistol and two Civil War era muskets, one an 1823 Potsdam; fishing equipment, including over 15 bamboo fly rods including Orvis impregnated Battenkill, 3 Fenwicks, Tonkin Queen, Murray plus fly tying equipment and lures; 5 tackle boxes full of lures, many wooden, empty lure boxes, over 20 fishing reels: fly, casting & salt water; Pflueger Templar 1420.5, Penn 49 M and other boxed reels; tools, including a Craftsman table saw, MM planer, yard tools, and hand tools; miscellaneous items, including a Conn guitar, 3 sets of golf clubs, a 19th century traveling barber box, mechanics chests, plastic duck decoys, two electric snowbloweres, Nordic Track Ellipse, metal shelving, and plumbing parts; and electronics, including stereo equipment, a Sony AV system, 5-disc changer, Bose speakers, a Yamaha receiver, computer parts, and a small flat screen TV.

Additional details, selected photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 241 KB).

Lamp Auction Plus Westmoreland Glass

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an Auction of Lamps Plus a Collection of Westmoreland Glass at the Showplace in Binghamton on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 11:00 am with a preview at 9:00 am. Selling without reserve with a 12% buyers premium are more than 200 lamps and over 130 pieces of Westmoreland glass.

All of the items in this auction can be previewed in the auction slideshow.

The lamps, include more than 40 classic Sandwich glass whale oil lamps, many with matching spills\spooners; more than 50 finger lamps; also marble base, pedestal, banquet, student, Rayo, Ripley and Lomax lamps; burners, smoke bells, shades, chimneys and other related items. Over 130 pieces of Westmoreland glass, include lamps, dome butter dishes, sugars, creamers, vases, spooners, bowls, and compotes. Also in this auction: over 50 spills\spooners, mostly Sandwich glass. The Sandwich glass lamps include ring punty with 3 dolphin base in opalescent canary, and over 50 Sandwich spills.

Additional details, selected photos, and directions are available in the auction brochure (PDF: 635 KB). Description of the items and the order of sale is available in the auction listing (PDF: 58 KB). Photos of each lot are also available.

Absentee and phone bids for this auction can be submitted using the online bidform. First-time NYS tax exempt buyers must complete and submit NYS Resale Certificate ST-120.

Art Walk Exhibit and Sale: Acrylic & Lacquer Paintings by Sky Jones

As part of Binghamton's extended First Friday Art Walk the Connelly Gallery at 205 State St, Binghamton, NY 13901-2711 will open an exhibit and sale of original acrylic and lacquer paintings by internationally known artist Sky Jones on Friday, October 3, 2008 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. This is the premier exhibit of this California collection painted between 1984 and 1997. Visitors to the Gallery on Friday evening will enjoy hot, fresh popcorn, and may bring personal property (up to three pieces) for a free verbal apppraisal by a certified appraiser. The exhibit and sale of this outstanding collection by Sky Jones, will continue through November 28, weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and at other times by appointment (Telephone: 607-722-9593).

Born Michael R. Whipple in Salt Lake City, Sky Jones was graduated from the University of Utah with a B.A. in art in 1971. Working since 1984 as Sky Jones and since 1997 as Siren Bliss, he has executed artwork for movies, such as Star Trek, Meteor, The Neverending Story and Dressed to Kill, illustrations for magazines including TV Guide, Time, Look, Life, Newsweek, and People, and portraits for politicians, sports figures, and celebrities, such as Chuck Norris, Leonard Nimoy, Kirk Douglas, and Jaclyn Smith. The author of two books on art and life, The Artist's Bible in 1983 and Spirits in 1984, Sky Jones is represented in the private collections of notables such as Queen Elizabeth, Burt Reynolds and Mohammed Ali. His prints and paintings are on display in museums, corporations, and galleries worldwide. To learn more about the artist, visit his Banker's Art Museum website.

On-Site Real Estate Auction: Johnson City, NY

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an On-Site Auction of the Real Estate at 239 Riverside Drive, Johnson City, NY 13790 on Friday, September 12, 2008 at 7:00 pm with a previews on Thursday, August 28, 2008 from 5:00-7:00 pm, and by appointment Connelly Realty will auction the 2-bedroom, 1-story house with attached garage for the family of Nicholas A. Balaci, who has moved to an assisted living facility. The house needs updating, but is in move-in condition.

Connelly Realty, Robert J. Connelly, Broker and Auctioneer, will sell the 928 sq ft house, built in 1940, with the opening bid at $40,000 and a 10% Buyer's Premium. Built on a poured concrete foundation, the house has cedar shingle siding and new replacement tip-out vinyl storm and screen windows, and has gas-fired hot air heating (new in 2000), a new gas hot water heater, and updated 110v and 220v electrical service. There are two ranges, one in the kitchen, and one in the basement, which has a utility sink and hook-ups for a washer and dryer. In addition to the kitchen, there are a living room, dining area, two bedrooms, and full bath on the first floor, and an attached one-car garage. Near schools, shopping and highways, the house is located on the north side of Riverside Drive, just east of the Susquehanna Nursing Home.

Additional details, photos, a taxmap and directions are available in the auction brochure [PDF: 291 KB].

On-Site Moving Auction

Bob & Sallie Connelly will conduct an On-Site Moving Auction at 177 Matthews St, Binghamton, NY 13905 on Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 6:00 pm with a preview at 5:00 pm Ilene Goldman is moving to Albany and we are selling her contents with selected additions.

Selling AS IS without reserve, with a 10% Buyer's Premium, are furniture, including a mahogany dining room set with Duncan Phyfe table, a Duncan Phyfe center table, a French Provincial dresser and desk, two maple bedroom sets, additional beds, tables, including a hide-away drop-leaf table and a coffee table with glass display top, two kitchen sets, a computer desk, and three rockers; accessories, including two Kerman rugs, a Coca-Cola pedal car, Champleve and Cloisonne vases, a German ice cream set, Hummels, figural bookends, a dehumidifier, a treadmill, entertainment electronics, a large quantity of costume jewelry, an electric lawn mower, and shelving; tools, including a fold-away ladder, Toro electric snowblower, and hand tools; and appliances, including two refrigerators, two dishwashers, a GE electric dryer, a microwave, and an under-the-counter refrigerator.

Additional details, photos, directions and the order of sale are available in the auction brochure [PDF: 257 KB].

Free Appraisal Clinic During July Fest 2008

Binghamton's 46th annual July Fest takes place this year on Friday, July 11, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and on Saturday, July 12, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Court Street will be closed to traffic between Water and State Streets for the popular arts and music festival, which has moved one block west to accomodate the Ross Building demolition. Visitors will enjoy artists-in-action, arts & crafts booths, fine art exhibits, children's activities, live music, food vendors, the first ever Parlor City 5K Run, the inaugural Pirohi Day, and more. And best of all, our own Bob Connelly will conduct a free Appraisal Clinic for antiques and collectibles on both Friday, July 11 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm and on Saturday, July 12 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Appraisal Tent next to Sall-Stearns at 52 Court St. Appraisers familiar with Antiques, the Decorative Arts, Fine Arts, Jewelry, Oriental items, and Residential Contents will be on hand to offer Auction Estimates, i.e. the approximate price range an item might realize if offered at an appropriate auction. Bob will also be available at the Connelly Gallery, 205 State St, Binghamton, on Friday July 11 until 9:00 pm for those who miss the Clinic at July Fest. For more about the Fest, read Mayor Matt Ryan's July Fest announcement or contact event coordinator, Dave Pessagno at 607-761-2475. For more about the Appraisal Clinic, contact Bob & Sallie Connelly at 607-722-9593.