Catalogued Antique Auction-Session One 2012-09-28 Auction - 367 Price Results - Horst Auction Center in PA - Page 5
Revolutionary war era British officer’s gorget2 18th century trade axesUnited States infantry officer’s sword & scabbard
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Ephrata, PA, United States
Auction Details

Catalogued Antique Auction-Session One

Friday Session - The collection of Anthony L. Tafel - Mr. Tafel is the author of "Everyday Artifacts: America 1750-1850." This auction will feature a majority of the items photographed and described in his book. The collection emphasizes artifacts of early American everyday life that were useful for surveying land, building log homes, farming the land, traveling, blacksmithing, and cabinetmaking. The session also includes a collection of tin and cast iron toys and banks. Saturday Session - The collections of Elsie Roth & others - Auction to include Period & Paint Decorated Furniture; Oriental Rugs; Disc Music Boxes; Artwork; Folk Art Oil Portraits; Miniature Portraits; Lighting Devices; Quilts; Coverlets; Decorated Hand Towels; Lehnware Seed Chest & Two Turnings; Simmons Cane; Weathervanes; Carved Birds; Duck & Owl Decoys; Cobalt Decorated Stoneware; Pewter; Butter Prints; Baskets; Early China & Glassware
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Framed farmer’s day ledger: ca. 1770-90; account showing day register of 1793 with daily tasks and costs in a walnut hanging display frame, 17”x 15”;
0098: Framed farmer’s day ledgerEst. $50-$100
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Framed PA militia enrollment notice: ca. 1810; notice for 8th company of 50th regiment of PA militia lead by Captain Charles Nagel and signed by William Hobert from April 28, 1810, 3”x 6” notice; 6 ½”x 8” frame;
0099: Framed PA militia enrollment noticeEst. $100-$200
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Display of 9 various corn husking pegs: ca. 1700-1800s; 5 bone (4 with leather grasps); 3 wood (with grasps); wrought iron spear shaped (with grasp), 3 ½”- 5”;
0100: Display of 9 various corn husking pegsEst. $50-$100
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3 piece field mower’s tool set: ca. 1800-50; hand wrought stake type denglestock with wrought iron stop, 12”; hand wrought dengle hammer with shaped tail, 12”; horn whetstone holder with wrought belt hook, 8”;
0101: 3 piece field mower’s tool setEst. $50-$100
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2 field mower’s tools: ca. 1800-30; reaping hook signed D. Christ (Kutztown) with maple handle marked J.G. and dated 1822, 24”; mold formed horn whetstone holder with wrought iron hook, 9 ½”;
0103: 2 field mower’s toolsEst. $100-$200
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2 basket maker’s tools: ca. 1790-1850; wrought iron reed sizer with 4 hole draw plate mounted on original pine frame, 22 ½” wood, 7” iron; hand wrought drawing tongs/grasp 9”;
0104: 2 basket maker’s toolsEst. $75-$150
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11 assorted hand wrought tools: ca. 1700-1800s; 2 single nail headers; double nail header; combination nail and bolt header; 2 square box wrenches; form sake; 2 later bullet molds with trimmers; relic sod hoe;
0105: 11 assorted hand wrought toolsEst. $75-$150
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3 piece field mower’s tool set: ca. 1760-1850; hand wrought stake type denglestock with loop wrought iron stop, 10”; wrought iron dengle hammer, 11”; formed horn whetstone holder with wrought iron hook, chamfered shoulders and
0106: 3 piece field mower’s tool setEst. $75-$150
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Wooden rake maker’s tool: ca. 1840; hand wrought shaped and slotted tine sizing/peg cutter mounted on timber, 24”;
0107: Wooden rake maker’s toolEst. $150-$300
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Hollow log grain storage bin: ca. 1700-1800s; sycamore with gouged out inside having lower plate affixed to bottom, 19 ½”d, 36”h;
0108: Hollow log grain storage binEst. $300-$500
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4 assorted farm primitives: ca. 1790-1850; butter tub with two handles, 18”d, 10”h; Piggin handled dipper, 11 ½”d, 10 ½”h; wooden well bucket with wrought iron bands, hand and chain, 13”x 9”; redware tombstone
0109: 4 assorted farm primitivesEst. $75-$150
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2 hand wrought hewing axes: ca. 1810-90; side broad axe signed J. Docombs with centered weld, 11” edge; unsigned clipping hatchet 13”;
0110: 2 hand wrought hewing axesEst. $75-$150
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3 hand wrought axes: ca. 1750-1850; stamp decorated 18th century hewing axe with raised weld and fantail edge; unsigned kitchen/kindling hatchet with original hickory handle; holtz axe/splitting axe with heavy back and
0111: 3 hand wrought axesEst. $50-$100
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2 hand wrought butchering tools: ca. 1830-80; large splitting cleaver dated 1831 with initials “J.S.” inscribed with hardened punch and original turned walnut handle, 25 ½”; smoke house grappling hook with three hooks and
0112: 2 hand wrought butchering toolsEst. $75-$150
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2 handle meat cleaver/vegetable cutter: ca. 1830; initialed “I.S.” with drape pattern decorated back, two turned maple handle and wooden edge guard, 21” arched edge;
0113: 2 handle meat cleaver/vegetable cutterEst. $100-$300
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Framed auction broadside: ca. 1850; personal property sale from February 16, 1850 in Rapho Twp, Lancaster Co. including large block printing of “milch” cow, shoates and hay by the ton, 14 ½”x 13” broadside, 20”x
0114: Framed auction broadsideEst. $50-$100
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Assorted hand wrought farm primitives: ca. 1800-60; hanging triangle “dinner” bell with pin ringer, 9”x 9”; ice skates with rolled front runners and oak housings, 11”; pair of ice cleats with screw clamps, 3 ½” cleats;
0115: Assorted hand wrought farm primitivesEst. $50-$100
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4 livestock related hand wrought tools: ca. 1790-1860; European style cow collar with brass owner tag; 2 horse bridals with 1 signed “D.L. Ney”; 18th century workhorse shoe;
0116: 4 livestock related hand wrought toolsEst. $50-$100
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4 assorted farm primitives: ca. 1800-60; horn whetstone holder with wrought iron hook; hand wrought seed sewing dibbler; 2 post type hand wrought denglestocks with 1 signed D. Lutz;
0117: 4 assorted farm primitivesEst. $50-$100
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2 hand wrought sod axes: ca. 1770-90; both in primitive construction, 1 with grubber hoe and 1 with mortise and pinned weld;
0118: 2 hand wrought sod axesEst. $50-$100
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3 planter’s “dibbles” spikes: ca. 1790-1830; wrought iron stirrup with wood handle and spear shaped spike; wrought iron conical shaped spike with round hook; wood spike; 12 ½”- 21 ½”;
0119: 3 planter’s “dibbles” spikesEst. $75-$100
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3 piece field mower’s set: ca. 1810-50; wrought iron stake style denglestock with large round plate ground stop, 18”; hand wrought dengle hammer, 9”; horn whetstone holder marked Ben “B. 1843” with belt hook, 9”;
0120: 3 piece field mower’s setEst. $75-$150