Catalogued Antique Auction-Session One 2012-09-28 Auction - 367 Price Results - Horst Auction Center in PA - Page 8
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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Tool decorated hand wrought pump handle: ca. 1860; ornate tool decorated diamond top initialed “A.S.” and dated “1860”, 49”;
0169: Tool decorated hand wrought pump handleEst. $150-$300
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1775 blacksmith stake anvil: ca. 1775; crudely constructed with impressed date, tapered stake and narrow flat surface having ends convex for forming, 12 ½”x 2”x 6 ½”;
0170: 1775 blacksmith stake anvilEst. $300-$500
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2 blacksmith tools: ca. 1750-1830; swage block with unusual bolt header in center; fine crafted striking sledge impressed “I.H.”;
0171: 2 blacksmith toolsEst. $75-$150
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Small blacksmith cone mandrel: ca. 1830; approximately 80 pounds, 24”;
0172: Small blacksmith cone mandrelEst. $75-$150
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Tinsmith’s needle stake: ca. 1850; double headed stake with conical ring face and small beak, 27 ¾”;
0173: Tinsmith’s needle stakeEst. $50-$100
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Dated double beak stake/stump anvil: ca. 1818; hand wrought with paint accentuating the date, beak and tapered creasing head, 24”x 22”;
0174: Dated double beak stake/stump anvilEst. $100-$300
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Alsop colonial form anvil: ca. 1770; non-beaked anvil signed “Alsop” (Samuel Alsop) and marked “X38” with a weight of approximately 92 pounds, 9”x 4”x 10”;
0175: Alsop colonial form anvilEst. $300-$500
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Unsigned Wright patent anvil: ca. 1790-1810; early form of Wright patent beaked anvil having impression of “Patent” with touch mark, later red paint and punch dated 1820 with a weight of approximately 130 pounds, 9 ¾”x
0176: Unsigned Wright patent anvilEst. $300-$500
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Stump/stake anvil: ca. 1700s; with pin or nail header through side, 17”x 3 ½”x 8 ¼”;
0177: Stump/stake anvilEst. $75-$150
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5 hand wrought tools: ca. 1700-1800s; owner’s initial punch with “A.R.”, 2 ¾”; 2 small tongs, 5 ½” & 6 ¾”; 2 bottom swages;
0178: 5 hand wrought toolsEst. $50-$100
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Brass store bell: ca. 1850; attached to wrought iron spring bracket mounted to modern wooden bracket, 4 ½” bell, 19” overall;
0179: Brass store bellEst. $25-$60
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3 wrought iron parts: ca. 1700s; Chester Co. weathervane arrow and frame, 32 ½”; spouting bracket, 20 ½”; pair of runner’s to child’s sleigh with spade tipped runners, 34”;
0180: 3 wrought iron partsEst. $75-$100
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2 hand wrought cooper’s tools: ca. 1780-1820; cooper’s notching adze signed D. Reese (Eastern PA) with hardened steel edge, 9” head; curved statue splitting froe, 8” curved edge;
0181: 2 hand wrought cooper’s toolsEst. $50-$100
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3 hand wrought edge tools: ca. 1750-1800; two handle drawknife by V. (Valentine) Hofman (1759 Lancaster City blacksmith) with curved back handles and slight bent edge, 15”; gutter/canoe adze; primitive howeling tool with
0182: 3 hand wrought edge toolsEst. $75-$150
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4 hand wrought claw hammers: ca. 1700-1800s; 1 upholstery, 1 tack and 2 carpenter’s hammers all with iron braced handles, 8 oz.- 16 oz.;
0183: 4 hand wrought claw hammersEst. $25-$50
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5 hand wrought tools: ca. 1700s; 3 blacksmith’s headers including 1 bolt, 1 double nail and 1 bolt and nail, 9 ½”- 10 ½”; hack saw frame with ram’s horn tension nut, 20”; pliers with wrapped handles, 10”;
0184: 5 hand wrought toolsEst. $50-$100
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2 hand wrought measuring devices: ca. 1770-1840; wheel traveler with open work wheel on a walnut handle, 4 ½”; Turner’s double leg outside caliper marked % with round hanging eye, 15”;
0185: 2 hand wrought measuring devicesEst. $50-$100
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2 hand wrought iron braces: ca. 1700s; crafted with lantern head/knurl with 1 cap in iron, 13 ¼” & 15 ¼”;
0186: 2 hand wrought iron bracesEst. $50-$100
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4 cabinet shop clamping devices: ca. 1700s; 3 wrought iron bench “dogs” hold fast with 2 in a large pin and pad type, 7”-15”; home crafted saw sharpening vise with large hand wrought bolts and ram’s horn nuts, 15 ½”;
0187: 4 cabinet shop clamping devicesEst. $50-$100
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3 wooden measuring devices: ca. 1700-1800s; mahogany framing/trying square with mortise and tenon construction having calibrated and decorated tip blade, 13 ¾”; homemade try square of walnut wood, 16 ¾”; panel marking
0188: 3 wooden measuring devicesEst. $50-$100
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3 cabinet maker’s wooden handled planes: ca. 1700-1830; 2 panel raising planes with skewed cutters: 1 unsigned with chamfered shoulders and iron signed Gillot, 1 early model with fishtail tote/handle and chamfered shoulders; unsigned ogee
0189: 3 cabinet maker’s wooden handled planesEst. $50-$100
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7 hand wrought tools: ca. 1700-1800s; blacksmith’s top and bottom knob forming set for tong handles; small lathing hatchet; 4 various claw hammers with iron braced handles;
0190: 7 hand wrought toolsEst. $50-$100
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2 brass back English saws: ca. 1850; both impressed with trademark of J. V. Hill-Late-Howell, London on handle; 8” dovetail saw with open fishtail handle and brass split-nuts; 14” mitre saw with closed handle & brass
0191: 2 brass back English sawsEst. $100-$150
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11 cabinet maker’s tools: ca. 1700s; hickory joiner’s mallet with arched head, mortised handle and small decorative heart on side; 4 socket mortises with 1 having a signature; awl; 4 carving chisels including 1 spoon gouge
0192: 11 cabinet maker’s toolsEst. $50-$100