Grey Flannel Auctions to conduct free sports appraisals at Hoosier Gym, Dec. 5-6

KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. – In association with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Grey Flannel Auctions’ team of experts will conduct a free appraisal event – Sports Appraisals at Center Court – from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5 and 9 a.m. till noon on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Historic Hoosier Gym in Knightstown, Ind. The public is invited to bring in any type of vintage sports collectibles, including but not limited to equipment, apparel, cards and autographed items.

Specialists who will be on hand include Nick Coppola (uniforms) and Joey Esposito (sports cards and programs), as well as all-round sports memorabilia experts T.J. Favila, Michael Russek, and Grey Flannel’s president, Richard E. Russek.

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Austrian art-glass lamps, Bakelite jewelry headline Morphy’s Dec. 11-13 sale

Austrian bronze Peacock lamp with iridescent inset jewels on the “tailfeathers,” and Mont Joye shade with butterfly-and-dragonfly motif. Estimate $6,000-$8,000. Image courtesy Morphy Auctions.
Austrian bronze Peacock lamp with iridescent inset jewels on the “tailfeathers,” and Mont Joye shade with butterfly-and-dragonfly motif. Estimate $6,000-$8,000. Image courtesy Morphy Auctions.
Austrian bronze Peacock lamp with iridescent inset jewels on the “tailfeathers,” and Mont Joye shade with butterfly-and-dragonfly motif. Estimate $6,000-$8,000. Image courtesy Morphy Auctions.

DENVER, Pa. – Morphy Auctions’ remedy for chilly weather is a Dec. 11-13 Winter Sale of 2,900 lots of antique toys, banks, trains and antique advertising, enhanced by the warmth of superior-quality Austrian art-glass lamps and the cheerful colors of vintage Bakelite.

“With each successive auction we’ve expanded into new categories of fine and decorative art,” said Morphy’s chief operating officer, Dan Morphy. “In this sale, we’re offering collections of rare Austrian bronze art-glass lamps and extremely fine Bakelite novelty jewelry. Both are from the same consignor, who has a remarkable eye for quality and artistic design.”

More than 20 Austrian art-glass lamps from the single-owner collection will be auctioned, including a superb figural Peacock lamp whose draped bronze base dramatically replicates a peacock’s showy tail feathers with inset jewels. Adding to its magnificence is a Mont Joye enameled-glass shade with quintessential Art Nouveau butterfly-and-dragonfly motif. Estimated at $6,000-$8,000, the 18-inch stunner is in excellent working order, as are all of the lamps from this collection.

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Upstate New York auctioneer faces grand larceny charge

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) _ Authorities are charging a central New York auctioneer with grand larceny, saying he owes a customer more than $19,000.

Timothy Conroy of Elbridge already faces a civil action filed by the state attorney general’s office seeking nearly $400,000 related to problems with his auction businesses, TW Conroy and Associates and My Sister the Lister.

In April, Conroy agreed to pay $150,000 to settle past consumer complaints against his company.

Conroy denies the charge and says he didn’t cheat anyone.

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