Saco River Auction Co. to celebrate with New Year’s Day sale

Automaton, Asian figure, 1880s, smoking a pipe, converted to operate on electricity,  43 inches, featuring nine distinct movements. Estimate: $2,000-$5,000. Image courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.

Automaton, Asian figure, 1880s, smoking a pipe, converted to operate on electricity, 43 inches, featuring nine distinct movements. Estimate: $2,000-$5,000. Image courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.

BIDDEFORD, Maine – Saco River Auction Co. will open 2012 with an antique auction that will have plenty of reminders of the passage of Old Man Time. Featured will be a Gilbert 30-day Regulator factory clock in a 49-inch walnut case, a vintage Hamilton ladies platinum and diamond wristwatch, and a Ford Motor Co. advertising wall clock with rotating light feature.

LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding for the 446-lot auction to begin New Year’s Day at 2 p.m. Eastern.

The Gilbert Regulator is in working order and has an estimate of $2,000-$3,000. The diamonds in the Hamilton ladies watch total 3.18 carats. It also has a $2,000-$3,000 estimate.

Often seen hanging on the wall at auto dealerships, the lighted wall clock that advertises Genuine Ford Parts has rotating slotted disks around the dial that gives it a flashing feature. Now a scarce collector’s item, this electric clock has a $500-$700.

Also going up for bids are an Edison cylinder phonograph with an 18-inch morning glory horn, a five-piece lot of Tiffany Studios bronze desk accessories set in the Zodiac pattern, an 1880s automaton Asian figure that smokes a pipe, a Handel table lamp with brown Handel glass shade, an oil on canvas painting of tall ships engaged in battle, a pair of George and Marth Washington portrait prints in oval gilt frames, a windup tin litho Dogpatch Band and a 21-inch Lalique Angelique crystal covered vase.

For details contact Saco River Auction Co. at 207-602-1504.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.


ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE


Automaton, Asian figure, 1880s, smoking a pipe, converted to operate on electricity,  43 inches, featuring nine distinct movements. Estimate: $2,000-$5,000. Image courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.

 

Automaton, Asian figure, 1880s, smoking a pipe, converted to operate on electricity, 43 inches, featuring nine distinct movements. Estimate: $2,000-$5,000. Image courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.

Lalique Angelique covered jar,  21inches high x 12 inches diameter, nudes, signed inside cover ‘#54.’ Estimate: $10,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.

 

Lalique Angelique covered jar, 21inches high x 12 inches diameter, nudes, signed inside cover ‘#54.’ Estimate: $10,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.

Gilbert 30-day Regulator factory clock from Hudson Factory, 49-inch walnut case, in good working order. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000. Image courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.

Gilbert 30-day Regulator factory clock from Hudson Factory, 49-inch walnut case, in good working order. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000. Image courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.

Genuine Ford Parts neon rotating wall clock, 21 inches, working condition. Estimate: $500-$700. Image courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.

Genuine Ford Parts neon rotating wall clock, 21 inches, working condition. Estimate: $500-$700. Image courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.

Vintage platinum and diamond Hamilton ladies watch 3.18-carat diamonds are VS2 and G-H color with appraisal of $12,000. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000. Image courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.

Vintage platinum and diamond Hamilton ladies watch 3.18-carat diamonds are VS2 and G-H color with appraisal of $12,000. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000. Image courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.