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The tiger oak side-by-side bookcase with bowed glass is in excellent condition. Image courtesy of Specialists of the South.

Specialists of the South to facilitate downsizing effort June 11

The tiger oak side-by-side bookcase with bowed glass is in excellent condition. Image courtesy of Specialists of the South.
The tiger oak side-by-side bookcase with bowed glass is in excellent condition. Image courtesy of Specialists of the South.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The living estate of James Commander, a collector of vintage primitives and American Victorian furniture, will be sold on Saturday, June 11, at 9 a.m. Central by The Specialists of the South Inc. It will be an on-site and Internet auction to be held at the Commander residence, 443 North Star Ave., in Panama City.

Internet live bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers. Hundreds of lots of quality primitives and furniture items will cross the block as the owners downsize their collections.

Items to be sold include a copper rooster weather vane made circa 1920, a nice gingerbread mantel clock, a blue and white wash bowl with pitcher, a butter churn crock with painted blue decoration and two table-top butter churns, silver pieces (to include a complete flatware service), shadow boxes, beaded purses, crocheted neck collars, vintage ladies’ leather boots, and baby shoes.

Antique furniture includes an immaculate oak icebox, a painted Hoosier cabinet, a round oak pedestal dining room table with large scrolling feet, an oak side table with spool turned legs, and an interesting tiger oak side-by-side bookcase with bowed glass and fall-front desk over serpentine drawers.

There will be a square oak table with decorative scrolling feet and large turned legs and five wide half-back chairs with pierced hand-holds and applied decoration, a tiger oak hall tree and a large solid oak roll-top desk. A Depression-era dining room suite has a table with hidden fold-out leaf, trestle base and large Jacobean-style legs, plus six chairs with linen fold decorations on the backs and large turned front legs. It also has a matching buffet with linen fold decoration. Also to be sold is an antique settee with beautiful carving and a vintage oak commode washstand with curving towel rack.

For details go to the auctioneer’s website www.SpecialistsoftheSouth.com or phone 850-785-2577.

 

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.


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The tiger oak side-by-side bookcase with bowed glass is in excellent condition. Image courtesy of Specialists of the South.
The tiger oak side-by-side bookcase with bowed glass is in excellent condition. Image courtesy of Specialists of the South.