PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A major sale featuring more than 300 quality consignments from four prominent local estates will be conducted April 24 by the Specialists of the South Inc., in the firm’s spacious gallery at 544 E. Sixth St.
LiveAuctioneers will facilitate online bidding. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. The live sale will begin at 9 a.m. Central, with a preview scheduled April 23 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Central and on the day of the sale 8-9 a.m. A large crowd is anticipated for the auctioneer’s second major sale of 2010.
The four principal consignors make a formidable lineup. The first is the estate of Barbara M. Sanders, who lived in Panama City since 1965. Her father was a prominent Boston banker and his parents were from England and Scotland. Many dishes in the sale came from Mrs. Sanders’ aunt, who lived in Cornwall, England, and a handsome mahogany secretary also originated in Cornwall.
A friend of the father was author Benton MacKaye, who was known in conservation circles as the “Father of the Appalachian Trail.” A signed copy of his New York play, Bunty Pulls the Strings, will be offered in the sale. Also sold will be postcards from a trip that Mrs. Sanders took just prior to the outbreak of World War II, along with other pieces of ephemera.
Additional items from the estate of Mrs. Sanders include three primitive tables – two tall side tables and a drop-leaf table – made from Vermont pine. Mrs. Sanders acquired in the 1930s and ’40s while living outside Boston. She purchased many Oriental items in Tokyo and Hong Kong in 1963-64, including three large chests, all of which were custom-made for her.
The second major consignor is the estate of George A. Chancellor Jr., a retired teacher who taught was widely known as a historian. He was also a dedicated collector of pipes, matchbook covers, political buttons, older magazines, vintage fishing lures and a vintage record player and 78 rpm records. Some of these items will be sold as multiple lots.
Also from Chancellor’s estate is a child-size rolltop desk with Art Deco handles and chair, believed to have been purchased for him by his parents when he was in the first grade, circa 1940, and a vintage Elvis costume made by his wife and worn by him on many occasions.
The third consignor is a local woman whose grandparents – Charles and Juanita (Gaddy) Thomas – relocated from North Carolina to Quincy, Fla., in the 1920s. Charles was in the lumber business, but he was also a horse enthusiast. The couple also collected antiques. The sale will feature a sterling presentation bowl engraved “St. Petersburg 1948 Horse Show” and a large Gorham Chantilly flatware service, monogrammed (MAT, for the consignor’s aunt and Charles’ daughter, Margaret Ann Thomas) and weighing in at a robust 205 silver troy ounces.
The fourth and final consignor is a woman who, along with her daughter, collected the Azalea pattern for over 40 years. The Larkin Tea Co. was the sole distributor of these dishes from 1918-1941 and people would eagerly redeem coupons to acquire them. Hand-painted Noritake pieces with beautiful flowers will be sold and are dated by the markings: blue,1904-1920; green, 1921-1924; red with one number, 1925-1933; and red with two numbers, 1934-1941.
Additional furniture pieces will include a glass curio on tall legs, a small fainting couch, drop-leaf tables, antique piano stools, wing-back chairs, a painted tray top tilt table, and a 1970s Heywood-Wakefield table with three leaves, eight chairs and a china cabinet.
Decorative accessories and collectibles will feature Haviland Apple Blossom china, a tall blue cut to clear vase, Rosina bone china, Capo di Monte flowers, cut and pressed glass, Whitehall & Colony depression glass, cloisonné, Imari, wood carvings, early 1900s National Geographic magazines, children’s books, circa 1900 Women’s Home Companion magazines and artwork.
The Specialists of the South, Inc. has been serving the Panama City community for over 30 years. The firm specializes in a broad range of services, to include estate auctions, furniture refurbishing, interior decoration, property appraisals and business liquidation services. It has been awarded the Small Business of the Month by the Bay County Chamber of Commerce.
For details e-mail them at specialists@knology.net or call (850) 785-2477.
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