The auction will be held at the Peoples Light & Theater Company in Malvern, Pa., at 10:30 a.m.
(MALVERN, Pa.) – Over 400 quality lots of important antique clocks, Asian objects, fine art, toys and toy trains, period furniture, Native American and African objects, decorative accessories and porcelain will be sold at auction Thursday, May 24, by Gordon S. Converse & Company, at the Peoples Light & Theater Company in Malvern, starting at 10:30 a.m. (EST).
Previews will be held on Wednesday, May 23, from 10-2, and on Thursday, May 24, from 8:30-10:30 a.m., when the first gavel comes down. Online bidding will be available, and phone, write-in and absentee bids will also be accepted. The Peoples Light & Theater Company is located at 39 Conestoga Road in Malvern, in eastern Pennsylvania.
Bidders may preview the lots online, at the Gordon S. Converse & Company website (www.auctionsatconverse.com). Antique clocks – a specialty of Gordon S. Converse & Co. -- will be offered in abundance, and the collection of nearly 50 toys will feature numerous trucks and cars, airplanes and railroad trains. Chinese arts and porcelains were pouring in at press time.
The fine arts category will be highlighted by more than 25 oil paintings and some larger landscapes from a single consignor. Ethnic pieces will include African tribal arts and Native American arrowheads and pottery. Furniture will feature a Massachusetts tambour desk and an early 20th century English mahogany corner cupboard with cabinet top section and glazed doors.
Antique clocks are certain to attract keen bidder interest. Lots to watch include an early 19th century double steeple form mantel clock with fusee clockworks and strap brass movement plates, 23 ½ inches in height; and a mahogany veneer so-called “pillar-and-scroll” clock with an interior label identifying the maker as Seth Thomas, with brass finials, 29 inches without finial.
Also offered will be a sheep's head-type single-hand lantern clock with an engraved brass case, in which the chapter ring is signed “Steph. Levitt, Chelmsford,” with three dolphin frets (one engraved) and a clockworks with an hour strike; and a fine Regency “bracket” clock (or chamber timepiece) with a solid mahogany case, nice Egyptian-style feet and a pineapple finial.
Artwork will include a framed oil painting titled Stravanger Fjord, signed indistinctly (possibly by “H. Lyber”), 36 inches by 52 inches; a framed oil on canvas landscape signed lower left by “H. Wolff,” 18 ½ inches by 28 inches; a landscape work signed by the Danish artist Otto Balle (1865-1916); and an impressionist oil on canvas by Auguste Deneken, framed, dated 1943.
Oriental objects will be highlighted by a pair of rosewood carved, Chinese-made stands, 29 inches by 11 inches (circa 1840); a fine pair of poly-glazed decorated Chinese reticulated plates; and a davenport service consisting of a serving platter and eight matching plates, in a design that honors the palette and forms of many Chinese export items during the 19th century.
Antique toys will include a German sedan called the “Baron” in very good to excellent condition, made by Blech-Spielman; a mostly plastic and finely detailed model of a Mercedes Benz touring car, about 27 inches in length; a silver tri-engine toy airplane, 20 inches long; and a metal toy sedan from the mid-20th century, 20 inches long and still with the original green paint.
Trains will feature an OO gauge train set by Markel with a transformer, tracks, buildings and train car accessories; and a set of Hornby-type trains, including four wind-up lithographic decorated locomotives and other cars. Also offered will be a Quapaw Native American vase, 10 inches tall, found in Phillips County, Ark., with original vivid polychrome paint and item shards.
Gordon S. Converse & Co. is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign an item, an estate or a collection, you may call them directly, at (610) 722-9004; or, e-mail them at Gordon@ConverseClocks.com. Gordon Converse replies promptly to all e-mails.
Anyone interested in finding out what an antique item might be worth may do so by sending a photo of the item, along with a check for $40, to Gordon S. Converse & Co., Attn: Gordon S. Converse, 758 Mancill Rd., Strafford, PA 19087. To learn more about Gordon S. Converse & Co., and the May 24th auction, please log on to www.AuctionsatConverse.com.
Contact: Gordon Converse
(484) 431-5543 or (610) 722-9004
Gordon@ConverseClocks.com
Porcelain plates:
Fine and gorgeous pair of Chinese poly-glazed decorated reticulated plates.
Seth Thomas clock:
Mahogany veneer “pillar-and-scroll” clock with label identifying the maker as Seth Thomas.
Corner cupboard:
Early 19th century English mahogany corner cupboard with glazed doors, 8 feet 6 inches tall.
Toy car:
German-made toy sedan car, the “Baron,” by Blech-Spielman, in very good/excellent shape.
Native American vase:
Quapaw Native American vase, 10 inches tall, found in Arkansas, with original polychrome paint.
Otto Balle:
Original oil on canvas landscape rendering by the Danish artist Otto Balle (1865-1916).
Toy Mercedes:
Finely detailed model of a Mercedes-Benz touring car, mostly plastic, about 27 inches long.
Hornby trains:
Group of Hornby-type trains, including four wind-up lithographic decorated locomotives.
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