| Treasures, clocks stand test of time
Co-owners Larry Davenport and his dad, Bill Davenport, have spent the past 30 years offering customers the chance to purchase antique furniture and clocks of all shapes, sizes and sounds. "Personally, I find the 1800s to be a fascinating century," the younger Davenport said. "This was the beginning of the industrial age, and a period where clocks and furniture were quality made." The 1800s are firmly entrenched at the store, which boasts a wooden cuckoo clock (1880), a wooden rocking chair (1850), a grand bookcase (1870), an American grandfather clock (1820) and a sterling silver snuff box (1868). Yet, of all the clocks and antiques that occupy the 4,000-square-foot store, there is one item that the elder Davenport enjoys showing the most. And that is an 1876 family Bible that is 11 inches wide by 12?3/4 inches deep, and is approximately 7 inches thick.
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Delivery Service Sign; Porc. M.C.A. Cigar Sign; Porc. Peter Schuyler Cigar Sign; Edgar Arthur Builder Porc. Sign; Tin Dixie Sign; Tin Henry Noord Plumbing Sign; Dbl Sided Antique Sign; etc
Soda Advertising: Tin Canada Dry Sport Cola Sign; Tin “Enjoy Coca Cola" Sq. Sign; Tin We Use Dar Kool Bulk Coolers Sign; Tin Nehi Sign; Porc Hoffman Quality Beverage Sign; Tin “Enjoy Coca Cola" Sign; 1935 Coca Cola Dbl Sided Sign; 1955 48" Coca Cola Button; 1920's Coca Cola Glasscok Cooler; Dr. Pepper Sign; 1960's Coca Cola Sign w/Bottle; Enjoy Coca Cola Sign; 1940's Coca Cola Cardboard; 1950's Coca Cola Santa Cardboard Display; Coca Cola Dispenser; 1950s Coca Cola Soda Machine; Squirt Light Up Clock Sign; 7 Up Menu Board; Tin ‘Lyons Magnus Root Beer Sign; 1949 Tin “Pause, Drink Coca Cola"; Tin Drink Mission Beverage Sign; 1940's Coca Cola Sign; Tin Pepsi Die Cut; Coca Cola Picnic Cooler; Nehi Advertising Light; Coca Cola General Store Light Up Sign; Tin Lg Budweiser Sign; Molson Neon Sign; Pabst Blue Ribbon Sign; Pilsner Lite Beer Pool Table Light; Budweiser Tin Sign; “Cott To Be Good" Tin Sign; Porc Hoffman's Beverage Sign; etc
Thermometers to include: Pepsi Thermometer; Pyro Anti Freeze Thermometer; Coca Cola Round Thermometer; Robertson Coke Bottle Thermometer; Gehl Farm Equipment Thermometer; Case Thermometer; Gehl Tractor VT Thermometer; 1965 Say Pepsi Please Thermometer; etc
Toys: Buddy L Texaco Tanker; Buddy L Coca Cola Truck; Nylint Magnetic Crane; Marx 1949 Friction Dick Tracy Squad Car; Toy Monitor Top Refrigerator; Wind Up Dogs; Lead Soldiers & Cowboys; Wooden Fisher Price Cow Pull Toy; Tin Friction Army Truck; Big Bang Cannon; Texaco Tanker Boat in Box; Wooden Fire Truck; Wooden Ladder Truck; Erector Set; 1950s Schwinn Boys Bike w/Carrier; Murray's Boys Bike w/Balloon Tires; Structo Hook & Ladder Truck; Tonka Hydraulic Hook & Ladder Truck; Marx Pinball Game; Marx Shooting Gallery; Sear's Dragster Peddle Car; AMF Hook & Ladder Peddle Car; Unopened Case of 1998 Hess Miniature Tanker Trucks; Unopened Case of 1999 Hess Miniature Trucks; 250 Watt Lionel Transformer; Lionel Trains & Accessories; etc
Clocks to include: Hallmark Cards Clock; Trico Wiper Blades Clock; Ford V8 Clock; Coca Cola Clock; Philip Morris Clock; Wisconsin Heavy Duty Engine Clock w/Horse; etc
Misc items: National #333 Brass Cash Register; 4 Gum Ball Machines; Old Spark Plugs; NOS Mazda Lamp In Box; Early 1950's Lebanon Valley Speedway Posters; 100 Drwr Metal Parts Cabinet; Life Saver Display; 3 Pommel Barber Shop Mirrors; Child's Barbershop Booster Seat; Dewey Cob Pipe Display; 10 Porc Green & White Gas Station Shades; Weed Tire Chain Display;Vic Country Store Tape Dispenser; Plastic Jeep Sign;
Cans to include: Gargoyle Mobile Oil E Can; Brattleboro Jelly Co.
FINE ART AND ANTIQUE AUCTION
PERIOD ANTIQUE FURNITURE: C.W. KITTINGER & CRAFTSMAN MAHOGANY PIECES, CUSTOM CHERRY, GILT VICTORIAN VITRINE, FEDERAL & CHIP. MIRRORS, EARLY TALL CASE CLOCK BY JONAS BARBER, INLAID FRENCH DESK, M/T CENTER TABLE, PR. PAINTED ITALIAN MINI COMMODES W/MARBLE, DUNCAN PHYFE, CHIP. & FEDERAL STYLE SOFAS, CANOPY BED, CORNER CABINET, PR. SIGNED VICT. ROSEWOOD SHELVES, LOADED WITH MORE THAN USUAL QUALITY FURNITURE!
*ANTIQUE ESTATE PERSIAN RUGS -
HERIZ, KIRMAN AND MORE*
HIGHLIGHTS: EARLY FIGURAL STAFFORDSHIRE COLLECTION, TIFFANY STUDIOS POMAGRANATE LAMP SHADE, PTD. VIENNA BRONZE, FRAMED AUBUSON, BRADLEY & HUBBARD AND OTHER FINE STAINED GLASS LAMPS, EARLY IMARI, CHINESE EXPORT, BRONZE & CLOISENNE CANDELABRA, BOULLE TANTALUS SET, ROYAL BONN ANSONIA, ACANTHUS CARVED, REPEATER & OTHER QUALITY CLOCKS, EXCEPTIONAL MURANO GLASS LAMPS, WAVECREST, LALIQUE, BACCARAT & OTHER GLASS, SIGNED RUSSIAN BRONZE SCULPTURE, RUSSIAN SILVER, EARLY DOORSTOPS, METTLACH STEIN COLLECTION, ROSEVILLE, ROOKWOOD, MOORECROFT POTTERY, VINTAGE TIN TOY COLLECTION, FINE FRENCH BRONZE FIXTURE W/CUPIDS, DECORATED STONEWARE, AMERICAN SWORDS, RIFLE & MUCH MORE.
Police seek sponsors to tackle rising art crime
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