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IMPORTANT ESTATE ANTIQUE AUCTION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3^rd, 2004 Featuring Items from Prominant MAIN LINE, PA and DELAWARE VALLEY HOMES AND ESTATES This Exciting Auction Featured an excellent collection of Antique Music Boxes and Victrolas an outstanding collection of Confederate Paper Money Ephemera including Autographs, Letters, and Museum-quality Silhouettes Fine Art by listed artists Antique and Fine Reproduction Furniture Oriental Carpets Decorative Accessories Sterling, Fine Porcelains and China, Crystal and Glassware Fine Estate Jewelry, and much more
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: (Note: All prices include 10% Buyer's Premium)
EPHEMERA
Lot C-30: First Issue Montgomery $50 Note issued July 16, 1861, Serial #889 $18,150	(Photo Not Available) Lot C-40: $20 third issue, Sept. 2, 1861 $2310	(Photo Not Available) Lot C-30: $10 third issue, Sept. 2, 1861 $1760
Lot S-35: Lot of 2 Silhouettes (Lady and Gentleman) with Peals Museum Imprints $578	Lot E-7: Book of Autographs collected by Montgomery Pike Simons, a Photographer from Richmond, VA. Autographs date from around 1850 with some later additions $1650	(Photo Not Available) Lot of 108 Lottery Tickets (Mostly Louisiana; various dates) $1540
MUSIC BOXES / VICTROLAS / TYPEWRITERS, ETC.
Regina Sublima Corona 15.5"-disc Self-changer in upright Mahogany Cabinet with bow-glass door $18,150	Stella disc music box with lower drawer and six extra discs $6600	Mira 18.5"-disc music box in upright Mahogany Cabinet with double-comb mechanism $6600
Polyphonic disc music box in carved, inlaid-Walnut case $4510	Swiss Sublime cylinder music box with three bells and two extra cylinders in carved, inlaid box $2860	National Typewriter in Tin case $2200
ANTIQUE / FINE REPRODUCTION FURNITURE
Walnut Tall-case Clock with hand-painted Steel dial $16,500	Pine Linen Press $2310	Victorian Bookcase with carved gallery top $2475
Mahogany Federal-style Corner Cupboard with curved architectural door, custom made by Hunt Mfg. Co. $2350	Set of 8 Queen Anne-style Dining Room Chairs, custom made by Hunt Mfg. Co. $3080	Inlaid-Mahogany Edison Institute Michigan Museum Reproduction Desk by Colonial Mfg. Co. $1650
FINE ART
Oil/Canvas by Wm. Aiken Walker, "The Cabin"; 12" x 6" $12,100	Oil/Canvas of two young girls, 19th C.; 38" x 60" $5940
DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES / STERLING / JEWELRY / MISC.
Heriz Room-size Carpet (10'8" x 13') $11,550	(Photo Not Available) 3 Folk-art wood-carved Flamingoes with polychrome decoration $1760	Set Wallace Grand Baroque Sterling Flatware (aprox. 102 pcs) $2200
1995 Mercedes E-320 Convertible $22,550	Patek Philippe Open-face Pocketwatch with St. George and Dragon motif $1595	Diamond Ring with aprox. 0.90ct Center Stone $1155
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