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Follow on Google News | 365 quality, fresh lots will be sold on Saturday, March 29th, by Fontaine's Auction Gallery365 lots of fresh, quality merchandise in a host of diverse categories – musical items, coin-op, advertising, toys, country store, banks, gaming and more – will be sold on Saturday, March 29, by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery in Pittsfield, Mass.
By: Fontaine's Auction Gallery The musical items will feature rare Victrolas, gramophones, music boxes, phonographs and jukeboxes. Also sold will be automatons, slot machines, arcade games, vending and soda machines, cash registers, historical, wall phones, trade stimulators, tin litho, display cases, signs, posters, scales, political, bicycles and baseball. In short, it’s a sale with something for everyone. Three lots are expected to hit or exceed $10,000. They are a Regina Style 38 disc changer music box with 5-cent coin operated mechanism and refinished case (est. $10,000-$15,000); Talk about diversity. The auction will feature a Civil War writing desk with cased 1849 Colt iron guard pocket revolver, inscribed to C. (Chapman) Biddle (est. $6,000-$8,000); Stars of the musical category will include a Nickelodeon coin-op upright player piano band organ in a mahogany case with leaded glass doors (est. $5,000-$7,500); Phonographs will feature an Edison Triumph Model-F cylinder phonograph with Herzog cabinet model 712, housed in an oak cased with a domed lid (est. $4,000-$6,000); Cigar-related items will include a standing figural Justice cigar lighter made for the World’s Fair (Columbian Exposition) of 1893, 18 inches tall (est. $3,500-$5,000); Tops among toys will be a Carette wind-up steam-powered tin battleship with working propellers, in very good working condition, 21 inches in length (est. $800-$1,200); Toy trains will feature an unusual wood and metal camelback locomotive metal engine and coal car with brass wheels, contacts and track, 30 inches overall (est. $2,000-$3,000); Soda collectors will be treated to a VMC model 81 7-Up cooler and vending machine, circa 1950s, made by Vendolator Mfg. Co., 58 ½ inches tall (est. $3,000-$5,000); Highlighting the tobacco signs category will be a U.S. Segars Company cigar trade wood sign with the original paint, reading “U.S. Grant Segars” (est. $1,500-$2,500); The auction will also feature a pressed steel American National Pedal Car kid’s barber chair, convertible form, with long running boards and fenders (est. $4,000-$6,000); Rounding out some of the day’s expected top lots will be a Folies Bergere deco movie poster, by the artist Picard Pico, in a gilt and ebonized frame (est. $4,000-$6,000); For those unable to attend the auction in person, internet bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com, iCollector.com and Invaluable.com (formerly Artfact.com) With over 40 years in the auction business, Fontaine’s Auction Gallery is a name that has earned the trust of collectors, investors and gallery owners worldwide. Cataloged lots receive nationwide exposure to the firm’s expansive database of over 18,000 qualified buyers. Seven times Fontaine’s Auction Gallery has been voted “Best Antique Auction Gallery” by the public. Fontaine’s Auction Gallery is actively seeking quality consignments for future sales. The firm also buys antiques and entire estates outright. To consign an item, estate or collection, call (413) 448-8922 and ask for John Fontaine. Or, e-mail him at info@fontainesauction.com. For more information about the upcoming March 29 auction, log on to www.FontainesAuction.com. 30 - End
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