Glass Works Auctions To Hold Premier Sale #157
Two-Part Timed Closing Online Sale Will Be April 25 And 26
April 22, 2022
Glass Works Auctions Premier Auction #157 will be a two-part, timed closing affair, with part one slated for Monday, April 25, and part two to follow the next day, Tuesday, April 26. The online-only sale is packed with 263 lots of flasks, bitters, inks, target balls, fire grenades and black glass. Online bidding will be through www.glswrk-auction.com. Expected top lots include an Old Sachem Bitters and Wigwam Tonic bottle, estimated to change hands for $20,000-$30,000; a General Frank Cheatams Bitters bottle (Nashville, Tenn.) (est. $6,000-$8,000); a Travellers Bitters bottle (ca. 1834-70), with motif of a walking man (est. $8,000-$12,000); and an eagle New London Anchor Glassworks bottle (est. $8,000-$12,000). The General Frank Cheathams bitters and the Travellers bitters (with the likeness of General Robert E. Lee) are important not only to collectors of bitters bottles, but also to collectors of Civil War material, said James Hagenbuch, the owner of Glass Works Auctions. Hagenbuch pointed to another important bottle in the sale, a blown three-piece-mold geometric pan in cobalt blue (est. $7,000-$9,000). The cobalt blue blown three-piece mold pan is of extreme importance to collectors of early American glass. Numerous pieces in this form exist in clear glass, but only on rare occasion is one available in the cobalt blue color. Other noteworthy bottles include a handled Whiskey bottle A.M. Bininger & Co. / No. 19 Broad St. / New York, which has a pre-sale estimate of $2,500-$3,500; a mallet form wine bottle O/T/*S/ 1735 (est. $2,500-$3,500); a fire grenade Hardens Improved Grenade Fire Extinguisher Pat Oct. 7th, 1884, expected to find a new owner for $2,500-$3,500; and a La Lafayette bottle with a bust of Lafayette T.S. and Masonic Arch (est. $8,000-$12,000). Also offered will be an American pattern mold covered sugar bowl, emerald green, possibly Sandwich or Pittsburgh District, ca. 1820-40 (est. $8,000-$12,000); a target ball Bot of / Jas. Brown & Son / 136 Wood St. / Pittsg. Pa. Manufacturers and Dealers of Firearms (est. $2,500-$4,500); a Ditchetts / Remedy For / The Piles N-Y (est. $4,000-$6,000); and a Talamon / Catarrh / And / Lung Cure (est. $6,000-$8,000). Preview at the Glass Works Auction gallery is by appointment only. To make an appointment, call 215-679-5849 or email info@glswrk-auction.com. The gallery is located at 84 Main St. in Pennsburg, Pa. Glass Works Auctions has offices in East Greenville, Pa., and a gallery in nearby Pennsburg. To learn more, visit www.glswrk-auction.com.
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