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OUTSTANDING OVER 300 LOT CATALOG AUCTION OF ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES MANY SCARCE & RARE ITEMS

Sale for The Late Fred Hartman Collection

Sale To Be Held at:
PORTERS FIRE CO.
1199 PORTERS RD.
SPRING GROVE, PA. 17362

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Fri. Feb. 3 from 1-4 p.m.

OUTSTANDING OVER 300 LOT CATALOG AUCTION OF ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES MANY SCARCE & RARE ITEMS

SCARCE OUTSTANDING early Gendron childs pedal car as in found original condition with wooden spoke wheels,

EARLY GREAT large Civil War 35 star flag with medallion 35 star arrangement,

VERY GOOD book plate or small fraktur with hand drawn & colored heart & flowers dated 1787 with outstanding decorated frame,  

RARE early 1805 hand drawn plot of “Poormans Hall” attributed to Hagerstown Md.,

3 OUTSTANDING pcs. made by Frank Feather including wall magazine/paper rack with stag head & acorn, wonderful carved spoon “Luck Christmas Eve” with acorn tip & carved cane,

IMPORTANT period Chippendale high case of drawers with early surface signed & dated by the maker “A. Getty of Taneytown Md. 1770”,

Antique furniture, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL quality reproduction furniture made by Ken Zeigler of Littlestown Pa. & Fred Hartman including corner cupboard, hanging cupboards & others (must see excellent craftsmanship),    

OUTSTANDING circa. 1797-1814 John Reynolds Hagerstown (Maryland) tall case grandfathers clock with moon dial,   

VERY GOOD 1891 school bell McShane Bell Foundry Baltimore Md. (made for bell tower on a school),

VERY GOOD antique cast iron horse hitching post signed “Calvin Gilbert Gettysburg Pa.”,

SCARCE swan neck cast iron horse hitching post,

VERY RARE set of early 19th century Victorian plantation servant bells, 2 sets of 3 brass horse sleigh carriage bells,  

HARD TO FIND late 1800s salesman sample farm equipment, very good antique cast iron horse drawn fire wagons-ladders & apparatus, large antique press steel toy fire ladder truck, early childs tricycle,     

VERY GOOD cast iron chair signed “Wm. A. Kilmore Wm. Adams Fdry. Co. Phila.”,

VERY GOOD antique brass with metal shade hanging country store light, oil lamps,

OUTSTANDING COLLECTION of fire memorabilia including lanterns-hats-buckets-“F.I. Co.” iron plaque-axes & others,

RARE antique cast iron “Darky and The Cabin” mechanical bank with original paint, antique cast iron toys, antique “Imperial Mainsprings” 42 drawer pocket watch wooden parts chest, antique pocket watches including 1 Tiffany & Co., early brass pharmacist scale with 1 drawer, antique stoneware some with decoration, 3 pcs. signed John Bell including 2 pcs. stoneware & 1 pc. redware, very good antique hand carved butter molds, quilts, 6 early bicycle lamps, fancy sterling silver string holder, various sterling silver flatware, antique glass candy decanters including scarce Indian motorcycle with side car, 3 “Case” knives, original WWII War Bond posters, “Pen Mar Park” advertising souvenir pcs., early flint glass & blown glass decanters, Greg Shooner decorated charger, 7=1968 Baltimore Colts game programs, much more.

Note: Many of you knew Fred a lifelong collector, and Tilly from the many auctions they attended but they were much more than antique sale attendees. Tilly, a Pennsylvania farm girl, kept the Hartman homestead going by mowing lawn, gardening, canning and taking care of their daughter, Susie, while Fred, a career firefighter, risked his life and limb while working to protect other people’s lives and property. When he wasn’t at Station 1, Towson, or at a sale, you could find Fred at one of his artisan friends working on a project. While Susie, his daughter, misses her favorite truckie terribly, she hopes that what you purchase from his over fifty year collecting adventure brings you as much joy and pleasure as it brought him.

Sale Terms: 10% Buyers Premium. 6% Sales Tax to be applied. Cash & Pa. Local checks only. 3% Administrative fee in addition when paying w/ credit card.