NEAPOLIS, Ohio — The day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, is when most people head for the malls, the big box stores, and many other shopping places to hunt for that advertised bargain. An alternative to this is to head to the Whalen Auction facility in Neapolis where John and Jason Whalen annually hold a large consignment auction with a wonderful variety of quality items. Here you won’t have to wait out in the cold until the doors are unlocked; here you won’t get pushed, shoved, or jostled. Instead, you will find comfortable seating, a warm atmosphere, and lots of good will. You will also find quality antiques including furniture, glassware, pottery, lamps, etc.

Among the hanging lamps a yellow mother-of-pearl diamond hanging lamp in a jeweled Parker frame with amber prisms crossed the block and found a final selling price of $4,000. A Fostoria Consolidated 14-inch Victorian hanging lamp with a pink diamond quilted shade and font with clear prisms earned $1,100; a Hobbs 14-inch Victorian hanging lamp with an amber swirl shade and in an ornate nine-jewel frame saw $2,200; and a 14-inch Victorian hanging lamp with a white to pink hobnail shade, a copper font, alternating long and short prisms, and birds on the frame crossed the block for $1,600. A 14-inch Victorian hanging lamp with a cranberry shade, a clear font and prisms earned $1,500, and another 14-inch lamp, this one with a pigeon blood shade, a brass font and red and clear prisms earned $1,200.

Hanging lamps were not the only lamps to find attention, there were also several table and oil lamps in various sizes and patterns. Examples included a pair of attractive 14¾-inch Steuben torch lamps that earned $800; a Pittsburgh 23-inch reverse painted scenic lamp with a 16-inch shade that sold for $1,150; and a Pittsburgh 19-inch high reverse painted ship lamp that crossed the block for $700. A squared shade Pittsburgh reverse painted scenic lamp in greens sold for $1,000; and a reverse painted panel lamp depicting a landscape with flowering trees and house and a lighted base crossed the block for $800.

Among the kerosene lamps an amber Log Cabin finger kerosene lamp sold for $600; a blue clambroth finger lamp saw $550; and a clear kerosene lamp with a swan stem crossed the block for $350. A cranberry snowflake kerosene stem lamp sold for $350; a clear log cabin kerosene finger lamp earned $325; and a blue opalescent swirl kerosene finger lamp with a frosted base went to a new owner for $300. A mini cranberry kerosene lamp with a cranberry chimney reached $135, a blue snowflake kerosene stem lamp glowed at $300, and a Nailsea cranberry fairy lamp brought $200.

An oil painting of mountains with a waterway in the foreground framed in an ornate gold frame crossed the block for $375. This was signed Chandler. An oil on canvas signed R Elcher depicted an autumn scene in a woods and found a selling price of $425. An intriguing print entitled The Little Captive, dated 1897 and depicting a young girl with birds will decorate someone’s wall for $150. Safely Guarded was a framed print of a lioness and her cubs on a ledge that sold for $200.

A finger carved walnut upholstered sofa with two matching pillows in a cream with floral upholstery sold for $300, while a medallion-back finger carved walnut settee with the same cream with floral upholstery earned $400. A walnut finger-carved upholstered armchair to complement these two pieces saw a final bid of $350.

The magnificent rosewood single-door Victorian wardrobe with a full glass, a drawer in the base, plus an interior drawer with carved details stood 100 inches high and was 44½ inches wide. The interior was in oak and curly maple was on the inside door. The final selling price for this piece was $3,250. A slightly smaller two-door mahogany wardrobe (87¼ inches high and 62 inches wide) with gold trim crossed the block for $2,500; and one in walnut which stood 82 inches high and 64½ inches wide boasted two doors with oval beveled mirrors and earned $900.

The two-piece walnut and burl Victorian bedroom suite included the bed with a cleverly hidden compartment in the footboard and a marble-top dresser with candle stands and a mirror. This suite was in excellent condition and crossed the block for $3,100. A three-piece oak bedroom suite featured carved columns and leaves in a draping carved ball design. This suite also proved to be desirable and saw a final bid of $2,800.

There were three magazine stands from which to choose. A walnut magazine stand with spoon carvings and an inlaid design with a musical theme sold for $500; a 49½-inch high burl walnut magazine stand earned $800; and a carved burl walnut magazine rack standing 44¾ inches high sold for $550.

A small quartersawn oak dental cabinet had much more character than the stainless steel cabinets found in dental office today. This piece could be useful for many things other than dental instruments and its size, 39½ inches high and 27¼ inches wide, would not demand a lot of space. This piece earned $900.

A very interesting and ornate Black Forest barometer/thermometer featured carved birds and a dog. The final selling price for this piece was $1,100.

For the person who prefers smalls there was a large selection of desirable glassware. Examples included an unusual cranberry and Vaseline with opalescent spatter shaker in a leaf design glass that sold for $350; a cranberry opalescent ribbed lattice sugar shaker that saw $265; and a cranberry Daisy and Fern opalescent sugar shaker that crossed the block for $225.

A cranberry pickle castor and tongs with a flue floral design earned $300; a ribbed cranberry pickle castor and tongs saw $250; and an enameled cranberry ribbed pickle castor and tongs crossed the block for $350.

Syrup jars included a cranberry opalescent swirl syrup jar that sold for $250; a blue lattice opalescent syrup jar with a metal lie that had been welded that earned $200; and a Mary Gregory purple glass syrup jar with a boy that saw $150.

A signed aurene 7½-inch jack-in-the-pulpit vase saw a final bid of $875; a Victorian Austria low bowl in a frame with a portrait depicting a young woman picking cherries earned $425; and a portrait plate of a young lade with her violin and sheet music crossed the block for $550.

Stained glass windows included a 32 by 42-inch stained leaded window with opalescent jewels that sold for $850; a 30½ by 48-inch stand glass window depicting a child that earned $600; and tow smaller ones (36½ by 18-3/4 inches and 39½ by 22-7/16 inches) that sold for $400 and $450 respectively.

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