Quality smalls filled the many tables set up in the Home and Family Arts Building on the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds in Warsaw, Ind. These were set to cross the block during the second of four auctions being held by Tim Mauk of Mauk’s Auctioneering Services, Inc. & Associates for the estate of Nedra F. Beebe, who had obviously been a collector of a range of quality items.

These smalls were an eclectic mix. Glassware, china, stoneware and pottery items, along with lamps, clocks and primitives were up for the buying. For the local collector, there were Kosciusko County, Warsaw, Winona Lake, and Wawasee items which included paperweights, advertising pieces, and postcards. Books and albums giving insight into local history and historical events and records are always highly sought-after items. There were even a couple of cap and ball rifles from the 1800s for the gun collector.

There was such a large number of smalls, that in order to maintain everyone’s interest were presented in random order. Auctioneering duties were shared by Mauk and Dennis Newcomer. A capable staff assisted them in keeping the auction moving at a brisk, steady pace.

One of the unusual items was an Uhl miniature dealer’s sample jug. August Uhl emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1846, eventually settling in Evansville, Ind. in 1847, August Uhl and Henry Henn established a pottery company. After changes in partners August and his younger brother Louis formed the A.&L. Uhl Pottery Co. In 1854. In 1887 it was renamed Louis Uhl and Son after Louis Uhl bought out his brother August.

As opposed to the miniature jugs, which were made for sale and measured about four inches in height, this small jug was about one inch in height and came in its original box. This item crossed the block for $120.

Two old black cap and ball powder rifles from the 1800s were there for the collector. Both of these were handmade. One was a 40 caliber black powder rifle with a tiger maple stock and it crossed the block for $450. The other, which sold for $225, was a 25 caliber cap and black powder rifle with a maple stock.

There was an interesting oil lamp that was presented; it had built into the holder a place in which to put a candle. This unusual piece sold for $330.

Paper memorabilia, especially when it is associated with the area in which an auction is held, always attracts its fair share of interest and spirited bidding. A biographical and historical atlas of Kosciusko County (the one in which Warsaw is located) sold for $150 and a State of Indiana Historical Record 1876-1879 crossed the block for $325. A photo album with old pictures and portraits sold for $220.

Another album full of pictures earned $85; three postcards from Winona Lake, Ind. (located less than five miles from Warsaw and home of Grace College Theological Seminary) sold for $30; and a Dionne Quintuplets advertising fan sold for $12.50. A piece of history and also a remembrance of the owner of this estate, a set of pictures of Beebe’s Antique Shoppe, taken by a photographer from the Chicago School of Photography, sold for $45.

Among the quality glassware, porcelain, and related items there was a set of Coalport china from the 1850s which sold for $240 while an individual Coalport teapot sold for $45.

Flow blue items included a game plate which sold for $55, an Alfred Meakin flow blue tureen which saw $150, an eight-inch plated which sold for $50; a set of five sauce dishes which earned $75; a seven-inch plate saw $35; and an unmarked dish which sold for $80.

A Van Briggle vase sold for $30; an Austrian vase with serpent handles saw $45; a white jack-in-the-pulpit vase with a pink interior saw $50; a small carnival bud vase earned $25; and a square cranberry glass vase sold for $90.

A deep blue Wedgwood planter crossed the block for $130; a deep covered dish or jar with lavender flowers which was unmarked sold for $150; and an etched tankard saw $40. A R.S. Prussia berry bowl saw a high bid of $100 and a R.S. Prussia plate with double handles sold for $50.

The winning bid for a cream and sugar set in cranberry satin glass was $120, and a Royal Vienna hand-painted deep bowl sold for $85. Three car vases were offered and sold for $25 to $60 each. An etched ruby flask sold for $70, a Homer Laughlin child’s dish for $30, and an unusual inkwell for $50.

Several beautiful pieces of crystal were presented. A crystal pitcher with etched flowers and an applied handle sold for $30; a large crystal bowl with a pinwheel pattern saw $100; a beautiful cut crystal bowl which absolute sparkled saw $150; and cut crystal nappies and other small bowls sold for $45 to $70. A covered pedestal candy dish sold for $35; a crystal perfume saw $50; and a cut cruet sold for $60.

A pint cream bottle from Winona Lake sold for $85, and a half-pint bottle marked Sunny Meade Farms from Missouri saw $17.50.

A pair of early light bulbs that included a design formed by the filaments caught bidder’s attention. One of them had the message “I Love You” and the other had an Eastern Star. They sold for $27.50 each.

An old Western Electric candlestick telephone saw a winning bid of $100, and an old brass steam whistle crossed the block for $175.

Old lanterns offered included one which was all glass and one which had punched tin. These two interesting pieces sold for $180 each. $160 was the winning bid for a stem oil lamp.

Among the dolls offered a nine-inch doll, which would put the bottle in her hand up to her mouth when she was wound up sold for $80 and another old doll with a porcelain head sold for $40.

Hatpins included ones with rhinestones and one with pearls and sold for $27.50 to $35 each. For the gentleman there was an old derby hat, complete with its box, which sold for $25.50.

Hand-carved duck decoys, some with glass eyes sold for $35 to $65 each. A cast iron match safe with a patent date of 1876 earned $50.

Cobalt Shirley Temple creamers saw a final bid of $25 each; a light aqua St. Clair perfume earned $50; and a spongeware casserole sold for $35. A Greentown covered dish on a pedestal sold for $55; a Bennington bowl saw $30; and a St. Clair toothpick earned $33.50.

Old tintypes attract new owners and a box of them at this auction sold for $140.

A flower frog with a nude in the center sold for $60; a square bowl with a star pattern sold for $30; and a deep bowl in blue with a while rim earned $45. A butter dish made by Sandwich Glass sold for $40; an apple paperweight marked St. Clair sold for $45; and a Jacob’s Ladder compote saw $27.50.

Heisey items in the Lariat pattern included a berry bowl which sold for $22.50; a three-section bowl which sold for $35; and a two-section bowl which sold for $25.

A blue Delft Staffordshire plate featuring Longfellow sold for $32.50; a Bennington spittoon earned $22.50; and a Ford gumball machine sold for $65. A 1992 paperweight by Jim Davis crossed the block for $20; a large blue ironstone bowl earned $130; cut glass cruets sold for $30 to $60; and a tankard, also in cut glass, sold for $45.

Three more auctions from this estate are scheduled. One will be held in late April in Pierceton, Ind. and with the remaining two being held at the Kosciusko Fairgrounds in Warsaw, Ind. on May 14 and 21. For additional information on any of these auctions, other upcoming auctions or services provided by Mauk’s Auctioneering Services, Inc. & Associates contact Tim Mauk at (574) 858-2684 or (574) 268-6239. E-mail address is familyauto@waveone.net.