NEAPOLIS, Ohio –A 16-inch Tiffany lamp with signed based and shade brightened bidding to the tune of $12,000 at an auction conducted by Whalen Auction.

A 17-inch candlestick lamp with an unsigned Tiffany shade sold for $300.

Made by the Chennecke Co. and 40¼ inches tall, an Art Nouveau lamp signed Reveil Printanner drew the interest of several and crossed the block for $1,300. This lamp was very unusual and had a lady’s figure as its base.

Desirable Handel lamps included a rare signed 6-inch Handel hanging hall lamp which earned $1,400, and a Handel floor lamp with a 10-inch shade and a bronze metal base that earned a winning bid of $3,600.

A hanging lamp with a high dome pink satin hobnail shade with white hobs and a peacock frame sold for $1,600. Also highly desirable was a hobnail Vaseline hanging lamp, with a high dome and a Bradley and Hubbard large font frame that earned $1,200.

Included among the banquet lamps were an unusual cherub banquet lamp with a rare green dragon shade that sold for $550; a silver a brass one with a cranberry flash ball shade that earned $425; and large cherub banquet lamp with an electrified pierced font and a white globe with roses that crossed the block for $375.

A rare beaded crinkle orange satin Gone With the Wind lamp sold for $900; a Gone With the Wind lamp with a hand-painted stag saw $850; and a floral hand-painted Gone With the Wind lamp with a mushroom base crossed the block for $450.

There were many more lamps that attracted the attention of the attendees resulting in spirited bidding as they crossed the block. Among these a Wilkerson leaded glass lamp sold for $800; a cranberry lamp with a hobnail shade and font and brass trim earned $800; and a Steuben dresser lamp with a signed shade went to a new owner for $600.

A chatelaine is an ornament that is fastened to a belt or pocket with chains on which to hang small articles such as keys, scissors, purses, etc. The word “chatelaine” is derived from a word that means keeper of the castle or the person who is entrusted with the keys. Chatelaines were particularly popular during the 18th century. To collectors they are still popular and the chatelaine presented at this auction was, indeed, popular with the attendees. The jeweled mesh chatelaine on the block elicited a final bid of $1,800.

Beautiful jeweled and beaded purses were also popular. Examples included a micro Venetian floral beaded purse with a jeweled frame with a large jeweled clasp and a large Venetian floral beaded purse with a mum and aster motif and heavily jeweled frame selling for $900 each. A mandolin blue geometric purse with a jeweled clasp crossed the block for $700; a Venetian beaded rug design purse with an enamel frame and a glass bead purse with an Egyptian motif and a celluloid frame saw $600 each. There were several other desirable beaded purses that sold for $425 to $500 each.

Auctioneer John Whalen deftly interspersed the guns which had been consigned between the purses. An Army Colt Model 1860 .44-caliber handgun with matching numbers sold for $2,600 and a Henry Derringer .41-caliber pocket pistol saw a final bid of $2,000. Other guns included a Sharps Derringer .22-caliber, circa 1864, that sold for $800; and Sharps Derringer .22-caliber, circa 1863, with 50-percent of the original nickel finish remaining that earned $45, as did a circa 1860 Derringer .32-caliber, circa 1860.

Labino glass was popular with bidders, which is not unexpected as Dominick Labino’s hometown was Grand Rapids, Ohio, near Neapolos. There were eight pieces of Labino offered with the larger pieces finding selling prices of $1,050 to $4,500 and the three small pieces earning final bids of $250 to $425.

An 8-inch tall green Bonita jardinière by Roseville drew spirited bidding and found a final selling price of $1,100.

Two Wave Crest hinged dresser boxes reached final bids of $425 and $450. A pair of Royal Bonn vases with chicken motifs sold for $450 and an exquisite 14-inch Royal Bonn floral vase earned $600.

A Pierre Gaudron Boull pendulum mantel clock with a brass inlay and marked Gribelin, Paris ticked to $4,500. You would need a very large room in which to put the beautiful walnut grandfather clock. This piece was German, had five tubes and was 92 inches high. It reached a final price of $4,000.

A double figural alabaster clock with a presentation plaque and marked Cheshire, England, 1871 makers on the back earned $600; an alabaster clock with a large cupid with a bow and arrow marked H & H France earned $500; and a large double figural lady and cherub in pink and black marble sold for $600.

A Wagemaker oak four-drawer file cabinet with a small file on top for small cards sold for $1,200. An attractive pair of Globe Wernicke four-stack bookcases with leaded glass and a drawer in the base of each was highly desired and attained a selling price of $4,200. A harvest oak “D” rolltop desk for $1,400. Other oak pieces included an oak two-door, seven-drawer wardrobe that sold for $600; a carved buffet with a beveled mirror and leaded beveled glass doors also earned $600; a McDougal Hoosier-style cabinet with a roll door, leaded glass, enamel top and the flour bin that earned $900; and a quartersawn oak two-door bookcase with claw feet that attained a final bid of $500.

Among the walnut pieces there was a Victorian oval table with a drawer and leather top, and an 1800s walnut Victorian finger-carved Sleepy Hollow rocker and matching chair, each of which sold for $1,000.

A round mahogany table with a carved base and claw feet earned $600; a step-back five-stack cherry bookcase from the Globe-Wernicke sold for $700; a mammy’s rocking bench saw $450; and a set of four 1950s chrome bar stools with red upholstery crossed the block for $900.

A mahogany Regina serpentine-front music box with the base and 50 records sold for $5,200.

A 1921 Selz Shoe calendar depicting a lady sold for $600; a set of Old Colonial sterling flatware earned $650; Singer Featherweight sewing machines complete with cases that earned $275 and $325; and a early toy horse on wheels crossed the block for $750.

A cranberry diamond opalescent ribbed sugar shaker sold for $200; a red, clear, white, and pink candy-striped glass staff, 79 inches long, earned $350; a pair of wall sconces with clear frosted Steuben shades sold for $500; and a blue Tiffany mug with its original label crossed the block for $300.

A mahogany inlaid telephone stand made by Peter Klerner Furniture Co., New Albany, Ala., saw a winning bid of $460; and a burl walnut Victorian fireplace mirror with gold details will grace someone’s fireplace after attaining a winning bid of $1,600.

With a very efficient staff assisting John and Jason Whalen, the auction was a smooth-running operation.

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