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HORTON'S ANTIQUE CLOCKS

SEPTEMBER 2016

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1. $650 Waterbury Clock Company, “Regulator No. 67”, ca 1906. Eight day, weight, time only. Two flat iron weights descend down the case sides from pulleys in the top corners. Painted brown so that they are not easy to see. Movement has dead beat escape-ment, retaining power, solid polished movement frames, and is clean and running. Brass pendulum bob, wood stick, and a signed brass beat scale are all original and correct. 50” high oak case has been cleaned and polished. The metal dial has been re-painted, there are three correct hands, and all the brass has been polished. The large door is held to the case body with two hooks. This is a fine and attractive example of the No. 67. Ly-Waterbury #573. The 2001 price guide shows $2200 for this model. $700-$1000. 2. $600 Waterbury Clock Co. “Regulator No. 3”, ca 1891. The nice oak case is 46” high, has been lightly cleaned and polished, including the brass accessories and move-ment. The finish is original and has crazing or smoke in the grooves. The four finials and other wood pieces are all original. The old dial is signed, no chips, and original but is stained. Everything else looks to be original or at least what you would expect to see with this model clock including the hands, brass pendulum bob, wood stick, and pair of brass weights, pulleys in the top of the case, beat scale, and parts of an illegi-ble black label in the bottom of the case. The large door glass is old, and I would doubt is original to this case. Behind the dial is a signed, 8 day, time only two weight move-ment that is clean and running properly. Not as slick and nice as some of the other Waterbury Regulators we are offering, but only needs some cleaning and polishing. Ly-Waterbury #555-A. $700-$1000. 3. $800 Waterbury Clock Co. “Regulator No. 53”, ca 1906. This is a rare mod-

el that seldom comes on the market. Clock collec-tors, like apples, come in many varieties. This clock is for those collectors who want the clock to be original with a crusty crazed finish but is very dirty, unassembled, was in the beginning stages of resto-ration, but they did not get around to doing the work. It has never been polished in the sense of removing any of the crazing or finish, or dust for that matter. The black and gold label, inside, on the base is worn badly, about half there, barely legible, but you can read, “Regulator No.53 / Waterbury”, and other things not so important. It is senseless to report the good original parts, but some collectors feel better bidding if I say the following things are all original; signed dial, hands, brass ring, two

weight pulleys, signed porcelain beat scale, correct brass bob, wood stick, door glass, and the 8 day, two weight, time only movement. It has dead beat escapement, retaining power, and needs to be re-strung. The painted dial has some chips, touched up. What is miss-ing; door lock, dial board, and weights. All I did was wash the glass a little so you could see inside. Believe me, it is dirty. I have sold this model for $4000 in the past. Ly-Waterbury #564. $800-$1000. 4. $400 French 4-column Empire clock, ca 1890. “F.A.E.que / E. Chatelain /

Horlogeries”, stamped on the 8 day movement plate, which would date the clock around 1890. Brown (walnut color) wood case is 16.5” tall, has inlaid designs on the front and on the base below the pendulum. The inlays are perfect. There are ripple like moldings around the top and base. The case is clean and should need no case work. There is a very nice cast bronze sash around the one piece porcelain dial. The dial is good with very faint hairlines. The dial is signed but I cannot make it out. Original French hands and a replaced, prop-er type pendulum. Four turned columns with bronze capitals and bases. A very attractive clock that runs and strikes a bell on the hours and half hours. $400-$600. 5. $1400 Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 3”, ca 1879. The 32” high walnut case has the original fin-ish, but cleaned. Not as dark or black as many we have seen, but there is some faint accumulation of smoke in the crevices. It needs some polish and rubbing to restore an original look. We have the original Texas star pendulum, and a winding key. Everything about the clock appears to be original with the exception of the dials and perhaps the three finials. They have excellent points and some factory marks on the stubs, however anyone can put those marks there. The paper dials have some age on them but to make this clock part of your collection you should send them to the Dial House to be painted. Correct door lock on the side, good “Fashion” glass, four correct hands, large/polished bell, polished nickeled dial rings. The two movements are original and functioning properly. Possibly the biggest flaw would be the dials. Ly-Calendar, pages 284-286; Ly-Seth Thomas, page 118. $1450-$1700. 6. $200 “Riley Whiting / Winchester, Conn.”, carved col-umns and splat shelf clock, ca 1827. It has a 30 hour wood movement that is complete and operational. There are good weight cords, pulleys, and pair of old iron weights. Inside are also a very good label, a really nice painted wood dial, old hands, and an iron bell. The bell is loose in the case will need to be reattached. The mahogany veneered case is 35 inch-es tall, has some missing veneer between the two glasses and a chip on the top of the carved splat. There is old glass over the dial and a beveled mirror on the bottom, surely a replacement. It has an ivory escutcheon, key lock, no key. A fine early clock that needs some minor restoration and perhaps cleaning and polish. $200-$350. 7. $650 French bronze cartel clock, ca 1750. The extra-large and very heavy clock is 32 inches tall and 14 inches wide. Probably made in the Roco-co period, 1723-1774, this fire gilded bronze pendulum clock when made was bright and reflected the light on its many surfaces. A piece of history taped on the back says, “French ca 1850. A similar clock is in the living room of the Royal Family in England. It ap-peared in the movie Badge 373 by Columbia Pictures.” I take exception to the date of 1850. The NAWCC Bul-letin, December 1963 says, “Old French clocks with blue or black figures on enamel inserts, each set sepa-rately on the dial, usually indicate they were made

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within 45 years of the year 1700”. Also, Cartel clocks made of fire gilded bronze came into favor during this period. Neither the dial nor the movement is noticeably signed. The cast sash holds a bowed and beveled glass. There are ornate bronze hands, car-touche numerals of which four have hairlines. The cast bronze dial has many figures and designs in the casting. $700-$900. 8. $600 French Boulle, ca 1950’s. The large case is 23 inches tall, made of wood and painted with gold. After the case was painted gold it was then hand painted all over to resemble real inlaid Boulle and brass. They even painted the inside of the back door to resemble Boulle and brass, just like the originals. On top is a cast ornament and over the case are other castings. The 8 day movement is signed, “FHS / Germany”. It is running and strikes bim-bam on a bell, half hours and hours. This is a very nice clock, looks just like the expensive ones. It was made in West Germany. Note the large porcelain cartouche numerals on the brass dial plate. The front and back doors are glass inside cast brass frames. We have had this clock for many years and everyone who sees it thinks it is the real thing. I have never seen another one so maybe they are rare. $600-$750. 9. $3250 Seth Thomas “Office Calendar No. 3”, or the Peanut as known to most clock collectors, ca 1863. A very hard to find model in good original condition. The case is 24 inches tall and covered with ma-hogany veneer. Some minor patchwork on the rounded bezels. The case has its original finish, now dark but it suits me the way it is. The dials have been repainted, the hands are correct, the two glasses are old but have been out of the bezels and put back, probably when they repaired the veneer. There is a key lock on the case side, and there is a key with it. The movements are original to the clock. The 8 day time movement is round, has two springs but is time only, and the correct original calen-dar movement was made by the Mix Brothers. The movements are functioning correctly, and the other parts, pendulum, keys, etc. are the type we see with this model. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 92; Ly-Calendar #600. $3300-$3600. 10. $2750 Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “No. 3 ½ Parlor-Black Dial”, ca 1881. The clock has an 8 day spring movement and strikes a nickeled bell each hour. Other nickel accessories include hands, pendulum, and sashes. The clock case is 20.5 inches high with good original carvings on the top, around both dials, and two large carved orna-ments on each side. There is some silver paint around the side carvings. The clock certainly is not mint for it is very dirty mostly from being in storage and the upper black dial shows wear. That is an easy fix for they were paper dials originally and you can order replacements. All the carvings are complete and have no breaks or repairs. The top dial is original and the bottom is silver paint on glass and it is original. It has the correct glass pendulum bob with the letters, “ICCCo” engraved on the front. This is the two back-board model but Bubba managed to glue them together in his home workshop. He also did not like the nails holding the back-board on the case so he engineered a better way to hold them on. We have sold several of this model over the years and it has always been a very collectable model bringing $5000 to $6000, if very nice.

It needs a good cleaning inside and out, and a new upper dial. Ly-Calendar, pages 132-135. $2800-$3000. 11. $1000 Gazo Family Clock Factory, San Diego, California, ca 1970’s. The very large wall clock is 58 inches high and made sometime between 1972 and 1989, when the company went out of business. They made 53 differ-ent models of wall, shelf, and floor clocks. We be-lieve this clock is made of alder wood, and was hand carved and assembled in Mexico, then finished at their factory in San Diego. The carvings are detailed as seen on the top piece, on the columns beside the dial, the columns down below, on the tail piece, and on the backboard behind the pendulum. The case has a nice door latch, wall levelers, and four glasses. There is a bowed glass over the dial. The pendulum is cast brass as is the dial, both with detailed etched designs all over. The dial has porcelain cartouche numerals and behind it is the 8 day German movement signed with the Gazo logo. The chiming movement plays St. Michaels on the quarters and hours. Their clocks are all large and heavy, and made with attention to detail in all respects. $1050-$1250. 12. $1000 Gazo Family Clock Factory, one of their many wall models, “La Mesa”, ca 1976. The fine wall clock was made by the Gazo family of California in the 1974-1989 time period. They made over 10,000 clocks dur-ing those years, 53 models of wall and floor clocks. This large case is 60 inches high and 18 inches wide and made with Alder wood. It is an open well balcony style, hand carved, and in excellent condition. The carving all over the case are detailed and the reason why the Gazo clocks became so popular. It has a cast brass grid pendulum and bob, porcelain cartouche numerals, and an 8 day German movement signed with the Gazo logo. The chiming movement plays Westminster, Whittington, and St.Michaels chimes. The Gazo family did not cut any corners or make anything out of cheap metal or soft woods. Their clocks were pricey but you got excellent quality prod-ucts, well made with great attention to detail, and they were all large and heavy clocks. $1050-$1250. 13. $600 Limited Edition of an automaton antique automobile with moving wheels, 8 day clock, and barometer. It is an exact copy of the French Industrial type items so popular with collec-tors. The heavy iron base is 21 inches by 10 inches. The auto sits on four posts protrud-ing up from the base. That allows the auto-mobile wheels to turn freely when engaged when the hand brake is released. The wheels and clock are operated from separate main-springs. The car itself is 20 inches long and 12 inches high. Sitting on the base it is 15 inches high. It is not a small toy but a very heavy all metal industrial type working item. The mainspring for the wheels is wound thru the front. $700-$1000. 14. $1500 Seth Thomas, “Sonora Chime clock No. 101”, ca 1914. Almost a per-fect case but you will find a nick or scratch either showing or pol-ished over. Overall it is in very nice condition. The pendulum bob is correct but the swirls usually apparent on this type Seth Thomas pendulum, is either worn somewhat or cleaning and polishing

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would bring them to the forefront. The wood pen-dulum stick is either a replacement or at least had a fresh coat of black stain applied. The original dial is signed, “Seth Thomas / Sonora Chime / Made In USA”. The dial retains all its original paint and the hands are correct. The movements are correct as is everything behind the dial that includes the running movement and the Sonora Chime movement. The running movement is signed, “89AG” and the Sono-ra Chime movement is signed, “90G”. The 4 Sonora bells play Westminster chimes on the quarter hours. There are side window openings to allow the patented chime sounds to escape the case and there is a chime-silent lever on the side. This is only the third hanging Sonora we have ever offered. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 144. It books, or did book, for $3500 because they are so rare. How many have you seen? $1500-$2000. 15. $400 Seth Thomas, Thomaston, Conn., top of the line City Series clock, the “Pittsburgh”, ca 1880. This shelf clock is rare and very collectable, more so than most all of the more than 100 different City Series models except the “Louisville” and “St. Paul”, mainly because those three had a special cut glass pendulum with the French Fleur De Leis on the top of the pendulum bob and acorns on the sides and bottom, and very special cases. I have sold the pendulum by itself for near the minimum of this clock. The polished walnut veneer case is 23 inches tall and has a couple of bumps on the edges. The original paper dial ring has a replaced homemade center paper. The hands are replaced, the bell is not correct, and the supports behind the dial look to be new, otherwise the clock looks to be original. The 8 day movement is signed but is not running. All the special carvings and adornments that set this model apart from others, are original and in very nice condition. Ly-Seth Thomas #584. $400-$600.

16. $1250 French bronze clock with Napoleon and his horse on top, ca 1880. The bronze case is 16 inches tall and 11 inches wide, decorated with cast bronze adornments all around the case. The one piece porcelain dial has chips at 4 and 12 o’clock and hairlines around. The backside of the clock is just as attractive as the front. Napoleon has a long sword on his side and there is a bowed and bev-eled glass in a hinged sash, covering the move-ment opening. The 8 day movement is signed two

places, “Japy Freres” and another place, something “Paris”. The movement is running and striking half hours and hours on a nick-eled bell. There are floppy chain reins, and movable stirrups that he has his feet in. The gilt or bronze is bright but would be much brighter if the black were cleaned off the metal. Nice collectable French clock. $1250-$1500. 17. $650 French three piece bronze set, ca 1880. The 8 day round French movement is signed, “Japy Freres”. It is typical of most all French movements of that period, striking half hours and hours on a standing gong. A hinged bronze door covers the back opening. The clock case is 13.5 inches high and the side piec-es are 11 inches high, not including the 2 inch high bases. All three pieces sit on a padded

base that is covered with gold gilt around the edges. Each of the pieces has bun feet and is signed underneath in several coded ways. The large base has some chips on the corners. I am just a rookie in the clock business but over my 45 years collecting and selling clocks I have never seen a three piece set with bases. The front of all three bronze pieces are intricately decorated with animals and foul. The dial ring is slightly soiled and should clean up nicely. The hands are correct, as are the pendulum and key. $700-$1000. 18. $1400 Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 4”, ca 1879. The 32 inch walnut case has been cleaned and restored back to near original condition, except, it needs more polish. They took the cheap route when restoring in that they bought new paper dials from the old LaRose supply company ra-ther than spend the money for a repaint. The roller papers were also changed. The previous owner also bought Fashion finials from LaRose and stained them to match the case. We bought the LaRose stock of Fashion finials when they went out of business so if you ever need Fashion finials Horton’s has a large stock of them. The Fashion glass is very good; there are two original labels inside, correct pendulum with wood stick, large brass bell, four hands, and two original Seth Thom-as movements. The 8 day movement is signed, clean, and running. This could be a very nice clock if you would have the Dial House paint the dials, and put some polish on the wood. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 119; Ly-Calendar, page 286. $1500-$2000. 19. $450

Seth Thomas Clock Co. City Series clock, “Greek”, ca 1879. Walnut case is 24 inches high, clean and in good original condition, with no repairs or new wood. It has a side key lock, knob on the door, and original glass. The old black label came loose in the base of the case and is now in an envelope. It can be glued back in place if you so desire. The nice ST pendulum bob, nickeled bell, brass dial rings, and hands, are all original stock. The two piece dial is signed and surprisingly in very good original condition. The 8 day lyre movement runs and strikes hours on the nickel bell. Some collec-

tors have asked me how the “Greek” could be a City Series model. There are many Greek/Greece named cities in the northeast. Ly-Seth Thomas #545. $500-$750. 20. $350 Vienna Regulator, ca late 1800’s. A mid size Vienna, measuring only 31 inches tall not including the finials. It is a little larger than a miniature but much smaller than a full size Vienna. The glasses are very unusual in that they were cut to fit the odd shapes of the trim around them. Another oddity is the side rails on the door. I have never seen such odd glasses or side pieces on another Vienna. Nothing on the clock is signed. The one day, one weight time only movement is typical of those in other Vienna’s. It mounts on posts attached to the back plate. The brass pendulum has some designs. The hook and other parts of the stick appear to be original but the stick itself is not real slick like you would expect one that old to be. The backboard has been replaced and the case has been cleaned and polished. The weight, winding crank, all three glasses, tail section, dial and hands, all appear to be original. $350-$500.

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21. $5000 French fire gilded bronze Empire style clock, ca 1810. The female figure is the personification of astronomy. She is working with typical astronomy instruments. The dial has a star in the center and the zodiac calendar around the outside of the chapter ring. There are many clocks similar to this one, pictured in the book, “French Bronze Clocks”, by Elke Niehuser. This clock has an 8 day movement with silk thread suspension and is running and striking a bell. The movement is signed, “Medaile Dargent / Paris”. Signed behind the wheel winding the silk thread are other words, but I cannot read them without removing the wheel from the move-ment. The clock is 26.5 inches high and 20 inches wide. The clock has been appraised for three times our minimum, but probably for a New York or overseas market. $5000-$6,000.

22. $450 Ansonia Clock Co. “La Manche”, Royal Bonn case, ca 1904. The large case is 14 inches high and 14 inches wide and has excellent proportions and details. Typical of a great many Ansonia Roy-al Bonn cases it has several shell configurations. The case is perfect and the primary pink color is wonderful. It also has painted flowers on the

front and sides and gold accent all over. The two piece porcelain dial is signed two places, original hands, open escapement, beveled glass and French sash. It has the correct brass back cover, Ansonia pendulum, Cathedral gong, and 8 day time and striking signed movement. It is running and striking half hours on the gong. The wood base supporting the gong has been replaced. Ly-Ansonia, page 615. $450-$550. 23. $675 Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. Ithaca, NY, “Index” calen-dar model, ca 1875. In nice condition this model will usually bring $1500 to $2000, however this clock is missing the two top side moldings. The base pieces, although still in place, need to be glued or nailed to make it stronger. The walnut case is 32 inches high, has a good original gilt “Index” glass, old paper dials, and hands. The 8 day running movement and the calendar movement are both in good condition and it strikes on a nickel bell. It comes with a signed original winding key but the pendulum bob is a replacement. With a little case work and some polish the clock would be good again. This clock is not pictured in Ly-Calendar Clocks, but is shown in Millers Calendar book. It was a special order model with a little different top and side columns. We see more of this clock than those pic-tured in Ly-Calendar. They regularly sell at east coast auctions for up to $2500. $700-$900. 24. $750 L.F. & W. W. Carter eight day weight timepiece calen-dar clock, ca 1862. The rosewood veneered case is 31 inches high with a good dark original finish. There is no discernable case damage or veneer chips. Both bezels are hand grained but never did have veneer. On the back of the lower door is the complete B.B.Lewis label. Inside is a partial maker’s label. The 8 day weight driven movement has solid plates, retain-ing power, and steel-pivoted rolling pinion. The weight cords are good and the pair of weights are

period. Both metal painted dials and all the hands are correct. The calendar dial has a few paint chips, time dial is good. They contract-ed annually with former partner Elias Burwell for the calendar mech-anisms patented by B. B. Lewis. The Millers, in their book, Calendar Clocks, say that our clock was made by Burwell & Carter when they were partners. Ly-Calendar, pages 40-41. $750-$950. 25. $450 Lenzkirsch porcelain clock, ca 1891. The round 8 day movement is signed Lenzkirsch and the serial number is “945363”, and according to the compa-ny’s records it dates the clock 1891. The elaborate porcelain case is signed with the “crossed swords” trademark of the Meissen pottery company that started business in 1713, and continues today. They used many variations of the crossed swords trade-mark over the 300 years. This case is made of white paste, and then kiln fired. The cupids are all perfect, so are the tips of the various delicate parts of the case. I see no breaks, chips, hairlines, etc. on the case. There is a bowed and beveled glass in the brass sash, a bowed porcelain dial with blue Roman numeral hours, and Arabic minutes. There are very nice and correct French hands. The back is the same, has a bowed and beveled glass in the sash. The movement has a French type pendulum and it strikes on a bell. $500-$750. 26. $475 French figural clock with Dore finish and an 8 day silk thread move-ment, ca 1855. The 8 day round French movement is signed “Vincenti & Cie / Medaille D’Argent”. That means Vincenti was the maker and Medaille was a metal awarded the maker, probably by the French clockmakers guild. The door ring on the back is signed, “Duverdrey & Bloquel / France”, another French clockmaker that probably provided some parts to Vincenti. The bright gold Dore case is 18 inches high and 16 inches wide, complete, shows no repairs or other problems. The movement with nickel bell at-tached is the typical French style movement only this early model has an original silk thread pendu-lum and is running and striking properly. The one piece porcelain dial has a tiny flake at 9 o’clock that you can only see on close exam-ination. The French hands are exceptional. $500-$750. 27. $2150 “Tiffany & Co. New York”, signed on the dial of this exceptional 19th century marble and bronze 15 day clock from the Egyptian Revival period, ca 1880. The clock came from the estate of the late Prussian/German General, Moritz Ferdinand Freiherr von Bissing. Born into a wealthy family he enjoyed the good life of wealth, military and political titles while adding to the family’s wealth. The clock has no doubt been in several fine collections since his death in 1917. The last sale of this clock was for $6750. The marble and bronze clock weighs 94 pounds. The base weighs 73 pounds and the statue of Shakespeare alone weighs 21 pounds. That is more than most tall clocks. The clock is 23 inches high and 22 inches wide. The statue is signed “T. Hebert”, a famous French sculptor. The case is decorated with rows of female figures each side of the dial. The statue and clock top are pegged for fitting, so that guarantees the statue and base came together. The sash holds a beveled glass, it has correct

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French hands and pendulum, good beveled glass on the back, and a typical round 15 day French movement with nickel bell attached. The movement is running properly. $2500-$3000. 28. $1450 Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 3”, ca 1879. The 32” high walnut case has the original fin-ish, not as dark or black as many we have seen, but there is some faint accumulation of smoke in the crevices. A light polishing occasionally has kept a lot of pollutants from accumulating. We have the origi-nal Texas star pendulum, and a winding key. Every-thing about the clock appears to be original with the exception of the repainted top dial. Correct door lock on the side, good “Fashion” glass, four correct hands, large/polished brass bell, polished nickeled dial rings, and at least one original painted dial. The two movements are original and functioning properly. The case is clean and polished. Possibly the only flaw would be the upper dial. Ly-Calendar, pages 284-286; Ly-Seth Thomas, page 118. $1500-$1750. 29. $6500

Walter H. Durfee, American Hall Clock, ca 1884. Durfee gave birth to the grandfather clock in America and dominated the American hall clock industry for the next 17 years. He never made cases or movements, but imported them from England and assembled them in his shop in Providence, R .I. In later years he bought cases from some Boston firms. His clocks have always been of the highest quality and consequently have fetched high prices at auction. This mahogany cased clock has an eight day, coil gong hour striking movement that is all original and running. It has been idle for some time but we wound the large iron weights and it performed splendidly. We recently had the movement cleaned, oiled, and regulated so you can expect it to perform properly for many more

years. The iron weights are a brass color. The pendulum rod is steel and the bob is brass. The beautiful mahogany case is 101 inches high (8 ft. 5 in.) and 24-25 inches wide at the top and base. It has fluted columns with brass capitals and bases on the bonnet, waist, and base. There is a large brass escutcheon around the door lock and it comes with a door key. The brass dial shows some age with normal wear and it appears no one has attempted to clean or polish it, probably since it was new. The dial has three original hands, a second's dial, a calendar dial, and a moving moon. Presently the clock is in my home in Lexington. We can arrange for a professional antique hauler to deliver it to you. $7000-$9500. 30. $1300 French style Industrial Automation Locomotive engine. Large brass locomotive on a metal base. It is 18 ½” wide, and 17 ½” high at the tallest point, the smoke stack. It has a thermometer on the smoke stack, barometer, and porcelain dial ring, all like the 1885 French Automation Locomotives. The French move-ment is 8 day, half hour and hour strike on the train bell and the wheels of the train turn on the hours only. The wheels have a separate wind up movement that winds in the rear, while the lever to engage the wheels is the brake lever, near the time dial. The Locomo-tive can sit alone if you do not wish to use the base. The wheels will turn in either case. This is a very heavy Locomotive, and not a toy. We saw an identical one

on EBay this week with no automation and bidding up to $1,850, after only 2 days. We have seen identical Locomotives selling at northeast auctions for $15,000 and more with replaced French movements. I am certainly not touting this Locomotive as an origi-nal French Locomotive that could be valued at $15,000 or more. I must assume this Locomotive is more recent and the movement has been replaced. $1350-$1500. 31. $300 Reproduction of the rare Ansonia Clock Co. “Gloria Ball Swing”, ca 1901. This is a Chinese made exact duplicate ca 2005. It is 28 ½” high including the arm, metal statue standing on a black enameled iron base. Statue is retaining the original finish but now with a good amount of blue tinted areas. The brown finish on the ball is all intact and in very good condition. The arm has all the original brass accessories, includ-ing the hands and numerals. The 8 day, time move-ment is running very strong. Ly-Ansonia #3005 pic-tures their clocks, and this one is just like Ansonia’s. We have seen many of the originals sell in the $5000 range. No one will know if you don’t tell them. $350-$550. 32. $375 Rolling Plane novelty clock. We were able to get another of these interesting clocks and have had it on our desk running for a few months, so can assure you it should perform for you also. These clocks are not antiques, but made in recent times. You never wind this clock but you do have to pick it up once each day and sit it back at the top of the incline. It will stop when it reaches the bottom unless you move it. It runs on its own weight, a heavy weight inside that keeps it rolling down the incline. You can-not see it move but in one 24 hour period it will move most of the way down the incline. The dial is porcelain, the 12 is always at the top as the dial stays level and the outside brass case does the mov-ing. The carved wood platform is 21” long. I think everyone should have one of these for it relieves stress and keeps the mind active, watching it all day. $400-$600. 33. $250 French carriage clock. The bronze case is 6 inches high, handle is stationary, four large turned feet, and a hinged front door with beveled flat glass. The sil-ver dial is etched in the center, dial rings and numer-als are etched and filled with black paint. It has origi-nal hands and a special winding key. The lid over the watch size movement is removable revealing a beautiful and very unusual cylinder movement that is signed, “Orme / Lambeth / 4189”. It is running. A very rare and unusual carriage clock. $250-$350. 34. $400 Ferris Wheel crystal regulator clock on a wood base with a square glass box around the clock. The weight of the balls power the movement so the clock never needs to be wound. You simply place the balls back into the top every week. The balls follow a track in the top of the clock onto a Ferris wheel, slowing riding down ending in the bottom. The clock is 15 inches high and 11 inches wide. All the glasses are beveled. There is a visible escape-ment wheel just below the 12, where you can see it as the escape-

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ment is revolving as it is running the movement. It is running but does make a slight noise as the metal ball falls out of the Ferris Wheel onto the base. The Chinese copied this type clock from origi-nals made in France during the 1800’s. We have sold several varia-tions of the Ferris Wheel Crystal Regulators. Originals of course sell for many thousands of dollars. $500-$750. 35. $200 Modern Great Wheel skeleton clock standing 19 inch-es tall and 12 inches wide. It appears like it is enclosed in a glass dome but actually it is a thick piece of glass with the porcelain dial and hands in front of the glass and the movement, great wheel, and pendulum, be-hind the glass, all resting on an oval marble base. It is very appealing, not gaudy even though it has some brass trim around the base, brass feet, and brass posts holding the glass and movement upright. It is running with a slow pendulum movement. I notice the women like this clock and the men like the Ferris Wheel clock. Interesting. $300-$500. 37. $600 Large mystery swing arm clock. This one is very unusual in that it strikes the hours on a bell inside the 6 inch blue ball. Most swing arm clocks are time only. This is a copy of an early French swing. It winds in front like the French clocks. American swings wind in the back. It stands 38 inches tall and the statue alone is 30 inches high to the bar in his hand. We have sold these large figure swingers in many variations, some with polished brass, some with dull brass, and some painted bright gold. This swing arm has brass accessories top to bottom. Many of these large swingers will run 14 days but we sell them as 8 day run-ners. We have not tested it for duration of swinging. It is beyond me how the price can be so reasonable for solid brass clocks. $600-$900. 38. $2600 “Forestville Mfg. Co. (J. C. Brown) Bristol, Conn.”, shelf acorn clock with fusee movement, ca 1845. Brown made the acorn clocks with different configurations, some with feet, some on a solid wood base, some with side arms, some wall hanging, etc. This clock is a good example of the shelf model with curving side arms around the one piece door with two original glasses. Bottom tablet is an origi-nal painting of, “Hall of Independence, Philadelphia, 1776”, and so signed. There is minor flaking of the 170 year old painting. The paint-ed metal dial certainly appears to be original. Usually there is a card label inside the case, this one has none and no evidence it ever had one. The fusees have brass wire running upward to the fancy Brown brass movement. The books all call this clock an 8 day, I am not sure, but I am sure you experts out there will know. The 25 inch high case is all original and complete, with striped graining running north/south that I will call rose-wood and rosewood veneer. There are many books with pictures and history of the early acorn clocks and their makers. Acorn clocks, not nearly this nice are being sold at the large east coast auction houses for $8000 and more. $3500-$5000. 39. $400 Boston Clock Company, crystal regulator, aptly named, “Crystal”, ca 1892. These unusual clocks have only one winding arbor and the

key can be turned clockwise or counter clockwise to wind the time spring or the strike spring. The hands can also be turned in either direction. This four glass crystal regulator is just under 11 inches tall, has a fine gold plated case, some gold remain-ing but looks brass to me. Beveled glasses, front, back and sides. Front glass has a small chip. If it bothers you exchange for the door on the back. The 8 day movement is running and striking the gong on half hours and hours. The porcelain dial is very good and the hands are correct. Ehrhardt, Volume 1, pages 74-75, pictures Boston Clock Company clocks and explains about their rare move-ments. #500-$750. 40. $1500 Polyphon Musikwerke was founded in 1890 in Leipzig, Germany, and in 1894 began selling music boxes in America. Polyphon, Regina, and Symphonion, the big three, had about 90% of the music box market. In a year of two the disc music boxes became obsolete as the phono-graph became dominant in the home entertain-ment market. Most music box makers went out of business by 1914. This walnut meandering case is 11 inches wide and 6 inches high with a colorful lithograph on underside of the lid. The comb has 41 teeth and plays discs 8 inches to 8.25 inches. It is operating as ex-pected anc comes with more than 25 discs. The case lid has a key lock in front, with a key. The winding lever is in front and is the acti-vation knob. The case is in near mint condition. $1500-$2000. 41. $3500 Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Office Calendar No. 13”, ca 1889. Factory stamp on the back of the case proving it was made in 1889. Cleaned/polished 48” high walnut case with all moldings and attached and applied ornaments that belong on the case except for the top 3 inches. Nothing repaired or added and everything is all original except for that top. Weight driven time only movement is signed and running. There are no extra holes around the movement or dial indicating the clock is all original and not been messed with. It has the correct pendu-lum, beat scale, weight, old key, two dials and all four hands appear to all be original to the clock. Someone added extra weight to the iron weight. Most times we see that weight has been added it was not necessary. Usually it takes only a small ad-justment somewhere to make it run accurately. The dials are original but repainted professionally and look very nice. We sold clocks 20 years before we had a No.13, and lately we have had a half dozen. We have noticed that this model may sell for up to $16,000 at east coast auctions. Ly-Calendar, pages 256-257; Ly-Seth Thomas, page 101. $4000-$6000. 42. $150 Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co. hanging calendar clock, “Observatory”, ca 1913. Replaced bottom on this 37” oak cased clock. Everything else is correct and origi-nal including the old dial and the three hands. Good old glasses, pendulum bob and wood stick. The dial is signed, and a complete paper label on the back also gives credit to Gilbert. The original 8 day movement is correct, and running. These “store regulators” and “shop clocks” were widely used in industrial situa-tions until they became popular with decorators in

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recent times. Ly-Gilbert, page 153. $250-$350. 43. $1200 “Henry S. Prentiss / Lessee / Prentiss Calendar & Time Co. / New York”, copied from the dial of their “60 Day Empire With Calendar” model, ca 1897. These clocks have quality brass movements, this one is double spring driven time only movement with a solid brass front plate and pierced iron black plate and Graham dead beat escapement. From the skimpy information we have about this company, they made their own calendar movements but bought the running move-ments from Waterbury, Gilbert and probably others. It has a long drop pendulum with a wood stick and en-graved brass covered bob. The movement is numbered “812” over “Pat. Dec 10, 1889” over “1117”. The center arbor of the movement has a snail gear connected to a rod which lowers to trigger the re-lease lever on the top of the calendar mechanism. Once a day the release lever is engaged which rotates the calendars “day” cylinder and the 31 date rotary “flick” card style mechanism which operates on a separate spring. The month and day barrels have original paper labels but the date cards have replaced labels. The oak case is 37 inches high, in original finish, and the movements are functioning properly. The entire front of the case slides off to easily access the interior of the clock. The calendar mechanism has its own huge spring and the time movement has two large springs wound from one wind arbor. This clock is an excellent example of the Prentiss Calendar clocks. Ly-American, Volume 2, and Ly-Calendar. $1500-$2000. 44. $1800 Waterbury Clock Co. “Augusta”, ca 1893. One of their unusual, fairly rare, and very collectable models with cast brass ornaments from top to bottom, twisted columns down the sides and twisted brass weights. The brass is clean and polished and the wood has not been cleaned to the extent that any of the old finish has been removed. You can tell it has been well maintained, cleaned, and polished when needed. In other words it has always been in a good environment and not in a factory. Almost all of the Augusta models we have sold or seen were oak. This one is oak and stands 51 inches high, with glass sides and an original cabinet finish. The brass chains, brass pendulum bob, wood stick, dial and hands, brass bezel and rings, complete label on the back, and all other parts of the clock, are original. The movement runs 8 days and strikes on a gong. You rarely find one in this condition. I cannot guarantee every little ornament is on the case. I had a similar clock hanging in front of me in my office for years and did not notice a couple of brass ornaments were miss-ing. I am tempted to call this one mint but it is 120 years old so how about, near mint. Ly-Waterbury #600. $2000-$3000.

45. $2800 Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Regulator No. 17”, ca 1884. The oak case is 60” tall, stained very dark to more resemble mahogany and nothing has been cleaned, however for whatever reason someone made a base to make it floor standing. They may have wanted a floor clock or the base of the wall clock was missing?? The door has three key locks on the side, all operational. The dial I believe to have original paint, hands are correct, brass dial ring, brass beat scale, wood pendulum stick painted black,

large pendulum bob appears to have originally been a nickel color but someone painted gold over it to make it look brass to match the other brass accessories. I would remove the rest of the paint then go from there. Ly-Seth Thomas, pages 298-299. We see this model sell at other auctions for $10,000 and more, without a base of course. $7,500-$10,000. 46. $500 “Brass Clocks Manufactured by Philip L. Smith, Marcellus, Onondaga County, N.Y.” made this column and cornice clock about 1830-1833. This mahogany veneered case is the triple decker empire style, two doors, three glasses, full turned columns, and cornice top. The two bottom glass-es are probably original, putty on top glass re-placed so probably the glass was also. The fine case is 34 inches tall, has escutcheons and locks on both doors, pair of proper iron weights, com-plete label, wire gong, and an unusual 8 day brass movement. His movements have numbers stamped on them. This one has only the number “7”. The clock is operational; the wood dial is very nice, as are all other parts of the wood or metal. Smith was a rounder. His clock business failed in 1842. In 1846 he was arrested for counterfeiting half dollars. He fled, was captured and jailed. Arrested for assault and battery in 1851, grand larceny in 1855. His clocks of this type usually sell in the $1000 range. $600-$800. 47 $650 Label reads, “Time Is Money / Franklin Clocks / With The Improvement of Bushing The Pivots With Ivory / Arranged And Manufactured By / Silas Hoadley, / Plymouth, Conn.”, ca 1830. Complete paper label covers over half of the backboard. Bottom painted glass is original, some paint loss. The upper glass is original but broken, the mirror is a very nice replacement. It has a good wood dial, correct hands, pair of iron weights, brass bob, and iron bell on top of the 30 hour upside down movement. I did not hang the weights to the wood movement but the previous owner had it running. 35.5 inch high mahogany veneered case is not a cream puff, some veneer chips, but it is complete. Columns and splat have no stenciling but are nice clean polished mahogany. The door has an ivory escutcheon with key lock, but no key. $750-$1000. 48. $600 Silas Hoadley, Plymouth, Conn. miniature, weight driven, time and alarm shelf clock, ca 1825-1840. The interesting and divergent time and alarm min-iature shelf clocks made by Hoadley are pictured and discussed in two articles by Bryan Rogers and Joseph Arvay, and published in the NAWCC Bulle-tins, August 1996, page 601; and June 1998, page 328. This mahogany veneered case is only 23.5” high, has a stenciled splat and stenciled quarter columns. There are chimneys and returns on top, ivory escutcheon in the door, a working lock, and two old glasses. The lower glass is an old mirror with some loss. There is new putty holding both old glasses. That could mean the “old” glasses came from another clock, or it could mean the putty being almost 185 years old may have fallen out and had to be replaced. The mushroom top splat is an unusual feature on this clock. The movement was apparently serviced, pinned with

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tooth picks, and is complete and operating. There are good period hands that could be original, two old iron weights, brass bob, excel-lent wood dial, and an old iron bell below the movement. A very rare clock and one we almost never see. We have sold this model for $3000 and more in the past. $1000-$2000. 49. $500 “Chauncey Ives / Bristol, Connecticut”, pillar and scroll clock, ca 1824. 30 hour time and strike weight driven wood movement strikes on an iron bell each hour. The clock has been serviced and is in running condition. It has old iron weights, old pendulum bob and hands. The wood dial is excellent. Inside the case is practically a complete and very large paper label. The door has had some work done on the wood frame and both glasses are new. The mahogany case is 30.5 to the top of the modern brass finials. The scrolls and base are new. On top there are period metal covers over the wood rollers. $500-$750. 50. $500 Ansonia Clock Co. 24 inch dial gallery clock, ca 1914. The original walnut case is crusty and retains the original finish with scuff marks around the bezel. It is hinged on the top. Original paper dial still looks good, however the previous collector has a new identical paper dial that I will ship with the clock and you can install if you so choose. Personally I like the old original dial better. The 30 day movement time only movement is like the one pictured in Ly-Ansonia, page 203. $500-$1000. 51. $650 Waterbury Clock co, “Regulator No.20”, ca 1906. Old oak case is 38” high, clean/polished, not refinished. It has the red oak look, good wood grains showing in all sections. The wood bezel has a layered look, as it rolls four times outside the brass bezel. All brass is polished, and the dial is original. Three correct hands, porcelain beat scale, brass bob, wood stick, and old winding crank. The wafer weights that descend down the case sides are stained to re-semble the wood of the case. Movement is 8 day, time only, and a good runner. The movement has solid frames, dead beat escapement, and retaining power. The top glass has a crack from 10 to 4. All original ex-cept where noted, and a very nice clock. Ly-Waterbury #560. We have sold this model in the past for $1300 to $2000, not nearly as nice as this one. $750-$1000. 52. $400 “William S. Johnson, 16 Courtlandt St., New York”, on the paper label inside the case. It also says, “Manufactured By”. That is using the term loosely. He is reported to have bought cases and movements from others and assembled them, or he bought complete clocks from others and put his label in them. It is unusual that his name and address are stamped on the 8 day brass move-ment. The 8 day movement is seatboard mounted, clean, running, and striking the coil gong. Some Con-necticut companies black-balled him and would not sell him movements because he was undercutting prices. Some things never change. The 30” high wal-nut case is in the “column and cornice” family of clocks. There are chimneys and returns on top. Inside is a good

label, pair of 8 day iron weights, and pendulum. The glasses are old, certainly difficult to say for sure they are original to the case. The wood dial has a coat of stain added taking away the bright white contrast and making it blend more with the wood case. The 8 day brass movement is running and striking a coil gong. $600-$800. 53. $900 E. & G.W. Bartholomew, Bristol, Conn.”, hollow column shelf clock, ca 1828-1832. George was in business with his cousin Eli in 1832-1833.Their most unique product was the hollow column clock. A number of other clockmakers also manufactured them but the Bartholomew’s are credited with originating them. The mahogany case with carved and gilded eagle splat, two freestanding ebonized and gilded columns, wooden dial with Roman nu-merals, and painted glass flanked by free-standing gilded columns, the lower door with reverse paint-ed tablet with two stately homes within a gilded border. There is a near perfect maker’s label inside backboard with maker’s name as above, thirty hour time and strike wooden move-ment with pressed brass pendulum bob and two cast iron weights with old gold paint. The case stands 36 inches high. An identical clock belonging to Dr. Martin Baker sold at auction in 2011 for sever-al thousand dollars. It had paw feet, no finials, ours has finials, no feet. Wood dial has old holes filled and new holes drilled. The top door is hinged on the left, latches on the right. Bottom door is hinged on the right and has ivory escutcheon and lock and key. There are many references for this maker, one is: “Eli Terry & The Connecticut Shelf Clock”, Second Edition Revised, by Kenneth D. Roberts and Snowden Taylor, page 223-224. We found several exam-ples that sold at auctions in recent years, some with brass finials, some with wood finials, some with carved feet, some without. $1000-$2000. 54. $1300 E. Howard & Co., Boston, “Regulator No. 10” also known as a “figure 8”. This clock is a more recent model and is in like new condition. The clock is walnut, 34” high, and like new of course. I removed the dial for the picture and noticed the dial was painted by the “Dial House” in the 1990’s I believe. The 8 day movement is weight driven and signed, “E. Howard & Co. Boston”. The case has the proper door latch and pendulum. The reproduction No.10 Howards has generally been selling around $2500. Originals have been selling in the $15,000 range so that is why the good copies are bringing good money also. I do not know who made this clock. There are no numbers or dates to indicate who or when it was made other than the dial being painted. $1500-$2000. 55. $425 Waterbury Clock Co. hanging clock, “Brockville”, ca 1893. The 33 inch walnut case is excellent, complete, and all original. It has all its attached wood parts, no breaks or repairs. The 8 day movement is running and striking the gong attached to the nickel gong base. The pendulum and rod have nickel in them as do the dial rings. The two piece dial is signed and the hands are correct. On the back are two nice labels. Ly-Waterbury #605. $450-$750. 56. $1000 E. Howard & Co. Boston, “No. 5 Banjo”, ca 1880. Eight day weight driven timepiece in a rosewood grained cherry case 29” high. It is a

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good looking clock and has had very little restoration. The glasses are strong with touchup of the black paint on the reverse. That new paint has a bubble appear-ance. It should be redone. The pendulum etchings are very good, correct wood stick, pendulum tie down, winding crank, and both door latches are intact and operable. Old iron weight with the numeral “5” cast into the iron. The dial pan and dial paint are original with only a few small flakes around the screw holes and hand arbor. The dial is properly signed. There are no extra holes around the dial or movement, and eve-rything is original to the case. The 8 day movement is held to the case correctly by a center screw thru the back. Ly-American, page 117. $2000-$3000. 57. $600 Ansonia Clock Co. Bobbing Doll clock, “Jumper No. 2”, ca 1894. It has a time only 30 hour movement support-ed by two poles. The base, pole, and tin can containing the movement are nickel plated with a goodly amount of oxidation. The movement runs by the action of the ceramic doll bobbing up and down in the same manner as a pendulum would. The doll is a replacement and looks very similar to the originals. The original paper dial is signed and in excellent condition. It was running when I brought it home, now is failing to run. Been on the shelf 30 years, undoubtedly needs oiling. Ly-Ansonia #109. $600-$900.

58. $600 Ansonia Clock Co. very rare “Swing No. 1”, ca 1894. One day time only movement, automatic swing with an ORIGINAL DOLL. We had never seen an original doll on any of the Ansonia Swings until we acquired these two from a long time collector of rare and unusual clocks. In fact we have never seen a Swing No. 1 sell, period, only the Swing No. 2’s. Everything appears to be origi-nal, the old dial, glass, winding and set knobs, swing harness, and of course the one day movement. I will run a bit and quit. Has been in storage for a coon’s age,

no doubt needs oil. Metal case is a tad less than 12” high. Ly-Ansonia, page 65. A large group of “collectors” placed a value of $2400 on this rare clock, several years ago. $600-$900. 59. $1300 E. Howard & Co., Boston, “Regulator No. 10” also known as a “figure 8”. This clock is a more recent mod-el and is in like new condition. The clock is walnut, 34” high. I removed the dial for the picture and noticed the dial was painted by the “Dial House” in the 1990’s. The 8 day movement is weight driven and signed, “E. How-ard & Co. Boston”. The case has the proper door latch and pendulum bob, pendulum stick, an iron weight of the proper size, and the brass pulley. The reproduction No.10 Howards has generally been selling around $2500. Originals have been selling in the $15,000 range so that is why the good copies are bringing good mon-ey. There are no numbers or dates to indicate who or when it was made other than the dial being painted and the movement signed properly. $1500-$2000. 60. $600 “Waltham Watch & Clock Co. / U.S.A. / 8430”, signed on the move-ment of this ca 1930 banjo clock. This clock uses Waltham’s famous 8 day timepiece weight driven movement that is signed both

“watch and clock”, and numbered 8430. The original in-ternal parts are the movement, pendulum, pendulum stick, weight chute metal cover, weight, and pendulum tie down block. The George Washington throat glass and the bottom Mt. Vernon glass are both in excellent condition. The dial is original, signature is good, hands are original, and the two door latches are in good working order. Ma-hogany case has the original strawberry red finish, and the case stands near 42” high, and retains the original finial and brass side rails. The tail has been broken and glued. The repair was well done. This style Waltham banjo clock is very popular, and we have seen them sell in the $2000-$3000 range. Ly-American, page 248. $900-$1200. 61. $1200 Waltham Chronometer mounted on gimbals. Wooden inner box with an outer carrying case that is belt strapped. The first mounted chronometers purchased by the Naval Observatory were made by the Waltham Watch Co. They were an 8 day, 15 jewel, 37 size move-ment mounted in a wooden box. They were made over a 29 year period and approximately 16,000 were made as box chronometers. The movement was origi-nally an automobile clock. Roth Bros. of New York upgraded some of the automobile clocks from 7 jewel to 15 jewel and mounted them in a box to meet Naval specifications at that time before Ham-ilton got into the chronometer business. This unit is in near perfect condition and is running. Inner box is numbered, “1778”. $1500-$2000. 62. $1200 Hamilton Ship Chronometer Model 22, 21 jewel, 35 size non-gimbaled watch in a box within a box. Plaque on the front reads, “Hamilton Watch Co. / Lancaster, PA., / U.S.A.”. The back plate of the movement is signed, “Bureau of Ships / U. S. Navy / N3687-1941 / Chronometer Watch”. The dial is also signed by Hamilton. The wal-nut box is 8” by 7”, all the hinges, latches, and supports for the

watch are all nickel. A metal label on the inner box says, “Important / This Hamilton Chronometer Watch, (Model 22) is protected with a Safety Set-ting Device”, etc, and gives instructions for operat-ing the watch. The inner box may not be original to the outer box. These inner boxes were made for use on airplanes to keep the vibrations and elec-tronic interference at a minimum. You won’t find a Model 22 any nicer and it is running. We notice these sell at east coast auctions for up to $3000. $1500-$2000.

63. $1200 Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass. 8 day Lev-er Escapement Chronometer. Same as #61 except it was probably sold to a jewelry store as a window dis-play showing the public the many attributes of the fine workmanship. It has 15 fine diamond, ruby and sapphire jewels in settings. It has a patent Brequet hairspring, winding indicator. The movement is en-closed in a dust and weather proof case with screw back and bezel and fitted in a substantial, polished mahogany box with brass trimmings. It is running. $1500-$2000. 64. $600 Hamilton Watch Co. Lancaster, Pa. U.S.A. Model 21, 14 Jewels, Navy

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Chronometer, ca 1941. It has a Navy Serial num-ber imprinted on the dial, “N 7382”, so it was owned by the Navy at one time and later used as a display item in a Jewelers store or window. It is exceptionally clean, running and signed front and back. Brass handles on the 6.5 inch cube Lucite box to turn the Chronometer to view the movement. The serial number on the movement plate is, “2E3782”. Originally the movement would have come with a wood-en inner and outer box. I am not a collector of Chronometers but if I was this would be my choice to keep. You can watch it all the time without opening all the boxes. $750-$1000. 65. $9500 Giant Regal Grasshopper clock. Only 20 were made and we were able to purchase another floor model and one table model. This floor model stands approximately 7 feet tall on its solid mahogany console. There is a dome over the clock with a door in front for easy access to the movement. The clock movement alone weighs 70 pounds with a solid brass movement milled and plated with a high gloss gold and nickel finish. The escape-ment is jeweled with ruby jewels. It is fusee driven with two batons in the front which swing together back and forth as the timing pendulums. All of the screws are blued to a high gloss finish. It follows the original Harri-son Grasshopper model. For several years we have sold the popular small table model Grasshopper clocks. We sold a Giant floor model in the January 2016 auction and now those of you who missed out on that one have another chance to acquire one. $10,000-$15,000.

66. $8500 Table model Giant Regal Grasshopper clock. Identical to the clock in #65 except it does not sit on a large mahogany base. Note the LeCoultre clock beside the Grasshopper clock. That gives you an idea of the size. $9,000- $12,000.

67. $2500 Contemporary wall clock with all the attributes of some of the early wall clocks made in America. Made of mahogany it stands 75” tall, has 5 finials, three door locks, slide out carved top, five glasses, and a two jar cut glass mercury pendulum. The two piece painted metal dial has a brass bezel, pair of spade hands, and a sweep second hand. Good brass weight, pulley, beat scale, brass jar caps, and nickel jar holder and rod. The 8 day movement is mounted to an iron bracket; the pendulum rod rests on top of the bracket and is set up to accommodate a mer-cury pendulum. We had 40 of these clocks factory made and sold them all in a relatively short time. This one came to us with a collection of clocks to sell. If you are the high bidder we will work with you on payments, trade-ins, or whatever it takes to move it. $3000-$5000.

68. $300 Ithaca Calendar Clock co. “Ithaca No. 7 / Shelf Cot-tage”, ca 1874. Walnut case is 22” high, complete, original, clean, polished, and in excellent condition. The back is so clean and nice it begs to be called new, but compared to the rest of the interior of the clock it all is near perfect. It has the correct and original 8 day movement, coil gong, and nickel pendulum bob, the

one with the correct wire hook. The dial pans are correct, top one with old replaced paper, bottom dial paper and roller papers are original, and the hands look to be original. Ly-Calendar #342. $400-$600. 69. $350 Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co. hanging, “Star Drop”, ca 1895. Walnut case is 32” high, has an octagon top with 10 carved leaves around the bezel, grooves and unu-sual trim also around the bezel, and grooves around the bottom. The original finish has darkened but has a good rich look. It has been kept clean and polished. The bottom glass is perfect and features the “Wise Old Owl”, and is the glass pictured on this model in the clock books. The only bad thing about this clock is the replaced dial but in most cases that improves the looks of a clock considerably. Original hands, brass pendulum, wood stick, door latches, and brass rings. The movement is 8 day, time only and running briskly. Some say this is one of the best looking long drop clocks made by any company in that era. Ly-Gilbert, page 151. $350-$500. 70. $700 Welch, Spring & Co. “No. 4 Round Head Calendar”, ca 1878. Eight day movement was made by the E. N. Welch Manufacturing Company and has a recoil es-capement movement. It is spring driven and strikes hours on a coil gong. Inside the bottom door are two excellent black and gold labels, one over the calendar mechanism indicating the inventor was B. B. Lewis, and the other on the backboard indicating the maker as the Welch, Spring & Co. Forestville, Conn. The metal dials are original and excellent. All hands are probably original or period. The 30” high case is made with rosewood and near to perfect as one could hope for to be 138 years old. This is a fine example of this early calendar model. Ly-Welch, page 74: Ly-Calendar #734. It has always been a good sell-ing clock and retains a high book value. $750-$1000 72. $350 Seth Thomas Clock Co. another very rare City Series model, “St. Paul”, ca 1884. The polished walnut veneered case is 21” high, and like the Pittsburgh and St. Louis, is a very significant and imposing clock when compared to other City Series models. The wood is very clean and pol-ished nicely and he even polished the back of the clock. It also has the special brass pendulum bob adorned with leaves and acorns, and a fine bev-eled and etched glass center. Nickeled pendulum hanger, nickeled gong base, and dial rings. The signed dial is new paper on the old pan, hands are correct, and there is a complete label inside. The door locks on the side with the wind-ing key. This model has large acorns on the sides, spools on the door front, burl walnut and other trim used sparingly around the case. The brass lyre movement is 8 day, clean, signed, running, and strik-ing the cathedral gong. This clock like the Pittsburgh, books for $1000, we have sold them in years past for considerably more, and we notice folks pay almost anything on EBay and at live auctions. Those trying to collect the entire series of City named clocks are always excited to find these more rare models. Ly-Seth Thomas #596. $500-$750.

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73. $450 Welch, Spring & Co. “Patti No. 1”, ca 1880. The partially complete black and gold label on the back identifies this clock as the “Patti V.P.”, also called “Patti No. 1”. The polished rosewood case is 18.5” high, complete with all the correct finials and the ornate turned columns on all four corners, it has the original finish that looks very nice and is clean and polished. Great glass in the door with the gold designs around the edge, correct pendulum bob, black flocking on the backboard, original dial and hands, and appar-ently the original painted dial. Three good glasses, nickel bell, and the famous “Patti” 8 day movement that strikes hours on the bell. I would call it a very nice clock, but being 135 years old it surely has some tiny edge nicks. It is running and striking properly. Ly-Welch, page 284-285. 500-$750. 74. $425 English Royal Air Force, fusee bracket clock, ca 1927. The brass dial is signed “RAF” inside the wings and crown. The movement is signed, “E.C.&W”, and is signed underneath the 14 inch high oak case, “E.C.&W. / C.R.V. / 1927”. There is a bowed and bev-eled glass over the bnrass dial with recessed numer-als and original hands. A latch on the side releases the bezel. The full hinged back door is key locking with a key. The 8 day movement is running briskly. The large and heavy brass pendulum is original to the movement. The suspension spring was broken in transport. Simple repair. A very clean and com-plete clock. $500-$750. 75. $350 “Atkins Clock Comp’y, / Bristol, Conn.”, London model shelf clock, ca 1863. Near perfect 17” rose-wood veneered case with excellent gold col-umns. Brass door knobs and all wood parts are original and in excellent condition. Both glasses have excellent gold foil paint, repainted dial is very nice and hands are correct. Complete paper label inside and an old brass pendulum bob. It has an excellent 8 day movement that is running and striking a coil gong. On the back of the small lower door is the number, #81”, which may well be a factory number. This clock is as nice as any London model we have sold. “The Clocks of Irenus At-kins”, by King and Gregory, page 83. $400-$600. 76. $500 Seth Thomas Clock Co. City Series clock, “Beloit”, ca 1885. I have had about six of this model and this is the nicest one of them all. Either it was in a bank safe for 130 years or someone did a super job of restoration. There are several thing on this case that are easily lost or broken. The candleholders are seldom original. I don’t know

how many times I have loaned mine to collec-tors to use as a pattern. This walnut case is 28” high, complete and all original. There are doo-dads and ornaments and carvings all over the case and they are intact. The glass is super nice and features what I believe to be a hum-ming bird. Push button door latch, complete black label inside, old key, nickel pendulum with damascened designs is excellent. Old original dial has been repainted and hands are correct. This clock has a bonus, alarm move-ment and alarm ring. The Cathedral gong base

is nickel, so are the dial rings. The 8 day movement is running strong. It strikes hourly on the Cathedral gong. On the back is the factory stamp indicating the clock was made in 1885. This model is one of the rarest of the City Series clocks, particularly in good origi-nal condition. If you are thinking of collecting City Series, you need this one bad. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 187. $650-$900. 77. $575 “Forestville Manufacturing Co. / J. C. Brown, Bristol, Conn.”, ripple beehive with an eight day brass movement, ca 1848. Complete pa-per label inside, original painted dial now with fading, minor paint chipping, and a correct pair of Brown/Forestville hands. The rosewood veneered case is 19” tall, has ripple molding all over the front and the base. It has Brown’s ivory door knob, original painted glass in the bottom section, and original clear glass in the round top section. Inside is a wire coil gong mount-ed on a brass base, old brass pendulum bob, and the 8 day movement signed by Forestville Mfg. Co. This rare clock also has an alarm movement stand-ing in the bottom, rings on an iron bell, and has the brass ring in the dial center. This rare ripple case clock is pictured in Ly-American Clocks, Volume 3; and the book by Kenneth Robert and Snowden Taylor, “Jonathan Clark Brown and the Forestville Manufacturing Company”. $650-$950. 78. $450 Rare English fusee ships clock with dial painted on glass and the 8 day movement visible behind the glass. Both the movement and case are numbered but no signature is visible. The heavy brass bezel and bowed glass are held with a key lock on the side. The back flange is 9.5 inches and the case is 5 inches high. The three hands appear to be original, the movement is running and the clock is complete. It has a locking key and a winding key. $500-$750. 79. $825 Gubelin, Lucerne, Switzerland, a manufacturer of fine watches and jewelry since the mid 1800’s, and they also retailed clocks, many made by other Swiss manufacturers. This clock on a shelf is such a prod-uct. The painted wood case is covered with brass, has a key locking glass door in front and a latching door in back. The dial, movement, pendulum, and case are all signed by Gubelin. The clock is 18 inches but on the shelf both are 25 inches high. The dial is comprised of large porcelain cartouche numerals, porcelain inner dial, and original hands. Interesting that the pendulum is also signed by Gubelin. The clock is running and striking on a bell. $850-$1000. 80. $1300 Southern Calendar Clock Co. St. Louis, Mo., “Fashion No. 4”, ca 1880. Walnut case is 32” high, retains the original finish, and is clean and polished. It has been restored, in that the dials have been papered, paper calendar rolls may be original, and it has the original finials. The running and calendar movements are operating properly, and inside is the original black and gold label of instructions. The brass pendulum and wood stick are correct. Large brass bell is clean and bright, correct hands, and it has nice nickeled dial rings. Etched designs on the

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dial board retain all of the gilt, the tablet is excellent, and as usual I was disappointed when I looked in the secret compartment. Overall a very good example of this model and with painted dials it can be as nice as most No.4’s. Ly-Calendar, page 286; also in Ly-Seth Thom-as book. $1500-$1800. 81. $600 Automatic Harp by “The Ward-Stilson Co. New London, Ohio”. There are six strings on a stained wood case with trichromate trans-fer decoration. This is their model #9582. They made other harps with different string arrangements. The on/off music box lever is near the base of the harp and it is playing one song. Underneath the base is a paper label stating the name of the tune being played. The label inside is complete as are other parts of the music box and case, except there are two missing guitar type strings. You can buy those strings at any music store. The music box in the bot-tom of the case winds on the back of the case. This may be a well know company in middle America but their Harps were very rare. $750-$1000. 82. $500 Seth Thomas Clock Co. City Series clock, “Santa Fe”, ca 1886. Seth Thomas literally went out on a limb when he made this clock. It is so different from their other City Series clocks, for it actually looks like it was made of limbs, and has metal leaves attached over the case front. This case has been restored and cleaned thoroughly, inside and outside. I have learned a lot in my 40 plus years selling to thousands of clock collectors but one thing stand out, no two collectors are alike. This collector cleaned his clocks thoroughly and he had to have spot-less dial which meant in most cases, paper di-als. The pendulum bob is polished, same with the nickeled gong base, nickeled pendulum hanger, and the nickeled dial rings. The dial has been papered, hands look to be correct, partial label inside, and the glass is original for it is covered with leaves and branches. Movement is 8 day, signed, clean, running, and striking the Cathedral gong on the hours. This is a difficult City Series clock to find, particularly with all the leaves and twigs intact. Ly-Seth Thomas #597. $750-$1000. 83. $600 L. F. & W. W. Carter, Bristol, Conn. calendar clock, ca 1862. This clock they called the, “Lewis Calendar No.2 Case”. It is 31” tall, rosewood veneered case body, rosewood grain painted wood bezels. Overall this is a very nice and attractive wood case. The bottom bezel has a lock and key, the top bezel held with a wood latch. The original painted metal dials are very good with only minor flaking on the calendar dial, there are five hands and all appear to be original. The green label covering the B.B.Lewis Calendar Mecha-nism, behind the lower door, is intact. The 8 day, 2 weight movement, has solid plates, has retaining power, and steel pivoted rolling pinion. The two round weights and the brass pendulum appear to be original. The inside backboard label is mostly intact. Ly-Calendar Clocks, pages 40-41. Like other clocks in this fine collection it is clean and polished. $800-$1200.

84. $1800 “Chas Absolon / London”, mahogany fusee bracket clock, ca 1770-1800. Absolon was work-ing at Smock Alley Bishopgate Street in the late 18th century and made some very unusual clocks. Checking on line I found where some of his early bracket clocks sold for over 12,000 pounds. This clock, like most all his bracket clocks is adorned with brass and jewels, brass carrying handle, window coverings on the sides, locking front and back doors, large silver dials, and standing on four gilded brass feet. The solid plate brass movement is signed and run-ning. The clean and polished mahogany case is 15 inches high, com-plete with minor restoration such as gluing some internal wood parts and the brass feet. Like all the clocks recently listed this one is also exceptionally clean and polished. $2000-$3000. 85. $2000 Ansonia Clock Co. “Banjo No. 3”, ca 1924. The same size as the No. 2 at 40.5” high, but is deeper and much heavier, I sup-pose because the No.3 has the heavy quarter hour striking Westminster Chime movement. We have sold the No. l and No. 2 Banjo’s in auctions ten years ago, but only a couple of the No.3’s as they are very rare and near impossible to find with the two original glass-es. This is the most valuable of the three and harder to find, particularly in this condition. The glasses, pendu-lum, stick, metal dial, hands, eagle, and side ornaments are all correct. The silver dial is dirty and tarnished. The clock would bring top dollar if you have the dial cleaned. We sold a very nice No.3 in our October 2005 auction for near $8000, and we sold one in our January 2016 auction for considerably less and it was the nicest one you will ever find. Ly-Ansonia #98. $2500-$3500 86. $1000 F. Kroeber, New York, “Regulator No. 49”, ca 1895. The walnut case is 52 inches tall and has been cleaned and polished. It has a very old paper dial and I cannot say for sure that it is original. The case has an 8 day spring movement that is time only and running. It has brass dial rings and a brass pendulum bob with a wood stick, all are original. Both doors have proper latches and hinges. Both glasses may be original as the top one is held with old putty and the bottom with wood strips. There is a near perfect label on the back. The clock is very unusual and looks to be original other than what was mentioned. Ly-Kroeber, page 120. $1000-$2000. 87. $2000 Swiss pinwheel regulator, ca 1890. The hands and pendulum are the identical types used in Kroeber pinwheel clocks. The beautiful burl walnut case is 74” high, and 24” wide at the top. It is a rather plain case top to bottom except the burl stands out so well you don’t need carvings and frills. There are two original glasses in the door and both have the original putty. Excellent porcelain dial, brass dial surround, original hands, and a functioning 8 day pinwheel movement in an iron box. The movement is in fine running condition and keeps running after removing the pendulum and weight. Both doors of the iron box are intact. Brass weight, brass pendu-

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lum ball, and the oval rods are silver and brass. It is a typical Swiss pinwheel that we have bought and sold over the years, but this one is exceptional because of the wood. $2000-$3000. 88. $600 “Tiffany & Company” signed on the 8 day movement in this French marble clock, ca 1928. Tiffany of New York had a factory in Europe and also sold clocks under their name, but made by other companies. The movement is a typical French round move-ment that is running and striking half hours on a standing gong. But the beauty of the clock is in the case that is standing 18 inches tall and is 16 inches wide. The statue I would assume represents figures seen with Egyptian artifacts. It weighs about 45 pounds and would test the mettle of anyone attempting to walk off with it. It has a beveled glass in the sash black concave marble dial ring with ornate brass in the center, and very nice original hands. There are no problems like chips, breaks, etc. It is clean and ready to place wherever you want it to sit forever, for you won’t want to move it once it finds the right place. $750-$1000. 89. $1500 Swiss pinwheel regulator, ca late 1800’s or early 1900’s. This clock has some verifiable provenance. With the clock is a letter indicating it came from the custodian of a bank in Morrow, Ohio. He said this clock was hanging in the bank when he started in 1910. The burl walnut case is 73” high, clean and polished and it could have been refinished at some time for it looks like a piece of fine furniture and is ready to hang and enjoy. I will call it a little on the dark side and I am not positive it is burl walnut, but the wood is very pleasing to look at. There are two doors, both should have glasses, and latches on the side. The top glass was broken when it was handled for loading. We have a replace-ment glass for you to nail or putty in place. There are no frills like ripple or applied wood pieces. The move-ment rests on a wood seatboard. The Swiss pin-wheel movement is typical, housed in an iron box with latching doors on each side of the box. Porcelain dial with large brass dial surround that stretches 14” across the inside of the case. Lyre pendulum, brass weight, and three large hands complete the clock. The 8 day time only movement is running. $2000-$3000. 90. $700 Ansonia Clock Co. enameled iron, “Mechanical Clock”, ca 1894. To my knowledge this is the only clock Ansonia made with animation, even though it was simple animation. A rod runs from the escape wheel to the ships wheel on the deck. As the pendulum swings the ships wheel rocks back and forth. The clock has been partially re-stored, for if not you would not want it. All of the ones I have seen

that were not restored were rusted and miss-ing part or most all of the parts on top. Very few survived the years intact. The enameled iron and marbleized pieces were cleaned, and parts on the bridge were cleaned and re-paired as needed. It will still need a mechanic to get it operating for it appears to need some attachment from the wheel to the movement rod. The bezel, dial rings, move-ment, etc. have been cleaned and polished.

The 8 day signed movement is a common movement used in most Ansonia clocks of this type, nothing special except the rod turning the wheel. The clock is 19 inches high, has a correct back door, pen-dulum bob, signed two piece porcelain dial, correct hands, and over-all all the parts except the bridge parts appear original. I will never forget in my early days buying collections I bought a collection of 150 clocks, all exceptionally nice and most were rare and valuable. I rejected one clock in that collection, an “Ansonia Mechanical”, be-cause at that time it did not appear in any clock book, I had never seen or heard of one, and I just knew it had to be a clock some shade tree mechanic had made up. Live and learn. Ly-Ansonia #1380. $1000-$1500. 91. $1500 E. Howard & Co. Boston, Mass. “No. 59-8 Regula-tor”, ca 1970’s. This model is sometimes called “Viennese style”, or just “Howard Vienna”. They made this model in several case sizes and many size dials. The movement is 8 day, weight driven, time only and recently serviced to guarantee running. The 46 inch high walnut case has black highlighting in several places and the six finials are original to the case and are correct. The pendulum stick is painted gold and the special damascened pendulum bob is brass to match. The iron weight is correct, there is a correct beat scale, door latch, wood dial surround, painted dial with the correct Howard signature. The walnut weight chute was missing the 4 brass screws that hold in place so I used silver screws. You will want to install correct screws. If the case was not so nice you would swear it was a Howard original. $1500-$2000. 92. $3000 Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion”, ca 1879. We have sold only 3 Ithaca Fashion clocks in over 40 years. We get more inquiries about the Ithaca Fashion than any of the Southern Calendar Clock Co. Fashion models. We must assume it is rarer than any of the other models. Many collectors refer to this as the #11 Fashion. The case is walnut and similar in many ways to the Seth Thomas/Southern Calendar Fashions except the case is not as heavy and the finials are shaped differently. It has a lighter short pendulum move-ment with the Ithaca perpetual calendar move-ment. The dials are paper and the hands are Mal-tese not Spade. The 32 inch high case retains the original and clean finish, well maintained by an important Fashion collector. There is no smoke or goop that we often see on clocks this old. There is a factory stamped number on the case back, “51”. One other I sold was stamped “79”, so I assume very few of the Ithaca Fashions were made. The dials, hands, finials, glass, pendulum, and movements, are all origi-nal and correct for this model. I doubt you will ever find a nicer, more original Ithaca Fashion than this one. This clock is not pictured or mentioned in any of Tran Duy Ly’s books but is pictured in Millers, “Calendar Clocks”, page 52. $3000-$3500. 93. $1200 Seth Thomas “Louisville”, the rarest of all their City Series clocks, ca 1880. Walnut case is 22 inches tall, clean but age darkened, and completely original ex-cept for the brass door knob that someone has add-ed. I would remove the small knob; fill the hole and stain to make it disappear. Overall it is in very nice

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condition except for the paint chipping around 3 o’clock. There is a complete label inside, nickel bell, nickel dial rings and a complete and original pendulum that ST only used in the Louisville, St. Paul, and Pittsburgh models. As many of you know I have collected City Series clocks, sold them, and collected them again 4-5 times over the last 45 years. This is only the 4th one I have offered for sale. Like all the City Series clocks it has an 8 day movement that is running and striking the nickel bell on the hours. Ly-Seth Thomas #549. $1250-$1500. 94. $1150 Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co. “Office Drop Calendar”, ca 1881. This clock has every indication of being 100% original, with one tiny exception. The little metal clip that hold the bottom door in place may be a replacement, but I am not positive of that. The 34” high walnut case has all the carved curly cues and top orna-ment intact. The finish is dark yet polished and looks great. Both glasses are original, and both have original putty. Behind the lower door on the backboard is a dark, complete paper label. The movement is 8 day, running and striking on a coil gong. The gong, movement, brass bob and wood stick, hands, and all the metal calendar discs, are original. The paper on the three discs shows wear and some grunge, but the paper dials are definitely all original. Ly-Calendar, page 94. I believe the last one we sold was for nearly $2800, but it was near perfect. $1200-$1500. 95. $950 Ansonia Clock Co. hanging clock, “Niobe”, ca 1904. This is a very nice original clock. True, the case has been rubbed/polished, not refinished in the sense a harsh stripper cleaner was used. As I keep repeat-ing, very few clocks are “refinished” anymore. Rub-bing with a mild polish removes the darkest of the smoke and pollutants. This oak case is 45” tall, of course the old chains with large wood acorns on the ends fall much lower. Barley twist brass weights and the cast brass pendulum bob are original. The clock is complete, has had no evident repairs, and we believe everything on and in the clock came from the factory. The 8 day movement is signed, strikes a cathedral gong hours and half hours. It has a heavy metal silver dial, raised numerals and minute marks, correct hands, and a cast inner dial. Brass ornaments all over the case, all intact and all original. This model usually sells at the big clock auctions between $4000 and $5000. Ly-Ansonia #577. $1000-$1500. 96. $1000 Early Black Forest Cuckoo clock, pre 1900. It has wood plates, dou-ble fusee movement, single bird and a nice carved case. It is 23 inch-es tall and 15 inches wide. The consignor does not remember if it runs 8 days or 1 day. It came in late and I have not had time to test for length of running. The cuckoo/maple leaf top is not original to the rest of the case. It should have a more gothic motif and probably a gable that probably ran the entire width of the top. The ” Camerer and Kuss” label on the back identifies the clock dealer in Britain that was the largest dealer of Black Forest Cuckoo clocks. They changed the spelling of their name to “Camerer and Cuss” around 1900 so we know the clock dates prior to 1900. The interior

of the clock is in excellent condition and operates properly. The outside of the case has been heavily varnished or lacquered over the years. It looks good with the dark lacquer finish. The movement is not signed. $1000-$2000. 100. $100 Seth Thomas adamantine case mantel clock, “Belmont”, ca 1917. The finish of the adaman-tine is very unusual, deep rust, black, brown, I don’t know what they called it unless it was their pearl adamantine finish. The case is 13 inches wide, clean and all original. It has a flat glass in the sash, plastic type dial is excellent and hands are original. Two labels on the back, one complete, one sparse. Wood back is removable to access the 8 day movement and gong. The clock is running and striking properly. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 436. $100-$200. 101. $125 Seth Thomas adamantine case mantel clock, “Alba”, ca 1909. Some-times referred to as a “wedding clock” because of the white ada-mantine finish. It has gold plated metal feet, columns, and orna-ments. ST said in its ad that this clock “can be cleaned with a damp cloth without injury to the finish”. I suspect that would apply to all adamantine finishes. The only demerit I can give it is it has a new removable back. It is 16 inches on the base, flat glass in a better sash, and an original signed paper dial and correct hands. The 8 day movement is signed, running, and striking half hours on a cup bell and hours on a Cathedral gong. Full label on the back. Ly-Seth Thomas #1403. $150-$300. 102. $150 Seth Thomas walnut mantel clock, one of over 100 clocks the com-pany named for cities. This model is the “Newark”, ca 1885. An all original case, standing 22” high, has never been cleaned, therefore retaining the origi-nal finish and some crazing. Not really dirty, just a little dark and crusty. The glass, pendulum bob, signed dial, hands, gong, and movement, are all original to this clock. The dial has a little paint loss. Most of the label remains inside. It has an 8 day brass movement that strikes a gong on the hours, and it is running. Ly-Seth Thomas #560. $200-$300.

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103. $200 Seth Thomas Clock Co. City Series clock, “Omaha”, ca 1894. I have had a great many of this model and most other City Series models and sold them for 40 years. They are good selling clocks and if I were starting collecting again I would collect City Series like I once did. Seth Thomas made excellent clocks in the late 1800’s, as well as some other clock mak-ers, but in the early 1900’s they went for quantity instead of quality. I retained some of the quality clocks and finally beginning to sell them. This fine walnut cased clock is 19” tall, has all the little ball ornaments and railing, strong gold striping on the door, very nice finish on the case, and is running and ready to display. The painted dial is slightly worn, but clean, and retains the ST logo, nickel dial rings, and correct pair of hands. On the floor of the case is a good black label. The nickel pendulum bob has the ST logo in the center, and a nickel pendulum leader. The clock strikes on a large Cathedral gong (nickel gong base) on the hours. The 8 day movement is running briskly and strik-ing properly. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 202. $250-$400. 104. $100 E. Ingraham, Bristol, Conn. wood cased mantel clock, “Cadet”, ca 1881. Not an elaborate case but with the three trees on the top it looks elaborate. A lot of jig saw work, three applied wood ornaments and some grooved designs complete the case. Ingraham stamped his name inside on the base. The glass, door latch, bright pendulum bob, brass bell, brass dial rings and 8 day movement all seem to be original to the case. The dial paper is new. The clock is running and striking on the bell each hour. Ly-Ingraham #896. $125-$250. 105. $75 Atkins Clock Company, Bristol, Conn. “Common Round Top” mantel clock, ca 1873. Always experimenting, always losing money, Atkins made at least a half dozen models of the round top with slight varia-

tions. This clock has some good attributes, an origi-nal dial and hands, complete paper label, and original rosewood veneer 17 inch high case. It is smoky dark, probably never cleaned, one or both glasses are re-placements, although they are old glass. I have never seen this model with a mirror. It has an 8 day move-ment that is running and striking a coil gong. Refer-ence – “The Clocks of Irenus Atkins” by Gregory and King, pages 87-88. $100-$200.

106. $100 Seth Thomas Clock Co. mantel clock, “Column”, ca 1870. An immaculate 16” mahogany veneered clock, clean inside and out. Mahogany veneer has some barely detectable rough spots on the top, but shows so well you can hardly tell. The clock is in like new condition, gold around columns and both glasses. Repainted dial, ST hands, door knob and latch, correct pendulum bob and a complete paper label inside. Large 8 day lyre movement is signed, clean, running, and striking a coil gong. Movement held in the case with mounting blocks. Ly-Seth Thomas #1741 and #1742. $150-$250. 107. $100 Seth Thomas mantel clock with black adamantine finish, ca 1904. It is most like one of the “Hussar” models that have lions on the ends,

double adamantine onyx columns on the sides with green adamantine trim above and below the columns. The case is 18 inches wide with gilt metal trim around the case. It has a good signed dial, correct hands and pendulum bob. The back movement opening has a metal cover and most of a paper label. Inside it the signed 8 day movement that is running and striking half hours on a Cathedral gong. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 480. $125-$200. 108. $125 Seth Thomas Clock Co. a City Series clock, “Victoria”, ca 1880. Rosewood veneered case is 18” high and the veneer is good all over. Gold around the glass has been enhanced. Old black label inside has taken a beating but and is very dark but all there. Nickel bell, nickel pendulum stick, and brass bob and dial rings. It has a very nice signed dial and correct pair of hands. The brass bob is one of their later bobs usually found on the cheaper “kitchen” clocks. The 8 day movement is running and striking the Cathedral bell on the hours. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 211. $150-$250. 109. $150 Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co. wood cased mantel clock, “Parisian”, ca 1880. The walnut case is 24 inches high, complete and all original including the wood sections, excellent glass in the door, most of a paper label on the back, and an excellent signed brass pendulum bob with regulating needle and fleur de leis above. The 8 day movement is signed, running strong and striking hours on a coil gong. This model Parisian has five finials, they made an-other Parisian model with 3 finials. Ly-Gilbert #1014. $150-$300. 110. $100 E. Ingraham & Co. wood cased mantel clock, “Garnet”, ca 1886. The walnut case is 20 inches tall, complete and all original. On the base, inside the case is inscribed in the wood the Ingraham name and address. The two piece dial is not signed but it looks old. The hands, signed gong base, coil gong, pendulum, and door glass, all look correct and original. The movement runs 8 days and strikes half hours and hours on the Cathedral gong. Ly-Ingraham #911. $125-$200. 111. $125 E. N. Welch wood mantel clock, ca 1880. Welch made this clock for the Fowler Mfg Co. Limited, with offices in New York City. Welch made clocks for many different companies’s to be used as awards for salesmen or prizes for customers. Fowler was one such company. Identical clocks with labels are pictured in Ly-Welch, pages 404-405. The walnut case is23 inches tall and is com-plete and in good original condition. The painted tablet is still good. Our clock, plus those in Ly-Welch, have an alarm movement and brass bell. Ther pendulum, gong, brass dial rings, and 8 day movement are all original to the clock. It is running and striking the gong on half hours and hours. $150-$300.

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112. $225 “Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn.”, City Series model “Danville”, ca 1889. This is a very rare model and I have only seen three. Col-lectors have sent me pictures of seven others asking me to identify them so we know there are a few others out there. The walnut case is 20.5 inches high, complete and all original. This case like most other early City Series models, has carvings, grooves and etched designs all over. There are small applied wood pieces. The brass pendulum is one of a half dozen styles ST used in their City Series clocks. Most of the label is still inside the case. There are also a brass pendulum hanger, large Cathedral gong and base, brass dial rings, and correct and a new paper dial and spade hands. The 8 day movement is running and striking the Cathe-dral gong. Ly-Seth Thomas #2466. $250-$400. 113. $100 New Haven Clock Co. wood case mantel clock, “Mersey”, ca 1881. On the back is a complete paper label identifying this clock as the “Mersey” model. Ly-New Haven shows a clock named Mersey on page 321 but it is different than ours. The walnut case is 23 inches tall, complete, and all original. It has all the applied ornaments, original door glass, brass pendu-lum, brass dial rings, signed dial and correct hands. The eight day movement is running and striking the gong. $100-$200. 114. $250 Seth Thomas Clock Co. City Series model, “Fortress”, ca 1880. The

22 inch high walnut case has the original finish and is very clean and polished all over. It has all original parts including the special Seth Thomas brass pendulum bob with etched circles in the center, nickel pendulum leader, nickel bell, nick-el dial rings, correct hands, movement and the original dial. The dial is slightly aged but surpris-ingly has all the original paint intact. There is almost a complete black label remaining on the floor of the case. The signed movement runs eight days and strikes the hours on the nickel bell. Over the years this model has been diffi-

cult for collectors to find but as prices for City Series clocks went up a few finally began to surface. Of course we have many more City Series collectors today. I have sold hundreds of City Series clocks, twice before I sold my personal collection of nearly a hundred differ-ent City models, only to start collecting them again. They are so nice I cannot resist. This is probably the nicest one I have had. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 193. $300-$500. 115. $150 Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Chime Clock No. 14”, ca 1921. Mahogany cabinet case with a plain front of the case and standing a little more than 14” tall. Bowed and beveled glass in the cast brass sash, 6” silvered dial that is also slightly bowed, and is signed by ST. The hands are correct, three winding arbors on the dial face and a slow/fast adjusting arbor. This Sonora movement No. 119 does not strike on bells, but on 4 rods, but chimes quarter hours and strikes the hours. Both movements are signed by ST, and both numbered, running move-ment is 8 day, No. 89AM, with pendulum bob and

key inside the case. Full hinged back door, four turned bun wood feet underneath, and a chime/silent lever on the back. Overall a very nice case and has no repairs or new wood, very clean and ready to use. Ly-Seth Thomas #404. $200-$300. 116. $100 “E. N. Welch Mfg. Co. Forestville, Conn.”, wood cased mantel clock, “Assortment A, No. 5”, ca 1900. By this date clock companies were producing zillions of cheap mantel clocks in oak and walnut, each trying to outsell the others. Sound familiar? Cases were cut with a jig saw, with etched designs and applied wood or metal ornaments. Alarms or gongs cost more. This walnut case is almost 23 inches tall, all original and complete including the original glass, dial, hands, pendulum, alarm movement, gong and bell. There is no label. Ly-Welch #1314. $125-$250. 117. $100 Ansonia Clock Co. wood cased mantel clock, “K Assortment, Kensico”, ca 1901. If you read the de-scription in #116, here is another example of a com-pany trying to compete with others turning out cheap mantel clocks. Similar styles, jig saw cut, etched designs, and applied ornaments. This wal-nut case is almost 23 inches tall, all original and complete including the glass, pendulum, signed gong base, signed original dial, and 8 day move-ment that is running and striking half hours on the gong. The case is dark, but very clean. Some of the designs on the class is missing and there is no label. Ly-Ansonia #1911. $125-$250. 118. $125 Waterbury Clock Co. wood cased mantel clock with calendar, Ther-mometer, and Barometer, named, “Combine, Calendar”, ca 1891. They also made this model without a calendar but it still had the

thermometer and barometer at the bottom. The named it, “Combine”. The very nice walnut case is 22 inches tall, has the original glass, pen-dulum, gong, and 8 day time and striking move-ment. The paper dial is a replacement. Some genius, certainly not Bubba, made matching wood trim pieces to put on the bottom orna-ments to replace the missing barometer and thermometer. It takes an expert eye to catch the replacement for they were professionally made and stained perfectly to match. Not that it matters one hoot but I much prefer the way it

looks now without the cheap appliances Waterbury placed there. Ly-Waterbury #256. $150-$300. 119. $200 Seth Thomas Clock Co. City Series mantel clock, “Atlanta”, ca 1886. Rosewood and walnut veneer case is 19 ½” high, original finish is polished, now only a little darkened with crazed finish but still ex-tremely nice with near perfect gold striping and banding around the case front edges, and the gold is still very bright. This clock is all original including the glass, pendu-lum, nickel gong, nickel dial rings, and two piece signed dial. There is a complete black label inside on the base but it is very dark. The doorknob, gong and movement are original and correct. Move-ment is 8 day, running, and striking the Cathedral bell on the hours. One of the best Atlanta models I

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have ever offered for sale. Ly-Seth Thomas #508. $250-$350. 120. $200 E. N. Welch Mfg. Co. wood cased mantel clock, “Irving”, made by Welch for “Baird & Dillon, Chicago”. They were a publishing compa-ny that started printing and selling subscription books by door to door salesmen in 1877. They used the Welch clocks as rewards for their salesmen and no doubt for some customers. In 1884 their salesmen were realizing sales of over $20,000 per week. We have sold several Welch clock models made for Baird & Dillon over the years, this being only the second of the “Irving” model. The other one was sold in our July 2006 auction. The walnut case is 23 inches high, clean, polished, complete, and original. There is no label on the back and the pendulum is one used on many Welch clocks but the “Irwin” should have a special pendulum with “B&D” cast on it. It has a good glass, original dial, Cathedral gong, brass alarm movement and bell, and is running and performing properly. Ly-Welch, page 404, 487, and 488. $250-$400.

121. $100 E. N. Welch Mfg. Co. wood cased mantel clock, “Gilda”, ca 1889. Welch being a lover of the arts named many of his clocks for musicians and ac-tors. “Gilda” was an American comedian and actress. The walnut case is 21 inches tall, com-plete and original, albeit a little dark and proba-bly never cleaned. It has the original glass, brass pendulum (not sure it is a Welch pendulum) Ca-thedral gong, replaced paper dial and hands, brass dial rings, and original 8 day time and strik-

ing movement. It is running and striking the gong on half hours and hours. Ly-Welch #1202. $100-$200. 122. $150 “Chauncey Jerome, New Haven, Conn.”, miniature triple decker empire style mantel clock, ca 1843. Jerome made several variations of this case, i.e. full size 8 day, hollow column, full column, true tri-ple deck, etc. This case is 27.5 inches tall, beautiful rosewood ve-neer, three glasses, two door latches, and solid half columns made of a slightly lighter shade of rosewood or similar wood. All the glass-

es may be replacements but they did install old glass. The 30 hour brass movement is signed, “Chauncey Jerome, New Haven, Conn. U.S.A.”. The previous collector said this was an 8 day movement but I counted only 40 teeth and a normal 8 day weight will not go in the weight chutes. The label is half gong, coil gong re-mains, metal dial may be from another clock, and there is a pair of old iron weights. This case and many similar cases are pictured on page 70 of the NAWCC Bulletin Supplement #15, “From Rags To Riches To Rags / The Story of Chauncey Jerome”. $200-$300.

123. $275 E. Ingraham Co. Coca Cola clock, ca 1890’s. Original case, Coca Cola glass, and Coca Cola dial. It is showing its 125 year age but all original parts are there. The 8 day movement and the dial are not signed and there is no label, however that is not unusual for this type ad-vertising clock. Both glasses are original and have good paint while the paper dial suffered the most aging. The screws and screw holes holding the dial in place are original. That always impresses me be-

cause it means Bubba has not been tinkering with the clock. I would bet it hung in a drug store or restaurant for over 100 years. The pendulum and stick are original and the movement is running. The 35 inch mahogany case still has the original finish plus 125 years accumulation of pollutants. $300-$500. 124. $175 Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co. hanging Coca Cola clock, “Gilbert No.3022 (Code Word) Uni-

versity”, ca 1929. The mahogany finished case should be 31 inches high but is missing the bottom one or two inches of the base. It is also missing the round eye hook on the door but that is an easy fix. The two glasses are original and retaining good paint. The dial has “Coca Cola / 5c”, below the hand arbor but is so faint you have to study it close to read it. The 8 day time only movement is running, hands and pendu-lum are correct. Ly-Gilbert #440. $200-$350. 125. $50

“E. Terry’s / Cheap Thirty Hour / Clocks, / Move-ments Made by / H. Welton, Terryville, Conn.”, cop-ied from the label of this miniature weight driven ogee mantel clock, ca 1841. Welton took over Ter-ry’s clock business in 1841 and failed in 1842. The rosewood veneered case is 21 inches tall, very dark, probably never cleaned. The veneer is good with only a couple of corner nicks. The old mirror has some loss of silver, and the top glass is old. The old wood dial has extra holes and shows some wear, the label is intact. It has a pair of small square iron

weights, old pendulum, door latch, and coil gong. The 30 hour movement is dirty but functioning. $50-$150. 126. $150 Chelsea Clock Co. Boston, “Corvette”, ca 1947. Clock and matching barometer are mounted on a brass rod allowing both to be tilted to suit. It has matching 2 ¾ inch dials, bronze cases, yel-low brass cradle, and spokes. It sits on a 9 inch wide wood base and stands about 5.5 inches high. Both silver dials are signed and the clock is running. $200-$300. 127. $250 Seth Thomas & Sons, crystal regulator, “Empire No. 15”, ca 1909-1913. Eight day round movement, hour and half hour strike on Cathedral bell. I would call it a hanging coil gong. Four inch porcelain dial, imita-tion mercury pendulum, and correct original hands. The clock is running and striking. Overall the case retains a nice gold finish but does have some loss near the base. The beveled plate glass in the back door has a corner chip, the other three are good. The dial is signed, “A. Kurtzeborn & Sons”, and the movement is signed “ST”. Ly-Seth Thomas, #737. $300-$400. 128. $100 Novelty 4 dial table clock, ca vintage. Vintage means I don’t know its age, but the wood case is held together with Philips screws and all four movements are quartz I would say it is not real old. It is 25 inches tall and fairly

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heavy. All 4 dials, hands, etc. are identical. The clock is complete and with good batteries all the movements are functioning. $100-$150. 129. $350 “Bronco Buster”, a bronze sculpture by the famous American sculptor, Frederick Remington. He is the most collected sculptor of all time. His bronze stat-ues captured the American west better than any artist. His work has been reproduced in bronze for collectors worldwide. This sculpture was his first and depicts the life of the American cowboy. In this piece Remington captured the classic struggle between man and beast. This is the most recognized bronze statue in the world and one of the few originals in the Whitehouse Oval Office. The original is 22.5 inches tall and 18 inches wide and would probably sell well over $100,000. This statue is 17.5 inches high and 15.5 inches wide. $400-$650. 130. $350 Ansonia Clock Co., New York, crystal regulator, “Marquis”, ca 1904. The 15.5 inch high case is polished brass, and that is found on most all of their crystal regulators. What sets them apart are the orna-ments around that brass box case. This model is similar to many

others just a little difference in the placements of the ornaments. I believe the ornaments may have been repainted sometime in the past, if so they did not leave any footprints where they removed all the ornaments. It has four perfect beveled glasses, correct hands, open escapement, and a signed two piece porcelain dial. The dial has hairlines in the 12-1 area. The imitation mercury pendulum and the two pronged winding key are correct. It is running and striking half hours and hours on a standing Cathe-dral gong. Ly-Ansonia #334. $400-$550.

131. $350 “Outlaw”, bronze sculpture by Frederick Reming-ton. This one is another depiction of the wild riders who tamed bucking broncos. Realistically seated in the saddle the rider balances under the extreme movement of the horse. This sculpture is 18 inches tall and 11 inches wide. $400-$600.

132. $350 “Rattlesnake”, bronze sculpture by Frederick Remington. In this work he has the same theme, violence and danger. In this piece he captures a horse’s reaction to encountering a rat-tlesnake on the trail. The horse has reared upon two hooves and the rider is holding on for dear live. This is another of his classics. $400-$600.

137. $125 Seth Thomas, “Office No. 9”, ca 1921. This clock has a 30 day time movement with double spring, Gra-ham dead beat escapement and is in running condi-tion. You only have to wind this clock once a month. That is the good part. The bad part is, the clock was in the restoration process but not fin-ished. Most of the oak case is very dark and crusty, top and base have been cleaned. There is no bot-tom glass and no dial board. There are boards ready to be sawn to make the dial board. The dial

has been repainted and the 3 hands look to be ST hands but not for this clock. Ly-Seth Thomas #1079. $150-$250. 138. $325 French bronze with large statue of Amor by the side. The 8 day round French movement is signed, “Medaille 1000 Paris d’or / S Mar-ti”. The bronze banner on top may have a small piece missing. The statue may have been re-painted dark chocolate, a typical color used on early French statues if they were not gilded. The base is white marble with four bronze feet un-derneath. There is a bronze beading around the marble and around the base of the clock tower. There is a beveled glass in front of the pendulum and a plain glass behind the pendulum. It has a bowed beveled glass over the bowed porcelain dial. The hands are missing. The round French movement strikes a bell attached to the movement, a typical French movement arrangement. The movement is complete but very dirty. We did not check for running. It has a very ornate French pendulum. Great potential with this clock but it does need some attention. $400-$500. 139. $350 Ansonia Clock Co. “Mirror Swing”. This is a reproduction of Ansoni-a’s original silver plated mirror swing they made in the 1880’s. This one is made of wood and is 20 inches high. With the swing arm in place it is 22.5 inches high, which is the same size as the original Ansonia clock. The decora-tions around the mirror are hand carved leaves and birds, also like the originals. The swing arm is identical to the originals except the movement is not signed. It is running properly. I believe if I were keeping this clock I would apply some kind of finish to the wood. Ly-Ansonia #3008. $400-$600. 140. $250 Seth Thomas, Thomaston, Conn. a City Series model, “Carson”, ca 1884 and so stamped on the back door. The back door has a key lock. The signed movement runs 8 days, strikes hours on a Cathedral gong and half hours on a bell. ST described the case as, “sheet brass case, nickeled body, gold gilt ornaments at head and base, and bronze alligator panel”. As you can see this clock is pretty much just a nickeled body, with the gold and alligator panel worn down to nickel. We have sold this model in years past for $800-$1000. Original porcelain dial has a chip on the strike side winding arbor and hairlines over the dial. The dial is signed and one grommet is missing. Even though the case is basically just nickeled now it is still a very attractive clock standing 14.5 inches tall. It has a beveled glass in the sash. Ly-Seth Thomas #517. $300-$500.

141. $350 Ansonia Clock Co. “Cymric and Rose”, ca 1904. Cym-ric is the name of the base and Rose the statue. The metal clock has a Japanese Bronze finish that is slightly dirty. Many of their statues were inter-changeable with this base, all pegged on the bot-tom to fit the base. The statue alone is 18 inches tall and on the base stands 24.5 inches tall. The only damage I see is a small rose petal, broken and glued in place. The nice sash is holding a beveled glass

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and it opens to the one piece signed porcelain dial and original hands. The metal cover on the back is missing. They can be ordered from Timesavers. The correct pendulum is in the case. The 8 day signed movement is running and striking half hours and hours on a gong. Ly-Ansonia #1503. $450-$650. 142. $50 Seth Thomas Clock Co. hanging, “Lever”, ca 1879. The walnut case is 16 inches in diameter and the dial is 12 inches. The brass bezel is original, there is no glass. The original painted dial is signed in two places, has original hands, a seconds dial, and a slow/fast adjusting dial. The movement is complete but to run properly will need cleaning and oil. There is a super label on the back. Usually the labels on this type clock are destroyed by now. Gallery clocks with large dials are very rare. Ly-Seth Thomas #1186. $50-$100.

143. $75 Ridgeway floor clock, made in Germany, ca 1970’s. The 8 day movement is running and signed “Gravely Furn. Co. / Made In Germany”. It strikes Westminster chimes, is run-ning, and has a strike-silent lever. The plain case is light walnut, and there are no frills or extras except the finial. The two doors catch with a magnet and the back over the movement is removable. That is a nice extra. The pendu-lum and pendulum rod are brass. The dial is very attractive with cast brass spandrels on the corners, a silver dial ring, and silver globe above the dial. $100-$200. 145. $25

European Bakers clock, wood bezel and dial, original hands. Dial signed, “Brinkle Bro’s”. No glass in the brass sash, no pendulum, bell on top, weight, or chain. Wood movement plates, brass gears. $25-$50. 146. $200 French marble clock with a signed 8 day bell striking movement. The dark green marble case is 10 inches high and 9.5 inches wide, with brass beading around the outside edge of the front and an applied brass ornament below the dial. The bowed porcelain dial has some chips around the numbers 10 and 2, has original hands, and a bowed and beveled glass in the brass sash. The 8 day movement is a typical French movement, round, with bell attached. It rests on four brass feet. $250-$350. 147. $100 French ceramic clock. The light green case is 13.5 inch-es by 8.5 inches, has designs cast all over with col-umns on all four corners. There is a flat beveled glass in the brass sash, a very ornate metal dial and original hands. The 8 day movement is signed by “Marti & Cie” and strikes half hours on a large standing gong. The pendulum and key are included. $150-$300. 148. $200 “Terry Clock Co / Waterbury, Conn.” signed on the top of this miniature clock under glass dome. The dome is not original to the clock and it does not fit the iron base. Note the designs on the iron base, some wear some is good. The small base has paint-ed scenes on the front and sides. It has a one piece

porcelain dial with tiny chips around the wind arbors, and has cor-rect hands. Note the four columns holding the clock dial and move-ment. They have case designs all over that match the top signed piece and the pendulum. The movement has two springs and a silk thread pendulum. The movement is running. The clock, without the dome, is almost 9 inches high. This is a very rare clock and one we seldom see for sale. It came from David Clark’s collection. $300-$500. 149. $100 George W. Brown, Forestville, Conn. “Briggs “Rotary”, 30 hour novelty clock, ca 1858. E. N. Welch continued making the identical clock when Brown went out of business. See Ly-Welch, page 245. Wood base is clean and polished, with the original brass feet underneath, and the iron winding wheel underneath. The dial shows age and darkening, hands are period, silver ball is also proper. The movement is running. The brass movement plates are held with screws where the earlier models were held with pins. The glass dome is original to the clock. It is not signed anywhere. $200-$350. 151. $150 Ansonia Clock Co., “Crystal Palace No. 1 Extra”, ca 1880. This is the latest of four No. 1 Extra mod-els made by H. J. Davies and sold by Ansonia Clock Co. and the American Clock Company. The gilded metal figures are the Hunter and Fisher. Between them is an old original mirror now cov-ered with a paste on design, and a Davies patent-ed pendulum. This model is 17” tall, and is miss-ing the glass dome. We have sold Ansonia domes in past auctions and I am told you will see one at auction occasionally. I know that Timesavers used to sell them, not sure if they still do. The move-ment is 8 day, signed by Ansonia, it is clean, running, and strikes a nickeled bell. Undoubtedly the clock has been thoroughly cleaned, and all parts look almost new. The minimum leaves you plenty of room to buy an appropriate dome. Ly-Ansonia, page 95. $200-$350. 152. $50 E. Ingraham & Co. wood cased mantel clock, “Crystal”, ca 1880. This case is a little fancier than other octagon top clocks Ingraham made. The door is gold paint covered with a really nice glass. There are some small paint chips on the door. The old dial is dirty but complete. Inside is a black paper label cov-ering the backboard. There is some loss of paper, maybe 25%. The walnut case is 15 inches tall, com-plete and original. The one day movement is running and striking the coil gong. Ly-Ingraham #868. $50-$100. 153. $275 Seth Thomas “Parlor Calendar No. 5”, ca 1884. The walnut case is 24 inches high, polished and clean, and in very nice condition. The origi-nal painted zinc dials have been covered with a clear coat of polyu-rethane to hold the old paint. The dials are signed correctly and the hands are original. Behind the dials is the white label with directions not to oil the calendar movement. The hands, pendulum bob, glasses, door latch and labels are all original. The signed eight day movement is running and striking the hours on a bell. Note that I forgot to remove the pendulum and key in a cellophane ziplock bag

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and it is showing in the picture at the top of the calendar dial. Sorry. There is however some paint loss on the calendar dial at the 17 thru 19 date. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 106. $400-$750. 154. $100 International Business Machines Corp. 72 Beat Mas-ter Program clock, ca 1937. IBM was formed in 1924 and primarily produced time recorders. Wiring dia-grams inside the case date the clock to 1937. Written inspection dates are even earlier?? It is nasty dirty but appears to be complete. The walnut case is 43 inches tall and in pretty nice shape, just dirty. The door has two working key locks with two keys. I did not check anything to see if it was in working order. $100-$250. 155. $400

E. Howard & Co., Boston, slave clock. In like new condition, signed on the dial and the movement. The oak case is almost 24 inches square. Bezel is removed by turning, allowing access to dial screws and hands. Excellent painted metal dial is 18.5 inches, hands are correct, and everything inside and outside the case is original. $500-$750.

156. $150 “Elisha Hotchkiss, Jr., Burlington, Conn.”, column and splat shelf clock, ca 1831. In early year he bought his movement from Jerome and others, but later on added his own movements. It is thought he made his own cases in his Burlington factory build-ings. This unusual mahogany case with a scroll top is 34.5 inches high, the half columns and top appear to be maple or similar wood, glasses are replaced, and inside is a complete paper label. There are a few ve-neer chips, escutcheon is missing, the lock is in place but no key. The 30 hour movement, iron weights, very nice wood dial, and old pendulum bob are all original and the clock is running. It strikes on the large iron bell. $200-$350. 157. $225 International Time Recording Co. Endicott, NY, ca 1910. This is a fairly small size time clock, standing 36” high. The oak case and clock mechanisms are complete and it is running. Nickel pendulum bob, dial ring, and some of the time clock parts. It has a large beat scale, and key locking door with a key. There is some paint loss on the signed dial, mostly around the winding arbors. The oak case has the original finish and is in pretty good condition compared to others we have sold. It is an extremely heavy clock due to the time keeping parts in the bottom. $300-$500. 158. $50 Seth Thomas Clock Co. 30-hour, strike, weight, O.G., ca 1863. Rose-wood case is 25” high, a tiny chip on the base, a small veneer repair, a gouge mark on the right side that is stained over and not unsight-ly. Basically this is a beautiful rosewood veneered case. Glasses are original, there is a nice original painted dial, period hands, brass bob, and iron weights. The outdoor scene on the tablet should sell the clock. The seat board mounted brass movement is signed, complete with weight cords, an alarm movement that sounds on an iron bell, and both movement should run with no problems. Inside is a

complete paper label, reading in part, “Seth Thomas, / Thomaston, Conn.”. Ly-Seth Thomas, pages 650-654. $75-$150. 159. $65 “American Extra Bushed Movement Clocks, Manu-factured By the New Haven Clock Co. Successors to the Jerome & Co., New Haven, Conn., Eight Day”, ca 1836. This is a regular OG in excellent condition ex-cept for a couple of veneer chips. It has original glasses, good old zinc painted dial, and an 8 day movement. There is a pair of old iron weights, pen-dulum bob, and good hands. There is a great label inside this beautiful mahogany veneered case. It is 26” high and you may find a nick or two, otherwise a fine looking clock. $100-$200.

160. $100 New Haven Clock Co. banjo clock, “Willis”, ca 1928. Near perfect example and all original. They call the eagle and side rails, “Gold Ornaments”. I probably would not go that far. Mahogany case is 18” tall and has “Solarchrome Panels”. Convex glass, correct hands, and a signed silver dial indicating the movement is a 12 day runner. It winds and sets from the back. Bottom door opens to –a jewelry box, whatever. Ly-New Haven #191. $100-$200.

161. $150 Ansonia Brass & Copper Company, “Drop Extra”, ca 1883. The rosewood case is 26” high and needs some help to say the least. Complete label inside and eve-rything else that the case left the factory with is still intact. It has an 8 day time and strike movement. The bottom glass is broken, the paint is about gone on the dial, but the hands and other pieces and parts are all there. These are very desirable clocks when re-stored to good condition. Ly-Ansonia, pages 70-71. $1250-$1750. 162. $125 Chauncey Jerome cottage clock, ca 1850. Mahogany veneered case is 16” high, and being typical Jerome the case style is different than other clockmakers of his day. The case is similar to other unusual shelf clocks pictured in his catalogs, but none are exact. Note the mirror in the Gutta Percha glasses. Glasses are original and held with original wood strips. It has the original dial and hands, dial appar-ently has some flaking but it looks fine as it is. If it were a $1000 clock you may wish to repaint it. Old brass bob, wire gong and the signed eight day movement, are all original to this clock. 100% of the old paper label is still on the back of the bottom glass. $150-$250. 163. $50 New Haven Clock Co. “Round Gothic, Extra”, one of their mantel clocks, this one made with rosewood veneer, ca 1880. It is 17” high. The veneer is good all over, the rounded parts still has very good veneer. Both glasses are original, so is the painted dial, perhaps the hands are, old brass bob and a key. The movement is eight day, signed, running, striking a coil gong. Probably 90% of the label is still on the backboard. The bottom glass has some minor flak-ing, apparently only the white paint in some of the flower petals. Ly-New Haven #1219. $75-$150.

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164. $400 Chelsea Clock Co. 8 day Boat or Engine room time-piece. This is a WWII wartime clock no doubt used on one of the US Navy’s ships. The brass dial is signed, “Chelsea Clock Co. / Boston. Recessed nu-merals and minute marks are black filled and the paint and dial face are excellent. It is time only movement winding above the 6, slow/fast adjuster below the 12. Screw off bezel seals the dial and movement from moisture. The dial is 5.5”, the top bezel is 7.25”. The brass case has a very nice bright finish. It is made to mount to a wall with 3 screws. $450-$600. 165. $100 “Chelsea Clock Co. Boston / U.S. Maritime Commis-sion Ser. No.”, printed on the nickel dial. Bakelite case is 6 ½” top, 7 ½” bottom, hinged on the right, screw tight on the left. Also signed on the back of the case. Excellent overall condition and it is run-ning. $200-$300. 166. $100 Barr Mfg Corp. Weedsport, NY., battery electric clock, ca 1932-1937. Runs on 3 D cell batteries in se-ries. The battery box is complete, has very little cor-rosion, label/instructions in the back of the box. Orig-inal dial, hands, pendulum, battery box cover, and glass dome. Metal label on the floor of the wood base, underneath the pendulum. The dial is signed only, “Bulle. See NAWCC Bulletin #328, page 611. This one is considerable nicer than some we sold that were priced for $250 or more. $150-$300. 167. $50 Waterbury Clock Co. carriage clock, “Major”, ca 1906. A very ornate case, stands about 5” high. Rich Roman Gold Plated case (their words), now with a little wear and tarnish. Ivory dial, original hands, and beveled glass. Sides are solid metal and back door is solid with a latch. Movement is one day, signed, and running. It strikes half hours and hours. Ly-Waterbury #304. $75-$125. 168. $50 French carriage clock, very ornate brass case, twist col-umns and handle, stands 6 inches tall. 8 day movement is running and it has an alarm. Everything sets on the back. There are five good beveled glasses. The move-ment is signed, “Made In France”. $75-$150. 169. $65 Waterbury Clock Co. mantel clock, wood case, “Celtic”, ca 1881. Rosewood case is about 18 inches tall, gold paint around the outside of the one piece door. The square part of the door has an unusual flair that you can hardly see in person much less in the photo. Along the top of the square is a piece of wood trimmed out like leaves. The gold is to nice not to be recently done. The dial is a new paint, hands are probably also new. Most of a paper label remains inside. The movement runs 8 days and strikes a coil gong. Ly-Waterbury #1500. $75-$150.

170. $50 Seth Thomas mantel clock, adamantine finish case is called, “Domino”, ca 1906. Finished in Brazilian onyx adamantine the case stands 10 inches high and is original throughout. You will find some bruises to the adamantine one the corners of the base. The dial is dark, signed two places, has cor-rect hands and has a flat glass in the sash over the dial. The back is removable and it has a complete label. Inside is the signed 8 day movement that is running, striking hours on a gong and half hours on a cup bell. Ly-Seth Thomas #1461. $75-$150.

171. $200 “Manufactured by W. H. Scott for John M’Menomy, 197 Chatham St. New York”, a 4 column weight clock, ca 1850. Some, perhaps him, made a great many of these 4 column clocks for other companies, including Seth Thomas and others. The 30 hour brass move-ment in this case is not signed. It takes two wafer size weights to power the movement and sound the gong each hour. It has a complete and nice paper label,

wood dial and period hands and pendulum. The 26 inch high walnut case is smoky black, never has been cleaned. It is running and strik-ing correctly. Note it is missing the lower glass. $200-$350. 172. $100 Seth Thomas mantel clock, “Cambridge” one of the College Series, ca 1900. The walnut case is 23 inches tall, complete and original. It is dark, never cleaned of the accumulated smoke, etc. It has the standard ST pendulum used on those clocks, ca-thedral gong, brass bell for the alarm to sound, brass leader and dial rings, old dial and hands, and an 8 day time, strike and alarm movement that is running and performing properly. Inside is a com-plete paper label. Ly-Seth Thomas #2260. $150-$300. 173. $100 Holloway & Co. an English clock company made cases, and put in them American movements, ca 1844-1887. This clock is a version of the American Ogee case style driven by an 8 day spring movement. Inside the case is a complete label that states in part, “Superior Eight Day English Made Clock”. The 8 day movement is not signed. It is run-ning and strikes hours on a nickel bell. The old metal dial pan has been repainted. The glasses are original, the bottom painting has some paint flaking. The ma-hogany case is 26 inches tall, clean and polished with some edge scrapes from hauling. $100-$200. 174. $150 Atkins Clock Company, Bristol, Conn. early shelf clock they called their “London” case to replace the “Parlor No.1”. It was first made about 1860. In this small 17” high rosewood veneered case there is a time and strike movement with a coil gong. The case and movement are pictured and dis-cussed in the book, “The Clocks of Irenus Atkins”, by Gregory & King. The case including the door knobs, columns, and other wood parts, are all original and it retains the original finish. The old dial is good and the mirror is probably original as they sometimes used mirrors rather than a gold foil tablet. The pendulum rod is part metal but mostly an original wood stick and it has a typical brass pendulum bob. Inside

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the case is a complete paper label. $200-$400. 175. $30 E. Ingraham Company, “Kitchenette Assortment, No. 1”, ca 1927. Oak case is 14 inches tall, has most of a label on the back, signed metal dial, original glass, pendulum, gong, signed dial, and 8 day movement. It is running and striking the gong on half hours and hours. Ly-Ingraham, page 317. $50-$100. 176. $200 Large American made tambour clock, ca 1910. The only signature on the clock is “Made In USA” stamped on the silver dial. The mahogany case is almost 30 inches wide and 12 inches high, clean and all origi-nal. The brass sash has a bowed glass, original hands, and a slow/fast regulator. On the back is a hinged wood door. It has an 8 day movement that is running and striking half hours on a gong. Pendu-lum and key are inside. $100-$250. 177. $50 American made mantel clock, ca 1900. Two complete labels on the back, neither indicating who made the clock. The label says in part, “American Manufac-ture / Xenia”. I found an identical clock on the inter-net sold at auction in 2013 for $250 and they said it was made by Waterbury and named Xenia. The oak case is 22 inches tall, complete and all original. The dial, glass, gong, and 8 day movement are all origi-nal. It is running and striking half hours on a gong. $50-$100. 178. $225 Rolling Plane novelty clock. We were able to get another of these

interesting clocks and have had it on our desk running for a few months, so can assure you it should perform for you also. These clocks are not antiques, but made in recent times. You never wind this clock but you do have to pick it up once each day and sit it at the top

of the incline. It will stop when it reaches the bottom unless you move it. It runs on its own weight, a heavy weight inside that keeps it rolling down the incline. You cannot see it move but in one 24 hour period it will move most of the way down the incline. The dial is porcelain, the 12 is always at the top as the dial stays level and the outside brass case does the moving. The carved wood platform is 21” long. I think everyone should have one of these for it relieves stress and keeps the mind active, watching it all day. $350-$500. 179. $100 English round gallery clock. The mahogany case is 16 inches in diam-

eter and the painted metal dial is about 11.5 inches. The dial is bright and clearly visible but is covered with age cracks. The only signature on the dial is, “Victory”. The 8 day brass movement is running and striking a coil gong. The three hands appear to be original. On the base is a latching door to access the pendulum. $100-$200.

180. $150 Ansonia Brass And Copper Co. “Drop Extra Calendar”, with “Terry’s Patent / Improved Calendar”, ca 1883. The original painted dial is

signed, “Terry’s Patent / Manufactured By The / Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. / Ansonia, / Conn.”. Rosewood veneered case is 26” tall, good veneer all over, original finials, latches and knobs. The only tiny flaw I see is a missing piece on the very bottom about 1” by 2”. You cannot see that it is missing unless you are underneath the clock, but nonetheless, it is gone. Everything about the clock is original and shows only normal wear and is dirty, doubtful if ever cleaned. The calendar has flaking over the dial, scrapes around the bezel hook, scrapes and nicks on the tail, but otherwise the case looks great. The three hands, two calendar dials, both glasses, both movements, and the brass bob, are all correct and original. I did not test the 8 day move-ment for running and striking on the coil gong. Ly-Ansonia, pages 68-71. In very nice condition, it would be expected to fetch $1500. $200-$350. 181. $250 “Patent Clocks, / Manufactured By / Atkins & Downs, / For George Mitchell, Bristol, Conn.”, ca 1831. Atkins & Downs primarily made 30 hour wood clocks, which is what this example is. Ma-hogany veneered case is 31” tall, clean and pol-ished, very nice half columns and cornice, ivory escutcheon, key lock, without key. Both glasses are probably replacements, the dial is nice, the hands, pendulum bob, and iron weights are peri-od. 30 hour wood movement is complete, good weight cords, and is operational including striking an old iron bell. A nice example of an early wood movement clock by a little known maker. See-“The Clocks Of Irenus Atkins”, by Gregory & King, pages 22-27, for clocks by this maker. $350-$500. 182. $50 Seth Thomas Adamantine case shelf clock, ca 1904. Black adaman-tine case is 17 inches wide and 11 inches tall. It has a little bit of green adamantine trim, lions heads on the ends, metal feet, and metal columns on the front. There is a flat glass in the sash, good dial and hands, and metal cover over the back. It has a near complete paper label on the back. The 8 day movement is running and striking a gong. This is a nice, clean, adamantine case. $50-$100. 183. $225 New Haven Clock Co. wall clock, “Obi”, ca 1883. The walnut case is supposed to be 49 inches high, but is missing the top 5 inches of the case. There is a good paper label on the back, case has grooved designs, noth-ing real fancy but still looks good, long and slender. Original glass, pendulum bob and stick, metal door latch, coil gong, original dial and hands, and an 8 day time and strike movement that is running. It would pay to have the top made. Ly-New Haven #540. $250-$500.

184. $175 Seth Thomas ships clock, “Engine Lever”, ca 1900. The nickel case is 7 inches in diameter, flanged front and back, hinged bezel with clip fastener. The dial is 5 inches, has three original hands. Movement is 8 day time only. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 776. $200-$350.

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185. $200 Seth Thomas ships clock, “Lever No. 4”, ca 1938. This is the smallest of all the ships clocks. It is in a brass case, 5 ¾ inches in diameter, 4 inch etched silver plated dial. It has an 8 day, 7 jeweled lever time movement. Polished brass case with back flange drilled for screws to attach to a wall. Screw type moisture proof bezel. Movement has compensated balance and Breguet hairspring. Ly-Seth Thomas #2661. $200-$350. 186. $100 New Haven Clock Co. carriage clock in a mahogany case standing 6 inches high. There is a beveled glass over the porcelain dial. The dial and movement are signed. On top is a brass handle, on the back is a brass door latch and underneath is a brass bell that sounds the half hours and hours. It runs and stops, no doubt needs oil. Came from a long dormant collection. Not pictured in Ly-New Haven. $100-$200. 187. $100 Hamilton Watch Co. Lancaster, PA., U.S.A.”, on the front of the larger of the two watch boxes. Both boxes are felt lined, both have locking clasps. The larger boxes has a leather strap binding it together. $150-$300.

188. $450 Seth Thomas “Ship’s Bell”, ca 1920. It has the facto-ry date stamp on the backboard. The ships clocks with a bell attached are very rare and we have sel-dom had one for sale. The brass case is 11 inches tall, very clean and polished. It has a hinged bezel. The Seth Thomas catalog says this model has only a one day movement. I did not test it for running but it does strike ships bells on the half hour and hour. The silver dial is signed, has three original hands and

overall is in excellent condition. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 758. $450-$600. 189. $600 Boston Clock Company ship’s clock, ca 1884. Their clocks had the rare and unusual movement that had only one winding arbor, turning left for the strike side and turning right for the running side. What makes this clock so rare is the exposed bell that is ringing on the hours and half hours. The 8 day movement is running and striking although the strike hammer needs to be moved slightly to get a better sound. The back flange has holes to hang the clock or screw to a surface. The top flange unscrews. The brass case is 6 inches in diameter. $600-$750. 190. $2000 French double carriage clock in original carrying case, ca 1895. Item has four functions, clock, barometer, thermometer, and compass.

Dial is signed, “Made In Paris”, case signed on the top, “M.S.S. August 20th 1895”. All func-tions are operating properly. The brass case is 7 inches wide and 6.5 inches high. The leather carrying case has been carried a few too many times. In need of gluing or stitching or whatev-er you do to them. There is beveled glass over the clock, barometer, compass on top, and the

movement platform viewing port on top. The back has doors with

knobs over both the movement and the barometer. On the four corners are full round columns and four bun feet underneath. The original winding key is in the leather carrying case. I cannot find where another double carriage has been sold in the US. $2000-$3000. 191. $1500 French multi-functional carriage clock, ca 1980. Movement is signed, “Made In France / Eleven Jewels”. Made by L’Epee a French compa-ny that was the inventor of the platform escapement for carriage clocks and have exported clocks world-wide. It was one of the few French clockmaking com-panies that survived WW II. This is a rather large case, with a bronze finish, standing almost 8 inches tall with handle up. It has five beveled glasses, repeat button on top, and four round columns on the corners. The porcelain dial shows Roman numeral hours, Arabic minutes, and three dials on the bottom, days of the week, hours of the day for alarm function, and days of the month. It is running, but is new in the original box, probably never put to running before. I don’t know if they come from the factory with oil in the pivots or not. It would not hurt to oil the movement. $1500-$2000. 192. $350 French carriage clock, ca 1890. The 8 day movement is signed only,

“France”, the porcelain dial is signed by a San Francisco dealer. Two porcelain dials in front, one for the time and the small one for the alarm. The movement is running and striking hours and half hours. There are five beveled glasses and I see two miniscule corner chips, hardly worth mentioning. The brass case is 6.5 inches tall, hinged back door with knob. The clock is clean through-out. The case shows wear but is all together and is very frayed in places. Original key is in the case pocket. $400-$600.

193. $200 E. N. Welch hanging nickel cased, “Metal Lever”, ca 1880. The movements were supplied by Ansonia, New Haven and E. N. Welch, and they made them with 1 day and 8 day movements. This clock has a one day movement. There is enough of a paper label on the back to identify the maker and the model. They make this model with dials ranging from 4 inches to 8 inches. This one has a 6 inch paper dial, now slightly worn and unsigned. The nickel case is 8.5 inches across the back. This clock is pictured in Ly-Welch, page 232. $250-$350. 194. $150 Seth Thomas “Eight day Lever”, probably an engine room clock. Most of the paper label remains on the back, metal hanging tabs, and a screw lock bezel in front. It has a like new 6 inch silver dial that is signed and has three correct and original hands. The 8 day double wind movement is running and the case is bright and clean. Ly-Seth Thomas shows a multitude of similar clocks. $200-$350. 195. $150 Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Ship’s Lever No. 6”, ca 1915. 8 day lever movement in a black Bakelite case, brass screw down top cover, and stands 4” tall. The painted dial is signed, “Seth Thomas / Made In U.S.A.”. All

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three hands are original, and the dial is excellent. The case is hinged on the left, bezel screws down to the case by turning a knob on the top right. Comes with a winding key. Ly-Seth Thomas #2673 is very similar. $200-$300. 196. $100 Seth Thomas & Sons mantel clock, ca 1872. This clock is missing some very valuable parts. The consignor did a decent job of making the clock presentable but originally it may have been one of Seth Thomas & Sons most audacious clocks. Check it out in Ly-Seth Thomas, page 1060. He valued the clock at $1300 back in 2005. It should be 22 ½ inches tall but now is only 16 inches tall. It has a 15 day, signed, round 8 day movement with nickel bell attached, and it is running. The movement is signed and has the correct pendulum. Over the porcelain dial is a good beveled glass and correct hands. $150-$300. 197. $100

Jumper, probably European made. Appears to be a one day movement, running, with original doll, spring, and case. The metal case is 16 inches tall with four sided glass columns between the metal base and metal top. There is a flat glass in the silver bezel, hands are original. I cannot find a signature any-where. The case and movement are dirty but should clean up nicely. The dial is dark and I see no way to correct that except to replace it. $150-$300.

198. $100 English porcelain clock, complete and in good condi-tion as it has no breaks, chips, or repairs. Flat glass in the brass bezel, original but dark dial, and original hands. The case is 17 inches tall, marked, “Pillar” on the base. I am not sure if the time only movement runs one day or eight days. The consignor had it run-ning after he acquired it but after 30 years sitting idle it does not want to tick. $100-$200. 199. $100 Heavy cast metal clock in the shape of an urn with two handles. On each side are lion’s heads with large horns. On the back is a cast pheasant and numerous other objects. The case stands 18.5 inches tall. The clock is certainly old, probably 1800’s. The 8 day movement is running, has a proper pendulum and key, nice dial but cannot swear it or the hands are original. $100-$200. 207. $25 German marble desk clock. Off white with gray/black veins, stands 9.5 inches tall, complete and original. Brass columns and dial surround, silver dial is signed, “Germany”, hands are original, and the time only move-ment is running. Not sure if one day or eight day. $25-$50. 208. $50 Sessions Clock Company hanging, “Drop Octagon 10 Inch”, ca 1908. The nice oak case is 23 inches high, complete and original. The 8 day movement is time only and running. The original painted metal dial is signed and a little dirty. Ly-Sessions #103. $50-$100.

209. $25 New Haven Clock Co. mantel clock, “No. 518”, ca 1885. I do not know if Tran Duy Ly numbered several clocks when he published his New Haven book, or if the company named them with numbers. This is a walnut case, 21 inches tall, complete and all original including the nice spider web tablet. It has the origi-nal dial, a very elaborate pendulum, alarm movement and iron bell, and 30 hour running movement and coil gong. Ly-New Haven #1290. $25-$50. 210. $25 Ansonia Clock Company walnut mantel clock, “Buffalo”, ca 1901. Some good and some bad on this one. It has a great Peacock glass, original dial and hands, and a running 8 day movement and gong, however it has some case problems. A piece of the base is missing on the left back, part of the top is also missing. Ly-Ansonia #1903. $25-$50. 211. $25 Ansonia Clock Company walnut mantel clock, “Beaver”, ca 1894.This case is 22.5 inches tall and in super nice original condition. It has a good tablet, original gong, and a good original dial. Unfortunately it is missing the movement . Ly-Ansonia #1859. $25-$50. 212. $25

E. N. Welch Mfg. Co. mantel clock, “Pinero, No.1 -1900”. This was Welch’s answer to Seth Thom-as’s adamantine finished clocks. They called their adamantine like cases enameled wood with a combination of colors, green, brown, red, with yellow veining. It looks almost black to me. It is complete and all original, 12 inches

high and 16 inches wide. It has an 8 day movement striking half hours on a cup bell and hours on a Cathedral bell. It has a complete label on the back as well as a metal cover over the movement open-ing. Ly-Welch, page 305. $50-$150. 213. $50 Seth Thomas carriage clock, “Joker Lever”, ca 1881. The case is 7 inches tall, frame is nickel, probably originally had gold gilt on the front and handle, now worn off. It is complete and original including the dial, movement, and bell underneath. Not sure about the hands. It is running. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 129. $50-$100. 214. $25 Four clocks. 1. New Haven porcelain, good case, not running. 2. German onyx desk clock, running. 3. New Haven novelty, missing stand, running. 4. Prob-ably the most valuable item, “Dollars Banclock”, a bank that I assume registers the coins? dropped in the slot on top. Opens on the bottom to empty. $25-$50. 215. $25 Five clocks. 1. Seth Thomas nightstand alarm clock, gold color, running. 2. Baby Ben alarm clock, not running. 3. German alarm clock, bells on top, run-ning. 4. Japanese onyx desk clock, running. 5. Ward

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alarm clock, not running. $25-$50. 216. $25 Waterbury alarm clock that is part of a heat regula-tor. A plaque on the box says, “Mfg. by Chicago Heat Regulator Co. ca 1902”. There are several wires and terminals outside and inside the box. The Waterbury “Sunrise” alarm clock is running. $25-$50. 217. $100 New Haven Clock Co. hanging “Drop Octagon, No. 2”, ca 1880. The very nice walnut case is 24 inches high, clean, running, and ready to enjoy. This clock has a time only movement that runs eight days. There is a good label inside and another on the back that is too dark to read. It has the original glasses, dial, hands, pendulum, and movement. Ly-New Haven #621. $150-$300. 219. $25 Seth Thomas shelf clock with a slant bottom. The walnut case is 14 inches high, top glass is missing, bottom glass is original but picture added. New dial, hands and pendulum inside the case. Alarm move-ment is missing. One day brass movement, coil gong, and iron bell are intact. $25-$50. 220. $25

Waterbury Clock Co. mantel clock, “Pawling”, ca 1891. The walnut case is clean and should be 21 inches tall, however it is missing part of the base, top and sides. All is not bad, it has a good 8 day movement that is signed, running, and striking a correct Cathe-dral gong. The pendulum alone may be worth this minimum. Ly-Waterbury #1585. $25-$50.

221. $25 Sessions Clock Co. cabinet mantel clock, “Gable No. 3”, ca 1932.The oak case is 14 inches high and 12 inch-es wide, complete and original. It has an 8 day move-ment that is running and striking half hours and hours on a Cathedral gong. This little guy also came with an alarm movement and it rings on the same gong. The pendulum, glass, and dial are original. Pendulum bob, not sure. Ly-Sessions #243. $25-$50. 223. $25 Waterbury Clock Co. metal cased mantel clock, “Sartoris”, ca 1906.

This was a fine clock. I would sure like to know what happened to the top ornament and the glass or metal piece below the dial. Took a fall perhaps? What we have remaining is nice. Good 8 day signed movement and gong. Great porcelain dial, brass inner dial, beveled glass and brass sash. Clean metal case with a good finish on the remainder. It is now 10 inches high, should be 14 inches high. Ly-Waterbury #1228. $25-$50.

224. $25 Lanshire electric clock featuring a large elephant. It is 16 inches wide and 14 inches high. The chalky case has some small spots of missing gold and the tip of the elephant’s trunk is missing and covered over with gold paint. The movement is running and

the cord is very adequate. $25-$50. 225. $25 Seth Thomas cottage clock, ca 1880. The rosewood case is 14 inches tall and in very good condition. Oth-er parts of the clock need attention, mainly the painted metal dial. It is severely shedding the paint. The tablet has a tad of paint loss but could be easily fixed. The 30 hour movement is running and striking the coil gong each hour. The hands, pendulum bob, and door knob are all proper for this model and the paper label is practically all there. $25-$50. 226. $100 “Terry Clock Company / Pittsfield, Mass. U.S.A.”, walnut shelf clock, ca 1880. This company was now owned by a group of investors who bought it while in bankruptcy in 1880. Three of the Terry brothers went to Mass. from Conn. to run the operation. On the back is a good paper label. Inside is a signed Ter-ry 8 day movement that is running and striking a nickel bell. There is also an alarm movement but not sure if it struck the same nickel bell. It has a good tablet in the door, original dial, hands, and pendulum, although not sure if that pendulum came with the clock. The very nice walnut case stands 22 inches high, has been cleaned and polished. $100-$200. 234. $100

Sessions Clock Co. store regulator/shop clock, “Crescent No. 15”, ca 1908. The oak case should be 38” high, but is missing the base making it only 34 inches high. The movement is 8 day time only with the original calendar dial, hands, and the original pendulum and a winding key. The movement has been serviced and is a good runner. Both glasses are replacements. A good looking calendar clock that needs a little TLC. Ly-Sessions, page 69. $100-$200.

237. $50 Bradley & Hubbard, “John Bull”, cast iron clock case, ca 1865. They

made these small iron clocks in a half dozen or more styles and used movements from Waterbury, N. Pome-roy, S.E.Root, and others. Some were signed, some were not. I have three John Bull clocks here in the shop right now. I laid them flat to inspect them under-neath and inside. None of the three are alike. All have different placement of screws holding them together, and the foundry marks and names underneath are different. This one is signed, “T. Kennedy / Pat 1853”. The iron case is 17 inches tall and in complete but

rough condition. Apparently it has been coated with a thick black paint. It will have to be cleaned thoroughly before installing a move-ment. $100-$150. 239. $25 “Made By Darche Mfg. Co. Chicago” signed on the dial, ca 1886-1916. It takes a battery to operate the clock and alarm and it has an old/old battery still in place. On the left side is a bank, the bottom door should say, “Fireproof / Safety Deposit”, but the door is missing. Good dial and hands but the dial is very dark. We have seen a few of these over the years and this case is as sorry as

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we have sold. Maybe you can use it for parts. Note the top on the right side is also missing. We added the picture, 239A to show you what the Darche clock should look like. $50-$100. 240. $100 E. Ingraham Clock Co. calendar clock, “Drop Octa-gon”, ca 1915. The oak case is 25 inches tall, very clean, polished, complete, and all original. The pen-dulum is correct, lower glass is almost correct but is a replacement. The top glass appears to be original but the 12 inch paper dial underneath is a replace-ment. This model has a calendar feature and an 8 day time only movement that is running. Ly-Ingraham #276. $150-$250. 241. $25 Three clocks. 1. Sessions Clock Co. novelty clock of Elephant holding a clock, not running. 2. Golden Visionette mystery clock, electric, not running. 3. Novelty alarm clock, brass case is 7 inches wide, runs and quits. $25-$50 242. $100 Rare Swiss Christmas tree stand with music box. Silver body sits on

a wood base that is 14 inches wide. The tree turning movement and the music box are activated by cranking the winding handle on the side. Off/on switch on each side of the silver box, one for activating the music, one for turning on the revolving tree stand. The electric is only for lights on the tree, has nothing to do with the turning tree or the

music. Our stand is identical to one that sold recently on EBay for $595 and described as follows, “Antique Victorian Rare Swiss Christ-mas Tree Stand Music Box / The Swiss Christmas Tree Music box has been in the family over 100 years. It plays two songs, Silent Night and Oh How Wonderful. In the 1950’s my Father added electric to the music box. It can be used with or without the electric plug”. None of that is true. That is EBay talk. It came with the electric plug. Buy our stand, use that EBay language and make you some money on EBay, if you don’t mind lying. $200-$300. 243. $25 Electric clock in a 7 inch square box. Clock dial is signed, “Columbia 360”. The clock is running. There is a knob on the back and an orifice that looks like something would plug in. We don’t have a clue what the knob and plug in holes accommodate, all we know is the clock is running. $25-$50. 244. $100 Pigeon Racing clock in a wood box, 5 inches high, 7 inches wide, and

6 inches deep. The box is marked and signed sever-al places. Outside is it marked, “Jsgus / 104494 Made In Germany. The movement is signed, “United States Racing Pigeon Association / 11 Jew-els / Made In Western Germany”. It appears to be a very complicated box but I guess if you know what you are doing it would be simple. $100-$200.

245. $100 Waterbury Clock Co., Waterbury, Conn. weight driven shelf clock, ca 1857. Chauncey Jerome patented this shelf clock in 1857, the same year that the Waterbury Clock Co. was formed. We have seen this

same case with different movements, one is pic-tured in Ly-Waterbury, page 402. Our clock has a 30 hour weight driven movement that is running, strik-ing a coil gong each hour, and also has an alarm movement that sounds on a brass bell. The dial is original and complete, just dirty, in fact the move-ment and the entire rosewood case is smoke dark, apparently nothing has ever been cleaned, in other words, it is all original. The case is 26.5 inches tall, both glasses are original, and perhaps the only thing not original are the two round weights. $100-$200. 246. $25 Watchmans Clock. Dial signed, “Chicago Spartan / 8 Days / Chicago Watchclock Corporation Chicago, Ill. U.S.A.”. Leather case is complete and all keys are present. $50-$100. 247. $25 “Chicago Watchman’s Clock / Chicago / Waltham 8 Day”, signed on the dial. No keys needed to open this clock. Dated inside 1935. Different from #246, but an earlier model. $50-$100. 248. $25 Sessions Clock Co. novelty desk clock, ca 1950. Elec-tric clock is running, light in bottom is functioning, and the fish are swimming around, and around, backwards. Yes backwards? Don’t ask me why. I can only assume the very talented engineer who had the clock apart put it back together backwards. The clock is 9 inches tall, nice except the base is tar-nished. $25-$50. 249. $25 Desk set, functioning 8 day clock in a gold colored metal case, leather covered base, and two matching ink pens. It is 13 inches wide. $25-$50. 250. $50 “Calculagraph / Made By Calculagraph Co. / New York, U.S.A.”, print-ed on the porcelain dial. “Canadian and European Patents” printed on the brass section of the case top. This is a spring powered time recorder that calculated and printed elapsed time in hours and minutes / minutes and seconds. It also indicated value of elapsed time in dollars and cents as well as foreign currency. Case is 9 inches high and 8.5 inches wide. Dial has hairlines, Ca 1888, later made same machine that was electrified. No record indicating if founder Henry Abbott made the clock movements or he brought them on the open mar-ket. $100-$200. 252. $100 Rare German Christmas tree stand with music box, ca 1800’s. Almost identical to #251 except winding mechanism is different and this one is not visibly signed anywhere. I know the consignor had it in running order, which runs and plays just like #251, but I hesitate to wind it fully and it is hesitant about running. Needs to be oiled in my opinion. This one is about 10 inches across the bottom. $200-$300.

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253. $100 “Chauncey Jerome / Bristol, Conn.”, signed on the dial, movement, and label, of this very fine ogee cased weight clock, ca 1840. He started making ogee clocks in 1824 in partners with various people and only made them with his own label beginning in 1840. There must have been thousands of ogee clocks made but this has to be one of the nicest and most original we have sold. The 26 inch rosewood veneered case has never been cleaned for it is dark with 175 years of accumulated smoke. You will find a corner or so with a tiny edge nick but otherwise in very fine condition. The cur-tain glass is one we have seen on a couple of his finer clocks, and it is excellent. The wood dial, hands, gong, pendulum, and 30 hour weight movement are all original to the case. The movement is run-ning as it should. The ogee cased clocks have not lost their populari-ty, they always sell I suppose because they are very functional and not expensive. $150-$300. 255. $100 New Haven Clock Co. novelty clock, ca 1904. As their nov-elties go, this one is tall at 13 inches. Bronze finish over copper, case is dirty but will wash off easily. It is complete but one foot is a little off kilter. It can be bent back. Bowed glass in the sash, nice signed porcelain dial and very elaborate pair of hands. One day backwind move-ment is running. $125-$250. 256. $75

Ansonia Clock Co. enameled iron cased clock. The case is 14 inches wide and 10.5 inches high, and it is complete of all its original parts. Some of the numerals on the old paper dial are begin-ning to come lose. Some of the black paint on the iron case has been strengthened or repaint-ed. It has good gold still in the etched designs

and the bezel, glass, and hands are original. On the back is the origi-nal metal cover. The 8 day movement is signed, running, and strik-ing a gong as intended. $100-$200. 257. $175 Chelsea Clock Co. desk clock with a mahogany base. It has a beveled glass in the removable brass sash, silver dial signed “Chelsea”, and original hands. Time only 8 day movement winds and sets on the back. The movement was serviced 3 years ago and running continuously on the attorneys desk. Chel-sea probably made a hundred or more desk clock models with varying bases and dials. This model is 6.5 inches tall, has a 4 inch dial, and is all brass except for the base. $200-$300. 258. $150 Seth Thomas mantel clock, Pillar & Scroll, “Tradition”, ca 1950. “The case, decorative base, side pillars and top scroll are of hand rubbed mahogany. Full color glass panel with bright gold in center and border. Harmonizing decorative motif on light ivory dial. Black numerals and hands. Solid brushed brass fini-als.” That description was put out by the Seth Thom-as company, then a division of General Time Instru-ments Corporation. Shortly after this clock was pro-duced the company moved to Georgia and discontin-ued making fine clocks. The movement is 8 day with pendulum and gong strike. The case is 20 inches tall and in near perfect condition.

This clock is a piece of American history, a mighty clock making com-pany that is now no more. It should be worth keeping as a remem-brance of our past. Ly-Seth Thomas #2246. $150-$250. 259. $100 Sligh Furniture Company was the maker of this col-umn and cornice parlor clock, ca 1996. Patterned after the mid 1800 models made by a great many early clockmakers and popular with the clock buy-ing public. The cherry case is 31 inches high, has one large door opening to the top 2/3rds of the case, painted fruits and flowers on two glasses, and a German movement that strikes Westminster Chimes on each quarter hour and strikes the hours on 5 chime rods. It comes with maintenance instruc-tions, directions for operating the 8 day movement. It is a well made, an extremely heavy clock, and of course in excellent condi-tion. $150-$300. 260. $150 F. Kroeber, New York, mantel clock, “Chief”, ca 1881. There is a complete label on the back designating this clock as the, “Eight Day Chief”. The 21 inch high wal-nut case is clean and polished, has grooved and etched designs over the entire case and a carved ornament on the top. This model was modified sever-al times in the factory with the tiny round balls placed differently around the case top. The pendu-lum is correct, the glass is original and excellent, it has a signed gong base with wire gong and nickel dial rings. In the bottom are a signed beat scale and a small drawer on the base with a fancy pull knob. The 8 day movement is running and striking hours on the gong. Ly-Kroeber, page 282. $200-$350. 261. $75 Seth Thomas mantel clock, one of the Fleet Series, “Fleet No. 3”, ca 1913. Cases in this series of 3 clocks were made of old oak, standing 23 inches high, all had the same tablet showing three ships that steamed around the world in 1909 on what they called the “Wonderful Peach Cruise of the US Fleet”. The case is pretty much, “as found”, it is clean, retains a dark finish, has a full label on the back, and everything about the clock is original. The dial is signed and in original but pretty rough condi-tion. Inside is the 8 day movement that is running and striking half hours on a wire bell. This clock also has an alarm that rings on a brass bell. Ly-Seth Thomas #2283. $100-$150. 262. $50 Seth Thomas cottage clock, ca 1865. The original wal-nut case is 14.5 inches high and is clean and polished. Original door glasses and door latch with brass knob. Inside is a complete paper label, coil gong, brass pen-dulum, and signed 8 day movement. It is running and striking hours on the gong. The dial has been repaint-ed and the hands are replaced. $75-$150. 263. $150 New Haven Clock Co. banjo, “Waring”, ca 1923. This banjo is made of mahogany, has darkened over time, but a good finish remains. It is decorated with a metal eagle on top, brass side rails, latches top and bottom, original painted glasses, convex glass, and a signed silver dial. The dial

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showing medium wear, convex glass tabs need to be adjusted to make the glass tight in the bezel, and the hands are correct. The 8 day movement is running and striking a Cathedral gong on half hours and hours. The case is 36 inches tall. Ly-New Haven #219. $200-$300. 264. $50 Ansonia Clock Co. cabinet clock, “Vista”, ca 1901. The walnut case is

16.5 inches tall, front covered with applied wood decorations, some three deep giving it a 3D look. The case is clean as a pin, all original, and in excellent condition. To top that off it has a beveled glass in the brass sash, porcelain dial ring, brass inner dial, and correct hands. The entire back is a hinged and latching door. Inside is the signed 8 day movement, standing Cathedral gong, and correct pendulum. The

movement is clean and running perfectly while striking the hours and half hours. Ly-Ansonia #884. $75-$150. 265. $300 E. N. Welch Mfg. Co., Forestville, Conn, “Admiral Sampson”, ca

1900. This clock is one of the “Spanish American War” commemorative series. We seldom see clocks in this series for there were very few made and col-lectors have them all and rarely put them up for sale. The pressed oak case is 24 inches tall and in good original condition including the special glass. The dial paper has been replaced but the pendulum and all other parts are original. The hands are questionable but the wire gong, the alarm movement, and brass

bell are original. Ly-Welch, page 460-461. We have seen the clocks in this series sell all over the scale. Generally it depends if the collector needs it to start or fill in their collection. $500-$750. 266. $150 New Haven Clock Co. banjo clock, “Waring”, ca 1923. The mahogany finished case stands 36 inches tall, has very attractive glass panels, and a metal eagle on the top. The 8 inch metal dial is signed, and has age darkened. I sus-pect that the bezel is a replacement but the hands are probably original. On the case back is a complete paper label. The 8 day pendulum movement is running and striking half hours and hours on a Cathedral gong. A nice banjo clock for this low minimum. Ly-New Haven #219. $200-$300. 267. $150 Seth Thomas miniature pillar and scroll, “Cambridge”, ca 1928. The mahogany case is 25 inch-es tall, complete and all original. It has an 8 day movement that is running and striking a finely tuned gong on half hours and hours. This clock has an origi-nal mahogany panel instead of a painted tablet in the bottom of the door. The door has a key lock with key. Top glass is original as is the dial, hands, gong, pendulum, finials, and movement. Ly-Seth Thomas #2236. $200-$300. 268. $150 Seth Thomas Clock Co. pillar & scroll, “Plymouth”, ca 1921. A reproduction made by Seth Thomas with some modern improvements, and a considerably lower price than the ca 1830 models. This clock has an 8 day brass movement, strikes hours and half hours on a

Cathedral bell (gong). Mahogany cabinet case is 24” high, mahoga-ny finials, turned columns, and good scrolls and feet. Very nice painted tablet and painted metal dial, correct hands and pendulum. Clock is near perfect and like new. Ly-Seth Thomas #2238. $200-$350. 269. $100 Seth Thomas adamantine finished mantel clock, ca 1900. The ada-

mantine finish is dark red mahogany, very nice all over and has no chipping or discolori-zation. The columns are adamantine onyx, has lions heads on each end, and metal feet underneath. The case is 18 inches wide and 10.5 inches high. The 8 day solid plate move-ment is signed and marked, “89AD”. It is

running and striking a coil gong and the pendulum bob is correct. It has most of a label on the removable wood back. This clock, move-ment, and label are pictured in Ly-Seth Thomas, page 476. This solid plate movement is different than the movements found in other adamantine models. $150-$300. 270. $200 Atkins Clock Company, / Bristol, Conn.”, London model shelf clock, ca 1863. A very nice 17” rose-wood veneered case with plain columns and a dark/smoky original finish. Wood door knobs and all wood parts are original and in excellent condition. Both glasses have excellent gold foil paint, a paint-ed dial is original, now with chipped paint. Com-plete paper label inside and an old brass pendulum bob. It is not a rare case but it has an excellent 8 day movement that is running and striking a coil gong. References about this model and similar models can be found in the book, “The Clocks of Irenus At-kins”, by King and Gregory, page 83. $300-$500.

271. $150 Seth Thomas miniature pillar and scroll, “Cambridge”, ca 1928. The mahogany case is 25 inches tall, com-plete and all original. It has an 8 day movement that is running and striking a finely tuned gong on half hours and hours. This clock has an original Mount Vernon painted tablet in the bottom of the door. The door has a key lock with key. The top glass is original as is the dial, hands, gong, pendulum, finials, and

movement. Ly-Seth Thomas #2236. $200-$300. 272. $50 E. Ingraham Co. mantel clock, “Jasper”, ca 1896. This clock has pressed designs on the base, sides, door, and on the applied ornaments around the top and has a basket weave appearance. The walnut case is 23 inches tall, has the original door glass that is still near perfect, the original pendulum bob, and a signed gong base. The only change to the clock is a new paper dial on the old pan. The 8 day movement is a strong runner and strikes the gong each hour. Ly-Ingraham #982. $75-$150. 273. $200 E. Ingraham Clock Co. “Admiral Dewey”, one of their commemorative clocks, ca 1899. Bust of Admiral Dew-ey and ship objects were pressed into the oak case. It is 23 inches high, complete and original including the glass, hands, gong, and movement. The dial paper is

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new as is the pendulum. The case is exceptionally clean, all original and complete. The 8 day movement is running and striking properly. Ly-Ingraham, page 305. $300-$500. 274. $50 E. Ingraham Clock Co. hanging, “Hartford”, case, ca 1911. Solid oak case is 32 inches high, and the wood parts are good. Both latches need attention, and bottom glass has had the decals added. The 8 day movement is signed “New Haven”, and is not a calendar movement, but time only. The dial paper is relatively new so I suppose the calendar hand was put on to make it look complete. Extra holes be-hind the New Haven movement are where the orig-inal Ingraham movement was attached. The pendu-lum, again I suppose, came with the New Haven movement. The dial pan evidently is original to the case, but again, I cannot be sure. A good looking, inexpensive clock, if you do not mind it being a marriage. $100-$200. 275. $75 E. Ingraham Co. mantel clock, “Gila”, ca 1915. Ingraham named a series of their clocks after rivers in the US. The Gila River is a tribu-tary of the Colorado River flowing thru New Mexico and Colorado. It is not a plain clock as pictured in the books for it has a simple calendar, barometer, and thermometer. The 23 inch oak case is complete, original, and exceptionally clean. The paper dial is a replacement, hands are correct, glass is perfect, pendulum is correct, and the coil gong is original. The 8 day movement is running, striking the gong on half hours and hours, and operating the simple calendar. Ly-Ingraham #1048. $100-$200. 276. $100 F. Kroeber, New York, mantel clock, “Vixen”, ca 1880. The walnut case is 21 inches tall and is com-plete and original. There are etched designs on the base, sides, and top. Around the top are three ap-plied trim pieces and the carved piece on the tiptop. The door is held with a hook latch, the door glass is original, and on the back are remnants of a label. The pendulum in this clock is probably worth half the clocks value. It is signed on the back, has beveled glass over the slow fast adjuster, and flour de ley leaves above the glass. It has nickel accessories, the bell and outside dial ring. The inner ring is brass and the paper dial is a replacement. The 8 day movement is signed, running strong, and striking hours on the bell. Ly-Kroeber, page 351. $150-$250. 277. $150 Seth Thomas Clock Co. walnut City Series clock, “Buffalo”, ca 1886. Clean and polished 20.5” high case. Railing around the top with brass spindles, all are present. It is a plain case otherwise with just a few etched designs and some deep grooves along the base. This model has four fairly large wood feet underneath and they are missing on this example. Most of the original black and gold label remains on the base inside. It has nickel dial rings, nickel Cathe-dral gong base, nickel pendulum bob with dama-scene, and a nickel pendulum rod. The 8 day move-ment is signed, running, and striking the Cathedral gong. Dial is original but worn, hands are not cor-rect, and the glass is original. Ly-Seth Thomas #513. $200-$350.

278. $200 E. N. Welch Mfg. Co., Forestville, Conn, “Admiral Dewey”, ca 1900. This clock is one of the “Spanish American War” commemorative series. We seldom see the clocks in this series for collectors have them all and rarely put them up for sale. The pressed oak case is 24 inches tall and in good original condition including the special glass, dial, pendulum, and all other parts. The signed paper dial is original and complete but has darkened slightly. The hands, pen-dulum bob, and wire gong, are original. Ly-Welch, page 384. We have seen the clocks in this series sell all over the spectrum. Gener-ally it depends if the collector needs it to start or complete a collec-tion. $350-$500. 279. $125 New Haven Clock Co. parlor clock, “No. 503”, ca 1886. Not a very fancy name for such a fancy clock. The black walnut case is 24 inches tall, has a carved top piece with a Lady Minerva head, two finials on each side, applied ornament on the base, and an original painted glass in the door. The case is very clean but dark, age and smoke I would assume. In-side is their fancy beat adjusting pendulum bob, nickel gong base, wire gong, brass dial rings, new paper dial, and an 8 day movement that is running and striking on the coil gong. Ly-New Haven #1302. $150-$250. 280. $75 E. N. Welch Mfg. Co. parlor clock, “Anion”, ca 1884. The walnut case is 21.5 inches tall, clean and all original. The design is good but yet a simple case to make if you can oper-ate a jigsaw. There are some grooves on the base and etched designs on other parts. The door glass is original and excellent, has a correct pendulum bob, polished brass dial rings, correct hands and gong. It has their 8 day movement that is running and striking the gong on half hours and hours. A very clean clock. Listed in Ly-Welch, page 402, as unknown. There are parts of two labels on the back and enough that I believe it is the model, “Anion”. $100-$200

281. $200 Waterbury Clock Company, Waterbury, Conn. calendar mantel clock, “Buffalo”, ca 1891. Excel-lent walnut case is 27 inches tall, complete, and wood parts are all original. The glass and the pa-per dial are replacements. Nothing elaborate about the case yet it is very attractive considering the spiral shaped ornaments, applied finials and other wood pieces, and the etched designs top and sides. There is a ripple like design along the top and base. The movement is 8 day, signed, and

running. It strikes a gong on half hours and hours. Large solid brass pendulum bob on a wood stick. On the back are most of two paper labels, one indicating sales offices in New York, Chicago, San Francis-co, and Glasgow (Scotland), the other more or less a label of instruc-tions. Ly-Waterbury #254. $300-$500.

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282. $650 Ansonia Clock Company, hanging clock, “Capitol”, ca 1894. This clock is double spring, time and strike. This 54” high case is made with black walnut and is clean and polished, and all finials appear to be original. There are three glasses, a Lady Minerva bust on the top, and a side door latch. Inside is a metal beat scale, a brass bob, wood stick, bell for the strike, brass dial rings, good hands, and the 8 day signed movement, all seemingly original to the case. The double wind movement is running, keeping excellent time and striking the bell on cue each hour. The old dial pan has been repainted at some time on the original zinc dial pan. Ly-Ansonia #597. $700-$900. 283. $250 Ansonia Clock Company mirrorside mantel clock, “Triumph”, ca 1880. Made of black walnut and stands 24.5” high. This case has been cleaned but still has a dark aged finish. It is original except for the statues that are replacements. The pedestals under the statues are original, so are the two metal ornaments top and bottom, the four finials, carved top ornament, three glasses, pendulum, and a wind-ing key. The 8 day movement is signed, running, and striking half hours on a Cathedral gong. Original black paper on the inside and is still in good condition. There is a partial label on the back. If you like a clock that has its original finish, this one is for you. Ly-Ansonia #1772. $300-$500 284. $100 Seth Thomas Clock Co. parlor clock, “Dover”, one of their City Series clocks, ca 1898. It is factory stamped on the back but not legible. Walnut case is 21.5” high, in original condition but crusty with smoke, etc. still on the wood. There are no breaks or repairs, glass is original, dial is a replacement, and hands and pendulum are correct for this model. Paper label inside, below the pen-dulum and it is also very dark. The 8 day move-ment is running strong and strikes the hours on a Cathedral gong. This model is not common and still commands a high resale value. Ly-Seth Thom-as #539. $150-$250. 285. $400

Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Queen Anne” wall clock, ca 1880. Original ebony finished cherry case. It is very difficult to get a good picture of a coal black clock. It is black inside, outside, and on the back. Inside is a complete and original black label. If you like the color you will like everything else for it is all original except the replaced paper dial. There are three hands, pen-dulum, gong, door lock, glass, and all the little finials and spindles, all are original. The movement is 8 day, heavy duty, has a seconds dial, and it is signed, run-ning, and striking properly. The external fly is on the strike side. The case is 36” high. The movement, label, case, etc. are pictured in Ly-Seth Thomas, page 326. In years gone by we have sold many Queen

Anne’s for over $2000. $500-$750. 286. $100 Seth Thomas Clock Co. mantel clock, “Eclipse”, or “Balltop”, ca 1890. Walnut case is clean and polished, although a little dark, in-

side and outside. I believe it to be all original. This 24” high clock has a label inside, new paper dial on the old pan, replaced hands, key, and the nice Eclipse pendulum. 8 day movement is clean, signed, running, and striking a gong. This clock also has an alarm movement that is functioning and rings on a polished brass bell. Ly-Seth Thomas #2463, pictures the identical clock and movement. $150-$300. 287. $350 Seth Thomas Clock Co. parlor clock, one of their largest and most collectable City Series clocks, the “St. Paul”, ca 1880. This model has a special pen-dulum. There is an etched glass insert in a brass casing, with brass acorns on the sides, and brass fleur de leis on the top. A very special pendulum unlike any others. The case is 21” high, made of walnut with some burl walnut trim on the front. Sadly, the clock has some small problems that a non-collector would probably not detect. On each side of the door there should be three small 1” square trim pieces, top, bottom, and 1/3 of the way down from the top. All six pieces are missing. The dial is now paper, on the old pan, not painted or signed. There is a good label inside. The nickel dial rings and nick-eled gong bell are original, hands and pendulum are correct, same with the 8 day time and striking movement. The movement is signed and running. Ly-Seth Thomas #596. This model always brings a high price and we have sold them for over $1000 in the past, and know of sales over $1500. Some work needed here to command that kind of money. $400-$600. 288. $125 Seth Thomas, “St. Louis”, one of their earliest City Series clocks, ca 1874. I am sure most collectors could care less about the City Series clocks but to me they were some of the finest man-tel clocks made in that era of clock making. This wal-nut case is 15.5” high and very smoky black all over. Undoubtedly has never been cleaned. When the gold trim around the door was clean and bright it made for a nice looking clock. None of the veneer was easy, for it is convex, and other than some nor-mal bruises the veneer is good. Old painted tablet has some paint loss but still makes a good appear-ance. The dial is original but has paint loss all over, and the hands are replacements. There is an excellent paper label, iron bell and coil gong. The eight day movement is running and strikes the iron bell, alarm rings on the coil gong. There is an old brass pendulum, key, and door latch. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 208. $150-$250. 289. $550

Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. shelf clock, “Granger”, ca 1884. I have only sold one of this model in 44 years and I cannot find where one has sold at any other auction anywhere. Therefore, I assume it must be rare. The walnut case is 25 inches tall, complete, clean and all original. I believe the clean dial is also original as are the hands, nickel pendulum, door latch, and all internal parts. The 8 day movement is running, striking the coil gong and calendar is chang-ing properly. Ly-Calendar #352-A. 650-$850.

290. $350 Waterbury Clock co. “Calendar No. 44”, ca 1891. Oak case is 24 inch-es tall, complete, original and has been cleaned and polished. It has

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two partial labels on the back, 2 movements, time, & calendar, a cathedral gong on a nickel gong base, and good nickel dial pans and rings. Dials are origi-nal, as are the glasses, pendulum, hands, and door latch. The movement is 8 day, half hour gong strike, and the movements are clean and functioning properly. Ly-Waterbury #284., Ly-Calendar #709. $400-$600. 291. $1200 Seth Thomas / Thomaston, Conn., “8 Day Parlor Calendar”, ca 1863. One of three early perpetual calendar models produced by Seth Thomas. They purchased the patent rights to the calendar move-ment in 1862 from the Mix Brothers and used the calendar move-ment in a shelf clock they were selling the same year, named simply,

“Parlor”. You could buy the clock with or without a calendar. The excellent 30.5” rosewood case was designed with two large columns on the side, one door, and three glasses. I was about to say the case was perfect but I found one chip about the size of a match head. This case has a very good label and a key locking door with key. The door is beveled all around and the trim around all three glasses is bev-eled. Every part of the case is slanted and angled making a very attractive design. The running move-

ment is 8 day, lyre shaped, signed, and running with two large iron weights for power. Original dial pans, top time dial repainted many years ago, calendar dial is original. The calendar movement, roller papers, pendulum, coil gong, and hands, all are original or period. Overall in very good condition and a good example of their earliest calendar clocks. This is a keeper, and I am tempted. But how can I down size if I keep on keeping clocks. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 102; Ly-Calendar, page 258. $1200-$1500. 292. $500 New Haven Clock Co. 30 day calendar clock, “Rutland”, ca 1914. Solid mahogany case is 48” high and almost 20” wide at the top. Great original finish, some light crazing has a few flakes in places. If you want it completely original you can live with the crazing but if you want it showy you will need to clean and rub, or maybe completely remove the crazing. It is a typical NH case, rather plain. It has some applied wood pieces top and bottom other-wise just very simple jig saw work. Door latch on the side and a good glass in the door. Original signed dials, correct old hands, nickeled dial rings, brass pendulum, and correct beat scale. Remember it is a 30 day running clock, does not strike, but is double wind with a seconds dial. Ly-Calendar, page 210. $650-$1000. 293. $400 E. C. Brewster & Son, Bristol, Conn. round Gothic shelf clock, better known as onion top and/or four poster, ca 1855. The mahogany veneered case is 20” high, top has some slight damage on back edge, and it has for original finials, two with tips broken. It has very good veneer all over. The top glass has the original putty, and the bottom is a painted glass tablet with minor paint loss. There is a door latch. Inside is a complete paper label, old coil gong on a brass base, brass pendulum, and a pair of correct period hands. The original painted dial has some fading and yellowing but overall a very fine dial for its age. The 8 day heavy duty time and strik-

ing movement is signed and still has the original brass mainsprings. This is a very nice example of this type shelf clock. $500-$750. 294. $600 “J. C. Brown / Bristol, Conn.”, copied from the paper label inside this ripple front cased steeple clock, ca 1850’s. The brass movement is 8 day, running, and striking a coil gong. Original zinc painted dial and good pair of hands. The dial is getting weak but is brighter than many of this age we have sold. The mahogany case is 20” high, has one good finial and one with tip broken, and two good glasses. The ma-hogany case is clean and polished. It has the J. C. Brown door knob, a brass pendulum, and most of the paper label inside. The ripple around the front is excellent and we see no repairs or alterations to the nice case. Ref-erence: “Jonathan Clark Brown and the Forestville Manufacturing Company”, by Kenneth D. Roberts and Snowden Taylor. $750-$1000. 295. $335 Seth Thomas Clock Co. walnut City Series clock, “Greek V.P.”, ca 1879. Walnut case is 24” high, has all its original wood parts including a pedestal with urn on the top. One of the cleanest clocks I have encountered. If you did not know better you could argue it is new. It has hardly any smoke inside, out-side, underneath, or on the backboard. Nickel acces-sories are polished, including the screw heads. There are nickel dial rings, nickel bell, and a nickel pendu-lum rod. The original brass ST pendulum has an em-bossed emblem in the center with the letters, “STCCo”. It has been soldered around the edge to keep the two pieces of the pendulum together. I would think glue would have been better. Deluxe 8 day lyre movement is clean, signed “ST” and “Seth Thomas Clock Co. / Thomaston, Conn.” It strikes the nickel bell on the hours. This clock also has an alarm movement and it also rings on the nickel bell. The original dial is signed, hands may or may not be original. Complete black label inside and is near perfect. If you like your clocks clean, you will not find a cleaner one. This model is uncommon and defi-nitely uncommon to find one that is near perfect. Almost makes me want to collect City Series clocks again. Ly-Seth Thomas #545. $400-$600. 296. $350 French miniature grandfather clock, ca 1895. The large oak case is 19 ½” tall, decorated with applied brass ornaments and feet. Eagle on top, four large brass feet underneath, beaded brass moldings in three places, an imitation door in the center with hinges and a latch. French 8 day cylin-der movement, time only, and it is running. The move-ment is not signed, at least on the back plate. Tin can type cover over the back opening to the movement. Beveled glass in the brass sash, porcelain dial ring, brass inner dial, and it has original hands. The dial is not signed either. Excellent case has no damage or repairs, and is clean. $400-$600. 297. $400 Fortuna mystery swing arm clock. An outstanding Asian reproduction of some of France’s early swing arm clocks. The 8 day movement winds in the front, French style, and is encased in a very attractive brown 4 inch ball. It is 30 inches tall, the statue alone is 25.5 inches to the top of the bar holding the swing arm. This statue is solid brass and polished, not dull as many are. It has been running

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for us but may need to be put back in beat after shipping or hauling. This is one of the nicest swing arm clocks we have sold. Do you know what an original Fortuna is bringing these days? $2500-$3000. $500-$750. 298. $150 The E. Ingraham Co. Bristol, Conn., hanging calendar clock, “Dew Drop”, ca 1909. Complete paper label on the back. They called their wood case finish, imitation rosewood. It is very dark and retains all the original untouched finish. Both doors are hinged and are latched on the side. Both glasses are original, pendu-lum is correct as are the hands. The dial is undoubted-ly a signed replacement. Just too nice to be original. The movement runs 8 days and strikes a gong. The case is 23.5 inch-es tall, complete and original. Ly-Ingraham #271. $200-$300. 299. $150 Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co. calendar clock, “Consort”, ca 1910. Good looking 31 inch high oak case is clean and polished. The dial is apparently a replacement for it is clean and bright. Brass pendulum bob, wood stick, 3 hands, and the glasses all look to be original to this clock. The movement is 8 day, strikes on a wire bell, and has a simple calendar. The clock is exceptionally nice and if not for the correct, signed paper dial, it would be a keeper. Ly-Gilbert #196. $200-$300. 300. $125 “Ephraim Downs, Bristol, Conn.”, column and splat shelf clock, ca 1825. He made clocks for himself and several others until 1845. Un-like most clock makers he survived the 1836 recession while many others failed. This mahogany veneered case has the original columns and splat with stenciling visible on the splat and barely on the columns. The lower glass is original, now with a paper portrait as backing. There is an ivory escutcheon and door lock, but no door key. Inside is a wood dial, period hands, long drop 30 hour wood movement, weight cords on pulleys, pair of old iron weights and old pendulum. It strikes hours on an iron bell. The label is excellent with hardly any loss. The dial and support strip holes align. $150-$250. 301. $100 Seth Thomas “Chime Special 106”, ca 1930. Mahogany case stands 10 inches high and is 20 inches wide. It retains the original finish, now darkened, but in very good condition. Bowed and beveled glass in the hinged sash. Five inch silvered dial with raised bronze

numerals and original hands. It is fitted with an 8 day quarter hour Westminster chime move-ment that strikes on rods. Dial and movement are signed. Clock is running. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 174. $125-$175.

302. $150 “Williams, Orton, Preston’s, & Co. / Farmington, Conn.”, gilded columns and carved splat, 30 hour wood movement shelf clock, ca 1837-1843. The 30 hour wood movement is original to the case. It strikes a large iron bell. It needs new weight cords and a brass bob. Inside is a complete paper label. Both glasses are replacements and there is an es-cutcheon on the door with lock but no key. It has a

good wood dial and a pair of period hands and weights. The mahog-any veneered case is 32.5 inches tall, and has very good veneer all around. Overall the wood parts are great. The burnished yellow and gold columns and the original wooden top splat with reinforcing strips are original to the case. The gesso and gold leafed splat have been refurbished. You can see the outline of the original gesso at edges of refurbished splat. The movement, as advertised on the label, has brass bushings. $200-$300. 303. $150 “Williams, Orton, Preston’s & Co. / Farmington, Conn.”, 30 hour wood movement, shelf clock, ca 1837. A good deal of research, pictures, etc. can be found in Ken Roberts and Snowden Taylor’s book, “Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock”, Second Edition, pages 294-300. This column and splat ma-hogany veneered case is only 32” high, and the col-umns and splat has good stenciling. The case has been rubbed to give a nice appearance without tak-ing off any finish. It has the original wood dial that is still very nice. The top glass is original and has a corner break and the bottom glass is a replacement. There is a complete paper label inside. There is no pendulum. The hands, coil gong, weights, and other accessories are period and probably original. The door has a brass escutcheon, working lock, with no key. A very nice early wood movement clock that is complete, original, but the movement and weight cords should be checked before putting into operation. The label says it has brass bushings. $200-$300. 304. $350 Ansonia Clock Co. “Mirror Swing”. This is a repro-duction of Ansonia’s original silver plated mirror swing they made in the 1880’s. This one is made of wood and is 20 inches high. With the swing arm in place it is 22.5 inches high, which is the same size as the original Ansonia mirror clock. The decorations around the mirror are hand carved leaves and birds, also like the originals. The wood has a gloss finish. The swing arm is identical to the originals except the movement is not signed and the swing arm has a round top and bottom and not flat like the originals. It is running. Ly-Ansonia #3008. $400-$600.

305. $100 Gustav Becker 2 weight Vienna Regulator, ca 1877. The 8 day brass movement is signed and has a serial num-ber, #163147, which is an early GB movement, in a more modern case. We must assume it is a marriage. The movement is clean and running, striking half hours on a coil gong attached to the movement. The pendulum stick attaches to a mounting plate, which is typical. The brass bob and black painted wood stick are both very nice as is the two piece porcelain dial, the old hands, and brass pulleys. The dark walnut case is 34.5 inches tall, plain with no frills. $100-$200.

306. $25 Gustav Becker porcelain kitchen clock. Delft case is 9 inches, signed with the GB trademark anchor, and “Becker-Germany”. Pendulum is stationary, winds in front, hangers top and bottom, and movement en-closed in tin can that is marked, “7_4975”. $25-$50.

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307. $150 Ansonia Clock Co. crystal regulator, “Prism”, ca 1914. This very plain case is outfitted with the rare and special jeweled sash and jeweled pendulum. Normally you only see the jewels on their very ex-pensive crystal regulators. This clock is near 11 inch-es tall, polished brass case with four beveled glass-es and two hinged doors. There are no corner chips on the glasses and all the jewels are present in the sash and pendulum. That is very unusual. The two piece porcelain dial is signed and I see a hairline on the inner dial. The hands and open escapement are original. The 8 day movement is signed, running, and striking half hours on the standing Cathedral gong. Ly-Ansonia #369. $200-$300. 308. $100 E. Ingraham Clock Co. wall calendar clock, “Dew Drop”, ca 1909. Ingraham called the 23.5 inch high case, “Imitation Rosewood”. It is clean, complete, polished, and has door latches on both doors. The only change I see is a new paper dial on the old pan. The hands and pendulum are correct. On the back is most of an identification label. The 8 day movement is time and calendar and has been running briskly here in the shop. Ly-Ingraham #271. $150-$250. 309. $300

“Ansonia Brass and Copper Co. / Ansonia, Conn.”, Drop Extra with Coca Cola advertising, ca 1874. Coca Cola started up in 1886, so doubt this advertis-ing is original. The “Sold Here” on the bottom glass appears to be original, the paper dial is doubtful. The 26 inch high walnut case is very dark, retaining all the original finish and accumulated smoke picked up over the years. The latches are correct, inside is a very nice old paper label and a correct pendulum bob. The 8 day movement is running and

striking a coil gong. Ly-Ansonia, page 168. $300-$450. 400. $375 Seth Thomas “Beta”, ca. 1896. Porcelain clocks from Seth Thomas are extremely uncommon, although this is the second Beta we have had in the last two years – and the second we have had in 40 years. It stands 16 inches tall with a spring floral pattern on the front and both sides. It is every bit as attractive as the higher priced Ansonia porcelains that retail for $600-$900. The cream-colored case shows only the slightest crazing, mostly in the back, with no repairs, damage or chips, and the gold highlighting is largely intact. The porcelain dial is without issue and sits behind a beveled glass in the French sash. The only shortcoming we can find are the hands, which are not Seth Thomas issue. The signed, 8-day round time and half-hour strike movement with an external count wheel is running and striking as expected on a cathe-dral gong. The unusual pendulum is correct. The one we sold in 2015 went for $560. $400-$600. 401. $250 E.N. Welch “Cary V.P.”, ca. 1880. Unfortunately, this is not what it appears. The movement is not the expected “Patti” movement, but instead an unsigned imported modern movement. The dial pan is new, with a paper dial made to look aged. And the hands are not Welch hands. On the other hand, the case appears to be legitimate,

and certainly the backboard is. The bottom-most piece of the base may be a replacement, and we can’t be sure about the top pieces. The inside is covered in black flock paper, there are side glasses and a front glass that is modern, but in the appro-priate Welch style, and there is a Welch-style sand-wich glass pendulum. The clock is running and striking a brass bell on the hour and half-hour, but the strike spring does not fully wind and the strike is erratic. It’s a nice looking clock, but not for the purist. 402. $55 Seth Thomas “Tempo”, ca. 1921. A mahogany adamantine case that is near-perfect, with no nicks or scratches. The dial is silvered matte with only slight wear; the hands are correct. The bezel is a dull gilt and holds a convex glass. The No. 89 movement strikes a cathedral gong on the hour and half-hour, and is running and keeping time. One sold on eBay last June for $115. $50-$110. 403. $225 New Haven “Crown”, ca. 1890. This model is not found in Ly’s book on New Haven clocks, but the label on the back of the clock clearly identifies it. The case is walnut, refinished nicely, 27 inches in length. There are a few small issues – a repair of some sort on the lower left, and the bottom edge of the round decoration at the bottom right is missing. The level-ing tube is missing from its holder at the bottom and there should be a thermometer tacked to the center top piece. The glossy paper dial is a signed replacement, the front glass is undecorated but is old. A decorated glass can be purchased from Time-Savers for about $15, should you desire to get fancy. The signed 8-day movement is running and striking on the hour. 404. $230 Seth Thomas “Globe”, ca. 1907. The mahogany case is 31 inches long with a painted metal dial and the designation “No. 48”, suggesting it may have come from a school. There are also remnants of an ST signature on the dial, and a label inside, very yel-lowed. The dial has been touched up at the upper right, and the lettering at the bottom has been touched up. Both glasses are old. The movement is correct, No. 41 as shown on page 979 of Ly’s second volume on Seth Thomas clocks. It is running effort-lessly, keeping time. A very original example of this reliable clock. $250-$350. 405. $1100 Seth Thomas “Hecla”, ca. 1885. One of three Seth Thomas clocks

with a triple wind for time, quarter-hour strike on two nested bells, and hour count on a cathedral gong. This one is in walnut, possibly the original finish, which could use a bit of rejuvenation. The dial has been repainted and looks good, but if you look closely you’ll see some scratch marks on the surface. The hands are ST hands, but recent replacements, the glass is original. There is a date on the back of 1885, barely visible. The clock is running and keep-ing time, striking nicely every 15 minutes. If you

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haven’t heard this clock strike you can listen to an audio recording here. We sold one in May of 2014 for $1427. $1200-$1500. 406. $75 Ansonia “Sorrento”, ca. 1914. A black enameled cast iron mantel clock from Ansonia. The enamel is in excellent shape with just a few

small chips, flea bites really. Some of the gold paint in the incising has been lost, partic-ularly around the dial, and the metal orna-ments on either side have been repainted nicely. The brass bezel holds a convex glass over a paper dial that could stand to be re-placed. The hands are correct. The clock is

running and striking a gong on the hour and half-hour. $75-$150. 407. $150 Ansonia “Angelo”, ca. 1880. This 12.5-inch high enameled cast iron clock has been repainted, both the black and the gold incising. The trim molding on either side has been feather-painted in red, and may be artistic license. It holds a signed 8-day movement that strikes a bell on the hour. It is running and striking. No sales records for this clock that we can find, and we paid more than our asking price. $150-$250. 408. $175 New Haven “Inglewood” chime clock, ca. 1929. A solid mahogany cabinet, 14.5 inches high (the book calls for a 12.5-inch cabinet) that plays Westminster chimes on the quarter hours and strikes the hours on five rods. The strike and chime are quite nice, resonating in a large case with a fab-ric-covered back door. The case is clean with no chips or scrapes, but there is an area of discoloration on the left side. The movement and silvered dial are signed, but there is no label. The glass is convex. The clock is running and chiming as expected. Two sales in the last couple of years, $110 and $170 at Schmitt’s. $175-$225. 409. $10 GE Telechron “The Somerset”, 1950-1953. Clearly designed to recall the “OG” clocks of earlier years, with a painted glass tablet below

the dial in a 10-inch dark wood case with ogee mold-ing. The dial cover is convex glass. The clock in-cludes the “red dot” on the dial that indicates that power has failed, letting you know that the time isn’t correct – no battery back-up here. When you reset the time the red dot flips over to white. This guy is running and keeping time. $20-$50 on eBay.

410. $250 Kroeber “Arabia”, ca. 1884. This is a big metal-case clock, not quite 14 inches high and 16.5 inches wide at the base. It is spelter, here repainted both inside and out. The dial is porcelain, signed, the hour hand is correct, the minute hand a reasonable replacement. The glass is beveled. The 8-day time-and-strike movement does not match the one shown in Ly’s book on Kroeber clocks and is unsigned. It has an unusual pattern imprinted into the back side, and I suspect it is a foreign-made replace-ment. It is dirty and will not run for more than a short while; a thor-ough cleaning would appear to be in order. The original brass finish

on these clocks just didn’t hold up over 100 years, and so you almost always see them repainted. It would look better if it was replated, and if you care to spend the money we can suggest a replating busi-ness that we have used. No recent sales that we can find. $250-$400. 411. $150 Unknown 8-day weight-driven clock, ca. 1875. We think this is a “one-off”; a clock assembled by a good cabinet maker in the mid to late 1800’s. The pinned brass, weight-driven move-ment is unsigned, but experts tell us it is an Ansonia movement. There are shadows of a label on the backboard inside, but we think it, along with the seatboard and rails and perhaps the movement, are taken from another clock, possibly an OG. This clock is 8-day weight-driven OG-size, 29.75 inches high. There are some very nice flat pillars in burled walnut on both sides and a carv-ing centered above the door. Note that the door opens on the right. The metal dial does not quite fit the case, leaving a gap at the bottom above the door crosspiece. The upper glass is a newer re-placement, while the lower glass is old and looks to have never been out of the door. The monochrome decalcomania image is of Croton Fountain in New York City, built in honor of the Croton Aque-duct which brought fresh water to Manhattan. The image is in re-markably good shape. The clock is running and striking when 8-lb weights are hung. To hold down the cost we are not including weights with the clock, but you can purchase the weights shown for $50 if you win the clock. $150-$250. 412. $1250 Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 4”, 1875-1889. Solid walnut, refinished of late, 32 inches high with center finial. Finials likely replacements, well matched. The dials are no doubt original paint, with some flaking, and some stains of inde-terminate nature on the calendar dial. Hands are correct; the day and month rollers are yellowed but readable, and no doubt original. Old glass, good Fashion gold label, short drop pendulum with Seth Thomas-style damascene pattern. The 8 day time-and-strike movement is clean and signed “MANUF’D BY THE SETH THOMAS CLOCK CO. THOMASTON CT SOLELY FOR THE SOUTHERN CALENDAR CLOCK CO. ST. LOUIS MO.” along with some patent dates. The time and calendar move-ments are correct and shown on pages 276 and 278 of Ly’s book “Calendar Clocks”. The clock is running, keeping time, striking on the brass bell, and the calendar is advancing. A long-necked key is included. Don Hellstern tells me this is a late version of the No. 4 movement. Average sale price on eBay for Fashion No. 4 clocks over the last several years is $1422. $1400-$1800. 413. $1250 E. Howard Banjo No. 5, ca. 1874. The smallest of the Howard banjos at 29 inches high, in “well-seasoned hardwood, stained in imitation of rosewood, and polished. For use in dwelling-houses, offices and rooms, they are well adapted.” This clock retains the rosewood staining quite nicely; all three glasses are old, possibly repainted, possibly rebacked. There is some lifting of the black background paint in the throat section. The dial was probably repaint-ed some time ago as it shows age. The hands are

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correct. The movement is signed and running, driven by an appro-priate weight. There is a weight shield, a pendulum tie-down, and an instruction label on the bottom. The damascened pendulum bob is old, the pendulum stick may be new. There are screws securing the base to the case where the weight may have knocked it off. All in all a better than average example particularly with regard to the grain painted finish, which is often worn off. Average sale price on eBay for Howard No. 5 banjos over the last several years is $1420. $1400-$1800. 414. $75 Ansonia “Egyptian, Plain”, ca. 1874. The “Egyptian, Plain” metal

case clock (Ly, Ansonia Clocks & Watches, p. 370) was shown in Ansonia catalogs from 1874, at which time the company was known as the Anso-nia Brass & Copper Co. (1869-1877). There is no label on this clock, but the movement is signed “Ansonia Clock Co. | Ansonia, Conn USA” which existed both prior (1850-1854) to and after (1877-1884) AB&C Co. dissolved. These types of metal

case clocks became popular in the 1870’s, so it is likely that this clock is from roughly 1874 to 1884. The spelter case has been re-painted with black inset trim. The paper dial is old, the hands new and adapted to fit, the glass is new. The 8-day time-and-strike movement is running, keeping time, and striking on a wire gong. No sales records that we can find. $75-$150. 415. $125 Seth Thomas Column, ca. 1870. Sometimes called the Column Porthole, this little 8-day clock is only 16 inches tall and fits on almost any shelf. A classic model, almost always seen as here with a mirror in the middle, black painted columns with gold leaf capitals and bases, and gold leaf trim around the glasses. The rosewood veneer is better than aver-age, with just one missing piece on the right foot; the case could use a coat of wax. The glasses are old, including the mirror, the metal dial has been repainted, the hands are correct. The 8-day Seth Thomas lyre movement, signed from Plymouth, re-tains its winding stops and is running and striking on a wire gong as expected. There is a good Thomaston label inside. Nothing to com-plain about here, a popular clock from the late 1800’s. $150-$200. 417. $160

Sessions “Sentinel”, 1910. A 24-inch by 16.5-inch case in oak, dark with age, would clean up nicely with Kotton Klenser if desired. Glass is old, original paint I think, metal dial pan with original paint. Cor-rect hands. Time-only, 8-day spring-driven move-ment is signed, looks original, and is running and keeping time. Used to be a label on the back. Cou-ple of sales on eBay over the last several years at $178 and $192. $160-$200.

418. $120 Ansonia “Rialto”, ca. 1907. Here’s a clock I’m not sure we’ve seen before, and there are no sales records that we can find. The clock is shown on page 255 of Ly’s book on Ansonia clocks; it is one of a set of six that have fancy metal dials that resemble that of tall-case clock. Indeed, we don’t see a sales record in the Antique Clocks Price Guide for any of the five other similar models. The book says it is finished in a dark wood or oak, and that looks about right; 16 inches high, silvered and

gilt dial, with fancy cut hands. It holds an 8-day time-and-strike An-sonia movement, striking on the hour and half-hour. We haven’t gotten it running, but it is quite dirty and should be functional after a cleaning. A very sharp-looking clock, the dial is pristine and overall it resembles an English bracket clock. $125-$250. 419. $1200 Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 1”, ca. 1875. This early No. 1 has an S. B. Terry-style round, pinned move-ment, an original pendulum stick with a repainted gold finish (broken in half and repaired nicely), the original painted dial in very good condition, and both original glasses. The lower glass has some loss in the black background. The rosewood veneer is in excellent shape, with some minor lifting on the base. The weight shield has a good label from Thomaston. The pendulum bob is smooth, the mi-nute hand appears to be a replacement. The cross-piece support behind the dial is missing (not uncommon; you can see the three holes in the frame where it would have been screwed down) and so the two screw holes in the dial on either side of the seconds bit have nothing to anchor into. That is the only shortcom-ing we can find. We had our ace repairman clean the movement and polish the pivots, and it is running and keeping good time. A very original example, 34 inches long. Includes a crank. $1200-$1500. 420. $35 Gilbert hooded novelty clock, ca. 1928. A dark wood case with stenciled polychrome designs and flowers, 19 inches high. The front is signed “Gilbert” below the VI, and “Eight Day” below the XII. The hands are polished brass, the pendulum rod is brass. On the back is an instruction label from The Merchants Advertising Co., Adrian, Mich. Clock is running and keeping time. $35-$50. 421. $250 Atkins & Downs 8-day wooden works Column & Splat, 1831-1832. Rollin and Irenus Atkins worked with Anson Downs for just a year, making wooden works clock movements for George Mitchell, a New England merchandiser. A variety of casemak-ers made the cases, including Chauncey Jerome and Elias Ingraham. Mitchell ended his clock-selling business in 1832 but continued a life-long relationship with the Atkins brothers, as he mar-ried their sister. This clock stands 34.5 inches high with good mahogany veneer and faint original stenciling on the half-columns and splat. The veneer on the door section separating the upper glass and mirror is a poorly matched replacement, and the ivory escutcheon is lost; so is the locking mechanism and the key. The upper glass is original with original putty, the mirror is a more recent replacement. The dial board is old but in good shape, with some sootiness remaining. The hands look original and there is a nice label inside. The movement is missing a tooth or two, and has numerous repairs. We did not test it. There are two 7-lb weights should you feel emboldened. The return on the top right is missing. $250-$500. 422. $175 Briggs Rotary Unknown No. 3, ca. 1875. Most of these cute little clocks were manufactured by E. N. Welch in the 1870’s; they are easily identified by the machine screws that hold the plates to the base, as opposed to pins on earlier models. They stand 6.25 inches

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tall without the dome; 2oth century reproductions are 7 inches tall. This is a Welch model with a painted base, very worn and chipped, and a worn original pa-per dial. It is missing the winding wheel from the bot-tom but can be wound with a standard clock key. It has an appropriate glass dome. The clock is running but very dirty, not having been run for many years. Watch the short video here. We sold one in May 2015 for $394. $200-$400. 423. $125 Bloomer & Sperry “Rosewood and Mahogany Pillar Clock”, 1845-1846. Bloomer and Sperry sold clocks out of New York for just two years and there are only two clocks listed under them in the Antique Clocks Price Guide, both 4-column clocks like this one. The Fenn-style glass is the main attraction here, and the upper glass is probably also original. The paint on the black trim pieces, sides, and columns is certainly very old, and may be original as well. The veneer is mahogany in good shape, with two small strips missing across the front below the door. The metal dial is period but probably not original. The 30-hour time-and-strike, weight-driven movement is signed “Chauncey Jerome, New Haven” and is running and striking reliably. The thin weights are no doubt original, and there is a good paper label inside. It stands 26 inches tall. This particular collector was on a mission to collect as many maker labels as possible from the 1800’s, and so this clock represented a fairly rare example from this duo. We estimate $175-$275. 424. $35 Mastercrafters Model 344 “Waterfall” electric mo-tion clock, ca. 1950’s. A marbleized plastic case, 11 inches high, with a metal backboard and a foil dial behind a convex glass. Inside is a 7-watt night-light bulb and a round plastic cylinder with designs on it; it rotates continuously and the light sits in the mid-dle, projecting the patterns on the waterfall picture on the front of the clock. As it turns it looks like the waterfall is flowing. You get it – how cool! Well, it was in the 1950’s if you were a kid. No alarm, just time. It is running, the clock is working and the wheel is turning, a bit noisy and a bit unreliably because the fittings and gears are worn. The light works, there is a button on the back to turn it on and off. The pine trees on the front have light blue trim, evidently depicting snow (it’s not just wear). I thought maybe there was a piece of trim missing around the dial, but all the ones I find online have the same design. There are also some that have green pine trees. These sell on eBay for $35-$50 when running. 425. $35 Mastercrafters Model 119 “Swinging Girl” electric motion clock, ca. 1950’s. A marbleized brown plastic case in like-new condition, 10.5 inches high, with a metal backboard and a foil dial behind a convex glass. The girl sits on a swing and swings forward and back when the clock is plugged in. The clock is run-ning and girl is swinging – how cute! There is a 7-watt night-light bulb that lights up the interior, controlled by a slightly balky switch. We don’t believe the girl had bathed in 50 years, so we scrubbed her up. The clock movement is a little bit sticky, but running. There is a good label on the back. These guys sell for anywhere from $20 to $100 on eBay.

426. $250 Chelsea “Presidential Clock” Ship’s Bell, 1980-present. Look carefully, this is not the clock you might think – it holds an AA battery-powered German quartz movement – by design. It’s the standard Chelsea brass housing, glass and 4.5-inch dial, and weighs over 6 lb. It sits in a mahog-any base, on the back of which there is a small metal plaque that says “Thank you for 25 years of service.” You can buy this same clock from the Chelsea Clock Company today for $495. It is running and keeping time, as you might expect. $250-$400. 427. $240 Jefferson Electric Co. “Suspense”, ca. 1958. This is one of the harder-to-find Jefferson “mystery clocks”. Like the other “Golden” clocks, it is zinc alloy plated in 24 kt gold. It stands 13.25 inches high, bigger than the other Jefferson mystery clocks. The electric motor is at the top and it turns a gold chain that slowly rotates the Plexiglas dial. The minute hand moves with the dial, the hour hand is geared down from that. The hours are marked in gold on the back glass. We put a new motor in and it is running and keeping time without issue. The finish is very good, but not per-fect, with some wear showing in places if you look. It is about the best Suspense we have seen. You can read more about these clocks on Roger Russell’s webpage. Two Suspense clocks in similar condi-tion sold on eBay in 2015 for $265 and $355. 428. $430 Wm. Gilbert “Salisbury”, ca. 1900. You won’t find this clock in Ly’s book on Gilbert clocks but it is clearly la-beled “Salisbury | Wm L Gilbert Clock Co.” on the back. There is also one sales record in the Antique Clocks Price Guide, for $650 at Schmitt’s in 2009. Clearly an uncommon clock. The 41-inch walnut case is in fine shape, possibly with the original finish or a very old refinish. There are lots of carvings on the case and eve-rything looks original, from the case to the dial to the glass, 8-day time-and-strike signed movement, pendu-lum stick and bob. We replaced the badly worn paper dial. The glass is old but the silver stencil shows virtually no wear; it may be a re-stencil. The clock is running, keeping time, and striking on the hour and half-hour on the cathedral gong. $450-$600. 429. $175 Seth Thomas Sonora Chime No. 11, ca. 1921. This 13.75-inch dark ma-hogany cabinet case holds an 8-day time-and-strike movement with a chime movement that strikes Westminster chimes on the quarter hours on four “perfectly tuned rods”. It should also count the hours by striking all four rods, but the hour strike is recalcitrant and will require some adjust-ment. There is a silvered dial and convex glass; the dial shows some wear. It appears that someone painted the ceiling without removing the clock from the mantel, resulting in some white paint specks on the top of the case. They’re not noticeable, and shouldn’t be hard to remove if they bother you. In fact, the entire case would benefit from refinishing. The clock is running and keeping time, and chiming on cue. Seth Thomas four rod chimes sell on eBay for $150-$250.

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430. $200 Seth Thomas OG, ca 1870. Ok, we know OG clocks are a dime-a-dozen, but how often do you see one with an American Indian on the glass? Granted, this Native American looks like a European in Native American headdress and clothing, but it’s still pretty cool. We looked online to see if this was a repro-duction of a known portrait of a famous Indian Chief or warrior, but no luck. The mahogany veneer on the front is in nice shape with only one noticeable repair to the top left corner of the door; there is no veneer on the sides or top, as was typical. Both glasses are old, almost certainly original, held in by square-head nails. The metal dial has the ST logo and there is a good Thomaston label inside. The 30-hour weight-driven move-ment is signed (Thomaston) and running and striking as required. $200-$400. 431. $175 Friedrich Mauthe Vienna. The spring-driven move-ment for this small Vienna is probably early twenti-eth century. It has a D.R.P. (Deutsche Reich Patent) number, the FMS (Friedrich Mauthe Schwenningen) logo, and a German eagle logo. I am less sure about the age of the case, which appears to be late twenti-eth century; the Mauthe Company was in business until 1976. The case length, from finial tip to tip, is about 31 inches. The veneer is in nice shape; there are two side glasses. The 8-day movement is running and striking a wire gong on the hour and half-hour. A nice little Vienna at a nice price. $200-$400.

432. $50 New Haven novelty, ca. 1910. Can’t find this one in Ly’s book on New Haven clocks. The porcelain dial is signed, the movement is not. The 6-inch metal case has been repainted nicely. It is running, one-day, time only.

433. $75 French carriage for Wanamaker, ca. 1900. John Wanamaker opened the first department store in Philadelphia in 1875 and later expand-ed to New York, London, and Paris. This 5.75-inch corniche carriage clock has a platform escapement, five beveled glasses, a clean porcelain dial with Arabic numerals signed “FRANCE”, and is signed on the back of the movement “JOHN WANAMAKER PHILADEPHIA – NEW YORK – PARIS” with “MADE IN FRANCE” at the bottom. It winds in back with a car-riage key (not included, buy at TimeSavers). It is run-ning and keeping good time. Case could use some polish; there is a bit of oxidation at the top right edge which would polish off I think. Wanamaker must have imported these clocks by the boatload as they are fairly common, currently selling for $50-$150. 434. $35 Lux “Good Luck Horseshoe” clock, ca. 1939. A bright chrome, 8-inch tall alarm clock with a silvered paper dial. Running and keeping time, one day backwind. All the knobs and screws are in place, the alarm rings should you need it. Only very slight pitting to the fin-ish, no major flaws. Who doesn’t need one of these? We sold two in May for $45 each. $50-$75 on eBay. 435. $30 Lux backwind and Seth Thomas “Bengal”. The clock on the left has

a signed Lux movement but no label and cannot be found in Lux clock listings. It’s a 0ne-day, and running, but the hands slip. It is 6 inches wide and 3.5 inches high. The clock on the right is the Seth Thomas “Bengal”, ca. 1940, an 8-day backwind lever move-ment that is running and keeping time. It is 4 inches high and 5 inches wide, in mahoga-ny with holly-wood interleaves (page 527 of Ly, Seth Thomas Clocks and Movements, Vol. 2). Metal dials on both. $69-$75. 436. $225 Telechron “Electroalarm”, 1929-31. This is one of the most popular Telechrons, put into production after General Elec-tric bought Telechron. The brown plastic bakelite case is in excellent condition, no chips, breaks, or scratches. The gold metal decorative strips in front are present and original, as is the dial and hands. The clock is running – BUT – you can’t set the time. The knob for moving the hands is frozen, so the only way to get it to show the correct time is to start it at the time showing. I think there is also a problem with the power-loss indicator (the red dot) as the handle is loose. We did not test the alarm. The light bulb at the top of the dial lights when turned on. The power cord is an old replacement; the glass over the dial should have a mirror finish around the rim. Since the clock runs, if you are good with these things it seems you ought to be able to free the hand-set shaft and make this clock fully functional. It stands 7.5 inches high. The average sale price for these clocks on eBay over the last few years is $297. 437. $75 Wm. Gilbert “El Paso” Mission Oak cabinet clock, ca. 1910. This cabinet clock is 10.75 inch-es tall, 20 inches wide at base, in the classic Golden Oak Finish with “Cathedral Art Glass side panels behind perforated metal overlays”. Polished gilt hands show some wear, metal dial numerals appear to have been repainted. Has an 8-day movement, unsigned, that strikes a standing cathedral gong on the hour and half-hour. Move-ment is running, striking, and keeping time. The backboard is a re-placement, no label. $100-$150. 438. $225 George Mitchell Bronze Looking Glass, ca. 1825-1832. Mitchell was in the clock business from 1821 to 1832, buying movements from Ephraim Downs and others, and employed Chauncey Jerome, the originator of the bronze looking glass clock in 1825. This clock, likely built by Jerome, is 35 inches high and 16.5 inches wide, with what would appear to be the original stenciling and finish, the original dial (with much wear), and the original upper glass. I suspect the mirror is a 1900’s replacement. There is a modest veneer chip on the back right side, otherwise it is all complete, and probably original. The 30-hr “groaner” movement is complete and I see no missing teeth, although I see one small repair on the great wheel. We can get the strike side to run and strike, but the time side only runs for a few minutes. Nonetheless, it does not jam, so probably will run with some attention. Square “groaner” weights are included. The bronze looking glass clock, the clock that introduced interchangeable parts manufacturing. $300-$400. 439. $35 United Clock Co. “Lucky” electric clock, 1949. A chrome horseshoe

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on a stepped wooden base holding an electric clock, marked “Lucky” at the top of the horseshoe. The stamped manufacture date inside is 1949. The cord and plug are new; the clock is running and keeping time, 9 inches tall and 9.5 inches wide. $35-$75. 440. $25 British United Clock Co. “Horseshoe & Stirrup”. A nickel stirrup surrounding a brass horseshoe with nickel nail heads, standing 6.25 inches tall. Porcelain dial with gold inset. The BUCC logo is on the back of the horseshoe and the 8-day, double-wind movement is signed. The knob to set the hands and one of the two winding keys are missing, as is the leather strap that goes through the shoe and stirrup. Otherwise a nice looking clock that is running, a bit fast. $25-$50. 441. $215 Wm. Gilbert “No. 3036” store clock, ca. 1910. Not shown in Ly’s book on Gilbert clocks but clearly la-beled on the back, and very similar to the Gilbert “University” model (page 153 of Ly’s book). It is 38 inches in height with a very nice refinish on the oak case. Both glasses are old and the stencil and trim paint is in excellent shape. The paper dial shows con-siderable foxing and the pendulum bob has a rusty spot on the bottom. There is an unsigned 8-day time-only movement inside and it is running and keeping time. $225-$325. 442. $60 Seikosha art deco box clock. Seikosha was formed in 1892 in Tokyo and manufactured clocks and later, watch-es (Seiko) to the present day. I can’t find a way to date their clocks, but the art deco appearance of this clock and wear to the case would seem to date it to the early-twentieth century. Note that the wood slat pattern in front right would seem to depict a tuning fork, or more likely a Japanese character. There are several types of wood used and the upper glass is beveled. The painted metal dial is signed and the movement has the Seikosha logo, an ‘S’ in a diamond in a circle (also seen at the top of the dial); it has some chipping on the cor-ners. The 15-inch case is in reasonable shape but could use a coat of wax. The clock is running, striking, and keeping time. $60-$100. 443. $60 Plymouth “Style 5614” wall clock, ca. 1936. Plymouth Clocks was a

Division of Seth Thomas. Advertised as “A modestly priced wall clock for the office, store, factory, and school.” The “white wood” (probably poplar) is stained in a “rich mahogany”, the door has a mirror in the lower panel with the pendulum visible through the rectangular window. A signed lacquered metal dial. The movement is unsigned, running 8 days, time only. Just over 14.5 inches tall. All in all in excellent

shape, running and keeping time. $60-$120. 444. $70 Ansonia peaked cottage, ca. 1880. This small clock is not shown in Ly’s book on Ansonia clocks. It is 10 inches high with a 3.25-inch chapter ring on a paper replacement dial; there is no label, inside or on the back. There is rosewood veneer around the base and door frame; the sides and top are not veneered. The glass is old, with bubbles. This clock has an unusual

round pinned movement seen in Ansonia miniature steeple clocks (see page 440 of Ly’s book); it is signed “Ansonia Clock / Ansonia Conn USA”, dating it to either 1850-1854 or 1877-1884. It is running, one day, time only, and cute as a button. No sales records that we can find. $70-$150. 445. $95 Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. “Venetian”, 1869-1877. This clock has been beautifully refurbished with new gilding on the columns and a perfect finish on the rosewood ve-neer. There are very few chips to the veneer. Both glasses are old with the tablet in outstanding condi-tion, depicting two camel riders at an oasis. The case is 18 inches high and has the better part of the Anso-nia Brass & Copper Company label inside. The original zinc dial has been repainted and the hands are old and as shown in the catalog drawing (page 438 of Ly’s book on Ansonia clocks). The 8-day time and strike movement is signed “A. B. & C. Co / Ansonia Conn USA” and is running and striking as required; at least one repair shows, and the strike side would benefit from attention. This is as pretty a round top as you will find, with an uncommon label and great originality. $100-$200. 446. $50 Penwood “Numechron”, 1946. Penwood Electric began in the 1930’s and were prolific manufacturers of digital (in the pre-digital age) clocks. The name Numechron refers to all their digital clocks (they made timers and other devices as well). No model name or number is shown on this clock, but the manu-facture date appears to be stamped on the bottom as 5-46. The brown marbleized Bake-lite case is in perfect condition with no cracks, scrapes, or missing corners. It is running and keeping time nicely. A nice overview of Numechron clocks can be found here. These clocks sell on eBay for $50-$100. 447. $75 Waltham round-top cabinet, ca. 1920. A 12.5-inch tall mahogany case with blond wood inlays on the front and sides holding an 8-day time-and-strike movement with a platform escapement, running, striking on the hour and half-hour, and keeping time. I don’t see a signature or serial number on the movement but it matches the movements seen in other examples of this clock. Signed silvered dial shows some wear up close. A convex beveled glass in the bezel, fancy hands. Keeps very accurate time. The case needs to be refinished to bring out the rich mahogany col-or. One sold at Schmitt’s in 2011 for $190. $90-$180. 448. $1050 Ithaca “Shelf Steeple”, ca. 1870. We knew this was an uncommon Ithaca, but were surprised to find that there are no sales records in the Antique Clocks Price Guide over the last 15 years – for either the shelf or the hanging version. It stands 25 inches tall with the finial (which is correct and no doubt original) in a dark walnut case. I would guess everything is origi-nal including the glass, with the possible exception of the upper paper dial. The fretwork shows a cou-ple of breaks that have been repaired acceptably, and all the parts are there. Note that there is an alarm at the bot-tom of the case, with the winding port at the lower left. The hands are correct, there is a key (not signed), and it is running, keeping

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time, and the calendar is advancing. That’s it; this is about as good as it gets. We’d estimate $1200-$2500, based on prices of other uncommon Ithacas. 449. $225 E. Ingraham “Western Union” store clock, ca. 1911. A 36-inch refinished oak case with a new upper glass and the original lower glass, with some wear to the gold stencil. The dial pan and paper dial were re-placed some time ago; the old hands have been re-painted. The time-only 8-day movement is signed and running. There is most of a label on the back. The average sale price for this model clock on eBay over the last few years is $225. 450. $400 Ansonia Brass and Copper Co. shelf clock, 1869-1877. This large, 8-

day, weight-driven shelf clock was made both with and without a simple calendar movement. The rosewood-veneered case is 33 inches tall and 19.5 inches wide, with an 11-inch dial. There are a few nicks, scrapes, and chips to the case, but overall it is in great shape. Both drop finials are present, and one appears to be made from rosewood. One board has been replaced un-derneath the clock, but the rest appears origi-nal, including the backboard with the large Ansonia label and the picture of the Ansonia Clock Factory in Ansonia CT. Both glasses are old and have been rebacked, and the parrots

on the fancy reverse painting carefully touched up. The brass dial pan is new and newly painted, but the hands are old and correct to style. The signed Ansonia brass movement matches those seen in other examples of this clock, and is running and striking appropri-ately. The 6.5-lb weights are new stock. Hard to imagine that you could find a cleaner and prettier example of this impressive clock. Schmitt’s sold one in May of 2011 for $600. $500-$800. 457. $2250 Seth Thomas “Parlor Calendar No. 8”, 1887. This is a beautiful ex-ample of one of Seth Thomas’ double-dial calendar clocks from the late 1800’s. The finish on the 27.5-inch walnut case is old, possibly original, but very clean. No nicks or scratches, all the finials look original. Both dials have been repainted by The Dial House (signed on back). The hands and calendar rollers are probably original. The 8-day spring-driven movement is signed, striking the hours on a cathedral gong, and keeping time. The calendar day and date is advanc-ing; we didn’t run it long enough to check the month advancement. Three sales on the Antique Clocks Price Guide in the last decade, averaging just over $2000.

462. $875 National Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion”, ca. 1890. It has been at least a decade since we have had a National Calendar Fashion clock for sale. This one is as original as they come, and has 120 years of soot and grime covering the walnut case. We cleaned the enameled black dials and polished the hands but did not clean the signed New Haven 8-day movement or hook up the wire that extends from the upper move-ment to the simple calendar mechanism on the low-er dial. Hooking up the calendar is not complicated but does require some dexterity and probably the removal of the center segment of the dial board (held in by screws) to provide access. The clock is running, not efficiently as the movement is dirty, and striking the cathedral gong on the hour and half-hour. The calendar advances easily when tripped by hand. The dial board has several glued cracks top and bottom there are some glue repairs evident on the case. It is, as we say, covered in grime but has no major losses or damage other than a few nicks and bumps. It would clean up nicely if you want to put in the effort (you should, this guy appears to have never been cleaned). The glass is original with a good Fashion stencil. The pendulum bob and hanger are not original, the only real flaw we can find. It stands 32 inches tall with the finial (all finials are original). You can find this clock on page 73 of Ly’s book on New Haven clocks. Only one recent sale in the An-tique Clocks Price Guide: $1300 at Schmitt’s last May (2016). $1000-$1500. 463. $950 Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 2”, 1878. The label on the door says this clock was set to run on June 1, 1878. The walnut-veneered case has been refinished and is in excellent shape, with just a few chips along the top edge and a bump or two on the base. Both glasses are old, both painted metal dials are new; the finials are new and the calendar rollers are old, probably original, stained with oil. There are two nice labels inside. The clean Seth Thomas-signed 8-day movement is running and the calendar is advancing. This model sells on eBay for from $700 to $1100. 464. $500 French champlevé carriage, ca. 1900. Carriage clocks with a champ-levé finish are not common. This one has fluted columns on cylinder bases, five beveled glasses, champlevé pan-els top and bottom on all four sides, and an ornate front panel of birds, flowers, and a butterfly, all with a green enamel inlay. The dial is metal with a champlevé center ring. The platform escapement movement is running and keeping time. It winds in the back with a carriage key (included), and is signed “MADE IN FRANCE”. It stands 6-inches tall with the handle up. Slight tarnish. This same clock sold in 1999 for $1400 at Schmitt’s. 465. $650 Jeromes’ and Darrow 8-Day Clock. The mahogany veneer case is just under 38 inches high with carved half-columns. There is a wooden dial in nice shape (although it has been secured to the support rails by screws for a long time) and two old and correct hands. The dial glass is old but may have been re-placed, based on the newer (but still old) putty holding it in place. The lower glass is also old and

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may never have been out of the door, based on the unusual rippled wood strips holding it in place. It has been repainted, some time ago, and is not signed. The center mirror is a twentieth century replacement. There are numerous veneer repairs, some good, some not so good, and some chips still waiting for repair. The carved columns are in excellent shape. The large wood movement will run for a few minutes when the 7.5-lb weights are hung; I see no repairs or damage to the gears. The weights are compounded on brass pulleys, hung on gut, and there is an old pressed pendulum bob. There is even an old key to open the door latches. The tablet, and the overall look of this clock are very nice, don’t you think? $650-$900. 467. $75 Seth Thomas “Gramercy”, ca. 1925. This art-deco desk clock is 9 inches high in contrasting rosewood and a lighter wood trim (holly-wood?). The gold metal dial notes that it has a 4-jewel movement, backwind, time-only, but we can’t get it running. The clock is not shown in Ly’s two volumes on Seth Thomas clocks, but the paper label on the bottom makes it clear that this model is the Gramercy. A similar label is found on other ST clocks from the 1920’s. No sales that we can find. 468. $160 Cast iron blinker clock “Topsey”, ca. 1970? This is a darn good repro-duction of the original Bradley & Hubbard “Topsey” blinker from

the 1860’s. It is about a quarter-inch shorter than an original, at 16.25 inches, and the casting shows just a bit less definition. More noticeable is the dial, which lacks a bezel and cover glass, and lacks the crescent opening for a fast/slow adjustment lever. The paint colors are true to the originals and look very old. Even the eyes look original from the outside. Inside is a different story. The movement is a late model lever spring with two crossed ar-rows and no signature, which I take to be West German. The wire connection to the eyes, which

appear to be plastic, is quite clever and quite functional. The clock is running easily, about a day on a wind, and the eyes move up and down nicely. All in all this is the best Topsey reproduction I have seen. An original in this condition would sell today for well over $1000. 469. $90 Sessions “Plymouth”, ca. 1908. A 14-inch tall mahogany cabinet

with a satinwood inlay border on the front and an inlay vine pattern below the dial. The dial is porcelain behind a convex glass. No damage to the cabinet or dial and the clean movement is running, keeping time, and striking the half-hour on a bell and counting the hours on a cathedral gong. Includes a Sessions signed key. Very nice. $100-$150.

477. $190 Seth Thomas Sonora Chime No. 11, ca. 1921. Like #429, this 13.75-inch dark mahogany cabinet case holds an 8-day time-and-strike movement with a chime move-ment that strikes Westminster chimes on the quarter hours on four “perfectly tuned rods”, and strikes the hour once on all four rods. There is a silvered dial in very good shape under a convex glass. The case is dark and alligatored and would benefit from refinishing. The clock is running and keeping time, and chiming on cue. Seth Thomas four

rod chimes sell on eBay for $150-$250. 478. $250 French swinger on Moreau’s Cupid. This is a bronze or bronze-coated statue of Auguste Moreau’s sculpture of Cupid. In other examples the boy is holding an ar-row in his right hand and the left hand is holding a bow; here the left the hand holds the mount for the ball and pendulum clock. The 15.5-inch statue and marble base are in excellent shape with no damage or wear, making me think they are not old (1970’s?); how-ever, the movement inside the ball looks quite a bit older than that and has had some repairs. The clock and pendulum are also in very nice shape. The clock is running. Nothing other than the statue is signed. With the clock mounted it stands 19.5 inches high. Includes a key. $250-$450. 700. $10 Swiss plastic dresser clock/alarm. Nice case stands 6 inches high, backwind and set one day movement has 7 jewels and is running and alarming. Label says it is hand painted. $15-$25. 701. $10 Dresser clock with alarm, signed, “Seth Thomas / Ger-many”. Metal case is 4 inches tall and has an easel stand in back. The one day movement is running. It has a con-vex and beveled glass over the dial. All original and very nice. $25-$50. 702. $10 Lux Clock Mfg. Co. “Cuckoo Style”, ca 1937. A miniature of the popular cuckoo clock. Bird bobs in and out of win-dow as the pendulum swings. 30 hour Keywind move-ment. Molded wood case is 7.5 by 4.25 inches. $15-$25. 703. $10 Lux Clock Mfg. Co. “Bulldog with Kittens”, ca 1930. Sy-roco case is 7 by 4 inches, painted brown, kittens were originally made with heavy paper and attached to the teeter-totter. These paper kittens are not original. $15-$25. 704. $25 Sessions Clock Co. cabinet style mantel clock, “Puritan”, ca 1910. The mahogany case is 13 inches tall, complete, clean, and has no damage or problems. Complete label on the hinged back door. Brass sash hold a convex glass over the signed porcelain dial and correct hands. The 8 day movement is running and striking half hours on a brass bell and hours on a Cathedral gong. Ly-Sessions #237. $50-$100. 705. $50 Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co., “Small Sharp Gothic”, or stee-ple clock, ca 1879. The 14 inch mahogany veneered case is excellent, finials are perfect, case is clean and polished, and the only demerit I would give it is some wear around the door latch. Both glasses are good, dial is a repaint, hands are correct, and inside is a com-plete label and an iron bell that the alarm rings on. The movement is 30 hour with an alarm feature. Ly-Gilbert #1087. $50-$100

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706. $100 Ansonia Clock Company mantel clock, “Sharp Gothic, V.P.”, or what we call a steeple clock, ca 1894. The cone finials are nice replacements and the door latch is a replacement but is correct style. The mahogany case stands 20 inches tall, has good veneer, original door glass, original dial although has darkened, and an old pendulum and key. Inside is a complete label and on the back is a partial paper label. The 30 hour movement runs and strikes a nickel bell on hours and half hours. It also has an alarm movement. Ly-Ansonia #1747. $125-$200. 707. $25 Japanese shelf clock, ca 1890. Identical to Seth Thom-as City Series clock, the “Chicago”. Labels inside the case and on the back show the maker or distributor, “Kobe Shimomura & Co. / Kobe, Japan”. I do not know if they were made by Seth Thomas and export-ed to Japan, or if they were actually made in Japan. The mahogany case is 17.5 inches tall, has brass col-umns and trim around the front, brass bezels, and an 8 day brass movement that sure resembles the Seth Thomas movements. The dial is marked for 24 hours, painting in door looks to be original. $50-$100. 708. $25 Japanese shelf clock. Gong base is signed, “Irawo Clock Co.”. Made in the style of the Seth Thomas “Chicago” shelf clock. It is 17.5 inches high, made of a wood with bold stripes, or has been hand grained. Metal trim around the front like the “Chicago”, and two glasses, gong, dial and movement like the Chica-go. It is an 8 day movement striking hours on a coil gong. The dial has an outer 24 hour ring, and there is a label inside and outside. $50-$100. 709. $25 Seth Thomas, Thomaston, Conn. mantel clock with adamantine finish, “Hussar”, ca 1904. The case is 18 inches wide and 12 inches high, etched designs on the front, imitation marble on the ends and four colored onyx columns. The glass is flat, dial ring is signed, and hands are the correct type. About 75% of a paper label remains on the back, signed metal opening cover, and inside is the 8 day signed brass movement that strikes a cathedral gong on half hours and hours. The case is not near perfect but is certainly passable. Ly-Seth Thomas #1598. $50-$100. 710. $50 Seth Thomas, Thomaston, Conn. mantel clock with adamantine finish, “Hussar”, ca 1904. Gilt ornaments over the 18 inch wide case. Etched designs over the front gold filled. It has ada-mantine columns, imitation marble adaman-tine on top and around the base. Flat glass over the signed original dial. Hands, signed metal back cover, pendulum, and inside items are all original. The 8 day movement strikes half hours on a Cathe-dral gong. Ly-Seth Thomas #1598. $75-$150. 711. $50 E. N. Welch Mfg. Co. Bristol. Conn. mantel clock, “Sharp Gothic”, ca 1885. The rosewood veneered case is 18.5 inches tall, has a few ve-

neer flakes on the base, left finial like the right finial but a lighter color, both finials tips are chipped. It has the original door latch, good painted tablet, both glasses are original, and complete label inside. The dial may have been repainted long ago, alarm movement in the base and it rings on a bell. The 8 day movement strikes on a coil gong. A nice clock for this minimum. Ly-Welch, page178. $50-$100. 712. $25 Wm. L. Gilbert Co. 8 day windmill mission clock, ca 1906. The case is oak, stands 19.5 inches tall and has a smooth Flemish Mission oak finish. The 8 day move-ment strikes on a gong half hours and hours. Originally it had an art print in natural colors. It now has a re-placed print of Holland tulips. It has brass numerals and hands and a pendulum and key. The 8 day brass move-ment is signed and running. Ly-Gilbert, page 359. $50-$100. 713. $50 Waterbury Clock Co. miniature grandfather clock, ca 1910. Walnut case is 14 inches high and very nice. All around the front edges is string inlay. Brass sash with a beveled glass over the signed dial and three original hands. The one day movement winds in the back and is running. $50-$150. 800. $25 Two Swiss Quartz “Movado” wristwatches. New or near new stock. Stainless band and case with colored ring around the bubble glass. Black/gray dial with no numbers. Tell time by hand placement. Back is signed, “All steel quartz water resist”. Running. Swiss Quartz “Movado” wristwatch, since 1881. This watch is new or near new stock. Stainless band and case, colored ring around the bubble dial. Typical of this company there are no num-bers on the dial you just tell time by the position of the gold hands over the blank gold dial. Running. $25-$50 801. $100 Rare pocket watch, dial is 1 5/8 inches, signed “Zenith”, Swiss made, Grand Prix Paris 1900. Engraved on the back, “Corps of Engineers / U. S. A. / No.13178”. The gold colored movement is signed, “Zenith / 17 Jewels / Prima / 2349181”. It is clean and running. I found identical watches for sale on EBay starting at $450. $100-$250. 802. $5 Framed picture for a watch shop. Inscribed on the reprint is, “Illinois Watch Co. Sales and Service, Author-ized Watch Inspector”. $10-$25. 804. $225 American Waltham Watch Co. S18, 17J 805. $200 Illinois Watch Co. Bunn Special, 17J, RR grade, lever set, S18. 806. $200 Timing and Repeating Watch Co. – Geneva 807. $195 Elgin Nat’l Watch Co. ca1887, grade 102, Model 2, Class

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5, size 18, 11 jewels, gold filled. 808. $650 Columbus Railway King, Columbus, Ohio, display mod-el, 17J, size 18 809. $450 Waltham Vanguard 23 Jewels. 810. $400 G.M.Wheeler, Elgin, U.S.A. 17J, Chevrolet emblem on the dial. 811. $425 Illinois Watch Co. Springfield Bunn Special, 21 Ruby Jewels, Size 18. 812. $450 Illinois Watch Co. Springfield, 21 Ruby Jewels, Bunn Special, Size 18. 813. $200 B. W. Raymond, Elgin, Ill. U.S.A. 18S, 19J, 20 year case. 814. $600 Hamilton Watch Co. Lancaster, Pa. G916, 16S, 17J, 14K solid gold. 815. $500 A.W.W.Co, Waltham, U.S.A. 14K, 17J, 16S. 816. $500 American Waltham Watch Co. 14K, Multicolor, 16S. 817. $525 Elgin Natl Watch Co. S16, 10K. 900. $1 “Calendar Clocks” by Tran Duy Ly. Covers 51 manufac-turers and inventors. 360 pages, new or near new. Includes price guide. 901. $1 “Waterbury Clocks & Watches”, by Tran Duy Ly. The books by Mr. Ly are a necessity for making good deci-sions about buying or selling clocks. 584 pages. In-cludes price guide. New or near new. 902. $1 “American Clocks, with a special section on Self-Winding Clocks”, by Tran Duy Ly. There are 336 pages and 1000 illustrations. Includes price guide. Book has been used. 903. $1 “Ingraham Clocks & Watches” by Tran Duy Ly, with a special section on Early Ingraham Clocks by Thomas J. Spittler. 384 pages, includes price guide. New or near new. 904. $1 “Ansonia Clocks & Watches”, by Tran Duy Ly. 752 pag-es and a price guide. Small tear on binding otherwise like new.

905. $1 “Longcase Clocks and Standing Regulators, Part 1: Machine Made Clocks”, by Tran Duy Ly. Hundreds of clocks made by 50 companies from several different countries. 504 pages and price guide. Like new. 906. $1 “Sessions Clocks”, by Tran Duy Ly. 336 pages and price guide. Like new. 907. $1 “Gilbert Clocks”, and “Gilbert Clocks Supplement”, by Tran Duy Ly. 448 pages in first book and 113 pages in Supplement. Includes price guide. Like new books. 908. $1 “New Haven Clocks & Watches, With a Special Section on New Haven Movements”, by Tran Duy Ly. 520 pages and price guide. Like new. 909. $1 “American Clocks, A Guide to Identification and Prices”, by Tran Duy Ly. 320 pages, hard back copy of one of his first books. 910. $1 “Clocks – The Smithsonian Illustrated Library of An-tiques”. A pictorial sampling of a wide variety of clocks. 128 pages, includes dust cover. 911. $1 “CLOCK Identification and Price Guide, Book 2”, by Roy Ehrhardt. For years his books were the only references I had to write up my clock auctions. At various times it still comes in handy. 198 pages. 912. $1 “Clock Identification and Price Guide, Book 3”, by Roy Ehrhardt. 203 pages of pictures and descriptions. 913. $1 “Clock Guide Identification with Prices”, by Robert W. Miller. 152 pages. 914. $1 “The Beginner’s Handbook – The Clock Repair Primer”, by Philip E. Balcomb. 150 pages, 144 illustrations by the author. 915. $1 “Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Company-1910”. A reprint of the company’s 1910 sales catalog showing the items the company had for sale in their five sales offices. 916. $1 12 clock company sales catalogs, some original, some reproduced by Tran Duy Ly. Some other books added in a housecleaning measure. 917. $1 Waterbury Clocks, History, Identification & Price Guide, by Tran Duy Ly, 1989 Edition.

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918. $1 Ansonia Clocks, A Guide to Identification and Prices, by Tran Duy Ly, 1989 Edition. 919. $1 The Beginner’s Handbook, The Clock Repair Primer, by Philip E. Balcomb. 920. $1 The Clock Repair First Reader, Second Steps for the Beginner, by Philip Balcomb. 921. $1 Survey of American Clocks, Calendar Clocks. Has pic-tures of some calendar clocks not found anywhere else. 922. $1 Investing in Clocks & Watches. 159 pages. 923. $1 A Treasury of American Clocks, by Brooks Palmer. 372 pages. 924. $1 Clocks & Watches, by Eric Bruton. 140 pages. 925. $1 Britten’s Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers, Sev-enth Edition. 518 pages. 926. $1 Questions and Answers, Clockmaking Profession. 240 pages. 927. $1 Time & Timekeepers, Including the History, Construction, Care, and Accuracy of Clocks and Watches. 616 pages. 928. $1 The Lure of the Clock, a history of clocks and watches. 120 pages. 929. $1 American Clocks and Clock Makers, with 400 illustrations. 930. $1 Clock Repairing as a Hobby, an how to guide for the begin-ner. 931. $1 Handbook of Watch and Clock Repairs. 175 pages. 932. $1 Repairing Antique Clocks, directed to the beginners. 232 pages.

933. $1 Modern Watch and Clock Repairing. 250 pages. 934. $1 Time & Timekeepers, Including the History, Construction, Care, and Accuracy of Clocks and Watches. 615 pages. 935. $1 Modern Clocks, Their Design and Maintenance. 195 pag-es. 936. $1 Clocks and Watches. Over 200 pictures, 140 pages. 937. $1 Complete Price Guide to Watches. Over 1075 pages of helpful information to identify watches. Prices ca 1995. 938. $1 Complete Price Guide to Watches. Over 1075 pages of helpful information. Ca 2004. 939. $1 Dictionary of Clocks and Watches, Eric Bruton. 200 pages. 940. $1 Complicated Watches. Hints for the repairman – must have a good memory, a steady sure hand, and a goodly portion of patience. 135 pages. 941. $1 Watch and Clockmaker’s Manual. Deals with various phas-es of repair and adjustments. 942. $1 Modern Watch Repairing and Adjusting. A practical help to watchmakers. 943. $1 The Story of Watches. Traces the development of watch-es over the centuries. 944. $1 The Clock Repairer’s Handbook. Devoted to solving clock problems. 945. $1 The Horolovar 400-Day Clock – Repair Guide, by Charles Terwilliger. 946. $1 Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers, with many illustra-tions. 947. $1 Advanced Watch and Clock Repair. Slightly advance for those who can take a movement apart and put it back

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together. Step by step thru different movements. 948. $1 Antique American Clocks and Watches. A reflection of societies changing styles. 949. $1 The Book of American Clocks by Brooks Palmer. More than 300 illustrations. 950. $1 Britten’s Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers. A reliable reference book for the novice, collector, and deal-er. 951. $1 Clocks, Pleasures and Treasures. Nearly 200 photos and illustrations. 952. $1 Clocks, by Cedric Jagger. Facts and myths of this inven-tion. 953. $1 The Watch Repairers’ Instructor. Helps beginners become accustomed to turning and filing. Many illustrations, 140 pages. 954. $1 Precision Time Measurers. Theory and mechanical laws governing timekeeping. 345 pages. 955. $1 British Clocks and Clockmakers. Tells story of the rise, decline and revolution of British horology. 956. $1 A Practical Course in Horology. General principles and practical repairing. 192 pages. 957. $1 Clocks and Their Value, with a unique chart of Thomas Tompion clocks. 144 pages. 958. $1 Abbott’s American Watchmaker and Jeweler. Directions for using all the latest tools, attachments and devices for watchmakers and jewelers. 400 pages. 959. $1 Timing Manipulations. Contains basic technical infor-mation which will add efficiency at the bench. 60 pages. 960. $1 Watch Repairing. Helps the beginner to develop manipula-tive skill in handling the delicate mechanism of a watch. 158 pages. 961. $1 Clocks and Watches. 400 line drawings to help the reader recognize general features of clocks and watches. 222 pages.

962. $1 The Big Ben Minute. The history and significance of the Big Ben Silent Minute Observance. Chimes at 9PM every night before the evening news. Began in 1941 during WWII. 76 pages. 963. $1 Vintage American & European Wrist Watch Price Guide 1987 Values. 75 pages. 964. $1 Abbott’s American Watchmaker and Jeweler. Complete directions for using all the latest tools, attachments and devices. (in 1898) Over 380 pages. 965. $1 Precision Time Measures. Mechanical laws governing the construction of timekeeping machines and their mainte-nance and repairs. 345 pages. 966. $1 Modern Methods in Horology. Practical information for young watchmakers. 253 pages. 967. $1 The Elements of Watchcraft. The natural divisions of time, months, weeks, year, civil time, hour circles, calendars, etc. 115 pages. 968. $1 Watch books of all kinds and descriptions mostly written in the 1800’s about watch repairing. A few of the books are historical in nature. About 30 books total. 969. $1 Clock books, dealing with repairing, some written over 100 years ago. About 12 books. 970. $1 Clock books of various types. There are some clock company catalogs, books about one clock maker, parts books, and human interest clock books. 971. $25 Set of three walnut finials for Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion” clocks, models 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. They were lathe turned over 35 years ago, copied from original finials. They are seasoned but you will need to stain, sand, and polish them. Indicate on the bid form if you want more than one set. You are not bidding, just buy-ing them. 972. $25 Lux “Old Cuckoo Style”. The bird bobs in and out of win-dow. This case is brown, 7.25 inches tall. $25-$50. 973. $25 Lux “Quail”. Bird bobs up and down as pendulum swings. $25-$50. 974. $25 Lux Quail. Same as #973. Both are very nice. $25-$50.

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975. $100 Hamilton Chronometer outer carrying box for a Model 21. It is 10 inches square, belt strap, box is like new. Not sure what the glass bowl is for, may be more valuable than the box. $100-$200. 976. Bags of clock keys sorted by sizes, types, and clockmakers. Minimum bids are $5 per bag unless otherwise stated. We believe there is a generous number of keys in each bag but if you feel you overpaid for the keys let me know and I will make it right. 976A. Old double end keys, various sizes. 976B. Size 3, double end. 976C. Size 4, double end. 976D. Size 5, double end and single end 976E. Size 6, double end. $1 minimum 976F. Size 7, double end. 976G. Size 4, double and single end. 976H. Size 7. Single end. 976I. Size 8, Single and double end. 976J. Size 9, Single end. $1 minimum 976K. Size 10, Single end. $1 minimum 976L. Size 11, Single end. $1 minimum 976M. Size 12, Single end. $1 minimum 976N. Size 14, Single end. $1 minimum 976O. Size 15, Single end. $1 minimum 976P. Waterbury signed keys. 976Q. French & English keys. $1 minimum 976R. New door keys. $1 minimum 976S. Foreign engraved keys, size 10. $1 minimum 976T. 5 Prong key gauges, 3 thru 12. 976U. German keys. 976V. Misc. keys. $1 minimum 977. $75 Hanging thermometer with a 9 inch round advertis-ing dial. The dial is signed, “Manufactured For / Simp-son, Hall, Miller & Co. / By The / Standard Thermome-ter Co. / Peabody, Mass.”. Note the dial registers to 40 degrees below zero and 150 degrees above zero. It has an 1880’s patent date, in a brass case, and seems to be accurate. $100-$200. 978. $250 Ansonia Clock Co. side pieces/statues, “Purity and Vanity”, ca 1904. I have sold a truck load of Ansonia statues but I have never had this pair. I would say they were never pictured in a Seth Thomas sales catalog for Tran Duy Ly has a recent photograph of the pair in his Seth Thomas book, not one he found in an old sales catalog. They are 22.25 inches tall and have been professionally refinished, now in excellent condition. Ly-Ansonia, page 683. $300-$500. 979. $250 Ansonia Clock Co. side pieces/statues, “Snowballing”, ca 1904. This is another pair I have never sold before. Both these sets of statues have been refinished and are “keepers”, if I only had a place to keep them. They are 19 inches tall and in excellent condition. Ly-Ansonia, page 666. $300-$500.

980. $75 Top ornament for mantle clocks, stands about 9 inch-es tall, has a good dark finish, and the animal/stool on which she sits is missing a piece off the rear leg. $75-$150. 981. $35 Rare Dutch iron doorstop, windmill standing 9 inches tall, has the original paint, and weighs 12 pounds. It will definitely hold the door open. $50-$100. 982. $50 Cast iron Southern Railway torch or lamp. It is 12 inch-es wide and 5.5 inches high. Inscribed on the side of this rare old piece is, “SO RY / EM 245”. The screw on cap on top has the same inscription. $50-$100. 983. $25 Walnut shelf, near new, in excellent condi-tion. It is 29 inches wide and 7 inches deep on top. Note the two hanging rings on top. $25-$50.

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714. $1500 Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Regulator No. 1 Extra”, ca 1860. The round 8 day movement in this clock was no doubt purchased from the creditors of the bankrupt Silas B. Terry clock company. When the Terry stock was depleted Seth Thomas began to use an 8 day rec-tangular movement. The wonderful 44 inch burled and rosewood case is clean and polished. There is some handling wear around the outer edge of the bezel and some small repairs, but otherwise the veneer and fin-ish is very nice. A gloss finish was put on the case and it may cover some imperfections that I do not recog-nize. The bottom glass is like the one pictured in Ly-Seth Thomas #844, movement pictured at #845, and the case at #844, $846, and #847. The original dial pan has been repainted, hands are correct, flat iron weight is correct, so are the wood stick and brass bob. Most of the original paper label remains on the two piece sliding partition that covers the weight chute. The lower door lock requires a male ended key to lock, and the key is with the clock. The clock has been well main-tained and not abused. Thirty years ago when I was almost as fool-ish as I am now, I ran ads asking if collectors would sell me their No.1 Extra’s. Strangely, most responses came from California with asking prices in the $4000-$6000 range. You can have this nice ex-ample at a much lower price. Ly-Seth Thomas, pages 271-273. $1500-$2000. 715. $1500 Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Regulator No. 1”, ca 1879. One of the first hanging regulators made by Seth Thomas. Many of the first weight regulators contained movements and other parts that Seth Thomas purchased from the defunct Silas B. Terry clock company. This clock has a solid round plate movement and is identical to the one pic-

tured in Ly-Seth Thomas #843-A. A few of the early “Regulator No. 1” clocks used a long iron weight that descended down the left side of the case. If this long weight is not original it is the type seen in a few other No.1 cases se have seen or sold. It would also have been proper to use a small round brass weight. We have seen them both used in the No. 1’s. The 34” walnut case has been polished/cleaned, has a furniture sheen finish, cor-rect glasses, brass bob, and gold painted wood stick. Excellent original signed dial and hands, bezel with side

lock, groove inside the case for weight to descend. There are no extra holes around the movement or dial, leading us to believe the clock is nearly perfect with only the weight in contention. We know of at least two recent sales of this model, and not nearly as nice, in the $4000-$5000 range. Ly-Seth Thomas, pages 269-271. $2000-$3000. 716. $4000 Large oval shaped cuckoo clock, ca 1865. The age of the clock was determined by examining the nice detail of the early carved wood bird sitting on a wood platform, the wire linkage, and the excep-tional carvings. Large deer head with carved wood antlers, carved dogs head and horn on the bottom, and fox and birds on the sides. All carvings are highly detailed and very intricately carved. It has a replaced backboard with an old gong. The movement has been cleaned and is working as it should. The case is about 32 inches high including antlers. There are some professional repairs to the broken antlers and

a few other carvings. Overall the cuckoo is in excellent condition. $5000-$7500. 717. $1000 Seth Thomas hanging clock, “Regulator No. 1”, ca 1879. This is a very rare model that has the single weight hang-ing on the left side. It is identical to their more common model that had the weight hanging in the center. The 8 day round movement was the early Silas B. Terry type with solid round plates. It is the same movement they used in their earlier No. 1 Extra cases. This veneered case is 34 inches, probably walnut but the graining on the bezel reminds me of rosewood. Overall the veneer and case are nice but you will find some small pieces missing especially on the very bottom where it is hard to see them. The screws holding the base to the case have wallowed loose and you will need to use larger screws or glue to hold it in place. The support board under the dial is missing, as is the label and oblong rectangular weight. Any round weight will work until you find a correct weight. I have included a label you can install in the case. All other parts are origi-nal, including dial, hands, movement, pendulum, beat scale, etc. I did not attempt to run the movement. The most recent sales of this model were in the $4000-$5000 range. Ly-Seth Thomas, pages 269-271. $1250-$1500. 718. $200 “Birge, Mallory & Co. / Bristol, Conn.”, triple decker clock, ca 1837-1843. The 8 day, two weight movement in this case is called a “strap frame”. The 38” high case is mahogany veneered and overall in good condition. There may be some veneer glue backs but I do not see any patching. Both doors, top and bottom, are beveled, or angled; both have brass escutcheons, key locks, but no key. I believe all three glasses were replaced many years ago. The splat top is probably a replacement but the ball feet, half columns top and bottom, and full turned middle columns are all original with good paint. The backboard is one solid piece of wood and the paper label covers two thirds of the back-board. The brass movement is signed, “BM&Co”, and it is complete, and we believe in condition to run, although we did not run it. There is no pendulum or weights. Good looking wood dial has a good amount of gold on the four corners and the rings around the numer-als. There is one stretch mark thru the middle, although not very bad at this point. “The Contributions of Joseph Ives to Connecticut Clock Technology, 1810-1862”, by Kenneth D. Roberts, page 263 particularly. $250-$400. 719. $425 “Mark Leavenworth / Waterbury, Connecticut”, ca 1824-1829. The paper label in this Pillar & Scroll case is about half gone but enough there to know the maker. It is a very nice mahogany veneered case in that the scrolls and base are original. One scroll tip has been bro-ken and repaired professionally. Certainly a good repair job, as it is hard to tell, especially from the front. I used a flashlight to find the repair. The case is 30.5” high, has excellent veneer all over, key lock without key, and ivory escutcheon. The brass finials are all replacements, the solid brass type that screw into the scroll top. Both glasses are held in place with new putty. The painted glass was done by Tom Moberg. The movement is com-

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plete and appears to be in running condition to strike the iron bell. The wood dial is very nice and shows normal aging for a 200 year old clock. Included are old iron weights and brass bob. $500-$750. 720. $175 “Birge, Mallory & Co. / Bristol, Conn.”, empire style column and cor-nice case with brass movement, ca 1837. This style Empire case pre-ceded the Seth Thomas style. The columns are round and slender, and the sleigh rails at the bottom are more slender and there are turned bun feet on the bottom. The very nice label covers two thirds of the backboard. Mahogany veneered case is 38” high and has good veneer all over but you can no doubt find a nick or repair. After all, it is 180 years old. Apparently, all three glasses are replacements; the painted glasses are definitely old but no doubt from another clock. There are two good door locks, brass escutcheons, and no key. Complete label, period hands, nice wood dial, no pendulum bob or weights and the coil gong is a replacement. It has a strap brass movement patented by Joseph Ives five years previously and signed, “BM&Co”. The 8 day, two weight movement is complete and operational. Reference: “NAWCC Bulletin Supplement 18 by Lee H. Davis, pages 40-42 for this case and movement. $200-$400. 721. $475 Seth Thomas “Parlor Calendar No.4”, ca 1870’s. Another fine clock from a large collection we have been selling for sev-eral auctions. This early calendar clock is 25” high and one of their first they made that did not have the box look. The case is polished walnut, all origi-nal, clean and polished yet retaining its rich original walnut shade. It has nice case designs, door lock on the side, and two original glasses. It has both labels inside, the one on the door indicates it was sold in the 1870’s. The white label is behind the calendar movement. Both dials have the original paint, the bottom is very good with very little fading but does have a couple of paint chips. The top has no paint chips. The hands, calendar rollers, brass bell, and pendulum, all look to be original to the clock except the calendar hand is a replace-ment. 8 day time and striking upper movement is signed and run-ning, calendar movement was operating when we took it from his home. This model has historically had a high book value and was $1500 over ten years ago. Ly-Calendar #629. $500-$750. 722. $400 Seth Thomas Clock Co. wall clock, “Umbria”, ca 1894. Oak case is 40 ½” high, has been lightly cleaned but there is still remnants of craz-ing and smoke in the grooves and joints. Actually the wood is dark enough to be mistaken for walnut. The case is com-plete and nice except for a tiny piece missing on the base. Both glasses are old, two door locks on the side, original signed dial with considerable chips. It has three correct hands, original brass bob, wood stick, and brass beat scale. The brass movement runs eight days and strikes on a Cathedral gong. Nice clock with a heavy duty movement that should give you a lot of good ser-vice. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 320. It used to sell for $2000. $500-$750. 723. $75 Ansonia Clock Company tambour Westminster chiming clock, “Sonia No. 1”, ca 1928. The 23 inch wide mahogany case is very clean and original. It has full Westminster chimes, cord strike, and a self adjusting feature that brings the chimes and time into unison. The

six inch silver plated dial has recessed numerals and a spirit level. The glass is beveled and con-vex, sash is dull gold. It has a chime silencer con-cealed behind the glass in the mat. The silver dial shows normal wear where fingers rubbed when turning hands. Ly-Ansonia, pages 429-430. $100-$200. 724. $100 English gallery clock sporting an 8 day chain fusee movement. The oak case is 14.5” in diameter, very nice overall, and in the English fashion the round top is held to the movement box with pegs. There is a door in the bottom to access the pendulum and a side door on the right side. It has a heavy brass bezel, flat glass, painted iron dial and a pair of period/correct hands. The dial paint has been strengthened where paint was worn. The makers name, “Thwattes & Reed / Clerkenwell”, painted on the dial was also strength-ened. The company was in business from 1817-1842 so this is no late blooming clock and has been around a long long time. The chain fusee movement is time only. The suspension appears to be broken. The heavy brass pendulum is correct for that period and we believe original to this clock. $150-$300. 725. $350 Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. shelf calendar clock, “No.10 Farmer’s”, ca 1880. Walnut case is 25” high, has been cleaned and polished, but some smoke is still hanging on, in places. It looks good, has all its original parts and pieces except the ornate top that has been replaced. Even the old dials are original. The two movements are original and functional, running, striking a coil gong, and calendar changing. The pendulum is satisfactory and runs the clock. Ly-Calendar #346. $$400-$600. 726. $100 French Morbier, 8 day, bell strike, crown wheel escapement and an

early type folding pendulum. The movement is enclosed in a metal box with latching doors on each side, and iron bell on the top. The pressed brass dial surround features a male flute player on the top left and a lady on the right he is trying to impress. As you know the brass surround is as thin as paper, easily bent and after 150 years of travels and handling has been bent and straightened numerous times. Convex porcelain dial is 10 inches, has numerous hairlines and a porcelain repair around the right time arbor. There is a nice pair of brass hands with stars at the points. There are painted flowers on the unsigned dial.

The movement is operating and strikes half hours, the number of hours on the hour, and repeats the hours two minutes after the hour. It comes with a winding crank, folding brass pendulum, and is mounted to a wood board. Although we show weights we can’t seem to find them, so assume it will come without. $100-$200. 727. $100 Herschede Hall Clock Co. Cincinnati, Ohio, Model 20 of their Pendu-lum Westminster Mantle Chime Clock series. Complete paper label on the back door, signed 8 day solid plate movement, signed brass dial, and serial number underneath. As you know Herschede was known for producing excellent clocks. The 21 inch mahogany case is clean and all original. It has a beveled glass in the sash, very nice nickel dial with raised brass numerals and original hands. The solid plate movement runs 8 days and strikes Westminster chimes on 5 rods. $150-$300.

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728. $400 Ansonia Clock Co. “Standard Regulator”, ca 1920. Beau-tifully polished dark mahogany case in excellent original condition, apparently not cleaned in recent times. The special thing about this clock is its originality and being very clean as though it has hung in a nice clean home for 95 years. This clock is typical of a great many made by the major companies during this time period, 8 day, time only, one weight, and 37” long. The brass weight, pendulum bob, beat scale, and bezel, are all clean and polished. There is a very nice signed metal dial, and correct hands. Ly-Ansonia #643. Booked for $1250 a few years ago. $500-$750. 729. $450 Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Regulator No. 2”, ca 1890. Pol-ished oak case, 36” high. Cleaned of most all smoke, remnants still in the cracks. Both glasses are original, complete original label inside, and the base has all the little buttons that are so often missing. Brass bob and wood stick, brass pulley, and brass beat scale. The painted dial is nice but if it was repainted it was several years ago. Correct hands, small dial screws, and a clean and running 8 day weight movement. The movement is signed with the ST logo. It is mounted to a typical iron back plate. Everyone needs at least one No. 2. Ours hangs in the kitchen and I bought it back when they were selling for over $2000. Ly-Seth Thomas, pages 274-278. $500-$750. 730. $450 Black Forest Cuckoo clock movement imported to the United States where the cases were made and sold by the American Cuckoo Clock Co. Philadelphia, Pa. about 1900. This large case is 25 inches tall, original and very dark having never been cleaned. The three weight movement runs one day and strikes on the coil gong one time at 15 minutes after the hour. 2 times at 30 af-ter, etc. On the hour it also sounds the cuckoo’s. It was put in good running condition by the previous owner. Note the near complete label on the backboard. The movement is not signed. $500-$750. 731. $225 “Orton, Preston & Co. / Farmington, Conn.”, 8 day wood works, half column and splat, ca 1835-1837. The mahogany veneered case is a tad over 35” tall, all wood parts in place, the splat has lost some of its height. The veneer is very good and you may find a couple of tiny edge or corner nicks, no re-pairs are evident anywhere. There are two door locks with ivory escutcheons but no key, and both glasses have been replaced. The label is sparse but Orton is there. The dial is dark, there are old hands, the gong or bell is missing, and there are no weight cords, weights or pendulum. Obviously needs restoration or could be used for parts. 8 day movements do not come around every day. $250-$400.

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