Collectors | Day 1 | January 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Live auction by Alderfer Auction

Starts Jan 28, 2026 10:00 AM EST

Day 1 of the Collectors Auction brings together coins, bullion, currency, watches, jewelry, medals, books, historical ephemera, furniture, and rugs from multiple established collecting fields. Coins and bullion form a central portion of the auction and include a 14k 1893 $10 Liberty Head Gold Coin Bracelet, along with $5 gold bullion coins, 1/10 oz gold bullion pieces, and mixed groupings of U.S. silver coins. Additional numismatic-related lots include gold coin jewelry and supporting U.S. coin material. Jewelry offerings consist primarily of gold pieces and include the Liberty Head coin bracelet, 14k yellow gold bracelets, 14k yellow gold diamond rings, opal bracelets, and gold earrings, offered as individual lots and small groupings. Watches are well represented with both pocket watches and wristwatches. Highlights include a Howard 14k pocket watch with fob, along with wristwatches by TAG Heuer, Itraco, Dunhill, Julien d’Orcel, and Krieger, including automatic movements, chronographs, and calendar complications. Medals and commemoratives include multiple sterling silver issues from the Franklin Mint, including Presidential Commemorative medals, UN Peace medals, First Ladies of the United States medals, and a sterling silver Norman Rockwell Christmas plate. Imperial Russian silver is also included. Collection of collectible antiquarian books including books about Napoleon, Cruikshank illustrated books, various books with fore-edge paintings including a rare 1690 English Bible, Poetry book with double fore-edge painting, American related fore-edge paintings. Fine binding and autographed antiquarian books. Collection of American Revolution engravings by Habermann. Autographs of Henry Clay and Theodore Roosevelt. Travel/pocket maps of the Kansas territory, Wisconsin, Illinois and Pennsylvania. 19th century photography, Civil War photography and ephemera, movie star photographs, and other historical items. Historical ephemera includes a Civil War archive of Hospital Steward Jacob M. Stoever of the 56th Pennsylvania Infantry, along with Pennsylvania banknotes, local currency, CDV photograph albums, Civil War–era documents, and map collections. Furniture appears as a significant component and includes a Hepplewhite maple slant-front desk, a mahogany handkerchief card table, Eldred Wheeler hand-crafted dressing tables, and multiple pieces by L. & J.G. Stickley, including a Queen Anne oval lamp table, secretary desk, and sofa table. Rugs and carpets are represented by a strong selection of handwoven examples, including multiple Persian Heriz rugs, a Persian Sarouk carpet, a Persian Kerman carpet, a Persian Hamadan rug, a Persian Kashan silk prayer rug, an Oriental silk rug, a Caucasian Sewan Kazak rug, a Caucasian Shirvan pictorial rug, and a Northwest Persian carpet. The Novelty section features a Mills quarter slot machine, a Bally Midway Ms. Pac-Man Cocktail arcade game, railroad signs, a painted sleigh, and an early 20th c. Blue Streak child’s pedal car. Sliding scale buyer’s premium for each lot 25% | $0–50,000 23% | $50,001–250,000 21% | $250,001–1,000,000 19% | $1,000,001+ Preview | Hatfield, PA In-House with No Appointment Necessary Monday, January 26th | 9AM – 3PM ** EXTENDED PREVIEW ** Tuesday, January 27th | 9AM – 7PM Condition Report Requests | alderferauction.com/condition-report Read Before Bidding | Live Online Auctions Auction is open for pre-bidding until Wednesday, January 28th at 10AM, at which time pre-bidding will cease and the auction will go live at the auction center (no live audience, just our auctioneer and auction staff). When the auction goes live, lots will be sold one at a time, in numerical order, by a live auctioneer who will be taking bids from multiple online bidding platforms, absentee and phone bids. During pre-bidding you are able to submit a max (maximum) bid. The bidding platform or our auction staff will bid on your behalf up to the maximum bid that you have entered. Once the auction goes live if you wish to increase your bid you will have to wait until that lot opens for bidding and enter any additional bids manually. Pick-Up Successful Bidders will be notified to schedule a pick-up following the auction. Schedule your pick-up with Alderfer Auction by following this link: https://booking.appointy.com/alderferauction. Customers must schedule or inform Alderfer Auction of pickup or ship date and time, within fifteen (15) business days after the auction closes. On the sixteenth (16) business day, the buyer will incur a storage fee of $5.00 per day up to the 60th day at which point the product will be considered abandoned despite payment status and without notification. Please see Terms and Conditions for full details. Pick-Up Location Alderfer Auction 501 Fairgrounds Road Hatfield, PA 19440 Shipping Third party shipping is available for this auction. 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