Upcoming Sale

ESTATE SALE

1/2 CENTURY

Of  MY  PERSONAL COLLECTIONS

HELD IN MY HOME (Owner of Millchell, inc.)

IN THE FAIRMOUNT HISTORIC DISTRICT

2112 LIPSCOMB  FORT WORTH 76110

FRIDAY February 9th – SATURDAY February 10th &

MONDAY February 12th  Please Note: We Won’t even try to compete with the Super Bowl

so…We Won’t Be Open on Sunday But Be Sure & C0me Back on Monday FOR Mark-Downs 

10 AM – 5PM Daily (No Early Birds)

 ARE YOU READY FOR ROUND III ?

 ENJOY THE PLEASURE OF SHOPPING IN A HOME SETTING OF THIS DIMENSION

Some of  The Things in the Photos Have Sold , but Not to Worry. We’ve been adding to THIS  Sale w/ more FUN Collectibles Etc.

FOR NOW…ENJOY THE PHOTOS AND THEN BRING YOUR CREDIT CARDS TO THE SALE!

No one that I have spoken with has ever seen this Quilted Mother of Pearl Satin Glass that is Silver Mounted

These Finely Detailed Birds & Flowers are Simply the Best They were Created by Marshall Boehm

There were Just a Few of the Special Leather Bound Portraits on Porcelain

From Italy 19th Century

Also a Few of the Miniature Portraits – That’s a Gorgeous Royal Worchester Factory Hand Decorated Vase

There’s a Lot of Interesting “Finds” in the Cases

Like This Small Collection of Fine Sabino Glass

And More of  “Have to Have’s”

This Really Tall Silver Plate Lamp Looks much Better Polished !

And So Does This 9 Pc Victorian Tea, Coffee and Everything Else Set

This is the Base of the Big Round Table Holding  That 9 Pc Set

The “Duncan Phyfe Stile is American Empire w/ Paw Feet Sure Looks & Feel Better

Than The Broken Horse Hair 

Here’s a few Nice Vintage Items…..

Ask Me About the Story of the Glass Beaded Lamp Shades

This Art Nouveau Lighted Display Cabinet of Mahogany w/ Leaded Stained Glass Was Made by Liberty In London and The Matching Pcs. in the Set Can be Seen in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London!

The Rooster Head Car Mascot by Lalique is Beautiful but Not Old

This Really Is Fabulous but Looks Much Better In Person!

We  Believe that it Is an Unsigned Piece By Steuben

The Beautiful Peg Lamps Frames a Special Art Nouveau Clock. It has Leaded & Beveled Glass Door, The Pendulum has An Art Nouveau Embossed Design and The Weights Also Match ! It Just Needs n Escapement Spring(That’s the Dingle-Dangle that Holds The Pendulum

A Special Collection of “Gold” Handled Parasols & Canes. The Silk Fabric will NOT Protect You from The Sun or a Shower!

This Little Clock w/ Gold Capped Columns Runs Like a Rabbit w/ It’s Tail On Fire

When The RACOONS Got into The House a While Back, The Globe on

This Bagpiper Lamp Was One of the Many Casualties !

 

This is an Outstanding Bracket Clock by Smith, London. It Has 3 Chiming Methods (Bells, Chimes, Etc.It is So Heavy That I Coulldn’t Lift it!

This Special Antique Arm  Chair has Great Carved Arms Terminating w/ Eagle Heads

Basically a Queen Ann On Steroids !

Detail of Chair Arms

An All Brass Wall Mount Chandelier Once Belonged to Kay Star & Was In Her Living Room

When We Bought Our First Longcase Clock The Wood was So dry you could Carry It Off w/ One Arm! Several Coates of Tru Oil Fixed That. The Figured Mahogany Case I Beautiful. He Runs & Keeps Time It Has a Loud Bell. The Unseen Pendulem Is Simple but Poly Chrome Painted. He’s Scottish And is From About 1840s

This is a Beautiful Example of Sragumines Porcelain

There’s a Lot of Sheet Music w/ Great Grahics

You Can Hardly See The Beautiful Blue & White Vase for all The Great Flowers

The Top Portion of a Neary 8 ft Hall Tree. The Base Has One Drawer, Marble Surface and

Original Shell Design Drip Pans

Here’s The Base  & A Little Black Top

An Antique 4 Drawer, Bow-Front Sheritan Style Chest w/ Marble Top

One of a Matched Pair of Vintage Torchiere Floor Lamps

Great Style is This Acrylic on Canvas is By Chris Burkholder of Palastine Texas and Is Entitled “Afernoon I”

We Have one Other of Chris’ works  in this Sale

One of a Pair that was Made to Fit the Antique Gas Globes that was Supposedly from The Manhatten Vanderbuilt Home.

A Custom Shade Graces A Vintage Carved Mahogan Floor Lamp

Detail of The Carving on The Floor Lamp

Another Kind of Bracket Clock. This One is by Gustov Becker In Oak Case. (Needs a Little Chiming Adjustment.) It is Flanked by A Small Group of Vintage Door Stops

A Beautiful, Small Antique  “D”RollTopDeskw/Lots of StorageAnd… Here is the Interior

A Matched Pr of Antique Oil on Canvas Portraits.

Both in Great Condition w/ Near Perfect Frames.

A Very Old Hand Written Note on Paper On Back of Her Image:

 “Capt. (Sea) Amos Hollowell & Wife Abigail of Portland Maine Painted in 1840 – Attrib.to William Matthew Pryor”

A Pretty Bunch of Roses in Pierced Silver Plate w/ Pr of Crystal Lusters

A Little French Ebanized Lighted Display w/ Ormolu and Gree Marble Top

Also A Matched Pr Of Small Art Nouveau Metal Side Chairs by Either McIntosh or Voysee~

A Mid-Victorian Open Arm Chair w/ Needlepointed Seeat & Back


A Nice Collection of “Cosmos” An Antique Pattern glass by Consolidated Glass Co.

Nice Mid-VIctorian Versatile Table w/ Figured Flame mahogany body on Carved Cabriolle Legs & Marble Top (Has a Little “Bite” out of the Marble)

Incredible ! Coralene A CORALENE!! Window ! The Only One We’ll Ever See!

Coralene is made up of Literally Millions of Tiny Colored Glass Beads Fused to a Glass panel To Form a

Standing Portrait of Christopher Columbus This Was Created for the Chicago World’s Fair “The Columbian Exabition” of 1893

Usually, Coralene are Little Beads Assembled To Resemble A  Branch of Coral On the Side of a Small 3-4 Inch Vase

The Pr. of These Little Victorian Chairs Have the Busts of Romeo & Juliet Carved into The Back Crests

Thought To Be By Hunzinger

Here’s The Brass Bridge Lamp w/ Custom Crimson Beaded Shade Everyone in the Firs Sale Wanted!

These 7 Decanters are All Baccarat CrystalThis Group is NOT…But Nice

This Is Mercury Glass “Gazing” Ball  and Below a Mercury Galss Plateau

 

This Wonderful, Massive, English silver Plate Punch Bowl Belonged to Amon G. Carter !

The Oversized Mirrored Silver Plate Plateau Is Not Old

This Shows The Dining Room Ensemble w/ Pr of 5 Light Silver late Candelabras. The China that “Looks Like” Dresden is Actually Nrtake “Irvington” a Complete Service for 12 w/ 12 7 Pc Place Settings & 8 Service Pieces

The China Cabinet (Not  For Sale) Holds the rest of the China + 12Cranberry Glass Salad Plates,

Pieces of Steuben And Baccarat & Decorative Plates

Strictly American is This Tilting Water Pitcher w/ Drip Pan and Goblet (In Restoration)

This on The Other Hand Is Strictly Antique Early Sheffield Plate

A Little Later (still an antique) Is a British Bacon Server Complete w/ Tray for Catching any Dripings

Not Quite Matching are These Handsom Antique Sheffield Wine Or Ice Coolers

This Divided Supper Dish is 1st Period Sheffield (1790-1820)

A Matched Pr of Figured Mahogany George III Cabinets

A “Wag-On-Wall” Clock. Not To Many of These Have Kept their Pine Bodies Hense the Name

This Example has kept his Student Body But Runs Well & Keeps Great Time. It Bell Chimes on Hour & Repeats on 2 Minutes After

 

I was Wrong in The Last Sale about this “Batchelor’s Chest. The Drawers are Really Doors , The Top is Hinged and Opens as Well A Complete BOSE System is on Top It Has Sub Woofer, Controller w/ CD Player, 4 Directional & 1 Center Speakers, (Wires)

“A Farm Scene”

Acrylic on Panel byRebeccaBaker w/ Artist Info on Back

 

“Country Girl”

Acrylic on Canvas by Robert Duncan

So  Warm & Inviting, It makes You to Flee To the Country

Here’s The Other Example of Chris Burkholder’s Work Again, A Lanscape Study II

I Love The Technique !

Here’s an Old Oil on Canvas w/ No Signature Found. It Needs Cleaning & A Small Hole Repaired. 

 

 

Last but Certainly Not Least !

These Factory Hand Painted Wavecrest Wall Plaques have Recoco Metal Frames And are Considered RARE!