Great One Owner Eclectic Auction

Great Tarzan & Conan Collection * Pop Culture incl: Comics, Pulps, Paperbacks & Sci Fi * Lifetime book collection - Thousands of books, most first editions with dust jackets, some autographed. This is a special collection, lovingly assembled by the owner over many decades, incl. Special art books, old and new mystery novels, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Many first and early edition sci fi * An Excellent Collection of Asian Art * Persian/Oriental/Afghan rugs of various sizes * Fountain Pen Collection * Massive Record Collection featuring Classical, World Music & More in pristine condition * Artwork incl. Dali * Early 20th Century Chinese Antiques *  Glassware, China, & Porcelain Collectibles * Jewelry * Mass Media- DVDS, VHS, CDs, etc. * Electronics* Many Items of Interest!

Thursday March 21st @ 10:30am

Preview Wed March 20th noon to 4pm and 8am auction day

There will be another auction taking place at 9:30 in the same building of  historic costumes & garments

5121 E. Michigan Ave., Tipton, Michigan  49287

Directions: Take Michigan Ave (US-12) to Auction. The Auction is West of Clinton MI and East of Brooklyn and Onsted MI. The auction is on the South side of US 12 - look for signs. Tipton is located in the Irish Hills area

Personal Property List:

Technology and Electronics

Several real to reels including AKAI GX – 220D, AMPEX Model 1461, JVC for RD – 1406, nice selection of classical real to reels incl. Middle String, Quartets, Beethoven, Bach, Serenade for Strings, Brams, Hayden, and much more! MGA Mitsubishi TV, Flatscreen, several speakers including Marantz, Jensen, subwoofer, tower speakers, other electronics including Marantz stereo/tuner model ST340, Sanyo, RDW 310, Pioneer, Sony, JVC receiver, video processors, color processors, etc.

Mass Media- DVDS, VHS, CDs, etc. 

Nice selection of DVDs incl. action adventure, drama, TV series, many main titles and series incl. Twilight, Secret Agent, Angel, Buffy, and more. Large selection of VHS tape incl. Hercules, The City, Dressed to Kill, the Saint, Casanova, Popeye, Robocop, etc..

Section of CDs including mostly classical, jazz, instrumental, world- artists incl. Louis Armstrong, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Bird, etc.

Tarzan Collection 

Fantastic Tarzan collection incl. ephemera, books, posters, comics, figures, collector cards, Dell Comics, Big Little Books, autographed 8x10s, Near complete run of Tarzan Dell comics in series, 1953 Tarzan and the She Devil 3D collector cards (Series 1-2) 1966 Philadelphia Gum Tarzan cards, worlds greatest superheroes Mego Tarzan in box, clay 1930’s Tarzan premiums, various Tarzan comics incl. Golden Key, DC Dell, Marvel, etc. The Best of all the Tarzans 1953 and she devil theatre poster, Edger Rice Burroughs Tarzan In Color Hogarth 18 Volume set, fantastic selection of older Tarzan Books incl. The new adventures of Tarzan pop-up, vintage books with dust jackets, Tarzan to the Rescue game, Tarzan figure, and more!

Vintage Book Collection:

Several nice copies and various limited edition books by early Tarzan artist J Allen St. John incl. The Drawings of J Allen St. John, grandmaster of adventure, grandmaster of fantasy, paintings of J Allen, St. John. And more! 

Antique Furniture and Rugs: 

Furniture incl. Nemschoff mid century modern chairs, marble top tables, two tier end tables, (2) pedestal parlor tables, (2) Whatnot corner shelves, nice selection of vintage lamps, nice variety of rugs of various colors and designs including Khorasan, hall runners, and more! 

Outdoor & Stoneware:

Small selection of outdoor decor & statues including. stoneware Aphrodite statue, stoneware bench with matching planters, decorative stoneware planter, and (3) stoneware pillars on bases.

Fantastic Collection of Fountain Pens

Great collection of Vintage (1920’s-50’s) fountain pens including. Many 14 k gold tipped pens, some pencils, etc. many of them sold in small lots, some with original boxes- brands including. Sheaffer’s, Parker, Eversharp, Waterman, Esterbrook, Conklin, E Faber, Onward and more! Many pearl and black plastic, tiger, eye, electroplated, metal wahl pen, sapphire, big red, hardened plastic, calligraphy sets and much more!

Jewelry, Items of Interest, etc.

Coral and Amber necklaces, Louis Vuitton Tennis Racket cover, nice selection of stereopticon cards with viewer, Wine sifter, Vintage Gemstone world globe (lapis lazuli), Victorian Copy of a Renaissance Era Athena Shield, large wooden buda statue and two small wooden Buddha, Star wars themed chess board, Nixon republican and democrat chess board, etc. 

Pop Culture & Comic Books:

Comic books incl. Strange Tales, Nick Fury, Shield, Flash Gordon, Sword of Sorcery, Dr. Seuss books incl. the 500 hats etc. including Fantastic Adventures, Amazing Stories, Fantastic Novels, Argosy, Physical Culture, Correct Eating, etc. Pop culture figures including Raven, Vampirella, Danger Girl, Lady Death, Fakk 2, Tomb Raider, Dawn, Witchblade, and more!

Glassware, China, & Porcelain Collectibles:

China incl. 1993 Illy collection, pug collection, pewter face mugs, decorative picture frames, bookends, small variety of porcelain figures, Asian pottery vases cups glasses, etc. Waterford crystal, Rosenthal, etc. Sancai Style Tricolor Glazed Dromedary Camel Ceramic Pottery, Italian lady candle stick holder, large black ceramic horse with jugs, etc. Chinese pottery incl. blue and white porcelain vase, Burton toile cut out top vase, asian monkey vase, antique Chinese brass Cloisonné, and speckled ceramic vase, vintage large lotus koi fishbowl planters with   Chinese crane and peacock designs, and more! 

Fantastic Book Collection:

Large curated book collection including science fantasy, fantasy, mystery, antique books, big art related section, pop culture, and much more! Books will be sold in lots includes a large Modesty Blaze Collection, including first edition and signed limited additions, John McDonald books, Lots of popular authors, including Tony Herman James Lee Burke, Jane Langston, Dan Brown, Robert B Parker, Patricia Cornwall, Michael Conley, Jon Sanford, Nevada Bar, the Twilight series, and hundreds of others! 

Nice selection of Conan books & related including several first editions with dust jackets and lots of other Robert E Howard books

Artwork Related: 

Salvador Dali Les Indolents Nude Divine Comedy Woodcut Engraving Purgatory 3, Salvador Dali DON QUIXOTE Plate Signed Restrike Etching, framed Chinese calligraphy poems, Chinese calligraphy scrolls, chinese paper cutting art

traditional chinese watercolor/ calligraphy landscapes, floral, figural, and bird paintings, 1990s Print-Carl Barks/DISNEY Uncle Scrooge-Til Death Do Us Part 372/495, Phryne at the Festival of Poseidon print, print of Jean Pierre Simon’s Titania and Bottom with the Ass’s Head print, Orientalist Gravure Scene of Turkish Women Dancing in the Harem, Luigi Crosio, The Four Philosophers: Justus Lipsius, Hugo Grotius, Peter Paul Rubens, and Philip Rubens, Characters and Caricatures (engraving) print, and Pancratiastae print, woodcut engraving print of Portrait of Albrecht Dürer, 1527, l'automne female ceramic sculpture, and more!

Massive Record Collection:

Massive curated record collection incl. 40 boxes of approx. 3000+ records incl. mostly instrumental, orchestra, opera, jazz, blues, world music, spoken word, and much more! Artists includes Boch, Beethoven, Mozart, Orff, Hayden, etc. Later artists incl. Elvis, Ray Charles, Dean Martin, Sanatra, Heart, Christopher Cross, etc. Books incl. Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, The Hobbit, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Davy Crocket, and more! Several boxed sets incl. John Sebastian Bach, Giants of Jazz, etc.

Early 20th Century Chineses Antiques: 

Early 20th Century Chinese Bronze Bird Figure- two part design depicting songbird in tree, Chinese Earthenware foo dog with multicolor turquoise brown glaze- 7” tall, Pair of 20th Century Chinese Lavender hardstone vases 7 ¾” tall, (3) Japanese bronze 20th Century multi-colored vases 9 ½” tall, Chinese Agate Figure of Guan Yin 20th century miniature carved figure 5 ¼” tall, Chineses Carnelian Figure of Guan Yin 5 ¾” tall, Chineses hardstone Fiural Group of sow and (4) Piglets, 4 ½” tall, Chinese Dark Green hardstone covered Vessel 6 ¾” tall, 20th Century Chinese hardstone Covered Vase with scrolled silver inlay base 91/4” tall, etc.

 Note form our seller: The size and quality of this large estate reflects the eclectic interests of its owner, a 78 year old
gentleman whose interests range from music of every type and genre, to thousands of books to
fountain pens to trading cards and comic books, to fine Asian arts, to Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
to all things Tarzan related, and so much more. He is a confirmed autograph-seeker, so look for
hidden autographs buried in the auction lots. He also took meticulous care of his collection, so
damaged pieces will be few and far between. Enjoy the hunt!

10% Buyers Premium * Cash, Check, or CC (add 3%) with I.D.

Questions? Call David Helmer 734.368.1733

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