ABSOLUTE AUCTION OF REAL ESTATE,
VEHICLES & QUALITY ANTIQUES
Estate of Lawrence “Larry” Wright
Prominent Cortland Businessman (Wright-Beard Funeral Home)
No Minimums • No Reserves
All Sold Absolute to Settle Estate
SATURDAY, 10 JUNE – 10 AM (PREVIEW AT 9 AM)
83 West Main Street – City & County of Cortland, NY
Location: 3± mi. south on NYS Route 281 from I-81 Exit 12; left at first traffic light onto West Main Street.
Signs Posted – Sale in Tent w/Chairs – Lunch Available.
—REAL ESTATE—
REAL ESTATE SELLING AT 10 A.M.: Beautiful two-story home in outstanding condition on 60± ft. by 146± lot. Contains living room, dining room, fireplace, kitchen with all appliances, two baths (one with a Swedish teak multi-person sauna), three bedrooms, full basement, large rear deck, front porch. There’s also a one-car garage, paved driveway, and a storage shed. See Real Estate photos.
REAL ESTATE OPEN HOUSE: Saturday, June 3 AND Wednesday, June 7, from 4 to 6 pm, or call 607-592-8879 (Traci Leonard, NYS Licensed Real Estate Salesperson) for appointment.
REAL ESTATE TERMS: 15% down day of auction, balance at closing in 30-45 days; Warranty Deed. Standard 10% Buyer’s Premium added to final bid and included in purchase price. Property sold “as is.” Bidder Packet available at Open House, by request online, or via mail by calling 607-836-6616.
Furniture: Drop-leaf Duncan Phyfe mahogany table, pair of drop-leaf one-drawer stands; Butler’s table w/pear drop pulls; selection of antique dressers including walnut w/fruit pulls; cherry slant-top desk; Pair of ”like new” high-back upholstered arm chairs; child’s Birdseye Maple rocker; 1860’s spinning “walking” wheel; Victorian carved -weave back piano chair w/claw & ball feet; Victorian marble top table; needlepoint rocker, platform rocker, Victorian side tables; several Ogee mirrors in various sizes; Early Primitive dove-tail blanket chest; rope-leg side table; pair Early Shaker ladderback chairs; needlepoint foot stools, and much more! See Furniture photos
Textiles: Fabulous collection of antique quilts, including a museum-quality PA Appliqué Tulip Quilt; exquisite hand-crocheted coverlets; indigo & white Jacquard coverlet signed by maker; doilies, table runners, tatted tablecloths, silk piano shawl, Victorian clothing, Victorian parasols, children’s clothing; lace, museum-quality flapper dress; hats, silk bonnets, hankie collection; 1882 Mourning Sampler. Too much to list! See Textile photos
Glassware, Pottery & Stoneware: Perfume bottle collection, including Czech; extensive EAPG including compotes, berry set, large Stangl cockatoo figurine; 1886 Duffy malt liquor bottle, Bristol Glass dresser bottles & vases; Ruby Glass, Green Depression, knife rests, Missisquoi Springs bottle, antique oil lamps, Weller pottery, English Ironstone wash set; English Chintz bowl, tons of pottery planters, selection of crocks, including blue-decorated Homer NY; lamp prisms, Noritake luncheon set; opalescent pitcher, large Cranberry Swirl pitcher; etched water set, and much more! See Glassware photos
Accessories, Silver & Miscellaneous: Souvenir spoons & rack; Napco Lady Head vase; extensive ephemera including Historical Cortland Scrapbooks & Advertising; Johnstown Flood, Marathon Food, Cortland Normal School Scrapbooks & Photos; 1800s Cortland history books w/full engravings; post cards & albums, Audubon bird prints; framed art work, large stamp collection including first-day Covers; presidential prints, sheet music, early woodworking planes & tools, Victorian greeting cards, cast-iron door stops, Castor sets; extensive silver plate collection, Peterson prints; clocks, including large oak Regulator & cast-iron MOP inlay; Katherine Milhous prints, pyrography, Daguerreotypes in full Union cases, Eames-era retro floor ashtray, carved soapstone, Melmac Confetti dinner set, Salesman Sample Iron, Firkins, large selection of sewing items, including patterns, buttons, & accessories; binoculars, Keder Khan & Masonic Fraternal Pins, Victorian jewelry, Victorian magazine rack, Fretwork box. Too much to list! See Miscellaneous/Special photos
Extra Special!!!: Extensive 1930’s Shirley Temple collection, including Character Doll, Trunks, MIB Clothing, Paper Dolls, Scrapbooks, Sheet Music, Books, and tons of Accessories; early Effanbee Patsy Jr, doll w/trunk, clothing, & accessories, PLUS a 1985 El Camino (52K orig. miles, 305 engine, a collector's dream) AND a 1995 Caprice Classic Station Wagon. See Miscellaneous/Special photos
Auctioneer’s Note: Collections of this magnitude don’t come along often. Antique enthusiasts will not want to miss this sale!!
