Rare Doorknobs & Fine Architectural Antiques

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Rare Doorknobs & Fine Architectural Antiques

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Collector grade antique builders' hardware including doorknobs, hinges, sash lifts, door plates, and mansion quality door handles. Best quality material from great names such as Russell & Erwin, Mallory Wheeler, Corbin, Sargent, Nashua, Metallic Compression Casting Company, and including rarites such as MW Eagle knob, MCCC/R&E Doggie, Nahsua Fern knobs, R&E Lion with arrowhead plate, John Wannamker, Tiffany and Vanderbilt, Louis Sullivan and George Elmslie; pair of Marley door plates from Yale & Towne, and a rare Crow Wing County entry door knob and plate. Other lots include vintage bath and kitchen items from names such as J.L. Mott, Meyer Sniffen, and Brasscrafters. Plus antique lighting, unusual garden statuary, and a 1873 Mansard roof parlor stove. Everything is offered without hidden reserves. A single bid can win any lot.

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Large Lot of Corbin Hardware: 16 pieces of fine Corbin hardware in the popular Compass Rose design from the 1880s. The door plates are 7.75" x 2”. The rosettes have 2.25” diameters. All the knob are passage size. Everything

0001: Large Lot of Corbin HardwareEst. $300-$450

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Eight Corbin Pocket Door Pulls: Eight nice pocket door pulls in the same design as Lot #1. They measure 6.75” x 2.75”. Four have keyholes cut out and four are still blank. All as found and in very good condition.

0002: Eight Corbin Pocket Door PullsEst. $140-$250

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Fine Kelp Knob and Plate: Beautiful Kelp passage knob and plate by Y&T. The plate measures 7” x 2.75”. This is one of the great American designs of the late 19th. Century. Excellent condition

0003: Fine Kelp Knob and PlateEst. $325-$450Lot Passed

Turret Knob: Large and unusual bronze center pull knob shaped like a turret. The diameter is 3” and it stands 3” proud of the door. Complete with the original hex rosette and bold. Very good condition.

0004: Turret KnobEst. $85-$110Lot Passed

Red Bronze Jumbo Lion Knob and Rose: This is an unusual lion knob with color, personality and matching rosette that lends it a very American style; 3" diameter.

0005: Red Bronze Jumbo Lion Knob and RoseEst. $225-$350Lot Passed

Mansard Roof Parlor Stove: Here is an unusual cast iron parlor stove cast in the form of a Mansard-roofed Cottage. In fact, that is the name embossed on the front plate. Also embossed onto the design is the maker’s name,

0006: Mansard Roof Parlor StoveEst. $400-$650Lot Passed

Pair of Ladies with Fruit Baskets: Nice pair of diminutive knobs, 1.75” diameter, and with nice solid cast rosettes. Well cast details in the fac, the flower basket & the foliage.

0007: Pair of Ladies with Fruit BasketsEst. $95-$125Lot Passed

Ohio State Seal and Dramatic Back Plate: Jumbo size entry knob, 2.75” diameter, with the Seal of the State of Ohio. Found with this oversize back plate that measures 15.5” x 3.75”. All in very good condition and with nice old color.

0008: Ohio State Seal and Dramatic Back PlateEst. $450-$600Lot Passed

French Figural Door Lock: This is a massive two part door lock measuring 12” x 3.5” overall. Note the scary face presenting the keyhole, and all the creepy critters in the surrounding foliage. This lock is French and

0009: French Figural Door LockEst. $850-$1,000Lot Passed

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Fine U. S. Treasury Knob: Entry size U.S. Treasury knob that appears to be compression cast bronze. This would make it a very early example of this classic emblematic design. Also note the Greek key border and knurled finger

0010: Fine U. S. Treasury KnobEst. $110-$225

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Unusual Copper Shower Head: We call this the Cromwell shower head. All copper measuring 8” diameter and 6” high. Note the large spray holes and the louvers around the rim. We have not tested it out but it should provide a

0011: Unusual Copper Shower HeadEst. $110-$200Lot Passed

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French Zinc Bistro Sink: This is a great little bar sink made from zinc. It measures 31" wide x 20" in depth and is 14" high overall. The oval basin measures 9" x 11" and is 8" in depth. It has a single fancy tower spigot

0012: French Zinc Bistro SinkEst. $450-$650

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Two R&E/MCCC Door Plates: Two very good R&E/MCCC door plates, 6.5” x 2”. Each has a sunflower swing cover over the keyhole. Both cast from heavy bronze and in excellent condition.

0013: Two R&E/MCCC Door PlatesEst. $180-$250Lot Passed

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The Sunrise Knob: Very fine drum style passage knob from a Canadian hardware company that produced quality builders’ hardware in the late 19th. Century. Many of their designs were near copies of popular American

0014: The Sunrise KnobEst. $55-$95

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John Wannamaker entry Knob: John Wannamaker is famous as a pioneer of modern marketing, including creation of the Department StoreÂ” concept that dominated American retail sales for most of the 20th. Century. Somewhere in

0015: John Wannamaker entry KnobEst. $65-$125

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Girls High School of Brooklyn: The Girls High School still stands on Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn. It was built in 1886 and fitted out with one of the nicest calligraphic knobs you will find. This passage size example is in excellent

0016: Girls High School of BrooklynEst. $55-$85

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Genesee Valley Trust Company: The Genesee Valley Trust Building opened in Rochester, NY in 1930. It is a art deco style skyscraper that features dramatic “wings of progress” rising above the roof line. This passage knob shows

0017: Genesee Valley Trust CompanyEst. $95-$145Lot Passed

Pair of Iron Brackets c.1860: The heavy cast iron brackets date from c. 1850 or 60. They were intended be set into a brick or stone wall rather than be lagged in with bolts. They measure 11.5” long and extend out 7.75”. Note

0018: Pair of Iron Brackets c.1860Est. $175-$250Lot Passed

Mrs. Barnes’ Bird House: Mrs. Barnes (Laura Leggett) was the wife of Albert Barnes whose museum, The Barnes Museum, outside of Philadelphia contained one of America's great art collections. Laura was a serious gardener and

0019: Mrs. Barnes’ Bird HouseEst. $100-$200Lot Passed

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Japanese Suite Pocket Door Plate - The Man: Very hard to find pocket door plate from the Russell & Erwin Japanese Collection of the 1880s. This plate measures 11.5”x 2.25”. R & E also made an identical plate with a female figure, but the

0020: Japanese Suite Pocket Door Plate - The ManEst. $450-$600

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Nice Bronze Passage Knob: Decorative bronze passage knob with a design that suggests an octopus. Dates from c. 1890. Excellent condition.

0021: Nice Bronze Passage KnobEst. $75-$110Lot Passed

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Large Coat Hooks with Lion Faces: A nice set of 3 very large coat hooks with lion style faces. Note that all the hooks have the original nuts and conical washers. These likely started life on a big oak hall seat in some 1890’s

0022: Large Coat Hooks with Lion FacesEst. $110-$150

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Oval Knob with French Mademoiselle: Nice oval knob with a French lady. Heavy cast bronze with ribbon and bow at the top of the frame enclosing the cameo. Also note the beaded finger band Mae West style shank. Nice old color and very

0023: Oval Knob with French MademoiselleEst. $150-$250Lot Passed

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Fine Corbin Passage Knob c. 1870: Fine passage knob from c.1870. This Corbin design is a collector favorite and is compression cast from bronze. Great condition and nice old color.

0024: Fine Corbin Passage Knob c. 1870Est. $75-$110

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