Fire Equipment and Apparatus Auction

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By James A. Golden on Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - 02:57 pm:

Bob Potter Apparatus Auction

Description: (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – Around 2,000 lots of investment-grade antiques and collectibles – to include Part I of the Robert and Harriett Potter Lifetime Collection of over 50 years – will be sold Oct. 5-7 by Showtime Auction Services, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds 5055 Ann Arbor/Saline Rd. in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This will be the best collection of Fire related Apparatus and Memorabilia ever offered at auction.

The first day of the auction, Oct. 5, will be a live “audience-only” sale, of around 600 lots. Many of them fire related. Preview will be from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and the auction will run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. At 6:00 p.m. there will be a cocktail party at the Michigan Fire museum in Ypsilanti, MI. just up the road from the auction site.

“I am extremely excited about this sale,” said Mike Eckles of Showtime Auction Services. Never before have there been so many investment grade firefighting items offered for sale in one auction. Robert Potter was one of the first members of SPAAMFAA and was elected president in 1998.

Days two and three (Saturday, Oct. 6, and Sunday, Oct. 7) will feature Live and Internet bidding (facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com and iCollector.com). Absentee and phone bids will also be accepted. Almost all of the Firefighting items will be sold on Friday and Saturday.

The host hotel is Weber’s Inn in Ann Arbor. Early reservations are suggested, because of other activities at the University of Michigan. To reserve a room call (734) 769-2500. Mention the Showtime Auction for a reduced rate.

The auction will showcase a galaxy of items, certain to appeal to just about any collector, from the novice to the seasoned veteran. In addition to firefighting Apparatus and memorabilia there will be high quality items in categories such as tobacco and cigar tins, country store, barber shop, a very rare salesman’s sample collection including some fire related items, saloon, gambling, coin-op, arcade, advertising signs and cash registers.
Also offered will be music items (to include a Wurlitzer band organ), many lamps (to include Tiffany, Handel and Pairpoint), farm-related items, elaborate early American furniture, showcases, a doctor’s and dentist’s cabinet (both pre-1900), rare weathervanes and more. The toys will feature pressed steel including a large selection of Fire trucks. Chein tin examples, as well as rare Fisher-Price toys. There will also be many Fire Truck Pedal Cars.

Previews will be held Friday, Oct. 5, from 8-10 a.m.; and Saturday and Sunday from 8-9 a.m. The auction times are Friday, 10-5, Saturday, 9-6; and Sunday, 9-5. A hosted cocktail party will be held Friday, Oct. 5, from 6-7:30 p.m., at the Michigan Fireworks Museum in Ypsilanti, Mich., not far from Ann Arbor. A complimentary lunch will also be held, on Friday, from 11-1.

We hope to see all of the Fire Apparatus and Memorabilia collectors there. Don’t miss this one. For questions, please call Mike at 951-453-2415.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. J. "Art" Bell on Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - 03:34 pm:

I could not find the auction listing for Oct 5, but here is a listing of fire fighter items for Oct 6 / 7.

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/31948_showtime-auctions-fall-auction-oct- 6-7/page1

Regards
Art


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By James A. Golden on Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - 08:02 pm:

This is where I found the above information:

http://www.spaamfaa.org/calendar/view_entry.php?id=66&date=20121007

This is where you can get a bid card, etc.:

http://bid.showtimeauctions.com/auctionlist.aspx


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