Online! Always On Time! Over One Million Hits www.auctionactionnews.com Help Recycle, Buy Antiques! January 29, 2014 Vol. 19 No. 26 News Periodical Mailed on January 16 Black Friday Auction Brings Strong Prices in St. Nazienz, WI Article & Photos by Charles Kurth “Black Friday” Auction in Wisconsin? The Personal Representative for this fine estate in St. Nazienz WI. exclaimed. Being from the great state of Washington, attending an auction on Black Friday sounds strange. Imagine her surprise when the first trucks and trailers started showing up at 7:00 A.M. for the 9:00 A.M. inspection. Dressed for This nice Lexus brought a the weather as per the auctioneers suggestion, some came with lawn high bid of $2,300. chairs and “camped out” in the best spot. Complimentary coffee kept Continued on page 9 the chills away until the action started at 10:00 A.M. This beautiful wood bench sold for $200. Prock’s Crocks and Antiques of the Hayward Lakes Region: One of Wisconsin’s Northwoods Gems Article & photos by Brian Maloney You probably know Wisconsin’s Northwoods as a great place for fishing, camping, and snowmobiling, but it’s also become one of the best places around for our other favorite pastime: antique hunting! And for the past seven years, Prock’s Crocks and Antiques just west of Hayward, WI has been an important stop for any antiques enthusiast. They’ve recently dou- bled in size too, their 4,000 square foot addition brimming with choice peri- od advertising, furniture, and much more! Pre-1910 Rev-O-Noc self-framed litho-tin Continued on pages 6 & 7 sign, 13” x 19”, fishing, hunting, & baseball images! $5,900. Prock’s Crocks proprietor Bill Prock lends scale to a massive Horner sideboard once owned by NFL great Michael Strahan, 8’ in length & priced at $29,500. Super-cool working folk art “Lindquist & Olson, Cambridge, Minn.” toy steam shovel, six-feet-long! $3,500. Rare Cherry Smash Very rare Peerless Dyes soda syrup dispenser Complete Galena pottery Red Wing 8-gallon cabinet with litho-front variant with gold preserves jar & lid in green churn, oval-over-birch and stenciled tambour letters and green band & orange glaze, 10 1/2” tall - leaf in black - $1,650. back, 18” x 32” - $2,250. - $4,500. $1,150. 2 Ansonia 1880 TE! CEDAR RAPIDS “Monarch” Walnut. ANTIQUE SHOW & SALE $795. HAWKEYE DOWNS FAIRGROUNDS 4400 6th St. SW • Cedar Rapids, Iowa “Established 1971” APRIL 25, 26 & 27, 2014 KAPPEL’S CLOCK SHOP FRIDAY 10 am-6 pm • SATURDAY 10am-6pm 2250 Sherman Ave • Madison, WI 53704 SUNDAY 11am - 4 pm 608-244-6165 Paintings, Primitives, Bookends, Doorstops, Admission $6.00 Wisconsin’s Largest Coins, Autographs, Toys, Postcards, Jewelry, Good All 3 Days Victorian, Pottery, Art Glass, Silver Matching, Antique Clock Shop Civil War, Historical, Advertising & More! 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