30 head

Tom Porter’s Collection

Coveted At Garth’s Sale

24 head

Porter Collection At Garth’s

18 head

Collectors Turn Out In Droves For

Tom And Carolyn Porter Collection

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Titled “It’s a Shame to Take the Money,” the rare carving with risqué theme sold at $34,500.

 

In an old red wash, the clock/cupboard achieved $11,787.

 

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The zinc dog, measuring nine feet in length, sold to a private Ohio collector for $117,875.

 

One of the surprises of the auction came as this burl bowl that went for $64,400.

 

The battle scene depicting Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth sold at $15,525.

 

A colorful Pennsylvania fraktur birth certificate executed by the Reverend Henry Young realized $10,925.

 

1c

Folk art included a carving of a marching Uncle Sam figure at $7,187.

 

The five-gallon stoneware jug decorated with a bulldog with a basket in its mouth sold at $20,700.