Middletown, NY, USA, April 29, 2023 — An astounding 50-year collection of railroadiana, clocks and lighting from the estate of Wayne Rheinfeld will headline a two-session Important Estate Auction on Saturday, May 6th, by EstateOfMind, online via LiveAuctioneers.com/Estate-of-Mind, and live in the EstateOfMind gallery located at 195 Derby Road in Middletown, N.Y., under large tents.
Session 1, at 10 am Eastern, will contain militaria, firearms and swords. Session 2, the Estate Auction, will get underway at 11 am, featuring the Rheinfeld collection and other consignments, to include items from the estate of Richard “Dicky” Gantz, including a 2003 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, a 2017 Honda Pioneer 700 side-by-side UTV with plow, and three Massey Ferguson 4 x 4 tractors, plus wagons and tools.
The Rheinfeld clocks will feature a rare, circa 1870 Renaissance Revival astronomical regulator tall case clock, walnut, all original, possibly by George Jones, 108 inches tall; a circa 1876 Seth Thomas #1 Long Island Railroad double dial calendar clock in an oyster burl veneer case with original dials, 40 inches tall; and a circa 1890 N .Y. O. & W. railway oak time clock, 35 inches in height.
The collectible lanterns from the Rheinfeld collection will be plentiful, to include the following:
– A Newburgh Brewster Fire Department engraved building (or horse-drawn hook and ladder fire truck) lantern, electrified but missing a font, circa 1862, 26 inches tall.
– A Boston & Albany cast fixed red globe railroad lantern, circa 1870, 15 inches tall.
– A Crary Hose Company Fire Department horse-drawn truck lantern (Westfield, Pa.), circa 1864, 13 ½ inches tall.
– A 19th century Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad lantern with cast clear globe, 16 inches tall.
– A circa 1880 New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad lantern with cast teal globe, 9 inches tall.
Railroadiana will feature an enameled Erie Railroad hat and detective badges from the 19th/20th century; a Pennsylvania “Station Porters” cap with badge #74, circa 19th/20th century; and a litho for Central Hudson Lines (“See the Hudson at Sunset”), circa 1920/1930, 45 inches by 30 inches.
To learn more about EstateOfMind and the two-session estate auction planned for Saturday, May 6th, please visit www.EstateOfMind.biz.
