The Jersey        AJCC Research Foundation Benefit Auction

 

Thursday, July 2 at Silver Spring Farms, Syracuse, New York

Live Auction begins at 1:30 P.M. EDT

Silent Auction begins when tour groups arrive at farm and
continues during Live Auction until last call by auctioneer
Winners announced at close of the live auction

NEW PICTURES ADDED FOR Live 2 and Live 6 ...
check them all out and plan to bid on Thursday, July 2.

LOT

Item

Description

Donor

Live 1

La Vaque dé Jèrri (The Cow of Jersey)

Limited Edition bronze portrait head, numbered 9/100 ... click here

Solid bronze bust modeled and signed by prestigious British public artist John McKenna; measures 7” mounted on 4” x 4” black marble base

Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society

Live 2

AJCC Type Classification Score Card poster – first reproduction to be made available ... click here

c. 1938-39, features outstanding cows of the era and Megargee illustrations. Measures 20" x 33", beautifully framed to be cherished for another 70 years!

Archives, American Jersey Cattle Association

Live 3

Horn chain and engraved lock, with keys, from Hetherington Jerseys, Cincinnati, Ohio ... click here

British-made by Sta-Lok; given by herd manager Claude Stanton to anonymous donor in August, 1978

Anonymous

Live 4

Jersey Bulletin tattoo kit, in box, #264 ... click here

Kits were first sold by Jersey Bulletin in 1917

American Jersey Cattle Association

Live 5
A, B and C

Basswood Jerseys: grazing cow, alert cow and alert bull ... click here for group photo

Modeled and carved by the donor

Dr. John C. Wilk

Live 6

Royal Copenhagen Jersey cow ... click here

Commissioned for the centennial of the Danish Jersey Society ... purchased in Denmark over 20 years ago and now extremely rare!

Dr. Duane and Roslyn Norman

Live 7

Meridale Farms pint milk bottle and sale catalog from 1935 ... click here

Two outstanding collector’s items joined in one lot depicting the history of this great New York breeding establishment

David Parkinson; Lawrence Gardiner archives

Live 8

Brigham Farm quart milk bottle pair with pint bottle from Sibley Farms Jersey Creamline Milk combined in ONE LOT

Brigham bottle is clear glass with farm information embossed, includes Brigham Creamline paper bottle top – rarely found complete! Sibley bottle has some wear, but is also a rare fine!

David Parkinson

Live 9

Jersey Creamline milk glasses ... click here

c. 1940 and never used! Creamline logo in yellow, advertising rhyme opposite side … very special!

Lawrence Gardiner archives

Live 10

Framed giclee print of “Wide Load Ahead” ... click here

Print is 6” x 8”, signed A/P Denise Rich

Proceeds to AJCA Scholarship Funds

 

 

 

 

Silent 1

2009 USJersey Calendar ... click here for cover, January, June and October pages

Created January 1, 2009 to commemorate Jersey organizations’ record-setting performance in 2008

Neal Smith

Silent 2

Miniature: “Jersey in the Sky” ... click here

2007, signed by artist Denise Rich

Cari Wolfe

Silent 3

Tea towel from Jersey Island  ... click here for photo of framed piece

18” x 29” with Mont Orgueil Castle in background, Jersey milk maid with cow and calf in foreground, suitable for framing

David Brandau

Silent 4

“Jerseys Have All The Extras” pocket knife ... click here

Never used, AJCC promotional item from 1960s

American Jersey Cattle Association

Silent 5

All-Jersey® pencil cup ... click here

Cream porcelain with gold rim, with slight wear on logo and  ink stains inside bottom

National All-Jersey Inc.

Silent 6
A, B and C

Selling as separate lots: Auction Cards for Bluegrass Bonanza, 1962; Tennessee State Sale, 1962; Hardison Dispersal, 1962 ... click here

9” x 7” advertising cards for Myatt, Myatt-Lutz sales

Lawrence Gardiner archives

Silent 6
A and B

Selling as separate lots: Catalogs for 1946 and 1947 “Breed Promotion Sale of Sparkling Standards, Draconis Royals and Fillpail-Designs” ... click here

Never circulated, beautifully printed catalogs for sales featuring selections from Biltmore, Pebble Hill Plantation, Happy Valley (Georgia), Green Fields and Heep Farm … includes profile of each herd before its consignments

Lawrence Gardiner archives

Silent 7
A, B and C

Selling as separate lots: Catalogs for 1955, 1957 and 1959 sales at Happy Valley Farms ... click here

Owned by J. L. Hutcheson, Jr., managed by C. F. Russell, Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor of the first All American Jersey Show (1958)

Lawrence Gardiner archives