Auction
A Lifetime Collection of Valuable Antiques and Personal Property
Selling for Mrs. Susie Cox Hughes

Saturday November 8th, 9:00 AM

at Historical "Travis" in Rice, VA


There were many in attendance under the tent for the opening of the sale

Ricky Mills works as a guest auctioneer holding up an un identified item under discussion

Lindy Cox and Kitty Utley , Susie Cox Hughes children, watch the auction

Dr. and Mrs. Turner examine some of the historical documents in the showcases

 

Partial List of Property Includes:

  • Several Eastlake Marble Top Tables
  • Chippendale Needlepoint Ottoman
  • Early Victorian Marble Walnut Commode w/Cookie Corners
  • Mah. Chippendale Secretary
  • 4-Post Mahogany Double Bed w/Vanity and Nightstand
  • Fancy Oak Dresser w/Mirror
  • Early Southern Wardrobe, ca 1840
  • Several Old Wardrobes
  • Early Virginia Walnut Blanket Chest w/Dovetail
  • Chippendale Bracket Foot
  • Early Walnut Shaving Mirror
  • Pine Blanket Chest, circa 1800
  • Cherry Drop Leaf Table w/ Assorted Dinner chairs
  • Walnut Marble Top Gentleman’s Chest w/Splash
  • Walnut Double Bed
  • Double Metal and Brass Beds
  • Early 4-Drawer Chippendale Cherry Chest
    w/Graduated Drawers
  • Old Oak Chifforobe
  • Oak Washstand with Towel Bar
  • Several Oak Washstands
  • Oak 3-Drawer Chest
  • Iron ¾ Bed
  • Bruce Rotary Sewing Machine & Cabinet
  • Old Oriental Rugs
  • Spongeware Bowl & Pitcher Set
  • Early Fireplace Trivet
  • Matching Walnut Shadowbox Frames
  • Dough bowl
  • Old Oak Roll Top Desk
  • Seth Thomas Mantel Clock
  • Sessions Mantle Clock
  • Duncan Phyfe Sofa
  • Velvet Gentleman’s Parlor Chair
  • Fainting Couch
  • Old Oak Carved Rocker
  • Several Old Flat Top Trunks
  • Several Early Stands
  • Marble Base Piano Lamp
  • Salt Glazed Bowl
  • Kitchen Dinette Table and 4 Chairs
  • Cruet Set
  • Fireking Bowls
  • Milk,Carnival Glass & Depression Glass
  • Press Pattern & Cut Glass
  • Miss America Depression Set
  • China including: Haviland, Johnson Brothers, Staffordshire & Nippon
  • Ironstone
  • Roseville Dish
  • Oil Lamps
  • Antique Jousting Lance
  • Several Oak-Handle Baskets
  • Many Quilts including 19th Century, Log Cabin, Postage Stamp and others
  • Antique Afghans, Bedspreads and Linens (most handmade)
  • Many Old Quilt Scraps
  • Large Assortment of Costume Jewelry
  • Several Parlor Lamps
  • Metal Coffee Grinder
  • Cast Iron Flat Iron
  • Old Farm Bell
  • Many Crocks & Jugs
  • The Service Creamery Inc. Milk Bottle – Lynchburg, VA
  • Many Framed Prints, Drawings and Paintings
  • Civil War Print

     

  • Signed Watercolor Prints of:
    - Cushing Hall
    - Hampden Sydney
  • Saylers Creek Battlefield– Near Farmville
  • Photographica
  • Old Postcards
  • Local Interest Hand Fans
  • Primitive Farm Table
  • Enamelware
  • Early Primitive Game Cleaning Table
  • Antique Cherry 4 Harness 30” Width Loom
  • Antique Oak Writing Chair
  • Blue Willow plates
  • Old Books incl. Children’s Books and Many Old Books found in attic
  • Antique Hand Tools
  • Old Esso Extra Pump
  • Planting Pegs
  • Large Assortment of Telephone Insulators
  • Primitive Wheel Barrow
  • Possum Lantern
  • Many Horse Leather Straps & Harness Parts
  • Block and Fall Hoists
  • Trace Chains
  • Single Tree
  • Primitive Wheel Barrow
  • Milk Cans
  • Several Old Rare Boxes
  • Several TV’s w/remote’s
  • Chest Type Freezer
  • Maytag Washer
  • H & R 22 Revolver
  • Old S & W 38 Revolver
  • H & R 12 ga 3” Modified
  • LC Smith 12 ga Field Grade 30” bbl.
    Full & Full
  • Pocket Knives
  • 1964 Buick Le Sabre

Several Antique Advertising Tin Cans, Including:

  • Knock “em” Dead, The Great Bed Bug Killer
  • Ring Free Grease Can

A Large Quanity of Farmville, Richmond, Rice, Green Bay, &Tobacco Receipts Dating to the 1900’s, including:

  • Document from Examiners office from West Appomattox 1906 signed S.L.
    Fergusan
  • R.W.Price – General Merchandise Dealer, Green Bay, VA
  • 1901 Receipt, J. F. Walton, S.D. Walton, & D.T. Elam, General Merchandise
    Farmville, VA
  • Southern Railway Freight Bills
  • Old Farmville Motor Company Bills
  • Star Warehouse-sale of Leaf Tobacco, South Boston July 11th, 1906
  • Ledgers of J.T. Clark former Owner of “Travis”
    Old Print of State Normal Female School – Farmville, VA (known presently as
    Longwood University)
  • “Collection of all Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia” printed by
    Augufine Davis, Printer of the Commonwealth, 1794
  • Antique 2 Horse-Drawn Wagon
    Excellent Condition


 

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