ALAN KEYSER BOOK & BROADSIDE COLLECTION

EARLY AMERICAN & EUROPEAN BOOKS, BROADSIDES,

NEWSPAPERS, ALMANACS & OTHER PRINTED MATERIALS

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2024 AT 9:00 A.M.

 

Preview Times – Friday, September 20 from 2:00 P.M. thru 5:00 P.M. and Saturday, September 21 from 7:00 A.M.

*The following is just a very general list of items to be sold. Full listing & photos representing the entire auction  

is posted on our website www.horstauction.com

 

Sale to be held at the Horst Auction Center, 50 Durlach Rd., Ephrata, PA 17522

(The corner of Rt. 322 & Durlach Rd., approx. 2 ½ miles west of Ephrata)

 

 

 

Subjects including:  PA German Interest, Anabaptist Interest, Folk Art, Folk Medicine, Herbal, Agriculture, Textile Weaving and Dyeing, Hymn Books and Bibles.

 

Highlights including: An Ephrata Martyrer Spiegel 1748, Ephrata Broadsides 1766 and 1784, a Bible printed by Christoph Saur 1776, Amish Ausbund printed by Christoph Saur 1742, Calendars printed by Christoph Saur 1739-1755, a Calendar printed by Andrew Bradford 1733, Baumann Broadsides, G. S. Peters Broadsides, Villee Broadsides, Peter Montelius Broadside, The Earth is the Lord’s. and PA German and Folk Art reference books.

 

Includes: Items printed by Ephrata Bruderschaft, Ephrata Baumann, Christoph Saur, Germantown, Chestnut Hill, Norristown, Lancaster, Paradise, Reading, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Lebanon, New Berlin, Sumnytaun, Schellsburg, Skippack, Skippackville, Doylestown, Philadelphia, Allentown, Bath, Selins Grove, Chambersburg, Baltimore, Hagerstown, New Market, Elkhart, and various European Imprints.

 

*Live Online Bidding Available (See our website for details)

Accepted Payments: Cash or PA Check; Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and Debit Card with 3% fee.  No out of state checks without prior approval.

NO BUYER’S PREMIUM FOR IN-PERSON BIDDING (FEES FOR ONLINE & ABSENTEE BIDDING WILL APPLY)