Thank you to everyone who participated in the last auction. It was a spectacular success. So, this is the last auction. Bill & Nancy’s garage is looking a lot emptier and the money raised for Smile Train will bring smiles and joy to children all over the world.
We have an interesting selection of pieces on offer in this auction. I found several boxes of artist proofs. These pieces were normally sent to our showrooms around the country and were never intended to be sold.
There is an original watercolor painting of Mobile Point by Mark Sherman. Mark has been the official watercolor artist of Harbour Lights for many years. He is a remarkably talented artist and has won several awards for is works over the years. This is an exceptional opportunity, as Mark’s Harbour Lights paintings rarely come up for sale.
In 1995, Bill worked with a group of artists to develop a collection of sculptures representing historically important people in the lighthouse world. The first four sculptures were of Augustan Fresnel, Ida Lewis, Winslow Lewis and Rebecca & Abigail Bates. We had a set of three samples made and Bill took them around to our showrooms around the country. The feedback led Bill to think that the time was not right to release this collection and so these pieces were put back on the top shelf. This mini collection will be sold as a set.
There will also be three Gold plated pewter pieces.
About three years ago, Harbour Lights was approached to make a small replica of a tug boat for the Moran Company. They wanted an ornament sized piece to give to customers. We produced 300 pieces for them. This little sculpture was never marketed to our Harbour Lights retailers. For auction is the only sample I have.
The pieces will be posted on eBay on Sunday, April 28th using Jackie’s auction page. Her eBay handle is "Triplegemini". To find the auctions you can type "Bill Younger’s Harbour Lights" in the eBay search bar.
The pieces available in this auction are:
Barnegat Artist Proof Buffalo Artist Proof Buffalo Artist Proof Burrows Island Artist Proof Cana Island Artist Proof Cape Blanco Artist Proof Castle Hill Artist Proof Currituck Beach Artist Proof Fort Niagara Artist Proof Great Captain Island Artist Proof Grosse Point Artist Proof Marblehead Artist Proof Michigan City Artist Proof Minot's Ledge Artist Proof Montauk Point Artist Proof Nauset Beach Artist Proof North Head Artist Proof Ocracoke Artist Proof Old Mackinac Artist Proof Point Loma Artist Proof Ponce De Leon Artist Proof Portland Breakwater Artist Proof Sand Island Artist Proof Sandy Hook Artist Proof SE Block Island Artist Proof Split Rock Artist Proof Stonington Harbor Artist Proof Tawas Point Artist Proof Tybee Island Artist Proof Umpqua Artist Proof West Quoddy Artist Proof Whaleback Artist Proof Yaquina Head Artist Proof
Fort Tompkins Spring GOLD Gold Plated Pewter Casting S E Block Island on the move GOLD Gold Plated Pewter Casting St Clair GOLD Gold Plated Pewter Casting
Grand Traverse Limited Edition #1 Admirality Head Limited Edition #4 Point Loma Limited Edition #5 North Head Limited Edition #6 Sandy Hook Limited Edition #6 West Quoddy Limited Edition #6 Sandy Hook Limited Edition #7 Cape Hatteras (white tip) Limited Edition #8 Trwyn Du Limited Edition #10 Needles Limited Edition #11 Cape Hatteras Revised Limited Edition #502 New Point Loma Limited Edition #909 Coquille River Limited Edition #1098
Mobile Point Painting- Mark Sherman Original Water color painting
Lighthouse Figurines Set of 4 Lighthouse people figurines
Thumbnail collection of 7 Set of Thumbnail pieces Thumbnail collection of 5 Set of Thumbnail pieces Thumbnail collection of 6 Set of Thumbnail pieces Thumbnail collection of 8 Set of Thumbnail pieces Thumbnail collection of 10 Set of Thumbnail pieces
Moran Tug ornament Tug boat ornament
Hilton Head Unpainted casting Minot's Ledge Unpainted casting Minot's Ledge Unpainted casting New London Ledge Unpainted casting SE Block Island Unpainted casting St Augustine Unpainted casting
It has been a lot of fun working on these auctions and a wonderful trip down memory lane. Again, thank you so much from Bill, Nancy, Jackie and myself for all your support.
Another fantastic line up, and it appears that they found a few more lights that are not on the list above. A couple weeks back it sounded like the last group wouldn't be as interesting as the first four, but that's not the case after all.
What a GREAT thing that Bill, Nancy, Harry and all the collectors who have purchased Bill's Harbour Lights Collection have done for "Smile Train". The result was more than I could have imagined!!!
Well, thanks to this auction I have bought more LEs. I scored a # 1 in this auction and it started me on picking up more pieces. And I recently received a thank you from Bill and Nancy for the piece I scored. They have always been a class act, and that just adds to the list of why I believe that they are wonderful people. :)
