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The bidding is already underway — and we’re still a week out. 🔨The Jeffers Family Quality Antique Furnishings auction ha...
06/23/2026

The bidding is already underway — and we’re still a week out. 🔨

The Jeffers Family Quality Antique Furnishings auction has been generating serious collector interest since we announced it — and for good reason.

A four-piece Victorian Renaissance walnut and burl bedroom suite with documented presidential history.
Early American antique furniture across every category.
A rare estate collection that took generations to assemble.

If you’ve been thinking about it — now is not the time to wait.

Session 2 is Tuesday, June 30that 4PM.
📍Greenville, OH

Register on HiBid and get your bids in ➡️ https://midwest-auctioneers.hibid.com/catalog/744496/jeffers-family-quality-antique-furnishings---session-2

Summer is here. ☀️And nobody does color like Carnival Glass.We're talking Marigold that catches the afternoon sun like n...
06/21/2026

Summer is here. ☀️
And nobody does color like Carnival Glass.

We're talking Marigold that catches the afternoon sun like nothing else.
Cobalt Blue so deep it looks like the lake at dusk.
And Red — rare, electric, and completely unforgettable.

👇 Which one is YOUR summer color?
Tell us if you already own a piece in your color.
We want to see what's on your shelf this season.

Before you bid on another piece of Carnival Glass 🔄 flip it over.The bottom of a piece tells you more than the top ever ...
06/19/2026

Before you bid on another piece of Carnival Glass 🔄 flip it over.

The bottom of a piece tells you more than the top ever will.
And once you know what you’re looking at, you’ll never shop the same way again.

Here’s how to read it:

🔍 No mark at all?
That’s actually normal. Fenton didn’t mark their original Carnival Glass. Pre-1970 Fenton is entirely unmarked. Learning patterns and colors matters more than finding a logo.

🔍 The Fenton oval mark
Fenton introduced the oval “Fenton” mark in script in 1970 when they reintroduced Carnival Glass.
After 1980, they added a decade number: 8 for the 1980s, 9 for the 1990s, 0 for the 2000s.
That number tells you exactly when it was made.

🔍 The Northwood “N”
An underlined capital N inside a circle. One of the only classic Carnival makers that consistently signed their work.
No circle? Likely a reproduction or revival piece.

🔍 Imperial Glass
Early pieces unmarked. Later pieces carry overlapping “IG” initials. Specialty lines marked NUART or NUCUT. See those words — you’ve got Imperial.

🔍 Mold seams on the base
Vintage American Carnival Glass is pressed, not blown. Look for a mold seam or flat area from the press mold. No pontil mark is completely normal.

Fenton was the largest producer of colored glass in the United States for over 100 years. The collectors who find them know exactly what to look for.

👇 What’s the first thing YOU check when you pick up a piece?

Not all antique furniture tells a story like this one. 📜A four-piece Victorian Renaissance bedroom suite in walnut and b...
06/17/2026

Not all antique furniture tells a story like this one. 📜

A four-piece Victorian Renaissance bedroom suite in walnut and burl with original white marble tops. Circa 1850s. A 102-inch crest bed with 12-inch urn finials. A 104-inch triple stepdown dresser with a 59-inch dressing mirror. A washstand. A commode.
All in outstanding quality and condition.

That alone would make it one of the finest pieces of Victorian antique furniture to come through auction in years.

But this suite has something most rare antiques don’t.

➡️ Documentation.

It originally stood in the Dayton, Ohio home of Valentine Winters — where President Abraham Lincoln visited and gave a speech in 1859.
The Dayton Daily News documented its sale in 1948.
A handwritten provenance letter from the family confirms the history.
The suite then became part of the renowned 50-year personal collection of Dr. & Mrs. J.R. Williams of Eaton, Ohio.

The mansion where Lincoln stayed no longer stands — it was demolished for what is now the US Bankruptcy Court in Dayton.

📜 This documented Victorian antique bedroom suite is among the last surviving artifacts of that history.

Coming to estate auction June 30th · Session 2 · 4PM · Greenville, OH

Register to bid ➡️ midwest-auctioneers.hibid.com

What a weekend.The ACGA 60th Diamond Jubilee Convention came to Mayville, NY — and the room delivered.Two live auctions....
06/15/2026

What a weekend.

The ACGA 60th Diamond Jubilee Convention came to Mayville, NY — and the room delivered.
Two live auctions. Serious collectors. And results that spoke for themselves.

🔨 The Jeske Collection Carnival Glass Auction
Northwood 18" Ice Green Tree Trunk Funeral Vase — $26,000
RARE Fenton "Compliments of Central Shoe Store" 5" Purple Bowl — $24,000
Dugan 9" Bright Electric Purple Square Farmyard Bowl — $9,500
Dugan Bright Electric Purple Garden Path Variant Chop Plate — $7,000

🔨 The Stretch Glass & Fenton Auction
Fenton Velva Rose/Pink Ring Optic Whimsey Ruffled Vase — $6,500
Fenton Persian Pearl/White Dancing Ladies Flared Vase — $5,250
Fenton Grecian Gold/Marigold Ginger Jar — $4,300
Fenton Persian Pearl/White Plymouth Basket — $4,100

This is what 60 years of the American Carnival Glass Association looks like when it comes together in one room.

Congratulations to every buyer. And to Bill and Kenda Jeske — thank you for building something worth celebrating.

👇 Were you there this weekend? We'd love to hear from you, what was your favorite part of the weekend?

🔔 Want to be in the room for the next one?
🔗 Register at matthewwrodaauctions.com

Pre-bidding is officially open. 🔨The Jeffers Family Quality Antique Furnishings | Session 2 catalog is live on HiBid rig...
06/12/2026

Pre-bidding is officially open. 🔨

The Jeffers Family Quality Antique Furnishings | Session 2 catalog is live on HiBid right now.

Including the four-piece Victorian Renaissance walnut and burl bedroom suite with original white marble tops and documented ties to President Abraham Lincoln — the same suite the Dayton Daily News called “Huge Bed Used By Lincoln” back in 1948.

If you’ve been watching 👀 now is the time to move.

Register and start bidding ➡️ https://midwest-auctioneers.hibid.com/catalog/744496/jeffers-family-quality-antique-furnishings---session-2

📆 Session 2 · Tuesday, June 30th · 4PM · Greenville, OH

You’ve seen the Lincoln suite ‼️Now meet the rest of the Jeffers Family collection. Early American furniture. Fine Victo...
06/09/2026

You’ve seen the Lincoln suite ‼️

Now meet the rest of the Jeffers Family collection.

Early American furniture.
Fine Victorian craftsmanship.
Rare antique estate pieces that serious collectors have been waiting for — and Session 2 on June 30th is where they become available.

Swipe through and tell us which piece would you be bidding on?

Pre-bidding opens June 10th. ‼️ Don’t wait.

Browse the full Jeffers Family antique auction catalog ➡️ https://midwest-auctioneers.hibid.com/catalog/744496/jeffers-family-quality-antique-furnishings---session-2

📆 Tuesday, June 30th · 4PM · Greenville, OH · HiBid · Session 2

You don't have to collect glass to appreciate this.On Thursday June 11th and Friday June 12th, master glassblower Dave F...
06/08/2026

You don't have to collect glass to appreciate this.

On Thursday June 11th and Friday June 12th, master glassblower Dave Fetty — 47 years at Fenton Art Glass — will be live at the ACGA 60th Diamond Jubilee Convention in Mayville, NY.

And you can blow your own glass ornament right alongside him.

This isn't a ticketed show behind a velvet rope.
You step up. You blow the glass. You take it home.

John & Ann Fenton of Fenton's Collectibles will be right there with you.

📅 June 11th & 12th | 11AM – 5PM
📍 Chautauqua Suites Meeting & Expo Center
215 West Lake Road, Mayville, NY

This is the kind of experience you don't forget.
And it's happening right here in Chautauqua. 📍

Are you CHQ local?
Are you already coming for the convention?
Let us know in the comments ⬇️

🔗 Full convention details + auction lots:
https://bidlive.matthewwrodaauctions.com/auctions
Glass blowing | Dave Fetty | Fenton Glass | ACGA 2026 | Carnival Glass | Diamond Jubilee | Wroda Auctions | Chautauqua NY | Mayville NY | Make Glass

A newspaper from 1948. 📜A handwritten letter confirming the provenance.And a four-piece Victorian Renaissance antique be...
06/06/2026

A newspaper from 1948. 📜

A handwritten letter confirming the provenance.

And a four-piece Victorian Renaissance antique bedroom suite that once stood in the Dayton, Ohio home where President Abraham Lincoln visited and gave a speech in 1859.

The suite — a magnificent walnut and burl with original white marble tops, circa 1850s — was originally owned by Valentine Winters, one of Dayton’s most prominent citizens and a personal host to the President.
The 102-inch crest bed with 12-inch urn finials. The 104-inch triple stepdown dresser with 59-inch dressing mirror. The washstand. The commode. All four pieces. All documented.

The Dayton Daily News ran the headline in 1948: “Huge Bed Used By Lincoln To Be Sold.”

This suite passed through the hands of careful collectors ever since — most recently part of the renowned 50-year personal collection of Dr. & Mrs. J.R. Williams of Eaton, Ohio.

Now it’s coming to auction again as part of the Jeffers Family collection.

📆 Session 2 · Tuesday, June 30th · 4PM · Greenville, OH

Register to bid ➡️ https://midwest-auctioneers.hibid.com/catalog/744496/jeffers-family-quality-antique-furnishings---session-2

Pieces like this don’t come to auction very often.The Jeffers family held onto this collection for generations — early A...
06/05/2026

Pieces like this don’t come to auction very often.

The Jeffers family held onto this collection for generations — early American furniture, Victorian craftsmanship, rare antique estate finds at every price point.

Swipe through a preview of what’s coming to the block on June 30th.

And this is just the beginning. The full reveal is Friday.

Browse the Session 2 catalog ➡️ https://midwest-auctioneers.hibid.com/catalog/744496/jeffers-family-quality-antique-furnishings---session-2

Tuesday, June 30th · 4PM · Midwest Auctioneers in conjunction with Wroda Auctions.

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