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   Gazette Weekly News Magazine (Newspaper) - November 1, 1978, Cedar Rapids, Iowa                                news magazine NUMBER 51 CEDAR IOWA NOVEMBER 1978 Of antique Bv Halbert V Inside anyone See page 5 BULK RATE Postage Permit Cedar By Lynda Halbert stall writer It all started with an Not just an attic but a jam packed treasuretrove that had stood untouched for The jealously protected by hovering reflected the story of a pioneering family that helped forge the early history of Cedar But it could have been any old family attic apparently there are many such treasure troves in The items found in that attic led to an estate sale recently at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Relics spanning four gener ations of the Borghart family were auctioned The sale was initiated by two sisters in the Borghart Constance Hardenbrook of Marion and Helen Boyd of Thorn Their aunt Katie at 95 the last of her generation in the became ill in July and was forced to move away from the family at 4000 C Road Cedar What they didnt know Hardenbrook said they knew an auction would be What they did not know was the quality and quan tity of items stashed in that Some things like the China head dolls we had never seen said Antiques were also found elsewhere in the But the saga of the Borghart family goes back even farther than that to the year when Frederick Borghart left Ber with his seeking religious freedom in the United Friends of the the had preceded them and settled in the area that is now Cedar It was upon their said that Frederick brought his family to settle on the west bank of the Cedar where he bought 40 acres from the government for a It wasnt long before Frederick and his had ac quired 540 Henry inherited the land upon Fredericks married twice and fathered 11 His second Louisa inherited the land when Henry And most of the items sold at the auction can be traced to said nothing had ever been thrown away by family members over the As a estate contained a collection of antique and collectible items that lured collectors and just curious onlookers to the respond ing to an ad in the Antique Trader came from Wisconsin and according to auctioneer Har lan Glandorf of Cedar He said he was amazed at the several dating back 150 to 170 The age and quality of the he is what drove the bidding prices higher than For example a Victorian walnut secretary with beveled glass brought the highest bid A walnut bedroom with a went for Other items going for high bids included amber fruit each between and and a walnut wardrobe for It wasnt easy It was not easy to watch some of the items being parceled out ot said Some consolation came when cousins or other relatives bought items to keep in the When we saw framed photos of Grandma and Grandpa we got them quick and put them in our car before they could be she Still other items recalled early pioneering days of the Borghart family an wooden harness butter coffee and three metal gadgets that someone later recognized as an apple pea sheller and cherry The effect of selling the nostalgic items didnt hit said until the next Estate antique sales like that of the Borghart are very common in Iowa especially at this time of Judging by sales he has headed in other parts of the coun auctioneer Glandorf claims Iowa remains a good place to buy antiques today because it is one of the few states left with families who own In other most of the prime antiques are already in the hands of large he He described as unreal the prices being brought by antiques on the East and West For these an tique dealers often attend Iowa auctions for But the individual buying to furnish a said can outmaneuver a Another William Ellison of Ive seen young people run up the bids against dealers and often outbid he The dealer is thinking in terms of making When he stops the market value of the item probably has not been This often can be a guideline for other Although he too feels Eastern Iowa is a good place to find Ellison reminds that its often a matter of being at the right sale at the right Every auction is different in the way of available and personality of the bid he nost Looking over a number of old books at the Borghart auction above is Mike Maddigan of Cedar Behind him are some of the crocks that were put on the auction block during the two eight hour Gazette photos by Tom Merryman One of the valuable primitives sold at the Borghart estate auction was a wooden cabbage held here for the bidding by Don DeWitt of Cedar Taking a last look at one of the oldest items at the auction are Helen Boyd of Thornton and Constance The relic is an antique harness mender that was made by their Frederick

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