FRIDAY, June 7th, 2013. Start time 10:00am.

ADDRESS: Heritage Storage, 4485 W. Ashlan Ave, Fresno, CA 93722.

AUCTION TO INCLUDE: As of now we have 4 units to be sold. (Subject to change upon payment of rental fees.) Will be sold as entire units.

Great chance to grab some quality items for pennies on the dollar !!

DON’T MISS IT !!

CENTRAL VALLEY ESTATES & AUCTIONS
(559) 367-6673
www.CentralValleyEstates.com

TERMS & CONDITIONS: This auction is CASH ONLY. Buyer pays 10% Buyer’s Premium plus applicable sales tax. All sales final, no refunds or exchanges. All items sold as is, where is with no guarantees stated or implied. ALL ITEMS MUST BE REMOVED SAME DAY. Central Valley Estates & Auctions and its clients not responsible for loss, theft, damage or personal injury.

Bearclaws, Bismarcks, Cream Puffs, Donuts and the most incredible custom cakes in California! Four generations of Fresno families were treated to the best pastries anywhere around! After a long and very successful run as the Valley’s premier bakery, Lauck’s finally vacated their location in the spring of 2008.

In June of that year the Fresno Bee ran several articles about the iconic neon sign that sat atop the building on Olive Ave. for all those years. The articles told how Central Valley Estates had purchased the sign just before the bakery closed for good and how we had been trying for several months to find it a proper home.

Just one day before we were to drive it to Riverside to be purchased by a collector, we received a call from the Granddaughter of George Lauck, founder and long-time owner of the old German bakery. She explained how she had worked in the bakery as a child and had wanted the sign ever since that time. She asked if she could purchase the sign now and have her husband come pick it up. Arrangements were made and I think we were as thrilled as she was to see such a fitting end for this old gem from Fresno’s historic Tower District.

 “Rarest Of The Rare…. “

The “Father Of Pop Art”, Andy Warhol is undoubtedly best known for his iconic Campbell’s soup can illustrations of the 1960s; and for those now-legendary colorized photo images of Liz Taylor, Jackie Onassis, Marilyn Monroe and other social luminaries of the day. These and other works by Warhol consistently rank among the most highly-prized items on the worldwide art market. In recent years, serious collectors have also been gravitating toward a very different category of his work.

A long-time client of Central Valley Estates & Auctions has recently acquired what is perhaps the rarest and most sought after of all of these covers, the 1956 “Waltzes by Johann Strauss, Jr.”, on the Camden label. Given the exceptional rarity of this item, we feel it truly does warrant that often misplaced “Holy Grail” designation. The Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh has one in their permanent collection, and according to warholcovers.com, this particular cover has only come to auction on three prior occasions. 

We would love to hear your stories of incredible estate sale finds, re-discovery of long-lost art and antiques and anything else you would like to share. We can also help by consigning your rare and treasured items, promoting them for sale to the right market(s) to help you get top dollar. (Who knows, you might be sitting on an “undiscovered” Warhol!) We also do no-cost consultations for estates, collections or businesses that need to be sold. Write to us via the “Contact Us” page on this site, or call me directly at the number below. In the meantime, as always, Happy Hunting!