Late John & Sharon Dampf Auction

Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026
Time: Beginning at 9:45am Doors open at 8:30am
Location: Thornhill Auction Barn; 421 John Deere Drive; Troy, MO 63379
Directions: From Troy, MO go south on Hwy 61 to Moscow Mills Hwy C Exit, go east on Hwy C to stop light, turn left on John Deere Drive (by Bank of Old Monroe) and go approximately 1 mile to sale on right, next door to Thornhill Real Estate Office. Note: Sale will be held indoors with seating.

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: John served our country in the Military & then went to work for Schnucks. This is the largest private collection of decoys, nautical paintings & prints we’ve ever sold. See you at the sale. David, Dusty & Bill

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DUCK DECOY COLLECTION 200+

  • 2 Tony L. Hein decoys
  • 1984 Bob Berry North American Delaware Mallard
  • Wild Rivers decoys
  • F-S-45 carved snow goose
  • Paper mache mammoth hollow duck decoy
  • D. Payne decoy
  • Blue Bill Lancaster Penn
  • J.C. Higgins lifelike decoy
  • David Walker decoy
  • Tin decoys
  • 100+ painted decoys
  • Ringbill gull by Kearns
  • Partial list

SIGNED PAINTINGS & PRINTS 40+, MOST ARE NAUTICAL

  • Lot Gerhard CF Miller prints
  • Jack Anderson “Whitefish Bay” #449/500 in frame
  • C.L. Peterson “Thursday at Eagle Light: Early Snow” #263/600 in frame
  • C.L. Peterson “Gills Rock: Foggy Wednesday” #363/600 print in frame
  • Jack Anderson “A Place Remember” #434/470 in frame
  • Pioneer School 1869 signed in frame
  • Gerhard CF Miller #166/500 print in frame
  • Charles Peterson “Jens Jensen and The Clearing Schoolhouse” #172/500 in frame
  • D. Hackett “If The Old Boat Could Talk”
  • G.W. Odmark “White River Light” (1875) #239/998 in frame
  • Mark Mueller “Door County, Wis” #28/150 in frame
  • Mark Mueller “North Shore Lighthouse” #69/200
  • Fredric Bridenhagen #251/1200 print in frame
  • Gerhard CF Miller #258/500 print in frame
  • Kennedy ’78 Valley Green print in frame
  • Peninsula Melody
  • D. Hackett “Winter Birch” #71/400
  • 1979 WM Zimmerman “Nesting Ground” #278/900 in frame
  • Painted on canvas Ship scenes
  • Henderson “Lifting Off Early” #363/1250 print in frame
  • H. Hargrove Blacksmith in frame
  • H. Hargrove painting in frame
  • Partial list, wonderful collection

WOOD CARVING COLLECTION

  • 100+ carved birds, ship captains, nautical, several signed by artist
  • Eagle Tower (boat), signed

NUTCRACKER COLLECTION

  • 200+ all sizes, some German
  • Thomas Kinkade collection

LOT CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS & DECOR

7 QUILTS

BOAT & SHIP LANTERNS

  • Ship lantern Geo. B. Carpenter Co.
  • Ship lantern Perko
  • Boat signal
  • Stuurboord lantern
  • 2 ship lantern lamps
  • Perkins Marine boat signal

WEATHERVANES

  • 1 Copper whale
  • 1 Copper horse
HISTORIC AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSE COLLECTION

HARBOR LIGHTS COLLECTION

6 DUCK CALLS

COPENHAGEN DENMARK PLATE COLLECTION

NORMAN ROCKWELL PLATES

LOBSTER COLLECTION

  • Sonoma Nantucket collection
  • Fresh Lobster sold here sign
  • The Lazy Lobster sign
  • Fresh Blue Crab Sold Here sign
  • Salt & pepper set
  • Cookie jar
  • Serving pieces

CARVED WOOD LADY FIGURAL FOR FRONT OF SHIP HEAD

(This was John’s prize piece)

ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES

  • Marble top mirrored back hall tree
  • Oak ball & claw foot lamp table
  • Moore’s airtight wood heating stove
  • American Homestead winter wall mirror
  • Pay phone
  • Howard Miller regulator clock
  • Hull pottery
  • Iris pattern
  • Carnival glass
  • Lot press & pattern glass
  • Shirley Temple
  • Pink Depression bowls, serving piece
  • Wedgewood china
  • Rooster pitcher
  • Coffee grinder
  • Willow tree
  • Lead crystal
  • Coca Cola bottles & crate
  • 1950s doll
  • McCoy pottery
  • Remington ammo box
  • Uncle Sam mechanical bank repo
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Cream bucket
  • Milk cans
  • Vinyl records
  • Shelf clock
  • 2 brass blow torches

NAUTICAL COLLECTION

  • Port hole
  • Ship wheel
  • Lot model ships
  • Captain brass door knocker
  • Glass ball weights
  • Buoys
  • Carved Scrimshaw
  • Miniature boat knick knack display
  • Mega horn
  • Salt & pepper
  • Shell horn ship
  • Bookends
  • Lobster trap
  • H.M.S. Endeavor model ship
  • Gorch Fock model ship
  • Very partial list

OWNERS: LATE JOHN & SHARON DAMPF

AUCTIONEERS:
DAVID THORNHILL
314-393-7241
TROY, MO

DUSTY THORNHILL
314-393-4726
TROY, MO

BILL UNSELL
573-470-0037
FRANKFORD, MO

Lunch will be served.
All buyers will be photographed.
Terms: Cash or Good Check with Current Photo ID.
Out of State Photo IDs and Out of State Checks must be accompanied with a Bank Letter of Credit, call for details.
We do not accept Cashier Checks.
Items sold with no warranty, they stand sold AS IS.
On any item purchased through our auctions, we are not experts on description or authenticity of item, buyers, it is your decision to purchase item as it appears day of auction.
Owner & Auction personnel not responsible for accidents day of sale!
Announcements made day of sale take precedence over any advertisement!

 

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