Both items have attracted widespread interest, Martin, who will be conducting the sale, said yesterday. "There are a lot of architectural people who like them - either for resale or for certain Victorian buildings." Martin thinks the bell should sell for $500 and the angel for $1,000.
The auction also will offer a lot of other items that were cleaned out of the church. In addition, said Martin, extra items were donated by parishioners for the sale.
In the attic, for instance, were a large number of century-old children's oak chairs that may have been used for a Sunday school. In the basement was an oil painting of a seascape by the artist Hagerup, whose works go for $500 to $3,000, although the picture will not have any reserve minimums.
Also from the church are two large pews and two high-back bishop's chairs as well as a variety of Victorian furniture. There also are china and Fiestaware, Depression and Heisey glass.
Inspection is an hour before sale time at the church, on the corner of Elmwood and South Narberth Avenues across from the Narberth train station. For more information, call 610-644 4496.
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Another considerably larger outdoor sale will take place next weekend when Charles A. Whitaker liquidates the contents of an 18th-century manor house in New Hope that once belonged to James P. Clark, the former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles and Liberty Bell race track. The sale will be at 10:30 a.m. next Saturday and May 15 beneath a tent being put up for the event.
Currently owned by Manhattan clothing manufacturers who are planning for retirement, the house is full of fine furniture, paintings and equestrian items. Among them are an unusual brass jockey's scale from Liberty Bell race track and horse-drawn vehicles including a buggy and a sleigh, each in mint condition.
