AUCTION COMMENTS

        We planned to have a July 2008 auction but changed it to May 2008 because of the NAWCC
        National Convention being held June 11-14, in Springfield, Missouri. That will give our buyers
        an opportunity to pick up their clocks in Lexington on their way to or from the
        Convention, or they can arrange for Joe Brewer to bring their clocks to Springfield.
        Jim Newman, a long time collector (NAWCC #12348) from Prescott, AZ, will be in
        Springfield for the meeting and will deliver clocks West along Interstate 40 on his return
        home. Buyers living near Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Albuquerque, Flagstaff, Phoenix,
        and Prescott, can meet Jim along I-40 and collect their clocks. Southern California and southern
        Nevada buyers may pick up their clocks in Prescott. Call Jim Newman at 928-925-9435
        to make arrangements.

        This catalog contains a large number of early American clocks, probably the finest and
        largest group of early clocks since 2003 when we sold the Missouri and Kansas doctors’ collections.
        We were not able to include all of the clocks in this auction so the remainder will
        be in the September 2008 auction. This catalog and next includes the A. Lee Smith collection
        of almost 200 early clocks, and several rare early American clocks from a Houston collector.
        In our warehouse awaiting their turn, is a collection of 200 excellent, middle and upper line
        American shelf and wall clocks; a collection of 175 French clocks including statuary, crystal
        regulators, and wall clocks. We also have a collection of over 150 rare clocks that were
        purchased from Sotheby’s and Christie’s Auctions over a 30 year period by an Oklahoma
        City couple, plus other rare and unusual pieces they bought overseas. I have been struggling
        with that collection for almost two years trying to catalog them for a future auction, but I have
        no reference material to help me with the descriptions of the many unusual clocks, primarily
        small French and Swiss desk clocks, and other rare clocks, such as a 16th century Dutch
        table clock. I considered sending them to Sotheby’s and/or Christie’s but I decided our customers
        should have an opportunity to buy them. We hope to get as many as possible in the
        September 2008 Auction, the remainder in January 2009.
        I hope you find some things of interest in this auction.
        Horton’s Antique Clocks
        Carroll Horton
        Joe Brewer