Cast iron seat collectors convene for historic auction: Art and Martha Heritage's estate sale offers rare and unusual varieties. (On the Road).

Farm Collector, May, 2003 by Hollis, Scott

For more than 25 years Art Heritage of Delaware County, Ind., collected farm items. Yet, his cast-iron seat collection brought him widespread attention even after his death. That collection will be available to bidders at the Art and Martha Heritage public estate auction on May 10, 2003, at the Delaware Fairgrounds in Muncie, Ind.

"The collection is probably the premier cast iron seat collection in the country," Kenneth Ellenberger, president of Ellenberger Brothers Inc. Auctioneers says. The Heritage collection includes about 500 cast iron seats--one of the most complete ...