Bidsquare's "On The Square" editorial blog has highlighted five standout lots from the Day 1 estate collection of the late Nancy Jo Fox of North Carolina, which Mebane Antique Auction Gallery will offer live on October 16, 2026. The preview, published October 10, 2026, frames the sale as an auction that reads less like an inventory and more like a portrait of the collector who assembled it. Opening the selection is a theatrical pair of late-20th-century fox table lamps (Lot 1001), fitting for an estate bearing the Fox name. Each cast-composition figure, dressed for the hunt in a maroon riding coat, vest and gold cravat, stands 24.25 inches tall and supports twin lights with original faux-toleware shades; the lamps are described as being in excellent working condition. Lot 1002 continues the animal theme with a Victorian Renaissance Revival carved oak dog-head wall plaque from late-19th-century Europe, mounted in an elaborate French-style cartouche and possibly once part of a German hunting board. American folk art is represented by Lot 1003, a late-19th-century pressed sheet-metal surrey cart jockey weather vane component retaining its weathered yellow-painted surface, its horse and buggy long since lost. Victorian practicality appears in Lot 1004, an English portable brass carriage foot warmer with rosewood feet, decorative mask handle terminals and its original insert, once filled with hot coals to warm travelers in horse-drawn carriages and trains. The roundup closes with Lot 1005, a mid-19th-century English brass and wrought-iron fireside trivet decorated with a phoenix rising from flames. Together, the five objects span decorative arts, folk art, period metalwork and sporting imagery — an idiosyncratic mix that the preview suggests will appeal to collectors drawn to objects with a strong sense of history and character.