Estate of Elaine and Jack Palance at Cielo Ranch

Expert Estate Sales by LA Kroese is holding an estate sale for our newest client, Elaine Palance, at Cielo Ranch. The ranch is located in Cummings Valley and was purchased by Jack and Elaine Palance in 1986 as their main ranch and private retreat. The Palance family also owned another ranch near Stallion Springs for entertaining, which was sold after the actor passed away. An auction of the personal property at the Stallion Springs ranch was held at that time.

The Palance Estate sale includes furnishings at the fabulous home, contents of an enormous working barn, and two additional outbuildings. Everything and anything from a John Deere 4100 tractor to a great collection of western gear, saddles, European and American antiques, china, pottery, bronze dore clocks, a beautiful art deco bedroom set, a Victrola, lighting, and more. Additional furnishings include a gorgeous king size poster bed, a three antique armoires, there is also a collection of commercial sewing equipment, fabrics and notions which belonged to Elaine for her professional interior decor and design studio. There are lots of wonderful items, a collection of iron cut out horse garden statues, antique wagon wheels, tractors, cutters and garden benches, outdoor furnishings, and very tasteful collectables. Sale highlights includes a gigantic outdoor Rooster sculpture, a Mazarati, and a pair of child sized English riding horse figures.

The three-day event will begin on Friday, December 6, 2013 and run through Sunday the 8th. There will be an invitation only preview sale on Thursday, December 5th, contact Expert Estates to request your invitation. Special items include:

• Collection of French Ormolu Clocks

• Antique and vintage lights and fixtures

• Pair of circa 1910 Royal Doulton Vases 

• Hall Superior China, 8 piece collection

• Fiesta ware, Gibson, Crystal and Glass

• Italian Rooster Pitcher, Sigma

• Art Deco Glass Tea Cups

• Yellow Flower Earthenware Set, 16 pieces, Sta Ma Caernavaca

• Noritake Holly Pattern Set

• Glass topped table, Cast concrete base

• Wrought Iron Pot Rack with Farm Animal Figures

• Anchor Hocking Pressed Glass Grape Motif Lunch Set, Service for 8 with 4 extra cups

• Group of 3 of Hickory Wood Bar Stools

• Kenmore Microwave

• Signed oils, watercolors and prints

• Signed sports memorabilia 

• Lane Eddie Bauer Leather Arm Chair

• Lane Eddie Bauer Leather Ottoman

• Lane Eddie Bauer Leather Sofa

• Rustic Solid Pine Entertainment Armoire, whitewashed

• Glass topped table, barkwood base

• Glass topped table, woven rattan and metal base

• Mirror backed adjustable shelf wall unit, whitewashed

• Antique Oak Three Door Ice Box

• Black painted Sheridan arm chair

• Faux Bronze Table Glass Top

• Japanese Glass Case Horse

• J Little 1922 Oil Painting

• Hat Collection

• Ormolu Clocks

• Sony TV

• Erte Plates 

• Fischer System

• Fender F-200 6 String Guitar

• Lauren LA34 34-Inch 3/4-Size Steel String Acoustic Guitar

• King size poster bed, Egyptian revival

• Mirrored Arnoire

• Large French Armoire

• Cherry wood hutch

• Art Deco Bedroom Set

• Victrola

• 2 Full or Queen Beds with headboards, mattresses and rails

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• Equipment

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• John Deere 4100 Tractor, 900 hours, with 410 loader

• John Deere 413

• Harrow

• Manure Spreader, Millcreek

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• Outdoors

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• 2 Mobo English Child’s Horses, repainted

• Fiberglass Rooster Statue

• Wood Rocker

• Clawfoot tubs

• Cement Benches

• Cut out horse sculptures

• Large wagon wheels

• Small wagon wheels

• Chrystler Mazarati, 1990 83,000 miles

• Cast cement dog statue

In 1957, Palance won an Emmy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mountain McClintock in the Playhouse 90 production of Rod Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight. While still busy making movies, in the 1980s, Palance also co-hosted (with his daughter Holly Palance), the television series Ripley's Believe It or Not. Four decades after his film debut, Palance finally won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on March 30, 1992, for his performance as cowboy Curly Washburn in the 1991 comedy City Slickers.

Palance's first wife was Virginia Baker. They had three children: Holly, Brooke and Cody. In May 1987, Jack married Elaine Rogers. Palance painted and sold landscape art with a poem included on the back of each picture. He is also the author of The Forest of Love, a book of poems, published October 1, 1996, by Summerhouse Press.

During their worldwide travels the family acquired many of the great antiques you will find at the estate sale.