Sale Description:
Update: I'm not sure how many items we are up to, but it feels like 1000000000. This sale will be very reasonable! Don't miss the chance - we need the items to go. Everything is looking great, too! Lots of fun stuff. We keep uncovering more and more interesting things...and the quantity is such that we will be dealing a LOT on the last days. Everything has to go (and there's a lot to sell). This is a living estate with several generations of family items. Closets are full (overflowing) and the barn attic was stocked with great stuff.
Local advertising items...more and more each time we sort. Blissfield, Adrian, Riga, Milan, Hillsdale, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Toledo...maybe more! Almost everything has some sort of advertising on it. These people were very active in the community, church, etc. Eric says that they have two plates for every significant local event :). Pictures with ads on the back, thermometer pictures, bank items, pamphlets, trinkets, etc.
Vintage clothing - movie quality 50s - 70s...closets full, and we've been pulling boxes from under the beds...
at least 100 pieces, with at least 20 vintage hats from various eras, and a few nice purses. Lots of shoes and scarves, too!
Glass slipper and glass boot collection
New in Box Terrycloth towels
Men's ties - vintage
Large selection of 50s or so ladies undergarmets
Mens vintage pajamas and long underwear
Ladies vintage purses - several
Greeting cards .....too many to figure out what to do with them. Most in perfect condition. Early to not so early (great for art?)
Stamps, and First Day of Issue markings on envelopes...lots - 40 or 50 maybe? STamp books, magazines, and just plain stamps.
Christmas items, vintage and all types.
Cast iron toy trains
Vintage material - lots and lots, along with old Womens Day magazines (1960s-70s?), Needlework magazines, The Mirror, Vogue, and others..quite a few old ones. I don't think there's anything newer than early 1970s. Some lace and craft items. Yarn and knitting items, embroidery items, old lace, buttons. TONS of patterns - lots of retro patterns (cool)
Furniture - bedroom sets, standads, stacking bookcase, chairs
Old quilts and quilt tops, pieces, patterns - several, seem to be in good condition (just saw their edges) and some quilted pillows, lots of quilts and pieces of quilts, and a lot of quilting patterns and documentation.
Vintage material- several boxes - if not many
Lots of unsorted stamps - guessing from 1930's
Milk glass, pink and white - tables full
Lots of miniature figures - animals...lots of different types - probably several hundred (at least)
Beautiful carnival glass, so far several pieces of VERY NICE stuff, mariold, amethyst, etc.
Vintage ladies hats (some boxes present, but not all in perfect condition)
Cookbooks - lots and lots and lots - local collection, quite a few? from the early 1900s
Lots of little local items from Blissfield, Riga, Hillsdale, Toledo, Adrian and maybe more cities...it will take a while to get through all of them
Vintage calendars, normal rockwell, advertising, etc.
Amazing artwork - real photo, pencil drawings, paintings, prints
Glassware, lots of colored items, cobalt, amberina, vasoline glass, Fenton, California glass, lace edge glass, depression green, depression pink, milk glass all over the place, blue, several stretch glass pieces (charcoal, amethyst and blue - awesome pieces), ruby - seriously...these must have been gifts throughout many years. A lot of them still have their tags and are in great condition.
Hand painted glass items
Miniature dolls, porcelain/china dolls and doll parts (not many whole dolls, but lots of parts)
Broom doll
Transferware
Meakin items (several, if not lots)
Royal Albert
Souvenir amber 1885 expo glass
Hundreds of really cool salt and peppers - not like typical collections - early to newer (some with original boxes)
Early American Pressed Glass (EAPG), pressed glass
Newspaper collection - Local, many years
Collector Plates - about 100, different types
Scrapbook items, vintage and newer
Linens too many to count - almost everything looks mint - most of these are new in box or are in perfect condition.
Postcards - haven't even begun to get a good count, but I see Christmas, local, landscape, and Easter to start
Some vintage jewelry (honestly, not a lot)
Vintage toys - we've seen little farm implements in perfect condition so far
Old eyeglasses
Stereoview and cards (lots, in original boxes)
Old typewriters
Oil Lamps (several)
Elephant collection
Early cookie cutters
Vintage Games and puzzles
Vintage ladies' items (purses, compacts, etc.)
Publications, local, church, etc.
Vintage household bowls, baking dishes, coffee cups, tea cups, cream and sugar sets, utensils, casseroles, dishes of all shapes and sizes
Toothpick holders (lots and all kinds)
Old photos, family, landscape, stuff
Old magazines, The Mirror and more
Old books
Old records, bank, energy
Medical equipment - newer
Thimbles
Weller Woodcraft squirrel wall pocket vase
A whole shelf system of pottery vases with names - good condition
Jadite bowl and a few cups
Juice glasses (cute - lots)
Rocking chair, a few dressers, a few stands
Crocks - we just found a new room under the porch that is full!
Old radios - several types, seem in good condition
Vintage photography equipment and a few cameras
Old family pictures (some with frames)
Clocks
Lots of old cameras and some vintange film processing equipment
So much more...we've barely scratched the surface! Updates and pictures coming soon... Thanks!