Sale Description:
Update: I'm not sure how many items we are up to, but it feels like 1000000000 (update...maybe even more now). Everything is looking great! Lots of fun stuff. We keep uncovering more and more interesting things...This is a living estate with several generations of family items.
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. 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! UNCOVERED A FEW REALLY NICE DRESSES TODAY, EARLY...SOME BONNETS AND EARLY HATS
Late 1800s doll clothes (2 dresses, 1 underskirt, 1 overskirt) 1 hat...at minimum
Tom Mix autograph picture
Dick Tracey items
Ironstone - Sharon pattern
Viewmaster with battery pack and cards
Railroad paper items
Ration paperwork
Old Toledo Edison paperwork
Vintage gloves, scarves
Old pins, buttons - a few are red cross blood donation from 1930s
Old miniature perfume bottles
Vintage avon new in box - several pieces
Bank collectible items
Animal collector plates
Wizard of Oz plates
Gone with the wind plates
Presidential theme plates
Vintage fountain pens and general advertising pens and pencils
Uncirculated coins
Old makeup jars and tons of bottles, all kinds
Games and old puzzles from the 1920s - several
Fishing pole - fly fishing and one toy
More old tools
Mirrors - new and mirror display stand
Picture frames - old
Matchbooks
Old gloves
STacking bookcase
Vintage desks
Old toy trucks, plow equipment
Old hat pins - several styles
Old button pins
Old phone directories - local
High school graduation announcements - several, early
Embroidery hoops and craft items - lots
Ladies purses and wallets - lots
Old childs doll buggy
Vintage Enamel jewelry machine
Lamps parts - several different pieces
Old lamps - several different kinds
Fire King, Pyrex
Lots of measuring cups
Jadite pieces
Old typewriters
Vintage Purina Items - lots of neat stuff
From 11-27-09
Cupie dolls
Indian Arrowheads
Knitting and Latchhook supplies, yarn, needles, etc.
Ornamental hair items
Rugs
Rag rugs, knotted - several and in GREAT condition
Baskets
Old christmas bulbs and decorations
enamel pans
Old bibles
Quilt squares blocks
Mason jars and old bottles
Restaurantware - creamers, plates (Blissfield high school!)
Salt dips
Old black telephone
Embroidery hoops - all kinds of sizes
Cake decorating
Old tools - more and more each day
New in box, old stock soaps, gift boxed
Mistletoe
Corner shelves
Vintage picks and shovels
Vintage bowling balls (3) and a few pins
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
1950s radios and stereos
apple baskets
picture frames
Bakelite items
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 TV 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. Lots of ruby, amberina, blue, amber, green, pink
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 more pictures coming soon... Thanks!