EXTRAORDINARY IOWA CITY LIVING ESTATE SALE

We are privileged to present our next living estate sale for you complete enjoyment. A truly magnificent house overlooking 45 acres of majestic land including a large pond. The approach is breathtaking especially at this time of year.

The enormous house is overflowing with amazing treasures. Some of the highlights are an oversized gourmet kitchen filled with the highest quality items to please any gourmet cook and baker. We have a very large woodshop in the downstairs of the house filled with everything the home carpenter could ever desire. We have a Christmas room, a sewing room and multiple rooms filled with designer furniture and accessories. We also have a garage filled to capacity. There is a large collection of antique table linens and bed linens. Lots and lots of fabulous women's plus size clothing ranging from casual to fancy. Lots of vintage children's toys and puzzles. 

I believe the best way is to highlight the items in some of rooms that stand out. My favorite room is the sunroom. It features a wonderful wicker set that includes a rocking chair, a large chair with ottoman and a three cushion settee. There are matching fabulous metal and beveled glass tables. One is oval and the other is round. A rabbit lamp highlights the setting. We also have a lighter wood Thomasville dining room table with six upholstered chairs, two leaves and a matching large china cabinet. There is a very unique marble top drum table and pineapple banquet lamps. Two more armoire/cabinets finish this room. 

The family room features a Pearson couch, a Barcalounger, a metal and wood etagere an oak coffee table and leather ottomans.

The master bedroom has an exquisite bedroom set of flamed wood made in Italy by Georgio. We have a bed, a large dresser and mirror and an armoire. 

The dining room has a C 1920 Jacobean revival maple dining room set that features a carved wood sideboard, a smaller hutch and a dining room table with 8 chairs with extra leaves and custom pads.

My other favorite room is the enormous kitchen that is overflowing with the finest quality cookware and accessories. All-Clad stainless, Le Crueset, Cuisinart, French E, Dehillerin copper cookware with something even new to me; a copper specialized potato/vegetable steamer. You will find every and anything you could possibly need to cook fabulous gourmet meals and everything for the baker as well. Lots of vintage Pyrex, colorful ceramic serving pieces, placemats, and decorative pieces to decorate your French country kitchen. Chickens are very prominent including a wonderful chicken lamp. We also have four light wood and rush bar stools and an oak table with matching Windsor style chairs. 

We have a large storage room that has been transformed into the most enchanting Christmas room. Overflowing with every possible decorative holiday item one could possibly want. Please look at all of the photos to illustrate this massive holiday collection. 

There is another huge room downstairs that we call the workshop. The gentleman of the house was an expert carpenter/woodworker and this workshop is filled with everything he needed. 

Now for the detailed list.

Lots of vintage furniture including couches, chairs, tables, dressers, chests and beds ranging from antique to Mid Century and contemporary. Unusual cabinets and shelves. 

Enormous collection of linens including tablecloths, both antique and more contemporary. Placemats, napkins, doilies, runners, and linen kitchen towels (mostly new). Also a very large collection of sheets, pillowcases, quilts, bedspreads and pillows. Lots of bath towels as well.

Lots of barware, kitchen glasses and crystal wine glasses.

Huge collection of vintage glass and crystal accessories.

Many beautiful and ornate high quality hanging mirrors. 

Enormous collection of vintage children's toys, puzzles, art supplies, games, dolls including lots of vintage Fisher Price and Precision classics John Deere tractor models in boxes. We also have porcelain children's tea sets, a 1948 erector set, and a vintage train set.

Lots of decorator lamps ranging from a gorgeous torchiere to banquet lamps to figurative lamps.

High quality office furniture and equipment.

Lots of patio furniture including vintage and contemporary.

Vintage The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Monarch Cushion heavy wood with mother of pearl insets pool/billiard table and vintage pool accessories.

Lots of vintage luggage and an antique travel trunk. Also a vintage Lane cedar chest.

Very large collection of French books, records and CD"s. 

Great collection of cookbooks, children's books, novels and fabulous coffee table books.

Lots of vintage vinyl records and LP's.

Lots and lots of candle holders of all sizes and candles.

Enormous amount of excellent quality plus-size clothing. Many new. Ranging from evening to casual. 

Large amount of outerwear including highest quality full length coats and trench coats, winter hats, gloves and boots.

Scarves, pashminas and shawls.

Lots of high quality shoes and purses.

Vintage Roth Violin.

Autographed Dr. J Julius Erving basketball.

1940's Veritas-Pax lantern.

1929 Bausch & Lomb medical microscope with wooden case and a vintage Leitz-Wetzlar Binocular microscope.

Vintage movie and slide cameras, projectors with accessories of every kind and developing items.

Vintage sound components including Sanyo, Onkyo, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, RCA as well as a vintage Bang & Olefsen TX-2 turntable and pair of Infinity bookshelf speakers.

Large sewing room featuring bolts and bolts of material, patterns of all types, a large wooden folding clothes dryer, a wooden spool thread cabinet, Horn sewing and cutting table, Singer Magic Press, craft and sewing books, sewing/cutting table with measured mat, embroidery, crochet and knitting accessories and much more.

Now into the workshop. A very eclectic group of items fill this enormous room including an antique schoolhouse slate wall chalkboard, a child's John Deere Gator 4 x 2, vintage "Our Own" red flyer wagon, radio controlled water toys, variety of bicycles, including Mongoose, Huffy and Schwinn, a child's vintage kitchenette and ironing board with accessories, two antique pedal Singer sewing machines in cabinets, an International ping pong table, a large assortment of antique and vintage wooden chairs, vintage and antique children's school desks, a Craftsman table saw, Craftsman radial saw, Delta wood shaper, Tool Shop tile cutter, Happy Valley Ranch wood and cast iron apple press (never used), Craftsman tool chest, Bosch Router, a variety of sanders, wood clamps, air nailers, Delta scroll saw, Tormek grinder/buffer. Baldor polishing lathe, many, many hand tools and accessories, antique chisels and anvil, Craftsman bench grinder, Craftsman compound saw, Sears craftsman joiner/planer, 12 inch wood lathe, Porter cable dovetail machine, Mid-century Pelton and Crane Dental station with light powered cabinets and tray with foot switch. We also have a 17 foot Michi Craft canoe, steel bike rack, soccer net, large water tube floaty, hand ball racquets, vintage metal harvesting baskets, and wooden work tables.

Some other items are a Dansk St. Tropez dish set, an unusual embossed wood and metal entry table, two exquisite alabaster and crystal lamps, a Dorchester House walnut secretary, a vintage Chickering spinet piano, an exquisite service for 12 ten piece place settings of vintage but never used set of fine china by Wedgwood in the Ascot pattern, several vintage silver plate flatware sets, an Encore wooden desk unit and file cabinet,  a walnut and leaded glass corner desk unit, lots of office equipment and office chairs. 

We have a very large garage filled with large capacity cooking items including pressure cookers, a Nesco 18 quart roaster in box, a Williams Sonoma food slicer, wooden kitchen bar stools, vintage food mills, food dehydrators, yogurt makers, tons of canning jars and lids, patio furniture cushions, baby strollers, baskets, planters and so much more.

Large collection of vintage to contemporary small appliances including a Gelato maker, Swiss Racelette grill, Breville juicer, crock pots, coffee makers, bread maker and more.

I need to mention once more the absolutely amazing collection of Christmas items ranging from vintage to contemporary. This is truly a breathtaking array of holiday magic. You need to see it to understand how much there is.

There is so much more in this sale. Too much to list. You have to see it for yourself.

This is a sale you definitely want to attend.

We hope to see you there.

Cheryl and Amy and the Crew.