Unbelievable Antique Paradise, Gotta See it to Believe it

 .  There are so many items, we are beginning the sale on  Wednesday, the 16th, from  1 til 5PM.  Hours on Thursday---Saturday will be 9 til 4.  CASH ONLY!!!!!   The sale will be held inside the home, the garage, and workshop next door to the garage, and in the breezeway patio between the home and garage.  Every inch of space is packed full.   We are going to have 5 cashiers working this sale.    This estate sale is for an extremely avid antique collector, dealer, and estate sale handler.  We are selling her 50 years of collecting.   More details about this special lady will be added on Tuesday of this week.   The home is in Shreveport, Louisiana and the address will be shown at 6am on Wednesday, January 16. We are honored to host this fantastic sale.  

Large items inside the home:  antique round walnut breakfast table with 4 captain chairs;   3 antique rope beds circa 1860--1890, one is full, 2 are 3/4 side;  large S curve roll top desk;  large two door oak bookcase;  antique mahogany eastlake style bookcase;  stick and ball head and footboard, full;  pair of the prettiest brass twin beds you have ever seen;  antique walnut chest;  antique walnut dresser base;  Georgian style mirror;  small walnut dresser;  3 marble top victorian wash stand/night stand chests;  large mid century walnut 2 drawer chest;  walnut armoire;  side locking burled wood chest;  small mahogany bookcase;  sofa; large wingback chair;  antique spool cabinet;  marble top wash stand;  antique walnut corner cabinet;  small walnut game table with 4 chairs;  mahogany game table with swivel top;  large walnut bookcase;  large oak secretary;  curved glass china cabinet that needs glass;  tall bookcases;  victorian velvet upholstered rocking chair;  green eastlake parlor chair;  sewing machine in cabinet;  sewing machine base with wooden table top; walnut wash stand; several antique iron floor lamps;  antique maple chamber pot cabinet.  large mid century folding room divider screen;   the original Abigail wooden estate sale sign;   Frigidaire refrigerator;  deep freeze

Smalls inside home:  extremely rare automaton; about 70 cast iron banks circa 1880--1900;  large group of cast  iron animals;  about 75 Staffordshire figurines;  English Fairings;  Hummel figurines;  Rosewood Tea caddie;  civil war era child's pedal buggy with picture of a child riding it circa 1860; ;  2 tricycles circa 1860--1880;  about 15 small display cases;  Heubach piano babies;  Hutschenreuther nude;  Sitzendorff cherub candle stand;  pr Sitzendorff cherub candle holders;  Meissen cherub figurine; sterling silver items;  about 30 pocket knives;  jewelry;  political pins back to the early 1900s;  2 autographed items by President Harry Truman;   salesman sample mahogany secretary and chest;  antique fountain pens;   small antique lap desk;   Hubley cast iron cars;  Arcade cast iron toy furniture;  large group of walking canes;  big group of antique and children umbrellas;  several pieces of art glass by Stevens and Williams; Fenton glassware;  about 40 pieces of antique cut glass;  American Fostoria crystal;  Hawkes crystal; Heisey crystal; Early American pattern glass (EAPG);  Meissen porcelains;  Steuben glass;  pastoral scene Royal Baeruth porcelain;  Belleek parian ware;  Weller pottery;  Roseville pottery;  about 150 child porcelain cups, saucers, feeding dishes, teapots, tea sets;  rare Wedgwood childs tea set;  Royal Doulton child porcelain;  extremely rare cobalt blue  Dr Pepper seltzer bottle from Shreveport;  Sevres porcelain vase; about 200 prisms for lusters, many shapes and sizes;  lots of small advertising items;  4 Faventia music box cylinders;  4 Regina Music box discs.  

Signed Clementine Hunter "washday" painting;  Very rare childs Ruby Gale cast iron stove  with pots dated Christmas 1894; Ruckle icicle salt glaze bowl;     Hires root Beer antique items;  coca cola clock;  banjo clock;  lots and lots of 1893 World FAir items;  salt glaze pottery bowls, pitchers;  about 30 mechanical toys from the early 1900s;  straight razors;  antique candy containers;  several view masters and reels;  antique push/pull toys;  demitasse cups with sterling saucers and holders;  fabulous Chinese Moriage antique lamp;  about 1,000 books including probably 400 antique price guides and identification guides;  about 3,000 post cards and several boxes of antique paper.   antique crocks and jugs;  black americana dolls and figurines, including one majolica tobacco jar;  Mettlach stein;  cloisonne items;  hand painted miniature portraits;  several thermometers;  salesman sample  hoosier cabinet  by Cass:  Junior stover waffle iron;  gold scale; pewter shoe horn circa 1850; antique tins;  tin lithograph banks;  miniature dolls;  lots and lots of German dolls by such makers as Heubach, Armand Marseille;  Kestner, Gerbruder, Effanbee; American Character; and more;  Hammond wall clock from a telegraph office;  International  Time Recording clock;  music box (piano shape) by Vincent Llinares;  group of antique funny papers from 1927;  lots and lots of Buster Brown items;  Rose O'neill Kewpie china;  split hickory baskets;  stick pins; old jewelry;  lots of antique metal toys;  1890 playing cards;  powder horns;  parrot shoe advertising items;  daguerrotypes and tin types;  straight razors;  about 30 pocket knives;  

about 75 antique oil and watercolor paintings and prints, by some listed artists such as Percy Moran, Andre Perez, Guttman, Atkinson Fox, Bigsbeeker, Ernest Walbourn, Cracroft, Gould,Richard DeTreville, Thomas Agnew,  Freida Clifford; and many others;  several antique rugs circa 1860--1900;  a 12 x 15 Karastan beautiful oriental rug;  state fair badges;  1906 La State Fair poster;  celluloid toys;  sterling top inkwells;  miniature iron collection;  school slates, one with ruler and sheets;  butter molds;  hubley cap guns;  very rare blue stencil 1 1/2 gallon crock churn;  antique scales;  rare wooden coca cola 6 pack container;  lead molds used to produce molten lead figurines;  small child's accordian;  Bennington and Niloak pottery;  Tanglefoot fly paper wooden box circa 1900;  framed advertising items;  1960s blue jeans; carnival glass; doll houses including one doll "barn";  linens; spreads;  quilts;  Texaco and Corgi banks still in original boxes;   large group Haviland  china "Rosalinde" pattern, Ducks Unlimited 1984 posters designed by George Rodrigue, the blue dog painter before he was famous, pair of small watercolors dated 1829;  Fern stands;  some rare Mason jars dated 1853;  the finest set of antique leather bound  books ever, dated 1826, "Percy Anecdotes";  large set of Dickens leather antique books dated 1876;  6 antique  Royal Doulton plates designed by Charles Gibson, the famous Gibson Girl artist; fabulous lamps, many original oils, some converted to electric with fonts by Fenton in the Spanish lace pattern and cranberry coin dot;  miniature oil lamps some by Mt Washington;  first Edition of the Raven by Edgar Allen Poe;  fabulous Victorian carved wall magazine rack;  

Opalescent glassware; Nippon porcelains; milk glass punch bowl set;  Ruby Red shaker set with 12 cups;  Royal Doulton girls;  Gerzit  Prune face stein; Royal Worcester china; large barometers; child's chairs, rockers and straight; miniature Singer Sewing machine;  several iron dog bookend sets; several kaleidoscopes; Frankoma pottery; several antique cow creamers;  boxes of doll furniture being sold in lots;  silverplate trays and pitchers;  lots of crystal, several very large serving platters;  starr egg carrier;  several stools;  several needlepoint chair seats; R S Prussia items;  easter eggs from 1800's; cambridge stork flower frog;  the complete Erte Book;  iron turtles and frogs;  child's wicker chairs and rocker;  wavecrest box, light globes for antique lighting;  framed Stevengraph silk weaving; Don Davey signed original;  engraving by J W ood and J. Pinion;  and so very much more....

In Garage:  lots of power hand tools;  air compressor;  boxes and boxes of small tools, nails, screws, cords and antique tools of many kinds;  Rare Sonny Boy 2 quart ice cream freezer circa 1900; pocket knives, spittoons; lots of primitive items;  drawers for feed bins or Hoosier cabinet;  wooden planes; ice skates and roller skates; tennis racquets;  oils and lubes;   several framed prints and oils;  creepers; antique locks;  many antique nut crackers;  clock cases; antique doll chairs;  door stops;  floor and room fans;  lots of wooden "gingerbread";  primitive wooden tool boxes;  primitive cutlery wooden carrier; cast iron cookware;  mirrors;  another antique rope bed, twin size;  split hickory baskets;  display cases;  antique rugs and needlepoint pieces;  antique toys, china;  antique blocks;  bags of antique clay marbles;  shawnee pottery;  Emerson wooden box;  Western Super X wood box;  lathe knives;  Ping Pong table, paddles, and nets;  miniature pieces;  lots of antique glassware and crystal;  1910 Red Scooter;  the original Fairgrounds Flea Market Sign;  pocket knives;  lots of antique picture frames;  Victorian light fixture with cranberry globe;  child's skis;  Estey pump organ circa 1900 that still works;  about 50 yardsticks; Casting  rods and reels;  fly rods and reels;  wicker doll buggy;  gout stools;  many molds to make lead figures;  many bags of agate marbles;  large leaded glass piece; 

In Breezeway between home and garage:  lots of yard tools, card tables;  about 30 + marble pieces for table tops, etc;  edger; bike; oil well drilling bit; iron wheels, cajun cooker, much more...

In the workshop adjacent to the garage, south side:  large lathe;  table saw; planer/joiner; band saw; boxes and tables full of hand tools;  many furniture clamps; lathe knives; saws, wrenches, drills, 

SPECIAL RULES FOR THIS SALE:

1. The house is small and is so packed with items we are going to have to limit the number of people in the home at one time to 30.  The first 30 people in line will enter and if there is any additional space, we will let a very few more in.  We will attempt to get you in the home as quickly as possible so you will need to wear your "patient" clothing.  

2. Sorry ladies, but if your purse is larger than 6 inches, you will not be allowed to bring it in either the home or the garage, so pack a small wallet or [pocketbook.  We will not keep or store any handbag  for you.   The primary reason for this is because the house is so crowded with breakables, the aisles between tables are narrow, and  one wrong swing of a large handbag could cost you a lot of money for a broken item.   

3. When you enter the home, we will have 3  cashiers to sell the hundreds of smalls inside 11 showcases.  Each item will have to be paid for before it can be removed from that room.  We will have several other helpers in the rest of the home to bring items to checkout for you and to assist you with purchases. 

4. There are several large cabinets, bookcases, desks, etc., that are packed full of items.  You may purchase any of these when the sale opens, but some cannot be removed until Saturday afternoon.  Items with this restriction are so noted.  If they were removed earlier, we would have to place items on the floor..     Once you see the inside, you will understand why we had to adopt these rules for this sale only.

The garage, workshop, breezeway patio area are also packed, and it may be necessary to limit the number of people entering the garage at one time.  That decision will be made based on the number of people waiting when we open.  We will have 2 helpers/cashiers  working at that outside area.