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HUNTER’S WESTERN AUTO CLOSING SALE! NOS Hardware, Bike Parts, Toys, Advertising, and SO MUCH MORE!!!

business closing | 3 day sale | sale is over

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The address for this sale in Allegan, MI 49010 will no longer be shown since it has already ended.

Dates

Thu

Feb 23

9am to 5pm

2023

Fri

Feb 24

9am to 4pm

2023

Sat

Feb 25

9am to 12pm

2023

- Cash, local checks w/ ID, major credit/debit cards (Visa, MC, Disc, Amex), PayPal and Venmo accepted.
- Everything is sold AS-IS, WHERE-IS. All purchases are final. No returns, refunds, exchanges or warranties.
- The property owners and House of Memories Estate Services are not responsible for any accidents.
- We will assist with moving large items if time allows. Please plan ahead and bring help for larger items if you need to remove large items during the morning hours.
- If an item has to be left at the house for a later pick-up, it must be paid for before you leave.
- House of Memories is committed to offering all items we find to you first...we DO NOT buy early.

FIRST DAY OPENING/ENTRY:
- WE WILL NO LONGER BE USING OR ACCEPTING ANY SIGN-UP LISTS. ***Customers Arriving Early on day one: Please do not start your own lists. Arrive at the sale site as early as you are comfortable and line up to receive an entry number.
- We will begin handing out entry numbers when we arrive on site (usually around 7:30am) on Thursday morning.
- These numbers will be used to line customers up to enter the sale in the order in which they arrived.
- These entry numbers are only used for the initial line-up and entry, when the sale opens on DAY ONE.
- We will then open the sale at 9am on Thursday.
- We will NOT be requiring masks for entry to our sales. However, please feel free to wear one if you would like!

House of Memories Estate Services

Company Website

Company Details

(269) 330-5788

2-10-23

For our next sale we have the rare privilege of working with someone who has had an immeasurable impact on his local community. We have the opportunity to help Tom Hunter in liquidating the last remaining treasures found at Hunter's Western Auto in downtown Allegan. This store was originally purchased by Tom's father, Ted Hunter, back in 1947 when Tom was just 2. Tom has spent unimaginable hours over the decades tending to the store, and eventually owning it himself.

As you step through the front door and hear the familiar ding of the bell you are surrounded by the incredible history that lives inside. The building originally housed a theatre around the turn of the 20th century (the original tin ceiling still remains). You also see the antique floor tiles from the Greek restaurant in the 1930s. The building now holds all the treasures from the past 75 years...local advertising pieces, hundreds of vintage Western Auto catalogs, New Old Stock hardware, toys, bicycle parts, tools, outdoor supplies, and so much more. There are vintage display cases and display racks. If you can imagine it being in an old hardware/supply store...it's in there! So please mark your calendars for these three days coming up at the end of February and come out to celebrate the legacy of Tom Hunter and Hunter's Western Auto.

(***Also, we are planning on having cupcakes here on Saturday morning to help celebrate Tom...so come on out and say hi, and let him know how much he has meant to you!)

Here is a list of the featured pieces and collections in this sale:

- HUGE supply of new and vintage bicycle parts, accessories, repair tools, inner tubes, rims, spokes, tires, seats, racks, fenders, handlebars, grips, frames, forks, pegs, chains, helmets, tire pumps, and more!

- Original porcelain "Ted Hunter" sign! Measures approx. 60" x 6"

- Large bicycle banners: Mongoose, Fuji, Redline

- Fuji Authorized Dealer plastic sign

- ILCO key cutting machines w/ key blanks, rings, key display racks, etc

- Two LORUS watch display cases, plus NOS watches

- LOTS of other display racks: Nicholson, Fuller, S-K Tools, Pik-A-Nut, E-Zee automobile brushes, Duracell, Ray-O-Vac, Vanadium, etc

- Ace Hanson countertop display case full of taps and dies

- Dremel countertop display case full of Dremel tools

- Expandet spinning countertop display rack w/ Expandet anchors

- Vermont American router bits display case

- Several bicycles for sale (details & specifics yet to come)

- Mid-century Schwinn? cantilever bike w/ Schwinn Phantom chain guard, AS springer front fork, and "EB Special" Gary Radio & Cycle Co. badge

- Nearly endless hardware & tools! Nuts & bolts, displays, hand tools, some power tools, screw drivers, wrenches, etc

- NOS board games

- Aurora rubber Army tank, truck and figures w/ original packaging

- Hundreds of vintage catalogs! Full Western Auto catalogs, 1950s Western Auto Christmas catalogs, Toy order form catalogs from the store, 1930s management manuals, vintage auto paint selection books and sheets, and more!

- LOTS of ephemera: local advertising, posters, tag board price signs from the store, individual manuals, local playbills, Allegan Tigers posters, Allegan County Fair items,

- Large "DOW crab grass killer" banner

- New shovels, rakes, brooms, etc

- Lots of metal shelving, wire racks, and a couple sweet wire baskets

- Dozens of wood display counters w/ antique glass dividers

- Vintage Allegan county phone books

- Vintage Christmas decor: Noma Fancy Figures, plastic birds, small plastic Santa figures, hundreds of large tree bulbs, etc

- Vintage paint cans, automotive lacquer, etc

- NOS air filters, oil filters, spark plugs, fan belts, and other automotive supplies

- Vintage microfiche machine w/ Western Auto film sheets

- A small selection of HO gauge train items, and slot car track, model rocket items, etc

- Vietnam War-era gas mask prescription glasses (Tom Hunter's from the late 1960s)

- NOS Shimano Stick-Shifts for bicycles