MCM/DANISH MODERN DREAM ESTATE! Furniture, decor, collectibles, vintage fishing/camping/yachting +
Jan 9
9am to 5pmJan 10
9am to 4pmTerms & Conditions
- Everything is sold AS-IS, WHERE-IS. All purchases are final. No returns, refunds, exchanges or warranties.
- There will be no prices given out prior to the sale.
- The property owners and House of Memories Estate Services are not responsible for any accidents.
- We will assist with vehicle loading when available...so please bring help for moving larger items during the first few hours of the sale. Thank you!
- 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. The customers will always have the first shot at everything : )
FIRST DAY OPENING ENTRY:
- WE WILL NO LONGER BE USING OR ACCEPTING ANY SIGN-UP LISTS. Please 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 by 8am on Thursday, Jan. 9. 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, Jan. 9.
House of Memories Estate Services
Description & Details
12-31-19
Happy New Year everyone!
We are so blessed to be a part of the continuing story of our client and the home in which he grew up! This 1950s/60s Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired ranch home is nestled in a quiet neighborhood on a beautiful wooded hillside...and EVERYTHING having to do with this wonderful estate is Mid-Century Modern, Danish Modern, and pure vintage to its core! It would seem that this home has remained a time capsule, with items ranging from turn-of-the-century furniture and antiques, up through the 1960s - 80s decor. The treasures found inside will astound you, so make sure you come on out to experience the lives and livelihood of true pioneers...people who really lived life!
This is the home where George Gerpheide, "The Father of Touch Technology," grew up. He graduated with the last class at the old Central High, and then received an Electrical Engineering degree from MIT and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Utah. In Utah around 1990, he invented the first commercially successful capacitive finger-touch technology on a shoestring budget in his basement. Apple Computers featured it as the trackpad on their Powerbook computers, as did many other PC manufacturers. The company he founded, Cirque Corporation, eventually lost most of the market to follow-on competitor Synaptics. However, Apple evolved his original technology into a transparent form, and variants are now the touch surfaces of billions of smartphones.
Growing up in the late 1960s, he and his brother John worked the largest Kalamazoo Gazette paper route and used the profits to experiment with all kinds of electronics, including vacuum tubes and early transistors. They even manufactured primitive circuit boards in a too-ambitious project to build their own computer, decades before personal computers hit the scene. Many of these (non-working) old electronics items are available for sale.
Other items and collections available for sale are:
- One of the best selections of Mid-Century Modern/Danish Modern/Scandinavian items we've ever seen! Furniture, decor and household items, lighting and accent pieces...the entire house is filled with MCM gold! Barrel/rocket style mid-century floor and table lamps, wall lamps, Herman Miller Charles Eames office chair, Trioh console and coffee tables (Denmark), Founders/Thomasville dining table w/ chairs, Cosco bar stools, pair of Selig Denmark arm chairs, and more! Stay tuned for updates to the MCM treasure list : )
- Beautiful collection of yachting and sailing related items: Spars, sails and accessories for a Herreshoff Rozinante sailboat, large cast aluminum anchors, wooden model sailboats/ships, etc, and a wonderful collection of sailing magazines such as The Rudder, Wooden Boat,etc...and more!
- Beautiful set of Towle Craftsman sterling silver flatware, among other solid sterling silver items
- Small selection of jewelry
- Vintage lighters
- Vintage "British Silver Seagull" outboard motor
- Solid brass Edson bilge pump
- Hand built wood boat
- Good selection of hand tools, power tools, woodshed items, etc
- Great selection of vintage advertising cans...paints, chemicals, oil cans, etc
- Nice selection of vintage men's & women's clothing! Lots of Kalamazoo graphic T-shirts (vintage running shirts, businesses, etc), vintage jackets and shirts from L.L. Bean, Pendleton, C.C. Filson, Nike, Columbia, Patagonia, Roffe, Bogner, A.W. Johnson (Kalamazoo), Deacon Brothers, Eddie Bauer, etc
- Griswold #10 / 310 cast iron "Tite-Top" dutch oven
- Great selection of camping/outdoor items: Coleman lanterns, Coleman grill items, lots of nice vintage fishing tackle/Shakespeare rods & reels/lures, tools, vintage cots & tents, antique graniteware camp items, vintage LL Bean fishing items, clothing, jackets, and more
- Small Frederic Remington bronze statue
- Amazing mid-century modern andiron and fireplace tool set by Donald Deskey
- Nice selection of vintage electronics and audio equipment: Pioneer CS-A700 speakers, Pioneer PL-A35 turntable, Pioneer SX-828 stereo receiver, Heathkit items, Sony TC-WR665S cassette deck, and more!
- Antique pressed steel "Graf Zeppelin" toy and pressed steel train set pieces
- 3x5 Bull Dog Bunting 49 star flag
- Antique secretary desk/china hutch
- Art glass vase/planter by Timo Sarpaneva
- Vintage green "Elna" sewing machine
- and SO MUCH MORE....I don't think I'm even scratching the surface, so stay tuned for a more updated description...and yes, more photos : )
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