"CANCER ESTATE FUNDRAISER FOR ANDREA CLARY VOS & AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY" SAT 1/2 OFF SELECT ITEMS!

SATURDAY 1/2 OFF SELECT ITEMS!!!!   

    PHOTOS TO BE POSTED WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY.
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“LESS OF A MESS / MORE OF A LEGACY” Cancer Fundraiser and Estate Sale (see full story below, after list of items for sale). We will be selling $1 raffle tickets on Friday for various gift certificates to local businesses, and also will have a variety of cancer awareness information and ribbons on a donation basis. 100% of the proceeds from both will go to the American Cancer Society. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!*

We will also be taking offers on the items that remain at the end of the sale, so please leave your name and phone number with the check-out people if you are interested in particular items or all that is left.

Partial listing of available goods for sale:

PAPER:  Postcards, Greeting Cards, Valentines, Die-Cuts, Advertising, Recipes, Manuals, Trade Cards, Menus, Journals, Diaries, Photographs, Correspondence (including Civil War, WWII), Ephemera and Miscellaneous. There is one family bible from a Wyandotte family that includes many family historical items such as newspaper clippings, photographs, official documents, and more...

BOOKS & MAGAZINES:  Antiquarian, Rare, and First Editions including some wonderful Meyers Classic Editions (German), Children's Books, Primers, and Sets; Cookbooks; Yearbooks, Hand-written Journals and Diaries; Old Magazines filled with Ads and historical information, Cover Art; Newspapers daring back to the 1800's; some Comics, and more...

ART:  Various original art items, including several drypoints by Elizabeth Colwell (one with a personal letter from her to the recipients), a William Gleason Maritime Painting, a Leo Kuchel original,  numerous other prints, posters, and miscellaneous …

POTTERY & CHINA:  McCoy, Roseville, Burley Winter, Japan, Hall (many teapots!) and many more. Pope Gosser, Noritake, Johnson Brothers, Occupied Japan, Restaurant Ware, and more …

GLASS:  Pressed and Pattern Glass, Depression Glass, Elegant Glass, Mid-Century Modern, kitchen and barware, old Bottles, more …

CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES:  From Victorian to present, including Ladies Undergarments, Coats, Dresses, Hats, Purses, Ties, Shirts, Pants, Children's Items, Vanity Items such as Compacts, Perfumes, Handkerchiefs, and Other Misc. items …

CHRISTMAS:  Lots of old Christmas items including Ornaments (Victorian to present), Figurines, Putz items, Blow-mold figures, etc,; more modern items such as trees, musicals, ornaments, hand-made items, table décor, wreaths, stockings, gift bags and wrappings, more … Other holiday items including Valentines, Halloween, Easter …

TRADING CARDS:  (Most not old) Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey, Marvel Universe, Garbage Pail Kids, more...

LOCAL INTEREST:  Michigan and Detroit Items, including some Detroit Tigers; Many Wyandotte Items such as Books,Pamphlets and Maps, Small Toys, defunct business items such as Employee Badges and Awards, Advertising, Fraternal Organization Items, more …

FURNITURE:  Mission Oak China Cabinet, Duncan Phyfe China Cabinet, Elegant antique serpentine front cina cabinet (needs glass), misc. tables and chairs, small vanity, lamps, lovely old chiffarobe, stacking file cabinet, shelves, more …

LINENS:  Quilts, Tablecloths, doilies, fabric, sewing notions and buttons, embroidery and crochet, scraps and trims, some patterns, curtains, bedding sets, sheets, pillowcases, towels, hankies, more...

OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST include some Military, Stamps, Toys and Games (lots of small pieces to go with various Marx and other playsets), Tools, a wonderful large Splint basket (and a few Longabergers), Baby Items, Jewelry and Pins, Records (including some Elvis, and a few Sun label 45's), and SO MUCH MORE!

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“Less of a Mess, More of a Legacy”

    A local antiques and collectibles dealer with Stage 4 Lung Cancer hopes to leave “Less of a Mess, More of a Legacy” for her family and friends via a public sale at PLAV Post 74, 963 Oak Street in Wyandotte  from 10 am-5 pm March 2 and 3.

    Andrea Clary Vos, 55.said she feels a little awkward about running her own fund-raiser and sale, but, “I can't bear the thought of my family having to sort through all this 'stuff.'" she said. "Besides, some of my "treasures" need to find new owners who will love them like I did!"

    Vos said the Polish Legion of American Veterans Post 74 is helping by making the hall available at a discounted rate, and many people have generously volunteered their services to help with the sale. She will be largely assisted in this endeavor by her husband, Neven, three children, Sara, Michael, and Ian, her sister Cindi Ratliff, friends from Jamie's Attic Estate Sales, and a host of other family and friends. 

    "I may not have achieved my philosophical goals in life," she said. "But having a successful sale is a tangible goal I CAN reach, and it will gladden my heart to know I am not leaving a big mess behind AND I'm helping my family and other cancer patients in a practical way.”

    First diagnosed in 2008, Vos said she had surgery in January 2009 and was told by her surgeon, “Sorry, there's nothing we can do for you.” The median life expectancy for people with her diagnosis was about 8 months, and those statistics sent her into a downward spiral of depression, Vos said.

    “I was devastated by the thought of leaving my three children behind and never enjoying grandmotherhood. There were so many things I had yet to do,” she said, “but I felt immobilized by grief.”

    After successfully completing chemotherapy in 2009 and then targeted radiation in 2010, Vos said she began to believe she had miraculously beaten the cancer. Unfortunately, many other struggles arose, including the 2010 cancer diagnoses of her mother, Nina Clary, and sister-in-law, Wanda Clary, both of whom have since passed. In November 2011, Vos learned her own cancer was back. She is now undergoing alternate chemotherapy regimens having had an allergic reaction to her previous mixture.

    “In retrospect, I sometimes think I was given the extra time with my family to help them through some very tough times, and also so I could have time with my grandchild, the beautiful Ms. Simone, born in June of 2010. The extra time has truly been a miracle, and perhaps that will continue—who knows? One of my siblings said it perfectly: 'We need to pray for the best but prepare for the worst.' That's what I'm trying to do.”

    Vos has been a lifelong collector of antiques and collectibles, and has been a dealer in her own and many other shops for years. Her 'treasures' number in the thousands, she says, and run the gamut from old correspondence, journals, and other ephemera to tiny buttons, pins and old Wyandotte collectibles. “I think I may have something from just about every category of collecting,” she said, “not to mention a massive amount of household goods accumulated over the course of 25 years in the same house with three children plus a few extras along the way.” China cabinets and furnishings, glass and pottery, paper goods and jewelry, books and postcards, old toys and even baby items are just a few of the offerings, she said. In addition, there will be Cancer Awareness information and products for sale, the proceeds of which will go directly to the American Cancer Society..

   As an estate sale veteran, Vos said she knows first-hand the trials and tribulations many families experience when having to dispose of a loved one's belongings. “I don't want to do that to my family,” she said. “And, on the up side, these 'things' deserve to get into the hands of someone else who will appreciate them. Hopefully, this will be a win-win situation for everyone involved. That can be my legacy.”

"Sign-up sheet ok"   Due to it might rain on Friday?