Antique, Vintage, and Ephemera - Downsizing in Maplewood

This is a fun estate sale packed with decades of collecting, homemaking, and memories. Expect a wonderful mix of antiques, vintage favorites, everyday useful items, and delightful surprises around every corner.

Whether you’re a collector, reseller, decorator, or just love a good treasure hunt – there is something here for YOU.

📚 EPHEMERA LOVERS – THIS ONE IS FOR YOU

We have an incredible amount of ephemera priced to MOVE. 

Think:

• Vintage postcards

• Old photographs

• Letters & correspondence

• Paper advertising

• Sheet music

• Maps

• Greeting cards

• Scrapbooks

• Travel memorabilia

• Prints & small artwork

• Paper collectibles of every kind

Perfect for artists, junk journalers, historians, and collectors – this is the kind of selection you rarely see in one place!

 🎄 NORWEGIAN TREASURES

A very special highlight of this home is a wonderful collection with strong Norwegian and Scandinavian roots, including:

• Fantastic vintage holiday décor

• Traditional Scandinavian Christmas items

• Norwegian sweaters

• Heirloom pieces brought from Norway

• Unique items reflecting family history and heritage

If you love Nordic style, folk traditions, and vintage European charm – you will not want to miss this sale. There are also treasures from around the world, collected through travel adventures. 

🕰 SPECIAL FINDS

A lovely assortment of older and quality pieces throughout the home, including:

• Antique curio / secretary desk / vanity piece that is so amazing - Victorian, Edwardian, Whimsy Goth vibes all found in this one multi-purpose piece. 

• Meissen pieces

• Rembrandt lamp

• Nippon china

• Johnson Brothers china

• American Sweetheart Pitcher 

• Beautiful vintage and antique glassware, depression glass, porcelain, and ceramic, and pyrex

• Antique and vintage clocks

• Antique/Vintage chests and trunks

• Antique linens, lace, and textiles

• Antique trinkets, coins, and keys

Collectors and decorators will find plenty to explore.

👗 FASHION & TEXTILES

Some truly special clothing and textiles spanning generations:

• 1907 Norwegian two-piece wedding attire
  (A rare black skirt, boned bodice, blouse, and collar pieces – often mistaken for mourning wear. Worn by a bride married in Norway in 1907 before immigrating to the U.S. the same year – an amazing piece of family history.)

• 1938 lace wedding dress with long train, slip, and headpiece

• 1969 satin wedding dress with train, veil and headpiece

• Vintage women’s clothing

• Ties

• Mink stole

• Antique nightgowns and undergarments

• Antique/vintage christening gown with bonnet

• Orr Health wool blanket

• Rugs and beautiful linens

🏡 VINTAGE HOME GOODS GALORE

You’ll also find:

• MCM TV trays

• Vintage Pyrex

• Avocado green vintage cookware

• Vintage Tupperware

• Stoneware and crocks

• Hand-painted ceramics

• Baskets

• Candles

• Picture frames – TONS of them

• Scrapbooking and craft supplies

• Vintage games and toys (1960s–1980s)

• Books – antique, vintage, and modern (including children’s books)

• Vintage barware

• Bohemian china set

• Solingen gold-plated flatware set

• Souvenir spoon collection

• Vintage Canon camera and lenses

• Violin

• Tools, golf clubs, and a grill

🛋 FURNITURE

• Eastlake / Victorian Cabinet / Curio / Secretary Desk

• Antique rocking/gliding chair

• Lamps

• Trunks and storage pieces

Well cared for and ready for new homes!

🧭 STYLES YOU’LL SEE THROUGHOUT

Midcentury Modern • MCM • Victorian • Edwardian • Retro
East Lake • Scandinavian • Norwegian • Traditional
Whimsy Goth • Cottage • Vintage Holiday • Classic Americana

🕒 SALE SCHEDULE & DISCOUNT DETAILS

Saturday

• 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
• Waiting List will be out by 5 AM, morning of the sale
• Full Price Day

Sunday Discounts:

• 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM: Most items 50% off

• 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Bag Sale!

A few select items will have reserve pricing and will not be discounted the full 50% or included in the bag sale - but everything WILL have some kind of discount. 

BAG SALE RESET – IMPORTANT (but fun 😉)

At 3:00 PM we will take a quick 15-minute reset break to prepare for the bag sale.

• The house will briefly close

• All purchases must be completed prior to 3:00

• We’ll return items to their original places

• Anything not included in the bag sale will be removed during the reset

Think of it as a halftime show for treasure hunters!
And fair warning: any items discovered “creatively relocated” during the reset will be whisked away to keep the game honest 😄

AND MORE…

This description only scratches the surface. There is still more for US to discover and prepare for you - so remember to check back Thursday night / Friday morning for your updated sneak peek. 

Come dig, discover, and enjoy the hunt!