Flat Rate Estate Liquidation - South Minneapolis

When a friend of 20 years asks how he's ever going to get his elderly mother's semi-rural estate emptied from two states away, the creative problem-solving bug kicks in...and the next thing you know, you're posting on EstateSales.net. ;) 

This week, a box truck packed with a 30+ year accumulation of vintage and household goods - minus the oversized furniture - is making its way to the south side with mostly untold treasures hiding among the stacks...  we'll be packing a 1200 ft2 Whittier neighborhood space full, and setting up shop with a flat rate pricing structure (faster turnaround for us, and easy math + a treasure hunt for you). 

Here's the plan:

Thursday evening Early Bird, 6-9PM: $25 per item

Friday 10A-6P: $10 per item

Saturday, 10A-6P: $5 per item

Sunday, 10A-6P: $2 per item

Lot offers accepted beginning at 2pm Sunday, and bids/best offers for the sale's remainders will be accepted until 5PM Sunday (plan ahead; load-out window is firm: 9-3PM on Monday, 11/4). Garage sale fodder? Social experiment? Creative aspirations? Setting up house? Best offer takes all as we aim to make this as close to a Zero Waste event as possible. 

We'll post more photos once the unboxing begins, but here's a smattering of what we already know awaits:

-Antique Underwood typewriter

-Vintage Olivetti Lettera 36

-Replica '58 Impala (Lowrider Magazine / RadioShack)

-classic Sanyo boombox (looks v gently used)

-Vintage cameras + accessories

-Atari video game setup + classic games

-Classic and collectible games, toys, and dolls (Gumby & Pokey, Cabbage Patch, Flite Rings, kaleidoscopes, Disney, dominoes, marbles, Pez dispensers, Mr. Bubbles, more)

-Blue glass Mason jars (Ball & Boyd brands) and original zinc lids

-Antique glass soda bottles + wooden crates

-Framed artwork, including antique portraiture, vintage prints, and at least one Beatles poster

-A flat-topped steamer trunk

-Political, sports, and NASA memorabilia 

-Tchotchke and shelf-filler of various types (creepy clown figurines, strange fowl, pressed glass, painted plates, and and and)

-Baskets (Longaberger and others)

-Newton's cradle

-Office and art supplies (calligraphy and manga kits, crafting fabric, more)

-80s vintage fashion prints & accessories

-Books and magazines (Nat Geo, Aerospace, Life, Art Instructionals)

-Vintage vinyl (we spy 80s Madonna...), portable record player, more... 

-Vintage and antique hand tools (Lufkin, more)

-Gemstones, bead & leatherwork, vintage jewelry & accessories

-Digital Film Scanner

- Boxes and boxes of TBD & TBA (your guess is as good as ours!)

We'll be right along Eat Street, so plan to make an outing of this visit (or several). :)

See you soon!