Betty Ross-Thomson Estate Sale

Betty Ross-Thomson Estate Sale

Address:  

306 Eighth Avenue (close to the original Farmer’s Market on Corrine Street in Hattiesburg.)   Follow the blue and white ESTATE SALE signs!

SPACE IS LIMITED!  This small house is packed, so we MAY have to limit the number of people inside at one time!

Thursday, January 16th:  6-7 pm ($10 entry fee!)

…REMEMBER:  10% off on ALL sales Thursday night!!!

Saturday, January 18th:  9 am - 3 pm

Sunday, January 19th (½ price day):  1-3 pm

On Thursday night…

- Wine and cheese crackers will be served beginning at 5:00, while they last.

- In an effort to support some of our favorite local businesses, we will be giving away a $25 gift certificate to Twin Forks Wine and Provisions (https://www.facebook.com/twinforkswineandprovisions/ ) and a $100 gift certificate to Mama Fer Cleaning Services (for Hattiesburg residents only)  (https://www.mamafer.com/) .   

- Plus, a giveaway from K & D Sales LLC for shoppers who arrive before 5:00 p.m. 

Drawings will be right at 6 p.m.!

- YES, YOU CAN PURCHASE ON THURSDAY NIGHT!!!

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REMINDERS:

• Cash or credit card payment! (NO CHECKS!!!)
• To avoid a rush at the beginning of the sale, entrance numbers will be handed out beginning 30 minutes prior to sale opening in order of arrival; every adult must have their own entry number.
• Please avoid parking in neighbors’ driveways or on their grass!

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Partial listing of contents-

Antique furniture:  Mahogany buffet/sideboard, Rosewood parlor/slipper chairs, Eastlake settee and fainting couch, Roll-top cedar wardrobe, mahogany Drexel corner cabinet, 12-drawer card catalog, 4-poster doll bed, oak rocker, mahogany Karpen chairs (from Dr. T.E. Ross, Sr.’s waiting room), oak desk and chair (from Dr. T.E. Ross, Jr.’s office), cherry drop-leaf gateleg table (handmade by a family friend), mahogany spindle-leg drop-leaf gateleg table, Field Officers’ bar, early Walthall School desk, Mahogany pic crust Duncan Phyfe table, and more;

Vintage furniture:  Stanley bedroom suite, Thomasville dining room suite, gooseneck upholstered platform rocker, fruitwood kitchen table and chairs, Italian Tole (metal painted flowers) chandeliers and glass-top table, neat metal shelving units, and more;

In the dining room:  Some china (Desert Rose, Richard Ginori tea set, Minton bone china bowl, and more), James Keillor and Sons glass jars, vintage glassware/décor and pottery, Ruby Wash stemware, Bontranger glassware, Morgantown “Starlight” crystal stemware, Tiffin glass “Twilight”, silver serving pieces, and more;

Clothes and shoes: Vintage clothes, shoes, gloves, mink stoles, coats, scarves, several Shetland wool wraps and scarves, and more;

Books:  Cookbooks, political comment, professorial library on children and learning/behavioral disabilities, lots of “escape reading” paperbacks, and others; 

Lagniappe: Antique Zenith high fidelity radio phonograph, antique blue stroller, antique gold swag lamp, Ridgeway grandmother clock, 4-drawer lockable Steel Case file cabinets, patio furniture, vintage lamps, CorningWare, milk glass, some of Dr. T.E. Ross, Jr.’s medical instruments and sterilizer, vintage telescope, antique wooden tripod, and more!

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Gadsby’s Good Grub will be there on Saturday, selling those fabulous hotdogs with all the trimmings! 

Check out the pictures on our Facebook page: K & D Estate Sales.  (“Like” the page and you will get updates!)  

Kay and Denny