Amazing Living Estate Sale by TLC

Just outside the village of Holland Patent this countryside home offers a real adventure that will occupy your curiosity for many hours. Home to a long time resident and retired local librarian plus generations before him you'll find many unique treasures going as far back as our revolutionary period.

The owner has been a very active outdoorsman who has accumulated a wide variety of quality hiking and camping gear and is also an avid boating enthusiast. He's built or restored multiple canoe styles and sailing vessels in variously stages of restoration including a vintage competition white water canoe.

There's an extravaganza of collectibles throughout this home. Chinawares including early flow blue, Blue Willow, Majolica, Roseville and others plus a big assortment of vintage Christmas decorations. The ephemera here is amazing covering many historic periods including early photographs, postcards and more. The variety of artworks here will blow you away including dozens of early framed pieces to choose plus a Christiana framed print. There's a serious nautical theme which is evident in many of the framed works. There's also early basketry and big selection of record albums.

OTHER Highlights include a large half hull model from Brooklyn Naval yard, boatbuilding supplies and books, a child size wooden boat, sterling holloware, photo albums, vintage clothing, costume and precious jewelry, antique clocks including a tall case clock , ships clock, mother of pearl inlaid clock, accordions, two guitars, a small piano, hooked rugs, multiple pieces of stoneware by Whites and Graves. Victorian, country, Empire and oak furniture including several pieces of early Stickley Brothers oak. Dozens of prints and posters, numerous old oil lamps, quality linens, cast iron bookends and doorstops, brass telescope, vintage Boy Scout memorabilia, vintage toys, antique deacons bench…….

Vintage and rare cameras by Leica and others. There's a large library of how to books, early editions, children's books, sets plus many local interest volumes.

We've discovered a variety of long rifles from our historic past including a Springfield model 1878 Springfield trapdoor caliber 45-70 f t om the Spanish-American war, a Savage Arms Utica Model 25 pump rifle and others thst will require an FFL transfer. Also sabers and bayonet from earlier conflicts. Also a pair of gold handled canes and walking sticks. There's also vintage knifes and blades.

There's a small barn on property that's home to a variety of rusty gold treasures, lawn and garden equipment and implements, hand and power tools and of course all sorts of boats and canoes, high end quality paddles and oars by makers such as Gray Owl, Shaw and Tenney, vintage Folbot wooden kayak paddle plus other boating apparatus and gear. In the basement we've uncovered a wood working shop with all kinds of vintage tools, vises, clamps, early wood planes, power tools, hardwares. Boat building malls and axes. Theres a Shaw and Neely camping Axe, True Temper Flint Edge Forest Service Forest, broad axe plus many others.

There's seversl boats with trailers on this property include several sail boats, also an aluminum Grumman canoe, a custom built ultra light canoe and a wooden strip built Adirondack canoe.

We are still in discovery mode so stayed tuned for updates. Number assignments begin at 7am..

See you all there !