Estate Sale #3 - Deep Ellum - Estate of Merle Tech - Artist

You know it's going to be a great week when we have 3 estate sales!  Our 3rd sale finds us in the Deep Ellum studio of Native American artist Merle Tech.  Born in South Dakota, he was the owner of Techniques Studio and saw art in everything around him...designing furniture that resembled downtown Dallas buildings and furniture for Margaret Thatcher's son.  Part industrial design studio and part man cave, to describe this sale as eclectic would be an understatement!!!  You'll find tree slices, wood pieces, handmade wood wine bottle ladders, car doors, bicycle parts, layered wood, metal...fossils, axe heads, rocks of all sizes, sliced quartz piece, granite...turtle shells, snake skins and fur pelts.  Cowhide, leather pieces, antlers, skulls, horns, feathers...buttons and beads (shell, clay, wood, bone and turquoise), yard art and sculptures.  Vintage items:  oscillating fans and fan covers, old black phone, walnut dresser drawers, luggage, doorknobs, hardware, old typewriters (Royal, Woodstock, Remington) and metal stands.  Potato chip stand, cast iron fireplace inserts, slag glass oval lightshade, shoe shine boxes and brushes, Western flyer bicycle, old footlocker and an old wire clothes basket.  Also, Native American based art using guns, turtle shell, longhorns and skulls...selection of Dream Catchers. Don't miss the big one!

Huge supply of tools and materials!  Rockwall band saw, Shop Fox disc sander and arm saw, Craftsman radial saw, Delta wood lathe...Ryobi 10" table saw, Jet Bench planer, portable air compressor, Porter cable and CII pneumatic tools...arc and acetylene welders, welding tools and masks, gauges.  Industrial exhaust fans (one is Max Air), floor fans, metal pulleys and hoist equipment...towing chains, electrical outlet boxes, clamps of all types and sizes.  Hand tools:  hammers, wood chisels, wrenches, metal cutters and some hand forged tools.  Industrial doored cabinets, tables, carts, dollies, tool boxes, ladders...metal bases for tables and antique luggage carts.  Work lights on stands, clip-on industrial lights and interior lights.

Other collectibles include:  Native American blankets, saddles, clay and wood pipes, mask art and signed art pottery.  Art glass:  ashtray, mug, bowl, ginger jar, vases (two pieces signed Bowman, one signed Jim Wayne) along with other vintage colored glass vases.  Westbend penguin hot/cold servers, flasks, Nambe wine chiller, Lite Beer sign and Jorge Marin planet art.

Some of the unusual furniture pieces include the mine cart inspired table base and the Danish modern arm chair (SD Grand Rapids).  Other pieces:  antique oak round table, stylist chairs, wood and metal barstools, pine kitchen table with chairs, pine log twin headboard, artsy wood storage cabinets...newer chrome/plastic chair, office desk and file, oak bookcase, country wingback sofa.  Kenmore microware, Magic Chef apartment-size stainless refrigerator, Kenmore side by side refrigerator/freezer...Holmes and Kenwood floor heaters.  Currier & Ives and Shenango restaurant dinnerware, asparagus cookie jar/Italy, crock pot along with pots, pans and utensils. Electronics include:  Insignia TV, RCA flatscreen TV, Sony turntable and amplifier, Emerson DVD player, Compaq tower, Pioneer speakers...cameras, records, DVDs, CDs and VHS.  Books:  Comic Books, Bibles, furniture making and Native American.  Mens clothing items:  leather jacket, leather biker chaps, cowboy hats and Hodgman body suit (fishing). 

Don't miss the boat trailer, enclosed trailer and the classic Ford Fairlane 500 (no engine)!  Also, truck tool box...kitchen sinks, round clothes rack, wrought iron floor candle holders, fishing rods and reels, lures, boat anchor...Coleman camping stoves, charbroil gas grill, an outdoor fireplace and so much more!  Whether you're a collector or love to upcycle, this is a one-of-a-kind sale that should not be missed!