Items of Value Inc

     This is a three-day sale because of both the quantity and quality of items we have to offer.  The couple has lived in this house for over 50 years.  The attic was crammed with items in addition to what was well packed into the bottom 2 floors plus finished basement.  You will thoroughly enjoy your "voyage of discovery" as you go through the house. 

     To top it off, you who are collectors of these sorts of things will have a truly unique opportunity to purchase a square metal-framed, metal-legged table with four attached seats on swivel bars.  Next are the c. 1910s Athabascan miniature kayaks brought back from Alaska along with two small samples of beadwork, and a miniature dog sled.  Third is the rare limited edition #23/45 print by R. Yuki, dated 1972 and titled "Le Chemin qui fuit" ("The path that runs away/disappears").  When you study the image for a few seconds, you will realize what is happening in the scene.  It is very funny.

       Next is the small collection of vintage lanterns and lights, followed by vintage typewrite and 8mm movie camera.  The approx 100 vintage LPs are on a shelf directly in front of you at the bottom of the stairs.  Vintage marble collection is in the room off the dining room.  Collection of vintage world globes is in the downstairs library. Collection of stone trail markers is also there.

      You book lovers will be in heaven for the enormous quantity of books.  You might browse through some of them while enjoying sitting in the sun room or in the basement library, then decide which ones you want to take home with you.  The collection of pocket knives is in a showcase we brought in especially for them, beside the two showcases we usually use, filled with sterling silver, sterling charms, small animal figures, jewelry, vintage metal soldiers.  The sterling flatware set is "Tara" by Reed & Barton.  We will sell the 10-place setting as a set and the other pieces, including serving pieces, separately.  The dinnerware is "Mavis" by Noritake.  A second partial set if "Autum's Delight" by Johnson Brothers.  You will find it on the table in the center of the dining room.  On the maple server in front of the dining room window are the dinner and dessert Christmas holly plates by Lenox.  On the tables on the opposite side are a teacup/saucer collection plus vintage pink glassware.  A collection of teapots, sugar/creamer sets, demitasse set fill the 2 corner cabinets there.

     While in the living room with the antique Victorian side chair and platform rocker accompanied by footstool, be sure to look down at the burgundy rug for sale.  You will find a superb Asian-style room-size rug in the master bedroom.  Hall runners and smaller rugs are distributed throughout the house. Do you carry with you dimensions of rugs you might want?  Other color accents are the wicker pieces in the sun room painted yellow and the framed Delacroix prints that hang in several rooms.  Note  this rare opportunity to purchase 2 LARGE vintage oil lamps that have NOT been converted to electricity.  In fact, there is an oil lamp collection along with lantern collection in the basement library.  The other Victorian piece is the diminutive sofa in the study off the dining room. There you will find a lighted narrow showcase, flat screen TV, and a small wall-mounted display box for your collectibles.  Ask us to will show you the secret bar inside the quadrate display pedestal.

     The house abounds in ceramic statues and bowls, which we have displayed in many rooms.  We have even had to use the window sills for display.  The fireplace mantle is its own display center for many small collectibles from around the world.  Clothes you will find in many rooms.  The boxes of Christmas items are on tables in the master bedroom with some still in boxes for lack of display space.  In the second bedroom we have tried to gather children's books, art supplies, learning games.

     The better fishing rods and lures are hanging overhead on a wall in the basement library. Others are in the outdoor shed along with many yard tools, a FINE lawnmower, and men's bike.  In the back yard you will find a cement birdbath for sale, unusual because it has a molded squirrel on the pedestal.  Metal patio furniture and cook grills are on the outdoor patio.

      Please bring canvas satchels and empty boxes with you as we have few to offer.  CAUTION:  the outside steps are steep, the inside steps are shallow, so please hold onto hand rails.  The following weekend of 23-24 February is our February showroom sale in Temple Hills.  The first weekend of March is scheduled for a sale in Alexandria.  We have three more requests for sale awaiting client decisions for dates.  So, stay healthy and get your income tax done so that you will not miss our sales.  Dwight Carter, who usually cashiers our sales, is home recuperating from back surgery, wishing he could be at these sales.  He would enjoy hearing from you at 202-441-9953.