Items of Value Inc

     For those of you with relatives or friends coming into to town for Memorial Day weekend, be sure to bring them with you to this sale.  The house is modern, three floors with fantastic floor plan, and great view out the back.  It is filled with many items acquired in Europe during a military career as well as the best equipped wood working shop we have ever seen in a private home.   Enjoy going through our photos to see all that is available for you to purchase.  Please bring empty packing boxes with you as nearly everything we have for sale was already in the house.

     If you are interested in hand tools, small electric tools, and supplies, you will be in heaven at this sale.  The work room is large, the walls literally filled with items, all in new or very good condition.  You will also find valuable vintage and even some antique hand tools including an 1862 patented mahogany level with brass fittings.  We have locked up the smaller ones in one of the showcases we brought in.  Please bring empty boxes with you to fill up.  We will price the larger items in the workroom before the sale and price on demand for smaller items.

     European ceramics are everywhere.  They include MANY handpainted plates and boxes, also Bing & Grondal, Royal Copernhagen, Lladros, Hummels.  Blue predominates in both the ceramics and the glassware.  The wife loved to decorate for the holidays.  She probably cornered the market on Halloween, Christmas, and Easter items.  Among the Christmas items, note about 40 by Jim Shore of Heartwood Creek.  Now you make a selection for your own enjoyment.  In addition, you will discover statues and figures from a few east European countries and Russia.  We have two American uniforms for sale and well as three Russian military hats and a cap.

     The living room offers an interesting collection of furniture including a fairly new tall case clock, an antique American walnut secretary bookcase, a rare brown/black Caucasian rug, Hitchcock side chairs, 2 rockers.  We have assembled most of the Irish Belleek on the writing pad of the antique Victorian walnut secretary bookcase, which dominated the living room.  We put Bing & Grondal on the shelves inside.  This secretary bookcase is a FINE piece of display furniture aside from being useful with its pull-out felted writing board and cubby holes.

     In the vein of early American-style furniture, you will find a harvest table in the dining area filled to overflowing with holiday figurines.  The dining table with string inlay is in FINE condition, having been protected by table pads.  We have set it with Royal Doulton "Baronet" porcelain dinnerware and fine crystal.   The sterling flatware set is Gorham's "Chantilly".  The huge oak armoire there offers much storage space. It is antique and comes with working key.

    On the main floor there is a large room with a fireplace which is an all-in-one family room, kitchen, and casual eating area.  We have put two showcases there.  They include about 26 White House Christmas ornaments,  costume jewelry, small collectibles, two antique goldplated pocket watches.  Who of you will take home the round ceramic celadon fountain that we have filled with water on the round plate glass table top on cast aluminum frame?  Outside on the deck you will find a round metal patio table accompanied by four chairs.  Other metal mesh tables plus glass-top tables give you a choice. 

     The office/library is packed with books for you to choose.  We brought in three collapsible bookshelf units to accommodate many of them.  In that room you will also see the vintage/antique 2-story homemade miniature house in the center of the room.  It probably dates from the 1920s. 

       Above the staircase going down to the lowest level, note the two handpainted wood saws.  We have brought in a large number of folding tables to display some of the myriad items we have for sale.  You will be overwhelmed by the quantity and variety of Christmas items there.  Look especially for the large number of felt Christmas mice.  You will find a variety of chairs for sale.  We have put many around small card tables.  The Erector set is in its original box on a homemade desk.  You will find more items in three adjacent rooms plus in a huge closet there.

     There is a large  selection of framed paintings and prints.  Since the walls have just been spackled for repainting, we have lined up most of them on top of folding tables that we brought in or along walls.  The top floor includes what you might call a loft.  There is a variety of furniture there, including more groups of side chairs, some English, some French country style.  On the upstairs bed, we have put two wedding gowns. There is much to see in that bedroom. 

     The deck has some outdoor furniture plus a "beach cart" with large tires and large mesh bag to carry all the stuff you want to use at the beach.  For those of you planning indoor eating or gatherings, we offer you sets of metal folding chairs.  We also have plastic picnic and party ware for you this holiday weekend.  The garage has an upright freezer, Thule rooftop carrier, snowblower, lawnmower, and many yard tools and apparatues.  You will also find wheel chairs.  We have brought in a large box where we have been accumulating chandlier parts, including a lot of prisms.  You may enjoy going through it to find something to use.

      So, look forward to experiencing this large clean house and then plan on late breakfast or lunch in nearby Occoquan or in the Lake Ridge shopping center.  Please wear a face mask for your own protection while in the house.  Also bring strong empty boxes to pack your smaller purchases in.