50%OFF! Estate Sale in Laurelhurst - Mid Century, Antiques - 4 FLOORS!

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Dates
Sat
Feb 27
9am to 3pm
2016
Sun
Feb 28
9am to 3pm
2016

Terms & Conditions

RULES REGS & INSIDER INFO.....

The Basics: CASH and CREDIT OR DEBIT with 2% FEE, $50.00 minimum. We prefer cash because it is faster, we try to move the checkout line along as fast as possible, this is why no credit/debit for small purchases. BRING CASH!
Checks only if we know you!

We will honor our list for this sale. THE SIGN UP SHEET WILL BE OUT AT THE HOUSE WHEN THE ADDRESS IS PUBLISHED, 24 hours prior to the start of the sale.

You may not sign earlier than 9am the day before. Please DO NOT sign up more than yourself and your partner. Signing up numerous people is not cool - usually this means they might or might not attend, and it discourages others from signing up if they see a long list.
Buyers will sign-up on the list and entry will be according to your number on the list. There is a more specific description of "THE LIST" on our website under "What to Expect'. ONLY OUR OFFICIAL LIST WILL BE USED, YOU CANNOT START YOUR OWN. Please get in line according to your number!! If there is a problem with the list, we encourage the buyers to work it out amicably.

***No excess cash on premises - till is emptied regularly. ALL valuables are removed from the sale nightly****

House is alarmed! PLEASE DO NOT WALK AROUND THE HOUSE prior to the sale. VERY Close neighbors = issues. No one wants issues.
***ALERT! House is occupied! Please do not disturb!***

We are a business and must charge sales tax - DEALERS BRING YOUR RESALE CERTS - MANY WE HAVE ON FILE HAVE EXPIRED!!!!
We will have SOME bags, boxes and wrap for you but YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN HELP AND EQUIPMENT TO MOVE FURNITURE. ALL ITEMS MUST BE REMOVED BY 2PM Saturday.
Not responsible for accidents or injuries.

Strictly no pre-sales or previews. We will TRY to answer email questions as time allows but most prices WILL NOT be generally available before the sale.
NO REFUNDS OR RETURNS - BE SURE OF YOUR PURCHASE BEFORE YOU PAY - ALL SALES ARE FINAL!
As with most sales, IF YOU PUT IT IN YOUR BOX OR PILE - YOU ARE BUYING IT! IF YOU TAG IT 'SOLD', IT IS YOURS. IF YOU PAY FOR IT, YOU OWN IT. NO REFUNDS, NO HOLDS.
We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone - price tag manipulation, suspicious behavior and anything else that annoys us will result in immediate expulsion. Just kidding.....BUT.... you know the rules - play nice, be considerate and we'll all get along fine
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Brown Tag Estate Sales  presents 

ANOTHER FANTASTIC SALE!

Our client --- Architect Keith Kolb mentored scores of designers in his nearly 40 years of teaching at the University of Washington's architecture department. His fellow faculty included, at times, Victor Steinbrueck, Wendell Lovett, Norman Johnston, Fred Bassetti and Ibsen Nelsen. 

50% OFF SUNDAY except gold and sterling! - LAST DAY!! Help us clear this house!!  

Still lots of great stuff....check photos for sold items but feel free to email or text about specific items....

Alert! New method of description....a general overview here, but please  go to the photos for full description of items! Easier on us, and provides better clarity for you. You can hover but better to click on each photo for descriptions (and our usual witty comments...)

AND...as if life weren't difficut enough....TRAFFIC ALERT!  Eastside buyers....the Montlake Bridge will be CLOSED!  Use 45th off of I-5.
Seattle buyers ....Sandpoint Way will closed on the North end -- please check for alternate routes!!  

HOWEVER.....WE PROMISE IT WILL BE WORTH IT!!

There are 4 large floors in this house, so lots of steps!  Narrow doorways but wide stairways....still -- WATCH YOUR STEP!

A HUGE range of items -- Victorian Furniture, Glassware, China & Ironstone...  Silver Plate and Sterling Silver.....

Then we move on to Modernist and Mid Century Furniture from the 50's, 60's and 70's....Platner, Saarinen, Kofod-Larsen, Thonet, David Rowland, Eames, Jens Risom and other American and Scandanavian designers....plus metalware and dinnerwares, stainless flatware and cookware....

Military and WWII battlefield souvenirs...."Loot" as it was called....extensive collection of Nazi items - Hitler youth pins and dagger....Mein Kampf book and many other books on Hitler and Germany (creepy but of great historical significance)...uniforms, epaulettes and military pins...

In addition we have 1950's-60's toys - Corgi, Tootsietoys, Matchbox - Lesney, 1950's dealer promo cars and many more...vintage children's clothing too....Big Little books in excellent condition....

Lots of art, much by the client - he was an accomplished painter...plus a Morris Graves print from the Willard Gallery of New York....also multiple Lionel 'Spike' Pries etchings, a contemporary and another UW professor...

Sprawling book collection....HUGE selection of children's books, some in French with elaborate illustrations...huge collection of architecture books....books on art, religion, history ....and everything in between!  More photos of the books coming soon...

Tables full of drawings, renderings and photographs....architectural and childeren's drawings...beautiful unframed watercolors....boxes full of paper ephemera....STACKS of Life, Look and Time magazines from the 1940's thru the 1970's....POSTERS! from blacklight to military....

Just found!!!!!

Fabulous antique stamp collection books & albums plus lots of interesting loose stamps & postcards

Also a dozen 14K & genstone stickpins-fabulous!

Have I mentioned the tools, the linens or the vintage clothes?  The architectural renderings and models?  The large vintage flat files? The Mexcian and possibly Navaho weaving and sarapes?  The jewelry?  No, you say??  Well, check the photos for specific descriptions....more will come up in the next few days....

This is an epic sale -- not to miss!  Hope to see you there!

 

original Northwest watercolors, many by client first floororiginal artwork - watercolors Ray Hill top painting first floorSale PictureMore original artwork - many by the client - if signature is not visible, it's the client's work...trying to keep address private until the day it is published first floorvery vintage model wooden sailing ships on stands upright piano by Mueller & Gaines first floorFine crystal bowls with bubbled bottoms - marked 'France" first floorGENSE Sweden FACETTE Stainless FLATWARE Forks Knives Spoons full set in box first floorSale Picture first floor.....note the vast array of fine collectibles and just real cool stuff from all eras.....Multiple sets of silver plate flatware and 4-6-8 pc sets of fancy spoons etc first floorGorham silver plate setsecond silver plate setvictorian, 1920's, 1940's fancy silver plate flatware pieces first floorSale PictureSale Picturesilver plate holloware, other various cool stuff.... first floorSale PictureSpode china 'Byron' pattern, partial set first floor"Byron' by spodeEarly back saw by Mondon St. John & Co. New York first floorSale Picturearts & crafts desk set............straight razors first floorhard to photograph this and do it justice -- very nice inlaid brass design -- not marked first floor1800's, early 1900's glass, china and silver first floorCut crystal bowls -- largest is marked Hawkes first floorSilver plate and sterling pieces first floorGorgeous English flatware set in presentation boxmisc china and stone ware, including Tea Leaf and Royal Doulton, Nippon and more first floor Mid cen glassware, lots of tootsietoys and others first floorArabia items top shelf....Heath pottery teapots, mugs, creamer and sugar first floorgorgeous pottery mugs, some damage, unmarked....hand blown tumblers.....plastic bolws, trays and salad bowlDeco decanter and glasses set....Czech? first floormix of mid cen and vintage kitchenwares first floormany mini items and kithcenware first floorset of 10? 12? individual casseroles....unused WearEver roaster with orig shipping box...ubiquitous Rotisserie ( we can't take a sale unless there is one of these present) first floormuch miscellany first floorlarge retro style dining table made by the client first floor base of mid cen style dining tablemiscellany first floorWWII time magazines first floorSale Picturevintage clothing, women's and men's second floorvintage purses, hankies, linens second floorSale Picturevintage ties second floorpersian lamb jacket second floorc-pap machine second floorbathroom stufffantastic black laquered japanese tea shipping chest second floorthis thing is awesome!c1880 solid mahogany drop leaf table....pair of chairs....great condition second floorcomprehensive Mirriam Webster dictionary....use as doorstop....lethal weapon or boat anchor as well as dictionary..... second floornudes anyone? second floorlinens, vintage and newer....wool blankets...tablecovers etc second floorsecond floorsecond floorvintage royal typewriter in case second floormultiple scrap books from the 1930's thru the 50's...other paper ephemera... second floorfreestanding console....stereo with receiver and turntable....vintage LP's and 78's....world globe second floortop floor!!! architects work room with all the accoutrements! top floorvintage childrens UW sweater and shorts.....vintage fabric samples.....AIA forest products "yearbook" -- ori ginal black and white photos within....very cool top floormore architecture books top flooroffice stuff top floorIBM selectric typewriter and different type ballsvintage office tools top floormisc office stuff art supplies top floorarchitectural models (three total) top floor top floor top floorpaper tag hidden underneath....not able to photograph...so , sorry, no proof....;(3rd architectural model of somewhere in Seattle city block.... top floorkitchen first floorSale Picturewearever aluminum mid cen cookware first floorSale PictureSale PictureCutco knives and othersvictorian childrens booklets first floorsolid walnut framed mirror - c1900 stairway wallvintage Tarzan books , vintage Oz - Frank Baum - books -- very good condition second floorleather bound books -- nice!' second floorPOOH! early Winnie the Pooh books.....<sigh> ....love me some Pooh.....also Joan Anglund books second floorchildrens books second floorlarge Knoll furniture poster, double sided...shows all the great mid cen furniture makers.... second floor1st edition Madeline.....and friends second floorincredible automobile dealer brochures -- mostly 1930's - slick art deco style booklets -- want all! garageBOOKS!!! DID I MENTION WE HAD BOOKS? some on every floor but mostly second floor second floorsecond floorsecond floorsecond floor45 records with graphic covers second floorarchitectural books top floortop floorfirst floorbarrel key, pocket watch keys...military pins...oak leaf clusters....lots of cool bits in bags.... first floorvictorian stickpins, many are gold first floorfirst floorTHE BASEMENT aka GARAGEset of 6 early american chairs....woven seats, some good, some very as is garagepaper ephemera....lots! garagerenderings....photos of buiildings....original art....archtectural drawings garage6 story ladder....ok, not six stories but it's real, real tall....garage eight drawer flat file - large and heavy but very cool garagevintage tools....box of misc antique wood pieces pieces, sold as a lot garageheavy brass dragon 'scabbard' -- unknown what this came from...detailed and awesome.... garagemisc paper ephemera, drawings, Charles Russell prints...self publicized WWII journal 'The Illiterati' garageRussell western printsWWII journal of writings by soldiers stationed together...self published, pretty cool garagegreat selection of vintage childrens items - clothing, games, stuffed animals, books, puzzles, clothing garagevintage games and puzzles cute boys outfit!vintage puzzles, about 10 of them total garagenice 1930's-40's cedar chest with copper stapping, very clean inside, still smells like cedar garagePfaff sewing machine with parts in wood cabinet garageMORE BOOKS! mixed subjects -- old and newer these are in the garage but there are books on almost every floorSale Picturelots of children's books -- Tarzan, OZ, Little Golden books -- more of these on second floor, these are in the garageSTACKS of music books and sheet music garagemore Life magazines garagevintage linens - tablecovers, napkins, runners, blankets -- pretty good condition. more in second floor bedroom, these are in the garageVERY NICE flat file - 5 drawer, great condition but heavy and large YOU MUST MOVE. garagecool old shipping boxes and long wooden bench (needs love) garagevintage toolsmore WWII uniforms, canteen, boots, hats, ties garageSale PictureWWII uniform - shirt, pants, belt, both have patches garageGE floor radio - nice condition but untested, no plug garagemid cen industrial office chair garagefunky antique adjustable stool garagenice antique oak washstand garage1960's-70's Life, Look and Time magazines garageSale Picturevinatge LP'sSome the excellent gold & gemstone stickpins epauletsSale PictureLook t the glorious green enamel & emerald oneSterling spoons - souvenir and misc flatwareDavid Anderson enameled sterling forkSale Picturesterling baby spoons, pepper grinder, napkin rings, small bowlsTowle Sterling flatware set, 61 pieces with boxSale PictureMan's travel bag garagetwo scale model stage coaches, by Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild. One comes with the original packing crate and paperwork. They each measure about 16" long by about 10" tall....very unique garageWWII uniforms - coat, jacket, shirt and pants sets garagegreat selection of suitcases and travel trunks garagecoolest of the cool....Gunther Kieser poster, created for the Grateful Dead album....clipped to a masonite board for display, priced separately garagestacking metal file drawers....2 huge paper ubrellas...drafting table top....garage1950's model cars - friction motors - dealer promos...good to excellent condition1950's model cars - friction motors - dealer promos...good to excellent conditionmany 1950's model cars - friction motors - dealer promos...good to excellent conditiona1950's model cars - friction motors - dealer promos...good to excellent conditionaSale PictureEpaulletes....german and others WWIIEpaullettes WWIIlots of stamps, Civil War and antique Japan & foreign+ USSale PictureAgain, this is an old early print done in New York of a 'Resting Duck" by Morris Gravesmore architectural drawings -- great unusual art! garagevery cool antique scroll saw on what seems to be homemade wood and metal bench with vise. sold all together garageposters....cat and one other are blacklight entry wallLARGE vintage Washington state map on heavy masonite board -- double sided entry wallGreat Northern Railway calendar prints entry wallGreat Northern Railway calendar 1943 - excellent entry wallWWII military posters....how to arm your rocket launcher... entry wallFIRST EDITION!!! Adventures of Tom Sawyer -- poor condition, needs rebinding.... but still! you will likely never see one again... first floorWWII battleground souvenirs....literally -- daggers, pins, medals.... first floorElgin 15 jewel pocket watch - not gold and not running but porcelain face and beautiful! Ingersoll wrist watch.. not running first floor we don't know but it is cool....extremely large letter opener?? first floornative leather medicine bags....Makah basket first floor WWII patches first floorbeautiful book - a novel depicted only in woodcut art... second floorWaggery Town! how cute is that? second floor1930's Big Little Books -- Annie, Flash Gordon, Micky Mouse....also 1937 Little Radio Orphan Annie Secret Society booklet, pin and decoder badge -- wowser! all in excellent condition! first floorPairpoint silver plate tray or basket with handle. Heavy florals in relief - nice first floorgorgeous oval mirror, c1900 stairway wall'Gruel' woodblock stairway wallmodernist print.....original sheep art.....i love it! don't ewe? stairway walloriginal woodblocks stairway wallwatercolors stairway walloriginal art second floorArabia dinnerware 'Kaira' first floorArt Metal for Knoll stacking office chairs top floorno mark....but let me guess...Knoll? Risom? nice chair! top floorDux Scandavian chair - needs new cushions and upholstery but great bones....Retro tile top table - nice! top floorproof i wasn't fibbing...Pair of Jens Risom "Playboy" chairs....good condition, could use new upholstery but not crucial...........also mid cen teak or mahogany table with formica top, unmarked top floorEames wire frame chairs for Herman Miller....classic! top floor Kinetic wind sculpture by Anthony Howe....well known Orcas Island artist backyardwonderful original modernist artwork... second floorvintage drum set -- snare and tom tom drum with stands and covers -- great condition! second floorsmall solid walnut 3 drawer chest, c1880 second floor late 1800's american furniture....nice! second floorsolid walnute eastlake parlor table - good condition and shockingly sturdy... original art of all shapes and sizes....early abacus second floorart art art....did i mention we have some art? solid walnut c1880 dresser with mirror, good condition.... separate oval mirror, c1900 second floorc1880 walnut and burl 'sewing' table with drawers -- top originally had leather? or veneer, but this is missing....still a very nice piece.... needlpoint footstools, bedtrayCaucasian tuba or bidjov nice vintage hand knotted carpet second floorCaucasian area rug....mid cen felted shag area rug second floorfantastic solid walnut roll top desk - Eastlake, c1880, excellent condition second floorMexican and Navaho? weavings, rugs, sarapes first floorMexican and Navaho? (still researching) weavings, rugs, sarapesMexican and Navaho? (still researching) weavings, rugs, sarapes....same ones as previous photossilk screens, original etchings first floorThonet childrens chairs first floorantique small bibles, prayer books first floorlarge collection of military items including Nazi items - youth pins, dagger, original Mein Kampf....all "liberated" from Germany during the war first floorLionel 'Spike' Pries original etchings first floor HUGE 1970's Mod style oilcloth first floor, rolled up Jijim or Sumak embroidered carpet -Eastern Turkey/Caucasus second floorvintage woven children's room rug second floorRetro hooked rug second floor Mid Century lodern glassware...Orrefors and Kosta...Iittala...signed pieces by unknown artist first floorBeautiful Danish earthenware oval bowl/platter first floor fantastic desk set arts and crafts era....copper etched bookends, also a&c riding crops, clay pipe....dog tag bracelet first floornative arrowheads, club head, beaded pouches first floorhand made copper bookends, arts and crafts Meriden silver plate elaborate design humidor first floortin toys, c1950's 60's....steam engine ....dinky dump truck.... Hubley steam roller box, Little Orphan Annie ovaltine mug with lid...more first floorTootsietoys....Matchbox (one in original box)....Lesney....many more! Lots of original pamphets from these companies first floorHeath pottery teapots, mugs, creamer and sugar....bowls unknown first floorMid century metalware....Cromargan German stainless....Vollrath....Iittala Gaissa highball glasses...teak mortar and pestle, trivet... first floorFranciscan Starburst....LARGE cannister (or cookie jar) in excellent condition....tall water pitcher with tight old hairline.... misc other pieces, all shown first floorHUGE HUGE HUGE set of plain ol white dishes....elegant dinnerware set, will serve many many many peeples first floorEisch wine glasses....clasic retro drink set....Redwing spongeware bowl- excellent - Pyrex casserole....Pyrex coffee carages....cast iron ebelskiver pan....wooden salad bowls...Texas ware butter dish...Carnation malt mixer...almuminum thermoses.... David Rowland office chairs first floorHayes Furniture Co. out of Oakland CA 1970's - custom made for the client first floor first floorPlatner lounge chair - can't show this one enough....Newel posts, hand carved faces first floorEero Saarinen for Knoll "Tulip" dining set. Well used but still serviceable, original upholstery. Alcoa metal bases first floororiginal oil and wooden model boats first floorMoris Graves print / poster main floorIB Kofod-Larsen 'Shell' chairs - molded ply, excellent condition Hairpin leg side tables first floorWBang & Olufsen Beomast 8000 speakers, turntable, receiver...works great! first floorfabulous! first floororiginal oil on board - early work by J.S. Mason....see next photo for signature first floor

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