SISTERS ANTIQUES ESTATE SALE / RICHMOND BEACH - NORTH SEATTLE

Description of sale:  This home has been such a joy to work in!  The view of Puget Sound is amazing and the beach is less than a mile to the west.  Before the neighboring trees grew tall and more and more houses were built, there was a clear view of the Space Needle!  Watching the cruise ships, ferries and countless sailboats and cruisers come and go certainly is a distraction!  We’re still hoping to see some whales while we’re enjoying our visit here...

The owners grew up in occupied Norway during World War II.  They actually came from two different areas in Norway and didn't know each other until they came to the United States.  He was from a farm in the southern part of Norway; she was from the mountains in the western part of Norway.  She actually grew up in the hotel where some of the Norwegian army stayed.  Later in the war, the Nazis occupied the hotel. 

After the war, they came to the United States.  (After so many years of occupation it took Norway quite a long time to get back on her feet.)   He had some family in Washington and she knew people in Seattle.  They actually met at a dance – dances were held quite often at the Norway Center for a fairly large Norwegian population.   Although she planned to be in the United States only for a year or so and then return to Norway... things changed!  They married in Seattle in 1954.  Since traveling to other countries wasn’t as common as it is today and because it was so expensive, her mother was not able to attend her wedding (her father passed when she was only 5).  The first time he ever met his wife’s mother was after their 3 children were born, during a family trip to Norway in 1965.  A 60 year anniversary was celebrated last year!

The home (nearly 4,000 square feet) was built in 1968.  Every weekend he would help his father (who was the contractor) work on building the house.  Children joined in as well, choosing the carpeting and ceiling fixtures, AND selecting the desktop Formica for the built-in desks for their bedrooms!  The children, all adults with their own families now, talk about what it was like growing up in this wonderful neighborhood... lots of other kids, late summer evenings playing kick-the-can from house to house until the final call from their parents to come in for dinner.  Wonderful memories!

A partial list includes:  1950s wedding dress and slip in box, 50th anniversary clock ship motif, albums 33, amberina daisy pattern canisters, art, art supplies, atomic clock made in Germany mid-century, Barbie and Midge doll case full, barware, baskets, BBQ, Blower Toro, blue/white porcelain, Bombay Company wall display case, books, bookshelves, brass candelabras, Stiffel candlesticks, bunk bed set, butterfly chairs ORIGINAL Knoll Hardoy(?), Caltex cups saucers Holland Royal Sphinx, canning supplies including pots and jars, card table with chairs, cast iron skillet, chafing dish copper, chairs, chest freezer, Chevron mugs Maastsricht Holland, children’s books old and new, child’s old oak rocker, Christmas trees decorations display items, clothing, coffee tables, Coleman lantern in box, collectibles, concrete birdbath base, copper kitchen ware, copper tea kettles, Corningware, couches, crafts, crystal, crystal chandelier beautiful 5-arm, crystal goblets, crystal liquor and wine decanters, cups/saucers, Cutco knife block NIB, Cutco knife trays wall mount, Depression glass, die cast cars Redline and Matchbox, doll dish sets some w/box vintage, dresser with mirror mid-century modern, dressers, easel, Edwin Knowles, electric heater, electronics, enameled aluminum, end tables, entry tables, fabric and yarn, Farberware set of stainless steel cookware, Fenton, fire extinguishers vintage, Fire Fyter household safe, fishing equipment, Fitz and Floyd, floor lamps, florist vases, frames, Frederick & Nelson bags and boxes, furniture, games and puzzles, garden planters, garden/yard, gardening supplies and tools, genuine etching,  Godinger set of crystal diamonds, gold leaf hall mirror, golf clubs bags shoes etc., Gorham, Hadeland, Haeger pottery, Hall teapot, hand tools, hand-painted china, hanging mid-century ceiling fixtures, Hoover Windtunnel bagless vacuum and accessories, Hot Wheels Mattel rally case, household items, housewares, Howard Miller grandfather clock, huge stamp collection, ice chests, iron and wood bench, Japanese Geisha lithophane tea set, jewelry, Junghans teak mid-century chiming wall clock, Kenmore chest freezer, kitchen utensils, Kosta Boda, ladies’ hats old, ladies' vanity items, lamp tables, lamps, large desk, lawnmower, leather sofa mid-century, Lenox, liquor bottle markers, lots and lots of vintage linens, lots of large tablecloths, maps, marine charts many, Mid-century console stereo, Mid-century kitchen table and chairs  original, mirrors, movie projector, Norwegian books, Norwegian wooden pedestal cake stands various sizes, oak courtroom chairs, old canvas backpacks, old toys, old trunks several, orange velour mid-century pair of twisting rocking chairs, Orrofors, outdoor furniture, outdoor potted plants, outdoor wooden bench, pair of caned grey upholstered chairs, patio furniture, patio heater, patio table with glass top 4 chairs and umbrella, patio and beach umbrellas, pewter, pottery, power tools, practice golf range in box, Precious Moments figurines, Princess House, Pukeberg crystal ship Uno Westerberg, Pyrex, Radio Flyer tricycle older, refrigerator, rocking chair, Rosenthal, Royal Albert, Royal Copenhagen, rubber baby toys vintage, Santa suit, Sears washer and dryer, serving pieces silver-plate and porcelain china, set 4 Asian heavily carved nesting tables w/glass, several sets of china, sewing supplies, ship’s lanterns, silver-plate, silver-plate platters, silver-plated chargers, Singer child’s Sewhandy electric sewing machine in box, sled, slide projector, small appliances, Sony stereo components, Southern Potteries china, specimen house plants, Spode, sporting goods, stainless steel canister set bread tea coffee flour sugar, stereos and components, stuffed animals and toys from grandchildren’s toy boxes, Swedish crystal, table top mantle clock, table top vintage hair dryer, tall office cabinet with drawers and cupboards, tea pots, tea service, television, Thomas Kinkade framed, tool boxes, tools, vacuum cleaners several, vanity/dresser mirror nightstand set beautiful inlaid detail, variety of carpets/rugs, video camera, vintage baby clothes, vintage pink chenille bedspread, walnut buffet mid-century to match, walnut dining table w/3 leaves 8 chairs mid-century, weathervane with golfer, wooden settee glider, woodenware including pedestal plates and bowls, workshop full of lots and lots of tools, yard tools and loads more...  We will try to update this list as time allows.

photos: www.sistersantiques.com  (to be added)

phone:  Patty (206) 914-6150

email:  patty@sistersantiques.com