ANTIQUES DEALER'S PERSONAL ESTATE, RICHMOND, IL / GENOA CITY, WI

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR MAY 1 & 2!

SALE IS JUST 1 MILE NORTH OF RICHMOND, ILLINOIS

IN GENOA CITY, WISCONSIN! 

This is an OUTSTANDING estate sale, filled with vintage treasures!

NUMBERS AT 8:00 A.M.

A well-known northern Illinois antiques dealer passed away recently and we are selling the contents of her home.   Those contents include her personal collections as well as her shop inventory. 

QUALITY & RARITY were her criteria in collecting.  Seldom will you find such a vast array of choice items at below-market pricing.

WE STILL HAVE 35 MORE BOXES TO UNPACK!  FOLLOWING IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST!

Offered for sale:

POSTCARDS:  Hundreds from her collection, all carefully archived in post card albums.  Included are some real-photo postcards, many from Connecticut but some, local Illinois.  One theme she collected was "Month of Birth" and the gemstones & flowers associated with that month and their symbolism.  Some of these are Gibson-girl type with insurance advertising.  Also, 12 Tuck "Zodiac Valentine" postcards & "Sentiments of the Months".  Another series features the bird associated with a birth month, along with the gemstone. Also, Johnson-Ayres 1911 birthday series.  Many more not listed here.

HOROSCOPE / FORTUNE POSTCARDS:  There are a number of postcard-sized Horoscope reading cards, perhaps the kind issued from coin-operated fortune-telling machines.   In addition there are many "Your Fortune" embossed postcards, copyrighted by J. Marks, 1910.  (Very colorful w/witch, owls, bats and black cats!)  Also Sheahan's 1909 "Your Fortune" postcards w/zodiac, flower and birthstone pictured.  Many more not listed here.

HAND-PAINTED LIMOGES PORCELAIN:  Probably more pieces than you've ever seen in one place . . . included themes are florals, animal/game, fish, cherubs, ships.  All pieces are in excellent condition and expertly painted, some studio painted, on interesting forms such as pudding sets, urns, egg cups, salt cellars, and oyster sets.  Hundreds of examples!

COSTUME JEWELRY:  Victorian through 1990s, all quality.  Fine Victorian cameos to funky, colorful brooches & rings.   Hundreds of pieces!

LOTS OF RHINESTONE JEWELRY & FANCY HANDBAGS FOR PROM!

There's even a gorgeous rhinestone belt!

LENOX 'AUTUMN' SERVICE FOR 8:  Except there are only 6 soup bowls.

c1900 GOLDEN OAK FURNITURE: Full-sized bed, chest w/mirror, highboy w/mirror, 3-drawer side table, various fern stands, commode stand, highboy without mirror, game table and chair, sideboard w/mirror and heavy applied molding and candle shelves, hanging shaving mirror w/lift-top storage

SALT DIPS / CELLARS

WHITING & DAVIS (and other mfgs.) MESH HAND BAGS:  At least 10, maybe more 

WADE FIGURES

VICTORIAN PIER MIRROR / HALL TREE:  c1880 Eastlake

VASELINE GLASS LAMPS

MORGANTOWN GLASS:  Gemini 'Spanish Ruby' Set of 12 & other pieces of Morgantown, too!

REGINA UPRIGHT MUSIC BOX:  c1890, Floor model in ornate oak case.  Movement needs work.  Crank missing.

DEPRESSION GLASS:  Various patterns in green, pink, amber and clear.  More pieces here than you've probably ever seen in one home!

DUROGOLD & SILVERPLATED FLATWARE:  Many patterns.

PICKARD:  "Rose & Daisy" all-over-gold 3-pc. mayonnaise set and a number of other gold-on-gold pieces.

ELEGANT GLASSWARE OF THE DEPRESSION ERA:  Wheel-engraved stemware, Candlewick, etc.  More pieces here than you've probably ever seen in one home!

DOILIES:  A box full!

FRAMED ART:  Many framed prints, not yet identified.

STAMP/POSTMARKS:  14 First Day Of Issue, 1948-1957

JOHN DEERE 9400 TRACTOR:  Hand-crafted in 1990s entirely in wood by Albert Blaschke, Mesa, Arizona, took one month to make!

VINTAGE HALLOWEEN:  Especially vintage noisemakers, some scary.

CHRISTMAS:  Vintage and newer

WORLD'S FAIR MEMORABILIA:  Mostly Century of Progress, Chicago including "1933 Century of Progress Official Guide" 176-pages.

MISCELLANEOUS:  Heinz 57 Celluloid Baby Rattle; book, "Ridgefield, Connecticut 1708-1908 Bi-Centennial Celebration"; 1920s Dazey Ice Crusher, red & white; many vanity items; AND STILL UNPACKING MANY, MANY BOXES!

GENERAL HOUSEHOLD:  Round bar table & 4 chairs; CD storage units; c2005 Mission Oak reproduction bookcases, quilt rack, new Mission-style magazine rack, side tables and leaded glass lamps; Oreck vacuums; Pet travel carriers; TVs & electronics; Cookware, hand tools; lawn and garden; etc., etc., etc.

Plus, Onkyo audio video control tuner amplifier, Nakamichi LX-5 cassette deck, Boston Acoustics VR950 speakers, Boston Acoustics PV1000 subwoofer, hand made dulcimer, sheet music with interesting covers, 1892 - 1907 Limoges Holly pattern Christmas china, Spatterware (reproduction), Clauss Shears display case, cigarette cards (framed and unframed), pinback pins, Tootsie cars and much, much more!