Racine Estate Sale ~ Totero's Historic Restaurant & Bar

Our Next Sale

Friday, October 31, 9:00 - 3:00
Saturday, November 1, 9:00 - 3:00
Sunday, November 2, 10:00 - 2:00

2343 Mead Street

Racine, WI

And now for something completely different...

A unique sale in a unique location, presenting the contents of
Totero's.
Three generations of the Totero family kept this beloved Italian dining establishment open for 75 years serving up wonderful food and hospitality.
Now it will open one last time to share its contents in this special sale.

Virtually everything's for sale, from the beautiful 28-foot Art Deco mahogany bar & back bar to the lasagna pans and pasta plates you dined on!

Lots and lots of bar & restaurant stuff and almost all the decor. Beer signs and other advertising items. Old Style lighted sign, Miller lighted clock, Pabst neon sign, Budweiser lighted Clydesdales clock. Bar mirrors. Tavern tables & chairs & bar stools. Tons of old beer and soda crates, White Rock, Graf's, Hires, Blatz, etc. Old Coca-Cola sign, vintage Pepsi menu boards, old beer & soda bottles.

Sports collectibles including a signed & framed Brett Favre jersey. Many autographed sports photos. Autographed baseballs. Bart Starr autographed football, 1966 Packer Super Bowl champs photo w/ 18 team autographs. Packers & Cubs memorabilia. 1989 Old Style Cubs team plaque, dozen of pennants.

Individual autograph items include: Bart Starr, Favre, Ernie Banks, Donald Driver, Brian Noble, Muhammed Ali, Mike Holmgren, Andre Dawson, Walter Payton, Willie Davis, Max McGee, Leroy Butler, Don Majkowski, George Karl, Bubba Smith, Paul Rudzinski, Nigel Mansell, Gayle Sayers, Tom Waddle, Edgar Bennett, Arnold Palmer, Tony Mandarich, Jeff Query, Paul Caligiuri, Ahman Green, Mark Chmura, Johnny Holland, Lindy Infante, Herb Adderly, John Anderson, Elmer Valo, Don Larsen ('56 Yankees), Tommy Lasorda, Mike Piazza, Bruce Jacoby, Ozzie Smith, Jack Brickhouse, Bill Castro, Eduardo Rodriguez and others...and...Bob Uecker.

In addition to the bar/restaurant items, there are also the contents of two apartments and two basements and a garage. We've packed most of it into the main floor area. Definitely LOTS of things here that you probably wouldn't have expected.

Super mid-century modern buffet & dining table & pair of chairs by Thaden / Jordan. Vintage Italian painted console, Phyllis Morris gilded florentine shelf. Mod dresser & nightstand. Gilded metal tea cart. Painted blue chest. Pair of painted provincial style wardrobe armoires.

Numerous vintage prints & other art. All manner of vintage Florentine decorative pieces. Porcelain & cut glass. Collectible plates antique to contemporary. Many Lladro figures, Kaiser, Goebel. Royal Albert dessert/luncheon set. Wallace Baroque silverplate tray, teapot & candelabrum. Many dolls including Effanbee & Madame Alexander and other collector dolls. Antique A.M. doll.

Antique cider press, wine press, great Art Deco chrome cash register, National metal cash register. Old 45 and 78 records. Hundreds (?) of cookbooks. Beam and other figural liquor bottles galore...lots of car decanters. Linens, purses, some vintage clothing & jewelry. Many, many art prints and wall decor. Cherubs galore. George Pollard prints of Muhammed Ali & Vince Lombardi. Cement and plaster statuary. Decorative carousel horse. HUGE 7-foot cast iron planter, cast iron patio set, stoneware crocks, vintage Murray "Missile" bicycle.

And back again to the bar: Vintage Art Deco. 28' long backbar with a 29-1/2' front bar. There are glass cabinets on either end with original glass. Liquor shelves are oak. Enormous amount of storage behind sliding and hinged doors. Bottle storage and lower bottle lighted display. It's a wonderful example of the era.

Join us to gather a unique collectible or a favorite memorable item from this great establishment -- even the final lunch board menu will be for sale.

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Our List Will be out at 8am on Friday, October 31st.

Please see our pre-list policies below

*Please remember: if you get on a pre-list prior to our list coming out at 8:00am, you must still be present to sign in to our list when it comes out

*For fairness sake, early pre-lists may be subject to spot checks to make sure attendees are present

*We do not honor unattended or manipulated pre-lists