Large estate sale. Old & modern furniture, elegant glassware, quilts, toys, attics stashed full of old stuff. Folks lived here since 1932. Huge stash of old magazines, music, books, comic books, etc., from the 1930's & up.
TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2008 at 10 a.m.
2 mi W of Newton, Illinois on Rt. 33 & follow our signs. OR from Effingham, 2 mi E of Wheeler & follow our signs.
Folks been here since 1932. Huge attic stashed full.
OLD FURNITURE - very nice oak swing rocker w/recline feature and pullout foot stool; nice oak spindle back sewing rocker; other rocking chairs; oak fainting couch/bed; Kroehler 50's rose colored sofa & chair; sofa mirror; 50's wood platform rocker & several other platform rockers; sq oak parlor table; 6-leg lamp table; corner eterge 54" t; Heywood Wakefield rock maple drop leaf tea cart; small bookcase; book rack end table; 40's smoking stand; brass & glass smoking stand; several pine fern stands; 2 narrow book shelves 13"w; corner shelf 50" t; end table/magazine rack; magazine rack; end tables; mahogany coffee table; floor lamp; child's chairs; foot stool/sewing chest made by T. O. Fischer #51; telephone seat; piano stool; shadow box mirror; convex glass picture; several nice ornate picture frames; wood folding chairs; jelly cabinet w/2 top drawers; 6 tin handmade short pie safe 3"w x 57"t; short 12-tin pie safe; primitive handmade walnut pie safe with old paint; good glass door step back kitchen cabinet; primitive oak table; 42" round oak table; mahogany Duncan Phyfe style table w/4 chairs; 1930's dining table, 6 chairs & buffet; buffet mirror; handmade walnut drop leaf kitchen table; early spindle back high chair; spindle back/cane seat oak chair; hickory bottom chair; plank seat chair; chrome chairs; medium size wardrobe; Waterfall wardrobe; nice cherry handmade night stand; handmade walnut night stand; nice Roos cedar chest on legs - walnut finish full of comforters; small leather-covered trunk; 1930's 6-leg full bed & tri-fold vanity; Jenny Lind single bed; old store counter 8'l; oak file card drawer; several wood & fabric lawn chairs; hard times book shelves (made from crates & used lumber); several pcs rough furniture;
PRIMITIVES - large spinning wheel (no wheel); yarn winder (missing most of wheel);
LIGHTING - 4 Aladdin metal lamps - tall model 6 & 12, short model 6 & 12; Lincoln Drape white model B; old Aladdin chimney in box; 5 bulb hanging fixture; beautiful pigeon-blood glass elect lamp w/gold overlay (Roman Chariot); Lava lamp;
TOYS - "Chein" tin clown mechanical bank; "Crow Shoot" in original box (JMAR); Marx wind up "George the Drummer Boy"; Marx tin moving target; Marx tin windup Scottie; marbles; Simplex "Model S" typewriter w/box; stand-ups "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"; Wyandotte" steel 5th wheel stock truck; die cast #705 boat tail car; Auburn rubber truck; cast iron '30's stake bed truck; Midge doll in orig. box #860 Brunette; china head doll 20"t; 18" composition doll; "Red Goose Shoes" tin blow top; "Flutophone"; View-Master & 21 reels; tin whistles; Post Toasties tin ring "Henry" 1949; (7) brass flutes; toy drum; 1½" swirl shooter; jar of marbles; games, Superman board game, cards; Major League Baseball Game 1943 in box; school slate; slate pencil; wood top; Tom Mix sheriff badge; small cowboy vest; cap pistols & water guns - tin & iron; tin "Fire Chief" car (friction drive); wood barn w/hard rubber animals; good toy wheel barrow; wood toy blocks; Lincoln logs; homemade toys;
CHILDREN'S - steel & wicker 2-wheel pull stroller; plank seat spindle back rocker; old Halloween masks, 2 papier-mâché rabbits & 7 Jack-O-Lanterns; lots of student hand slates; several "Victory" Series WWII jig saw puzzles; brass Orphan Annie brass bracelet; BOOKS - 100's of children's books; teaching books; "1939 Donald Duck & His Friends" stamped "Long Swamp Dist No. 22 Jasper Co. Grade 2"; "The 'Pop Up' Goldilocks & the Three Bears" book; Paste without paste fun book; "Boy Scouts Patrol" 1911; "Boy Scouts with the Allies" 1915; children's Readers by Alger; lots of coloring books; 1937 Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck book; The Lone Ranger paint book 1940; "Mickey Mouse Goes Christmas Shopping" 1953; "Uncle Wiggly & His Flying Rug"; "Mickey Mouse & His Friends 1937" (no cover);
COMICS - Adventure Comics - Blue Beetle, Bulletman, Captain Aero, Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel, jar, Daredevil, Green Lantern, Prize, Sub-mariner, Whiz, World's Finest Comics, etc.; "Crash Kid", "Captain America" 10¢, "Cannonball" 10¢; "Favorites" 10¢ includes "Magno, Lightning" 1946;
(7) 1966 Batman cards (NPP Inc.); 2 "Big Little" books; Eclectic English classics; "Daily School Registers" 1930's - 40's & 50's Grove Consolidated; McMillan's pocket classics (25 volumes); Harper's Aircraft Books 1913 (all about aircraft, big & small); hundreds of old books from Animal Husbandry to Zoology; Play book "Whiskers" 1923; "Encyclopedia of Stage Material" 1925; "Dances of our Pioneers" 1939; "School Tactics & Maze Running"; "The Arthurite" 1917 Year Book Arthur, ILL; lots of hymnals, song books; shelves full of Bibles, Commentaries, & reference books;
Hundreds of MAGAZINES - "Children's Activities" 1940's; "Playmate" 1940's; "The Grade Teacher" 1940; "The Instructor"; "Story Parade"; "Look", "McCalls", "Woman's Home Companion", "Life", "J.R." '40's, "Post " '60's, "Wee Wisdom"; "Farmer's Wife" 1936; "Life" 1940's - '50's; "Workbasket" 1950's; lots of scrapbooks; "The Baptism with The Holy Spirit" pamphlet by J.T. Story; (some covers missing).
PAPER ITEMS - old photos; (2) 1959 Minnesota fishing licenses; 100's of NEWSPAPERS;
MUSIC - nice Starck console piano; Hammond T-582-A electronic organ; Sears flat top guitar 6-string; oak pump organ; old violin & bow in wood case (Giovan paolo Maggini brefcia 1626) rough cond; all kinds of music instruction - piano - harmonica, etc.; "Perry's" musical magazine, "Etude" 1950's; actually, there's a truckload of music.
ADVERTISING - LOCAL HISTORY- Chrysler 1950 "Events" brochure Sunland Motor Co. Newton; 1960-61 J.D. pocket ledger Romack Motors, Newton, 1942-43 McCormick Deering pocket ledger Johnson & Hynes, Newton; 1946 calendar Sunland Hatchery Newton; Ralph French calendar 1944; Bob McDaniels FS thermometer picture Ph 8R; S&P & toothpick Willow Hill Grain 30 years; JD "Newton Farm Supply" bullet pencils; H. M. Crews McCormick-Deering, Newton, mechanical pencil; "Historical Development of Jasper Co 1931 - 1938" by Martha Robins (197 pages); yard long picture of "Harding's High School Band" Newton; Jasper Co. plat books 1951-71; "Historical & Biographical book of Cumberland, Jasper & Richland Counties, 1884" (reproduced 1968); Funeral Home calendars '40's '50's '60's Reese, Parker, Seessengood, Markwell & Wright Funeral Home; "The Furrow" 1937 - JD paper; "Operation, Care & Repair of Farm Machinery" 20th Ed John Deere; JD pith helmet; 1951 Swift Plant Food pocket ledger; milk bottles - 2 Heath & 2 Scott's; Prairie Farms gal jug; cardboard Coke picnic cooler; wood pop cases; Dr. Hostetter's Bitters bottle; "Cherry's Ice Cream" hand bell;
OLD GLASS - Fostoria American ruby 7" ftd bowl - clear - 5 bowls - oval 11" serving, 5" 2, 6½" 1 ftd. 7¼", 8½" hdld; tri-corner bowl; 10 hdld bowls; butter dish; cake pedestal 10½" sq; cream & sugar w/tray; 8 cups; 10 goblets 5½"; jelly 4¼"t; 2 lidded jellies 6¾";4¾" nappy; S&P; & 9 saucers; black glass console bowl & pr candle holders; black glass hdld bowl w/silver overlay 9½"; Candlewick 11" oval divided relish; cake pedestal; pressed glass; sev. pcs. Fenton; Goofus vase 10"t; FireKing dishes; OLD CARNIVAL GLASS - blue Holly bowl; Peacock & Fountain blue tumbler; amethyst N rose bowl; 6" sq white carnival bowl; 9" bowl marigold; 5"t marigold vase;
DEPRESSION GLASS - pink cherry 10½" ftd bowl; Open Lace bowl; yellow mixing bowl; yellow Poppy candy; green Ballerina cookie jar (lid broken); Shirley Temple creamer; Fireking jadeite bowl; OLD CHINA - 2 Roseville 196-8" water lilies vases (one chipped on foot); Roseville 18L 2 - 6 bowl; German serving bowls; Hall lidded red/white tea pot; Hull vases; Hull #110-33-6 vase w/tulips; Brush girl planter; Japan tea set w/swallows; set of Bavaria china; fancy cups; lots of good old china plates, bowls, etc; Santa S&P; "California Glass" fondue set; lots of figurines; Frankoma orange ewer;
STONEWARE - stone crocks & storage jars everywhere; UHL 5 & 2 gal crocks; 3 gal jar; bowls of all sizes & colors; blue batter bowl; Ironstone; lots of Frankoma;
OLD KITCHEN - iron crank pea sheller; iron food chopper; sausage grinder; sausage stuffer; kraut cutters; table top washing machine; Dazey # 40 glass churn; "Quick Lighting" gasoline iron with accessories & orig. box; wood ironing boards, lots of irons; pr of sterling candle holders; lg silverplate tray; silverplate tea set; Rogers silverplate tea set w/tray; hammered alum ware; Regal gold anodized alum pitcher & tumblers; sev cute salt & pepper sets; 9 pcs of Guardian Service cookware; iron skillets; Wagner Dutch oven; graniteware - pails, pans, tea kettle, dipper, etc.; dozens of fruit jars of all kinds - glass top, etc;
TEXTILES - lots of nice hand-sewn quilts; red & yellow flower basket quilt - extra large 7' x 7'; lots of handmade comforters; cabinets full of blankets, some quilts, Western blankets & who knows what else; lap robe; fancy work, embroidery work; men's ties by the hundreds; dozens of aprons - tea, etc; vintage ladies hats; knitting yarn; afghans; figural hooked rugs; drapes from the '50's; ladies clothing patterns - '30's '40's; fancy old clothes; purses;
SPORTS - Rawlings pants 32"; nice 18" ash bat "Hanna Batrite"; good old croquet set; "Baseball Digest" 1947; "Baseball Digest" 1948; Football Digest 1947-48; Dad's Day Illinois VS Purdue brochures '52, '53 Michigan '53; "Story of the Harlem Globetrotters" 1948-49;
OLD JEWELRY - Elgin ladies large wrist watch SN: 28058394; dollar pocket watches; watch fob w/gold? coin?; lots of costume & old jewelry; gold framed spectacles; 2 gold point ink pens - 1 Mother-of-Pearl handle & 1 goldstone handle; fountain pens; pocket knives;
OLD ITEMS - Seth Thomas mantle clock; Westclox "Oracle" clock; Crosley table/battery radio; "Freshman Masterpiece" early table top radio, good original & complete in mahogany cabinet, (SN:E28925); GE Vortalex 16" fan; early Revere reel-to-reel tape recorder; "The Wireless Vac-u-ette" hand-powered vacuum; Brownie # 2A box camera; Kodak No 2-A folding autographic camera; GE radio phone viewer; good old buttons; Christmas decorations; orange - apple - head lettuce wood crates w/pretty paper labels; several carnival chalk pieces; paper fold-out wedding bell; tin lunch boxes; umbrellas, paper parasol; Celluloid vanity mirror; all kinds of flower stands; early handmade round bottom commercial basket; case of 6 "Superior" glass fire grenades w/brackets; steel milking stool; barn lanterns; sheep bells; bridle rosette; red glass fishing rod with Spin Lyner Reel; Revelation galv minnow bucket; GUNS - Winchester mod 1906 .22 rifle; old Stevens shotgun (rough);
MODERN FURNITURE - sofa 7½' & love seat 4½'; large coffee table; octagon lamp tables; curio cabinet 30" w x 75" t; large Magnavox console stereo; fancy wrought iron flower stand; semi circle 3-tier wood flower stand; oak table/lamp; all kinds of table lamps; bedroom suite - pr twin beds, night stand triple dresser & 5 drw chest on chest;
APPLIANCES - Zenith 27" console TV; Hotpoint late model refrigerator 28" wide; Frigidaire late model 20 cu ft upright freezer; Frigidaire 8 cu ft chest freezer; Roper 40" gas range (early 1950's); apt size gas range 24" w; S.Q. portable dish washer; Maytag stacked washer & dryer; good Maytag sq tub wringer washer; Kero-Sun heater; microwave and cart; metal utility cabinet 14" w; kitchen full of glassware, Carnival, Fireking, Pyrex, Corelle ware, utensils, pots & pans, small appliances, etc.; Corningware; set of Pfaltzgraff dishes; set of Gardella stoneware; pressure canner; laundry tub;
MODERN MISC. - lots of figurines; lidded grape carnival compote; 3 Longaberger baskets - 1992 Darning, 1993 Tea & 1987 Picnic; lots of fancy linens; drawers full of good clean bedding; garden tools; & much more.
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