One of the things I love about my job is getting to know families through the things they treasured.

I remember once seeing an exhibit at Ellis Island, it was titled "things that people brought with them to the new land".  Brought me to tears!

 

This weekend the family is a sweet one.  It would seem she loved entertaining her bridge friends, as Hazel had cookbooks and books on flower arranging, along with the tell tale signs of those cute vintage embroidered tablecloths and a few aprons, and an overflowing kitchen of gadgets and sm appliances, etc.  He was a career Skilsaw Employee winning awards as high as national salesman of the year.  Chuck was also quite talented in carpentry as he made all the cabinets for their kitchen.  Lots of tools in the garage and those fun Gerber baby food jars filled with nails and screws...Truly tho, I think his passion was Trains, 2 different "lots" of trains are offered.  Somewhere in their past the family lived in Alaska, and a grandfather worked for over 30 years at Hume Christian camp  They raised 3 boys, so there are a few fun vintage toys, this was a family that took care of their belongings!

 

 

Mid Century furnishings inc. Buffet/sideboard, pr. end tables, coffee table by American of Martinsvile

Nice Mahogany dining suite inc. table, 6 chairs & buffet

 

Fine & Costume Jewelry, inc. gold and nice collection of pocket watches,  Takahashi Bird pins

Reed Barton Sterling Flatware partial set Silver Wheat Pattern

Hand Painted Noritake, Pickard, Aynsley & Shelly

Goeble, 1 Roseville Donatello, USA pottery, Fenton

Pyrex, Corning, Cutco, Cuisinart, etc.

 

Collection of Alaska/Inuit artifacts, inc.

handmade baskets, childrens toys; Umiak kayak & boat, snow shoes

 

Billy Dohlman Chestnut art of my favorite animal (hint mooooo)

 

TRAINS and large train table

Lionel O Gage, Tyco, Atlas AHM HO Gage

Vtg. toys, inc. matchbox, an old senko erector set, Skittle game,hop Ching, fisher price, 

 

Kodak Retina 2a

P. Angenieux lens

Carl Ziess

Heiland

vtg cases, projections, screen's

Many slides (and books) of travel, life in Alaska

Great early 1900's postcard books and scrapbooks, McKinley Autorgraph

 

Upright Winter piano, violin & Harmonica's

Sheet music and music books

 

Necchi Sewing machine in Cabinet, Patterns & notions

 

BOOKS, Albums, 

Electronic equipment, Turntables, Transaudio speakers, etc.

some vtg. Christmas