Sunday April 20, 2008 12:00 p.m.
Sellers: The Estate of Margie Grindstaff & The Estate of Eddie Holub
Warehouse at the south end of Peabody Main Street
Auctioneer’s Note: Over the years we don’t think either of these sellers missed too many auctions or garage sales in the area. There are lots of interesting small collectibles on this sale, some nice early furniture, and one of the largest collections of old books we’ve ever seen. Eddie grew up in the Pilsen and Marion area and his estate reflects his heritage and ethnic background. Plan to spend the afternoon.
Furniture: WALNUT: oval mirror, chest of drawers (wishbone swivel mirror, burl panels, carved pulls, 3-drawer, + hankie drawers, round pegged dovetail joints); early 6-drawer dresser dovetail construction, (51" tall, 43.5" wide, 22" deep); antiqued washstand; OAK: kitchen cabinet/vertical slide doors, painted round table w/pedestal, parlor tabel, lamp tables; PINE: bookshelf, 3 pc. bedroom set, dbl 4 poster bed w/pineapple finials, 3-dr. bed stand, small kneehole desk; wall shelf w/2 drawers; French Provincial drop-front secretary; mixed woods 2 door/2 drawer wardrobe; waterfall cedar chest; modern corner shelf; lamp tables; wooden machinist’s chest; Mickey/Minnie Mouse lamp; small multi-drawer cabinet; much more.
Collectible Glass: Blue fluted carnival glass bowl/berry design, purple fluted pedestal bowl; lots blue/cobalt glass, red glass, amber/green/pink depression glass; small Hull creamer (pink #111, yellow flower); dozen Peabody Centennial plates; other souvenir and collector plates; flash glass toothpicks G.G. Smith 1911, Rosa 1907; clear pressed glass: small gravy boat w/underplate (Tonquin, Royal Staffordshire by Clarice Cliff); Erphilia small covered dish; Colonial coach; Scottie dog creamers; Ballerina platter; set of china (service for 12/serving pcs- Bavaria); misc. pieces Clover Pattern, Syracuse China; Frankoma; Phillip Nez 92 Indian pottery, Wightley signed; Watt Pottery mixing bowl; Van Briggle kitten; hand painted "Studio" Made in USA dragonfly child’s cream/sugar; blue/white Colonial figures, cow figures; hens on nests (cobalt, pink, clear, mil glass, etc.); many early Catholic religious items; Frankhoma; crockery pitchers; reproduction Sleepy Eye pitcher; clear syrup pitcher w/tin dispenser top; many misc. handpainted pieces (Bavaria, Germany, Austriea, etc.); art glass; cruets; figures; Collections: angels, bells, cars, Santas, lighthouses, prospector figures, rabbits, dogs, clowns, wildlife, steins, ducks, birds, monks, eggs, Franklin Mint, Danbury Mint; much more.
Books: Hundreds of books, most in good, fair, or poor condition. Includes: German and Czech books/magazines; 1836 Book of Daniel; 1862 Campbellism (A. Campbell); 1863 Manual of Geology; 1867 Story of Doom (Ingelow); 1867 New Poems (Arnold); 1873 Science and the Bible; 1874 Historicals For Young Folks; 1875 Backsheesh (Life and Adventures in the Orient); 1875 Christ and the Apostles; 1881 the Casket of Poetical Gems; 1885 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain); 5 bound 1885-87 vols Century Magazine; 3 bound 1885-87 vols Harper’s Magazine; 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition view book; 1895 Evangeline (Longfellow); 1898 Rose in Bloom (Alcott); 1899 Fisherman’s Luck (Van Dyck); Sets of works by various authors (all early, but not necessarily complete sets): poetry of Tennyson, Shelly, T. Moore, Byron, Keats, Dryden, Goethe; stories by Dickens (several sets), Myrtle Reed (1907-11), Bunyon (1857), Lytton (1892), George Eliot (6 vols, no date), Victor Hugo (5 vols. incl. Les Miserables, no date), Washington Irving (Stoddard, 3 vols.), O.Henry (1913), Stoddard Library (10 vols), Muhlbach Library (15 vols, 1912 translation from German works of 1800s), Greek Classics (4 vols, 1880s), others; 1907-16 Harold Bell Wright novels: Shepherd of the Hills, Their Yesterdays (2), When a Man’s a Man (2); The Eyes of the World, The Winning of Barbara Worth; 1909-25 Zane Grey novels: Last of the Plainsmen (2), Mysterious Rider, Desert Gold, Light of Western Stars, Call of the Canyon, To the Last Man, Thundering Herd, Vanishing American, Man in the Forest, Rainbow Trail, Last Trail; 1900 The Battle of 1900-An official handbook for every American citizen; 1902 Peggy O’Neal (Lewis); 1902 The Virginian (Wister); 1903 Call of the Wild (London); 1904 Freckles (G. S. Porter); 1905 The Old Scrap Book; 1908 Morris’ Story of the Great Earth Quake of 1908;1909 The Little Lame Prince; 1910 The Rosary (Barclay); 1913 Soldiers Three (Kipling); 1913 John Barleycorn (London); 1913 Story of the Great Flood and Cyclone Disasters; 1915 National Sports magazine; 1917 Vanguard of the Plains-A Romance of the Old Santa Fe Trail (McCarter); 1917 A Connecticut Yankee & The $30,000 Bequest (Twain); 1919 88th Division in The World War; 1919 History of the 350th Regiment-U.S. Infantry; 1921 The Girl Scouts Rally (Galt); 1925 The Boy Scout (Harding); 1929 Quivera; 1931 Three Musketeers (Dumas); 1933 Tarzan and the City of Gold (Burroughs); 1940 Gone With the Wind-Motion Picture Edition; 1942 The Robe (Douglas); 1943 Chico Goes to the Wars (Ormsbee); 1946 MHS yearbook; 1948 Discovery (Perkins), Peony (Buck); 1945 Cannery Row (Steinbeck); 1947 Came a Cavelier (Keyes); 1952 The King is Dead (Queen); 1953-62 Motor’s auto repair manual; 1954 The Story of Chaplin Kapaun; Baseball: 1953 Greatest Players, 1960 Long Season, 1962 Ralph Houk, 1951 Baseball Techniques, 1966 The Homerun Story; 1977 Chilton repair manual; 1982 Boeing Book; Saturday Evening Posts; many gun/ammunition price guides/magazines; undated books: Black Beauty; Leatherstocking (Cooper); Guy Mannering (Scott); Treasure Island (Stevenson); Shifting for Himself (Alger, Jr.); Hiawatha (Longfellow); text books; reference books; modern fiction; many others.
Collectible Glass: Blue fluted carnival glass bowl/berry design, purple fluted pedestal bowl; lots blue/cobalt glass, red glass, amber/green/pink depression glass; small Hull creamer (pink #111, yellow flower); dozen Peabody Centennial plates; other souvenir and collector plates; flash glass toothpicks G.G. Smith 1911, Rosa 1907; clear pressed glass: small gravy boat w/underplate (Tonquin, Royal Staffordshire by Clarice Cliff); Erphilia small covered dish; Colonial coach; Scottie dog creamers; Ballerina platter; set of china (service for 12/serving pcs- Bavaria); misc. pieces Clover Pattern, Syracuse China; Frankoma; Phillip Nez 92 Indian pottery, Wightley signed; Watt Pottery mixing bowl; Van Briggle kitten; hand painted "Studio" Made in USA dragonfly child’s cream/sugar; blue/white Colonial figures, cow figures; hens on nests (cobalt, pink, clear, mil glass, etc.); many early Catholic religious items; Frankhoma; crockery pitchers; reproduction Sleepy Eye pitcher; clear syrup pitcher w/tin dispenser top; many misc. handpainted pieces (Bavaria, Germany, Austriea, etc.); art glass; cruets; figures; Collections: angels, bells, cars, Santas, lighthouses, prospector figures, rabbits, dogs, clowns, wildlife, steins, ducks, birds, monks, eggs, Franklin Mint, Danbury Mint; much more.
Collectible: Vintage blue glass boudoir lady lamp; walking sticks; copper umbrella stand; wooden clarinet; Conn constellation trumpet; multiple trumpet mouthpieces; Conn clarinet; E.A. Couteuirer conical bore coronet made in La Porte, Ind., #5183; large Echo harmonica; silk embroidered Japan tour, rough; satin smoking jackets/robe; rugs, linens, doilies, 2 pieced quilts, comforter, bark-cloth draperies, sewing misc.; photos/postcards; green porcelain mantel clock; wall clock (early, wooden case, handpainted face/pendulum); cuckoo clock; bronzed baby shoes; large quantity pens/pencils; keys; sheet music; Wind-up toys: Dachshund/orig. box, key, Scooby Doo, Mickey Mouse, tin wind and friction toy cars; costume jewelry, watches, belt buckles, pocket knives, lighters; aluminum Christmas tree; hand-made wooden cigarette dispensers; wooden teapot string holder; woodpecker toothpick holder; framed Migratory Bird Hunting Stamps (48), 1934-80; many prints and pictures; concrete garden grotto w/Virgin Mary figure; early rubber Campbell kid in kilt outfit; souvenir spoons; large tin Chein Easter egg; cutting boards/kitchen primitives; baskets; wooden propeller; bronze sailboat ash tray; photos of Pilsen and Marion County; much more.
Swords/daggers: Lord Cornwallis sword (tempered steel, sterling silver, by Wikinson, issued by U.S. Historical Soc., 1977, mounted); Viking knife (electroplated w/sterling silver and 24 carat gold by Sid Bert for Franklin Mint, in case); Geo. Washington presentation dagger, U.S. Historical Soc., 1976, in case); Geo. Washinton Inaugural sword (U.S. Bicentennial Soc., 1974, mounted); 10-slot display of "2,000 Years of the Sword," (only six in display, Franklin Mint); two others mounted, not identified.
Household: Tappan refrigerator; washer/dryer; stove; bedding; linens; pots/pans; dishes; silverware/utensils; small appliances; pieced comforter; Eureka canister style vacuum cleaner; Century of Warfare video series; stuffed animals; Coleman camping lantern; kitchen table; shop vac; luggage; misc. chairs, shelf units, sofas; recliners; truck box, lots of miscellaneous.
Car: 1974 Chevy Nova, 6 cylinder, automatic, four-door, no rust, running, odometer shows 87k miles.
Garage, tools, etc: Small tools; power tools; aluminum step ladder; cupboards/shelving units; lots of fishing equipment; metal picnic tables and lawn furniture; many unusual lawn ornaments; bird baths; push mower; gas weed eater; shovels; rakes; oars; pellet gun; smoker; squirrel cage fan; lots of misc.
For more information or for your auction needs contact:
Marshall Auction Service
Peabody, Kansas 1-620-983-2771