*** ESTATE SALE OF THE DECADE! ***

A Digger's & Picker's Paradise!

This 4-story, 40,000 square foot warehouse building located on a quiet stretch of a major Chicago street was home to storage and a giant resale shop where anything and everything was sold.  The business has been shut down for 8 years and we are opening the doors for an amazing 4-day final liquidation.  Most all areas of the 4 floors will be open and boy are they packed! Bring a flashlight, wear some comfortable clothes and plan to spend a lot of time perusing all of the treasures. The photos just show a portion of what is available for sale, it was not possible to photograph some of the areas of the building.

There are over 50 crates of costume jewelry and countless amounts of architectural, industrial, factory, church and school pieces.  More than 10,000 record albums (LPs, there are no 45s), 10,000 cassette tapes and CDs, tons of old stereos, speakers and TVs, some trains, stamps, baseball cards, 10,000 comic books and other collectibles.

Floor after floor of furniture (both in good condition and in need of TLC), hundreds of art pieces, lamps, knick knacks, popcorn machines, slot machines, vending machines, 2 saunas, workbenches, garden items and store displays just to name a few things. The owner was in the Air Force for many years and lived in Australia and Greece. She brought back many items which will be available for sale including amazing giant olive oil urns from Greece, nearly impossible to find in this country. An 1886 church was cleaned out and the stained glass windows, solid oak doors, church pews and tongue and groove wainscoting were salvaged.

The building is on the market and everything inside has got to go so it will all be priced to sell.  Items will not be priced, there are just way too many!  We will work out pricing on the spot.

Mark your calendars, this sale is one-of-a-kind and not to be missed!

Here is some general information about items on each floor:

First Floor

Tons of record albums, cassettes, CDs

Lots of smalls including porcelain, glass, silver plate and more

Jewelry including costume and possibly some silver pieces

A nice variety of vintage purses

Some mannequins

Wood hat forms

Cameras

Sunglasses

Large wooden pallets on wheels (found on every floor)

3 large standalone floor safes

Marquee sign with large red arrow and lights

McDonald's Everbrite sign from 1991, crated

Pepsi beverage cooler

Glass soda bottles in crates including RC Cola, 7Up

Vintage wood advertising crates including Hinckley & Schmidt water

Slot machines

Store display cases

3-way store mirror

Metal card file cabinet

2-3 person sauna

Bicycles

Shopping cart

Toro snowthrower

About 10 2-step folding ladders, new in box

Lots of other stepladders

Faux fig trees

Silk flowers & vintage bridal filler flowers

Feathers

Time clock

Pots & pans, hot plates, small appliances

Large pieces of copper cookware

2 different industrial kitchen whisks

Concrete tabletop

Concrete garden decor including rectangular and urn-shaped planters, lions, architectural pieces

Decorative garden rocks, flower pots

Unique art pieces

Vintage flag poles with flags

Dishes

Metal picnic tins

Church attendance board

TV trays

Oid milk jugs

Second Floor

Chairs of all sorts

Popcorn machine

Advertising crates

Large round brass tray (can be hung on wall or used as table top)

Luggage, briefcases

A mix of clothing including 80s and newer

Vintage coats and draperies

Faux furs and possibly more than one real fur

Hand mirrors

Row after row of metal shelving stuffed with all of the items below:

Lots of Christmas decor

Guitars and Yamaha/Casio electronic keyboards

Electronics including stereo components, turntables, speakers, TVs, boom boxes, microwave ovens

Window air conditioners

Quite a few antique and vintage typewriters, vintage adding machines

Toys and gift shop type items

Sporting goods

Gumball machines

Clock radios

Books, magazines, TV Guides

Third Floor

Lots of freestanding wood church fonts

Utilitarian metal cabinets and typewriter tables

Numerous chairs of a great variety of styles

Industrial stools and stadium chairs

Vintage wood headboards and footboards

Huge antique picture frame

Beautiful wall fountain featuring stained glass peacock

Mid-century modern sofa with upholstered seat and back

Old bookshelves

Metal school lockers

Pinball machine base

Cast iron sinks (some antique)

Vintage trunks

Coca-Cola cooler

Mini refrigerator

Leather and cowhide pouf ottoman

Large antique plow

Awesome huge paper cutter

Vanity stools

Vintage console cabinet radios

Lots of framed art pieces

Great baskets

Tons of Wickes Furniture standalone sign displays

US Postal stamp machine

Drum set

Fourth Floor

Salvaged items from 1886 church - wonderful stained glass windows of a variety of shapes and sizes, solid oak doors, oak tongue and groove wainscoting, lots of ornately carved pews with beadboard details

Lots of salvaged doors - all wood and different species. Some doors have textured glass inserts, others were salvaged from an old bank.

1950s turquoise and white vinyl beauty shop chairs

Office chairs and desk equipment

Large wood pull cart with 2 wheels

Full-size metal rickshaw

Mini antique wicker rickshaw

Old wood dressers, buffets, china hutch tops

Old mirrors

Lots of store clothing display fixtures including rounders and T-bars

Metal shelving units

Appliances

Lots of lamps - floor, desk and hanging

Clusters of old post office boxes

Key display rack with keys

Old telephones, fans, typewriters, clocks

Industrial items including a variety of cast iron table bases

Old hardware - cast iron and other

Theater pieces

Spool of cable

Fireplace screens and tool sets

Old wooden trellises

Vending machines

Popcorn machine

Vacuum sweepers

Old skis and golf clubs

And so much more!