For 2-Weeks we offered a Window of Opportunity "BUY IT NOW" BIN Expired 2-20-21 - What you see in Photos Now, Come Buy in person, by telephone or Email Friday. Make sure to check "SOLD" close up photos, please don't assume something way in background in a particular photo is still For Sale - 1 item and 1 item only remains "Buy It Now" - Chevy Malibu Car  

Furniture including some Mid Century Modern, artwork, tools, antiques, collectibles, retro items, household supplies, Tasty Surprises & More, Mask Required,

          * 2002 Chevrolet Chevy Malibu, 84,830 mi., V-6, automatic, 4-door

VIN  1G1ND52J12M551376, an estate car, garage kept, good title,

BUY It NOW - $$$2,650.

Call  Today 219-763-3741  or Email   Ladydi@megsinet.net

- Bedroom furniture set, dressers, headboard, night stands, wood, buy one piece or all, you choose

• 50+ Furniture for every room, living room, dining, bedroom, entertainment recreation room -
• - Wood kitchen table & 4 chairs
• - Dinette table & 4 cloth chairs
  
• - 3  Sofas & Loveseat
  
• - Retro couch with tufted button cushion accents, lime green - BUY It NOW Has Expired
  
• - Comfy Cloth Matching Living Room Chairs
• - Pair pedestal swivel, rocking living room chairs, 1 ottoman (As Is)
• - Vintage round bistro table w/metal single pedestal base
• - 2  Desks, wood - Make Offer
  
• -  Matching Armoire, Lowboy dresser & 2 Bedside Cabinets-SOLD
• - Miller Lite advertising mini refrigerator
• - Freezer, short & small, fits anywhere -SOLD
  
• - 2 Lighted display cabinets, wood - Make Offer
  
• - Glassware, accent decor items
• - Lenox
• - Swung blown glass vases-SOLD
• - Bookcases & Cabinets  
  
• - Lamps
• - Antique wood chest, trunk
• - Several foot lockers
• - Wall mirrors
• -  Several flat screen TV's from 54" to various smaller sizes
• -  Electronics
• -  2 Vintage Atari, 2600 w/unit, controllers & games SOLD
• -  Magnavox Console TV - fish tank project anyone??
  
• -  Exercise Equipment, bicycle, treadmill-running track, rowing machine
  
• -  MCM Mid Century Modern Chair & Ottoman
• -  MCM Wire Back Chair-SOLD
• -  Flatware set in wood box
• -  -SOLD  350+  33 1/3rds  & 330+ 45's Vinyl records albums LP's - the right music genre - funk, soul, jazz, disco, rhythm & blues, gospel, religious, James Brown, Barry White, Peter Frampton, Shelly Scott, Dinah Washington, James Brown, Barry White, Peter Frampton & others, 33 1/3rds & 45's  That's right over 700 (Seven Hundred +) records - -SOLD
• - 1  Small box of 8 track tapes
• - Record players, modern
• - Amtrak items, All Aboard Amtrak record, assorted other
• - Amtrak Chef's cookbook - SOLD
• - 2  Fishing reels
• - Unicorn print & ceramic unicorn
• - 2  1960's Artwork prints-a pair of these 1962 era prints are a bit unusual to find - abstract skyline New York City View Cityscape, MAIO signed, artist Jean Maio 1924-1987, also known for big eyed harlequin children & an artist contemporary to big eyed artist Margaret Keane for whom a movie was made,  Margaret Eugenia "Jean Maio" Stewart Toti Thomas, haven't removed off wall yet, but bet Turner Wall label on back side - These are priced to SELL to any throwback of 1960's wall decor, Jump on It!
  
• - Other artwork, prints, metal wall decor, wall art, posters
  
• - 2  Retro Starburst wall clocks, Elgin brand -SOLD
• - Matching pair to above retro wall candlestick scounces For Sale
• - Several Retro side tables & coffee table w/smoked glass, beveled glass insets
  
• - Spring loaded tension metal pole
• - Books, DVD's, VHS commercial movie tapes
• - 1 electronic dart board
• - White brand portable sewing machine
  
• - 4  Bicycles
• - Adirondack Wood baseball bat
• - Customary clean kitchenware & supplies
• - Medical adaptive items & supplies
• - Garage items, tools
• - Painting supplies
• - Ladders, includes extension ladder
• - Snow blower, 21" 4-stroke
• - Vintage metal 2-drawer file cabinet & standing 2-door metal cabinet & 4-drawer vertical metal file cabinet
  
• -  Wood sitting bench, To Be Assembled -Make Offer
  
• -  Movie projector
• -  Classic croquet set - SOLD
• -  Big Ben wind up clock - SOLD
• -  Globe, bubble clock
• -  Roller Skates
• -  Telescope
• -  Kingston Amplifier
• -  Vintage miniature "Baby" camera
• -  Chicago cutlery knives set -
  
• -  Vintage brown travel case, other suitcases -
• -  Men's Clothing sizes X, XL, 42 1/2, 44 1/2, shoes - BUY It NOW Expiured, Opportunity Over
  
• -  Sheets, Towels, Household Supplies & Tasty Surprises & MORE, ...
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  • - Records SOLDApprox. 350, 33 1/3 nearly all have sleeves, Approx. 330, 45's, the majority No sleeves

• Generally, Vinyl condition on 33 1/3rds is Good to Very Good, a few not been played, ever. Also, a few with heavier scuffs & scratches. Sleeve condition, mixed, Good to Fair, very few covers are Very Good to Excellent. A number have seam slits of 2 inches or so, crumpled, etc. Manufacturers hole punch, corner cuts. Time era generally 1960's to 1980's. There's deep groove albums too. Here's a starting list of musical artists names on 33 1/3rds-

  Booker T & the MG's, Bootsy, Black Byrd/Donald Byrd, Bobby Blue Bland, C'est Chic, Mitty Collier, James Cleveland, Joe Dukes with The Brother Jack McDuff Quartet, Same Cooke, Donnie Elbert, Wilton Felder, Fillet of Soul w/ a lime green Rac A Records sticky label price tag 1.99, Peter Frampton, Christopher L Gray, The Ice Band, Rick James, Heatwave, Boogie Nights, Johnny Lytle, Herbie Mann, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Jack McDuff, Little Milton, Voices of Rhema, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan album name Rufusized Cat. ABCD837, yr. 1974, Shirley Scott, Percy Sledge, Syreeta-Stevie Wonder Presents, Soul Train, Kathy Taylor & The Choraleers, Big Joe Turner, Dinah Washington, Washington State Mass Choir, Jackie Wilson, Witness - Tina Brooks Diane Campbell, Yolanda Harris, Lisa Page, & MORE, ...

  The 45's they've been played, but not beat up. Expect condition issues typical of sleeveless 45's. Musician, singer names cover many of  Motown artists era - Aretha, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder & others. Sure there's Barry White too

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• Home, Real Estate For Sale Too, 3-bedroom, 2 car garage, by direct private sale
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Estate Tag Sale, where you come inside heated home, browse, shop and buy at your leisure. Diana's photo look trademark Benjamin Franklin 6 inch paper bill is for size comparison only, it isn't the price.

The Estate of Jacob "Jake" & Mary Thompson. Mr. Thompson was a professional chef for Amtrak railroad.

Diana Cook Estates, Auctions & Appraisals and staff has been on an intentional public safety COVID hiatus for many months. It's good to start venturing out again & seeing each and everyone of you who we hope are in good spirits and healthy for this 2021!

Let Us get the Estate Home cleared out To-the-Walls so the home looks Best for real estate sale. Don’t Lift a finger.

Watch for Upcoming 2021 Estate Sales in Munster & Hobart.

COVID 19 Note - Mask Required, Quantity of shoppers inside the home at same time will be limited & controlled. We follow CDC guidelines and all local/state/federal mandates. Please keep good distance from each other. Even if you are feeling good, but you believe you've possibly, even remotely, been in a Covid or flu exposure setting recently during this past month, don't make any Estate Home a spreader event as an asymptomatic carrier, it's better to stay put at home. Let's work together with health safety in mind. You can always call or Email Diana Cook Auctions & Estates with your interest in specific items you'd love to buy. We will work with you on your purchases at a safe telephone distance.  We are doing things a bit differently because of COVID. There will be NO entry order sign in sheet to prevent all of you from touching the same notebook paper. So you need to line up distantly and order up on your own. If you attend on opening day morning bring your patience with you as entry into the home will be staggered and slow. We might work out a cell phone system where we could possibly call you approximately 15 minutes before your expected entry opportunity. We are actively putting into place BUY IT NOW.  Any furniture & items without the BUY IT NOW caption & you wish to make a sound offer, Call 219-763-3741 SOON (No Text). To be fair to your time, any photos posted up on this site 48 hours prior to opening day WILL physically be inside the home and available for purchase to the 1st Estatesaler who walks through the door and to the 4th, 5th, 10th, 50th shopper if previous shoppers don't snag it.

Payment TERMS:  CASH. Mask Required. We don't open early. Be prepared, due to any home's hallway layout, there can be staggered and delayed entry into the home on Opening Day morning, it just depends on how slow foot traffic flow moves along in the home's layout. Bring your patience with you for this home entry process. We'll get you inside as soon as we can with safety in mind. No warranties or guarantees. You must rely on your own personal inspection. Not responsible for accidents or injury. Always watch your step & your head. We don't carry. Bring your own competent adult labor who will carefully move items out of the home and off the property. Removal on SALE DAY.  Make sure to watch when moving items that floors aren't scratched and keep distance from walls so they're not touched. Please respect neighbors & not block mail boxes or driveways, or park so far off road to ruffle or rut neighbor's grass. Please don't flip cigarette butts in yard, street, driveway or really anywhere, only in receptacle.

Estates, Appraisals & Auctions by Diana Cook, 35 years experience in this business:
  * Estate (tag) Sale Management
  * Auction Management
  * Business & Commercial Auctions & Appraisals
  * Home & Estate Clean Outs & Cash Buy Outs *
  * Paying Cash for Antiques Today *
* Written Appraisal & Inventory Reports for: *
          -- Estate Taxes, federal or state, Estate Administration
          -- Insurance Replacement Needs
          -- Moving Insurance
          -- Family/Heir Division Values
          -- Donation Value
          -- Divorce Settlement
          -- Bankruptcy

Email:    Ladydi@megsinet.net

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