HIGH QUALITY
OLD FURNITURE
Fabulous oak fire place mantle 5’w x 7’2" tall w/outstanding
spiral turnings - double ball & spindle galleries - bevel
mirror, w/4 side mirrors & leaf carvings; extra nice walnut
glass door step back cupboard; pine cabinet 4’w x 74"t w/
doors & drawers (r); oak rocker; cherry platform rocker w/
lion head/fish, nice oak pressed, spindle carved back
rocker w/torch & wreath design; walnut schoolmarm’s
table; wood porc top table; solid walnut drop leaf dining
table; round walnut drop leaf tavern table; solid walnut
buffet; (2) Eastlake style parlor tables; neat high leg 5-
drawer desk; pine desk; nice hand made cherry 4 drw
empire chest; nice walnut handmade empire chest - 4 drw,
50" tall; early handmade walnut 3 drw chest w/faux rosewood
grain; walnut dresser base w/ carved fruit pulls;
butternut wash stand w/carved pulls; set 6 walnut needle
point chairs; 2 oak spindle press back chairs; quality fireside
chairs; (6) early hand made mahogany rose back
chairs w/horsehair cushions; (2) cane btm horse shoe seat
chairs w/cast iron brace connectors; wood high chair;
elegant paw foot oak arm chair; plank seat chair; (2) walnut
chip-carved chairs; treadle sewing machine; nice walnut
Jenny Lind style full bed; nice Mt Vernon walnut sewing
stand w/yarn bins; Nice Lane cedar chest w/maple exterior;
curved top trunk; 5 drw oak library card file 33"w x 5 5/8"t;
large mirror in ornate frame; vanity bench; intricately carved
walnut clock shelf; walnut lap board; magazine rack; lots of
official pictures - Reagan, Bush, Nixon, etc.
BEE & LAB
ITEMS
Kelley honey extractor SS 22"dia x 30"
- electric; W. Kelley gravity honey extractor
22"dia x 30"t; new hive parts,
frames etc; smokers. Iron & glass
110 gram balance scales; apothecary
jars; bottles; water still; Kelway Ph
and moisture testers; soil probes;
gauges; pipe fittings.
LURES
C.C.B. Co Dingbat. Heddon
pumkinseed; S.B. Pike - Oreno
No 2956P; Whopper Stopper; S.B.
Nip-I-diddee; Shakespheare
Swimming mouse.
BOOKS, POST CARDS, PAPER
(34) Olnean’s - 1929 - 32 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 50 -
51 - (2) 52 - 53 - (2) 55 - (3) 56 - (2) 57 - (3) 58 - (2)59 - (2)60 - 62 - 65 - 71 - 73 -; 74 - 75
- 76 - 77 - 78; (7) Olnean annuals 1930 - 41 - 52 - 55 - 56 - 57 - 58; Olney Schools Report
1901 - 02; (3) Vincennes H.S. 1924 1937 1938; (2) Ashley, Illinois 1949 & 1950; (2)
Scottland, Illinois 1946 & 1947; (2) Beardstown 1937 & 1938; annuals - (2) OCC - 65 & 67;
EIU - 1926; “Illinois Historical & Lawrence County Biographical 1910”; West - WWII; many
coffee table books - “America” - “Home Planet” - “Art” - “Needlework” - “The Face of
America” - “Norman Rockwells” -; “Andrew Wyeth”, etc; “Alice of Old Vincennes” book;
serious gardening books - birds - flowers; many German books; Zane Grey; school books,
readers, etc; poetry; Bible Commentaries; several Bibles; paperbacks; Mother Earth News Magazines; The
American magazine 1931; old photographs; 1954 pictures of Vernor lake being built; the attic album full of good
old post cards.
POLITICAL ITEMS
Political buttons; (3) 2½" flickers: Goldwater/Miller; Ike/Dick; Speed Recovery Re Elect
Hoover; Hoover; Hoover/Small; (5) Len Small ¾"; Willkie; Percy; Nixon; (2) Smith; Scott; 1972 McGovern/
Eagleton; Reagan buttons; (3) E. Dirksen GOP cobalt blue ash trays; Union Pacific Lucky Penny.

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OLD GLASSWARE
24 pcs Candlewick, knife & fork - 12 sandwich plate - 10"bowl” - heart nappy - 7½" oval bowl
- cream & sugar - divided relish - candle holder - (7) 8" plates & (8) goblets; 20+ pcs gr & clear thumbprint; pattern
glass jelly; 2 creamers; pressed glass serving bowl; Fostoria “American” 6½" t pitcher w/ice lip; milk glass fish
on boat; cut glass celery; crystal cream & sugar; open & lidded compotes; 4 salt cellars; cake pedestal; bells
- china & glass (flashed ruby); Moonstone vanity bottles; blue opalescent cruet, hat; 11 Flintstone glasses Depr.
mixing bowls; Fire King; Hack & Simon Eagle Brewer, Vincennes beer bottle; Mineral Springs, Indianapolis
Brewing Co bottle; Frank A. Thuis, Vincennes bottle; grog glasses.
OLD CHINA
82 pcs of Tea Leaf ironstone (1 pc w/green tea leaf); Set Haviland china w/gold trim; sev. pcs of Italian
china; set of Courrier & Ives Grist Mill china; Homer Laughlin pcs; (8) Haviland plates; Nippon handled plate; (2)
unmarked handled plates; (8) Bavaria bread plates; (9) 7½" salad plates - different flowers; Majolica 6½" plate “G
S Zell”; Carlsbad plate; R S Germany plate; lg Blue Willow platter; R S Germany saucer; Blue Ridge bowl; Noritake
bowl; Bavaria serving bowl; cream & sugar; demitasse cups; bone china cup & saucer; interesting tea pots - 1
cat by Dr. Bill Heyduck; Frankoma 1990 GOP elephant; Lefton china purse vase; pr Czechoslovakia bird vases;
McCoy jardiniere; jardiniere; collection of black & other cat figurines; etc.
OLD ITEMS
Iron counter scales w/large brass pan; violin, bow & case “Georg Carl Krekfchmann violun maker
in Taufkirchen 1795”; Peters & Co coat hanger; (9) G. Benson pocket mirrors & phone dialers. Wooden Keen
Kutter silverware box (only). Yd sticks; iron skillets up to 14"; good (blue) white granite pie pan; pine sugar bucket;
stone pitchers; 15 gal salt glaze crock; (2) china mortars & pestles; 3 stone bowls; 8 plc set of “Nobility” silverplate
flatware; Rogers “Claridge” silverplate flatware; set of Old Company Plate flatware; knife steel; rosewood handled
knives & forks; sev. ps silverplate; pr of milk glass miniature lamps; LP records (real music); handmade quilts;
quilt blocks; chenille bed spreads; fancy work - cut, etc; handkerchiefs, scarves; several furs - fox - mink, etc;
Vintage clothes; 48 star American flag. toy clown on unicycle rides high wire (Germany); neat old brass buttons;
37 thimbles - silver, brass, etc; lots of fancy hand fans; gold bracelets; Omega man’s wrist watch; hat pins; bridal
rosette (jockey); nice ambrotype in leather case 2¾" x 3¼"; 1943 T.M. Italian phrase book; good Indian arrow point
3"; 6 marble-imbedded stepping stones; & more.
MODERN FURNITURE - APPLIANCES - MISC
3 cushion Conover couch; like new 3 cushion sofa; set of 4 oak
spindle back chairs; 2 oak spindle back bar stools; hard maple Ballman Cummings bedroom suite - full bed Spring
Air foundation & triple dresser w/mirror; 2 office desks; 3 drw file cabinet; card table. Zenith 24" TV; Westinghouse
refrigerator; Westinghouse upright freezer; GE 30" elect range w/self cleaning oven; cabinet sewing machine;
Electrolux vacuums; lots of nice table lamps; telephones - clocks - radios; kitchen full of glassware, bakeware,
pots, pans, utensils, small appliances, etc; Correlleware, Corningware; lots of fancy glasses; 2 deviled egg plates;
set of Sheffield China; 19 pcs Longchamp crystal (made in France); dozens of quality cookbooks; new canning
jars; Quality decoration items; lots of figurines, bells; collection of small elephants; quality Christmas decorations
- 26 large hand blown glass ornaments (11 Santas - 4 fruits - 2 cats - butterfly - dragon - 7 misc - Darth Vader plugin;
quality costume jewelry & some old jewelry; pendant watch; stop watch; sewing & embroidery supplies, knitting
needles, books, material, etc; towels, bedding; lots of afghans; luggage; nice Olympia elect typewriter. desk equip
& supplies. camera tripod; 7 x 35 binoculars; exercycle; Avons.
LAWN & GARDEN
20" mower; Thermo Fogger
w/3hp B&S engine; Homelite 16" chain saw; gas weed eater; hedge clippers; garden tools; barrels of perlite. 10A
battery charger; Teel ¼ hp transfer pump; transit, level tripod & target rod; pipe wrenches; (5) fire extinguishers;
alum step ladders; few hand tools; case of plastic valves.
PICTURES
“The Guardian” + (Girl &
Dog) in ornate frame;
“Time to Get Up” (girl & 2
dogs) in ornate frame
(1900); “Can’t You Talk”
in ornate frame; H.A.
Clarke “The Road - Summer”
Currier & Ives print;
cross corner picture
frames; early oval picture
frame; (2) framed quilt
blocks.
MRS. GERALD (Claribel) BENSON
Anne Franklin 1-618-395-1157 (after 5 p.m.)
- I.D. required when registering.
- Terms: Cash or good check.
- No Buyer's Premium.
- Food by Debbie's. On-site porta potty.
- No credit cards
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