FUN 1950-1990s DOWNSIZING/ESTATE SALE

estate sale | 2 day sale | 4 days away
Address
The address for this sale in Charlotte, NC will be available after 9:00am on Thursday, May 1st, 2025.
Dates
Fri
May 2
10am to 4pm
Sat
May 3
10am to 4pm

Terms & Conditions

*CASH ONLY SALE. NO CHECKS OR CREDIT CARDS.

*NO EARLY ENTRY. We will open at 10 am each day.

ITEM PRICES ARE FIRM AS MARKED ON THE FIRST DAY. 50% DISCOUNT DAY 2.

*Everything is sold AS IS and ALL SALES ARE FINAL. Please review your items carefully.

*There are NO restrooms available for this sale. Please plan accordingly.

*DISCLAIMER: We are not responsible for accidents. You are entering a private property at your own risk.

*BRING HELP TO MOVE HEAVY ITEMS! Come prepared to handle heavy purchases on your own.
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Description & Details

PLEASE READ:  This downsizing estate is being held in the garage behind the residence.  PARKING INSTRUCTIONS:  Public vehicles allowed ONLY along Alvarado Way and not on the narrow alley driveway between or behind residences.  This is for residents only.  Signs will be posted. 

NO EARLY SALES!  Doors open at 10 am.  CASH ONLY!

This is a clean sale and mostly all items are in very good to excellent working condition.  FUN collectibles from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s but there's a good variety of merchandise for all shoppers.  Not everything was able to be photographed prior to posting this ad.  Check the inventory list and the description under the photos.

NOTE:  For serious buyers ONLY, we will take your name and number if you are in the market for a fairly large non-graded 1980s-early 1990s baseball card collection of Topps, Bowman, DonRuss Leaf and more brands ranging from mostly very good to excellent condition.  This collection is at an off site location to be sold at a later time so there is no viewing at this sale.  

INVENTORY:

Gaming Devices and Games including Nintendo, Atari, and Genesis Sega;

Original 60s/70s vinyl 33 albums of Rock/Pop and Children's;

1950s Lionel Train set;  Type KW Transformer (untested), 6066T Coat Tender Train, 3250 Searchlight car, 3656 Stock Yard with some corral pieces not sure if this is a complete set at this point, 2026 Steam Locomotive, and several some accessory parts for track.  No track is included.  

25 Vintage Hot Wheels in 1980s Case; Jeff Gordon NIB Stock Car; Vintage 80s Tony Traffic Cone toy on skateboard.

1980s Topps Brand Garbage Pail Kids collectible cards;

1950s-1980s Children's books and book sets; Sweet Pickles, Joy Berry, Little Golden Books, Care Bears, Sesame Street, Walt Disney, Berentain Bears, Richard Scarry, Beverly Cleary, Amelia Bedelia, Maggie Bateson Pop ups, and some classics.

1950's-1980s Children's wood puzzles; Warner Bros, Disney, Sesame Street, Cabbage Patch, Playskool.

1950's-1980s Children's games

1988 Fischer Price Electric Globe with View Finder.  Works great!

Vintage Collectible dolls including several Madam Alexander, Effanbee, Royal, Gibson, Pleasant Co, Mattel Barbies and Cabbage Patch, Russ Care Bears and Trolls; Collectible doll clothing

Vintage Children's dresses and crochet or knitted crib blankets.

Designer Hand Bags and Purses including Guess, Coach, Dooney & Bourke along with Evening Purses and small accessory purses.

Costume jewelry; Lots of rings, earrings, a few necklaces, bracelets and misc.

Ladies clothing in sizes 2-6 featuring A Byer, Vince Camuto, Love Story, Bebe, Fashion Nova, Express, New York & Co., Guess, Elizabeth & James, TopShop, Moda International, Lauren, THeory, Jones New York.  Also a few good boots 7-7 1/2.

Barware; Mid Century and later including Silver fade Roly Poly, Wheat Pilsners, Decanter.

Kitchen Items; various vintage and newer 

Kitchen Dinnerware; Gourmet Home Accents/Fitz & Floyd/Lenox Temperware

Artwork; vintage and newer.  Original large canvas oil painting, framed prints, signed and numbered print, unframed pencil sketches.  A few frames.

Household Decor;  Lamps, Large Faux Ficus Tree, brass candle stick holders, misc. 

Christmas collectibles and seasonal decor; Waterford Georgian Holiday Fruit Tree Tabletop Topiaries NIB, Handmade Ceramic LIghted Santa, Polar Express Book Set NIP, swags wreaths, carolers, working lights, garlands, bulbs, and misc.

DVD Players and DVDs/CDs/VHS Player and VHS/Cassettes;

Office equipment; Metal filing cabinet, office chair, Dell Axim X5 Pocket PCC NIB, Brother's Fax Message Center NIB, Logitech Quick Cam Pro 5000 NIB, filing cabinet, laptop cases, organizers, and misc. office supplies;

Electronic Clock Radios; flip dial, cube SONY dream (2)

42" Samsung Sound Bar with wireless Subwoofer

Canon AE-1 4378559 x 135mm Camera with Zoom and Flash;

Stereo equipment (Panasonic and Phillips DVDs and VHS);

Car items;  Lexus Car Care Kit, Honda Car Stereo with Cassette Player, License Plate, Car Vac, Space Age Halogen Search Lights NIB, Misc.

Tools and Cleaning Tools; Black and Decker New Leaf Hog Blower Vac and Mulcher, Craftsman 2 Gal. Stainless Steel Sprayer, Bacteriostat Water Treatment in Box, vintage Kirby Upholstery Cleaner in box, Stanley Leverlock Adv. Item NIP, Cleveland Columbian USA Blue Level plus more small items.   

Outdoor and gardening tools; 1984 Clean GI Joe Sleeping Bag, clean Inflatable Single Mattress, Coleman Thermos, Aladdin Thermos, Playmate coolers, RTIC Cooler NIB, Grill Sets, Skewers, Cream of Wheat Adv. Outdoor Wood Thermometer, various Sprinklers, other small hand tools.

Patio table and chairs;

Vintage Pine Rocking Chair;

MCM Style Chest of Drawers;

Large Beveled Wall Mirror;

Two sets of nesting tables;  One Brass/Glass set of three and One Wood set of Two; 

Luggage and Duffel Bags/Other Merchandise Bags

There may be items not photographed or listed.

1970-1980 Very Large Artist Signed Original Oil on Canvas1986/1987 Howard Miller 8 Day School House Regulator Wall Clock with Westminster Chime.  Has the key.   The center and right mechanisms for the key are working but the left needs repair (this operates the hour chime).  Sold as is for parts or repair.Mid Century Style Blonde DresserSale PictureSet of Two Framed Magnolia PrintsFramed FloralSet of Two Gold Medallion Art Prints with artists info on the back.Lazy Boy Sofa Set with Chair and Ottoman.  Very good condition.  Ask to see if it is still available at sale time.  This set will be shown only to those seriously interested.Lazy Boy Chair and Ottoman.  Part of the set.  This will be shown only to serious buyers.Sale PictureNichols & Stone Pine RockerRocker maker's mark.Vinyl Office Chair.  Very good condition.  Swivels with adjustable height.  Beautiful vintage Ceramic Floral Table Lamp.  Vintage set of Two Nesting TablesSet of 3 Brass and Glass Nesting TablesSale PictureRound white dishes are Gourmet Home Accents made in Italy.  8 dinner and 8 salads.  Sold as 16 piece set or two sets of 8.  The square white dishes are Fitz & Floyd Everyday White Dinnerware.  Sold as Set.  All are in very good condition without chips.Vintage Lenox Temperware Dinnerware.  The pieces in this set are being sold separately as sets, (i.e. bowls, plates, cups and saucers, etc).  Used vintage condition with fading on some pieces.Lenox Temperware SetLenox Fall Bounty PatternNew in box (NIB) Wedgewood Tea Set Sarah’s Garden.  Double handled collector's tin.  Hand painted wooden vase.Sarah's Garden Tea Set pattern.New in Box (NIB) Waterford Georgian Holiday Table Top Topiary Fruit Tree Decor Set, Baldwin Brass Candlestick Holders, other serving pieces Sale PictureVintage Brass 3 Way Lamp and Collectible Barware Barware includes Pilsners, Wine glasses, Wine Stems, Beverage Server, Decanter, Margarita glasses and Silver Fade Roly Poly Low Ball Glasses.Vintage Mid Century Italian Alabaster Ashtrays, two coaster sets and Greek Ewer.Vera Gorini Italy Bubble Glass Decanter with Leather Cover, Stopper and Chain.  Al Tartousei Turkish Brass Espresso Set 14 pieces. Brass candlestick Holders and Stained glass pedestal bowl.More Serving and Kitchen Items:  Fondue Set, Copper Tea Kettle, Ritz tin, Toaster, 14 pc set of Kitchen Aid Knives NIB, Chopper, Pyrex, Hand Mixer, Wine Holder, plus misc.Pyrex and Corning.Christmas Decor and Collectibles includes a working handmade vintage ceramic light up Santa, Byer type set of 3 carolers.  More not shown.Vintage Ceramic Handmade Lighted SantaAwesome 60s/70s Pop Rock Album Collection.  Original early Beatles/Led Zeppelin and more from this era.  Some 1st Press.  Condition, sound, run off and catalog numbers have been checked on higher-value albums.  A nice collection.  Priced accordingly for original vintage vinyl market.DVDs/CDs/VHS/Cassettes
50s/60s Walt Disney LPs, Sesame Street and other Children’s 33sComplete Sega System with two control panelsNintendo Nes MAX in box - SEVERAL MORE Nintendo items that were not photographed (1978 Gameboy Console DMG-001) complete in boxes along with a few Atari.  For more information, read the sale description inventory list.Box for Genesis SEGA padSeveral Genesis Sega games including the one shown above, MBA Jam Arena, NHL, Frogger Sega Complete Wii System with Box - like new27 Hot Wheels in collectors case 1980s.  Some like new and others with wear.Sale PictureNice selection of vintage children's wood and cardboard puzzles and vintage games.Dr. Suess, Hooked on Phonics complete set, classics.  There are some great choices available.A large collection of Classic Children's Books and Book Sets such as Sweet Pickles, LGB, Sesame Street, Care Bears, Walt Disney, Berenstain, Maggie Bateson large Victorian pop ups, Madeline's Book Collection in Case, Amelia Bedelia, Beverly Cleary, Richard Scarry and many single children's classics.Little Golden Book Set of 12
Joy Berry Book Set of 9Berenstain Set The Babysitter’s Series; Little Sister, Mysteries, and Super Special.Madam Alexander Dolls in original boxes with tags - like newMadam Alexander Doll with tag in box.  Sorry for blurry photo.Madam Alexander doll with tag in box.Pleasant Co Doll in Box - NewMadam Alexander doll with tag in box.Madam Alexander doll with tag in box.Royal Doll with tag in box.Madam Alexander doll with tag in box.Doll on stand without tag or box.Madam Alexander Doll with tag in box.Nice lot of doll clothes.Cabbage Patch dolls.  Russ Troll dolls, (there are also 6 Care Bear Russ plastic dolls not shown - sorry).Vintage Barbie and Kelly.  A few misc. doll accessory lots not shown.Children's wrist watches and other misc. jewelry.A nice collection of costume rings.Other costume ringsSale PictureA few bracelets and necklacesCostume earringsGirl's DressesSeveral nice ladies coats and jackets.  For designer brands on clothing, please read the description box in the ad.Ladies Dress Coat.Like new Dress Suit.Ladies Skirts.Formal Dresses.Sale PictureLadies DressesWorkout attire Coach Barrel Bag.  New Dooney & Bourke Bag.New Coach Diaper Bag.  Beige Coach Hand Bag.Designer Bags including Coach (some NEW), Dooney & Bourke (some New), Cole Haan and Guess.Sale PictureEvening bags1988 Fischer Price Electric Tilting Globe with View Finder - Works Great!  Search/Spot Lights NIB, Misc. office items.Coolers, Thermos, Grilling Accessories, Car Vacuum, More misc.Large, Medium and Small Trophies for use as decor props or resale.

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