Treasure Chest Estate Sale

This is the estate of Shirley Milligan. She was the executive assistant to Wynton Blount, and was the President of Jubilee for several years. She acquired many items from the Wynton Blount Foundation, and art from the Wynton Blount Collection. The sale is limited to 3 large rooms (living room, dining room, and den) and a large covered patio, however the amount of items in this sale is enormous. There will be a second sale in several months to accommodate all of the items in the rest of the house and attic. Items in the sale include: artwork, furniture, home decor and knickknacks, collectibles, fine crystal, jewelry, fur coats, local memorabilia, leather bound books, signed & autographed books, books by local artists & much more!

Furniture in the sale includes: Baker small 8 drawer chest with pull out shelf at top, Baker small wooden Asian style bookshelf, Baker small marble top round table. Baker pieces are historic Charleston reproductions. Ethan Allen 3 drawer campaign chest, drop leaf table, Arcese dining room table with leaf and 6 chairs and matching china cabinet, pair of upholstered Martha Washington armchairs, Taylor Made 7 drawer white wooden chest, Adams English side table, 2 wicker trunks, black wooden trunk, 4 wooden T back Gondola chairs, ladies writing desk, Bombay round wooden table, 3 matching pieces: 7 drawer chest on chest, 8 drawer dresser, 3 drawer nightstand; small mission style console table with sides that pop open, antique secretary, 8 drawer jewelry chest with sides and top that open, pair of Miles Talbott upholstered chairs with 1 ottoman, Miles Talbott white couch, armoire-style double sided & mirrored jewelry cabinet - 62 inches tall, 18 inches wide; lighted glass and wood curio cabinet that opens from the side, glass top iron side table, floor lamps, leather Walnut claw foot arm chair, Klaussner brown leather couch and matching chair, black and brown checker board leather ottoman, library table with 3 drawers, Bassett console table with 3 drawers, Inwood large wooden desk, large white wooden floor-to-ceiling bookshelf, green leather recliner, Queen Anne wooden desk, oval coffee table, child’s rocking chair, Philco record player on stand, white wooden bookshelf, large rustic pine hutch, large kitchen hutch, and more.

Art in the sale (most of which came from the Wynton Blount Collection) includes: signed Frank Fleming (Birmingham) bronze vegetables (squash, okra pod, garlic clove, and pepper), Jean Belt (Selma) - ‘Union Station’ 3 ft. X 3 ft. oil on canvas, Catherine Cabaniss (Birmingham) - pair of 2 ft. X 2 ft. watercolors, Mary Lou Liberty , Florence Maille - ‘St. Louis Fireworks’ watercolor, Matisse - ‘The Open Window’ print, C. M. Watts - 2 signed and numbered Montgomery Riverfront prints, Ana Delgado , Lee Harris a.k.a. Renaissance Man, Tijgo Price print, Mose T, A.E. Barnes, June Feltz - ‘Lisa’, Melanie Morris - ‘Wood Not Be’, Maurine Majecki - ‘Bayou Breezes’, Dani Furr, E. Mack Miller, D. Lewis, Don Hatfield -

‘Beachcombing’ signed and numbered Printer Proof, Barbara Gallagher : ASF ‘Celebration’ print, multiple Jubilee signed printer proofs, prints, wooden box; Criswell - Jubilee signed Printer Proof, Tom Connor print, Dee Crowley ‘Quintet of Daisies’, K. Lamb Shannon prints, Alan Campbell, T. Welman signed metal fish, many rolled poster prints from local Art Festivals, and more!

Home Decor, KnickKnacks, and Collectibles in sale include: Limoges boxes, English writing desk, brass collection, Willow Tree angel collection, Pottery (including Bennington) clown figurines, fur coats, Wynton Blount Foundation memorabilia, baskets, Waterford crystal : several sets of ling stem glasses, pitcher, vases, bowl, perfume decanter, tablecloth; designer purses (Coach and Michael Kors), decorative storage boxes, wooden boxes, linens, napkin ring holder collection, DeSimone Italy pottery (platters, bowls, vase), Blue Willow (Churchill) Collection, china: ‘Formalities’ by Baum Bros., Bavaria ‘Winterling’, Royal Chester Japan; yellow depression glass, Lladro 3 piece manger scene (Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, Shakespeare bust and sculpture, Tiffany crystal and small clock, Baccarat crystal, signed and numbered sculpture of lady with fruit, Cross writing pens, 2 silver plate sets in box, David Auld handcrafted wooden jug with lid, handblown glass vases, lamps, signed Marvin Ashley wooden salmon, Shannon crystal punch bowl with 8 cups and silver plated ladle, Kenbyo Cast Iron Inkstone Screen, Isamu Noguchi Style Iron Owl Bookends, dvds, cds, vinyl records, clocks, greeting cards, candlesticks and snuffers, paperweights, quilts, Wynton Blount Association memorabilia, soapstone, figurines, sterling flatware: bob bin spoons, teaspoon sets; wooden carved animals, antique weaving loom wooden shuttles, shuttles, and more.

Jewelry in the sale includes: sterling - many rings, bangles, cuff bracelets, necklaces with pendents, heavy chains, serpentine bracelets and necklaces of varying sizes, earrings; leather and silver bracelets, leather and beaded bracelets, fine costume jewelry, bronze Milar 925 bracelets, watches, Pandora beads, bone, Gainsborough bone broach of Victorian lady, and more.

Books in the estate sale include: antique books and sets: The Harvard Classic Series”(40 books, 1940), “The New Temple Shakespeare” (28 cloth bound books), “Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical” (Nathan Drake - 1810 - vol. 2 only), Histprical & Biographical Dictionary - Collignon’s” (1801 - vol. 4 only), “Waverly’s Novels - Sir Walter Scott” (1871 - Leather & Marble - 10 books), “Harvard Classics” (1910 - 2 clothbound books, “Lytton’s Novels” (1839), “Thackerayana” (Thackeray - 1875), The Works of Thackeray (1877, 1878), The History of Henry Ermand (1878, Thackeray), “Book of Snobs” (Thackeray - 1878); art books, cookbooks, signed autographed books: “Real Peace” (Richard Nixon), “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” (John Berendt),”Southern Scenes” (Starr Smith), “A Bridge of Childhood (Marianne Moates), “Leavin of Malice” (Robertson Davies), “Anthony’s Private Parts” (James Hawkins), “Paradise” (Toni Morrison), “Truman” (David McCullough), “Northeast (Jack Manley Rose), “Ronald Reagan” (Dinegh D’Souza), “A Time to Heal” (Gerald Ford), “Edge of Heaven” (Eva McCall), “Crimson Heart - Mal Moore Story” (Steve Townsend), “Life Lessons” (Charles Pollard), “Doing It My Way” (Wynton Blount); local Montgomery interest: At the Forefront of a New Century - Montgomery” (Wendi Lewis), “Alabama Architecture - Looking at Building and Place”(Bowler), “Alabama the Great Surprise”, “Alabama” (signed by photographer Ed Mallis), “Alabama Memories” (Chip Cooper), “Recollections” (Clarence Houston Bell), “Southern Views” (Elmer Harris), “Letters to the Precious Group” (Lucy Blount), “Lenton Love Letters (Lucy Blount), “Letters from a Candidates Wife” (Lucy Blount), “The Making of Modern Alabama”, Alabama - One Big Front Porch” (Katherine Tucker Windham), “Montgomery” (Flynt), “Shakespeare Never Slept Here” (ASF - Volz), “Just How I Pictured It In My Mind”, “Quilts - Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts”, The Way It Was - Montgomery” (Muskett and Mary Ann Neely), and more.

More items and pictures to follow.

Cash and Checks Only

Sales Tax will be collected.