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A Collector’s Corner: Vintage Charm, Curated Treasures & Musical Memories

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Step into a room layered with nostalgia, artistry, and vintage charm. This thoughtfully curated estate features mid-century furnishings, antique electronics, framed portraits, art prints, and retro ephemera, ideal for collectors, set designers, resellers, or anyone with an eye for timeless treasures. Among the highlights is an impressive collection of original oil paintings, charcoal studies, and signed prints by Charles G. Staples, a Hyde Park-based artist and graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Marlboro College. His work, created primarily in the 1950s, captures moody lake scenes, forest landscapes, rustic cabins, and expressive figures, each piece signed and rich in Chicago’s artistic heritage. The sale also includes a gallery-issued mid-century restrike attributed to Edgar Degas, echoing the elegance of his classic ballerina sketches. Music lovers will find a full-size electric console piano with vintage wood styling, a padded bench, and decades’ worth of sheet music, opera scores, and music theory books. A retro Zenith AM/FM tube radio brings the golden age of broadcasting back to life, while nearby, vintage desks, typewriters, banker’s lamps, metal filing cabinets, and quirky gadgets create a haven for archivists and creatives alike. For fashion enthusiasts, a well-preserved closet of dry-cleaned men’s vintage suits, jackets, and knits rounds out this truly eclectic and inspiring sale.

Whether you’re a music lover, an art enthusiast, a mid-century collector, or just someone drawn to rare and beautiful things, you’ll find something here that speaks to you. This home is packed with treasures ready to be rediscovered, reimagined, and given a whole new life in yours. Don’t miss out on all the spectacular highlights to add to your collections.

Art/Sculpture: Framed oil paintings, landscapes, interior cathedral scenes, portrait photographs, Spring Music Festival poster (“Music: The Universal Language”), cityscape prints, female portrait painting, Several black-and-white studio portraits, Pooly-Ma-Na, The Butterfly Maiden" by the Hopi artist Kyrate Tuvahoema, Mid-century landscape painting by Charles G. Staples, Framed seascape wall art, Studio pottery vase, Vintage ceramic vase, Minimalist decor accents, Woody Walters Signed Storm Cloud Photograph – Black & White Fine Art Lightning Print

Furniture/Lamps/Rugs: Harry Ostergaard Attributed Mid-Century Teak Dining Chairs and Dining Table Handcrafted in Denmark, MCM Cabinet with Shelving, Full-sized vintage electric console piano with wooden frame, Matching wood piano bench with white cushion, Blond wood student desk with multiple drawers, Upholstered mid-century desk chair, Second vintage wood desk, Multiple metal filing cabinets, Retro green glass banker’s lamp with brass base, Holmes oscillating desk fan, Floor area rugs, Banker’s lamp, 1960's Singer Sewing Machine Flip Top Cabinet, Mid-Century Modern dresser, Danish teak dresser, MCM 6-drawer chest, Vintage expandable dining table, Danish modern dining chairs, Sculptural wood dining chairs, Teak modular wall unit, Danish floating shelving system, Room divider shelving system, Vintage Grundig stereo console, MCM radio cabinet, Antique Persian Heriz Runner Rug – Geometric Floral Medallions – Navy & Rust Tones, Vintage Caucasian Tribal Rug – Triple Diamond Medallion – Indigo & Gold Field, Afghan Bokhara Wool Rug – Deep Red with Elephant Foot Motif & Geometric Borders

Crystal/Glass: Ribbed clear glass bowls, Fire-King Peach Lustre (marked 58), Anchor Hocking; classic 1940s–1960s ovenware, Cabbage Patch Kids Glass Jar

China/Pottery: Syracuse China "Nordic" Mid-Century Leaf Motif,  Hand-Painted Italian Pottery Bowl – Marked “929 Made in Italy”, Copeland Spode Holiday Plate – Holly & Mistletoe Design, Buchan Portobello Stoneware Divided Dish, Buchan Portobello Stoneware Plates & Divided Dish – Scotland, Royal Doulton “Pastorale” English Fine Bone China Cup & Saucer, Royal Albert - England, Royal Chelsea (4951A) - England, Poppytrail by Metlox – California, Lenox for R.H. Stearns & Co. – Boston

Decorative Metals: Vintage Cadillac hubcap, Classic car wheel cover, Mid-Century Aluminum Tea Pot and Sugar Bowl Set, Mixed Metal Serveware & Barware Lot – Trays, Platters, Shakers, and More, Retro Chrome Microwave with Touchpad – Black Mirror Front

Kitchen/Cookware: CorningWare "Spice of Life" Casserole Dish, Toastmaster 10-Cup Coffee Maker (Model TCM10PW) – New in Box, Farberware ‘Super Fast’ Electric 2-8 Cup Percolator Coffee Maker, Model 138B, Vintage Vitantonio Waffle Iron with Original Recipe Booklet, Grill King Cook Top Grill by Mr. Stove – New in Box
Description: Unused stovetop grill for gas or electric range. Ideal for low-cholesterol cooking with Xylan nonstick surface, Massive Vintage Cookbook & Recipe Collection, Vintage Westwood Stainless Steel Steamer Basket – Made in Japan (Boxed), Assorted Vintage Aluminum Bakeware & Utensils, Vintage Pots, Pans & Lids – Assorted Aluminum Cookware, Vintage Cuisinart Food Processor with Accessories + Acrylic Designs Holder, White Ceramic Mixing and Serving Bowls – Assorted, CorningWare Blue Cornflower Casserole Set – With Glass Lids, Mid-Century Wooden Salad Bowl Sets – Mixed Lot, Stack of Vintage Wooden Bowls with Picnic Basket & Wall Decor, Set of Retro Presto Heat Pads – Three Sizes

Apparel/Footwear/Linens: Full closet of men’s and women's  clothing, including: Suits & jackets in garment bags, Colorful knit sweaters, Slacks, button-downs, possible vintage outerwear, Folded blankets or textiles, scarfs, purses, wallets. Leon Levin, Fruit of the Loom (Heavy Cotton), J.Jill (Wearever Collection), Lands’ End (Direct Merchants), Nicole Miller (New York), Field Gear, Reentry, Bannister & Beale, London Corner Ltd., John Peel Ltd., The World’s Best Wool, Merona, Anderson-Little Collection (Club 400), Eddie Bauer (Outdoor Outfitter), Gerald Austin (Bond Street), Strathmore, Albert Nipon, e.c.c. (Ecuadorian Clothing Company), Talbots (Petites), Colores del Pueblo, Ship n Shore, Featherlite, Botany 500, Jantzen, Ba xi hua fu, Banana Republic. Burberry-style Plaid Jacket (Note: no visible label, but mimics Burberry check pattern – authenticity unconfirmed), Pendleton, Marshall Fields, August Silk, Linda Bertozzi, Mizz Lizz.

Electronics/Appliances: Vintage Zenith tube radio 1950s era, Old-fashioned rotary phone, Electric console piano, Epson printer, Vizio computer monitor, Vintage landline rotary telephone, Black desk fan, Toshiba appliance box, 1960's Singer Sewing Machine Flip Top Cabinet, Grundig Majestic stereo, Mid-century electronics, 1950s German radio cabinet, Vintage Canon AE-1 35mm SLR Film Camera with Lens, Canon AV-1 Manual Focus 35mm Film Camera, Minolta XG-7 Vintage SLR Camera with 50mm Lens, Minolta X-700 Classic 35mm Camera – Estate Find, Vivitar 2000 Auto Electronic Flash in Original Box, Assorted Vintage 35mm Lenses – Canon, Minolta, More, AudioSolutions Portable CD Player ESP – Retro Tech, Bushnell 7x18 Wide View Compact Binoculars, Vintage Slide Projector Tray Carousel – Gray Metal, Cassette Tape Recorder with Microphone – Boxed, Vintage Headphones with Spiral Cord – Retro Studio Gear, Pana-Vue 2 Lighted 2x2 Slide Viewer – In Box, Old School CRT TV with BLM Sign and Accessories, Singer Model 654 Sewing Machine – Mid-Century Blue & White Zigzag Machine, Smith-Corona Coronamatic 1200 Electric Typewriter – Vintage 1970s Word Processor

Media/Books/Toys: Huge Vinyl Record Collection. Extensive sheet music collection, Music theory and vocal exercise books, Shelves of books, manuals, and folders, Featured book: World of Our Fathers by Irving Howe, Stack of CDs/DVDs or mini books, Assorted magazines and files, Vintage Alexander Calder Exhibition Poster – Théâtre de France 1969 – Abstract Modernist Design

Miscellaneous/Garden/Outdoors: Decorative wood reindeer with red pom-pom Holiday Décor, Walking aid or medical walker, Blitzhacker 4-Way Rotary Chopper (with original box)

Jacard three coverlets 19th century, wool and cotton, joined two-piece summer and winter coverlet in navy and white, with geometric grid pattern, with pine tree border, fringe to three sides, the top edge with later printed fabric binding.
 

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