The Cushman Estate Sale — A Family Story Etched Into Dearborn History

THE CUSHMAN ESTATE SALE

A Dearborn Family Legacy, Collected Across Generations

October 8 • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Full price

October 9 • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM 25%Off

October 10 • 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM 50%Off

Some estate sales offer beautiful things. This one offers the chance to step into the history of a Dearborn family and explore a home filled with pieces collected, loved, used and preserved across generations.

The Cushman home is not a sale you can understand from a handful of photographs or a short list of items. There is simply too much here.

Every room tells a different part of the story.

Among the most striking pieces is an early antique wicker baby carriage, beautifully constructed in the style of the early 1900s. It is the kind of piece that immediately takes you back to another time and is sure to catch the eye of antique collectors, decorators and anyone who appreciates craftsmanship from generations past.

Another meaningful piece carries a special connection to Dearborn history. In 1924, when Katherine Moore Cushman was just eight years old, Henry Ford presented her with a specially made wooden toolbox bearing her name and containing tools sized for a child’s hands. Nearly a century later, it remains a remarkable part of the Cushman family story.

But these are only two of the many discoveries waiting inside.

Collectors will find vintage toys and childhood treasures, including a Wolverine toy stove, Block City building pieces, LEGO Galaxy Explorer pieces, a Fast Lane Western Express train set, toy cars, games, dolls, a dollhouse, children’s books and nostalgic pieces from different generations.

There is an extensive assortment of books throughout the home, including older books, classic literature, history, poetry, children’s titles and plenty of shelves worth taking your time to explore.

Music lovers can dig through records and 45s, with a variety of albums and singles waiting to be discovered.

Holiday collectors will find a wonderful amount of Christmas throughout the home, including vintage ornaments, older glass ornaments, handmade pieces, miniature decorations, lights and holiday treasures collected over many years.

And there is much more than Christmas.

Throughout the home you will find seasonal décor, framed artwork, needlework, pottery, figurines, baskets, cultural pieces, Southwestern and Native American-inspired décor, decorative collectibles and unusual pieces that are difficult to describe until you see them in person.

Furniture can be found throughout the home, including twin beds and mattresses, tables, chairs, storage pieces, vintage trunks, wicker pieces and other furnishings.

There are linens and household textiles in abundance — pillows, twin-size mattress covers, sheets and bedding in a variety of sizes, along with other useful household pieces.

Clothing and accessories are also part of the sale, including vintage pieces and a beautiful floral child’s dress, along with items tucked away in closets and storage areas that are still being uncovered.

You will also find kitchenware, glassware, serving pieces, dishes, household goods, decorative items, sporting pieces, shelving, lawn and outdoor items, tools, garage finds, storage items and practical everyday pieces.

And even that does not cover everything.

There are closets to explore.

Shelves to look through.

Drawers filled with smaller finds.

Boxes that hold pieces saved for years.

Collections that cannot possibly be shown in every photograph.

And many other items throughout the home that you will have to come see for yourself.

This is the kind of estate sale where the treasure is not always sitting in plain sight.

You may come for the antique baby carriage and leave talking about something completely different.

You may stop to look at a childhood toy, then discover a box of vintage ornaments.

You may begin with the furniture and end up spending your time flipping through records, books or old household pieces you have not seen in years.

That is what makes this home so special.

It is not a collection from one decade.

It is generations of living gathered under one roof.

For antique collectors, vintage lovers, book lovers, Christmas collectors, decorators, resellers and anyone who simply enjoys the thrill of finding something unexpected, this is a sale to explore slowly.

Look closely.

Open the drawers.

Search the shelves.

Flip through the records and 45s.

Take your time with the books.

Look through the Christmas collections.

Explore the clothing, linens, toys, furniture and household pieces.

And do not assume the photographs show it all — because they do not.

There is so much more inside the Cushman home waiting to be discovered.

The Cushman family has preserved these pieces across generations.

Now, many of them are ready to begin a new story in someone else’s home.

Come explore.

You never know what you may find.

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