Friday, January 05, 2007
RANDOM ESTATE SALE POST-part 1
almost, well, ok, not the greatest neighborhood. say outer core, close to the inner. i grew up a tad northwest of the sale. N. 25th. they had victorian bungalows?!?
ok, gotta say what the OPEN HOUSE listing said. they do lie like rugs tho.
'time has stood still on n 25th st. it began with the parents marriage in 1902. this 100 year plus(um, i think the buying there stoped around 1960-but if you go back to the parents parents...) accumilation of antiques and collectables has now become available with the recent passing of the last family member. from reports of news accounts, the parents had 8 kids. NO WAY all lived there. not at once. only one married. i bet there was a few nuns and priests in the family. where did they sleep? shit. the rooms were like monk cells.
ok. 1st. kitchen my favorite. jeez, very deco on victorian. but not kitchish. hmm. no utensils! but display cases. got 2 sales tax coins. missouri. go to basement. oh, did i mention seeing at least 4 smaller deco/40's fans? uh oh. cold cellar. HORROR OH HORRORS!!!! (the news did mention cake from 1958 in the freezer-shit disappears into those chest ones!). many full canning jars. unbelievably unexploded. all brown. no shapes of what. i just looked at the label closest to me. current jam 1948. oh lordy. nothin there.go deeper into the linoleum/catholic capsule. ooh, old wood stove as i go to the farthest room in the front of the house. nothin, but did take pic of the Stewart gas stove from the 20's or before. go back out to the 'kitchen'. also a 40's gas stove. the high victorian Stewart wood stove. took pic of that. the other litlle room had typical cheap dreck. ooh, huh? asian carved wood thing. take! and saw the BIGGEST enamelware canning covered pot ever.
almost, well, ok, not the greatest neighborhood. say outer core, close to the inner. i grew up a tad northwest of the sale. N. 25th. they had victorian bungalows?!?
ok, gotta say what the OPEN HOUSE listing said. they do lie like rugs tho.
'time has stood still on n 25th st. it began with the parents marriage in 1902. this 100 year plus(um, i think the buying there stoped around 1960-but if you go back to the parents parents...) accumilation of antiques and collectables has now become available with the recent passing of the last family member. from reports of news accounts, the parents had 8 kids. NO WAY all lived there. not at once. only one married. i bet there was a few nuns and priests in the family. where did they sleep? shit. the rooms were like monk cells.
ok. 1st. kitchen my favorite. jeez, very deco on victorian. but not kitchish. hmm. no utensils! but display cases. got 2 sales tax coins. missouri. go to basement. oh, did i mention seeing at least 4 smaller deco/40's fans? uh oh. cold cellar. HORROR OH HORRORS!!!! (the news did mention cake from 1958 in the freezer-shit disappears into those chest ones!). many full canning jars. unbelievably unexploded. all brown. no shapes of what. i just looked at the label closest to me. current jam 1948. oh lordy. nothin there.go deeper into the linoleum/catholic capsule. ooh, old wood stove as i go to the farthest room in the front of the house. nothin, but did take pic of the Stewart gas stove from the 20's or before. go back out to the 'kitchen'. also a 40's gas stove. the high victorian Stewart wood stove. took pic of that. the other litlle room had typical cheap dreck. ooh, huh? asian carved wood thing. take! and saw the BIGGEST enamelware canning covered pot ever.
