Estate Sale--Part 2: The Cuuh

The estate sale wound up running 3 days, and moved quite a lot of stuff. I ran an ad in Craigs List on Saturday, so we had that + the sign on Mulberry Ave to draw customers. By Saturday evening we realized we still had a LOT left, so we decided to extend the sale through Sunday, and to mark most of the stuff Free from noon - 3PM. We didn't want to have to deal with several loads of unsold stuff at sale's end, and with the house needing to be cleared for showing there was really no way to extend the sale. So I ran an ad in the "free" section of Craigs List which resulted in a small crowd of scroungers (all very nice people) shortly before noon. That crowd and a couple of smaller ones that followed liquidated a lot of the stuff that just wasn't moving. Just before 3 we had a 15 minute thunderstorm, so we moved the fragile stuff into the garage and out of the rain, and ended the sale. When the rain stopped we packed up the remainder in Joe's trailer for donation to a thrift shop. After 3 hot summer days of selling, the house is empty.

The load for the thrift store didn't even fill the trailer

Many of the people who attended the sale were from the neighborhood, and they were a very friendly, nice group of people. I really enjoyed meeting and talking to the ones who had the time and were inclined to chat. Many of those people knew Web, some had known Meri. Quite a few hadn't heard that Web had died, although they all said they'd missed seeing him and had noticed his normally perfect yard was obviously missing his TLC. Web was a very friendly, easy going man who loved people, so it wasn't surprising to learn that he had many, many friends and aquaintences who were concerned.

One of the brothers came up from Denver to help Saturday; Sunday his wife was able to come up, and they were both joined by a 2nd brother. So there was plenty of help with the sale and the packing and loading once it was over. Although it was a lot of work for all involved, we managed to have a pleasant weekend, and most importantly, we got the job done. A lot of stuff was recycled to new homes and the house on Briarwood was cleaned out.

I suppose it isn't too surprising for any regular readers of Logging the Cuuh to learn that Joe and I came home with quite a bit of cuuh as a result of the sale. Most of it was gleaned late in the sale, we waited to see what was selling before pulling what interested us from the collection. Much of what we wound up hauling home was gleaned just prior to the start of the "free" portion of the sale, at which point everyone present took a walk through to pick up their choice of the leftovers, since the items no longer had a monetary value. Here, then, is what we brought home to use, repurpose and recycle, the photos enhanced by one of our wonderful cuuh-loving cats, Atticus:

As always, starting at the top left:

• decorated glass storage jar
• pair of crutches for tall people(only partly visible, leaning in background)
• "true daylight" floor lamp
• large cooling rack (for baked goods)
• 2 wooden pants hangers
• can of window cleaner
• 3 boxes of cupcake papers
• stack of towels
• bag of assorted hardware
• rubber spatula
• small gold colored plaque
• 3 small stainless bowls in serving holder
• microwave turntable
• 2 giant push-pins
• 2 appliance cords (in cardboard tubes)
• small stack of white metal venetian blind slats
• bow-tie (untied in photo)
• vintage Siphon King seltzer bottle
• hardcover book, Der Fuerhrer (1944)
• hardcover, ring-bound, Foodservice Cookbook
• 7 blue ice
• 2 small white Pyrex mixing bowls
• package of weatherstripping

• 3 vintage kelly green leather Hartmann suitcases (hard to believe no one wanted these for a reasonable price, but they didn't)
• yellow pail full of various telephone cables
• marble bowling trophy
• small brown plastic basket full of corks
• miscellaneous pieces taken off other trophies
• white plastic scoop
• yellow and turquoise plastic storage boxes with lift out trays
• poster: chronology of painters through history
• tartan cummerbund and matching bow-tie
• clear plastic storage jar
• coffee mug
• thermometer
• aluminium ring with nice bakelite handles
• red pencil, pen, misc holder for a desk
• bag of lawn chair webbing
• 2 aluminium spacers for a pressure cooker or other pot
• flannel-backed vinyl (Christmas) tablecloth

• ironing board
• stack of various racks
• 2 wire racks for adding another layer in cabinets
• 3-way table lamp (silver lamp adjacent is from last week!)

(the rest is stuff listed in the picture above this one)


A better view of the suitcases, which Attie liked as soon as he saw them! The 2 bottom cases are the same size.

• another wire basket
• small brown basket with miscellaneous kitchen stuff
• metal bread box
• swivel faucet aerator (in pkg)
• vintage rolling wire TV cart
• plastic bag of weatherstripping odds and ends
• round container of shoelaces
• tan rectangular box full of hardware miscellaneous
• plastic tote full of knitting instruction booklets + craft trims
• 2 daisy-wheel rotating cup racks
• tiny aluminium egg-poaching pan
• small square loom
• pocket poker game
• 4 vintage plastic bowls
• bread basket with plug-in warming pad and drawstring cover

• beautiful North Face down jacket (fits Joe)

• gorgeous Scottish-made wool coat (extra points to Joe for modeling it in July heat--he looks thrilled, doesn't he??)

• 3 bags of sidewalk salt

• stack of towels (in back), and
• stack of silk ties (in foreground)

• a super-nice hostess cart with a warming tray for the top shelf (Attie just figures it is a great perch)

• partial bag of potting soil
• set of tire chains (I need some cheap chain for a project)

• 2 rolls of clear, heavy plastic sheeting (white tubes)
• the other rolls are vintage maps **more info below**
  
• pair of pants-leg stretchers (leaning against the wall)

Many of the maps are large railroad maps dating from the days when Web worked as a traffic manager for a grocery company. I'm not sure exactly when that was, but it was before he moved to Ft Collins (1969). Some of the maps appear to be old USGS topographical maps, but I haven't had a chance to look through the rolls closely.

A closeup shows the detail on the map, the text small enough to necessitate a magnifying glass for all but the best eyes...