Palm Springs Estate
May 21, 2010 by syes · Leave a Comment
The Best Memorial Day Weekend Entertainment!
This will be a different and fun kind of sale. We will be displaying and selling in two large tents. The sale will be held on the grounds of the former famous Southern California pioneer’s home, Newhall family, estate built in 1921. Reportedly, the Newhall family, having lived on the coast of Spain for a season, had named the estate ‘La Chureya’ meaning ‘a roadrunner chickadee’. In league with its romantic name, this beautiful Spanish style casita is placed on grounds dotted with palm trees and expansive green lawns. The house will not be open to the public, but we have emptied nine storage units of items formerly embellishing the famous Orchid Tree Inn, opened in the 1930’s and displayed into 1600 sq. feet of tenting. The last owners of the hotel, hoteliers from 1986 to 2005, have stored many of the hotel’s furnishings and memorabilia since the Hotel’s closing. These items are now for sale.
The following list will not be in any order, nor will it reflect the volume of this sale. There are too many boxes that we have not yet opened and we will be surprised and excited too at what you and we will discover.
Items that we know of and have seen are New West Thomas Molesworth style arm chairs, magazine racks & side tables, Gillian & Warren Hile Historic Lighting & Arroyo Craftsmen exterior lighting fixtures, Palachek wicker chairs & side tables, lamps & styles-rustic, standing, Santa Fe, Art Nouveau style Dale Tiffany lead & glass, rawhide shade w/rope base, wrought iron, ceramic, desk, mica, & Home Depot, hammered copper wall sconces.
There is glassware, a 1930’s oak Art Deco glass front cabinet w/pr closed side cabinets, luggage racks, pr tall decorative painted glass front display cabinets & side chest, planters & cactus plants, baskets, hampers, antique oak Craftsman side buffet w/embossed copper panels, Preachers pulpit, library/console table, chests, earlier Rodco & Brandt (Rodriquez & Brandt) 30’s/40’s Ranch chairs, desk, wastebaskets, side tables & magazine racks, electric coffee urns, room purifiers, cedar closet lining, desks, mirrors, much kitchen storage plastic, CD racks, vintage sheet music, dishes, microwave, hall trees, in-wall air conditioner, side tables & side chairs, (wood book shelves are not for sale and for display purposes only), cabinets, curtain rods, kitchen, Black & Decker Versapack electric brooms, iron fireplace tool set, antique dresser vanity w/marble top and attached mirror, Victorian wall sconces, Monterey desk. Oil and water color paintings by Terry Masters, Marzo, Huertas, D.P. Humphry, Lukens, Peter Ullrich, and some by desert artists. Some signed and numbered lithos and prints by Harry Greene, Roy Croft, Paul Grumm, Peter Ullrich, R. Hockenberry. Walking Sticks–custom sumac inlaid/painted/carved. Mission Rockers, Portuguese Lavabo, Pipestone Mimbreno Indian Dishes, Reproductions of ATSF (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe) Railroad dining car service dishes. 19th – 20th century English Craftsman cabinet w/copper embossing.
There are mirrors, chandeliers, bird houses, turntables, computer desks, oak bar, 3 head Lalique wall sconce, Santa Fe tables, Orchid Tree Inn memorabilia—chairs, mugs, stationery, and furnishing from the hotel, thousands of books, needlework, carpet steamers, wrought iron planters, vacuums, garage items, bric-a-brac, cleaning & cleansers, brooms, craft items & yarns, step ladders, large wrought iron terra cotta pot racks, lampshades, antique church pulpit, magazines, new radios, phones, office items, NCR register, hi-fi receivers, LPs, clocks, Dell computer, 40” TV & remote, many dozens of pictures & paintings, stainless flatware & other items, Mission chair from the California Store in Ventura, CA, 1920’s green and cream painted vanity, cabinet/closet, porcelain standing sinks, single wide refrigerator, 19th c. washstand, area rugs & runners, console TV’s, Craftsmen sewing machine/desk, file cabinets, dressers, cotton woven India rugs, garden tools, patio furniture, metal shelving, and so much more!
Please Note: The two 20’ x 40’ tents with windowed side walls WILL BE FOR SALE at $1000 each (make offer). They are to be picked up Tuesday or Wednesday or depending upon when our need for them is over. Yeah, party time!
Woodland Hills – Jan 23 2009
January 21, 2009 by syes · Leave a Comment
The Scoop:This is a classy vintage/contemporary home filled with Asian, Italian, modern, American Indian, Hawaiian, Filipino, French, Victorian furniture, goodies & decorative items. The view is stupendous overlooking the San Fernando Valley to the east.
This client’s passion is entertaining, having parties & enjoying friends. She has recently retired to the Bay area, but leaves her house & many of its contents to be sold.
The furniture is contemporary & of a vintage era, mostly 70’s & 80’s. There is a leather sofa w/worn section, a 7’ textured weave tan sofa, & an 8’ velvet white sofa & 2 white damask chairs, a pair of red Victorian tufted silk salon chairs, many blue & red velvet/gilt Italian decorative accessories, 2 ornate gilt w/marble topped, low side tables, Grand Prix Award 1900 St Louis & Paris Exposition 1903 Award antique Baldwin ebony 70″ parlor grand piano built in 1926, classic TV/hall console, gilt mirrors—8 sided oval, lg. 4 1⁄2’ by 5’ ornate mirror, 3 1⁄2’ by 2’, others in gilt & ebony.
There is a bedroom suite in black w/two side tables, a tall & a long dresser w/huge round mirror, 2 side tables. Also a blue velvet easy chair, modern ottoman, 5 tiered lit curio cabinet w/doors, 60’s off white furniture includes— hi fi, dining table & 4 chairs, china cabinet, buffet cabinet, armoire, desk, side & coffee tables, king headboard, chest of drawers, short cabinets & mirror. Shelving-wall & book, bathroom, basket, metal racks, white cubes, butcher block dinette w/white legs & 4 chairs, lg. floor jewelry cabinet, 2 newer tapestries on rods, 6’ oak desk & office items, swivel office chair, 2 & 4 drawer file cabinets, lamps— 5 tall standing lamps, ceramic, Frank Lloyd Wright Tiffany style, 3- lamp, long cathedral gilt chandelier, lg. 60s wall sconce, 46” floor Hitachi TV w/ rear projection, rugs & runners, bar stools, white wicker love seat, rocker & chair, oak side & coffee table with glass inserts, console TV.
Decorative accessories include faux stained glass sailboat panel, travel dolls, capiz shell bonsai centerpiece, pr rattan stools, many throw pillows, lanterns, wood fruit, wall clocks & table clock, oil paintings, pictures, statues, some books, Brinks ‘on-floor’ safe, glass & crystal goblets & other crystal, gilt Italian statues, figurines, silver plate serving pieces & accessories, many vintage bar accessories, vintage printed glassware sets, decanters, beer steins, 60’s bar glasses, matchbooks, costume & real jewelry( some from last week’s sale), wine racks, brass nautical & Don the Beachcomber items, bar stools tall & short, ladies clothes 6-8/M & L, size 5 1/2M shoes, hats, handbags, dresses, caftans, slacks, blazers, tops, Salton Hot Trays & Salton cart, Graywood Noritake china for 12, chafing dishes, platters, flatware, many cookie jars (one is a Red Wing), newer copper pieces,6 sets daily dishes& the kitchen is a fun one! Brass vanity accessories & perfumes, 60’s Kokura dishes, lots of bedding sets, sheets, towels,bath rugs, 2-60’s clothes valets, garage, old electronics, Christmas, propane BBQ, Southern patio furniture, green semi circle bar w/4 stools, a bar tending stool, & tall matching propane heater, wrought iron table sets, chaises & tables, tiki torches, racks, and over 100 potted plants! Still more as usual!
