Geraldine Kretsinger Estate Antique Auction - 9/14/2013 10:00 AM
Large 2-Ring Antique Auction, Featuring Old Petroleum & Advertising, 1916 License Plates, Antique Furniture, Primitives, Stoneware, Art Pottery, American Coins, Outstanding Jewelry Collection Gold & Silver, Collectibles, China & Glassware, Elephant & Salt/Pepper Collections, Country Store & Americana, Local Advertising, Loads of Smalls, Ephemera-Scrap Books-Post Cards, Steiff Teddy Bear, Tin Windup & Old Childrens Toys, Dolls, Candy Containers, Asian & Oriental Art, Textile & Vintage Clothing, Household Furnishings, Musical, Tools, Lawn & Garden and much more. The Kretsinger Family lived in this home for over 100 years, Geraldine Traveled The World! REAL ESTATE to be sold @ 2PM. Location: 1 block south of RT 72.

Location:
401 Main St. Leaf River, Illinois 61047


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Signet Peacock Blue Ink Tin Litho Fountain Pen Ink Bottle; Carnation Malted Milk Bulk Containers; Adv. Ashtray Collection; Adv. Tin Litho Pinbacks, Clickers, Etc.; Angelus Marshmallow 5 lb. Tin; B& B White Silk Plaster Tin Dated 1906:from S.C. Butterfield, Leaf River; Bird Cigarette Adv. Cards; Bonnie Beauty Shoppe Mt. Morris Scottie Dog Thermometer; Citizens State Bank of Mt. Morris Desk Thermometer; Crosley 1928 Bell:and Others; Kraft Chocolate Malted Milk Tin Containers; Leaf River Advertisement Pens & Pencils & Rulers; Leslie E. Kretsinger Chipped Mirror Door Plaque; Monarch Paint Tin Litho Bank:The Martin-Senour Co.; New York World's Fair Adv.:Century of Progress, Etc.; Old Philco Freezer & Kitchen Ware Books; Old Tin Litho Register Gazette Delivery Sign; Pfister Hybrids M.L. Croft Leaf River Bullet Pencil; Thompsons Malted Milk Glass Jars w/Paper Label; Wheeler Varnish Works Tin Litho Container; Zenith Art Deco Chrome Letter Opener; Zinc Stearate Merck Deco Powder Tin:and more;

Antiques
Oak 45 in. S-Roll Top Desk; Paper Mache Hen on Nest 1924 Candy Container; 1930's Walnut Speaker Cabinet:Complete; Antique Combination Safe:Painted Features, 26 in. tall x 17 in. x 18 in. deep, Nice; Asian & Oriental Antiques:Painted Paper Room Divider, Figurines, Geishas, , Etc.; Child's Oak Roll Top Desk & Chair:Nice; Deco Kneehole Desk:w/Typewriter Fold-Out; Early Oak & Iron Wire Wall Mounted Coat Rack; Fancy Oak Treadle Sewing Machine; German Deco Bird Cage Wind Up Clock; Inlaid Walnut Cedar Chest; Mohair Deco Blue Sofa & Chair Set; Oak Arrowback Child's High Chair; Oak Commode; Oak Quarter Sawn Banker's Chair; Oak Shield Back Dining Chair Set; Oak Wishbone Dresser:w/Beveled Mirror; Tri-Fold Mirror Vanity w/Cabriole Legs; Walnut Bookcase Units; Walnut Dressers; Walnut Duncan Phyfe Inlaid Coffee Table; Walnut Glass Door Bookcase:53 in. tall x 24 in. wide; Walnut Period Bedroom Set:Dresser,Tall Folding Mirror Vanity; Walnut Period Drop Front Writing Desk:w/Cabriole Legs; Walnut Period Pedestal Parlor Table:w/Drawer; Walnut Poster Single Bed; Walnut Queen Anne Style Dining Set:Rectangular Table, 6-Shield Back Chairs, Fancy Sideboard; Walnut Sofa Table; Wooden Coat Tree w/Iron Hooks:and many more antiques;

Appliances
Frigidaire Electric French-Top Range; Frostmaster Compact Chest Freezer; Whirlpool Refrigerator/Freezer;

Art Pottery
Roseville Peone Dbl. Handle Vase:No. 78-9 in.; Big Blended Glaze Jardiniere; Geisha Enamel Jardiniere; Roseville Flow Blue Blended Glaze Jardiniere:and more;

Artwork
Aberigine Water Color Framed Artwork; Asian Framed Artwork; Cross Bar Picture Frames; Lithos & Victorian Framed Photos; Mayan Ceremonial Jeweled Masks; Oregon Railroad Depot Charcoal Etching by H. Hurmet:and more;

Banks
Building Cast Iron Bank;

Books
Bicentennial of Ogle County Book; Early Recipe Advertisement Booklets; German 1873 Leather Bible; Prairie Farmer WLS Centennial Edition Cookbook; Selection of Old Books:and more;

China/Glassware
Vaseline Opalescent Serpent Pedestal Candy Dish; Fire King Blue Delphite Mixing Bowls:Graduated Set, Tear Drop Style; Amber Depression Glass Salt Set w/Spoons; American Fostoria Pedestal Cake Plate; Amethyst 3-Pc. Console Set; Candlewick Mayonnaise Set; Carnival Glass Purple Basket Weave Dish; Carnival Green Tree Bark Vase:18 in.; Celluloid Dresser Set in Case; Cobalt Blue Water Tumblers; Court House Oregon Illinois German China Miniature Vase; Cut Glass Cream & Sugar; Deco Orange & Black Pedestal Dish; Double Phoenix Blue Tea Set; Early Pattern Glass:Goblets, Bowls, Etc.; English Bone China Creams, Sugars, Etc.; Forest Green Water Bottle:Textured; Forget-me-Not German China Tea Set; Germany Pig Toothpick Holder; Glass 1 lb. Covered Butter Dish; Goblets & Sherbets; Green Depression 4-Pc. Refrigerator Set:Complete w/Lids, Plaid, Rare; Green Depression Divided Candy Dish; Green Depression Glass Mayonaise Set:Other Pcs.; Green Depression Kitchen Salt Shakers; Green Depression Water Glasses; Hall's China Teapots:Others; Japan Crown Empire 'Dutchess' Fine China Set; Japan Deco 4-Pc. Condiment Set; Japan Deco Cream & Sugar Shaker Set; Kosta Sweden Etched Peacock Vase; Merry Christmas Souvenir Glass Pin Tray; Mt. Morris Souvenir China Vase; PAM PAM Paris Jade-Ite Ashtray; Pink Depression Mixing Bowls; Pyrex Set of 4 Mixing Bowls; Rosepoint Center Bowl; Ruby Glass Luncheon Sets; Silver Deposit Fostoria Candy Dishes; Souvenir Leaf River China Vase; Stag & Pine Tree Spooner; Stemware Water Sets; Tea Leaf Ironstone; Venice Silver Deposit Ruby Vase; Victorian Blue Milk Glass Shakers; Vinegar Cruet Collection:Blue Opalescent Thumbprint, Hobnail, Cut & Pattern Glass, Etc.;

Clocks
German Figural Cuckoo Clock; Jefferson Golden Hour Electric Clock; Sessions Walnut Mantle Clock;

Coins/Stamps
American Coins:books full of Indian-Lincoln-Wheat Cents, Buffalo & V Nickels, Mercury & Roosevelt Dimes, State Quarters, etc.;

Collectibles
Halloween Die Cut Cardboard Figures:Jointed Black Cat, Bats, Devil, Witch, Ghost, Etc.; Ceramic Art Studios Oriental Shelf Sitters:Madison, Wisconsin; Acme Garnishing Set in Original Box; Austalian Carved & Relief Osterich Egg:In Original Box, Berkman's, Sydney, Australia; Bale Handle Kitchen Jars; Black Character Dice Players, Pair; Blue Enamel Roasters; Breakfast of Champions Milk Glass Cereal Bowl:Joe DaMaggio, Jack Armstrong, Red Grange, Etc.; Bulldog Wax Character Figure:Fly on Nose; Character Wax Candles; Container Full of Buttons:Bakelite, Brass, Etc., Etc.; Early Ladies Golf Club Set w/Canvas Bag:Also Counter Pal; Early Tin Litho Mint & Candy Containers; Elephant Figurine Collection:300+ Pcs., Ceramic, Glass, Wooden, Carved, Character, Trunks Up & Down, Collected from all over the World!; Evening in Paris Cobalt Perfumes; Folk Art Asian Wooden Carved Figures; Fountain Pens; Green Handled Food Choppers:Cookie & Donut Cutters, Etc.; Halloween, Christmas, Rabbits Character Wax Candles; Handy Lightning Mincer, NIB; Head Vase; Howard Cigarette Lighters Automotive Adv.; Illinois Chauffeur Licenses:1917, '18, '21, '22, Etc.; Kewpie Bisque Wedding Cake Topper; Lighted Tin Lito Christmas Tree Stand; Marbleized Mechanical Pencils; Matchbook Collection; Miniature Perfume Collection; Mutt & Jeff Wax Figures; Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post Bisque Figurine Collection:40+ Pcs. in Original Boxes; Old & Designer Luggage; Old Kitchen Utensils; Paper Mache Bear; Parker '51' Pen & Pencil Set:in Case; Patterns & Sewing Notions; Plaid Tin Picnic Basket; Precious Stone & Sea Shell Collection; Red Bakelite Handled Syrup; Red Handled Food Choppers; Royal 1930's Typewriter w/Case; Salt & Pepper Collection:100+ Sets, Character, Cat & Dog, Rosemeade, Silver, Wooden, Etc.; Santa Claus Push Button Puppet; Sewing Baskets; The Jasper Bear Canada Ceramic Bank; Wooden Rolling Pins; Woven Shell Glass Top Serving Tray; Zenith Bakelite Broadcast Shortwave Table Top Radio:Model 6S 511 and more;

Country Store
Arcade Cast Iron Counter Top String Dispensor; Putnam Dyes Counter Top Display Cabinet; Baker's Wafers Glass Counter Top Jar:w/Lid; Country Store Glass Candy Jar; Hamilton Beach Early Malt Mixer:w/Marble Base; Heavy Galv. Metal Garbage Can; Keystone Graduated Beater Jar:Early, Complete w/Tin Whipper; Ornate Cast Counter Top String Dispensor:Dated 1872; Slant Glass Counter Top Reach In Candy Container:w/Metal Lid; Staley's Golden Table Syrup:Old Cardboard Box for A.S. Meyers Leaf River and other old store items;

Dolls & Bears
Cloth & Composition Dolls; Doll Clothes; Doll Vanity Set; Tin & Composition Wind Up Walking Doll; Yellow Boy Cloth Doll:and more;

Ephemera
Ogle County 1912 Standard Atlas Platbook; 1912 Presidential Political Pointer's Booklet; 1924 Joe Vetrovec Footwear Mt. Morris Illinois Indian Maiden Calendar; Crosley 1940s Adv. Poster; Dan Patch World's Record Mile Moving Picture Booklet; Early Leaf River Memorabilia:Paper, Brushes, Gasoline, Drug Store, Etc., Etc.; Freeport 1916 First Annual Convention of Tri-State District Medical Society Yard Long Photo; GE Pocket Notebooks; God Bless America 1930's Pennant; Greetings from Leaf River 1910 Post Card; Harper Elevator Ogle County Platbook; Herb Doctor Pocket Books; Huge Selection of World Wide Scrapbooks:As Geraldine Traveled the World; Leaf River 1945 Auction Sale Bill; Leaf River Bicentennial Pennant; Leslie E. Kretsinger Ford Sales & Service Post Card 1-Cent Stamps; Old Leaf River Plat Maps; Old Post Cards:Local, Character, Holiday, Etc., Rockford Kewpie Post Card, Taylor Crankshaft Tire Co. 1920's; Railroad Travel Booklets:Burlington Route, Royal Scot Great Britain, Photos, Etc.; Scrapbooks Full of Foreign Travel; Standard Oil Tourist Maps:and loads of other old paper advertisement;

Firearms
Winchester Model 67A Bolt Action Rifle:.22 cal., nice; Mossberg & Sons Model 190 16 ga. Auto Shotgun;

Fishing/Hunting
Marblelized Plastic Tackle Box;

Household
Aluminumware & Baking Pans; Brass & Crystal Table Lamps; Brass & Cushion Vanity Bench; Brass & Glass Table Lamp; Easy Chairs; Oak & Leaded Glass Square Coffee Table; Osterizer; Revere Ware Pan Set:and Cookware; Small Appliances; Tradition White Brocade Sofa; VCR Tapes; Zenith TVs & VCR Players:Boom Boxes, Radios, Other Electronics;

Jewelry
A Lovely Selection of Good Jewelry. Much was Collected from Geraldine World Travels!; Austrian Crystal Beads; Cloissienne Peacock Brooch; Crystaline Bracelet:1840s; Early Gold Wedding Band; Elaborate 4-Pc. Rhinestone Jewelry Set:Necklace, Bracelet, Earrings; Elgin American Floral Engraved Compact:and Others; Embassy by Gruen Rhinestsone Cat Watch:in Original Case; Gold & Silver Rings w/Colorful Stones; Gold Engraved Cross Necklace; Jade Pendant & Earring Set:Marked L.C.; Jeweled Cufflinks; Jewelry Boxes; Men's Cuff Links & Tie Clasps; Mickey Mouse Wrist Watch:Early Long Nose w/Mickey Chain Band; Nice Selection of Costume Jewelry; Perfume Bottle Collection; Scrimshaw Pieces; Siam Belt Buckle; Siam Sterling Heavy Bracelet; Silver & Abalone Earrings; Silver Bangles; Silver Foreign Coin Charm Bracelets; Sterling & Abalone Rings & Others; Sterling & Abalone Signed Mexican Bracelet:Bilasana; Sterling & Torquoise Bracelets & Rings; Sterling & Torquoise Thunderbird Necklace; Sterling Brooches; Sterling Silver Charm Bracelets Full of Charms from All Over the World; Tortoise Shell Watch Band; Victorian Cameo Necklace; Victorian Garnet Earrings; Victorian Small Jewelry & Stick Pins:and much more;

Knives
German Stag Handled 2-Blade Pocket Knife; Pocket Knives;

Lawn and Garden
1940's Metal Porch Glider & Chaise Lounge; Lawn & Garden Tools; Lawn Furniture; Wheel Barrel:and more;

Lighting
Bronze Art Deco Desk Lamp; Aladdin Opaque Table Lamp w/Silver Base; Celluloid Shade Covered Wagon TV Lamp; Deco Satin Glass Lamp Shades; Glass Kerosene Table Lamps; Glass Shades; Gone with the Wind Victorian Painted Lamp Shades; Horse Art Pottery Table Lamp:w/Celluloid Shade & Finial; Oriental Table Lamp;

Musical
Silvertone Floor Model Hand Crank Phonograph:Walnut Cabinet & Records; Cable-Nelson Walnut Upright Piano & Bench:Nice; Carl Fisher's Professional Grade Baritone:Nickeled, Engraved the 'Witherbee Memorial' Mineville NY w/Canvas Case; Large Selection of Record Albums:Big Band Era, Etc.; Philco 1946 Radio/Phonograph:Walnut Case, Model 46-1203, Nice; Records:Annie Get Your Gun, Brigadoon, Perry Como, Etc.;

Native American
Maude Welch Cherokee Pottery; Southwest Navejo Decorated 5 in. Vase;

Petroleum
'54 Ford Sales Brochures; 1916 ILL Dealer License Plate; Firestone Early Picnic Jug:w/Stoneware Lining; FoMoCo Genuine Ford Parts Decal; Ford Key Chains; Illinois Dealer 1944 License Plates; Large License Plate Collection 1916-50's:most are matching sets, very nice collection!; New Ford V8 1936 Salesman Handbook; Overland & Willies-Knight Automobile 1924 Calendars:for Kretsinger's Garage; Overland 1920s Glass Headlight Lenses; Sinclair Opaline Motor Oil 1934 Booklet; Standard Oil Company Authorized Dealer Booklets; Standard Red Crown 1937 Leaf River Calendar:Leslie E. Kretsinger; Standard Service & Ford V8 Patches; Stay-ful Battery Folding Ruler:and much more as Geraldines father operated a Gas Station & Ford Garage since the early 1900's;

Pocket Watches
Elgin OF Pocket Watch:16 Size;

Primitives
1883 Lap Top Coffee Mill:Cast Iron & Wooden Dovetailed; American Gray Graniteware Wash Basins; Aqua Fruit Jars w/Zinc & Bale Glass Lids; Arcade Crystal Coffee Grinder; Cast Iron Stove Pipe Grates; Copper Boiler; Folding Cast Iron Coat Hooks; Galvanized Pails & Buckets; Nickeled Tea Pot; Pine Chimney Cupboard; Porcelain Top Kitchen Work Table; Sewer Pipe; Wire Folding Egg Basket:and more;

Recreational
Free Spirit Girls Bicycle;

Silver
Austrian Sterling Silver Smoking Set; Rogers Fancy 8-Pc. Tea Service; Silver Sweet Corn Holders; Sterling Silver Salts & Peppers; Sterling Spoons:and more;

Stoneware
Western Maple Leaf 3-Gal. Stoneware Crock; Blue Banded Stoneware Tall 1-Gal. Jug; Brown Spongeware Cereal Bowls; Ironstone Chamber Pots; Lincoln Drape Pitcher & Bowl Set; Western Cornleaf 10 Gal. Bale Handle Crock; Western Cornleaf 5-Gal. Crock;

Textiles
Vintage Designer Clothing; Vintage Ladies Hats; Blankets & Comforters; Doll & Baby Clothes; Fancy Work:Included Crochet, Needle Work, Patterns, Etc.; Lacework; New Blankets; Sheets & Bedding; Wool Coverlets:and more;

Tools/Equipment
Carpentry Tools; Hatchets; Power Tools; Sioux 1/2" Impact Wrench; Sockets & Wrenches:and more;

Toys
Dapper Dan Marx Roof Dancing Wind-Up Toy:Tin Litho, 'The Jigging Banker', scarce variation with bank slot on top, very good cond.; Steiff Leo Lion Puppet:Also Monkey; Steiff Long Mohair Jointed Teddy Bear:Ear Tag & Brass Pin, 20", Rare; Alum. Coffee & Tea Pots; Black Character Doll in Composition Peanut; Bonnet Pyrography Pencil Box; Bronco Bill Wooden Push Up Puppet; Child's 2-Pc. Cupboard in Old Blue Paint; Child's Bentwood Chairs:in Old Red Paint & Stenciling; Child's China Tea Sets; Child's China Tea Sets; Child's Wooden Bucket; Composition Painted & Fur Monkey Puppet; Duckorioi Toy Craft Wooden Pull Duck; Early Popeye Wooden Jointed 6 in. Figure; Early Wooden & Tin Xelophone; Electric Child's Iron; Elephant Oil Cloth Stuffed Toys:Squeeze & Others; Elephant Wooden Jointed Push Up Toy:No. 139 by Kohnr; Empco Electric Cookstove:Black & Chrome; FlyAway Roller Skates; Foxy Toys Alphabet Dish; German Bunny Paper Easter Egg; German Tin Penny Toy Racer; Germany Paper Mache Rabbit Paper Container:Never Opened; Italian Elephant Push Up Squeak Toy; Kilgore Cast Revolver Cap Gun:Marked Trooper Safety; Lionel 1940 Sales Catalogue; Old Easter Toys; Old Games:Parker Bros. Monopoly, Tripoly, Etc.; Radio Orphan Annie 1936 Badges; Red Riding Hood Tin Litho Dishes by Ohio Art; Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs Wax Figure Set; Spindle Leg Folding Table; Tin Litho Carousel Sand Bucket:w/Shovel, Excellent; Tin Lizzy Early Wind Up Automobile:w/Driver, 1922, 7 in.; Wicker Hooded Baby Stroller; Wooden ABC Blocks; Wooden Beds & Furniture; Wooden Carem Board w/Accessories; Wooden Handled Child's Sad Iron; Wooden Ironing Board; Wooden Rocking Chair in Old Red Paint; Wooden YoYo's:and many other old toys;