PUBLIC ESTATE AUCTION
To settle the estate of the late Elwyn & Ruth McGrady, a Public Auction will be held.
Thursday Afternoon October 4th, Starting at 10:00AM
LOCATION: On the farmstead at 14930 Bailey Road, Bailey, MI 49303
DIRECTIONS: From Grand Rapids take M-37 north 20 miles to Bailey Rd. west 3 miles. OR from Muskegon take M-46 (Apple Ave.) east 13 miles to Ravenna Rd. north 3 miles to Bailey Rd. east 3 miles. OR from Newaygo take M-37 south 10 miles to Bailey Rd. then west 3 miles. (Muskegon Co.)
TERMS: Cash or good check. Master Card or VISA with 3% service fee. We subscribe to CHECK ALERT INC.
NOTE: Elwyn & Ruth McGrady were 90+ life long area residents with Elwyn living in this farm house for 90 of his 93 years. Elwyn retired from Continental Motors in Muskegon in the early 70’s and farmed these 120 acres for nearly 70 years. Ruth had a career teaching in Muskegon County that spanned over 40 years, retiring from Ravenna Schools in the early 70’s. Both were active in 4-H, The Grange, lifelong members & were active in the North Casnovia Baptist Church. There are many items from past generations on this Auction. Make plans to be there at 10:00AM for the start of this nice country estate Auction. We will be running two Auction rings right from the start at 10:00AM. Lunch wagon and port-a-jon on site. Children are welcome!
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES:
MABC Breeders box
Surge oil cans
Hand crank milk centrifuge
Salve tin
Blow torch
Leg hold traps
Horse anchor
Sled
(5) Milk cans
Push garden cultivator
Buggy phils
Wagon springs
(2) Wood spoke wagon wheels
Neck yoke
Gunny sack holder
GR School Furniture Co. school desk
Metal 4 horse evener
Piston pump
Milking vacuum pump
Odd chairs
Monkey wrench
Hand saws
Corn knife
Advertising yard sticks
Wrenches
Adirondack toboggan
Snow shoes, made in Main
Metal lawn chairs
Michigan Central RR spike sledge
Baseball bats
(2) NY Central RR lanterns, one with red globe
PM RR lantern
City of Milwaukee kerosene lantern
Kerosene barn lantern
Large tent stakes, 36”
Wood corn sheller
(2) Surge mike buckets
Milk strainer
Ornate OAK bed
Wood pulleys
Firestone tire ash tray
P. RR padlock Pat. 1915
(6) Adlake padlocks
Wine kegs
Copper boiler
(2) Wood sap buckets
Many milk bottles including Ionia, Lamoreaux, Sullivan, GR, Fremont, Muskegon & others
Big H feed bucket
Oil lamps including finger lamps
Coke Cola case
(23) Tobacco tins
Tonka toys
Other tins
Ice tongs
Cross cut saws
(10) Assorted crocks & corked jugs
Pitcher pump
Egg crate
Anchor clothes wringer
Folding OAK table
Mich. 1910 license plate # 2611
Many other old Mich. & Ill. Sets of license plates dating back to 1927
China
Several types of old barbed wire
300-400 glass insulators
Fruit jar collection, dozens of different types
Jay B. Rhodes Co. oil jar
STANDARD oil Pin Oil tin
Cruets
5 cent store bottle universal
Lanyard scales
Beer & medicine bottles
Egg baskets
PeCo. Buckets
Car heater
Wood & glass store candy dispenser
Toaster
Light fixtures
Apple peeler
Prairie Farmer tin sign
Combination floor safe
Hand meat grinder
Balance scales
Carpet stretchers
National hand pump vacuum
Wash boards
Breast drill
Wood boxes
Framed oil on canvas “Hotirolf”
Cherry pitter
Granite ware
Ship clock
Roaster
Mangle iron
Straight razors
Silverware
M. L. Twing, Grant, MI advertising mirror with bird dogs
Photographs
Light globes
Many local dairy ½ pint milk bottles
Sad irons
Budweiser team (cast iron re-po)
Wood alphabet blocks
Games
OAK fern table
Quilts
Rug material
Wood framed rocker
Singer portable sewing machine
McDonald toys
Adv. match books
Silverplate items
China cupboard & buffet
Dinning room table with leaves
Violin-Uke with bow
Tremoloa
Framed colored prints
Collectible glassware
Matchbox cars
Dolls
Books
1940’s teacher’s manuals
Shoe hasp
OAK spindle back rocker
Desks
Dressers
Ornate picture frame
OAK framed mirror
OAK secretary/bookcase with drop front, leaded glass & mirror
Looney Tunes Cartoon-O-graph
Punch bowl set
Harmonica
Box of 1960’s Barbie dolls & assesories
Jewelry
#2 dinner bell with post yoke
(2) Pump organs, one with ornate top
Several OAK rockers
Platform rocker
Piano bench
Large trunk, crossed the Atlantic with family in 1899
Single bed
Slate trunk
Silvertone floor radio
OAK Morris chair
Floor lamp
Primitive desk
Drop front secretary/bookcase with mirror
Dresser mirrors
Church collection boxes with long handles
Organ stool
1930’s & 1940’s school teacher aids
Papier-mâché rabbits
Metal toy cars & trucks
Carom boards
Avon bottles
Cain bottom chairs
OAK rockers
Approx. 12 scale model farm tractors, new in box
Cradle
Cow bell
Waterfall, Montgomery Airline floor radio
July 3, 1925 Casnovia Herald newspaper
Small hot water bottle
Several glass candy containers
The National Call Co. 8 day alarm clock
Wood toy church dated 1951
Several folk art carved farm people
Lard tin
Spoon carved 4 drawer dresser with mirror
Rayco lamps
Table phonographs
OAK treadle sewing machine
“Ugly” Bags
Western Super X wood ammo box
Many coin banks including Grant Bank, Ravenna Bank, Muskegon Bank & others
OAK dresser with mirror
OAK ash tray
Cast iron with porcelain spittoon
March 3, 1922 Ravenna Times newspaper
Unico Bulk Milk Cooler tin sign
(2) 4-H tin signs
Slide projector with screen
Wood planes & levels
Barracuda fishing pole
RHSB & Co. Rev-O-Nock fly rod in case
Crock bottle
Etc. etc.
FARM, SHOP, LAWN & MISC. ITEMS:
John Deere Sable lawn tractor
Dust collector (for hammer mill)
Dehorners
Gas engine
Vise
Used lumber
Case mounted 2 row corn planter
Stanchions
Bolt cutter
Post hole digger
Live trap
Pitch fork
Elect. drill
Campbell Hausfield air compressor
Skill saw
(2) Mountain bikes
Step ladder
Elect. cords
Log chains
Clevises
Power mower
Lawn dump cart
Craftsman socket set
Floor jacks
Wash tubs
10’ cultipacker
Lawn hand cart
20’ aluminum extension ladder
Pipe threader
Delta pickup tool box
Rope
Chain binder
Canes
Cordless drill
LP tank
Grill
Grease gun
Pipe vise
Elect. fencer charger
Oil space heater
Chicken feeders
275 gal. fuel tank
Furnace stoker
Walker with wheels & seat
Humidifier
TV
Bedding
Sofa hide-a-bed
End tables
Folding chairs
Exercise bike
(20) hunting knives
Troy Bilt 10 HP, 26” elect. start, self propelled snow blower
Ariens snow thrower
Band saw
Table saw
American double tank, air compressor with Honda gas engine
Acetylene torch outfit, complete on cart
Hand log splitter
Handyman jack
Sears 200 amp battery charger
Pancake air compressor
Power washer with 5 HP gas engine
Troy Bilt small rototiller
Troy Bilt 8HP chipper/shredder
Folding lawn cart
Aluminum folding truck ramps
Troy Bilt leaf blower
Jig saw
Garden rototiller
Rakes, hoes, shovels etc. etc.
PICKUP:
1999 Dodge 2500, ¾ ton, long box 4X4 pickup, V-8 Automatic, nice truck!
GUNS:
Rem. Mod. 870, 410 pump
Win. Mod. 77, .22 auto load with scope
Marlin .22 single shot
Rem. Mod. 521 T, .22 bolt
Sheridan pellet guns
Daisy Power Line 990 pump up BB gun
Rem. 300 Savage, recoil barrel
Rem. 30-06 bolt action
Savage 270 bolt action
Rem. 30-06 auto load
8mm mouser
Marlin 22 magnum
Double barrel 20 ga.
Mossberg 12 ga. 75 year special edition
Western Field 12 ga. bolt
Magtech, 16 ga. new never fired, made in Brazil
Sears 12 ga. pump
Baikal Russian 20ga. single, new
Rem. 12 ga. pump with lighted scope
Marlin 12 ga. magnum pump
Revelation 12 ga. pump
Stevens 12 ga. pump
Western Field Deluxe 16 ga. pump
Stevens 12 ga. pump
Sears “Ted Williams” Mod. 21, 12 ga. pump with vented rib & vari-choke # 5832025
Mossberg Mod. 500-A, 12 ga. pump, vented rib, with slug barrel, # P839200
Smith & Wesson .22 cal. 6 shot revolver
Excel 16 ga. single shot
Stevens 12 ga. single shot
Mossberg 12 ga. pump, new never fired
Etc. etc.