By BARB VAN LOO
Auction Exchange Correspondent DUNDEE, Mich. — The large red brick home with the tall white pillars looked like it had been plucked off a Southern plantation and transferred to the well-known Clark estate, the site of a recent Ida Auction House sale.
The Clarks owned and operated Clark’s Market in nearby Monroe for several years. This had been their vacation place – a place to retreat and relax after leaving the market. Their estate offered a trove of desirable furniture, pottery, glassware and even the brass cash register which they had used in their market. The outbuildings offered a 12-foot rowboat from the 1880s and a 12-foot two-man duck boat. These sold for $500 and $400.
The father-son team of Larry and Ed Hamblin from Ida Auction House wasted no time on running the eclectic choice of items through the auction block.
One of the more popular items was a Regina music box, complete with tin discs, and in working condition. It sold for $1,550. Also crossing the block was a Zon-O-Phone, a disc record player marketed by the Universal Talking Machine Mfg. Co. of New York between 1898 and 1904. A buyer from Vancouver paid $900 for the communications artifact.
The brass National cash register which had been used by the Clarks in their market sold for $225.
There was considerable interest in a model train - said to be a copy of a train from the 1880s - encased in a display case. It sold for $475.
For the coin-op enthusiasts, a Liberty Bell 5-cent slot machine, dated 1910 by the Mills Novelty Co. of Chicago, bidding soared to $550.
A four-cycle Honda 350 motorcycle, circa 1973-74, with 827 miles on the speedometer brought $1,200.
In addition to the motorcycle, there were two other items to provide transportation. One was a 1993 Mercury Sable that sold for $2,000 and, for the person who wants to get around very economically, a Huffy bicycle built for two sold for $65.
There were many pieces of furniture that attracted spirited bidding. A Victorian fainting couch upholstered in a beautiful shade of blue and two side chairs sold for $800; a walnut marble-top stand earned $100; and a walnut server with claw feet crossed the block for $275.
A square oak china cabinet found a new owner for $300; and a curved-glass china cabinet sold for $250. A Mission-style oak desk sold for $200, and an oak hall tree with a seat and claw feet earned a final bid of $875.
A beautiful oak secretary/bookcase sold for $625, while a grandfather clock with a porcelain face saw $750. A bedroom suite consisting of a mahogany queen-size poster bed, a dresser with a mirror and a chest-on-chest found a new owner for $900.
Among the several styles of lamps, a table lamp with a blue slag glass shade that sold for $135.
Mirrors of various sizes including wall mirrors crossed the block. The most desirable of these was the pier mirror which crossed the block for $255.
A child’s washstand, equipped with an old-time wringer, crossed the block for $85.
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