Craig Van Sciever Auction – Late Virginia L. (Ginny) Van Sciever

Date: Friday, February 21, 2020
Time: 9:30am - Door opens at 8:00am
Location: Thornhill Auction Barn; 421 John Deere Drive; Troy, MO 63379
Directions: From Troy, MO go south on Hwy 61 to Moscow Mills Hwy C Exit. Go east on Hwy C to first 4 way stop, turn left on John Deere Drive (by Bank of Old Monroe) and go approximately 1 mile to sale on right, next door to Thornhill Real Estate Office.

Auctioneer’s Note: Craig and Ginny were married for 58 years. Craig worked for Ford Motor Co., then owned and operated VIP Printing Co. for 32+ years. Ginny was a premier St. Louis model. She was a strong woman who loved her family and enjoyed her garden club. They loved going to sales and collecting. There will be several surprises as we unpack. We will be selling in 2 rings part of the day, so come prepared. Due to parking, we will have the auction in our heated facility at the Thornhill Auction Barn. See you at the sale! Dusty, David & Bill

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PRIMITIVES & ANTIQUES

  • 15, duck & geese decoys: papier maché & wooden
  • Brass umbrella stand
  • Lot wooden toolboxes
  • Lot copper broilers
  • Lot dovetail boxes
  • Marvel cream separator
  • Wire basket
  • Dutch ovens
  • Cast iron kettle
  • Bird cages
  • Wooden washstand
  • Buckboard seat
  • Wooden rake
  • Wooden wagon
  • Glass water jug
  • 3 Flexible Flyer sleds
  • Egg crates
  • Wooden bucket
  • Wooden ashtray
  • Galvanized cans & buckets
  • Printer block drawers
  • Shipping trunks
  • Carpenters box
  • Oil & kerosene cans
  • Rooster weathervane
  • Hat mold
  • Sprinkling cans
  • Black memorabilia concrete fisherman
  • Blue enamel cast iron pot
  • Washtubs
  • 7’ shovel
  • “The Hunter” lamp
  • Barn lanterns
  • Wooden seeder
  • Milk can
  • Old Pal minnow bucket
  • Cast iron pot
  • Picnic baskets
  • Nail keg
  • Wooden skis
  • 5 sleds
  • Copper pot
  • Large lot of vintage hats & boxes
  • Vintage clothes & gloves
  • Large lot of books
  • Cow bell
  • Lot ice skates
  • Red lantern
  • Tie hanger
  • Lot kitchen utensils
  • Brass horn
  • Dutch Boy cookie jar
  • Campbell’s salt & pepper
  • Toby pitcher collection
  • Owl pitcher
  • Old Judge coffee jar
  • Old Judge coffee tin
  • 1920’s lady door stop
  • Scales
  • Indian rug
  • Lady planter heads
  • Roseville pottery
  • 2, Wagner cornbread pans
  • Wagner #1317 tea-size cornbread pan
  • Oil lamps
  • Lodge cast iron fish mold
  • Wooden bread box
  • Lot wooden step stools
  • Wooden hardware bins
  • Kidney-shape baskets
  • Lot blue swirl enamelware
  • Cast iron string holders
  • Factory #24, 1st District, MO cigar jar
  • Candle molds
  • Rold Gold tin
  • Lot coffee grinders
  • Coffee pots
  • Reading apple peeler
  • Hanging lamp brackets
  • Spice cabinets
  • Dazey 1-qt. churn
  • Grinding mill
  • Lunch pail
  • Shaving mirror
  • Descoware enamel roaster
  • Sheep molds
  • Irons
  • Enterprise MFG Co. coffee grinder
  • Wooden bowl
  • Cast iron owl fireplace andirons
  • Keg soda dispenser, neat pc.
  • Tin spice cabinet
  • Butter churns
  • Stuffed chicken
  • Dutch spice set
  • Wooden molds
  • Corona typewriter
  • Enamel washtub
  • Double-face bottle opener
  • 8 quilts
  • Lot blue Delft
  • Cookie cutters
  • Dutch tea set
  • Griswold dog paperweight
  • Large sleigh bell
  • Staffordshire dogs
  • Marion cast iron chopper
  • Canes
  • Bisque pin cushion collection
  • Miniature oil lamps
  • Yarn spools
  • Wooden boot stretchers
  • Tin-type photos
  • Papier maché owl
  • Sewing cabinet
  • #12 Edison’s Mimeograph
  • St. Louis fireman’s hat
  • General Lee cast iron doorstop
  • Pleaser camera (Polaroid copy)
  • Opera glasses
  • Beaded purse
  • St. Louis Globe Democrat, 1949 (large book)
  • Partial list

VINTAGE HOLIDAY DÉCOR

  • Wire Christmas tree
  • Santa Claus collection, approx. 50
  • Santa & Rudolph cake molds
  • Cardboard houses
  • Totes of ornaments
  • Handmade wooden cathedral, neat folk art pc.
  • Cast iron, Santa fireplace ends
  • German sheep
  • Approx. 40 bulbs: Santas, snowmen, etc.
  • Kentucky Tavern snowmen
  • 2 wooden rabbits w/carts
  • Tin rabbit & cart
  • German rabbit candy container
  • Rabbit collection: jointed, papier maché
  • Lot Thanksgiving décor
  • 3 papier maché pumpkins
  • Tin jack-o-lantern
  • Lot Halloween décor
  • Partial list, approx. 40 totes full

CROCK COLLECTION (APPROX. 100)

  • Lot crock jugs
  • Lot crock bowls
  • 6-gal blue floral pattern
  • 6-gal blue ribbon
  • Blue bands
  • 8-gal western
  • Lot blue pitchers
  • Lot crock pitchers
  • 5-gal jug
  • Watt pottery
  • Paste jar
  • 8-gal w/handles
  • Wisconsin Potter, Columbus, WI, 1934, floral design, double handled
  • 2-gal ice water dispenser, Ill.
  • Salt crocks
  • Water jug
  • 4-gal Crown, blue band water dispenser
  • Churns
  • Partial list

CAST IRON BANKS & DOORSTOPS

  • Banks: elephant, dog, cat, Uncle Sam, approx. 10
  • Trick Dog clown bank
  • 3 bulldog doorstops
  • Draft horse doorstop
  • Black cat doorstop
  • Paperweights

POSTCARDS & VALENTINES (APPROX. 200)

COPPER HORSE & CART WEATHERVANE SELLS AT 12:30 P.M.

ANTIQUE TOYS & DOLLS

  • Early wooden toys
  • Radio Flyer wagon
  • Erector set
  • Child’s sleds
  • Ronald McDonald Birthday Club box
  • Ronald McDonald doll
  • Lot baby carriages
  • Star Wars millennium falcon
  • Star Wars R2D2
  • Several primitive wooden rocking horses
  • Child’s parlor chair
  • Child’s rockers
  • Child’s swan rocker
  • Radio Flyer, Town & Country red wagon
  • G.I. Joe box
  • Lead army soldiers (WWII)
  • Lot tin-type toys
  • Wilson’s 1st baseman glove
  • Approx. 25 dolls: jointed, bisque
  • Heavy Duty Tractor Senior
  • Tonka toys
  • Smokey the Bear
  • Hubley #5 race car
  • Tootsie toys
  • Cast iron cannon
  • SAAB tin car
  • Tractors
  • Chamber pot
  • Boxes
  • Black memorabilia
  • School desk
  • Cast iron ice wagon team
  • Cast iron fire engine team
  • Fisher Price chicken
  • Child’s trunk
  • U.S. Army tin tank
  • Lot marbles
  • Texaco fuel truck
  • Buddy L truck
  • Mickey & Friends tin barn
  • Lot doll furniture
  • Wooden jointed Kewpie doll, neat pc.
  • Child’s curve-back chairs
  • 2 roll-top desks
  • Sewing machine w/box
  • Wooden airplane
  • Batman & Spiderman PEZ dispensers
  • Early, jointed animals
  • Cast iron firetruck
  • Kewpie collection
  • Approx. 100 miniature dolls, bisque
  • Child’s writing desk
  • Steam engine
  • De-Luxe Dial typewriter
  • Dominos
  • Tin monkey
  • Clown circus toy, early
  • Wooden horse, from The Muny
  • The Fox educational board
  • Skookum dolls
  • Halbig doll, German
  • Early, Walt Disney toys
  • Lot early Fisher Price
  • Lot early Playskool
  • Tinker toys
  • Child’s hall tree, neat pc.
  • Concrete mixer
  • Tiddledy Winks
  • Exposition record player, wooden
  • Mailbox
  • Cast iron taxi
  • Partial list

ADVERTISING

  • Time To Buy Calumet Baking Powder “Best By Test” wall clock
  • Muskegon Bottling Co. box
  • Union utility cabinet
  • Vess soda crate
  • Lot crates
  • Campfire marshmallow tin
  • Standard seed sign
  • Martin’s Scotch Whiskey
  • 25, Krey & Kraft Pure Lard cans
  • Raskas Dairy box
  • Dwight’s soda crate
  • Bread & coffee tins
  • Putnam Dyes cabinet
  • Dekalb egg scale
  • George Washington cut plug
  • Tobacco tins
  • John D. Meyer & Co., Augusta, MO sifter
  • King’s Kidney Plasters cabinet

ANTIQUE FURNITURE

  • Lot ice cream parlor chairs & tables
  • Industrial stool
  • Wooden file cabinet, military
  • Lot shipping trunks
  • Western bed
  • Fern stand
  • Lot wooden benches
  • 2 kitchen cabinets
  • Glass-front cabinet
  • 3-stack bookcase
  • Drop-leaf table
  • Lot mirrors
  • Hall bench
  • Barrel churn
  • 2, drop-front desks
  • Store cabinets
  • Singer sewing machine, works
  • Immigrant trunk
  • Store cabinet, neat pc.
  • Lead glass buffet
  • 2 wardrobes
  • Ornate hall tree
  • Spinning wheel
  • Small display cabinet
  • Oak china cabinet
  • Walnut knockdown wardrobe
  • Flat-top trunk
  • Camelback trunk
  • Dresser
  • Drop-front secretary
  • 2 washstands
  • Brass bed
  • Partial list

LIONEL TRAIN SELLS AT 11:00 A.M.

  • Santa Fe w/track, tunnel, etc. (This was Craig’s when he was a little boy)

OUTSIDE DÉCOR

  • Lot yard ornaments
  • Lot concrete animals
  • Cast iron benches
  • Lot table & chairs
  • Bird baths
  • Partial list

OWNER: CRAIG VAN SCIEVER
LATE VIRGINIA L. (GINNY) VAN SCIEVER

AUCTIONEERS:
DAVID THORNHILL
314-393-7241

DUSTY THORNHILL
314-393-4726
TROY, MO

BILL UNSELL
573-470-0037
FRANKFORD, MO

Lunch will be served.
All buyers will be photographed.
Terms: Cash or Good Check with Current Photo ID.
Out of State Photo IDs and Out of State Checks must be accompanied with a Bank Letter of Credit, call for details.
We do not accept Cashier Checks.
Items sold with no warranty.
They stand sold AS IS.
Owner & Auction personnel not responsible for accidents day of sale!
Announcements made day of sale take precedence over any advertisement!