Life is rarely more poignant for grown folks than when you have a chance to feel like a kid again. Step into our Glenn Dale, Maryland estate sale on April 6-7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and you’re almost certain to find long-forgotten memories returning to mind and a smile spreading across your face. Pick up model planes, trains and automobiles. Get lost in the “doll room” that includes one of the neatest lamps we’ve ever seen. Admire collections of pigs, frogs and other critters. View one of the largest mounted matchbook collections in town. [Stay tuned to this blog and our Facebook page for the address when the sale draws closer but see photos now!]
There is plenty of good stuff for your adult side, too. Start with the antiques. There’s a gorgeous mahogany dining set with matching chairs, buffet and china cabinet. One room over is a 100-year-old pump organ made by Cornish & Co. of Washington, New Jersey. The organ shares the room with a hand-made table probably from the 1920s, Mersman side tables and vintage lamps. An array of prints, old photographs and decorative plates dot the walls. The master bedroom contains a lovely mahogany bedroom set, quilts and Afghans. Other rooms host an ocean travel-themed couch, coffee tables, rocking chairs, antique sewing machines and antique sewing machines turned into great desks, books, costume jewelry, mirrors, decorative glass, figurines, music boxes, snow globes, vintage toys, a Gone With the Wind lamp, banquet lamp, pottery, kitchenware, tools and more.
The estate sale will also feature a yard sale with heavily discounted art and all kinds of treasures that couldn’t be displayed well inside the house.
Attending the estate sale will also give you the first chance to look at the house that is up for sale, too. You’ll be shocked by how much land it sits on.
Mark your calendars now for a visit to Glenn Dale. Doors to the sale open precisely at 9 a.m.