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Granada Hills Estate Sale – January, 17, 2015

Estate sale, many items moved off site from an estate in Downey, Ca.

1/17 2014

It is chocked full of Mens clothing and antiques, fine art, collectables and curiosities.

These are the personal effects of a Police sergeant who lived in Downey and spent 30 years on the force.

Included in this sale will be vintage oil paintings, a huge amount of mens clothing sizes large to extra large with shoes size 9, most have only been worn once or never worn at all. A 1960’s Bamboo Tiki bar and matching stools, Chess gaming table, unusual vintage speakers, vintage George Nelson for Howard Miller wall clock, late 18th century antique drop leaf table, fine 19th century Louis 16th chairs, early English 17th / 18th century antique Jacobean or Elizabethan oak hutch and chair, vintage Tiffany style stained glass lamps, quality glassware and china, some kitchen items, many whimsical collectables too numerous to list.

The sale is concentrated in the yard and garage of the house, nothing inside the house is for sale. Everything is bargain priced and dealers are welcome!

Family inherit old building and unearth amazing vintage shoe store that was locked up for decades

…and all the footwear is in perfect condition (albeit a little dusty).

An American family have unearthed an Aladdin’s cave of mint-condition vintage shoes in an old building they inherited from their grandparents.
The building operated as a shoe store from the 1940s until the 1960s, but the doors had been locked for decades. Until now.

One of the family members posted the rare find to online noticeboard Reddit recently, but stopped short of revealing the location, so as to prevent any break-ins.

Original Story

The historic collection is likely worth a small fortune.

All the shoes appear to be completely untouched and are at least 50 years old.
Despite some dust they are practically good as new.

The store closed when the grandmother fell ill and the family, too busy to manage it themselves, decided to close it, the blog Messy Nessy Chic reported.

‘I have no idea how profitable (the business) was, perhaps that was a factor (in it closing),’ the user, Oktober75, posted on Reddit.

‘My grandparents were known for hoarding. My guess is they went with the mentality ”it will be worth something some day”.

‘That day came and went.’
However the user reiterated that the location will remain a secret, for security reasons, until the family is ready.

‘When we’re ready to draw attention, I’d be happy to share more details,’ the user wrote.