Multi-Date Public Auction – 1 of 2

Sunday, October 19, 2025 @ 10:00 AM
Remarkable Lifetime Collection of Exquisite Antiques and Vintage Treasures from the Estate of Willard “Red” Mikkelson.

Address: 11200 N Scott School Rd, Newark, IL 60541

Directions: From I-80/IL-47 [Exit 112] in Morris, drive north on IL-47 for 4 miles until you reach Minooka Rd. Then turn west on Minooka Rd for 4.5 miles to Scott School Rd. Trailers are more than welcome, and we offer ample parking for everyone.

Preliminary photos include items that may be featured in the first or second auction. The seller cannot guarantee that every item photographed during the original walkthrough will be available. Please watch for later photos (posted to the website) that the auctioneer will capture more clearly.

Below is a very partial list in no particular order. There will be sharper photos posted later.

Large King Edward Cigars Double Sided Porcelain Sign (approx. 4’x5.5’); Pressed Steel & Metal Toys; Farm Tin, Metal, and Porcelain Signs; Farm Diecast Toys; Railroad Lanterns, Signage, Advertising, Signal Equipment, Locks and Keys; Keeney Texas Leaguer Floor Model Baseball Game; Cast Iron Dogs and Banks; Large RR Brass Bell; Traffic Signal; Local Advertising & Yardsticks; Virol Bone Marrow Extract Jar; Northwestern Candy Dispensers (pre-war); Lucky Strike Tobacco Clock; Vintage Fishing Items & Poles; Farm Seed Bags; Vintage Beverage Crates; Lots of Crocks & Jugs – many rare; Antique Prints; Marble Top Commode; Andrea Sadek Tin-Chi Pig/Hog Lamp; Vintage Bottles of all types; Native American Artifacts and Collectibles; Vintage Schlitz Cooler; Nail Keg; Assorted Tools; MOBO Mechanical Toy Horse; Antique & Vintage Kitchen Items; Roadmaster Luxury Liner Reproduction Bicycle; Pocket Watches; Antique Tools; Knives; Coffee Cans; Display Cases – various sizes; Brass Standing Ashtray; Vintage Lighters; Vintage Motion/Rotating Lamp; Various Locomotives and Train Cars; Did we say there are a lot of banks yet?; Barrister 5-pc Bookshelf; Vintage Postcards; Antique Curved Glass Curio Cabinet filled with Heirlooms; Large Mail Pouch Thermometer; 1930s Groetchen 1-cent Gum Vending Coin Cop Trade Stimulator; 1930s 5-cent Cigarette Trade Stimulator Machine; 25-cent Slot Machine; Wood Decoys; Vintage Beer Light-up Signs; Mission Orange Thermometer; License Plates; Tobacco Tins; Chatillon BP15-200T Bench Dial Platform Scale; Steam Engine Model; Primitive Items; Primitive Kitchen; Cheese Boxes; Mitchells & Butlers Beer Thermometer; Miniature Manufacturer Anvils; Toby Mugs; Vintage Metal Banks featuring specific bank names; Several Dazey Churns; Milk Bottles; Milk Cans; Shapleigh’s Hammer Forged 1843 knife and other vintage knives & cleavers; Animal Traps; Vintage Road and Interstate Signs; Petroliana Metal Signs; Vintage Tokheim Gas Pump with Mobilgas glass top; Various Mobil and Shell gas advertising; Full Size Railroad Crossing Signal Pole (tractor onsite to load); Several BBQ Smoker Grills; Steel Yard Cart; Hayrack; Fiberglass & Alum Stepladders; 30+ Steel Tractor Seats; Large Toledo Scale; Pulley Wheels; Large 4×4 Old Style and Coors DS Signs; Horse Collars; Farm Primitives; Scythes; Deer Mount; Animal Skulls; Two-man Saws; Vintage Sleds; Vintage Bicycles; Lots of Beer Advertising; Coca-Cola Floor Standing Cooler; Many Dairy Cream Separators; Vintage Nascar Items; Vintage Shotgun Ammo Boxes; Antique Sandstone Grinding Wheel with Seat; Several Framed Corn Shellers, inc. John Deere 1-A all-steel; 12+ Turtle Shells; Goodyear Tire Display Sign; Several Vintage Marine Items; Nelson’s Beverages Bottles & Crate; and MUCH MORE.

Please check back for clearer photos to best represent which auction date an item will be sold.  

SELLER: Estate of Willard “Red” Mikkelson, et.al.

Auction conducted by Richard A. Olson & Associates, Inc.
Dick Olson – Richard A. Olson & Assoc, Inc
IL License #440.000585
Erik Olson – Lucky Auctions LLC
IL License #441.001909
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531 Bedford Rd, Morris, IL 60450
(815) 942-4266
www.richardaolson.com