Bernreuter's Salvage and Consignment

08/31/2026

We’ve been busy adding some very different pieces to the Bernreuter Appraisal & Estate Services eBay store:

💡 Vintage Machine Age / Art Deco metal table lamp, with a fantastic wide domed shade and streamlined period design.

🥁 Pair of vintage Ludwig copper timpani, substantial professional percussion pieces with pedal mechanisms and classic copper bowls.

⚾ Two original 1968 World Series programs from the legendary Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals matchup. Detroit came back from a 3-1 series deficit to win the championship in seven games, with Mickey Lolich earning three complete-game victories and World Series MVP honors.

💿 RIAA Multi-Platinum Sales Award for Beverly Hills Cop II, presented to MCA Music Publishing commemorating sales of more than 4,000,000 copies of the album and cassette. A seriously cool piece of 1980s music and movie memorabilia.

This batch pretty well sums up what we do: antiques, sports, music, design and unusual collectibles you don't run across every day.

All available now on our eBay store!

08/29/2026

A little bit of everything in this batch from Bernreuter Appraisal & Estate Services:

🤠 Vintage Halco “The Texan” cowboy holster set in the original box
🎅 Vintage lighted Santa Claus face Christmas decoration
🕰️ Antique Seth Thomas mantel clock with key
🖼️ Vintage framed landscape oil painting with a great cottage and lakeside scene

From old toys and Christmas nostalgia to clocks and original artwork, you never quite know what we’ll list next.

All available now in our eBay store, with new items being added regularly!

08/25/2026

A few great pieces just hit the Bernreuter Appraisal & Estate Services eBay store!

⚾ Vintage Joe Gordon baseball glove
🔵 Collection of Peltier Glass marbles along with other vintage marbles
🔴 Buster Brown Mustard advertising tin from the Steinwender-Stoffregen Coffee Co. of St. Louis
👁️ Eye-Fix “The Great Eye Remedy” advertising tip tray with fantastic early graphics

A fun mix of sports, advertising, and vintage toys, and plenty more is being listed!

Check out our eBay store to see what else is new.

08/22/2026

Talk about an antique plot twist! 🤫🛏️

Take a look at this incredibly rare piece of history I have up for sale! This is a genuine 19th-century Victorian salesman sample Murphy bed / folding bed cabinet.

Back in the late 1800s, furniture salesmen would carry these miniature, fully working models around to show customers exactly how a full-sized hidden bed operated. Closed up, it looks exactly like a handsome, moody Eastlake-style wardrobe or cabinet with its original stenciled floral details and porcelain drawer pull. But pull the front panel down, and it folds completely out into a hidden bed!

It is an absolute dream piece for serious antique collectors, oddity lovers, or anyone who appreciates ingenious historical design.

💰 Price: $2500
📍 Location: Frankenmuth / Saginaw area
📦 Pickup: Local pickup preferred (very rare and fragile!)

Drop me a PM for measurements, more photos of it folded open, or to arrange a time to see this incredible mini-masterpiece in person! 🚪✨

08/10/2026

A huge variety of vintage costume jewelry just listed!

We’ve been working through a large collection with pieces from Coro, Lisner, Trifari, Monet and more. Lots of different styles and eras, from bold statement necklaces and colorful enamel to rhinestones, faux pearls, bracelets and some great mid-century pieces.

There’s quite a bit more than what’s pictured here, with new pieces being added to our eBay store as we work through the collection.

If vintage costume jewelry is your thing, definitely take a look!

08/05/2026

Check out this sick set of Krueger fiberglass chairs!

Technically called tandem chairs, they are attached to a steel frame underneath for a commercial space like a diner or bowling alley!

Now listed!

Up for sale is an incredible, authentic piece of Mid-Century Modern design! Will clean up beautifully with a light detailing! - Color: Original Yellow Fiberglass.

07/31/2026

🚨 RARE VINTAGE DISNEY ART COLLECTION FOR SALE 🚨

Calling all Disney fans and animation art collectors! I am downsizing a beautiful collection of authentic, vintage Walt Disney Studios Limited Edition Sericels from the 1990s.

Every single piece is professionally custom-framed, double-matted under protective glass, and completely ready to hang. They all feature the official raised Walt Disney Animation Art authenticity seal stamped directly into the cel layer. All prints and mats are in absolutely MINT gallery condition with perfectly vivid, unfaded colors.

Available Pieces & Pricing:

1️⃣ 101 Dalmatians - Hopeful Pups (1996 Limited Edition)
• Features Pongo, Perdita, and the puppies. Gold frame.
• Price: $250

2️⃣ Walt Disney World 20th Anniversary - 20 Magical Years (1991 Limited Edition)
• Low edition run of only 2,500. Features Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy at Cinderella Castle. Gold frame.
• Price: $225

3️⃣ Mickey Mouse & Pluto - Plutos Dream House (1990 Limited Edition)
• Low edition run of 2,500. Features Mickey with the magic genie lamp and Pluto. Gold frame.
• Price: $225

4️⃣ Snow White & Seven Dwarfs - D***ys Kiss (1992 Limited Edition)
• Features Snow White and a blushing D***y. Gold frame.
• Price: $195

5️⃣ Walt Disney Company 75th Anniversary - Partners (1998 Limited Edition)
• Features color Mickey Mouse overlayed on a classic black and white photo of young Walt Disney with his famous quote printed on the mat. Black frame.
• Price: $225

🔥 BUNDLE DEAL: Take all 5 sericels for $950 (Save $170!)

📍 Location: Frankenmuth, MI
📦 Shipping: Local pickup preferred, but willing to ship at buyers expense. They will be heavily packed in professional bubble wrap and heavy-duty art boxes to ensure safe arrival.

Cash or Venmo only for local pickup. Serious inquiries only—please DM me for exact frame dimensions or close-up photos of the authenticity seals!

07/28/2026

Just listed on eBay!

I always enjoy finding pieces with this level of craftsmanship.

The first is an Antique Chinese carved cherrywood scholar’s cabinet, dating to around 1880, featuring intricate hand carving and a beautifully detailed dragon panel.

The second is a Victorian Gothic Revival miniature sideboard hutch, likely an apprentice piece, complete with its original mirrors, turned spindles, and Gothic-inspired details.

Two completely different styles, but both showcase the kind of craftsmanship that’s hard to find today.

Both are available now on my eBay store. If you’d like the link or have any questions, just send me a message!

07/27/2026

🏛️ MICHIGAN BUILT: The Guardian Building — Detroit

Detroit’s Guardian Building is one of Michigan’s greatest examples of Art Deco architecture.

Completed in 1929, the 40-story skyscraper was designed by architect Wirt C. Rowland as the headquarters of the Union Trust Company. Its exterior is covered in distinctive orange brick and crowned with bold geometric terra-cotta patterns designed to be visible from the streets below.

The interior is even more impressive. Visitors enter beneath colorful Pewabic tile before reaching a soaring, cathedral-like lobby filled with Rookwood tile, marble, mosaics, stained glass, gold leaf and decorative metalwork.

A monumental metal screen and Tiffany glass clock once separated the lobby from the banking hall. Michigan artist Ezra Winter also created the building’s large mosaic and industrial mural.

Its tall vaulted interior and former banking hall earned the Guardian Building its famous nickname: “The Cathedral of Finance.”

Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989, it remains one of Detroit’s most recognizable and beautifully preserved buildings.

Have you ever been inside the Guardian Building?

07/22/2026

MICHIGAN BUILT: The Castle Museum — Saginaw

At first glance, this building looks more like a French château than a government office—and that was entirely intentional.

Today’s Castle Museum was constructed as Saginaw’s original United States Post Office and dedicated in 1898. Architect William Martin Aiken selected the unusual French Renaissance Revival style, reportedly drawing inspiration from the early French settlement of the Saginaw Valley.

Its steep roofline, towers, carved stonework and castle-like silhouette gave an ordinary public building a sense of permanence and civic importance. It was architecture designed to announce that Saginaw had become a prosperous and ambitious city.

The building was later threatened with demolition—not once, but twice—before being preserved as the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History. Today, the building itself may be the museum’s most recognizable artifact.