David's Research Site

This card was for Karl Emrich Eilers 1st birthday sent to Ann Bailey Eilers white they still lived in Sea Cliff, LI, NY,

Below are items brought over from Mom’s before she passed. Some of the items we packed in boxes and some Marilyn packed in boxes, so some items were a surprise to us.

Firstly, mom and dad collected various cash and cash equivalent coinage. Most of it is not in very good condition, so the actual market value isn’t all that great. The most valuable items are the oversized national park quarters (5 oz silver). They are listed at roughly $300 each on ebay, but their actual value seems less than that.

I say we divide this in half as best we can:

Below is a list of jewelry we have (and a Kodak movie camera at bottom). Two items I’d like are the southwest pin and the Kodak camera (and the light meter, though something is rattling inside, so it is likely broken).

As for the rest, there’s nothing in particular I want, so you are welcome to it. My guess is that there is around $10k of value here.

 

This bear housed a set of pearl(?) earring and a necklace. I don’t necessarily want it, but what we would like is the set of pearl earrings Mom let Ann wear at our wedding, which you may have?  If you’d be willing to trade them for this bear+earings+necklace that would be great.

Below are other items. I have circle the ones I would be interested in retaining. Explanations below:

This pic shows some of Dad’s jewelry. The arrow tie clip interests me.

In the pic below, Grandpa Schmidt’s fishing gear interests me (Ann likes to fish):

In the pic below, only Grandma’s pic interests me. I believe the pic of Dad was taken at your former house, so I thought you’d like to have that (along with your kid pics).

I’d like the miner’s candle holder. I’ll take the German cups, but if you want them more, then take them.

In the pic below, the portfolio case has “Karl Fritz Eilers” inscribed in it. So, I’d be interested in that. I’d like the tomahawk, but only because I’d be interested in seeing if there is any cultural value in it for a museum.

I am sure you are familiar with the two pics below. I’d like the one circled. A museum might be interested in the moccasins, but I haven ‘t check into that.

In the pic below, I’d like to keep the lantern, metal jug, and keys.

The pic below is Dad’s collection of United Way pins. They don’t interest me, but I do know someone who works at United Way who might be interested in them:

In the pic below, I am interested in the three irons (Ann can use them for quilting), two of the Prince Albert cans, the camel can, the candle holder, the cowbell, the toy gun, and the small totem pole.

In the pic below is a harness and two bells on straps:

In the pic below, I’d be interested in the milk jug. I’d take the eggs in the basket, as well, but not a priority for me.

The pic below shows the Charlie Mccarthy toy. I will keep it unless you want it.

The pic below includes a Wurlitzer Centennial hot pad (?) cork on the down side and an inscription on the back that marks it as a centennial piece. I wouldn’t mind having the Wurlitzer piece, but not a priority.

In the pic below is a very tiny cap(?) gun with charges contained in the two pill-like containers. I’d like to keep this.

In the pic below is more of Dad’s stuff, including what I think are some of his ribbons. I’d be interested in the rubber stamp (great grandfather Karl Emrich Eilers), the WWII compass, the KEE stamp (great grandfather Karl Emrich Eilers, though it rusted, so it needs to be de-rusted to be any good), and the light meter (un-circled).

These are dad’s patches from Home Depot. I’ll keep them unless you really want them.

The pic below shows two of Dad’s belt buckles, his Boeing ID, and his golf score recorder:

This flag pin box contained some small nuggets. It’s unclear to me what they are, but I have no interest in them.

The pic below shows Dad’s pins. Some are related to Boeing. The one that interests me is the texaco pin (prob from Myrl’s estate?).

The pic below shows more dad’s stuff. I’d be interested in the 1922 Italian coin embedded in slag (I believe this was a piece of memorabilia from Grandpa Eilers 1924 trip around Europe), the Wurlitzer knife (it is missing some parts .. unsure how the loose items attached to the knife), and the vintage air pressure gauge (could have been great grandpas, as he had a habit of checking air pressure and recording those numbers).

In the pic below are Dad’s knives. I’d be interested in the one from “Rockford”, which is actually a box cutter, and the Ted Schmidt inscribed knife, which is is a standard pocket knife.

These show some Boeing specific memorabilia:

This pic shows Dad’s collection of Home Depot pins:

These are random tokens Dad collected.

In the below pic, I’m most interested in the book ends and the statuette:

In the pic below, I’m most interested in the Columbia Ad, since we are near the Columbia River. The top frame pic is Grandma Eilers promotion from the cradle roll to Sunday school.

There are five items below that most interest me:

Of this glassware, nothing really interests me: