An extraordinary single-owner collection of country store, barber shop, gas station and bank memorabilia, plus primitive tools and other items will be sold at an on-site auction April 24-26. The auction will be held on the property of the consignors – Mrs. Jannice Shadburn, who amassed the collection with her late husband, Joe; and their daughters, Nan Nethery and Dana Murphy.

The collection comprises about 1,500 lots, gathered by the Shadburns over the course of many years. The couple traveled by car to 49 of the 50 states (they made the drive to Alaska in 2002). So much was accumulated that they had to construct three buildings (one measuring 40′ x 80′) on their property in Corinth. Soon they were known as “The Building Antiques Museum and Service Station.”

“Joe and Jannice enjoyed years of collecting a variety of unique items second to none in the mid-South,” said Benny Taylor of Taylor Auction & Realty, Inc., which will conduct the sale. “This is a rare opportunity to own part of a massive and diverse collection, offered in its entirety at absolute auction.” In an absolute sale, Mr. Taylor noted, an item is sold to the highest bidder, regardless of price.

The entire collection – all of it fresh to the market and never before offered at auction – will cross the block. “It was just getting to be too much to maintain and clean it all,” Mrs. Shadburn said. “The time just seemed right to let it go.” The Shadburn’s property is located at the intersection of Alcorn County Roads 500 and 546 in Corinth, an historic town once prominent for cotton and grain.

The auction will begin at 10 a.m. all three days (April 24, 25, 26). The primitive machinery (and farming equipment) will be offered Thursday, April 24. The “museum collection” will be sold over the course of the next two days (April 25, 26). An online bidding component will be facilitated by Proxibid (log on to www.proxibid.com). Corinth is located at the northern-most tip of Mississippi, on the Tennessee line. It is located due east of Memphis and southwest of Nashville.

For driving directions to the sale, and for further information about this important event, log on to the Taylor Auction & Realty, Inc., website, at www.taylorauction.com. Taylor Auction & Realty is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign an item, estate or collection, you may call them at (662) 226-2080, Or, e-mail them at benny@taylorauction.com.

Posted: 03|1|08 at 10:26 am. Filed under: Auction News.