SAN FRANCISCO – If you happen to be in the San Francisco area between April 6-9 and have a need for some furnishings to round out a well-appointed home – like a grand piano, antique Brunswick pool table, or torture rack for example – I have great news for you: Kink.com is selling off these and a host of other items in an estate sale which is bound to be more interesting than most.
While most of the items on the list of furnishings, collectibles and curious slated to be sold by The Yes Company on Kink’s behalf are not so different from the sort of good you’d find at any other estate sale, I’m guessing you won’t stumble across too many other liquidations which offer vintage gynecological examination chairs, fake columns reaching upwards of 14’ in height, or a “human hamster wheel” right alongside a variety of credenzas, buffets and commodes.
“It’s not your grandmother’s estate sale,” Kink.com spokesperson Mike Stabile told SFGate.com. “Those with more discerning tastes will definitely find a little leather mixed in with the lace.”
Those discerning buyers will also find “tons of weird props” (to quote the Yes Company) mixed in with the vintage globes, oil lamps and “100s of yards of velvet and silk brocade drapes (most 11 feet high) with valences.”
The tremendous variety and eclecticism of the offering is a function of the Armory’s use as a production facility, Stabile said.
“In our decade in the Armory, we spent almost as much time decorating it as we did shooting in it,” Stabile said. “Anyone who came here on a tour, or for a party, or a business meeting will remember the high Victorian décor, the vintage furniture, the walls of art, and the tremendous history. There are some truly amazing pieces, and we’re excited for them to have new homes.”
Visual art is well represented in the sale, with plenty of photographic prints, antique lithographs and “framed and unframed American artwork in many mediums (oils, prints, pencils, posters) spanning from the 19th to the 21st century, landscapes, abstracts, outsider, decorative, architectural, fantasy, portraits, still life, prints, photographs, mixed media, sculptural” among the prominently listed items.
In addition to antique and Victorian-themed items, modern goods make random appearances throughout the list, including a “Hoist total gym,” various faux plants and flowers, a “large number of space heaters” and “loads of large and small flat panel TVs.”
The sale will be held in the Armory’s Drill Court on April 6-9, between 10am and 4pm daily. For a list and images of the items for sale, visit the Yes Co’s website.
