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huge pottery equipment auction 5/8/97

updated sat 31 may 97

 

Xelafred@aol.com on mon 5 may 97

Attention Potters, Ceramic Departments, Production Clay Shops:

There will be a HUGE AUCTION of pottery equipment that was used at Rockdale
Union Stoneware, Inc. Rockdale Union Stoneware employed 35 people making
handthrown, hand-decorated early American style salt-glazed stoneware. It
went out of business in March of this year.

Equipment included in the liquidation sale:

3 Bluebird mixers
1 Venco Pug Mill
1 Starkey Pug Mill
8 Brent Wheels
Simpson Muller Mixer
200 Steel Ware Carts w/ ware boards
5 Electric Kilns
3 180 cu. ft. salt kilns
1 150 cu. ft. stoneware car kiln
20,000 lbs. Spinks Special dry clay, (10+ pallets still wrapped) and assorted
other dry ceramic materials.
Assorted work tables, ware racks, kiln shelves & furniture, extruders
Bailey Slab Roller
Slip Cast Molds
Clark Lift Fork Truck
Pallet Jacks & Hand Trucks
30 Ton Ram Press
More than 10,000 pieces of pottery, ranging from greenware to first quality
finished ware.
Office equipment, (Desks, File cabinets, computers, etc.)

Auction begins at 9:00 A.M. Thursday, May 8th, 1997 at the Rockdale Union
Stoneware Factory, 1858 Artisan Road, Edgerton, WI. (Located in the Edgerton
Industrial Park) Edgerton is located 35 miles Southeast of Madison, WI on
I-90. For further details on available equipment, call George Brothers
Auction Service of Evansville, WI @ 608-882-5675.