AT THE REQUEST OF THE ESTATE SALE EXECUTORS ALL INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE SALE WILL BE CHARGED A $ 3.00 ADMISSION ENTRANCE FEE WHICH WILL BE DONATED TO THE LOCAL BELLEVILLE HISTORICAL MUSEUM A (501C3) ENTITY.

ROBBE FAMILY HISTORY – THE ROBBE FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES CAN BE DOCUMENTED BACK AND TRACE ITS ANCESTRY BACK TO 1738 IN PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHERE THEY WERE AMOUNG THE VILLAGE’S

EARLIEST SETTLERS.  THE ROBBES CAME TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES FROM IRELAND.

ROBBE FAMILY MEMBERS & SONS FOUGHT HONORABLY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, THE WAR OF 1812, THE BLACK HAWK WAR AND CIVIL WAR.

MEMBER OF THE DISTINGUISHED ROBBE FAMILY HAVE LIVED IN THE VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP (BELLEVILLE) MICHIGAN SINCE 1829.  IN THAT YEAR, SAMUEL ROBBE PURCHASED 112 ACRES OF LAND ALONE THE BEAUTIFUL HURON RIVER TOWNSHIP & PAID THE US GOVERNMENT $ 1.25 ACRE.  HE WAS ONE OF THE VILLAGE OF FRENCH LANDING’S ORIGINAL PIONEER SETTLERS.

SAMUEL ROBBE SR. ESTABLISHED A DAIRY BUSINESS IN DETROIT WITH A MR. STEARNS, BUT FREQUENTLY TRAVELED BACK TO HIS LOG CABIN IN THE WILDERNESS  - A TRIP WHICH OFTEN TOOK SEVERAL DAYS ON HORSE BACK.

WHILE WORKING IN DETROIT THE SENIOR ROBBE MET & MARRIED HANNAH HALL AND SEVEN CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THE UNION.

THE LOG CABIN GAVE WAY TO THE FRAME HOUSE, WHICH GAVE WAY IN TURN TO THE BRICK HOME THAT STILL STANDS TODAY AT 41782 HURON RIVER DRIVE HERE IN BELLEVILLE, MICHIGAN.

THIS CURRENT BRICK HOME WAS OCCUPIED CONTINUALLY BY ROBBE FAMILY MEMBERS, FIRST BY SAMUEL ROBBE SR., TO HIS SON MARCUS CICERO AND TO HIS SOM SAMUEL JR.

THIS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SAMUEL ROBBE ESTATE IS NOW IN ITS 2ND PHASE.  THE FIRST PHASE CONDUCTED IN JUNE 2011 WHICH WAS THE LOWER ENDED QUALITY ITEMS OFFERED FOR SALE

THIS UPCOMING 2ND SALE IS UNHEARD OF IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN SINCE MANY OF THE SALE CONTENTS ARE ALL ORIGINAL AND DATE BACK TO THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND ONLY OCCUR IN THE DEEP SOUTHERN UNITED STATES.

SAMUEL ROBBE WAS THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER OF VAN BUREN, WAS BORN IN PETERSBURO, NEW HAMPSHIRE IN AUGUST 11, 1806 AND CAME TO MICHIGAN IN THE FALL OF 1829.  SAMUEL ROBBE WAS A DENTIST WHO PRACTICED IN THE CITY OF DETROIT.

SAMUEL ROBBE WAS CAPTURED BY NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS IN VAN BUREN AND LATER RETURNED UNHARMED BY THE SAME INDIAN TRIBE.

THE CONTENTS FOR THIS SALE WERE IN SAFE STORAGE AND INCLUDE SOME MUSEUM QUALITY RARE ANTIQUES AND PRIMITIVES AS FOLLOWS:

1955 VINTAGE BLACK DODGE 4 DOOR SEDAN

WOOTON MUSEUM QUALITY GRADE DESK CIRCA 1876

19TH CENTURY WICKER ROCKER

19TH CENTURY VICTORIAN WALNUT DINNING TABLE WITH TWO LEAFS

VICTORIAN ROCOCO SOFA CIVIL WAR PERIOD WITH CARVED GRAPES

VICTORIAN WALNUT CARVED MARBLE TOP TABLE SIGNED C. LEE C. 1855

AMERICAN EMPIRE C. 1830 GOTHIC MAHOGANY MARBLE PARLOR TOP TABLE

CIRCA 1855 VICTORIAN ROCOCO ROSEWOOD MARBLE TOP TABLE

CIRCA 1890′S JOHN MORRIS HIGHLY CARVED ADJUSTABLE ARM CHAIR

CIRCA 1870′S GOLDEN TIGER OAK DOUBLE BOOKCASE SECRETARY DESK

CIRCA 1880′S TWO PIECE MAHOGANY EMPIRE SLAY BED & MATCHING DRESSER

CIRCA 1870 WALNUT VICTORIAN DESK WITH DRAWS

SIGNED 0.T. CLARK OIL ON CANVAS 19TH CENTURY BRITISH ARTIST

SIGNED WINFORD SCOTT CLIME OIL ON BOARD (IN MOST US MUSEUMS)

19TH CENTURY WESTERN OIL ON BOARD WITH ORIGINAL ORNATE FRAME

OVER 25 ANTIQUE SIGNED OIL PAINTINGS, WATERCOLORS & PRINTS

TWO AMERICAN EMPIRE 19TH CENTURY MANTEL CLOCKS WITH KEYS

A DOZEN ORNATE STORAGE TRUNK STEAMER & STAGECOACH TRUNKS

19TH CENTURY HAND PAINTED WOODEN CART CORN SORTER

SIGNED SPODES VENETIAN HAND PAINTED DINNERWARE SET

RARE LIMOGE BONE CHINA CHRYSANTHEMUM PATTERN 300 PIECE DINNERWARE SET

ANTIQUE SIGNED ALLENTOWN BLUE WILLOW WARE 200 PIECE PORCELAIN DINNERWARE SET

ANTIQUE GARDEN TOOLS AND ANTIQUE HAND TOOLS

WE ARE CURRENTLY CONSOLIDATING ANTIQUE CONTENTS IN STORAGE.