Phone
(517) 726-0181
Address
144 S. Main, P.O. Box 146
Vermontville, MI 49096
E-mail
stantonsauctions@sbcglobal.net

Upcoming Auctions

Now Scheduling Spring & Summer Auctions

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Stanton's is now scheduling sales for fall, winter & spring months. We continue to sell all types of auctions, including real estate, farm machinery, guns, coins, fine antiques and collectibles. Stanton's conduct both onsite and online auctions as well as using worldwide reaching online platforms for the sale of specialized items. Steven E. Stanton 517-331-8150, Email – stevenEstanton@gmail.com   - Michael C. Bleisch 517-231-0868– Email – mcbleisch@gmail.com

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, , Michigan

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Coin Consignments Now Being Accepted

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With the present gold and silver market being stronger than ever before, this presents a perfect time to liquidate your collections of coins, numismatic material, paper money and related items. Whether you have a large collection or small stash, our coin auctions continue to generate a strong return in today's market. We will handle the cataloguing of all material, grouping and lotting the items to be sold to the benefit of our clients. Call Steve Stanton at 517-331-8150 to discuss placing your items in our next auction.

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, , Michigan

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Lee & Patricia Vander Yacht Collection, Friday Morning, April 10 at 10:00 AM

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Mr. & Mrs. Vander Yacht collected antiques and operated the Whispering Pines Antique Shop at this location for over 50 years. We will be selling their private collection and shop inventory including antique furniture, toys, including cast iron examples, jewelry, primitives, glass, china, and all types of collectibles. Hundreds of items including antique lamps, wall clocks, a nice group of antique Bisque Dolls, display cabinets, floor model organ lamp, china cabinets, pottery, spinning wheels, coffee grinders, churns, marble top tables, an excellent antique double cased stereoscope with stand, pie safe, high back pump organs, 2 & 4 section stacked bookcases, copper apple butter kettle, prints, and so much more.

There will be a 10% buyer's premium added to all items purchased.

Location

6427 Butternut Dr., (Ottawa County), West Olive, Michigan 49460

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Bill Heath Living Estate, Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 9:30 am

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An interesting and diverse sale including Tractors, Trailers, milk bottle collection, antiques, old signs, shop equipment and home furnishings. The sale includes a John Deere 60, B, and 2 Ferguson 30 Tractors; very good Tandem Axle Implement Trailer, 2-Wheel Trailer, Wagon, Cement Mixer, many old and vintage Guernsey Dairy Signs, Husqvarna Riding Mower, Acetylene and Arc Welders, Tool Chests and Hand Tools, 2007 Jeep Automobile with 146,000 miles, some home furnishings including living room, bedroom and dinette table, Antique Butcher Block, Clark Gas Pump Globe, Antique Clocks, and a large collection of approximately 250 Milk Bottles.  There will be a 10% buyer's premium charged on all items sold.

Location

3650 M-37 Hwy., Approximately 2 miles south of Hastings on M-37, Hastings, Michigan 49058

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Gaudio Estate Auction, Thursday Morning, April 16th at 10:00 AM

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A very good and clean group of home furnishings, shop equipment and more. The sale includes Tool Chests, Atlas Metal Lathe, Bench Lathe, Related Equipment, Woodworking Tools, Hand Tools, Lawn & Garden Equipment, an excellent group of Workout & Exercise Equipment, Quality Table Tennis Table, Living Room, Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture, Shelving, Snowmobile & Motorcycle Helmets,  Power Tools, Chain Saw, Dremel Tools, Ladders, Wilton Vise, Street Light, Signs, Yard Art, Poly Picnic Table, Glass, Figurines, Linens, Stereo Equipment & Electronics, Cameras, Mantle Clock, Child's Rolltop Desk, Power Lift Chair, Patio Furniture and lots more.  Jim Gaudio Estate. Barb Gaudio, Owner. There will be a 10% buyer's premium added on to all items sold.

New pictures posted on 3-22-26

Location

129 - 109th Ave., Plainwell, Michigan 49080

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Mary Wolfe Estate Auction, Friday Morning, April 17th 10:00 AM

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Selling the entire estate including antique furniture, home furnishings, tools, some petroliana, collectibles as well as lawn & garden with a Cub Cadet Riding mower, anvil, trailer, car dolly. An excellent group of collector's cars including 1969 Olds Cutlass; Chevrolet GMT-400 pickup, 1937 Oldsmobile 4 door touring car, 1978 Olds 2-door, 1996 Olds 98 auto; and lots more. We have just begun working at this location listing and photographing the items to be sold. Continue to watch our website for updates.  10% buyer’s premium charged on the sale of all personal property sold.

Just listed to be sold at this auction: 2014 Ford Fusion, runs good, new brakes in the fall of 2025, 2 year old tires in good condition.  148,000 miles.  To be sold at 10:30 a.m.

More pictures added 4-1-26

More pictures of the vehicles posted on 4-7-26

Location

2955 N. Stine Rd., Charlotte, Michigan 48813

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Real Estate Auction, Mary Wolfe Estate, Friday, April 17, at 12:30 PM

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Selling this ranch style home with 3 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths, family room and full basement with nearly 1400 sq. ft. of living space.  The property is situated on 1.2 acres and also includes a 24 x 32 two-car detached garage, a 30 x 40 pole barn and a 20x20 car port. 6% buyer's premium charged on the sale price.

Open Houses:  Tuesday Afternoon, April 7 from 4:00 to 5:30 pm and Sunday, April 12 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm.

We will also be selling all personal property including collector's cars, antiques, furniture and more.  See our other listing.

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Location

2955 North Stine Rd., Charlotte, Michigan 48813

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David Brand Farm Machinery Auction, Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM

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We have just scheduled this upcoming auction of Farm Machinery, Tools & Miscellaneous. Some of the items include: New Holland TL100 FWA Tractor w/Cab & 52LA Loader (2773 hrs.), New Holland T4.75 FWA Tractor w/Cab & Loader (2708 hrs.), Cat 279 Track Skid Steer Loader (1800 hrs.) attachments for the Skid steer including a new rototiller, new 3 in 1 bucket; also a New future forestry mulcher.  , Just listed  An Excellent Oliver 1750 Collectors Tractor with wide front & 3 pt. (Restored) a Lawn 2360 Tractor and a Yanmar Garden Tractor w/Rototiller, as well as a full line of Hay Equipment with NH 640 Round Baler, NH575 Square Baler, 10 Flat Rack Hay Wagons, a Kuhn FC302 Disc Bine, MF 120 Baler, Farm Truck, 2 Tri-axle Trailers, Hay Tedders, JD MOCO Hay Bine, attachments for the Skid Steer Loader, NH 499 Hay Bine, H & S Hay Machine II Wheel Rake, Kuhn GA3200GT Rotary Rakes, Gehl 1475 Round Baler. Continue to watch our list for an update on other items and pictures.  There is a 10% buyer's premium on all items sold.  For Additional Information Call David Brand - 517-256-3864

Additional Information just added: Also to be sold is a New future forestry mulcher, new skid steer rototiller, and a new 3 in 1 bucket.

Inspection on Saturday, April 11th - 9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

More pictures added on 4/8/26. 

Location

6640 Billwood Hwy, Potterville, Michigan 48876

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SHORT NOTICE COIN AUCTION: THURS. AFT., APRIL 23RD @ 4:30 P.M.

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We have just received the Art Meade collection of coins to be sold following the first day session of our music sale at the Barry Co. Fairgounds, Hastings.  There is a large quantity of silver, silver eagles, silver dollars, collectors coins, 40% coinage, and various coins to be sold.  We are presently cataloging the collection.  More information and the catalog will be posted in the next few days.  plan on attending.

Location

Barry County Expo Center, Barry County Fairgrounds, 1350 N. M-37 Highway, Hastings, Michigan 49058

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Stanton's Spring 3-Day Music Machine Auction: Thurs., Fri. & Sat., April 23, 24 & 25, 2026

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Exceptional 3-Day Music Machine Auction

Already confirmed for this event are outstanding collections, including Domenic DiBernardo Estate – Part II, featuring rare and important examples such as a Columbia Toy Graphophone in its original box with three records, a Berliner coin-operated disc gramophone, Graphophone Type N coin-operated machine, Berliner hand-wind gramophone with electric motor, Edison Standard with Bettini reproducer, Berliner Kammer & Reinhart hand-wind gramophone, Edison factory-flowered Gem, Edison Standard with Polyphone attachment, Universal Talking Machine cigar-box disc phonograph, Edison Ajax coin-operated cylinder phonograph, and a Graphophone AG mounted in a Hawthorne & Sheble cabinet. Also nearly 9,000 cylinder records.  Just listed an absolutely fantastic Polyphon 24.5" disc musical Grandfather clock.  This has to be one of the best ones that we have had the opportunity to offer, 9 ft. 2" tall x 45" wide is is rare, special and a museum quality example.

Additional offerings include Don Gfell Estate – Part IV, along with important private collections from Maryland and Virginia.

THE 3-DAY MUSIC MACHINE AUCTION IS NOW ONLINE AT liveauctioneers.com

 

DAY 1

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/412658_spring-2026-music-machine-auction-day-1/

DAY 2

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/412657_spring-2026-muisc-machine-auction-day-2/

DAY 3

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/412660_spring-2026-music-machine-auction-day-3/

 

 

 

We are currently scheduling pickup trips throughout the United States and Canada to acquire collections, estates, and individual machines from private collectors and museums. We invite you to contact us to discuss arranging a pickup and inclusion of your items in one of our internationally promoted auction events. Our team provides professional packing, cataloging, photography, and transportation, with full insurance coverage during transit and bonded storage while awaiting auction.  Please contact us to discuss including your collection or individual items in this upcoming event.  Steven E. Stanton 517-331-8150, Email – stevenEstanton@gmail.com  - Michael C. Bleisch 517-231-0868– Email – mcbleisch@gmail.com

 

Location

Barry County Expo Center, 1350 N. M-37 Highway, Hastings, Michigan 49058

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Robert Beall Auction, Tuesday Morning, April 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM

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Having sold our property, we will sell all of the following including a Hough 4-Wheel Drive Payloader, JD 50 Tractor, Dodge Pickup Truck with Snow Blade, 3-Point Disc, Landscape Rake, Pallet Forks, Trailers, Lawn & Garden, Chainfall, Hand Tools, Drill Press, Millermatic 35 Welder, Generator, Chain Saws, Floor Jacks, Tool Cabinets, Woods Three-Point Scraper Blade, Home Furnishings, Micrometers, Mechanic's Tools, Sideboard, China Cabinet, Pellet Guns, Backpack Blower, Solar Battery Booster, some household items and more.  Watch for updates. A 10% buyer's premium will be charged on all items sold.

Location

3969 - 121st Avenue, Allegan, Michigan 49010

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Leland & Sharon Harger Estate Auction, Thursday Morning, April 30th at 9:30 AM

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A very large, diverse auction. We will be selling in 2 rings throughout the sale. Included in the sale will be home furnishings, collectibles, antiques, crocks, antique trains, wicker, MCM, household, an excellent group of taxidermy including full sized bears, fish, turkeys, deer mounts, and everything else imaginable. Two gun safes, ammunition, freezers, grandfather clock, generator, tool cabinets, ladders, riding lawn mowers, snowblower, rototiller, chainsaws, new items, hunting clothes, power washer, deer advertising, jewelry, watches, dinner bells, toys, pool table, a huge quantity of rough sawn wood, Ford Tractors, Ford Grain Truck, 5 cars and trucks, fencing, dog kennels, cement mixers, an excellent "Becks" Tandem Axle Enclosed Trailer, compressors, power hacksaw, tool bench, cabinets, boats with motors, outdoor wood furnace, hunting items, bows, chipper/shredder, bench vice, Sportspal Canoe, electrical items, shop tools, decoys, Ingersoll 4016 Lawn Tractor, lawn and garden, fertilizer, 3-Point Plow, Blade, Landscape Rake, etc. Tandem Axle Trailer, lots of cut firewood, stock & water tanks, a Ford 655A Backhoe, a M.F. MH-50 Tractor w/Loader, a Woods 3-Point Finishing Mower, a Small Portable Building, a 1998 Comfort Camp Pickup Camper (very good). The vehicles include a 1988 Chevy C-50 1-ton Truck w/Box; 1995 Chevy C-2500 Pickup; 1998 Mercury Marquis; 2006 Lincoln Town Car (very nice); 1978 Olds Delta 88, 1986 Ford Stake Dump Truck; 1976 Cadillac DeVille, and 1968 Shoreline Boat & Trailer.

Please note, this sale is huge!  If there is one of something; there is probably 2 or 3 of the same. Be on time and plan on spending the day. The big items (tractors, cars, trailers,etc.) will sell at 10:30 AM. There will be a 10% buyer's premium charged on all items sold.

Location

10299 Frost Rd., Portland, Michigan 48875

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Richard Phillips Collection Auction, Saturday Morning, May 2nd @ 9:30 A.M.

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An interesting auction including a very good collection of antique hit and miss gas engines, John Deere "A" (Unstyled) & A.C. "B" Tractors, farm collectibles, lanterns, butter churns, round oak stove, antique anvil, hay trolley, traps, wood-wheeled wagons, sleigh, cast iron implement seats, tools, ladders, riding mower, some shop items, lawn equipment, antique phonograph, oak dressers, David Bradley Walk-behind Tractors and lots more. The engine collection includes Novo, 3 - JD, McCormick, Massey Harris, United, Fairbanks Morse, Fuller & Johnson and others. There are a lot of smalls crammed in the building as the owner has lived here for 70 years. 10% buyer's premium charged on all items sold.

 

Location

2950 2 Mile Rd., Athens, Michigan 49011

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Swan Personal Property Auction, Wednesday Afternoon, May 6th at 3:00 PM

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A very good sale of modern, clean home furnishings and automobiles. 2018 Chevy Equinox with 58,000 miles, 2011 Ford Flex with 116,000 miles, Treadlock Gun Safe, living, dining and bedroom furniture with sofas, bedroom sets, dining room tables, hutches, cabinetry, stereo equipment, office items, cedar chest, tool cabinets, some shop equipment, treadmill, and lots of good, usable small items. There will be a 10% buyer's premium on all items sold.

We are also selling this excellent 2-story home.  See the other listing on our website.

Location

1104 Portman Place, Lansing, Michigan 48917

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Swan Real Estate Auction, Wednesday Evening, May 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM

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Selling this excellent 2-story home with 1927 sq. ft. with 3 bedrooms, 2-1/2 baths, living room, kitchen and dining area, main floor laundry, fireplace, rear deck, full basement, and 2-car attached garage. The home was built in 1993 and is in excellent condition situated on the edge of Lansing in Delta Township; just off of Canal Road.  6% buyer's premium will be charged on the sale of the property.

Open Houses:  Tuesday Afternoon, April 28th from 4:00 - 5:30 PM & Sunday, May 3rd from 1:00 - 2:30 PM

 

Location

1104 Portman Place, Lansing, Michigan 48917

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About Us

Stanton’s Auctioneers & Realtors was founded in 1954 by William J. Stanton, who passed away in 2013. In 1971, he was joined by his son, Steven E. Stanton, and later by auctioneers Chris Stanton and Michael Bleisch.

Our firm conducts personal property auctions and real estate auctions of all types and also complete market analysis and appraisals.

Memberships include the Michigan and National Auctioneers Associations, the Michigan and National Realtors Associations; RPAC – Life Members and many music machine associations around the United States and Canada.

References are available upon request.

Antique Music Machines

Since 1954 Stanton’s Auctioneers have been called upon to liquidate some of the finest collections of antique automatic music machines including thousands of phonographs, music boxes, and all types of antique and collectible related items.

Each year we conduct two or more of these specialized auctions that are held not only in Michigan but also throughout the United States. Our travels take us across the U.S. and Canada viewing and acquiring collections for our upcoming auctions. Our list of clients, established over the course of our 60 years in the business, include buyers who attend and/or participate in our auctions from around the world.

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