Alyssa Thiel, Lawrence, who will be a KU freshman this fall, views items available at the Castle Tea Room estate sale. The final items in the estate were auctioned off Saturday afternoon at the home at 1307 Mass.

For every item in the historic Castle Tea Room, 1307 Mass., there holds a memory for many Lawrence residents.

An auction took place there Saturday afternoon to sell items remaining from a three-day estate sale to benefit the restoration of the building.

Janet Clauser, 46, of Ottawa, bid on several items such as frames, two coats and a mirror.

“I moved here (to Lawrence) when I was 16,” she said. “I saw the house and said, ‘I want to get married there.'”

Her wish came true in 1995, when she was married in front of one of the many fireplaces of the home built in 1906. The building belonged to her friend Libuse “Libby” Kriz-Fiorito.

Kriz-Fiorito died in 2004 at the age of 88. The Kriz-Fiorito Historical Foundation was established after her death to restore, renovate and maintain the building – something Kriz-Fiorito requested in her will.

“She obviously saw the value of the craftsmanship that went into this home,” Clauser said.

The estate sale started Thursday to sell thousands of items remaining in the building.

“This is beyond what we expected,” said John Hughes, estate manager. “We’re on schedule with what the foundation had expected to sell.”

He said 750 people lined up on Thursday, the first day of the three-day sale.

There were more than 10,000 items to begin with, Hughes said, and two-thirds of those were sold at the tag sale.

The auctioneer had a full house of people bidding on items.

Ron Thomas, of Lawrence, bought five boxes of China dishes for $25, some of the many dishes remaining from the restaurant Kriz-Fiorito opened in 1947.

Hughes said he expected 5,000 to 6,000 items to be sold. Whatever is left, such as tools in the basement or stuffed animals, will be liquidated with the auctioneers.

Hughes said he decided to keep the gold, jewelry and Steuben glassware that he expected to sell at a higher price and display it in the home once it has been reconstructed. Changes to the home will include raising the ceilings and installing a ground-source heating and cooling system.

Hughes said reconstruction will begin next week after all of the items are removed from the building.