The Mikkelson Collection, Inc. is now
CLOSED
in preparation of the upcoming auction.

The auction will be May 18-20.  On Friday the 18th items will be sold at my storage facility located at 1017 High Ave.  This sale will be of unfinished or unrestored items.  Friday’s sale starts at 10AM with preview time of 8AM.

On May 19 & 20 the auction will be at Willmar Civic Center located at 2707 Arena Dr.  Time of the auction for those days will be at 9AM with preview at 8AM.  You may also preview items at the Civic Center starting Friday May 18 from 2PM – 6PM.

The auction at the Willmar Civic Center will be the entire museum collection.
Complete cataloged information can be found on the richpennauctions.com  

Classic & Antique Boat Museum & Shop

Featuring the Fantastic Falls Flyer

Welcome to the Mikkelson Collection website.  The Mikkelson Collection consists of over $2,000,000 of classic and antique boats, motors, and items from boating history. Several of the boats and motors are the last surviving examples known to exist, and ALL are rare. 

• About Paul Mikkelson

• Photo Gallery
• Video Highlights:
  • On-the-Road with Jason Davis
• Out 'N About with RJ Fritz
• Ron Schara's Minnesota Bound
• The Restoration  Process, documenting the  1942 21' Deluxe Falls Flyer Split Cockpit Inboard

• Collection Inventory

• Museum Tours

• Finding Us

Read about the Mikkelson Collection

from the Spring 2002 Edition of

"Rudder", the official magazine of the

Antique & Classic Boat Society

Highlights of the Collection

• Collected by curator Paul Mikkelson of the Mikkelson Collection, Inc.

• A rotating collection of over 25 fully restored, water ready boats.

• Boondoggle, reputed to be the only single cockpit inboard Larson Falls Flyer Speedster ever built.

• Both split-cockpit inboard Falls Flyers known to exist are owned by the museum.

• One of two 21’ Deluxe Inboard Falls Flyers known to exist.  

• 2 Consecutive serial numbered 1939 Falls Flyer outboards.

• Over 100 vintage outboard motors, all original or restored, water ready motors.

  • Johnson, Mercury, Evinrude, Scott-Atwater, Elto, Caille, Waterman, Koban, Lockwood-Ash, Wisconsin, Martin, Bendix, Champion, Neptune, Clarke.

• A unique collection of “hand and foot” powered outboard motors.

• Over 500 vintage toy boats.

  • Wood, metal, plastic

  • Military, Racing, Sail, R/C, Gas, and Rubber Binder. 

• Over 500 vintage toy outboard motors. 

  • Friction, clockwork, electric & steam, gas, wind, and rubber binder powered.

The Mikkelson Collection

Paul D. Mikkelson

418 Benson Avenue S.E.  Willmar, MN  56201

Museum & Fax  1-320-231-0384

Home 1-320-235-0367

Cell 1-612-868-9814

paultmci@msn.com

© 2001-05 The Mikkelson Collection Museum, Inc.

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