Friday Finds - A Neighborhood Sale

In the fall and spring there are many neighborhood sales where a number of residents have yard sales on one day.

They print a map to pick up as a guide. 

It's 7:30AM and I am off to Aiken Estates to discover what treasures I can find.

The first house was a mother and son selling off her collections to get ready for a move.

It was early but they were ready for bundle deals.

I bought all the Zanesville pottery.

Thanks to Linda at A La Carte for helping me price it.

Four dozen small glass bud vases.

Linda helped with these too.

In fact she did all the research for me. 

A box filled with tiny Occupied Japan figurines.

Not as sought after as years ago but still make a great display for Christmas villages. 

Four glass reamers (or juicers).

Your eyes are not deceiving you.

I forgot to put the fourth in the photo.

A few 1950's children's books.

Belonged to the son but he did not want them.

Kitchen gadgets all in the original boxes.

Someone had grabbed the huge box of them.

Weirdest mold I have ever found.

New in the box - carefully wrapped in tissue. 

Naked chickens!

Henny Penny molds for gelatin salads.

My grandmother used to make ham gelatin molds, but never chicken gelatin molds.

Hers were molded in swirly molds. 

Neat thing about the set of graters is they all fit together to hang.

All that at the FIRST house.

And I had a pocketful of money left.

I had planned for the chair to be a project to learn to paint upholstery.

However I have sent it to the booth to become some other lucky person's project piece.









Third house.

Tall pedestal with packages and packages of lace panels.

No photo of the lace panels - forgot and now they are sold.

Next house a basket of knobs and small canvases.

More lace - doilies and place mats.

The box is a set of lovely glitter crowns - each with a religious theme.

I bought a whole box of hangers to get the vintage advertising ones at the bottom.

Found a bunch of the old painted ones in the box when I went home.

Chucks needed the pants hangers.

Good deal all around! 

Last house and they were ready to get rid of everything.

How late was it?

Only 9AM.





I bought quite a stack of her baskets like these.

More lace.

A white cosmetic case.

A star colander.

Vintage package of dolly clothes pins - original price of forty-nine cents.

Tiny Tupperware containers with the lids.

My mother used to put peanuts in our lunches with these.

And something kitschy.

Plastic mugs from Spenser Gifts dated 1982.

Did you buy crazy gifts from Spenser's?


 
I have been busy with bottle brush trees and getting the house bulldozed for the holidays.

I wish someone would invent a Roomba the size of a lawn tractor to clean for me.


See y'all!

Friday Finds - A Thrifty Day

On a recent Friday I made the rounds of thrift shops and hit a bonanza of smalls.





A stack of Syracuse platters - creamy white with a brown glazed border.

A small Roseville cream pitcher.

A lovely ironstone water pitcher - traces of pink around her sides.

No basin - but who cares?

The pitcher was filled with this mixed bunch of dusty, dirty silk blooms.

Someone evidently donated a boatload of them because every basket and vase and pitcher were crammed with silk flowers.

AND you had to take them with your purchase!

Lidded market basket.

Nice for displays and for shopping.

A pair of Christmas hatboxes.

Mary Jane's Farm double sided comforter.

Green and pink floral patterns.

Pink and white butterfly quilt.

The butterflies are made of candlewick knots.

Pieced by machine but quilted by hand.

Pair of giant brass candle sticks.

Then promptly found a similar pair slightly smaller.

Pair of serving bowls.

The left one is the Cameo pattern (Homer Laughlin).

The one on the right is not marked but goes well with the other.

I adore and will keep this pitcher.

It bears the scars of a long and useful life.

Plus it is pretty.












Two silver plate trophy bowls - only one engraved.

I did not know there was an award given for "Outstanding Adult".

Cute little bronze baby shoe.

A large gold embroidered tablecloth.

Only found four books but the reader and the When We Were Young are keepers.







 

A huge pile of baskets because at one place the more you bought the cheaper they were.



 


Another week.

Another thrifty haul.

Notice the hauls are getting smaller and smaller.

At some point I need to show photos of what I am downsizing in my house.

I do post some on Instagram.

Chucks fears he may be next.


See y'all!


 

Rushing Around West Columbia

Saturday a week ago I was lucky enough to meet up with Rush in Columbia for a day of junkin'.




In no special order, here are the treasures I found Rush-ing around West Columbia, South Carolina. 

One huge atlas with great color maps.

Found at His House.

 A brass urn.

A silver plated teapot and a cream pitcher found at Goodwill.

At Habitat we found a bunch of numbers - mostly sixes (or nines) .

The eights went to live with Fonda - her favorite number.

Assorted old books found here and there.

A white hamper basket.

Adorable needlepoint.

A girl and her puppy off to school with an apple for her teacher.

Two hymnals and a reading book.

Rush to the rescue

I spied these from across the thrift store but could not get around the customers.

Fonda blocked them from the books so I could arrive with a cart to scoop up all the Hardy Boys books.

From the 1960's.

Just one lone Nancy Drew.

Another His House find - old romance books.

The dust jackets have a wonderful vintage look.

A metal plant stand bought at Habitat.

This sweet bench in great shape (but horrid paint job) was found hidden at His House.

She is getting a makeover.

Soon.

So Rush and I went to the No. 1 Flea Market, His House, Habitat, lunch at Applebee's (thanks, Fonda!) and finally to Goodwill before I returned her to her hotel.

I hope she will visit again.

Junkin' with me is an Olympic sport.

And Fonda deserves a gold medal!


See y'all!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Friday Finds

This week finds me with fond memories of a recent estate sale.

I was busy practicing my new oath of restraint.

 
I shoulda, coulda bought a whole truckload and now regret I did not.

I am trying to get the hang of this restraint thing.

A metal typing table needing a few screws.

It had a few loose ones.

An old Remington typewriter.

The tag is a key chain from the lady's business.

She was well-known around here in real estate circles.





Both typewriters were in great shape - just needed cleaning.

The older Underwood.

When I was in the sixth grade I fell in love with the Jalna series.

Because there were horses involved.




This is a partial set of the books.

Four of the series  Tales of a Grandfather by Sir Walter Scott.

Each book is a collection of tales from different countries.

A series of books and stories by Bret Harte.

Two Christmas books by Charles Dickens.

A couple of bank bags.

I have since decided to sell off my collection of bank bags.

They can be found in Booth W-10 Riverfront Antique Mall.

Small leather souvenir photo album.

From Mt. Washington, NH.

Old atlases!

Chucks and I both love old atlases!

One large ironstone platter.

Plus a smaller one!

Hope I am not boring you with all these finds posts.

Because we have a ton more to go.


 
See y'all!