Featured Finds Thread

And some of their letters to each other were down-right steamy!

 

If the couples weren't that fond of each other, royalty would have their heir and a spare and stay in separate rooms thereafter. Victoria and Albert had a spare, a spare for the spare, and an extra just in case. Not to mention girls as backup. I think she kinda dug him.

 

Went to an estate auction yesterday. Found some good stuff. Could have gotten a lot more if I had room for it. Lots of dealers bulking up their inventory. A really nice cherry buffet sold for $70, great deal easily worth several times that, but I don't have the room. Acquired a really nice cherry china cabinet that I don't have pics of yet. Got some vintage postcards shown in the other thread at a nice price.

 

Was planning on attending another auction in the evening after the first but got tired and had already spent enough $$$!

 

Jumble sale, one of the recent better ones. This is Helen, sadly unsigned. Probably 50s as a friend advises due to the sloped shoulders

 

More from the Jumble. Silver photo frame, deco dishes, Keith Murray wedgwood bowl. Indian tree in Persian blue design jug, modern Giacometti style bronze golf figure.£6 the lot~

 

nice pieces!

 

Silver photo frame plus the rest for £6?

Well done!!

 

Nice finds !
I have the same frame....that I didn't give up for melt weight......but they would have paid more at that price than you did !!

 

I envy the Murray, although I do have a piece of his glass. The tureen is Susie Cooper, hm?

 

You scored! Gotta love jumble sales. We call the church ones rummage sales locally, because one goes and has a rummage around in the jumbled items.

 

I call them; Rhuemoggie sales.

 

I have a gray moggie, but she's a tabby rather than a blue. (never seen a rue moggie)

 

Closest thing I've had to a score in weeks.

Mexican souvenirs

 

Those are nice Bowie's !...with honest blades !
I like the horn inlay....do you think the hilts are pewter.....???

 

Not pewter. Hard. Maybe aluminum zinc mix like armetale.

 

I thought maybe there was a gold nugget in the baggie, but it was just a horny pig

 

Wow such impressive finds. Love all the goodies shown here. Always learning too.

Never was to the towers in Manhattan. But I surely did enjoy my summers working diagonally across the street from Madison Square Garden and a block away from Macys Herald Square.

 

Forgot about this thread... some of your great finds make mine look like very meagre pickings! I struggle to find anything interesting in our charity shops these days. I suspect they have wised up and the good stuff goes straight online.

Anyway, this morning's wander unearthed a trio that were a) cheap and b) got my attention. Especially the painted box. It's about 10cm tall x 15cm wide. I've googled and can see similar painted signs but no boxes. Does anyone know anything about this? It looks like vintage advertising to me



Another view:


The little metal trinket(?) box I just thought was cute. Made from three colours of metal and has a lot of wear. A tourist/mass produced piece, or something else? I remember seeing similar items in the 70s:


And the print of King George VI looks original. 1930s I would have thought. I took it out of the frame where (horror of horrors!) it had been sellotaped to a piece of card. I don't know if it's saleable or not but I like it anyway, just for the social history .

 

Hey Bats....nice finds !
The box looks home made...but.....any other markings on it ?
The photo is nice....to bad about the tape but a Monarchist may still want it !
Pop the top off the metal box so we can see what's inside ....