Featured Finds Thread

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  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    A pair of heavy brass candle sticks just over 12 inches high.

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    An early British wooden cash register.

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    An early Welsh miners lamp.

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  2. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I also found this in the garage but had to use Google Glass to find out what it was.

    Vintage Starrett Crankshaft Distortion Dial Strain Gauge Set - Wooden Case

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    Also a couple blades, a bone handle Sheffield knife and a cheapo Indian knife.

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  3. Tiquer

    Tiquer Well-Known Member

    Awesome that you got it!!!!
     
    Tiquer, Mar 9, 2024
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  4. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    The candle sticks on Etsy are described as;

    Good Luck, Arts and Crafts kandelaars, royal Bulls Eye candlesticks To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, rare
     
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  5. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    Davey,you for sure have the dream job !
     
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  6. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Sounds like a lot of work to me!

    Debora
     
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  7. RachelW

    RachelW Well-Known Member

    Finds over the last couple of weeks:

    Butterfly brooch, interesting its got the wholes but its actually backed. I'm thinking Early 20th?

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    Nice Alpho vase, 5e at the charity shop. I've never seen one in this shape and I can't find one online either. That makes 5 to the collection!

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    SO happy to have scored this Carven brooch on ebay for 20e. I was the only bidder on this one that still has the tag. You normally can't find one listed for under 60. It happily joins the snail I got last year.

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    This was described as paper mache or alabaster (can't remember which), but it looks like wood to me. Very heavy. I thought the seller said it was a coffre (box), but they meant a coffre (coffin), so its a figurine not anything of use. Oh well, it was in the same lot as below so not a huge deal.

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    And finally this nice watercolor and some jewelry. The squirrel is possibly Art Deco or 50s, depends on the ad you listen to. No squirrels I've seen, but theres a couple of poodles made identically. The brass wannabe brooch is interesting, definitely glass baubles. The seller said the face was ebony? I love the watercolor, can't discern the sig but I think the year is '41?

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  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    does the lamp have a magnetic bottom closure ?
     
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  9. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Love the squirrel! Definitely Continental.
     
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  10. RachelW

    RachelW Well-Known Member

    Its so interesting right! Cute little thing.
     
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  11. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    In general, I wouldn't spend $5 for a used coffee mug. But this one seemed worth it:

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  12. Debora

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  13. Tiquer

    Tiquer Well-Known Member

    WOWWWWwwww
     
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  14. Tiquer

    Tiquer Well-Known Member

    Nothing for me today. NOTHING!!!
     
    Tiquer, Mar 9, 2024
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  15. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Me either. I did get to talk to another antique junkie in the Ill Will, but otherwise it was a waste of gas.
     
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  16. RachelW

    RachelW Well-Known Member

    Nice start to the 2024 season!

    A little outdated (1984 prices) but lots of pictures and descriptions for 2 euros. And it's in English!

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    Even better, a nice Pierre Bex for 5 euros (thank you you lovely jewelies for that name a couple months ago), and a lovely amethyst chip and freshwater (?) pearl necklace for 3 euros.

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    I missed out on a cloisonné ball pen I meant to go back to, but hopefully since it was a dealers stall I'll see it again in the next one.​
     
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  17. Tiquer

    Tiquer Well-Known Member

    One of today's finds: 20240310_112941.jpg
     
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  18. Tiquer

    Tiquer Well-Known Member

    20240310_133709.jpg Also got an unopened Robin Hood figure from 1991, Kenner.
     
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  19. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    peel that label off real careful like.....that's one heck of a good actor !!!!
     
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  20. Tiquer

    Tiquer Well-Known Member

    That was exactly why I bought it, not to mention he's gone now. And yeah, leave it to the dumb worker to cover his FACE!!
     
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