Featured Finds Thread

The brass bits are amazing!

 

Great find!Very nice brass work

 

my word , those are nice !!!!!

now,,,if I were a horse.........I'd want that in my mouth !!

 

Well that’s certainly a statement I didn’t expect to hear today..

 

Slowly recovering from cataract surgery, more than anything, I am fatigued and having trouble with depth perception. Hubby took me to a few thrifts and one antique mall yesterday.
There are two sister thrift shops here that are lazy and price almost all necklaces at $8. It was on my second look around, turning around a necklace rack, that I found this sterling and citrine necklace.

Nice strong heavy construction.
Then, though $48 was a bit pricey for me, this chyroprase, marcasite, and enamel necklace. It was love at first sight, Happy New Years to me, and I have vintage chyroprase earrings that will match.
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Just found a sterling mark on the clasp!!! Woo Hoo!

 

Both are lovely. An average of $28/ea also very nice.

 

Found this cute little guy yesterday. He was labeled 'alien,' but is apparently an 'alebrije' --a folk art with an interesting history from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Too cute not to share.

 

feel better soon !!!!

the procedure must have been a success ....cuz u still have a " Good Eye " !!!!!
...

 

Too cute is right !!!!
an old friend had a wall of shelves full of these....not one there I didn't like !

 

Today I went to an antique store and sold a pile of gotta-gos. Came home with a little baggie of pearls from a scrapped bracelet. Went into an Ill Will nearby and found ... a clean bathroom. Only useful thing there.

 

I wish we had an antique store around here so I can do that too Ruth. They are all
gone.

 

There are a few here, but only one is still really buying and he buys mostly jewelry and some signed glass.

 

Got some more purses today for $9.99+ for the bag of three. One Whiting Davis in the original box and one beaded drawstring and one beaded zipper.



And then another Singer featherweight without a case for $32. after a 20% coupon.

 

Gimme da bags.

 

That floral beaded bag is gorgeous.

 

You will have zero trouble selling that Featherweight! The bags ... will do well if you can out-tussle Bear for them.

 

I found some goodies recently.
A 14k leaf pin was hiding in a basket of costume jewelry for $3.99



And here's a sparkly 14k white gold and pave diamond ring priced at $8.00. Seller must have thought it was costume.
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And a Wedgwood Jasperware jug/pitcher dated 1879 for $14.
It is 8" high. The spout is slightly chipped, but I don't care!

 

Gorgeous! Gorgeous!

 

I find people miss plain 14k gold brooches and ones with pearls a lot.