Featured Finds Thread

You know this was die struck and a number of them were made

Can't find anything similar online

 

A Germany Day commemorative, I'd think. (Tag = day in English.) Something similar in Omaha.

Debora

 

thanks Houseful, I thought Bamboo too

I do too pearls

 

Those vases though...whoooey. They definitely work as a pair and if they're export silver you probably got them for pennies.

 

Those aare little opera glasses, those are.

 

thanks evelyb30

thanks bear They are little and so cute that I might have to keep them

 

Baby Block Baccarat Paperweight $7.50. They got the France but not the Baccarat.

 

Oops! Love it when that happens! At least when I'm doing the finding. Kinda sucks if you're selling.

 

@KikoBlueEyes - I give up. Who did make it?

 

They sometimes miss stuff when it isn't something they care about. I buy a lot of good paperweights from them.

 

Baccarat made it. baccarat glass block paperweight - Google Search

 

I'm sorry I confused you.

 

Okay, I understand now.

I read it to mean they had ID'd it as Baccarat from France but it was actually made by someone else.

It was definitely not your fault. It was late & I was wiped out from packing & listing most of the day.

In retrospect, I should have just turned off the computer & gone to bed.

 

Quick post here because I’m trying to get back to posting finds online: first ed Robert Indiana LOVE sculpture, c. 2009. Brushed aluminium, some damage. Paid £1 yesterday in a little Edinburgh charity shop, still trying to decide if I want to eBay it and put the money towards a house

 

This sort of thing is produced by art museum gift shops early and often. EBay prices are all over the map.

 

Oh I don’t think it’d make big money, mostly because of condition and provenance. But it’d do better than £1– here’s a later one (2011) from Sothebys: https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/contemporary-curated/love-blue

 

It might surprise you; people do crazy things.

 

A few of my charity shop and flea market necklace finds over the last week. Some glass, some plastic - some old, some new. The pink/purple multistrand necklace came in a bag of mixed jewellery. I noticed the name Selini on the clasp so did a bit of research. I found the same necklace in a couple of different colourways on Etsy & Ebay - 1970s apparently - can't believe the prices on what I see as rather ugly plastic junk jewellery!
The pretty floral glass bead choker with the faceted glass drop is very heavy - possibly Murano?
I really like the pale lilac floral one even though it's plastic - just love the colour.
The green & clear square bead one I will probably re-string, think it's been altered at some time but I just like the shape of the beads. The beads in the gold floral necklace with earrings are glass and quite heavy - not really my style but for £3 I couldn't say no!
The amber glass cubes are much yellower than they look the photo and glow bright orange under uv light. I will definitely wear them. The clear & black glass beads are nothing special but I will probably wear them too. All in all I'm pleased with my little haul!

 

Sellini is a good name to see. The floral beads have Chinese findings, so I'd guess the beads are Chinese too. The ambers look Czech and the green ones look recent.

Today I went back to that charity thrift literally on the wrong side of the tracks. Bars on the windows, boarded up ones across the street. It's in a soup kitchen, so I figure spending some money there is a good idea. Didn't find a pile, but I do need to get a photo of an orange bracelet I found. Pure plastic but.... Scored a Brighton keychain too and a table runner a friend wants as a sermon illustration.

At the ReStore...I'll have to sell these to another dealer locally. Hopefully on Thursday. Stangel dishes with some serving pieces in the Bella Rose pattern. Paid $20 the lot. Hope to trade them to another dealer for something that weighs a heckuva lot less. The dishes are as Mid-mod pretty as it gets - gray background with roses.

https://poshmark.com/listing/Stangl...Eoo37ufVKUvN-08geyJId6ZOPbDP9xqhoC-JMQAvD_BwE

 

Amber beads are classic Czech. I do like those pink plastic ones.