Destiny Comes Calling

We have our set schedule for the week. There's a town we pass that I always want to stop at. 25 or 30 years ago (long before we lived in PA) I saw a painted moon and cow clock that I loved. Surprisingly that year my wife bought me nothing for Christmas. But, out of that exact place she bragged about buying her brother a piece that he loved. I eventually found one like it in an antique store and bought it for myself.

Since we were through everything early today, I thought we'd go to that shop and see if they had anything. It didn't. But, when we pulled into town, an antique (junk) place had a going out of business sign. A lot of their garbage was thrown on the front lawn. I picked up a signed etching for a dollar. My wife found 7 pins/lockets for $3 each. We got there after 2pm. They were probably open since 9am. So, a lot of people picked through this stuff. There were over 15 people while we were there. These are four of the seven.

This looks like a suffragette piece.

This is marked 14k. So chances are good those are diamonds. I'm sure the carat weight is nothing. But, $3.

This is also marked 14k. Look at the clasp. Those might be real pearls.

This has an XVII etched into it. It might be junk. But, it's NOT. Look at the photo.


The other three pieces are also very nice.

Upstairs of this place I found this print. It was just for show when the store was open. I wanted to pay $5. They said $10. I put it back. My wife came up and liked it, so I bought it. It's an etching (I think) of Franz Lefler's - The Marriage of Amor. It's in a beautiful frame. We'll be hanging it.