Featured Finds Thread

WOAAAHHH!
Bravo! A precious twin to mine!

 

The same, other view from pinterest Antique trader.com:

No more infos...It seems the crystal is pink!

 

Odds are that one went for crazy money.

 

Found this little guy yesterday. I need to dredge my memory for the artist who did painted bakelite, because I'm pretty sure that's what he is. The painting was $6 at the Ill Will. It's an oil by a listed artist with a real Oil Painters of America alphabet soup after her name - Carol Swinney. The frame has to have retailed for a good $50. I checked when I got home, and her current gallery prices are $1000+. Mom didn't like it much until I found the price tag.(LOL) This one's in Scotland and she's known mostly for Arizona/western art, but.

 

Love the owl -- is it a pin, or just a doodad?

Oh, and like the painting, too. Good score!

 

Sold for $ 4,500 USD

 

It's a pin. The painting was purchased at the same time as an overpriced jewelry jar. Even so, I figure I did OK.

 

Thanks @KikoBlueEyes for the info

 

I thought you might like that. @kyratango

 

Kyra definitely stole hers!(LOL)

 

Very happy with my « steal »

 

A Western Electric Princess phone in Aqua Blue. The cord is cut but parts are available and it’s in excellent condition and they sell well. Date code indicates 1962. I am actually tempted to keep it!

 

love your phone bluumz Keep it, you can always sell it later on!

lol MCT thanks for posting this!

 

Ann Margaret on her Aqua Blue Princess phone in Bye Bye Birdie c.1963:

 

11"x9" oil painting behind glass- sticker on back from art gallery at the U.S. naval facility in agnano italy - 7 bucks - sig hard to make out - probably a local artist to that area i would guess.

 

good guess....still a fun painting !!!!
Italy's coastline......can be really wonderful..

 

17 year olds & phone - watched without turning on sound & still nearly died laughing. They were just determined that there had to be something you push & think they thought they had to keep resetting it after each attempt by lifting & replacing receiver. Guess if you can't figure out which way is front on your hat, a rotary phone would be a challenge. That kid couldn't figure out how to keep the cord out of the way.

Just replayed with sound & heard they got help. So unfair, so unfair.

 

I got a kick out of them thinking the way it worked is to start at 0, go round to a number (say 3), and that dials that number