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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jul 12 2005 : 06:11:51 AM
On a couple of other topics, there have been neat stories about recent treasures found - a pie safe, lots of great material for projects, etc.
Have any of you ever found really neat treasures? We could share stories about them....our own little "Farmgirl Antiques Roadshow" stories. I know I have never found anything worth lots of money, but I have found things that spoke to my heart.
Once in the little town of Thomasville, Georgia (1974) I found a quilt, all hand sewn, and all muslin squares the size of postage stamps. It was very old, and part of an estate sale. There it was lying at the bottom of a trunk that everyone else wanted. I just wanted the quilt! I got it for $3.00. It is all pastel colors, and I spent a lot of time doing tiny repairs on it. But my stitiches cannot compare to the originals. Mine look huge compared!
What treasures have you found?
jpbluesky
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| MeadowLark |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 5:08:17 PM
High Five Katie! You get the junking award for November!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 4:07:18 PM
Wow..what a haul!!! You for sure have the prize for best treasure found this week!!!!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 3:07:18 PM
Driving last night to pick dh up, saw a bunch of boxes, waiting for the morning garbage pickup. The house recently went up for sale, so I slowed for a look -- could be good stuff? Atop one of the boxes was a tree stand, and I saw 'Christmas' scrawled across one of the boxes. Hmm.
Later that night, had to go to get eggs at the grocery (wish I could get them from some hens in the back yard, but -- suburbia!). What a perfect excuse to park near the boxes and take a peek. Decided to grab four boxes and open them at home.
First box I opened had lots of ornaments in it -- mostly cheap, newer. But hidden amongst these things were two vintage paper glitter houses -- the kind you can put a Christmas light in the back of. I love those! One even has its price stamped on the bottom: 10 cents. Also found half-a-dozen vintage glass ornaments.
Next box: lots of used Christmas candles, etc., but one shoebox opened to reveal vintage bottlebrush trees. This is when I started hyperventilating! Also a couple of chalk figures -- snowman, and two kids on a sled -- stamped Made in England on the bottom.
One box -- lots of Christmas lights; some not working, some fine.
Final box -- kids clothes, mostly stained; used shoes. But one clear plastic box contained a precious baby bonnet, made by stitching a lace-edged hanky just so. It was accompanied by a little poem 'The Magic Hankie' about how this gift to baby can become the bride's handkerchief -- 'something old'-- on her wedding day. So sweet!
Of course I had to stop again this morning, when dropping dh off at 5:30 a.m. This time one box contained nativity figures, hand-made by someone in ceramics class and quite nicely glazed in a soft blue on white clay. I don't have room for this big nativity grouping, so decided to donate it.
The other box was kitchen stuff -- cake pans, muffin tins, two rolling pins, etc. From this, I rescued for myself two vintage cookie cutters -- one with a green handle, one with red.
All of the stuff that I didn't want I rewrapped in new newsprint and dropped off today at a charity resale store. Glad the stuff didn't get into the landfill . . . and what an adventure, finding vintage Christmas stuff on the side of the road!
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| quilt8305 |
Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 9:59:43 PM
jpbluesky,
Go for it. The only bad part is what eggs do to silver!!!!!
And the polishing.
Mary
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. Wm. James |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 7:30:28 PM
Mary - thanks for the additional info - that is really interesting. I have never read about the theatre after the assassination. Something new to research!
Also, your Indian collection sounds great. It will definitely increase in value with time. It is probably worth a lot right now.
And....I have recently decided to use my silverplate everyday. It only gets better looking with time and use, and since that is not happening to me, I might as well enjoy it while I can! :) |
| quilt8305 |
Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 6:05:30 PM
jpbluesky, The article is very hard to read. Apparently, the building was purchased by the government after Lincoln was assassinated and used as an Army museum and as a place where around five hundred clerks worked in the army's Pension Record Division. The article says that the building had been declared unsafe several years prior to the collapse - walls were bulging, etc. I think it just plain fell down! Twenty people were killed in the collapse. That's about all I could figure out. It was a New York paper, but did not have a date on this piece. One of the other pieces had a date of 1895.
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. Wm. James |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 1:36:23 PM
Mary - the collapse of the Ford Theatre! Wow! I would love to know that story! I grew up in Springfield Illinos, Land of Lincoln, and have studied about him for a long time. I do not know about how the theatre collasped! Very interesting find for you!
jpbluesky |
| quilt8305 |
Posted - Oct 08 2005 : 7:26:14 PM
Here's another treasure - I have a small collection of Navaho rugs and baskets and one lovely pottery piece that I inherited from a great aunt who spent time among the Navahos many years ago. A few years ago my husband went to South Africa to hunt and brought back three Zulu baskets that are a perfect addition to this collection. Even tho' I didn't find them - he did. One is a large marriage basket (he was gone over our anniversary) and two smaller ones are bottles that are so closely woven they actually hold water.
Mary
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. Wm. James |
| bramble |
Posted - Oct 06 2005 : 04:29:49 AM
Thanks Mary! Now if I could only figure out how to get there!
with a happy heart |
| quilt8305 |
Posted - Oct 05 2005 : 3:48:21 PM
Bramble,
The World's Longest Yard Sale takes place in Indiana/Tennessee/Alabama. Here's a link: www.127sale.com. It's in August.
Mary
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. Wm. James |
| westfork woman |
Posted - Oct 05 2005 : 3:47:11 PM
Don't you just love silveplate. There is so much of it out there, and most of the time it is black and awfull looking. You pay couple of bucks, and bring it home and polish it up, and you have a tresure. My friend and I have an afternoon tea each spring for our ladies club, the guests ooh and ahh over our silver, and almost all of mine came from thrift stores. I have trays of all shapes and sizes, punch ladels, candle sticks, ice buckets, sugar tongs, salad servers, punch cups, julep cups, vases, too much to remember. The only thing not from thrift stores is a wonderful tea set and cold water server, given me by a very dear friend. Which is the best treasure of all.
Greetings from the morning side of the hill. |
| quilt8305 |
Posted - Oct 05 2005 : 3:33:03 PM
A few years ago I found a huge set of silverplate flatware for $200. There are so many pieces that I figure I paid about $.15 per piece. Even little seafood forks!! There was a business card in the box from a Navy captain - he must have done a lot of entertaining.
Two years ago in Lynchburg Tennessee I found a set of string pieced quilt blocks sewn on old newspapers for backing. This find was $20. Some of the stories on the newspapers tell of the trial of Lizzie Borden and the collapse of the Ford Theater in Washington D.C. I had four of the blocks framed in a spiderweb design.
Mary
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. Wm. James |
| westfork woman |
Posted - Oct 05 2005 : 3:00:58 PM
Love those thrift shops, auctions, and yard sales. DH and I splurged and bought a 5th wheel rv. A really big purchase for us. I tried, I really tried to outfit it with new stuff, but I am just too cheap to pay new prices for things I could buy for lots less. I kept the colors, blue and white, black and yellow in mind, and went wild. I didn't spend over $10 for any item, and most cost less than $3. Some items are vintage and look it, which is cool, but most are so new, you would think they came from Bed Bath and Beyond. One of the best buys was a dutch blue wool blanket with a tulip scene woven in it. I think it is pre-ww2, but was in mint condition. I'm sure it had been in a cedar chest all these years. I paid $6 for it. Love junk shopping.
Greetings from the morning side of the hill. |
| BlueApple |
Posted - Oct 05 2005 : 07:14:15 AM
LOVE the drying rack!
Julia
BlueApple Farm |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Oct 05 2005 : 06:43:41 AM
Wow, Clare! I love your drying rack. I used to see those at farm auctions back in Michigan. And the robe is fab! You must sport pincurls in your hair also when you wear it. I had a great day at Salvation Army on Monday -- Singer sewing machine, with cabinet, for $40 and fabuloso Jackson China restaurantware dishes -- handleless teacups (or are they custard cups or egg cups?), butter pats, serving bowl, cereal bowls, saucers; plus 2 Homer Laughlin platters; plus 4 Shenango dinner plates -- all in red and white. 39 pcs in all for $32!! So I'm taking more of my current stuff to the consignment shop today to pay for my new finds. (Already sold my hydrangea plate and turquoise bracelet from previous garagesale finds.) Don't you love all this stuff that just floats around until it finds the perfect home? Clare, will you be using that drying rack indoors this winter? I know I'll be festooning around our woodstove, what with our natural gas prices predicted to increase by 71 percent. KL |
| Clare |
Posted - Oct 05 2005 : 06:27:03 AM
Here's a pic of the pink nylon 1940's robe that I found at Goodwill, ($3.99) that I had mentioned several pages ago. Also a new find, a heavy duty vintage clothes drying rack that has huge 1 inch dowels! I could hang rugs on it, it is so sturdy. It felt so forelorn to be sitting in the odds and ends furniture at Goodwill. I just said, "you're coming home with me!"... The rack had handwritten (in permanent marker  ) prices on it anywhere from $99.00 to $2.00 and including "not for sale". I think an antique ship must've used it for display. I paid an adoption fee of $3.50!  The dowell configuration is different than the less sturdy modern ones too, and I like that because things don't overlap as much. Anywho, Love it!
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May the sun bring you new energy by day, may the moon softly restore you by night, may the rain wash away your worries, may the breeze blow new strength into your being, may you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life. ~~Apache Blessing
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| greyghost |
Posted - Sep 25 2005 : 5:53:04 PM
I'm going shopping Monday or Tuesday! Maybe both, lol!
I got my check in from work, the bills are paid and that cute little turn of the century cabinet at the antique store in town is gonna be MINE!!!
It's white, 12" deep, about 5 1/2 feet tall. Glass doors on top, with 3 shelves, and two little drawers, one with dividers in it already for silverware and the like, and 2 smaller doors on the bottom with another shelf. Perfect for my nearly finished kitchen! I am so excited. It's EXACTLY what we wanted for nearly 5 years at our old house to fit in the space we had in the bathroom. But in the little MIL suite we are nearly finished with, the kitchen is small and I need more space for bowls and a wine cabinet (we buy in bulk... lol) and this being the Bible Belt... best if I can hide those wine bottles.
Also gonna look for linens, some vintage pins, old picture frames, an old little mirror for the bathroom, and I'm on the hunt for a pie safe to hide the ugly TV in. That'll be at Trade Day on Tuesday. My back still isn't perfect, but if I break up my hunts, I'll get what I am looking for!
So close to moving in! One little electrical inspection, one little floor to finish, install the toilet and we are movin' in and living like REAL people!!!
(for those who don't know, we've been "camping" for 6 months in the house, while we remodeled the in-law suite in the back. The "house" is drafty, prone to growing mushrooms and mold and mildew, the toilet may fall through the floor at any time and backs up at will, and there is NO kitchen, no bedroom door, not even a decent closet. Everything we own has been in a storage unit all this time!) |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Sep 25 2005 : 10:56:31 AM
Had to post my most recent finds: turquoise and silver bracelet 50 cents; two turquoise and silver rings 50 cents each; Rosenthal plate with green hydrangeas 50 cents; blue and white English ironstone plate 25 cents. Woo-hoo! Gonna try to sell them at the consignment shop so I can purchase more fabric (I've become a fabric hoarder, ala Meadowlark). |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Sep 15 2005 : 11:00:39 AM
Heather, I love those Friends of the library sales too! Next time I am on a mission to find Gladys Taber. Problem is, I have so many books and so few shelves to put them on! Guess I need to be scouting a bookcase at Goodwill or junk sale! Ahhh...I think GW ( not the prez) is calling my name..... 
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
| Clare |
Posted - Sep 15 2005 : 09:51:34 AM
Yes, Bramble, great finds! I have also noticed the Goodwill/Target association in my town. Goodwill told me they buy the "rejects" for pennies on the dollar. I've found quite a few nice things that way.
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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| bramble |
Posted - Sep 15 2005 : 09:35:44 AM
Hey girls! The yard sales were practically non existent this summer because of the heat so I think everyone is making up for lost time and doing double duty with the fall sales. And we all know that what doesn't get sold at the yard sales usually ends up at the thrift stores so it seems like it's a great time for both right now. Happy hunting!
PS... Our Goodwill seems to be a Target store reposititory! They seem to get alot of returned , broken, past season merchandise from them, so that's how I got lucky with sheets twice recently...Yeah!
with a happy heart |
| CelticCoyote |
Posted - Sep 15 2005 : 06:30:12 AM
Oooooh, girls, I just *know* I'm gonna have a big pile of great finds tomorrow!! Well, okay, it's not vintage linens or anything, but it's about the most exciting thing *I* can think of... My much-adored local library is having their annual Friends of the Library book sale tomorrow. Basically, everyone in the county brings in all their old books (Old is such a relative term, too...I swear, half of them have never even been opened! ), and the library sells them for DIRT cheap, anywhere from $.25 to $2. My darling husband gave me about $40, and I'm going to stock up like crazy!! The selection is enormous, and they set them into areas according to genre (cookbooks, sewing books, fiction, etc.). I can't hardly wait!!! |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Sep 15 2005 : 04:08:20 AM
Ooooo, Bramble! What wonderful finds! Don't you just love it when you hit the motherlode at a garage sale? The vintage icecream chairs -- zowie! And Goodwill finds as well . . . I'm envious! |
| bramble |
Posted - Sep 14 2005 : 7:02:54 PM
4 Vintage ice cream parlor chairs for my screened porch and they were just sitting at the curb next to someone's trash can!
Goodwill:
Turquoise and silver signed belt buckle 2.99
Waverly queen size sheets still in the package 3.99
Brown and cream "moonshine" jug 1.99
Tall candlestand 2.99(loose leg, easily fixed!)
New watch in box with marcasite band 5.99
Med. ironstone pitcher with roses 1.49
Not too shabby and that wasn't even the yard sale bonanaza!
GMA Cut the Calories Cookbook .50
Vintage Dobbs hatbox 1.00
old fingerhold oil lamp 1.00
1001 Low Fat Recipes (enormous book!) 1.00
Oak picnic basket 3.00
Box of vintage lace, eyelet and trims 1.00
Some things I'll keep and some I will sell next weekend at our Fall Festival in town (I have a vintage booth this year (Think FarmChick type stuff!
with a happy heart |
| Bridge |
Posted - Sep 14 2005 : 11:59:04 AM
This is my finds for the last week.
A awesome cabinet with 3 woven baskets that are on frames $5
A ice cream maker $6
neat ol picture frame 25 cents
pair of Old Navy overalls $4
Pair of Short Alls $4
Ceramic flower pot$1
Levis for DH 50 cents
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