Featured Finds Thread

My last big find for the day is what I believe to be an authentic WW2 field phone. I will post a separate thread of it, with the details I've learned on it, separately. I was blown away to get it.

 

Here's a pic. They have a small wooden dowel inside!

 

It looks like some sort of straight-load, so maybe 120? 2.25x2.25 or so negs?

 

Film is 3"
Dowel is 3.75"

 

Pickings are grim lately. This little basket caught my eye. I thought it African but havent been able to match it .The wood holder is what caught my eye.


Murano flamingo .I swore I was done with them,gave mine to my niece and then I spotted this.

 

I'd have nabbed that too. Wow. My find of the church sale was a NWT pajama top, J Peterman - knew it was good when the instructions say Machine wash warm. It's a guy shirt so the sleeves are long enough. For once.

620 or 616 then, probably.

 

@johnnycb09 that flamingo is fabulous

 

Oho. Shouldn't be a surprise that the paper junkie knows it's paper. Also no surprise that it's not film, which would have cracked up with repeated use or bad storage. Or stuck together. Or worse.

 

maybe a recent Indonesian Ketak basket..?

 

that yellow color reminds me of the Rusty Staub baseball bat I got at the park on ' Bat Day '..... 1st 5000 people in the park got one !

 

Interesting! I can't tell if it's paint, or, just the wood itself.

 

I found this cool little Pueblo pot this morning. Clear influence of Maria here.

 

And this Motawi 6"x6" tile for $10. I'll make an oak frame out of scraps and it'll look nice.

 

Ok, one more: wool blankets!

This first one is a Chief Joseph blanket. I found it new in its bag at a garage sale for $25, probably 15 years ago. It took a year or more to break it in--to go from scratchy to soft-- but since then it's a favorite:



This one has no tag, but may be a Pendleton too. Also $25 a couple years ago, also at a garage sale:



This wool blanket was in the (dry) garage at a recent estate sale. Somebody musta thought it was a moving blanket to wrap furniture. $4



And here's another Chief Joseph blanket, found today for $30. Somebody weirdly removed the edging (?). The tag, I've learned from our very own web site, indicates 1930-1972:

 

Love the tile !

 

nice pot...!!!

 

Wish I could deal with wool, but it and I don't mix well.