Featured Finds Thread

the shells look legit from here......& the baton....maybe field made for the trenches..

 

great finds brad! amazing the price tag is next to the word sterling

 

My thoughts exactly......

 

Uh Davey - was this "lock up" not secured in any way all this time??

Never mind. I just read your other post about the box.

 

Those shells look right; I don't know a lot about trench art, but I can spot hand-hammered metal at 50 feet. As for the truncheon, I for one wouldn't want to get whacked with it. Could it be American? I'd check billy club, nightstick etc. How it would have landed in a UK storage locker I haven't a clue, but you never know.

 

Loving the finds! It has been pretty dry here. I went to an estate sale last Friday night, new weird estate sellers, the costume jewelry all went in the first 5 minutes to one person. I don't think I missed much, though. My best finds are at antique shows, and I have two or three (if I want to travel) coming up.

This was in the costume jewelry pile, 14k and diamonds, 1 1/2 inches in diameter, pendant/brooch combo:

 

No.... I didn't get there and wait in line. The sale was supposed to be Friday night from 5-7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday all day. I went out and had some Thai food and meandered over at 6:30 p.m. The house was completely picked over in that span- all jewelry sold within the first 5 minutes (the sign said costume jewelry $1 a bag and the lady had three shopping bags full, they told me.) I have to say, the pictures on the estate sale sight had the junkiest costume jewelry, stuff I wouldn't have bought for a quarter. The good furniture was all sold, perfumes gone, even glassware tagged as sold. This is what estate sales are like here. They said the house was jammed for the first hour. People line up about two hours ahead of time for the sales and take numbers. Every estate seller is different and has different rules.

I got the pin earlier in the day in my serendipitous travels. I have a couple of circuits I make to various locations, and I found two new thrift shops that day. I am claustrophobic and am a solitary person, so the anxiety of dealing with people fighting over stuff is too much for me. I find things anyway, but I guess not as much as if I would really get serious....if I were making a living out of this, I would probably change my tactics, but it is a hobby for me at this point. Now when I retire.....

 

Don't know why I bought this other than that it has a cool 50's vibe. Oil painting portrait by E Mcnerney (maybe the New Yorker cartoonist?)

 

True...but that style is correct for the period..!

 

Davey - take a close look at the stuff in the gold and white box. The big piece looks like Miracle; it sells well if so, and even if not Scottish designs do OK. The one at the bottom looks like a Deco necklace I have that's sterling. It may well be gold-tone and glass alas, but a girl can dream.

 

The finds have been scarce since there have not been many quality auctions in my area but I did get this Roseville Pinecone Ashtray at an antique mall for a reasonable price.

 

I love that occassional table Davey .. just my style ... Joy.

 

I believe a lot of trench art was made in the towns and villages of northern France and Belgium to sell. A useful source of income in hard times.
Is this correct?