Featured Finds Thread

maybe ya wanna go back there and wait for him in the parking lot.......

 

I think everyone here will give you a pass on this one.

Hell, it's not like any of us hasn't over paid for something just to find out it was not legit or got it home to discover there was damage that made it virtually worthless.

 

Such a backlog I have,been on a binge !
Repro chair,but so pretty and only a ten spot,please excuse the mess behind it!

4 Libbey Fairy glasses

Footed bowl,dont know who,think Czech maybe


Italian console bowl

Gorgeous art glass bowl,I suspect new Chinese,but oh so nice to look at



Belleek box 5 inches long


Another Belleek box,3x2


2 cup Irish teapot,"republic of Ireland" incised on the bottom,whats that about?

 

Part 2....
3 gorgeous Japanese (?) quail (?)



Reed & Barton silver plate trivet,the presidential seal is the only reason I bought it. Cant find another like it

2 mid century 6x6 tile pictures,my new fave this week!


Bronze (?) candleholder,I say bronze because when you scrtach it it has a brass color.New or old?

 

Terry, I worked in Atlantic City casino and my boyfriend at the time did, too. He was scammed and bought what he thought was a gold watch. It was gold-plated. Don't feel bad, we are all human and everyone of us has made mistakes (I'm still making them.)

 

Johnny, that teapot is from Carrigaline, County Cork (in the Republic of Ireland.) The Republic is basically the 5/6ths of Ireland that isn't Northern Ireland...

Carrigaline Pottery was founded in 1928, and "for much of middle of the 20th century the pottery was the main source of employment in Carrigaline." (Wiki)

The company apparently hit the skids in the 1970's, and it went out of business in 1979.

Here's one of their teapots on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232722481084?rmvSB=true

 

I had never even HEARD of Belleek until I received 3 pieces of the shamrock stuff as wedding gifts in 1978. (I'm 1/4 Irish and DH is 1/2 Irish, so folks must have thought it quite appropriate!) I have had a soft spot for it ever since.

Sadly, marketing and over-abundant production of "popular" Belleek patterns (TONS of shamrocks!) has hurt the pricing significantly, even for the older stuff. I have an entire glass-fronted display cabinet FULL of OLD Belleek (no shamrocks) as well as quite a bit of the shamrock stuff scattered elsewhere around the house. I wouldn't even THINK of selling it at the prices it goes for right now.

Maybe someday...

Either way, as I mentioned, I have a real soft spot for it!

 

I wasnt a big shamrock fan though I did love Belleek,but a dearly departed ex was a huge fan of the shamrock stuff so when I saw this it made me smile.The other box is the one I fell hard for!

 

It says "reed & Barton" then 1644.But I couldnt find one,I didnt even see this one! My google skills must be lame. Thank you.
I think that seller hasnt seen the Reed & Barton mark,its exacly like mine.

 

The "fairy" on your glasses looks an awful lot like the "White Rock" soda logo.

 

So it is ! Lol ! I didnt even realize that !

 

Lots of White Rock advertising here.

https://www.google.com/search?q=whi...HZC5BeUQsAR6BAgGEAE&biw=1536&bih=729&dpr=1.25

 

Back when I was in grade school, the town park had a "costume contest" one year and Mom whipped me up a "White Rock girl" costume (much more modest than the one on the cans and bottles.)

 

OUCH!!!! So sorry you got stuck.....It can and does happen to any one of us tho, Terry!!!!

 

Another good scam is fake designer handbags. People will shell out even if they know it's fake, if it's made well enough. I have a "Louis Vuitton" bag sitting here that has the wrong color stitching; otherwise it really feels good. Suede lining and all.

 

great finds johnny! Love the Libbey glasses and the first Belleek box

 

I think those tiles are encaustic.

 

From a book(let) entitled A B C which I found this past weekend at an estate sale. No date but I believe it to be from the "Great Depression" era. It is a small "advertising" coloring book(let) (paperback) put out (distributed) by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

It measures 5-1/4" by 7-1/4 inches with each page having a drawing for a child to color (7 pages not counting front/back covers).

Here is a sampling of the "questions for parents" on the inside front cover:
"Does your child get proper rest? This means going to bed early every night and sleeping with the windows open . . . up to ten years, he should be in bed at 7 o'clock in the winter and 8 o'clock in the summer" and "Does he have at least two cleansing baths a week?"