Featured Finds Thread

I won this cutie on eBay a couple of weeks back as the only bidder. I was fairly certain it was going to be a sterling cap although the seller made no indication of a mark & it was extremely tarnished. It cost me a whole $13.51 because I used my whopping $6.41 in eBay bucks.

The crystal is deeply cut & measures 2 5/8" top to bottom. It even retains its bitty stopper & is marked on both sides of the hinge.

 

That pocket perfume is a beauty!

The lucite giraffee was an absolute steal. He'll find a good home with someone who will love him and kiss him and call him George. (can you tell we're all old in here or what?)

 

The Doxies are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! ALL YA NEED ARE THE RIGHT TREATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND LOTS OF 'EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

HARRRUMPH!!!!!

 

HA!!! I just did too!!!

GREAT, WELL ORGANIZED BOOTH, Anund!!!!

 

I haz car booted.

There was a lovely family at the first one, wish I'd taken photos. An ENTIRE table full of Neiger and other incredible stuff. Sadly, they knew what it was worth. So because I'm kind, I suggested way better places to sell it than a rather low end car boot sale. Apparently, grandmama had collected it all. Family also casually mentioned that there was loads of Georg Jensen.

 

THUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I was lusting. Loads of Egyptian Revival, Pekin Glass, you name it. And some wonderful lapis and coral earrings, possibly somewhere Afghan.

I should have given them my phone number.....or maybe not.

 

I will bet your heart went into high gear when you first saw the table.

That was very kind of you to give them the information about a better venue.

 

I was breathless, literally! But given they were aware they had value, I thought I might as well help a bit. I was drooling, I tell you, drooling.

 

VERY HARD TO DROOL AND NOT BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Yay, what did you find?. Enquiring minds want to know . I’m just sorting through my loot now

Wow! A struggle to keep the poker face I imagine

. That was good of you to point them in the right direction though (maybe my address next time?).

Note to self to give OBB my phone number too....

 

We use that quote in our house all the time but I have no idea where it comes from- please enlighten me!

 

I might have ignored the price tags a bit and bought something anyway.

Warner Brothers cartoon. It's gone into the lexicon rather.

 

& you should have given them your money !!!
at least a little of it !

a car boot sale......they were looking to raise some cash.....and u could have bought something u really liked....and helped them that way !

just saying....

 

I was half thinking of going to a none too promising estate sale this morning, but for a list of reasons watched the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral instead. Then I took a load of stuff to a charity thrift - clothes from another thrift's bag sale mostly, some with tags, and a pile of modern buttons. I took home a McCoy yelloware pitcher and a really pretty paperweight glass candle holder. Total price for the two? $3. The pitcher isn't signed but the art glass is. The pitcher is out in my trunk waiting to go elsewhere. It weighs a ton. The glass is below, signed AJ (and you can bet I thought... @Anyjewelry ..wazzat you? The other bits are from Friday. The cuff links are sterling cum-aparts, gold-fill and more or less mosaic, and vintage MMA King Tut enamel. The pin is Weiss. The earrings are marked Cubic Zirconia, new in box. The earring backs say gold-filled, but the earrings themselves are probably real. Haven't tested. For those from New England, look where they came from - Bradlees! The other two pair are garden variety sterling.

 

The pitcher - mine has a few smallish chips.
https://www.rubylane.com/item/212146-15330/Vintage-McCoy-Green-Pottery-Pitcher-Grape

 

@evelyb30

there is a paperweight maker...who signs with AJ--Adam Jablonski.