Featured Finds Thread

They're 1800s. Brittle as eggs shells.

 

I think they're "scrap" that was probably printed on one sheet. The tabs kept the separate die-cut pieces as a sheet (tenuously!) until cut apart by the buyer.

They were called "scrap" because scrapbooks were extremely popular and many of these little pieces ended up in people's scrapbooks.

 

I inherited a couple of Victorian scrapbooks and have purchased several more. It's always amazing to me the wide variety of paper items that were produced in the late 19th century, mainly for collectors and scrapbookers.

 

I'm not buying things anymore, but now that I'm selling again, I do have "finds" as I go through my things to pick out items to sell, so I think I'll start sharing some here. Sometimes I forgot I had the item, and sometimes it's something I newly discovered in a box with my mother's things. It's always fun to find a surprise!

Here's an item I thought was interesting. It's a fraternal pin made by Whitehead & Hoag for the Knights of Pythias, circa 1895. The bar at the bottom in the back was designed to hold a ribbon... there's a listing on Etsy of the same pin that has the original ribbon. The graphic depicts scenes and icons that have meaning for the KoP and the backing behind the image is celluloid. I don't know what the metal is.


(Sorry for all the white space... they're my eBay images, which I've been making square.)

 

Very nice, Pat! Do you think this belonged to a relative and handed down or that your Mom picked it up because it appealed to her?

 

Thanks, Bakers! I doubt any members of my family would have been accepted into Knights of Pythias, so suspect my mother purchased it. She probably had no idea of its significance and bought it for it's aesthetic appeal. Don't know if she noticed that the scene on the right is of an execution!

 

Lovely item Pat!

 

Thanks, Pearls!

 

The name looks like numbers...?

That's a nice trunk....& looks like it made more than one trip !

No insides ???
That's a shame ....I'll bet they were nice .....still.....nice find !

 

Could the last four letters possibly "ZARO"???

 

Wow on that chest. Truly a treasure.

 

Not really a find but a Found; I restung these months ago and just found them again. They're just glass, but hit them with the flash and they light up like this.

 

Is there medication to make you stop????

 

Here are a couple more things I've recently picked up>>>
>2 tiny chips in teapot I didn't catch but it was cheap so...
>LOVE my Mr. Peanut cup!!! Went there a lot on the boardwalk in Atlantic City when little. Can smell it even now! Gone.
>These S&Ps are tiny.

 

Huh, make me stop what???

 

Buying........

 

I've a pile-o Hot Wheels, including an early redline, and similar cars I've picked up too but not sure anyone wants to see those.

 

Oh, I haven't bought things in years other than the basics for living.

Thanks to my inherited stuff, I have no place to put anything new and no need, either. But I do miss the fun of shopping!