Featured Finds Thread

I get up early for church sales, flea markets, and community yard sales. Estate sales I pop in later, not fighting the crowds. Thrifts here, you never know when they will put things out. One stocks their jewelry booth late Saturday. Another brings jewelry out Tuesday morning. I donate a lot of clothing and household goods, so they know me.

 

Our one St. Vinnys thinks they are Nordstroms.

 

Back in my wandering days I landed in Couer D'Alene Idaho and I worked at a St Vincent De Paul thrift . They had a little efficiency apartment carved out of the warehouse and thats where I stayed for like 6 weeks. During the day we would go pick up stuff. I'll never forget the one tiny old house some old lady donated that was packed to the rafters with all this huge ornate victorian furniture and loads of bric a brac and what not. It took us 3 days and multiple trips to get it all. I thought that she had once had a much grander house,maybe she hit reduced circumstances. I used to spend nights just digging away thru the mountain of stuff in that warehouse. I found the 1st 3 books of the Frank L Baum Wizard of Oz series,all mint in the dust jackets. One of the few things I took with me when I left ,paid a quarter each ! Sold them in Atlanta for $125 each,wich was a fortune in 1979 ! I was rather sad to go because everyone was just so lovely to me and they treated me well. But I had sand in my shoes ,as my old dad used to say.

 

Good story @johnnycb09!

 

The only reason I got those beads was because I was looking nosy around their pile of unsorted stuff and she let me look through it all. The other week the cashier let me have a sterling bud vase for 2 euros but a small pair of brass owl figures were 10. I put down the owls and sold the vase for 30. I will be making a donation to the charity when I sell the beads to make up for whisking it away from them

They already have at least 1 jewelry lady, and most of the really good stuff I overheard them say goes to auctions.

 

My finds from this weekend:

likely 1930s Playskool flatbed truck and 22 blocks; $10:



A probably home-made child's ferry boat toy; $1:



2 Ecuadorian 'Mucahuas' made by the Kichwa people; each is about 7" across; hand made, hand painted, $5 each:






A vintage original photo of a wind-gnarled Sitka spruce tree from the Oregon coast; $5:

 

2 textiles from India, $5 and $10 respectively:







And lastly 3 small original paintings of Saskatchewan, $8 for all three:

 

Likely........
https://artvalue.ca/artist/Sharon-Larson/value/11586967/

https://www.invaluable.com/artist/larson-sharon-0w3nobn9e3/

 

I love the little ferry!

 

The textiles are beautiful, would be great wall hangings.

 

I decided to rearrange my tiny living room to fit my $5 peacock chair. Jewelry pics later.
The painting above the chair is a section of Amen corner from hubby's golfing days. This fall, we are redoing our stairs and painting a light gray on the walls. I will be replacing his paintings with seascapes.

 

Thanks for the possible artist ID @komokwa !

 

I also love the Oregon tree photograph.

 

Thanks @Marko !

 

I want to put THAT above my chair!

 

Boooooooo...!
send me the Amen Corner....I'll send you a seascape...

 

I wish I could send you all THREE of those Amen corner paintings. They don't match the decor at all. Hubby doesn't golf anymore after two knee replacements. They have been up for 24 YEARS. My turn to have seascape photographs done by a local artist.

 

This is what is going there soon.

 

Check out his Facebook page.

 

not on a grey wall it's not !!

I'm coming over there and we will have words !!!!