Featured Finds Thread

Visited a few Charity Shops.
Larimar and silver pieces £3.50.for both.
The silver and Pearl, ammonite pendant was £1, the bone bracelet £3.50 and the rich gilt cufflinks £1.50 and the Czech brooch £3.

 

WOW!

 

NICE, Johnny!!!! I even LIKE the painting, which is new for me!!!!

 

WELL, c'mon!!!! DISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

AWESOME FIND, JAMES!!!! SO COOL!!!

 

Check out post 24190 he tells about his purchase.

 

The bracelet looks like sand cast!

The two red ones and the green one are made of the same materials. I think the crucifix and miraculous medal are horn, but the beads? Painted something or other, some damaged.

 

These are a bit of a “find” as they were shoved in the back of my mother’s cabinet and we “discovered” them. Both belonged to my great grandmother.

1) Imari cup and saucer. Royal Crown Derby, 1811-1849

2) rozenburg den haag vase

 

@Tanya - Those are beautiful & I assuming are going no farther than your house.

 

For now they remain at my mom’s house. But I told my mother she must display the vase. It’s too special to be sitting in a cabinet full of odds and ends. So now it’s in a shelf in the living room : -)

 

If it goes back in the cabinet you have our permission to rehome it to your house.

 

or my house!

 

My favorite little church thrift seems to also be selling to dealers now....oh well. Now all they have is unmarked modern jewelry, broken jewelry, and jewelry missing stones. Sad. Here are some recent finds from thrifts....things missed.
Dress clip missing a few smaller stones, large stones open-backed

Alexis Bittar, missing a few stones

Sterling

 

Swarovski Lily of the Valley brooch

Assorted

Assorted 2, earrings gold plated smokey quartz and quartz

Fresh water pearls and coral necklace

Bib necklace

These were $2. I knew they were 14k, but I couldn't find a mark. I finally found it under the bar, jil israel 14k

 

And no finds post would be complete without a story. I was in a newer thrift and found a scarf I liked, tags cut off, but I knew it was silk. No price tag, no general price sign for scarves. I took it to the register and asked how much scarves were, the lady didn't know. She unfolded my scarf and started saying how beautiful it was, it's silk, etc., then said she was charging me $4. So I asked her how much all the other scarves usually are, and pointed out there were no tags or signs. She said she didn't know, so I told her to find out. The pricers said all scarves were $1 each. I was really annoyed because I think she wanted the scarf for herself. Here it is.

 

Ooooooh. Score. Souvenir of Jerusalem silk scarf! The Orthodox ladies locally would have been all over that!

 

Just like my thrift shop cashier.

 

We did well, yesterday.
It was warm, a house to empty, but defenetly worth sweating for!

 

Hi all,also some little finds from my side of the world.
1) Elkington Plate,date marked K (so 1920’s) No sure what this shape is called? Paid the equivalent of about $2.
2) Stamped Victorian Brass rim pewter tankard (not great condition,but very cool) c1890. Paid about $3.
3) A Shirley Greene painting (really like this)!She is a well-known wildlife artist. I think this is one of her earlier works (as in the early days she only painted birds) This was from a house sale paid about $7.
Anyway,thanks to all for a great forum. Keep well..

 

Beautiful “discoveries” that! I will definitely do some more digging into that cabinet if I was you!