Featured Finds Thread

That is quite a haul you got there!! Those tend to make you forget about all the times you went to a sale & walked out with nothing.

 

Went to more than one of those today! I did however score at a few too. The one I went hoping would have the biggest haul was a fundraiser tag sale. Nada. Waste of gas. The next one however was stuff from the hoard of a New York Historical Society curator named Mike. Got a friend's Christmas present - a small piece from an Ives train layout; Ives was bought out by Lionel and the name retired in the early 30s. On the way home, one of the finds was a full sheet of 33 cent stamps for $2.50, with a $6.60 face value. And a sterling Parker fountain pen with a 14k nib.

 

I got a batch of furrin money for three bucks at the auction. Trade ya for the pen.

 

i have the ball point mate to that pen...

 

evelyb - WTG on the fountain pen!!!

You have a little bit of good run going. Keep it up.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...=parker+sterling+fountain+pen+cisele&_sacat=0

 

Thanks; your fingers to God's ear!

 

Nice finds, Evelyb!! I found a few things here and there.... I went to one flea market at an old school, nuttin except binoculars for the husband, he loved them. The I went to my flea market I usually go to on Sunday, Saturday was much better. Found a lot of costume, but here is some silver and GF.
The guy let this go for $10 when he wouldn't let a costume cameo watch pendant go for less than $20.... I picked this, and it fits! Cleaned the cameo after I saw the dirt on this picture.



Victorian bridal bracelet set



This is James Avery, $10

Mikimoto sterling, not sure the pearl is original $10
Can't get the ring on the front of this cameo off, but love her anyway

 

you got some beautiful pieces Marko, I love the bracelets

 

Very nice everyone. Of late I am finding bupkis.

Note to self, remember that pen.

 

Some auction finds .......

1. Christian Moerlein Bottle: Have been wanting one of their larger size stoneware bottles for a while.
2. Stoneware Bowl: Liked the design.
3. McCoy jardinière: Have been looking for one of these for quite some time but was outbid previously. Got this one for a good price.

 

I love the dough bowl! I would have fought you for that one, Joe!

 

Now this is a find. A $13 flea market find from the 1980's turned out to be a 26kt diamond!

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/15-costum...-27-carat-174656874--abc-news-topstories.html

 

I hardly buy anything anymore, but I went to a rummage sale and picked up these:

There's a Heisey perfume bottle there (didn't know it until I took the photo - just thought it looked elegant). Dauber's broken... of course.
The owl is by a Canadian ceramicist named Marianne Suda. The pin tray is made in Germany, amateur painted. Again I thought the shape was elegant. The clear rhinestone pin has a Sherman-ish look to it, but it's unsigned so who cares. One of the amber colored earrings is repaired. The set has an '80s look to me. (Maybe I'll start a separate thread for those.) The remaining pin is junk.


This is an amateur painting, unsigned, 9" by 11" canvas, probably 1964 from framer's notes, maybe painted by someone named Bob Adams. Not the worst ever.

 

I never buy "art" like this, and it' not an antique but wanted to share - something about this called to me - and said "buy me - i'm so kitschy that I'm good." Heehee - anyhow - it's signed "Santiago" and is an acrylic on board. Behold it's over the top glory (anyone like flamingos?) :

 

I think it's really cool.

 

Today has been good so far

Five dollars for this travel clock

Fifty cents for morning black amethyst mourning brooch. Hair in window on back.

This unmarked 10K gold diamond ring was three bucks

This poor fellow got the 14K cut out - a buck

Third pen gun I've found this season - fifty cents
Poole sterling
Reed & Barton sterling
MIB Jensen ornaments were fifty cents each
Unworn Russian automatic watches were a dollar each

 

Terry.....today..you da man !
That's a great haul !!

 

Black amethyst?,probably dark smoky quartz if it is quartz.Amethyst only occurs in shades of purple.

 

That travel clock is stunning!

 

isn't it though.......really classy !!!