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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 85594, member: 37&quot;]Just returned from a few days R&amp;R in Southern MI.&nbsp; Didn&#039;t do much shopping but took a couple hours and hit 2 antique shops and one thrift store.&nbsp; Found just a few things worth showing and a couple not so much ..... LOL!</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I did not get photographed was a lot of approximately 10 Longaberger baskets from the late 80s that I paid $37.00 for at the thrift store. I haven&#039;t gone through them yet and don&#039;t even have them here right now.&nbsp; I am sure I&#039;ll do OK at that kind of price despite not nearly the demand there once was.&nbsp; Can&#039;t say I ever saw the appeal <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>At the same thrift, I picked up this 1928 Piper Heidsieck Champagne bottle for $3.00.&nbsp; Hard to say what this is worth.&nbsp; Lots of empty champagne bottles on ebay and some selling for decent money but none this old.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]21734[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There was also this huge good-awful MCM yellow and white reticulated pottery lamp with a light up grass-cloth shaded center that I should have bought for $12.00.&nbsp; Unfortunately, or fortunately depending how one sees these things, it was too big to fit in our little car and be able to return with everything else we had.</p><p><br /></p><p>At one antique shop I found this early Ruby Blenko vase for $8.00.&nbsp; It is about 6&quot; x 6&quot;.&nbsp; Sorry for the lousy pic and I really should have cleaned it first. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21735[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, the best find was this candlestick at the other antique shop for $10.00.&nbsp; It is unmarked but unmistakably from the Marshall Field&#039;s Art Metal Craft Shop in their <i>Hops Vine</i> pattern. It may have been completely silver plated at one point or may just have a silver wash in places.&nbsp; A pair of these that look to be all brass sold at Treadway Toomey&#039;s for $375.00 just last month. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.treadwaygallery.com/lotInfo.php?i=48257#.VhqtqexJZkg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.treadwaygallery.com/lotInfo.php?i=48257#.VhqtqexJZkg" rel="nofollow">http://www.treadwaygallery.com/lotInfo.php?i=48257#.VhqtqexJZkg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21737[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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