Hi everyone! Did you see my Peek at the Adirondacks post yesterday about my week-end get-away to Lake Placid? In it I mentioned that my sweet husband and I learned, after our arrival, that neighboring Saranac Lake would be holding a town-wide garage sale. Yippee! Perfect timing, right?!!
Saturday morning we drove over (through the rain) and arrived at about 10:30. [I seem to have given up rising early for sales because I continue to have good luck no matter what time I arrive.] The rain stopped by 11 and the sun even peaked through the clouds every now and again. Today you’ll be seeing most of my vintage finds from this excursion.
Isn’t this Buddy L truck just grand? I’ve been wanting a nice vintage truck for Christmas decorating, but the closest I had ever gotten, until now, was a 2″ Matchbox truck. This pressed steel guy, which dates to about the 60’s or 70’s, is a foot long and will look great filled with presents or bottle brush trees (cost: $2.00, value: $45-55.00).
I bought this trailer at the same sale and plan to use it at Christmas as well (cost: $1.00).
Two vintage tins (cost: 50¢ each, value: $5-6.00 each).
A tin pot (cost: free, value: $8-10.00 after some cleaning up) and a wire lamp cage (cost: 50¢, value: ?). I turned a different brand of lamp cage into a cool votive lantern, so I’m hoping I can do something similar with this one.
I bought this set of four cake tins to make a tiered hold-all (cost: $1.00). [Full disclosure: I have another set of three, still waiting after a year or so, to be turned into a tiered hold-all, too. Guess I better get with it!]
Looks like I’ve got a metal theme going this week. This cast iron fish is a bit rusty on the inside, but once hung, no one will ever know (cost: $1.00, value: $12-15.00).
I picked up this sterling silver hand mirror at an antique store for just $4.00 (crazy, I know). It looks like someone tried to clean it with steel wool, so I’m not sure it can be saved, but I’ll try! If not, I’ll sell it for scrap for a pretty penny (cost: $4.00, value: $40-60.00 if in good condition).
The sterling mark is on the reverse side.
At the same shop I picked up these pretty sterling bangles (cost: $3.00 for all three, value: $25-35.00 each?).
I may be holding onto these for a bit 🙂
This handmade nest measures about 12″ across (cost: $1.00, value: $15-18.00).
I bought this odd planter, made of some sort of paper composite, at the very first sale we stopped at (cost: $3.00, value: 15-18.00).
Nice large baskets sell well for me. This vintage wicker gathering basket is in great condition (cost: $2.00, value: $25-30.00).
This antique, wicker tray would originally have been unpainted. At some point in the 60’s, someone gave it a makeover. I’ll be doing the same, perhaps in green this time? (cost: $2.00, value: $25-30 if unpainted).
Final Find: I’m not really sure what this is (a broom part?), but I liked the look of it and think it’ll look even better after the wood gets a Howard’s Feed-N-Wax rub down (cost: 50¢, value: $8-10.00?). I’m going to thread some leather cord through the hole for hanging. Is it just me, or is this kinda cool?
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Great finds. I love the brush. Very unique. Please don’t scrap the mirror. It’s so pretty even if it’s not in great condition. It would be pretty hanging on the wall in a bathroom or bedroom. Love seeing all your great finds.
Amazing finds from an antique shop! I wanna know where that one is! Those bracelets are so pretty and only $1 each? Incredible! That is an interesting brush…have no idea what it would be used for, but it would be interesting to know. Looks like you hit the jackpot on the truck and the wicker tray.
hi diana love the haul so cool where do you find the info to price your items still trying to find out how to price several pieces especially the hattie carniege bug pin been looking everywhere
OMG! I LOVE the brush thingie! What in the world could it have been?
I’m beginning to wonder where all the vintage buyers/sellers are around here, too. I seem to be able to find good stuff later in the day as well. Or maybe we just have an eye for the most unusual stuff? 😉
You found some fun things. I love the silver mirror all scratched up, too. Actually, to me, that kinda adds to the charm. Not sure what I’d do. Scrap or keep? A friend and I conduct estate sales. We always sell the silver and gold for scrap – unless it’s truly exceptional. It makes me heart sick to do it, but we couldn’t sell it for a fraction of what we can get at the gold place and we do need to make as much for the family as possible. I would so much prefer to see pieces saved and used.
Every time I think she did amazing, then you do better! 🙂 Love to have the truck, the bangles, the nest, the pot and the wire cage! Hope you can do something with the mirror. The brush is very interesting and am going to see what you do. Very fortunate to have good places to shop and such amazing prices! Thanks for sharing.
Ooh, Diana, I love those sterling bracelets, and would be keeping those also if I were you! And I don’t know what that brush was originally intended, but as a collector of old and weird whisks, clothes brushes, etc, I find it quite the specimen! It actually looks like some the handles for similarly styled tools for wallpapering of old days…..
I think that brush thingy is cool, too. I could see it hung on a wall of vintage items, maybe. And I really love those silver bracelets. I would keep them, too! But the thing I am really turning green about is that beautiful red toy truck. I have been looking for one for Christmas decorating also. Yours is a beauty.
Such fun to look at your finds. I want to go shopping with you next time! You find the neatest things and at such fabulously affordable prices. I am just getting too envious, I better close and go to bed!
Love you finds! The brush looks to be a part of some kind of floor scrubber. The hole would be where it was attached to the main part of the machine. Very cool!!
Hi Diana, I really enjoy your blog. I’m a fellow antique dealer, collector of cool vintage treasures and am also an estate sale provider. So, as a fellow lover of old stuff, I get a lot of information and enjoyment out of your posts. Keep it up!
I know this is an old post – but I’ve just found your blog and am reading through it. I believe your brush is a wallpaper paste brush. My husband had one (until it fell apart) and that’s what he called it. Love your blog – learning lots.
Thanks so much for the tip, Elizabeth! I really appreciate it 🙂 And thanks, too, for taking the time to let me know that you’re enjoying my blog–that really blesses me–
Isn’t this Buddy L truck just grand? I’ve been wanting a nice vintage truck for Christmas decorating, but the closest I had ever gotten, until now, was a 2″ Matchbox truck. This pressed steel guy, which dates to about the 60’s or 70’s, is a foot long and will look great filled with presents or bottle brush trees (cost: $2.00, value: $45-55.00).
I bought this trailer at the same sale and plan to use it at Christmas as well (cost: $1.00).
Two vintage tins (cost: 50¢ each, value: $5-6.00 each).
A tin pot (cost: free, value: $8-10.00 after some cleaning up) and a wire lamp cage (cost: 50¢, value: ?). I turned a different brand of lamp cage into a cool votive lantern, so I’m hoping I can do something similar with this one.
I bought this set of four cake tins to make a tiered hold-all (cost: $1.00). [Full disclosure: I have another set of three, still waiting after a year or so, to be turned into a tiered hold-all, too. Guess I better get with it!]
Looks like I’ve got a metal theme going this week. This cast iron fish is a bit rusty on the inside, but once hung, no one will ever know (cost: $1.00, value: $12-15.00).
I picked up this sterling silver hand mirror at an antique store for just $4.00 (crazy, I know). It looks like someone tried to clean it with steel wool, so I’m not sure it can be saved, but I’ll try! If not, I’ll sell it for scrap for a pretty penny (cost: $4.00, value: $40-60.00 if in good condition).
At the same shop I picked up these pretty sterling bangles (cost: $3.00 for all three, value: $25-35.00 each?).
This handmade nest measures about 12″ across (cost: $1.00, value: $15-18.00).
I bought this odd planter, made of some sort of paper composite, at the very first sale we stopped at (cost: $3.00, value: 15-18.00).
Nice large baskets sell well for me. This vintage wicker gathering basket is in great condition (cost: $2.00, value: $25-30.00).
This antique, wicker tray would originally have been unpainted. At some point in the 60’s, someone gave it a makeover. I’ll be doing the same, perhaps in green this time? (cost: $2.00, value: $25-30 if unpainted).
Final Find: I’m not really sure what this is (a broom part?), but I liked the look of it and think it’ll look even better after the wood gets a Howard’s Feed-N-Wax rub down (cost: 50¢, value: $8-10.00?). I’m going to thread some leather cord through the hole for hanging. Is it just me, or is this kinda cool?
I bought this trailer at the same sale and plan to use it at Christmas as well (cost: $1.00).
Two vintage tins (cost: 50¢ each, value: $5-6.00 each).
A tin pot (cost: free, value: $8-10.00 after some cleaning up) and a wire lamp cage (cost: 50¢, value: ?). I turned a different brand of lamp cage into a cool votive lantern, so I’m hoping I can do something similar with this one.
I bought this set of four cake tins to make a tiered hold-all (cost: $1.00). [Full disclosure: I have another set of three, still waiting after a year or so, to be turned into a tiered hold-all, too. Guess I better get with it!]
Looks like I’ve got a metal theme going this week. This cast iron fish is a bit rusty on the inside, but once hung, no one will ever know (cost: $1.00, value: $12-15.00).
I picked up this sterling silver hand mirror at an antique store for just $4.00 (crazy, I know). It looks like someone tried to clean it with steel wool, so I’m not sure it can be saved, but I’ll try! If not, I’ll sell it for scrap for a pretty penny (cost: $4.00, value: $40-60.00 if in good condition).
The sterling mark is on the reverse side.
At the same shop I picked up these pretty sterling bangles (cost: $3.00 for all three, value: $25-35.00 each?).
I may be holding onto these for a bit 🙂
This handmade nest measures about 12″ across (cost: $1.00, value: $15-18.00).
I bought this odd planter, made of some sort of paper composite, at the very first sale we stopped at (cost: $3.00, value: 15-18.00).
Nice large baskets sell well for me. This vintage wicker gathering basket is in great condition (cost: $2.00, value: $25-30.00).
This antique, wicker tray would originally have been unpainted. At some point in the 60’s, someone gave it a makeover. I’ll be doing the same, perhaps in green this time? (cost: $2.00, value: $25-30 if unpainted).
Final Find: I’m not really sure what this is (a broom part?), but I liked the look of it and think it’ll look even better after the wood gets a Howard’s Feed-N-Wax rub down (cost: 50¢, value: $8-10.00?). I’m going to thread some leather cord through the hole for hanging. Is it just me, or is this kinda cool?
Great finds. I love the brush. Very unique. Please don’t scrap the mirror. It’s so pretty even if it’s not in great condition. It would be pretty hanging on the wall in a bathroom or bedroom. Love seeing all your great finds.
some interesting finds!
Wow…. Great prices. Love the trucks
What fun! I loved looking at all your treasures that you found. Thanks so much for sharing.
Amazing finds from an antique shop! I wanna know where that one is! Those bracelets are so pretty and only $1 each? Incredible! That is an interesting brush…have no idea what it would be used for, but it would be interesting to know. Looks like you hit the jackpot on the truck and the wicker tray.
hi diana love the haul so cool where do you find the info to price your items still trying to find out how to price several pieces especially the hattie carniege bug pin been looking everywhere
What a lovely basket! I am most drawn to them in the fall – something about fall things in them!
OMG! I LOVE the brush thingie! What in the world could it have been?
I’m beginning to wonder where all the vintage buyers/sellers are around here, too. I seem to be able to find good stuff later in the day as well. Or maybe we just have an eye for the most unusual stuff? 😉
You found some fun things. I love the silver mirror all scratched up, too. Actually, to me, that kinda adds to the charm. Not sure what I’d do. Scrap or keep? A friend and I conduct estate sales. We always sell the silver and gold for scrap – unless it’s truly exceptional. It makes me heart sick to do it, but we couldn’t sell it for a fraction of what we can get at the gold place and we do need to make as much for the family as possible. I would so much prefer to see pieces saved and used.
The brush kind of looks like what waiters in high end restaurants use to dust crumbs from the table
Love that darling toy truck, the wicker tray, and the silver mirror and bracelets. You find the best bargains!
You really scored on the Buddy L truck and trailer. Love all your finds!
Every time I think she did amazing, then you do better! 🙂 Love to have the truck, the bangles, the nest, the pot and the wire cage! Hope you can do something with the mirror. The brush is very interesting and am going to see what you do. Very fortunate to have good places to shop and such amazing prices! Thanks for sharing.
Ooh, Diana, I love those sterling bracelets, and would be keeping those also if I were you! And I don’t know what that brush was originally intended, but as a collector of old and weird whisks, clothes brushes, etc, I find it quite the specimen! It actually looks like some the handles for similarly styled tools for wallpapering of old days…..
OH that outing sounds like fun…and you had some wonderful finds!
I think all of your finds are great this week.
I think that brush thingy is cool, too. I could see it hung on a wall of vintage items, maybe. And I really love those silver bracelets. I would keep them, too! But the thing I am really turning green about is that beautiful red toy truck. I have been looking for one for Christmas decorating also. Yours is a beauty.
Such fun to look at your finds. I want to go shopping with you next time! You find the neatest things and at such fabulously affordable prices. I am just getting too envious, I better close and go to bed!
Wow, Diana–what a treasure trove of finds! I am confessing my Buddy L truck envy, lol. Love the cocoa tins and that light fixture cage too!
You found some awesome things! My favorite of all is the truck! But I also love the broom thingie.
xo Dianne
Love you finds! The brush looks to be a part of some kind of floor scrubber. The hole would be where it was attached to the main part of the machine. Very cool!!
Hi Diana, I really enjoy your blog. I’m a fellow antique dealer, collector of cool vintage treasures and am also an estate sale provider. So, as a fellow lover of old stuff, I get a lot of information and enjoyment out of your posts. Keep it up!
I know this is an old post – but I’ve just found your blog and am reading through it. I believe your brush is a wallpaper paste brush. My husband had one (until it fell apart) and that’s what he called it. Love your blog – learning lots.
Thanks so much for the tip, Elizabeth! I really appreciate it 🙂 And thanks, too, for taking the time to let me know that you’re enjoying my blog–that really blesses me–