This Week’s Vintage Finds #93

Hi everyone! I’m busy preparing for a family trip to Pittsburgh to celebrate my in-laws 60th wedding anniversary (amazing I know). I’ve been working hard to write posts and take photographs so you [hopefully] won’t even notice I’m gone. In order to do that, I’ll be sharing half of this week’s vintage finds today and the other half next week.

This is a bit of a quirky item, I know, but bits of natural history sell quite well–items like shells, coral, minerals, skeletons, deer heads, and antlers. I admit, this is my first crocodile (alligator?) head, and I was very excited to find it (cost: $1.00, value: $20-25.00). Funny story. I heard our dog Xander crunching on something in the other room recently. Knowing I had not given him anything to eat, I rushed in, only to find him crunching on my precious alligator head(!). I won’t go into all the details regarding what I had to go through to get him to drop it, but eventually he did, but not before he had gnawed off a couple of teeth. Sigh. It had not occured to me that I would need to protect my new find from my old dog.

How about some sweet deer after that almost too-real crocodile? I’ll use these cuties for some Christmas decorating (cost: $1.00/3).

The two on the right are unmarked, the one on the left is marked “Japan” (above) and probably dates to about the late 1930s.

Even thought this “Gadjo” plastic flower frog isn’t particularly attractive, I bought it because serious flower frog collectors will probably be interested in it, particularly since it’s in the original box (cost: 50 cents, value: $12.00).

Can you [just barely] see the green suction cup that adheres it to the bottom of the vase?

I’m attracted to almost any kind of glass dresser jars, even those containing shoe polish. The two on the right come in the pretty pink box (cost: $1.00, value: $12.00) and the Lady Esquire Shoe Cream came as is (cost: $12.00, value: $10.00).

This amber jar is a bit older than the jars above (cost: 50 cents, value: $10.00).

The handle on this diminutive glove hook is made of “French Ivory,” another name for celluloid, an early form of plastic (cost: $1.00, value: $8-10.00). Check out this Button Country article for the inside scoop on button hooks.

I bought this necklace because I thought it might be a [highly collectible] Miriam Haskell, but I’ve not had a chance to research it yet (cost: $1.00, value: ?). The earrings on the left are clip-ons that I bought with a project in mind (cost: 50 cents). The large floral pin will be for sale (cost: $1.00, value: $10.00). In the center is a thread holder (cost: 50 cents, value: $15.00).

When you unscrew it, a small spool of thread is revealed with room for several needles as well.

Although the colorless, pressed glass market is practically dead, I couldn’t leave this lovely, low-priced pitcher behind (cost: $1.00, value: $15-20.00). In the good old days (back in the 80s and 90s), it would have brought $40-50.00).

Wire baskets, on the other hand, sell quite well these days (cost: 50 cents, value: $10.00), as will the faux limes (cost: $1.00, value: $12.00).

There is always interest in Lincoln, especially with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War last year (cost: 50 cents each, value: $10.00+ each). I need to do some research on them.

It seems likely that this large rattan hat was a tourist souvenir from the Far East. I think it would make a great piece of wall art (cost: 25 cents, value: $10.00).

Final Find: A pair of awesome, aqua skis with boots (cost: $3.00, value: $40-50.00 for the skis). Their original (vintage) wood surface has been covered with paint, reducing their value, but I’m planning to use them as part of my “Blue Christmas” decorating this year.

I’m considering selling the vintage, leather boots separately because they are just so wonderful (value: $50-60.00).

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Thanks so much for the feature, Jill!

 

Bye for now,

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