This Week’s Vintage Finds #128

Hi everyone! You might not believe this, but I didn’t go to one single sale this week-end(!). I had a shopping-free three days and simply enjoyed family time (and some extra sleep) over the long week-end. My poor sweet husband, however, had to work every single day due to a looming, important deadline at work. It looks like he can take this Wednesday off though, and we’re scheduled to take a historic walking tour of the Schenectady stockade, including lunch. Yipee! So, you might be asking yourself what I have to show you all today. Well, today’s vintage finds are almost entirely from last week. Occasionally, I just run out of time to take photos of and write about everything. So these finds are still pretty fresh and interesting. Hope you enjoy them.

This little recipe booklet was mixed in with a packet of other gelatine/gelatin recipe booklets. It’s in perfect condition (cost: 50¢, value: $8-10.00). [Did you catch my post on old cookbooks?]

I enjoy crafting with old Atlases, and this one contains colorful maps that cannot be easily framed (cost: 50¢).

Almost every country and state are printed out over two pages, making them unframe-able, but they will be great for crafting.

I bought this brochure holder a couple of weeks ago for a dollar, but the vintage train time tables came separately in a shopping bag containing more than 25 of them (cost: 10¢ each, value: $6-10.00 each).

At a recent estate sale, as I began to pile up my purchases, I noticed a box on the ground next to the seller filled with small boxes. I asked if they were for sale and he said, “No, we’re throwing those away.” He happily gave them to me. Above are the interesting ones, hidden amongst some plainer versions that will be useful for shipping. The little blue one is an older ring box with velvet inserts. The one directly above it once held a valuable coin. The Beechnut factory is about an hour west of Albany; at some point, they must have offered tours and souvenirs to visitors.

I usually try to avoid buying anything with missing parts, but for 25¢ I gave in and bought this swirled glass dish, despite it missing a top.

Vintage frogs of any sort sell extremely well (cost: 50¢, value: $10-12.00).

Though the small square tag has worn off, it was likely a Napco (National Potteries Corporation) tag dating to the 50’s or 60’s. They also produced a huge number of collectible angels, Hummel-like figurines, Christmas collectibles, and head vases. They began importing merchandise from Japan in 1938 and are still in business, operating out of Jacksonville, FL.

The green glaze on this vintage pitcher attracted me, though I don’t think it’s terribly old (cost: $1.00, value: $15-18.00). It actually came with a bowl as a pitcher/bowl set, but I didn’t like it, so I set the bowl aside.

Manufactured by the Camark Pottery Company in Camden, Arkansas sometime between 1924 and 1983, it has a certain charm.

Speaking of charm, aren’t these fish mugs the cutest? (cost: $1.00/pair, value: $10-12.00/pair)

This old, red clay pitcher dates to about the 1920’s (cost: $1.00, value: $10-12.00). It may have had a pewter lid that broke off somewhere down the line.

It was manufactured by James Sadler & Sons, the Stoke-on-Trent pottery (England) responsible for the popular “Brown Betty” teapots.

Speaking of England, I found two of these ironstone soup plates in the wheat pattern  at a country estate sale (cost: 50¢ each, value: $12-15.00 each).

Turner, Goddard & Co., manufactured ironstone in Staffordshire county from 1867-74. [For more info try: The Wheat Pattern: An Illustrated Survey.]

A couple of weeks ago I bought a similar Fenton milk glass vase in blue, but at 8″, this one is a bit taller (cost: $1.00, value: $10-12.00). White makes a nice backdrop for cut flowers.

More white. This has been a good year for me in the skate department; I think this is my seventh pair (cost: $1.00, value: $15-20.00). The perforated decoration sets this pair apart from your average skates.

Final Find: I snatched up this oak corner cupboard, despite the fact that it’s missing a shelf (cost: $3.00, value: $22-28.00 with replaced shelf).

How about you? Any good finds lately?

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