This Week’s Vintage Finds #110

Hi everyone! Does your winter vintage shopping slow right down to almost nothing about this time of  year? Yeah, same here. Of course, I have enough vintage finds stored up to last me a life time, but that doesn’t keep the vintage bug from biting. I tracked down two estate sales this past week-end and scrounged up a couple of finds. Here, let me show you.

I never voluntarily resist a one dollar, brass skeleton key (value:$3-5.00).

One of the estates belonged to an artist. He used the small paddles when creating his impasto-style art (think van Gogh–thick and textured). They are very smooth and are attractive in their own right, but may be useful for some future project or other. I’ll be adding the wooden handle to my ever-growing collection of [absolutely essential] handles. Same with the vintage Maxwell House jar. I’ve been hanging onto a bunch, and just today, I came up with an idea for them. Given the red lid with star decoration, they’ll make perfect waterless snow globes next Christmas. I sold several this year in plain bottles with cork lids, but I think the Maxwell House lids are terrific. The pretty awesome finial will also be saved for future use (cost: $4.00 for everything).

Given the current deer fad, it seemed right to pick up this meat fork with the nice antler handle and silver embossed trim. This sort of trim is often sterling, but I have not yet found a mark. The brush will be useful for cleaning small bottles (cost: $1.00 for both, value: $8.00-12.00 for the fork).

This darling whisk broom was quite an interesting find–all gussied up in silver with a velvet “collar” (cost: $1.00, value: $12-15.00).

I’m a sucker for wintery, Adirondack-y art. This lovely print is signed and very well-framed, so I thought it worth the two dollar investment (cost: $2.00, value: $20-25.00). It’s available in my shop. (SOLD)

Can you tell this came from the artist’s estate? All of the art had been left to various family members, but here and there you could find some evidence of his life pursuit. I think this chair seat will make a great sign of some sort (cost: $1.00).

Some scrap wood, also from the artist’s estate (cost: $2.00).

These pieces of scrap wood are interesting because they’ve been framed out. They’ll make great signs and/or trays (cost: $3.00).

While one inside end and one outside end contain graphics, the sides of this prune crate are bear, perfect for some sort of stenciling. Maybe “Farmer’s Market”? Or “General Store”?

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