This Week’s Vintage Finds #35

If you read my preview from Sunday, then you know that I went garage saling two days in a row with my beautiful daughter. My poor husband has been working 12 hour days for a while now, including Saturdays and Sundays, and it’s not looking like it’s going to stop for a while. Gracie has been wanting to join me for a long time, but she loves her sleep (like her Mamma), and so she waited until summer vacation started to join in. Now I think she’s hooked. Sometime this week, I’ll share with you her purchases–she made some great finds.

Here’s the vintage globe sitting inside the third item that I gave a hint about–a beautiful, perfect condition ironstone basin. I’m planning to use this lovely, which cost me a whopping $3.50, as a pasta bowl. Isn’t that a great modern use for a vintage item? The globe needs to be tidied up a bit, but don’t you just love the colors?
I will probably list it in my shop for about $25-30. For some interesting reading on globes and help with pricing (via globes for sale) check out Omniterrum.

And here’s the bust I gave you all a sneak peak of–Apollo in all his glory. Well, not all his glory, he’s obviously lost his body somewhere along the line, but you know what I mean. I fell in love with him as soon as I saw him, and the $8 price tag made him all the more precious to me(!). He may land in my garden somewhere or perhaps I’ll sell him via Craigslist. I’ll let you know. (He weighs a ton.)

I don’t normally deal in religious items because I don’t like the feeling of “making money off of God.” But that’s my own hang up, and I found this crucifix quite lovely, so it came home with me. I’m not sure how to price it, so I guess we’ll have to wait until it makes it into my Etsy store.

I fell in love with the old, worn surface of this chess board. Made of very thin board, the squares and border are constructed of inset veneer. After a good cleaning and rub down with Howards Feed-N-Wax, it’ll glow with good health and vitality. It has a great graphic look that would enhance the decor of a family room or man cave. I will likely list it for $30-35.

Made of compressed wood fibers and plastic, this dresser container is marked “Syrocowood, Made in Syracuse” on the bottom. It could be revived with some stain or even painted. I haven’t decided which. I’m leaning toward paint right now.

This 6″ x 6″ little wicker guy needed a new home; I rescued him and he is happy now.

I just sold a set of three of these guys, in varying sizes, for $16.99. This one is about 4″ across. Ellie Campbell at Frog Goes to Market, wrote a fun little post about flower frogs back in 2012.

I do like little creamers. This 4″ half pint from the thirties has good condition pyroglazing. That’s a fancy word for applied color labeling, which came into fashion in the 1930s.  I think I’m going to hook this creamer up with two others and sell the grouping as an “instant collection” of creamers. For more information, the Historic Glass Bottle Identification and Information Website has an incredibly in-depth article on Milk Jugs.

In the back of my mind I’m always thinking I might start doing some kind of craft-lifestyle sale, so this cute little jewelry box with the second tier would come in hand for displaying all sorts of small treasures. For fifty cents, it was mine. BTW, I checked into doing a Country Living Fair and learned that the smallest, cheapest booth (no electricity) would cost over $800 to rent! Not gonna happen for me. Sigh.

I am mightily attracted to anything wire, so I snatched up this in or out basket–perfect for the modern/vintage desk. I will list it for about $15.00. This covers about half of my week-end take, but it’s all I have time for right now. Later in the week I’ll try to show case a few of my other finds.

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