This Week’s Vintage Finds #36

Hi everyone! Last 4th of July week-end, I did not attend one single garage sale. I did not enter one thrift shop or Re-store. I stayed home and cooked and cleaned (a little) and enjoyed my family and a group of my children’s friends. We ate and chatted, and the kids sat around the fire pit after dark roasting marshmallows and making s’mores. However, as you can see, I nonetheless have treasures to share with you because I met up with Constant Companion Nancy yesterday (Tuesday), and we hit our favorite thrift (Captain’s Treasures) and the Salvation Army right across the street. Captain’s had a half price day on all household–oh happy day!

Lots of smalls, but some very pretty ones. Stacked in the background you can see a set of twelve, silver-plated champagne glasses. Delicately shaped, they cost just $6 for the set. I cannot decide how to sell them, but I’m sure I’ll come up with something. Nancy and I thought a nest nestled in the cup would look awfully sweet.

The small white urn, made of cast iron and painted white, was a steal at $1. The fluted aluminum pan, which I bought to turn into a pedestal stand, cost another $1. I fell in love with the German, Melitta coffee pot on the far right. Isn’t the shape fantastic? I plan to list it for about $20-25. The same company sells coffee and manufactures coffee systems here in America.

This little coffee pot also has a great shape–right from his finial to his embellished spout and handle. Signed “Rogers 1827,” I think he has tarnished to perfection. Don’t you agree? (I’ll list it for about $18.)

I thought this fifty cent bunny too handsome to pass up. He’ll be great to decorate with at Easter, despite the crack in his poor ear. You can just make out the glittery egg he bears on his back.

I admit it. I have a “thing” for pressed glass–even though vintage clear glass sells poorly in the current market. Manufactured by American glass companies in the mid to late 1800s, pressed glass, or Early American Pattern Glass (EAPG), comes in an almost endless assortment of patterns and forms. Some of the better known manufacturers include Anchor Hocking, Jeannette Glass, and Hazel Atlas. They produced pressed glass by pouring molten glass into cast iron molds.

I have no idea what this pattern is, but it’s a compote, which would have been used to serve something like fruit salad. The Collector’s Weekly article, Early American Pattern Glass, is a good one to check out for more info.

This 5″ pitcher, painted with glorious peonies, should fetch about $12. Signed “EC” on the bottom, I think it’s German porcelain.

Now for a few things from previous sales. I purchased all of these antique books at the same sale for low money. I love the one called Housewives’ Guide to Antiques.

I already own these two and can recommend them highly: A Handbook of Popular Antiques and Antique Collecting for Everyone. These older guides from the 1940-60s make great references. I’ll be listing these, along with some of the other in my Etsy shop soon, for $8-15 each.

Isn’t this camera bag the greatest? Genuine leather and those cool buckles. Lined with green velvet, the inside is in perfect shape. I’m going to clean up the outside with some leather conditioner, and I think it’ll look great. Someone is going to love it for either its intended use, or as a handbag. In fact, I’m tempted to keep it myself for that purpose. To the right sits a movie camera that came out of a free box(!). I’ll be listing the camera bag for something like $65.

The last few goodies: leather work gloves, an Apsco pencil sharpener, a spool of gold wire, vintage box of fasteners, and some twine. I paid $5 for all five items. The pencil sharpener should sell for about $15.

Aren’t the gloves cool? Someone went to a lot of design trouble with these guys: impressed donkey, red bead, yellow “ribbon,” and cool lettering and graphic of a truck driver. I’ll list them for $12-15.