This Week’s Vintage Finds #51
I picked up the faux mercury glass and orange pumpkins at Big Lot’s for just $3.24 each at their post-Halloween sale last year. Trader Joe’s offered the white pumpkins this year for just .69 each–my kinda price.
I found the white dinner plates at the same sale that had the wine glasses–six plates for $2.00. I have another set of white that will mix and match nicely. The damson plum salad plates I bought in England at the Port Merion outlet in Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. We lived about an hour away from 2009-2011. They had a wonderful tent sale every November with unbelievable sales.
Damson plums trees produce hundreds of small fruit in small bunches. As stunning to behold as they are delicious to eat.
I used the raw silk scarf that I purchased recently at the Traditions Linens outlet in Claverack (NY) as a runner. At the same estate sale I purchased a set of 100% cotton, king sized sheets for $1, a twin size blanket for .50, a large Calphalon frying pan for $1, and a pair of brown, decorative pillows for the family room for $5. I guess it was my day to buy for me and my family, not for my Etsy shop.
Though it suffers from some pretty severe smoke damage, I felt this oil painting deserved a rescue. The sky and sea are rather well painted and the price was right–low. I thought it would give me a good chance to research DYI restoration techniques. In addition to a cleaning, it of course needs a new frame desperately.
This Frances Tipton Hunter print, dating to the 1940s, really epitomizes this sweet art style popularized by her and other artist/illustrators like Betsy Pease Gutman. Their works often appeared on the cover of major magazines. This one needs some cleaning as well, and it has some water damage along the bottom (that should have kept me from buying it–sigh). If it were in very good condition it would probably retail for about $25.00-30.00.
Final buy–a 1989 National Museum of Dance poster. Located in nearby Saratoga Springs (NY), the museum is a popular destination. Anything horse-related is pretty popular around here because of the track (also in Saratoga), so I took a chance on this $2.00, foam-mounted poster. I’m pretty much in love with it myself and I’m not even a horse person.
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You found some wonderful goodies, Diana…love the wine glasses and plates and the snow shovel is too fun! My son's favorite book growing up was called "Boo, Who Used to be Afraid of the Dark" by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Francis Tipton Hunter…she has the most charming illustration style!
I m floored by how low some of those prices are. We never find great prices like that around here. I like that ruler the best.
Those dishes are fabulous — I'd say you hit a major jackpot! Cute little snow shovel, too. Wonderful stash o' stuff!
The wine glasses were a great bargain and I too love that little snow shovel!
hugs,
Linda
Nice finds! I especially like that ship painting. It will look great cleaned up and in a new frame! Thanks for sharing your finds with us at our Make It Monday link party!
I really enjoyed this post and will look forward to poking around a bit. Your table setting is breathtaking!
Great finds!
You found some great things. I have that Frances Tipton Hunter hanging in one of our bathrooms. I love it. I actually collect her prints.
So fun! I love the little blue shovel, I think it would be great with the blue skates. I love it when different finds come together so well like that.
I don't think I've ever been to an estate sale where the person was still alive. I would have been looking at her and trying to figure out if she was sick the whole time LOL
I love your entire table setting (and its price) but have to go look for those pumpkins at Big Lot's! Everything glass always breaks by the time it makes it to clearance around here.
Diana, your table looks so pretty & even better that you found so many goodies at the estate sale! Blessings, Cecilia
Always a bunch of fun finds. Love that shovel. Thanks for sharing @ TTF!
Wonderful finds, old and new! I find myself watching a lot of ballet documentaries on Netflix lately for some strange reason, so I'm really drawn to your dance poster. Thanks so much for linking up at the Make it Monday Party! Hope to see you again next week.