What’s Selling in Vintage & Antiques [June 2019]

Hi there! How was your weekend? Mine was pretty good. I met my sweet friend Nancy for a bit of garage saling and some lunch on Friday–always a good time. The next day, my sweet husband and I had a lazy day driving through the countryside toward Bennington, where [I thought] we were promised a town-wide garage sale.

Turns out, it the town-wide was in North Bennington, an entirely different and new-to-me town about 10 miles north of the real Bennington. But by the time we figured that all out, it was almost too late. I say almost because fortunately — cue the angels singing Halleluia — we a hit a couple of really good sales. And that always makes things better. More stuff to admire and sell.

Speaking of selling, let’s take a look at what’s selling in Vintage & Antiques [June 2019]. Check out past posts on the same topic here: May 2019, April 2019, and March 2019.

Vintage & Antiques Selling From My Antique Booth

If you’re a long-time reader then you know that I love art of all kinds, but folk art is one of my absolute favorites. These little piggies hung around for quite a while and it was not until I lowered the price from $48 to $30 that they finally sold (cost: $6).

I sell quite a lot of cutting boards in all shapes and sizes, but this pineapple example took quite a while to sell; in fact, I had to mark it down to $7 from $10  (cost: $1 ). Learn my tricks for caring for and cleaning cutting boards here.

This cutting board sign, one of last year’s projects, sold for $25 (cost: $1).

Another DIY sign project, one I created for Country Sampler’s Farmhouse Style magazine’s Fall 2019 issue (on magazine stands now!) sold for $30 (cost: $3). I made this with a stencil and an old table top.

NOTE: Guys, I have four projects in this issue!! Crazy right? And I got paid for each one of them. This is what I would call a luxury magazine; it comes out just 4X per year and is filled with great decor and DIY project ideas (if I do say so…). Look for special deals for 2-year subscriptions on Instagram and Facebook. 

An early plastic set of dice-shaped salt and pepper shakers sold for $8 (cost: $1).

 A vintage wooden dish/tray sold for $10 (cost: $1).

I pick up virtually any berry sort of accessory because they all sell well from my antique booth. This small berry wreath sold for $4 (cost: 50¢).

Patriotic-themed items tend to sell well for me, but then tie that to a cook book (another good seller) and you’ve got gold. It didn’t last too long in my booth, and sold for $6 (cost: $1). I have several posts about vintage cook books: Part I, Part II, and a Price Guide. And cook book covers tend to get quite grimy so you might want to read my tips for cleaning books here.

I buy almost anything galvanized because it all sells well for me, including this bucket with some hard-to-read writing about Albany (cost: $3, sold: $18).

This month I sold ten books from my booth–woo woo. They are one collectible that I have difficulty saying no to, when I can pick them up for a dollar or less. This coffee table book, Silent Movies, sold for $6 (cost: $1). 

My feeling is that any interesting book I find for that price is worth it since even magazines (which end up in the trash) cost at least $3 each.  So a dollar is a REAL BARGAIN!! But honestly, in the end, I do end up with WAY TOO MANY BOOKS. Sigh.

Therefore, you can find some new books for sale in my Vintage Shop 🙂

A copy of Quiet Quincy and the Deliver Truck © 1961 sold for $2 (cost: 50¢).

A copy of Roundabout Train © 1958 sold for $2 (cost: $1).