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Monday, January 27, 2014

First Estate Sale Of The Year & A Few Thrift Finds


Yay!  On Friday morning I headed to my first estate sale of the year.  It wasn't the best sale in terms of vintage but my unlucky streak has been broken!  It was given by a couple of very nice antique store owners who buy out estates then rent a space close to their store to sell the goods. You may have remembered me mentioning them last Fall.  They were the ones giving the sale where I got my Saxony/Tree of life casserole for $5.  If you want, you can relive my excitement here.  I almost always go to their sales and am happy to say that the dealers around must be deterred by the fact that the sales are being given by dealers too.  I never have any of the regular competition when I am at these sales.


Most of you know that I have tons of these old soda crates.  I have several Pepsi ones but none with this type of script.  I have a certain price that I am willing to pay for these and will always buy one if it is in good condition and within that range.  I love old cookbooks too.  Especially ones with a county fair or somewhat similar theme.


Not too much in regards to kitchen stuff except for the dish towel, drinking glass, and two white Fire King bowls.  The large white bowl is one of the Colonial ones and I would love to find the two smaller ones that go with the set, especially at the 50 cents I got this one for!


There was a large box peeking out from underneath one of the tables and this was on top of it.  The whole box was full of Christmas stuff, some old and some new.  I am in love with this Christmas card box.  No cards but it did have some other fun stuff in it.


This old Santa cutout has the handwritten date of December 25th, 1923 on the back.  There was also about 15 of these unassembled little boxes.  I put one together so you could all see it.  Here is one side


And here is the other side.  The instruction say to add a hook and hang it on your tree.  Does anybody know anything about these?


I was also able to find two boxes of ornaments. 


The ornaments aren't in the best condition but I love the box and do you see the little spun head Santa?  Totally worth the buck I paid for the box.


I got these for a dollar too which I think is pretty great because the original price was $1.19.

Not a ton but better than nothing, right?  I also did a little bit of thrifting last week.  Still pretty slim pickin's out there but I am keeping my fingers crossed that changes soon.


This set of Early American was purchased out of sheer desperation.  I can't tell you how many times I've passed up these same exact bowls at various thrifts and estate/garage sales.  In my defense though, these are in mint condition and the three combined cost me 8 bucks.  I packed them away with my 4th of July stuff.  I figured they can be my patriotic bowls.  Now I just need to find the 442.


I took the photo of this before I cleaned it up and now it's in pristine condition.  This makes 4 lime pie plated that I have thrifted now.  They don't take up a lot of room so I just keep adding them to my stack.


I haven't found any vintage pillowcases in a while so I was happy to add these two to my collection.  They were $1.99 each but the checker at Goodwill thought that was ridiculous so she charged me 99 cents each.  At least some of the Goodwill employees recognize price gouging when they see it.


Now onto my absolute favorite find of the week.  I actually took my time and Goodwill the other day and walked down every single aisle.  Well look what I found in with the sports equipment.  True, it is a bowling bag but wouldn't it make an even better purse or small overnight bag?  It is in wonderful condition with the exception of one of the handles just about ready to detach.  I found someone to repair it so soon it will be good as new. Have you seen the prices of tooled leather?  I will take the $7.99 I paid for this beauty any day.

Things are slowly but surely picking up around here so no complaints from me!  Hope you all have been having some good luck too!

Linking up with Sir Thrift-A-Lot, We Call it Junkin', The Nifty Thrifty, and Nifty Thrifty Tuesday.

Until next time...

~Erica

21 comments:

  1. Wow! The bag is amazing! It will look so great with all of your cowboy boots! And I love the Pepsi crate! Such a cute one!
    Great finds for your first sale! I'm in major withdrawal mode over here. I haven't bought a single thing yet this year. I'm gonna hit the first good looking sale I can find in February!
    Erica :)

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  2. (Smile) you got the Early Americans! It's hard to pass any Pyrex up!!! I'll have to remember you need the 442!!! Those little Christmas boxes are sweet! Glad you found some stuff and had some fun!!!!

    Evie

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  3. Erica that bowling bag is what dreams are made of, wonderful and with just enough space

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  4. Oh, that bag is amazing! I'd never guess it's a bowling bag. I love the pillowcases, too. I never find those at our thrifts!

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  5. You see those little boxes a lot in old Christmas catalogs. They were meant to be filled with hard candy and given out as little gifts. They were especially popular with teachers. I don't think I've ever seen one with a building on the back though--awesome!

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  6. How funny, I just bought a fun vintage bowling bag for the etsy shop hoping someone else would think you could use it as a purse. I hadn't thought of the small luggage angle.

    Those houses? Never seen them before but they almost have to be a premium/give away of some sort? I kept looking at the photo for some sort of courtesy of first bank mark or something. :/ They are AWESOME though.

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  7. I am sooo jealous. I am dying to get to some good sales but the few we have had I couldn't make it to. I see a lot of the EA Pyrex. I'll keep my eyes out for you.

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  8. Wow! That leather bag is an amazing find! I have a purse that was hand tooled...love this bigger bag! And to find Christmas ball in the box is always fun! Great finds my friend! Hugs!

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  9. GREAT finds. I would have picked the exact same stuff. It's good we don't live in the same area. Is that a strawberry swanky swig?

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  10. Just love the tooled leather bag, total score! That's a real keeper! Love thr lime pyrex pie plates too. Show us your stack! :) Pam

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  11. You know I love the Christmas!! I saw a couple of old card boxes when I was away, sadly there was nothing in them and they were priced too high for me!

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  12. Glad that things are picking up. I must be like minded to Pam as her comment is totally what I was thinking. The Bag! The lime green pie plates! I want to see the tack too.

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  13. lol - that bowling bag is cool! Never seen one like it before. I'm loving the Santa, a lot. Glad things are picking up. I am expecting them to start slowing down for me. But whatevs. I'll live through you.

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  14. I almost picked up an Autumn Harvest bake serve store last week outta desperation. It was $1.50 & except for some wear on the very bottom, mint. But I decided that I am through buying pieces I don't want want or need, but that money towards a nice piece. Plus, i am running out of room.

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  15. That tooled leather bowling bag is the absolute bomb-diggidy! I love bowling bags as pocketbooks. The vintage Christmas was great. The thrill of the hunt.

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  16. Well, I would say "I love the (this) and I love the (that)" but I would ending up listing every single thing in this post! Wow, you got a great haul of history here. I don't know about the boxes, I guess a way to put a gift on the tree, but I don't know how old or the story behind them. Very very cool though. And that card is coming up on 100 years, that's just amazing. Lucky you! Featuring on my Features board, for sure, just great pieces of history here. Oh that bag, too, oh my..... Thanks for sharing this at my History & Home party, so glad you did - Dawn @ We Call It Junkin.com

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  17. You have to tell me your secret to getting your Pyrex pie plates clean. I find them all the time - usually for 99 cents at Goodwill - and no matter how cruddy I still buy them. But they are the pain the butt to get to a nice condition.

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  18. Good finds! I love the paper houses - those are really neat. I just bought a set of Early American at an estate sale too. It is growing on me. What a good idea to use it for the 4th.

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  19. Hi, Nice to meet you! I love love estate sales! I can't wait for the warmer weather to go to garage sales and flea markets too! some things at the thrift stores are indeed way too high! I had seen something last week, marked on the bottom dollar tree, and they were asaking $3 for it??? What??? It wa only $1 when it was new! lol

    Debbie

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  20. That leather bag is a real work of art, and would make a fantastic purse!
    I'm going to an estate/barn sale on Friday that looks pretty promising. It always feels so good to fill up the car for the first time once junking season starts up again!

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  21. I have been hitting a serious dry streak as well! And today I almost purchased those same three early American bowls! HA! Great minds! ;) Hopefully things get better FAST!
    ~xoxo, CoriLynn

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