Thursday, June 14, 2007
RANDOM ESTATE SALE POST
yesterday did an estate sale in a nice older neighborhood near 'story hill' and the brewer's stadium. little old bungalow. sadly 70ied up or should i say down? got some ebayables, a gift and some to hard. all for $2,25! also 2 ugly framed prints. recycle frames for stretchers and maybe use the prints for 'canvas'. the gift is a plastic wedgewood serving bowl. too funny. i have an e-pal who loves roman and classical stuff. i am convincing him not to waste his money and i can find him stuff at estate sales. he loved these little 'roman' pots i gave him for xmas. i sold him a faux greek pot via denmark. that one he had to buy. hauled it all the way dammit!
the rooster i will try to ebay, but figure i will hoard him. or sell at auntie's eventual estate sales. i alwas wanted one of those painted russian spoons. this one priced right and has a USSR label! probably gonna hoard the old wooden nickel. that 50's looking thing is a campfire lighter from Austria. might be ebay gold! and the toothpick puffer fish i am WAY gonna hoard. when i was a kid, my grandma had flashy mod wallpaper in the bathroom. mottled silver/pewter/gold/black. and over the bathtub was a dried hanging puffer fish. i added the toothpicks. gonna make them black or something. love the mod wood of him too.
the house was rather banal.
at the same time 2 houses down, some guys were having a rummage/antique sale. i waded in thru the old chairs and such. pile of VERY HOT silver plate on a table. i put in on the ground and go thru it. OH MY GOD! A FOOD PUSHER!!!! first one i have ever seen in person! COOOL! it was bent worse that in pic, but had to get it, also informed the seller what it was. i got 3 other pieces. prices too high. but looks like the serving fork i got is very collectable. from 1904. LOVE it. not sure if i will be able to ebay it. not that i need any serving forks. i am not a big fan of fussy things, but i do like silverplate patterns. maybe do a drawing based on it and ebay it.
