Thursday, September 18, 2008
RANDOM ESTATE SALE POST
east side duplex. just east of shops and such. old house. stone. at front door signs of decay. reeeelly needs paint and repair. go in. many area rugs over old wall to wall. interesting objects, but nothing i really want. old War & Peace. lot of old original art. 30's-70's but mostly 50's. i did see a very nice pointelist oil, but not for $65. kitchen very very grotty. actually, the interior was almost as sad. basement almost bare. bag of old drawer pulls, but leave them. upstairs a mod(60's) depressing empty. kinda funky. time travel. nothing for me there. that kitchen grotty too. attic pretty much crap too. little closet bathroom for the maid/housekeeper. only took pictures of the painting.
i got a silver plate serving fork. i liked the tines. and a very old yard stick. no advert. probably 1800's. just liked the deep deep brown.
east side duplex. just east of shops and such. old house. stone. at front door signs of decay. reeeelly needs paint and repair. go in. many area rugs over old wall to wall. interesting objects, but nothing i really want. old War & Peace. lot of old original art. 30's-70's but mostly 50's. i did see a very nice pointelist oil, but not for $65. kitchen very very grotty. actually, the interior was almost as sad. basement almost bare. bag of old drawer pulls, but leave them. upstairs a mod(60's) depressing empty. kinda funky. time travel. nothing for me there. that kitchen grotty too. attic pretty much crap too. little closet bathroom for the maid/housekeeper. only took pictures of the painting.
i got a silver plate serving fork. i liked the tines. and a very old yard stick. no advert. probably 1800's. just liked the deep deep brown.
