Friday, November 07, 2008
RANDOM ESTATE SALE POST
i had to do the first day of a treasure traders. said 100 years of accumulation. and said wawatosa. said N. 100. souh of hampton. ranch? pics from the drive there. pretty making my eyes delight. ooooh, old bungalow. turn of 1900's. from looking at the arch, i bet it was redone around the 20's. damn shame.
well. little sewing box in the sunporch, pulled out an old advertsing brush-compliments of globe hat department, an old needle pack, most gone. GERMAN. ick poo, a little acrylic flower thing. ebay that. nothing else i wanted in the livingroom. did i mention the player baby grand piano in the sun porch? the big organ in the living room? nothing in the expensive box. nothing in the dinning. ok, the blue glass salt + pepper w/ tray too $$$. quick quick-GO TO KITCHEN! nothing in kitchen, but go to pantry! POTATO SMOOSHER! mine! hmm, nice, no. lady in the lower cupboards, gotta wait. not long and i am in. look thru knife drawer. ooh, decorated silver knife. ebay that. ok, in the low cupboard utensil basket. advertising muddler! abbott's aged bitters. since 1872-GOOGLE(closed in 1950, still has fans-recipe!), wood spoon + fork set. old wood spoon. looks like a kellogg's spoon, but doesn't say.
off to the basement. looks way old, very uneven floor. lot of old crates. crate ends, looked thru. most blank, but took 2 with painted labels for lettuce from seattle. nice furniture down there tho. sad. lot of bits. do not look thru the cigar boxes! toooo much. up top attic. lord oh lordy. i want that rocking chair! sigh. much to look at. books? NO! looked at some. checked the box of frames, shoe peg cigar box. open it and REWARD! old keys. NASH? that was a car. right? went thru the whole box. some very pretty ones. take the pretty. so one by 1, weeded out the near 1900 ones. bet most before. IGNORE masterlock. took about 20. not much else, get to where they fill out a receipt. on the way. listen to stories. the family had found a box of letters, 1 had been on the hindenburg. another had fown on lindberg's spirit of 76'! the check out lady, WHO had run one of my favorite yarn shops decades ago-kessinich's, went downstairs w/ a guy who was buying musical something. still looking, BOS+X OF RULERS, so i gotta look thru those. COCA COLA RULER! 1935! saw that later. old stove ad one, must be for wood stove. since i hadn't seen anybody in the basement or kitchen i had the guy write it all up. i forgot to mention the pretty serving fork i snagged + the twisted butter knife i forgot and shoplifted, i will give them $3 the next time i do a TT sale. I PROMISE! all came to $11.50. will see what ebay gives me back. i SHALL hoard keys. 1 lettuce board. the smoosher. ok, i will post a pic of goodies.
